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 
FlipSid3
Matchpage 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' Sukhariev
Ladislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsDenis 'seized' KostinEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev 
HellRaisers #18 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowVladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukMartin 'STYKO' StykPatrik 'Zero' Žúdel
Bence '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 Jong
Nikola 'NiKo' KovačChristian 'loWel' Garcia Antoran
Timo 'Spiidi' RichterDenis 'denis' Howell 
G2 #11 Richard 'shox' PapillonCédric 'RpK' GuipouyEdouard 'SmithZz' Dubourdeaux
Adil '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' Andersen
Aleksi 'allu' JalliFabien 'kioShiMa' FieyPhilip 'aizy' Aistrup
Håvard '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 (责任编辑：casebattles)
