NRG best Envy; through to upper bracket final at Americas Minor

NRG have defeated Envy 2-0 to advance to the upper bracket final at the Americas Minor taking place in Katowice, Poland (16-11 on Overpass and 16-9 on Mirage).

The first upper bracket semi-final at the Americas Minor featured NRG and Envy. The best-of-three series kicked off on Overpass where NRG started on the T-side and won the pistol round after Tsvetelin "⁠CeRq⁠" Dimitrov and Vincent "⁠Brehze⁠" Cayonte both got double kills.

Envy picked up their first in the fifth round but trailed 5-1 after losing the following round despite getting the opening kill. When NRG were leading 10-1, Envy won a 3vs3 post plant to kick-start their efforts to mount a comeback. Josh "⁠jdm64⁠" Marzano secured the final round of the half with an AWP ace as Envy trailed 10-5.

NRG started off on the right foot on both maps

jdm64 was also crucial in the second pistol round as he got a quad kill. Envy took four more rounds to tie the game at 10-10 but NRG reclaimed the lead thanks to a Deagle triple kill by Ethan "⁠Ethan⁠" Arnold in the 21st round (11-10). CeRq & company went on to close out the map with a 16-11 scoreline.

The second map was Mirage which began with the CT-sided NRG's pistol round victory. The game was tied at 2-2 when Brehze clutched a 1vs1 against jdm64 to put his team ahead. After Envy won the seventh round to trail 4-3, NRG secured eight rounds in a row to lead 12-3 at halftime. The last round of the half saw Brehze clutch a 1vs2.

Noah "⁠Nifty⁠" Francis stepped up in the second pistol, getting a triple kill in a 2vs3 situation and defusing the bomb (12-4). NRG found two entries in the 20th round with CZ-75s, extending their lead to 13-7. Jacob "⁠FugLy⁠" Medina & company won a 3vs5 in the following round to make it 14-7 and closed out the game 16-9 to win the series 2-0. With this result, NRG have advanced to the upper bracket final at the Americas Minor.

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Overpass
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Mirage
9
 NRG K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating2.0
50 - 24 +26 91.3 86.5% 1.59
37 - 28 +9 78.9 78.8% 1.28
41 - 32 +9 86.3 75.0% 1.27
31 - 25 +6 65.4 78.8% 1.14
33 - 27 +6 70.1 76.9% 1.13
 Envy K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating2.0
42 - 35 +7 79.6 69.2% 1.18
33 - 36 -3 64.5 57.7% 0.90
23 - 37 -14 52.2 63.5% 0.72
20 - 41 -21 54.5 61.5% 0.57
18 - 43 -25 52.7 44.2% 0.50
United States Vincent 'Brehze' Cayonte
Vincent 'Brehze' Cayonte
Age:
20
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.11
Maps played:
640
KPR:
0.77
DPR:
0.67
Bulgaria Tsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov
Tsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov
Age:
19
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.16
Maps played:
668
KPR:
0.77
DPR:
0.62
United States Jacob 'FugLy' Medina
Jacob 'FugLy' Medina
Age:
24
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.01
Maps played:
926
KPR:
0.68
DPR:
0.65
United States Josh 'jdm64' Marzano
Josh 'jdm64' Marzano
Age:
28
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.02
Maps played:
779
KPR:
0.69
DPR:
0.65
United States Noah 'Nifty' Francis
Noah 'Nifty' Francis
Age:
21
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.01
Maps played:
678
KPR:
0.68
DPR:
0.66
United States Ethan 'Ethan' Arnold
Ethan 'Ethan' Arnold
Age:
18
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.09
Maps played:
586
KPR:
0.75
DPR:
0.67
#1
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United States YankeeM
Both teams played great. Congratulations to NRG.
2019-01-24 18:35
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9 replies
Karrigan backs to his prime
2019-01-24 18:36
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4 replies
cerq is best
2019-01-24 18:36
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Kappapapapapapapa. Karrigan > s1mple
2019-01-24 18:38
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2 replies
#85
JoJo | 
Belarus Kerk
I didn't know that it was possible to frag worse that cutler lol
2019-01-25 00:07
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1 reply
Haha
2019-01-25 15:31
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karrigan -25 lmao
2019-01-24 18:35
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1 reply
karrigan in 2k19 OMEGALUL
2019-01-24 21:48
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#22
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Poland Unluko
Gg
2019-01-24 18:38
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Kick hamburgerhelper drone already
2019-01-24 20:01
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Damn
2019-01-24 18:35
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bot karrigan
2019-01-24 18:35
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#5
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United States inflict
Cerq PogChamp
2019-01-24 18:35
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damn
2019-01-24 18:35
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Botrrigan LUL
2019-01-24 18:36
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#9
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Portugal Ponsas
beat* expected...
2019-01-24 18:36
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4 replies
Actually, the sentence is correct already
2019-01-24 19:14
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1 reply
#56
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Portugal Ponsas
+1
2019-01-24 19:40
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No, it's correct as is.
2019-01-24 21:00
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#83
jks | 
Australia CaZeR01
You cant correct english if you cant speak it
2019-01-24 23:27
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Yeah, they certainly "best" envy
2019-01-24 18:36
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2 replies
No, they bested envy.
2019-01-24 19:17
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they bested envy. correct sentence
2019-01-24 19:31
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Envy management: "Lets pick up the most washed up roster"
2019-01-24 18:37
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5 replies
+1 Propably cheapest tho
2019-01-24 18:56
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4 replies
#53
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North America codered433
Karrigan cheap lol
2019-01-24 19:37
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#53
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North America codered433
Karrigan cheap lol
2019-01-24 19:37
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2 replies
Karrigan didnt cost them anything they just borrowed him from faze
2019-01-24 20:04
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karrigan cheap lol
2019-01-25 17:52
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karrigan bot
2019-01-24 18:36
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Expected
2019-01-24 18:37
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gj
2019-01-24 18:37
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#16
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Turkey CHAMPTZ
18-43
2019-01-24 18:37
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1 reply
#86
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India randomdanet
LOL
2019-01-25 01:35
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Leave your laugh here for KARRIGAN.
2019-01-24 18:37
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2 replies
LMAO CARRYGAN
2019-01-24 18:38
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Huehue
2019-01-25 06:40
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#19
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Panama Cyain10
Expected
2019-01-24 18:38
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Gj karrigan, most overrated igl after zeus
2019-01-24 18:38
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16 replies
#25
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New Zealand onelover11
zeus is masterpiece
2019-01-24 18:39
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15 replies
No, people need to fuck off with all that mastermind zeus shit, hes a bot and his strats are not the reason for navi's success. They have 2 godlike players on their team doing their best to carry them
2019-01-24 18:50
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14 replies
#38
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New Zealand onelover11
he is bad fragger i agree but good igl..at least best igl from cis :) is there a better igl than zeus? none
2019-01-24 18:59
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1 reply
ANGE1 ?
2019-01-24 19:55
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#39
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Finland FRGVN
yeah I wonder why NaVi became shit when he left, Gambit won a major, they asked him back, Gambit became shit when he left, NaVi started to become good when he came back. Its definitely not all about the star players. Tbh his strats aint masterclass or anything but Id say his success comes from motivating the team and getting the team to work as a unit.
2019-01-24 19:07
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11 replies
#48
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Brazil _Awper
Tbh gambit major was total fluke, immortals choked Hard in the finals and what saved navi is Electronic.
2019-01-24 19:15
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3 replies
#50
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Finland FRGVN
Tbh cant agree with any of what you said
2019-01-24 19:20
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2 replies
#57
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Brazil _Awper
This is a fact, you don't need to agree or disagree.
2019-01-24 19:41
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1 reply
#58
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Finland FRGVN
Are you really stupid enough to claim your opinions to be facts? Grow up.
2019-01-24 19:42
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Fluke major win, just like c9
2019-01-24 20:21
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6 replies
#69
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Finland FRGVN
yup you just fluke your way thru 24 teams and many bo3 matches.. omfg the stupidity on hltvorg never seizes to amaze me. 16-10 mousesports 16-6 G2 16-11 Virtus.Pro 2-0 Fnatic 2-1 Astralis(who dropped SK, the fav in the tournament) 2-1 Immortals Please explain to me how can it be a fluke to be top8 in a major twice prior taking down teams like astralis 16-6 on the way and now in their third one they go all the way by besting all these teams and not losing a match and 2 maps overall?
2019-01-24 20:39
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5 replies
#74
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Poland BAN_ANIME
bUt tHiS iS a fLuKe
2019-01-24 21:06
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Doing good on a major then go back to shit is the meaning of fluke, and no, they didnt go back to their shit form only cause zeus left
2019-01-24 21:13
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3 replies
#77
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Finland FRGVN
major top8, major top8 and major win.. before major win won dreamhack austin and 2nd at cs summit plus finished top8 in the majors twice in a row, after major win.. zeus left and.. nothing. you do know that fluke means lucky? how can these results be luck? looks like an upwards curve to me. top8 major, top8 major, 2nd, 1st and a major win -> zeus and Kane leave and all goes to shit. edit: last response to this idiocy.
2019-01-24 21:26
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2 replies
Still overrated igl
2019-01-24 21:27
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1 reply
#79
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Finland FRGVN
I havent said anything about that. some overrate him like crazy, some underrate. I think he deserves a lot of praise but not as much as some think. He is a legend who has been to the top almost 10 years now.
2019-01-24 21:47
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T1 loss to this
2019-01-24 18:38
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7 replies
Having Drone and Reltuc on your team isn’t Tier 1 sorry lol
2019-01-24 18:47
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3 replies
Im talking about team oNe "sorry lol"
2019-01-24 18:48
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2 replies
I thought it was just bad english sorry “T1 loss to this” equaled “Tier 1 loses to this” in my mind
2019-01-24 18:55
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1 reply
ok np
2019-01-24 18:58
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oNe still a shit team that was saved by shroud
2019-01-24 20:57
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2 replies
xD
2019-01-24 21:10
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lol
2019-01-24 23:28
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#24
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Europe An0n0n
Karrigan T1 IGL they said lmao
2019-01-24 18:39
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1 reply
Carrying t2/t3 players sadly
2019-01-25 12:20
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#26
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Brazil Whillpull
Hey admin, there's wrote "best" instead of "beat" on the title.
2019-01-24 18:43
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4 replies
Hello Whillpull from Brazil, Not sure if trolling, but the title is correct. Being bested by somebody at something is a word.
2019-01-24 19:01
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3 replies
#45
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Brazil Whillpull
Oh, i wasn't. Sorry.
2019-01-24 19:10
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1 reply
No problem ofcourse. :) This forum is 99% trolls so I just don't know anymore. xd
2019-01-24 20:45
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#68
Faceit level 10 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Denmark Product_Manager
+1
2019-01-24 20:33
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.50 lmao
2019-01-24 18:43
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this guy gets payed to play lmao
2019-01-24 18:43
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The Envy team cant ever work. Cutler is past his prime, JDM was never anyone outstanding. Nifty is an awper and an IGL and doesnt do either of those roles.
2019-01-24 18:46
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3 replies
They literally have Drone XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD and reltuC XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD the most notorious players that have been stuck in tier 2-3 their entire career
2019-01-24 18:51
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#46
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Canada ssau
I agree with this 100% Such a weird and pointless team
2019-01-24 19:14
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1 reply
#64
Faceit plus user Faceit level 9  | 
Czech Republic maXX_CZ
This team has only slight chance if they got excellent teamwork and drill which is not case at all (and it never wont be imo, cause i dont believe in karrigan at all tbh). JDM and nifty should simply find some new talents to work with, this will be waste of time more or less.
2019-01-24 20:05
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#37
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United States kadin
This was a rough game to watch. Hopefully karrigan will fit into Envy eventually.
2019-01-24 18:59
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#41
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Australia Azza2530
Expected
2019-01-24 19:03
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envy 4th place 😎
2019-01-24 19:05
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I miss 2k15
2019-01-24 19:08
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ez4nrg
2019-01-24 19:25
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#55
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Puls3 | 
World bigb1rd
At least Jdm finally had a good game. Still whiffed some absolute sitters in a way that only Draken could ever hope to match, but he made Karrigan and cutler look even shutter than they are.
2019-01-24 19:38
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karrigan xdd
2019-01-24 19:44
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#60
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Turkey dcmaster
Karrigan bot
2019-01-24 19:52
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Tier 3
2019-01-24 20:29
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I never thought I would say this, but JDM is the best player on this team and deserves better
2019-01-24 20:31
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You know your team is B.A.D when jdm is your best player. Just saying...
2019-01-24 21:02
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#81
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Finland Konadonkki
Better team won
2019-01-24 22:07
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karrigan hello?
2019-01-24 23:18
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