OpTic breeze past 3DMAX in Europe Minor opener

OpTic are through to the Group A winners' match at the Europe Minor after defeating 3DMAX 16-5 on Mirage.

Starting out as Terrorists, OpTic got off to a great start, bagging a quick 3-0 lead before winning the first gun round with a triple-kill from René "⁠cajunb⁠" Borg in a 2v4 situation. Despite being on a shoddy buy, 3DMAX secured the next round on the back of a triple-kill from Bryan "⁠Maka⁠" Canda with a saved AWP.

OpTic will take on the winner of the match between ENCE and LeftOut

Still, OpTic kept running all over the defence to go up 8-1. That was when 3DMAX came back to life, with nothing but pistols, with Maka following that up with a 1v2 clutch. Nevertheless, OpTic strung together the final four rounds of the half to secure a dominant 12-3 half-time lead.

cajunb opened up the action in the second half with a clean USP-S quad-kill to win his team's second pistol, but 3DMAX responded in the subsequent round to find a lifeline.

A Deagle double-kill by Kristian "⁠k0nfig⁠" Wienecke in the 19th round put OpTic on 14 rounds, and the Danes refused to take their foot off the gas, closing out the map at 16-5.

Europe Minor - FACEIT Major 2018Best of 1 OpTicMatchpage 16 5 19th July 2018 3DMAX 16Mirage 5

OpTic	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Kristian 'k0nfig' Wieneckek0nfig	23 - 11	+12	118.2	1.84
René 'cajunb' Borgcajunb	24 - 10	+14	108.0	1.78
Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferSnappi	21 - 13	+8	111.7	1.48
Nicklas 'gade' Gadegade	13 - 9	+4	60.0	1.24
Jakob 'JUGi' HansenJUGi	11 - 12	-1	57.1	0.96

3DMAX	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Audric 'JACKZ' JugJACKZ	15 - 18	-3	79.6	1.01
Bryan 'Maka' CandaMaka	13 - 17	-4	74.0	0.82
Gaëtan 'JiNKZ' JaminJiNKZ	12 - 19	-7	65.3	0.71
Lucas 'Lucky' ChastangLucky	9 - 20	-11	60.1	0.61
David 'Davidp' PrinsDavidp	6 - 18	-12	49.0	0.44

Bryan 'Maka' Canda Age: 21 Team: 3DMAX Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 135 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.68 René 'cajunb' Borg Age: 28 Team: OpTic Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 1176 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.63 OpTic #20 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferRené 'cajunb' BorgJakob 'JUGi' HansenNicklas 'gade' GadeKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke Kristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke Age: 21 Team: OpTic Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 782 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.69 3DMAX #39 Audric 'JACKZ' JugDavid 'Davidp' PrinsBryan 'Maka' CandaLucas 'Lucky' ChastangGaëtan 'JiNKZ' Jamin