MnM Gaming have been crowned the UK’s best Counter-Strike team in the ESL UK Premiership.
They beat Reason Gaming 4-2 in the LAN finals today at MCM London Comic Con.
MnM take home £5,000 for winning the final (on top of any money they won from the contender series/group stages), while Reason received £1,000 as runners-up.
Congratulations @MnMGamingUK who are crowned your 2016 ESL UK Premiership Summer Season CS:GO Champions! #ESLPrem pic.twitter.com/rkAdLs4W46
— ESL United Kingdom (@ESLUK) October 28, 2016
Here are some clips from the final from ESL UK’s Twitter page:
Map #2 lands in the hands of @MnMGamingUK in dominant fashion! #ESLPrem https://t.co/9HtRUBHcMj pic.twitter.com/VxsJ3G6EjR
— ESL United Kingdom (@ESLUK) October 28, 2016
Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang and that’s another round from @MnMGamingUK! #ESLPrem https://t.co/9HtRUBHcMj pic.twitter.com/eRPpi3Dqbu
— ESL United Kingdom (@ESLUK) October 28, 2016
WHAT WAS THAT!!!!! #ESLPrem https://t.co/9HtRUBHcMj pic.twitter.com/QBZjVMQWgg
— ESL United Kingdom (@ESLUK) October 28, 2016
MnM will have their eyes on other prizes this weekend, as their League of Legends team are in the last four and their Overwatch team are in the final two.
You can check out the full match VoD between MnM and Reason on the ESL UK CSGO Twitch page here.
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