CLG win RGN Pro Series NA

CLG defeated Liquid 2-1 to win the North American division of the RGN Pro Series (14-16 on de_train, 16-6 on de_dust2, and 16-14 on de_overpass).

The North American instalment of the RGN Pro Series concluded last night with a grand final pairing together two North American teams often casually listed as second and third best, CLG and Liquid, respectively.

CLG came into the game after a disappointing showing at ESL One Cologne 2015 this past weekend, where the team took Na`Vi to the wire and nearly advanced to the quarter-finals.

CLG return from Cologne to win an online grand final and $7,000 

With Liquid having to win two best-of-threes and also using the teamlessly woebegone Derek "⁠desi⁠" Branchen as a stand-in for another stand-in, Spencer "⁠Hiko⁠" Martin, Eric "⁠adreN⁠" Hoag's team still managed to take the first map of de_train off of CLG with a 16-14 scoreline.

However, led by the fragging power of Tarik "⁠tarik⁠" Celik, and with AWPer Josh "⁠jdm64⁠" Marzano chiming in as well, CLG managed to take the series over the next two maps, sweeping Liquid on de_dust2 16-6 and grinding out a win on de_overpass 16-14 which nearly saw Liquid come back to take the map.

RGN Pro Series NABest of 3 CLGMatchpage 2 1 27th August 2015 Liquid 14Train 16 16Dust2 6 16Overpass 14

CLG	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Tarik 'tarik' Celiktarik	74 - 57	+17	-	1.26
Josh 'jdm64' Marzanojdm64	58 - 54	+4	-	1.11
James 'hazed' Cobbhazed	60 - 56	+4	-	1.09
Stephen 'reltuC' CutlerreltuC	58 - 55	+3	-	0.97
Pujan 'FNS' MehtaFNS	51 - 61	-10	-	0.86

Liquid	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Jonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEliGE	74 - 65	+9	-	1.23
Jacob 'FugLy' MedinaFugLy	56 - 58	-2	-	0.98
Nick 'nitr0' Cannellanitr0	57 - 64	-7	-	0.91
Derek 'desi' Branchendesi	48 - 56	-8	-	0.85
Eric 'adreN' HoagadreN	47 - 58	-11	-	0.82

RGN Pro Series NA final standings:

1. CLG - $7,000
2. Liquid - $2,000
3. Enemy - $1,000 

Spencer 'Hiko' Martin Age: 25 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 228 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.61 Eric 'adreN' Hoag Age: 25 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 173 KPR: 0.64 DPR: 0.65 Josh 'jdm64' Marzano Age: 25 Team: CLG Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 84 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.64 Tarik 'tarik' Celik Age: 19 Team: CLG Rating 1.0: 1.16 Maps played: 120 KPR: 0.82 DPR: 0.68 Derek 'desi' Branchen Age: 22 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 70 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.70