OpTic see off FlipSid3 in Atlanta

OpTic Gaming live to fight another day at the ELEAGUE Major after beating FlipSid3 Tactics 16-13 in an elimination match.

The final match of the day saw FlipSid3 Tactics and OpTic square off for survival at the Major, with the CIS team taking the lead after winning the pistol round as CT. They were, however, unable to follow it up as OpTic hit back on a hard eco, with Oscar "⁠mixwell⁠" Cañellas getting three kills on the retake.

After getting their economy stabilised, FlipSid3 won four rounds in a row to bring the scoreline to a 5-2 advantage for them. What followed was a highly-contested period as rounds went back and forth, with FlipSid3 eventually putting their foot down and taking a 10-5 halftime lead.

OpTic pick up their first win in Atlanta 

The second half began with FlipSid3 winning the pistol round, which piled even more pressure on OpTic. The European side looked to be in control of the game, but what followed was an amazing run the North Americans, who won nine rounds in a row to turn the game on its head.

Denis "⁠electroNic⁠" Sharipov still offered some hope to FlipSide's fans with a trio of kills, helping to bring the deficit to a minimum, but OpTic hit back to reach match point before eventually locking down the map.

ELEAGUE Major 2017Best of 1 FlipSid3Matchpage 13 16 25th January 2017 OpTic 13Train 16

OpTic	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Tarik 'tarik' Celiktarik	24 - 18	+6	100.2	1.37
Oscar 'mixwell' Cañellasmixwell	20 - 17	+3	67.2	1.12
William 'RUSH' WierzbaRUSH	22 - 21	+1	77.7	1.09
Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguzstanislaw	23 - 20	+3	68.3	0.97
Keith 'NAF' MarkovicNAF	14 - 20	-6	71.4	0.93

FlipSid3	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Jan 'wayLander' RahkonenwayLander	24 - 23	+1	93.7	1.22
Denis 'electroNic' SharipovelectroNic	21 - 23	-2	89.4	1.16
Georgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinWorldEdit	18 - 20	-2	61.2	1.03
Yegor 'markeloff' Markelovmarkeloff	15 - 17	-2	58.0	0.94
Andrey 'B1ad3' GorodenskiyB1ad3	18 - 20	-2	69.8	0.91

Current standings:

2W-1L	1W-2L
fnatic	MOUZ
Envy	GODSENT
Gambit	North
Astralis	G2
SK	Liquid
FaZe	OpTic
3W-0L	0W-3L
Virtus.pro	HellRaisers
Natus Vincere	FlipSid3

Natus Vincere #9 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsDenis 'seized' KostinEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev HellRaisers #18 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowVladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukMartin 'STYKO' StykPatrik 'Zero' ŽúdelBence 'DeadFox' Böröcz Astralis #1 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzMarkus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye Liquid #17 Spencer 'Hiko' MartinJacob 'Pimp' WinnecheNick 'nitr0' CannellaJosh 'jdm64' MarzanoJonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski MOUZ #12 Chris 'chrisJ' de JongNikola 'NiKo' KovačChristian 'loWel' Garcia AntoranTimo 'Spiidi' RichterDenis 'denis' Howell G2 #11 Richard 'shox' PapillonCédric 'RpK' GuipouyEdouard 'SmithZz' DubourdeauxAdil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro Envy #8 Christophe 'SIXER' XiaKenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireVincent 'Happy' Schopenhauer Gambit #16 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovAbay 'HObbit' Khassenov FlipSid3 #19 Denis 'electroNic' SharipovYegor 'markeloff' MarkelovAndrey 'B1ad3' GorodenskiyGeorgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinJan 'wayLander' Rahkonen FaZe #7 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenAleksi 'allu' JalliFabien 'kioShiMa' FieyPhilip 'aizy' AistrupHåvard 'rain' Nygaard North #6 Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelRené 'cajunb' BorgMathias 'MSL' LauridsenEmil 'Magisk' ReifKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke Oscar 'mixwell' Cañellas Age: 21 Team: OpTic Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 305 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.66 Denis 'electroNic' Sharipov Age: 18 Team: FlipSid3 Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 239 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.71 GODSENT #14 Markus 'pronax' WallstenRobin 'flusha' RönnquistAndreas 'znajder' LindbergJesper 'JW' WecksellJonas 'Lekr0' Olofsson OpTic #2 Oscar 'mixwell' CañellasWilliam 'RUSH' WierzbaPeter 'stanislaw' JarguzKeith 'NAF' MarkovicTarik 'tarik' Celik SK #3 Ricardo 'fox' PachecoGabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de Melo Virtus.pro #4 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasFilip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' Bieliński fnatic #20 Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerDennis 'dennis' EdmanSimon 'twist' EliassonFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonJoakim 'disco doplan' Gidetun