Red Bull, together with the gaming display specialists and esports professionals from AOC Gaming have revealed that Elias “s1n-” Stein and Tom “skyye” Hagedorn, representing Team Germany is the inaugural Red Bull Flick InvitationalChampions The Other Day, Sunday 9th, saw 16 duos from some of the best CS: GO teams in the world consisting of Team Vigor, G2, BIG and ENCE go head to head with teams that qualified through the global Red Bull Flick circuit. Team Germany came out on leading, beating Team France 3 maps to 2 in an action loaded Grand Final.
The Red Bull Flick Invitational was an exciting screen of 2v2 CS: GO, with rising stars who qualified through the International circuit showcasing some wonderful plays that saw them outperform some of the best players in theworld A night of surprises, it was the duos who qualified through the Red Bull Flick Closed EU Qualifier who controlled thecompetition Seeing off Honoris in the Quarter Finals, and Team Russia in the semis, Team Germany went on to prove themselves the best duo in the competition by defeating Team France in the Grand Final, and taking home the lion’s share of EUR20,000
“It was a very intense final, very close. In the end it was very close going into the last round possible. I said to skyye and myself, we’re not here because we got lucky, we’re here because we’re very good,” stated Elias “s1n-” Stein, Team Germany. “I don’t know what to say, it’s an awesome experience. Thank you for the tournament and to all the guys in chat. We came here as the underdogs playing against the big pros.”
Red Bull Flick sees sets of players faced off on a set of brand name-new customized maps specifically designed in house by Red Bull for the new game mode: Hold the Flag. The roadway to the Red Bull Flick Invitational saw the 2 finalists, Team Germany and Team France, qualify through the EU Closed National Qualifier and 2 teams from James Bardolph’s Red Bull Flick Open Qualifier which took place previously this year, with the extra 12 welcomed directly to compete.
A genuinely global CS: GO event, over 36 countries around the world are running their own national standalone champions this year.
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