NRG qualified for DreamHack Open Denver, beating the likes of Denial and Renegades to get to the grand final and then taking down Tempo Storm 2-0 (16-5 Overpass, 16-11 Cobblestone) for a spot at the event.

The North American closed qualifier for DreamHack Open Denver featured teams such as Luminosity, Ghost, Rogue and Renegades. The latter two teams met in the quarter-final, with the Australian side managing a comfortable, double 16-7 win over Spencer "⁠Hiko⁠" Martin's team.

One of the bigger surprises of the qualifier was Ghost eliminating the currently #23 ranked Luminosity in three tight maps, in large thanks to a carry performance by Jason "⁠neptune⁠" Tran.

daps's squad will play a LAN with CeRq soon

Ghost couldn't continue their run past the semi-final, where Tempo storm edged them out in three extremely narrow maps—two overtimes and a 16-14—, while the other semi saw Renegades go out to Damian "⁠daps⁠" Steele' NRG, with the last map being an overtime game as well.

The grand final started on Overpass and with first four rounds being traded back and forth. Tempo Storm were the ones to string a couple of them together first, going up 4-2 as Terrorists, but it was a clean sheet for NRG's defense after that and they ended the half 11-4 up. With Tsvetelin "⁠CeRq⁠" Dimitrov contributing 19 AWP kills and finishing 24-13, there was no contest on the first map which NRG closed out 16-5.

Tempo Storm struggled to get a good start on Cobblestone as well, and were playing catch-up for the whole CT half. Lucas "⁠destiny⁠" Bullo helped his team get back into the groove in the second half, finishing with a total of eight first kills on the map, but a crucial loss to NRG's saved AWP and pistols as the score was 12-11 swung the game the North Americans' way, allowing them to close it out 16-11.

With 2-0 victory, NRG have secured a spot at DreamHack Open Denver, and are now the only known team for the event alongside HellRaisers.

DreamHack Open Denver 2017 North America Closed QualifierBest of 3 NRGMatchpage 2 0 25th September 2017 Tempo Storm 16Overpass 5 16Cobblestone 11

NRG	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Tsvetelin 'CeRq' DimitrovCeRq	49 - 28	+21	98.0	1.55
Allan 'AnJ' JensenAnJ	38 - 27	+11	90.6	1.30
Vincent 'Brehze' CayonteBrehze	39 - 28	+11	82.7	1.26
Jacob 'FugLy' MedinaFugLy	32 - 28	+4	73.2	1.12
Damian 'daps' Steeledaps	30 - 28	+2	72.9	1.10

Tempo Storm	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Lucas 'destiny' Bullodestiny	34 - 41	-7	84.9	1.06
Paulo 'land1n' Felipeland1n	38 - 37	+1	72.7	0.96
Bruno 'shz' Martinellishz	23 - 37	-14	62.4	0.77
Denis 'dzt' Fischerdzt	22 - 37	-15	52.4	0.70
Alef 'tatazin' Pereiratatazin	22 - 37	-15	52.3	0.66

NRG #37 Damian 'daps' SteeleJacob 'FugLy' MedinaVincent 'Brehze' CayonteAllan 'AnJ' JensenTsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov Tempo Tsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov Age: 17 Team: NRG Rating 1.0: 1.18 Maps played: 337 KPR: 0.80 DPR: 0.64 Spencer 'Hiko' Martin Age: 27 Team: Rogue Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 618 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.62 Rogue #79 Spencer 'Hiko' MartinCasper 'cadiaN' MøllerJosh 'shinobi' AbastadoDaniel 'vice' KimCollin 'wrath' McSweegan Jason 'neptune' Tran Age: 15 Team: Ghost Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 147 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.70 Ghost #111 Sebastian 'seb' BuckiCaio 'zqkS' FonsecaRonnie 'ryx' BylickiConnor 'CONNOR93' GloverMatthew 'WARDELL' Yu Renegades #19 Justin 'jks' SavageAaron 'AZR' WardKeith 'NAF' MarkovicKarlo 'USTILO' PivacNoah 'Nifty' Francis Tempo Storm #49 Lucas 'destiny' BulloPaulo 'land1n' FelipeDenis 'dzt' FischerAlef 'tatazin' PereiraBruno 'shz' Martinelli Damian 'daps' Steele Age: 24 Team: NRG Rating 1.0: 0.90 Maps played: 471 KPR: 0.61 DPR: 0.68 Lucas 'destiny' Bullo Age: 20 Team: Tempo Storm Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 277 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.70 HellRaisers #20 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowPatrik 'Zero' ŽúdelÖzgür 'woxic' EkerBence 'DeadFox' BöröczIssa 'ISSAA' Murad Luminosity #23 Vinicios 'PKL' CoelhoGustavo 'SHOOWTiME' GonçalvesGabriel 'NEKIZ' SchenatoGustavo 'yel' KnittelMarcelo 'chelo' Cespedes