Tricked beat AGO to win NGC Masters 2017

Tricked have won the 2017 edition of the Nordish Gaming Convention Masters after defeating AGO 2-0 in the final.

The final day of the German event, featuring a €15,000 prize pool, began with Singularity, one of the two group winners, being sent packing in the first round of the playoffs following a quick two-map series against Tricked, who dropped just 12 rounds total.

In the other semi-final match, AGO beat North Academy also on two maps, thanks to great individual displays from Damian "⁠Furlan⁠" Kislowski and Michał "⁠snatchie⁠" Rudzki, both of whom had a rating higher than 1.40.

refrezh was a nuisance to AGO in the final

Tricked entered the final determined to take revenge on AGO for the 16-4 beating during the group stage, taking the lead in the series with a hard-fought 16-13 victory on Cobblestone, where Ismail "⁠refrezh⁠" Ali racked up 35 kills. Train was the map that followed, and even though AGO took nine rounds into the second half, a near-flawless CT display from Tricked saw them drop just two rounds before locking down the map and the series.

NGC Masters 2017Best of 3 TrickedMatchpage 2 0 7th October 2017 AGO 16Cobblestone 13 16Train 11

Tricked	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Ismail 'refrezh' Alirefrezh	54 - 30	+24	95.2	1.43
Thomas 'Ryxxo' NielsenRyxxo	47 - 29	+18	83.8	1.39
Mads 'Console' SkovbyConsole	36 - 34	+2	76.5	1.15
Lucas 'Lukki' PilhedenLukki	41 - 39	+2	75.9	1.07
Peter 'Inzta' KragelundInzta	31 - 39	-8	66.1	0.98

AGO	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Mateusz 'TOAO' ZawistowskiTOAO	46 - 36	+10	83.4	1.19
Damian 'Furlan' KislowskiFurlan	33 - 39	-6	71.8	0.98
Dominik 'GruBy' SwiderskiGruBy	35 - 46	-11	77.1	0.91
Michał 'snatchie' Rudzkisnatchie	33 - 45	-12	64.8	0.78
Tomasz 'phr' Wójcikphr	24 - 43	-19	55.7	0.64

NGC Masters 2017 final standings:

1. Tricked - €8,000 (~$9,385) 
2. AGO - €4,000 (~$4,692) 
3-4. Singularity - €1,500 ($1,760)
3-4. North Academy - €1,500 ($1,760)
5-6. ALTERNATE aTTaX
5-6. MK
7-8. Final
7-8. EURONICS

ALTERNATE aTTaX #92 Tizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschFlorian 'syrsoN' RischeNicolai 'HUNDEN' PetersenStefan 'stfN' SeierLukas 'ecfN' Kauer North Academy #52 Nicklas 'gade' GadeDennis 'sycrone' NielsenDaniel 'mertz' MertzJohannes 'b0RUP' BorupFrederik 'acoR' Gyldstrand Singularity #61 Robin 'robiin' SjögrenMiran 'dumz' MatkovićBenjamin 'BENDJI' SöderenaLinus 'b0bbzki' LundqvistSaif 'Sayf' Jibraeel Ismail 'refrezh' Ali Age: 19 Team: Tricked Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 198 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.66 Final 'Thraizer' Maximilian 'aNtrex' PatzerMarcel 'sAhais' KuhnIlja 'moVe' GeitschukNico 'devalter' Schmidt Michał 'snatchie' Rudzki Age: 19 Team: AGO Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 134 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.69 Damian 'Furlan' Kislowski Age: 22 Team: AGO Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 636 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.68 MK #42 Hristian 'shEMETA' SpasovEmiliyan 'spyleadeR' DimitrovViktor 'v1c7oR' DyankovSimeon 'dream3r' GanevBranislav 'BrN' Panov AGO #41 Damian 'Furlan' KislowskiDominik 'GruBy' SwiderskiMichał 'snatchie' RudzkiMateusz 'TOAO' ZawistowskiTomasz 'phr' Wójcik EURONICS #101 Christian 'crisby' SchmittOliver 'kzy' HeckMarkus 'maRky' ReitenbachThilo 'syken' PhanMarko 'kressy' Đorđević Tricked #35 Peter 'Inzta' KragelundThomas 'Ryxxo' NielsenLucas 'Lukki' PilhedenMads 'Console' SkovbyIsmail 'refrezh' Ali