NRG Esports Claim Victory At CS Summit 3
By Zac Cameron ·
The North American Squad has claimed a home victory after winning cs_summit 3 in Los Angeles.
NRG Esports has claimed victory at cs_summit 3, walking away with more than $60k in prize money and a pretty nifty trophy. The North American squad took down the Danish OpTic Gaming in convincing fashion, winning the best of five series 3-1.
NRG had a bit of a slog to get to the finals, first taking down Ghost Gaming 2-1 to advance to the semifinals. There, they faced Heroic, winning the series 2-0 to move onto the Upper Bracket final where they took down BIG 2-1.
Your #cs_summit 3 Champions — @NRGgg ! They came in strong from the Winners Bracket and they finished strong in the Grand Finals. Congratulations to @Brehze @cerq @daps @fugly @The_nahtE @ImAPet1 pic.twitter.com/dujtFqIc2e
— Beyond the Summit (@BeyondTheSummit) November 4, 2018
OpTic Gaming struggled early on, losing to compLexity 1-2 to get sent to the Lower Bracket, where they faced off against Ghost Gaming. After winning that match 2-0, OpTic again faced compLexity, though this time were able to secure victory 2-0. Squaring off against BIG in the Lower Bracket finals, OpTic managed another sweep 2-0, to advance to the Grand Finals against NRG Esports.
The Grand Finals themselves saw OpTic pick up the first map, winning Nuke 16-14 to put them back on par with the Upper Bracket champions. The next map, Overpass, saw NRG claim a dominant victory, 16-8, before the final map, Mirage, saw NRG seal the deal with another crushing victory, 16-6.
This is the second tournament win for NRG this year, after claiming victory at the CS: GO Asia Championship in August. The next step will come as the best teams in the world converge at IEM Chicago later this week.