Hooked win June NCS Minor in Denver
Shawn "witmer" Taylor's Hooked mix-team have won once again at the NCS Minor hosted at Localhost Denver, after besting Kinship 2-0 in the finals.
Boasting only four teams this time around, Hooked and Kinship faced little opposition as they made their way to the finals, with Hooked notably only allowing NVA five rounds over the course of their best-of-three matchup.
In the finals, Hooked continued their good form as they dominated Kinship with an opening 11-4 CT-side on Nuke. After this, Kinship would find two more rounds on their CT-side though Hooked ended map one shortly afterwards with a 16-6 finish.
Moving onto Mirage, Hooked once again ended their CT-side with a large lead as they put Kinship on the ropes, ending the half with another 11-4 lead. After this, Hooked made short work of Kinship as they found five out the next six rounds on their T-side to close out the map 16-5.
HookedKinship| Hooked |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Shawn 'witmer' Taylor |
51 - 23 | +28 | 116.0 | 88.4% | 1.81 |
 Khalid 'MEs' Almathkor |
41 - 23 | +18 | 101.7 | 86.0% | 1.48 |
| Evan 'Zequate' Ives |
29 - 19 | +10 | 75.9 | 86.0% | 1.33 |
| Kevin 'kev' Fangmeier |
36 - 24 | +12 | 82.0 | 74.4% | 1.31 |
| Micah 'miq' Bell |
31 - 22 | +9 | 79.2 | 81.4% | 1.26 |
| Kinship |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gavin 'Fruitcupx' Norman |
31 - 36 | -5 | 81.5 | 55.8% | 0.98 |
| Alex 'AJP' Pekish |
26 - 39 | -13 | 61.1 | 55.8% | 0.71 |
| Alex 'Alexdb' Benavides |
24 - 38 | -14 | 71.9 | 48.8% | 0.71 |
| Rocky 'RomanB' Marks |
14 - 37 | -23 | 49.1 | 39.5% | 0.47 |
| Curtis 'Ruckus' Seeman |
16 - 38 | -22 | 45.0 | 51.2% | 0.46 |
The final standings at the June NCS Minor - Denver are:
1. Hooked (witmer, zequate, kev, miq, mes) - $1,750
2. Kinship (Alexdb, ItsYaBoiGavin, Ruckus, RomanB, AJP) - $750
3-4. NVA (tekz, Perc3ption, Praise, i11337, a16mm)
3-4. ForbiddeN (allbrook, messiaH, exceed, idontknow, k1ng)
The full bracket is available here.
