DreamHack Open Anaheim has reached its end, and Gen.G defied all odds to win it all. Being one of the most recent teams formed and their first LAN tournament together, this was quite extraordinary.
Final standings for the tournament and their winnings
- 1st – Gen.G – $50,000 + Spot at DreamHack Masters Jönköping
- 2nd – Furia – $20,000
- 3/4th – Complexity – $10,000
- 3/4th – North – $10,000
- 5/6th – MiBR – $3,000
- 5/6th – Endpoint – $3,000
- 7/8th – Ence – $2,000
- 7/8th – ForZe – $2,000
To take the win, Gen.G started it all off by having a dominant start in their group matches versus Ence (16-14) and Complexity (16-13), then passed on to playoffs where they also beat North in the Semi-Finals and Furia in the Finals in a best of 3 series to be victorious without dropping a single map. With this tournament win, they bag in a $50,000 grand prize and they also secure a spot at DreamHack Masters Jönköping which will be held between the 9th of June till the 14th of June later this year.
How the team came together
There were a lot of rumors of Gen.G joining CS:GO back in November, but the roster was still put into question. On the 6th of December Gen.G announced that they will be acquiring the Cloud9 core of Timothy “autimatic” Ta, Damian “daps” Steele, and Kenneth “koosta” Suen and additionally, Cloud9‘s assistant coach Chris “Elmapuddy” Tebbit to join Gen.G as their head coach. A few days later, Gen.G hinted that they will be picking up Sam “s0m” Oh from Team Envy and the roster was already taking its form. Ultimately, the team fully formed on the 22nd of December when Hansel “BnTeT” Ferdinand joined the team.
However, because of some issues from BnTeT’s side, the team used Hunter “SicK” Mims as a stand-in for the North American Qualifier for DreamHack Open Leipzig 2020 and for the North American Qualifier for IEM Katowice 2020. Since the establishment of the roster, the team has won 19 maps out of 27 maps played, which is quite good considering the roster was formed only a few months ago and they’ve had very limited practice with BnTeT’s issues.
Tournament statistics
Strangely enough, the most played map, all throughout the tournament was none other than the map mostly known to be a CT sided heavy map, also known as Nuke. The map was played 6 times in all, Inferno and dust 2 were played 4 times each, Overpass was played 3 times, and Vertigo, Train, and Mirage were played 2 times each.
In regards to aces, there were only 3 aces through the whole of the tournament. The first one was by Facecrack on the 12th round of Vertigo in the ForZe vs Endpoint match. The second was made by oBo in the 15th round on mirage in their first match vs Furia and the third ace was made by VINI on the 1st round of Overpass in the Complexity vs Furia series.
- Most Kills – 156 by Valentin “poizon” Vasilev
- Most ADR – 89.4 by Valentin “poizon” Vasilev
- Most Assists – 33 by Owen “oBo” Schlatter
Where do we go from now?
After DreamHack Open Anaheim 2020 we can clearly say that we have some pretty good teams on the rise to be some of the top for this year, and we can clearly say that some teams have dropped off a lot in terms of performance, from a few months ago to what they are now. Although one thing is for sure, the competition is increasing, and a lot of new talent is surfacing. Teams to watch this year will definitely be Complexity and Gen.G. Even though their rosters are very fresh, they have already built up a lot of structure and chemistry.
Questions are, will they be able to keep this up and not let their recent successions get in the way of their performance? And will they be able to perform up to expectations when playing a higher tier team such as Astralis, Mousesports, Team Liquid, etc..? We will have to wait until their next tournament appearance which is due very soon. For Gen.G that will be the Americas Minor North American closed qualifier for the ESL One Rio Major which will played out between the 7th and 9th of March. As for Complexity, they have ESL Pro League Season 11 starting on the 16th of March.
