OpTic withdraw from cs_summit 2; Torqued invited

2-2-2018 19:30

Beyond The Summit has announced that Torqued will replace OpTic at the upcoming cs_summit 2.

This is the second tournament in a week that OpTic decide to skip, after pulling out of the North American qualifier for IEM Katowice for undisclosed reasons.

On Twitter, OpTic coach Chet "⁠Chet⁠" Singh apologised to the team's fans for being "kept in the dark" and added that "all will hopefully be revealed soon."

swag & co will attend cs_summit 2

Torqued feature the core of the GX team who played at the recent ESEA Season 26 Global Challenge, in New York. After the event, the team decided to bolster their ranks with the additions of Joshua "⁠steel⁠" Nissan and Kenneth "⁠koosta⁠" Suen, with the Canadian player revealing on Twitter that he had "the blessing" to use the Torqued name.

cs_summit 2 will take place from February 8-11 in Los Angeles, California. Eight teams will be taking part in this $150,000 competition, which will be played in a double-elimination, best-of-three format.

The final team list for the North American event looks as follows:

Cloud9	Liquid
Ninjas in Pyjamas	North
SK	Vega Squadron
HEROIC	Torqued

rip optic

2018-02-02 19:30

13 replies

expected

2018-02-02 19:31

8 replies

swag's 2nd cs_summit :o

2018-02-02 19:32

7 replies

since when did gx become torqued

2018-02-02 19:34

6 replies

yes

2018-02-02 19:35

twitter.com/joshnissan/status/9591896463.. Couple days ago

2018-02-02 19:37

3 replies

oh no news article

2018-02-02 19:38

2 replies

why would there be...

2018-02-03 05:48

Assssstralis role changes are much more important kappa

2018-02-03 07:20

since steel like almost always played with torqued or for them or dunno sure ,but he is mr. torqued for sure after the ibp shit :)) dunno before that

2018-02-02 20:20

ez for brax

ez my boy swaaggg

Disband soon

2018-02-02 20:01

optic is like leftover team, they are not that good

2018-02-04 13:20

HOLY SHIt

4 replies

Magisk to astralis. explains the withdraw

2018-02-02 20:13

I think k0nfig will go to astralis

2018-02-02 22:20

I think magisk to astralis and konfig to optic will benefit both teams

2018-02-03 00:25

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why was k0nfig in the RFRSH offices today then? ;\

2018-02-03 01:43

unexpected

Interesting

They have no chance, sad end

2018-02-03 11:52

GX YOU MEAN

its torqued now they left gx

2018-02-04 23:55

well, the event just got 1/8 worse.

TORQUED XDDD

LET'S GO B-B-BRAXTON!

Hey, swag whats ur name??

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B-B-BRAXTON!

2018-02-02 19:33

*insert shazam losing it*

youtu.be/p6-Psafv_Kg?t=53

yep, perfect.

ayy wassap be lal

2018-02-02 20:07

Kkkkkkkkkkkkk Deaded team.

What the fuck has been going on lately ...

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Probably Magisk to Astralis... that's the only thing that comes to mind for me.

2018-02-02 20:31

Hmmm what about k0nfig tho

2018-02-02 20:32

I really don't know... everyone has been making this stuff confusing from all these tweets.

2018-02-02 20:47

imgur.com/a/uvVU7 from somewhere 2017, i still think its the most likely thing to happen anyway, dennis or konfig. dont think Optic is in play here at all. maybe they are cutting someone too, though

2018-02-02 21:07

They have to do something lol they skipped two events now lol

2018-02-02 21:51

i meant with the astralis / north moves

2018-02-02 22:15

Dennis potentially is going to Mousesports

2018-02-02 22:28

No the talks broke and now he is replacing xizt in nip

2018-02-03 00:27

The weird thing is, there is no rumours going on... or at least anything that would explain why they dont play at all.

2018-02-03 00:03

WHAT

eggs dee

OpTic is so dead.

XD WASTED SPOT

Roster changes incoming

:( s1mple vincere > any team, just need to kick electronic zeus edward and flamie and add 4 s1mples

2018-02-02 19:54

Electronic and flamie proved themselves at the major. Zeus is the brain of the team. Zeus is literally one of the greatest csgo minds of all time. I dont know much about edward though lol.

2018-02-02 20:18

s1mple is what's wrong with Navi

2018-02-05 04:49

If you think that then you don't watch csgo

2018-02-09 23:40

Torqued LOL

Wtf swag ? Torqued? He is playing for gx

GX is now Torqued

When did they change their name? They played under GX yesterday

2018-02-02 20:21

Today twitter.com/JoshNissan/status/9591896463..

2018-02-02 20:22

AHAHAHHAHAHA

xdddddddd

not good. dennis incoming

Lol

Who

wait....TORQUED ? Why they are not GX any more?!

well when steel joined he probs had the idea to play under torqued name

Torqued LUL

HAHAHAHAHAHA

swag x god

swag and steel...

can't wait, night is boring

fucking torqued... if they win 1 map ill be impressed

I mean north has 2 new players its possible

This torqued core was the best NA team for 3 years in the beginning. It will be interesting to watch. Let's see if they still got it.

2018-02-03 04:01

Ez last place

Nooo Optic :(

azk he is the north american player but the titan he is the french stars

lel tier 10

What?

What's happening with optic guys?

God knows at this point

2018-02-02 19:55

EZ major for Braxton "swag" Pierce

+ Magisk on astralis?

I guess, if k0nfig dont change his mind

Hope

2018-02-02 19:53

AZK hype

tards

The CIA and FBI are jealous of OpTic's ability to keep quiet about what's happening with their CS:GO lineup. Where is the memo Hecz? Build that green wall.

2018-02-02 19:47

Magisk to Astralis confirmed.

2018-02-02 19:36

NiP/SK/C9 will win this tournament

28 replies

c9 true but nip,sk trash

200IQ prediction. LUL

LUL

Genius

2018-02-02 19:39

NIP? LOL

23 replies

fnatic and winning tournaments lul

22 replies

At least the qualify for tournaments.********** That's enough for you being fucking rekt. To add more injury here: At least they become Legends at major. At least they put up a fight against tier 1 teams. What has NiP done the last year? None of these.

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At least they put up a fight against tier 1 teams. "What has NiP done the last year? None of these." Learn something before you talk lmao NiP won IEM Oakland literally 2 months ago, what has fnatic done the past 2 years? HMMMM Making quarters in a major woow such a achievement, means alot for fnatic fans. Only doing good in major and sucking in every other t1 tournament? Not even making semis or finals anywhere. fnatic haven't won anything since MARCH 2016. do u know how bad that sounds ? 1 Month and it's 2 years since they have won something. NiP won Oakland and beat tier1 teams, FaZe in a bo5. You do know that even PROS don't consider majors as prestigeous as they were back in the days since every tournament now has a high prizepool. That's the only thing fnatic has these days. Which is Legend status lmao Meh, Guess fnatic fans settle for a quarter finals finish instead of winning something then brag about how good they are when in reality they haven't done jack shit the past 2 years, Olofmeister leaved a sinking ship and im happy for him. Now change your flair before u make urself more ashamed :>

2018-02-02 20:24

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>NiP won IEM Oakland literally 2 months ago, what has fnatic done the past 2 years? Why would you bring this up? We already know it's their yearly Oakland fluke. Have fun living in delusional and denial. I can't guarantee, the only team NiP will beat is Torqued, and other teams they will get blown out by.

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You brought up "At least they put up a fight against tier 1 teams." So you admit they put up a fight against t1 but lose? But NiP WINS t1 tournaments, even if its a "yearly fluke" it's still a W. Something that fnatic haven't done in 2 fucking years. Keep being delusional that fnatic will be back, cuz it's obvious they won't. Especially in t1 tournaments where they get their head banged, This is why fnatic won't make semis or finals anytime soon, cuz they always get their head banged by FaZe or SK or any t1 team.

2018-02-02 20:53

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ROFL this guy xD in the next three big Lan events (wesg , starseries, Katowice) fnatic will win one of them , or at the very least reach a grand final. U can suck the iem trophy and with it an entire year of disappointment because ever since Oakland nip haven't done shit in the 2-3 events that they played while fnatic made it to semis or quarters of every tournament and also topped the 2 online leagues. "Put up a fight againat t1 and lose" FNC 16-6 astralis FNC 16-2 gambit Almost took down SK in a bo3 2-0

2018-02-03 00:39

"Almost took down SK in a bo3 2-0" Not relevant since they lost, NiP atleast can win bo3 and bo5 vs top tier teams. fnatic won bo1's and guess what? out instantly in quarters. "the next three big Lan events (wesg , starseries, Katowice) fnatic will win one of them , or at the very least reach a grand final. " Do u really think fnatic will reach final or win them over SK, FaZe, Astralis, C9, G2 & more? yea, no. "while fnatic made it to semis or quarters of every tournament" DreamHack Masters Malmö 2017 9 - 12th Also, Atleast we have two trophies the past year, fnatic doesn't :>

2018-02-03 01:44

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Holy shit this guy...Malmö was just 2 weeks after the change , even faze went out in groups. nip beat SK and faze but let's see how good they do against them now. Fnatic is improving and performing consistently , and u could say that the major was the first tournament where fnatic actually looked like a tier 1 team so this is just the beginning of a new era for them. They weren't out "instantly" in the quarters lol , they almost won 2-0. Nip on the other hand looks like shit and are even thinking of replacing xizt with Dennis which just shows how big of a fluke it was at Oakland. There is a reason why fnatic is higher than nip in current rankings. Keep celebrating your two trophies in the last year because clearly u aren't winning anything else anytime soon.

2018-02-03 07:04

NiP literally were ranked #4 a week ago or so and ur happy that fnatic passed NiP for once after a long time, if NiP replace Xizt with dennis they'll be even better than they are since he's a great all-around player and pistol round player, I love how fnatic fans bring up that NiP wont have trophies anytime soon meanwhile NiP have won many tournaments the past 2 years and fnatic 0. NiP have motivated players and they will show what they can do when REZ & f0rest & dennis etc go off, I don't even hate fnatic but sometimes fnatic fans are beyond unreasonable

2018-02-03 10:53

They were ranked 4 but the fact of the matter is they aren't anymore and fnatic is ahead of them atm. U keep bringing up the fact the nip won 2 oaklands over the last 2 years even tho i didn't deny that nip has been the better team. But fnatic made a roster change , have been on an upward trajectory ever since with consistent performances in tourneys , and are finally looking like a tier 1 team and much better than nip. Hope u understand what im trying to say now and realise who is being unreasonable lmao. And btw i can assure u , golden >>>>> forest as igl Lekro >>>>>>>> rez in skill.

2018-02-03 12:08

ofc golden > f0rest as IGL since he haven't done it before but f0rest is a way better individual player, NiP is currently bootcamping with xizt so i doubt they'll change but who knows, REZ & lekr0 both are skilled players and yes fnatic have been better and better for every tournament but for me to consider them as t1 again they'll have to show these performances in the next tournaments and not only in major. as for NiP nothing points at them that they are going downhill except that they don't have that major spot atm.

2018-02-03 12:31

Really ? Nothing points that they are going downhill? Perhaps that is because they are already so low that the can't go any further downhill? If not then u are deluded mate. They couldn't make it out of the groups in their two t1 Lan events after Oakland. It's a clear indication that nip is down the shitter atm

2018-02-03 13:52

believe what u want, if u really think they are going downhill based on tournaments that literally were 3 months ago and u say fnatic is on a upwards trajectory when all they have played that even is considerable as a t1 tournament is the major, rest is shitty online leagues which means nothing which we already have seen from teams like envyus that are good online and shit onLAN. It shows how u try to make fnatic sound better than they are, all they have done the past months is make quarters in major and online leagues which shouldn't even come to consideration

2018-02-03 14:19

Nip played last tournament 3 months ago because they couldn't qualify for the other tournaments lol and yeah of course the eleague premier , epl finals and ecs finals all were played online right? SK faze astralis mouz cloud9 were in those three tournaments but ofcourse they aren't even tier 1 teams right? Lol "keep believing what u want" speak for yourself and if online is supposed to be this easy why didn't nip win those leagues ? Nigga it's online but it's still csgo get a life. u are deluded

2018-02-03 15:47

Lmao, there's a reason why fnatic didn't get invited to katowice and now have to play t5 teams, everyone knows NiP > fnatic on any given day. NiP have the raw talent in f0rest & rez & draken & gtr meanwhile all fnatic have is krimz and Lekr0nliner, flusha & golden get abused af on inferno by all teams for a reason, Now, u just proved my point " it's online but it's still csgo get a life. " U know why fnatic always are on every lan? cuz they are way better online than onLAN where they bomb out in groups or quarters everytime, don't bring up WESG vs t10 teams otherwise u rekt urself

2018-02-03 15:53

I didn't prove your point , but u just proved that u didnt read my comment and are just talking trash that makes no sense because u are a deluded nip fanboy. Also , u don't have a clue what u are talking about. I could write an essay on how this comment of yours is wrong but I won't because I'm done with this stupid conversation lmfao

2018-02-03 17:49

ok pls dont answer anymore i dont wanna bother answering fnatic fans anymore cuz they are delusional

2018-02-03 17:50

Nip : 9-10 epl season 6 finals Last place at blast 9_11 minor qualifier lul 9-12 eleague premier

2018-02-03 07:06

Fnatic aint gonna win

2018-02-03 07:51

Ignore him he's a NIP fangay who can't accept they are bad

2018-02-02 21:20

fnatic in 2017 & 2018 OMEGALUL

2018-02-03 01:39

mad cuz bad

2018-02-03 03:25

It's so much fun seeing how fnatic fanboys talk shit about NiP yet they are worse and NiP atleast have motivated talents such as draken & REZ (MVP oakland) Meanwhile fnatic has dead weight in bot GOLDEN and bot JW lmao

dead fucking team

FUCK YEAH LETS GO BRAXXXXXXXX

invite 100thieves instead. Oh wait, 100visa. OMEGALUL

OOOF

2018-02-02 19:56

the heat, i cant take it!

2018-02-02 20:28

SWAG LET'S GO FUCK YEAH!

WHY????

wtf

2018-02-02 19:40

ffs optic stop dodging games

looooooooooooooooool

2018-02-02 19:41

magisk to Astralis?

Excactly

k0nfig to optic?

2018-02-02 21:22

steel vs steel

2018-02-02 19:42

Oh shit didn’t realize

2018-02-02 19:57

steel vs steelega*

2018-02-02 21:21

disband inc ?

This surely means Magisk to Astralis right????!!! That can be the only reason they are pulling out...

koosta 200iq move

Tough tournament to get Torque's new lineup accustomed to. They probably will not win a map. Probably get stunk on. Give them a couple of months and they may be top 30. Now? They'll get stepped on.

2018-02-02 19:44

omg yes, cs summit with swag is the best combo after jonty and baiting on hltv

ez swaGOD

2018-02-02 19:46

What a faggot Steel is

Roster changes? Who for who?

Torqued gonna throw for skins, ez

fucking shit man I don't even remember the last time I saw OpTic play--,-,-,-,-,-,

Especially when Tarik and RUSH left

2018-02-02 19:58

torqued LUL

Torqued????? wtf is this shit

2018-02-02 19:48

Brrrraaaaxton

2018-02-02 21:16

Withdraw Gaming eSports

2018-02-02 19:49

Nice! GLHF Torqued!

2018-02-02 19:50

So this confirms magisk to astralis?

Magisk to Astralis ;)

2018-02-02 19:51

Good to see stewie destroy brax when they play lul

2018-02-02 19:52

swag is still the better player

on lan stew is better

2018-02-03 01:50

ez for Swagston

nice, lineup improved imo. more entertainement with torqued

I'm surprised that any T1 teams like SK attend it at all. I guess the Nordic guys will team up, leaving mixwell alone in a 1v...

The SK gaming house is like 30 minutes from L.A by car, why wouldn't they attend it ? It's a $150.000 tournament.

2018-02-02 20:15

so what is the difference between torqued and gx?

Change of guys a couple of days ago, last night still fought as GX... this morning they got permission from Torqued (Moe?), to use that name instead.

2018-02-02 19:59

Since when gx is torqued?

Today. Last night they were still GX.

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL #RUNAZK #RUNSWAG #RUNBOOSTA EZ 4 TORQUED

yay wish they played under GX though This event is on the weekend of my bday, hoping c9 win though

2018-02-02 20:00

Fuck you Optic, stop declining everything. I guess it's nice to see Torqued AKA GX compete instead (will be fun), but srsly Optic...

optic to disband?

free swag

hey we get steel and swag back,im happy with that PS:Optic roster changes incoming

steel NA vs steel SA LUL

Awesome, can't wait for summit once again

2018-02-02 20:03

allu is getting dumped again :(

2018-02-02 20:04

Mixwell played IEM Katowice qualifier with Wololos changes or disband coming

2018-02-02 20:08

Happy to see steel and swag back at CS summit. Going to be lit because no matter how low tier they are compared to some of the teams, it's about the entertainment value and personality of these people that's makes this one of the best events of the year. On another note, it is really sad that Optic has to miss out.

2018-02-02 20:09

LETS GO TORQUED!!

2018-02-02 20:14

If Torqued or GX wins this, I’m going to shit my pants.

and eat it then

throwers are back together in a tournament, smh

So sad(9

watch torqued win xD

2018-02-02 20:25

who is invited?

2018-02-02 20:27

optic disband/1-2 changes, sad ://

rigged to get swag there once again xD

WHY ;(((

2018-02-02 20:37

Wtf is going on with optic??

2018-02-02 20:43

The bubble is bursting, thats happening.

2018-02-02 20:44

YEE LES GO

2018-02-02 20:45

Im glad this happened, id rather see swag play then any member of optic lol. EZ.

This event just got a lot more interesting

2018-02-02 20:55

oh shit HYYYYYPE

2018-02-02 20:58

rip nip and friberg showdown

2018-02-02 20:59

steel x steel game hype!!!

2018-02-02 21:01

Rigged so swag could play at another cs_summit Kappa Rip AWP-tic

2018-02-02 21:02

-allu all other optic players have like +60h cs / 2w and allu has like 25...

fuck ya braxxxxxxxxxtonnn

2018-02-02 21:08

disband inc

2018-02-02 21:13

Steel Fair Play PSA 2.0 inc

2018-02-02 21:18

so Optic are dead?

2018-02-02 21:43

I'm not very interested in cs_summit anymore

2018-02-02 22:13

OpTic is disbanding, no doubt

2018-02-02 22:14

YESSSSSS <3<3<3<3

SWAG RETURN

2018-02-02 22:16

FREE MIXWELL :(

2018-02-02 22:29

Ouw man, so sad, i was like this new lineup, please don´t disband

2018-02-02 23:28

3rd world team. get raped kids

2018-02-02 23:46

:( unfortunate

2018-02-02 23:47

Really? What about actual pro teams from NA like NRG, Renegades or Luminosity?

2018-02-02 23:57

Why no invite VP? Afraid that Pasha will destroy NA in NA?

2018-02-03 01:28

0/8

2018-02-03 05:32

Magisk to Astralis, so they need to find new 5th

2018-02-03 01:30

POGCHAMP!! EYYYY

Give this Optic a chance please

2018-02-03 01:54

WTF 100T 2.0 incoming? WHAT THE HELL

2018-02-03 02:08

Christ you fucking children, figure your lineup out and just get on with it. This blue ball shit is just pathetic, a team nobody gives a shit about trying to create some hype with fake mysteries that will ultimately amount to player X leaves the team for player Y. Which -- seeing as how they performed the last time around -- will STILL only result in them getting thrown out of every group stage for the next 6 months at the very least. So just fucking get on with it.

2018-02-03 03:11

last summit swag played with c9 and rekt sk : /

2018-02-03 03:26

disband confirmed( just joking)

2018-02-03 04:09

Lol why am I blocked by steel

Willl they throw something? VD

2018-02-03 09:01

Torqued <3

2018-02-03 11:21

wasted spot

2018-02-03 12:14

hypeee

2018-02-03 20:40

Can't wait to see NiP play again

2018-02-03 21:36

i think torqued is gonna get buttered unfortunately, id like them to do well but i think this level of competition is gonna crush them, maybe they have a chance with liquid.. but not much else especially in bo3

2018-02-04 04:09