OpTic through to DH Summer semis over Ancient

OpTic beat Ancient 16-10 on Mirage in the Group B winners' match to advance to the playoffs at DreamHack Open Summer.

The second winners' match at DreamHack Open Summer featured OpTic and Ancient. The T-sided Swedes gave away the first two kills in the pistol round but managed to turn it around, leading 1-0.

OpTic punched their ticket to the playoffs

OpTic claimed the first gun round victory with five AUG Kills to get on the scoreboard and secured four of the following five to lead 5-3. After OpTic finished the first half 8-7 ahead, Ancient won the second pistol round on defense to tie the game.

The Danish team's offense started to click after the 18th round as they picked up six of the following seven to earn five match points. Nikolaj "⁠niko⁠" Kristensen got the better of Alfred "⁠RuStY⁠" Karlsson in a 1vs1 to close out the game with a 16-10 final scoreline.

DreamHack Open Summer 2019Best of 1 AncientMatchpage 10 16 15th June 2019 OpTic 10Mirage 16

Ancient	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
William 'draken' Sundindraken	20 - 19	+1	76.4	1.14
Nicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez ZamoraPlopski	18 - 18	0	68.1	1.04
Joakim 'disco doplan' Gidetundisco doplan	15 - 17	-2	69.3	0.93
Alfred 'RuStY' KarlssonRuStY	13 - 18	-5	66.9	0.83
Fredrik 'freddieb' Buöfreddieb	11 - 21	-10	50.5	0.61

OpTic	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Nikolaj 'niko' Kristensenniko	21 - 13	+8	88.3	1.44
René 'TeSeS' MadsenTeSeS	18 - 14	+4	76.6	1.24
Ismail 'refrezh' Alirefrezh	17 - 12	+5	76.4	1.22
Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenMSL	22 - 19	+3	82.2	1.16
Kristian 'k0nfig' Wieneckek0nfig	15 - 19	-4	69.6	0.90

Alfred 'RuStY' Karlsson Age: 21 Team: Ancient Rating 1.0: 0.95 Maps played: 587 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.69 Ancient #46 William 'draken' SundinJoakim 'disco doplan' GidetunFredrik 'freddieb' BuöAlfred 'RuStY' KarlssonNicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez Zamora Nikolaj 'niko' Kristensen Age: 21 Team: OpTic Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 799 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.65 OpTic #33 Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenKristian 'k0nfig' WieneckeNikolaj 'niko' KristensenIsmail 'refrezh' AliRené 'TeSeS' Madsen