BIG defeat OpTic; move on to New Legends Stage in London

BIG have beaten OpTic 2-0 at the FACEIT Major New Challengers Stage to book their place in the New Legends Stage (16-6 on Dust2 and 16-14 on Train).

The best-of-three round five match featuring BIG and OpTic started on Dust2 with the CT-sided Germans taking the pistol round thanks to a quad kill from Johannes "⁠nex⁠" Maget. BIG salvaged the second round despite having a 2vs4 disadvantage and won a 3vs5 in the first weapon round to lead 4-0.

Fatih "⁠gob b⁠" Dayik's team then won a 4vs5 and another 3vs5 to extend their lead to 6-0. OpTic got on the scoreboard in the 12th round but couldn't initiate a streak, losing the first half 14-1. The Danes got some hope after winning the first five rounds in the second half but BIG swiftly closed out the map with a 16-6 scoreline.

BIG are through to the next stage in London

Train kicked off with a triple kill and defuse by Tizian "⁠tiziaN⁠" Feldbusch. BIG, who were on the CT-side, got close to stopping OpTic's early buy in the third round but Jakob "⁠JUGi⁠" Hansen had different ideas as he came up with a triple kill in a 2vs4 to grab the round victory.

When the game was tied at 3-3, tiziaN showed up with a triple Deagle kill and BIG won the round with pistols to take the lead. gob b clutched a 1vs3 to extend their lead to 9-3. North gathered some momentum towards the end of the half to secure three more rounds and trailed 9-6 at halftime.

OpTic's Major campaign is over

René "⁠cajunb⁠" Borg's triple kill gave the second pistol win to OpTic who then won two anti-ecos to tie the game at 9-9. tiziaN and nex opened up the first weapon round with their entry kills as BIG reclaimed the lead.

Johannes "⁠tabseN⁠" Wodarz found three entry kills when the score was 12-12 and BIG went on to win the map 16-14, taking the series 2-0 and advancing to the New Legends Stage. Meanwhile, OpTic's run has come to an end.

FACEIT Major 2018 Challengers StageBest of 3 OpTicMatchpage 0 2 9th September 2018 BIG 6Dust2 16 14Train 16

OpTic	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Nicklas 'gade' Gadegade	38 - 33	+5	80.5	1.10
Jakob 'JUGi' HansenJUGi	36 - 36	0	72.9	1.03
Kristian 'k0nfig' Wieneckek0nfig	37 - 41	-4	79.9	1.02
René 'cajunb' Borgcajunb	23 - 34	-11	45.3	0.79
Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferSnappi	22 - 38	-16	54.3	0.67

BIG	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Johannes 'tabseN' WodarztabseN	46 - 33	+13	91.7	1.37
Tizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschtiziaN	36 - 27	+9	74.3	1.15
Owen 'smooya' Butterfieldsmooya	37 - 31	+6	74.5	1.14
Johannes 'nex' Magetnex	35 - 35	0	79.1	1.10
Fatih 'gob b' Dayikgob b	28 - 30	-2	61.0	1.03

The New Challengers stage 3W - 0L Liquid Ninjas in Pyjamas 3W - 1L Astralis Complexity HellRaisers 3W - 2L BIG TYLOO 2W - 2L North Vega Squadron 2W - 3L Spirit OpTic 1W - 3L Gambit Rogue Renegades 0W - 3L Space Soldiers Virtus.pro BIG #11 Fatih 'gob b' DayikJohannes 'tabseN' WodarzTizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschJohannes 'nex' MagetOwen 'smooya' Butterfield Johannes 'tabseN' Wodarz Age: 23 Team: BIG Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 1063 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.71 Tizian 'tiziaN' Feldbusch Age: 22 Team: BIG Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 880 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.66 René 'cajunb' Borg Age: 28 Team: OpTic Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 1203 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.63 OpTic #17 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferRené 'cajunb' BorgJakob 'JUGi' HansenNicklas 'gade' GadeKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke North #4 Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenPhilip 'aizy' AistrupMarkus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåNikolaj 'niko' Kristensen Fatih 'gob b' Dayik Age: 31 Team: BIG Rating 1.0: 0.85 Maps played: 814 KPR: 0.57 DPR: 0.67 Johannes 'nex' Maget Age: 26 Team: BIG Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 855 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.66 Jakob 'JUGi' Hansen Age: 21 Team: OpTic Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 639 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.61