Sweet Aim Bro win 5th Nerd Street CS2 LAN
Sweet Aim Bro won Freeze Time, only losing a single map throughout the entire event - in the grand final against No Namers with Ego. It is worth noting that both teams featured women, both of whom were the highest-rated players of their respective teams.
Since the official release of Counter-Strike 2, Nerd Street has been organizing LAN events throughout the United States, and Freeze Time, presented by Kaos and held at Localhost Fullerton, was the fifth one in that series.
The road to the grand final was just too easy for Sweet Aim Bro, who dominated the competition. As for No Namers with Ego, things were a bit rougher, as they barely won Group A and started the semifinal down 1-0.
The grand final was a very tight series that went to three maps, with both teams losing their own map picks and No Namers with Ego almost snatching a 2-0 win. After being down 1-0, Lucy "empathy" Verkaik from Sweet Aim Bro had enough and decided to take matters into her own hands, getting 40 kills in a 19-16 win on Overpass, after dropping 18 during the 13-8 Nuke loss. The Ancient decider was another map dominated by the Shimmer player, who finished it with a 1.90 rating and a 13-7 win.
The event was sponsored by Kaos, an organization "dedicated to fostering the growth of the North American gaming and esports scene", who also played in the tournament, losing in the semifinal to No Namers with Ego. Freeze Time was an eight-team event with a $2,000 prize pool, from which Sweet Aim Bro claimed $1,250 while No Namers with Ego got the remaining $750.
Sweet Aim Bro joins the list of Nerd Street events winners, alongside Tricksters, who won in Localhost Philadelphia; Conquerors, who won the Rowan LAN; Welikecook won in Localhost Denver; and Lakers in 4, who won the first CS2 Localhost Fullerton LAN.
The top four for the Freeze Time LAN by Nerd Street is:
1st - 
Sweet Aim Bro - (empathy, VulcaN, RsN, JoSoo, LUKE4k) - $1,250
2nd - No Namers with Ego - (raynee, Jonesy, arcade, BomberZzZ, Galy) - $750
3rd/4th - Kaos - (WILD, MegaGeese, ewo, nar, Jax)
3rd/4th - - high and scared - (battery, squidah, ashen, Sinxysinxy, katalyyst)
EGOSweet Aim Bro| EGO |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tori 'raynee' Gustafson |
55 - 55 | +0 | 81.8 | 71.1% | 1.14 |
| Marshall 'Jonesy' Jones |
55 - 55 | +0 | 73.3 | 69.7% | 1.08 |
| John 'arcade' Rogel |
53 - 58 | -5 | 81.6 | 64.5% | 1.00 |
| Noah 'BomberZzZ' Cascio |
48 - 59 | -11 | 71.6 | 71.1% | 0.94 |
| Stella 'Galy' Castro |
41 - 59 | -18 | 58.0 | 68.4% | 0.75 |
| Sweet Aim Bro |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucy 'empathy' Verkaik |
84 - 52 | +32 | 113.7 | 81.6% | 1.60 |
| Andrew 'VulcaN' Dominguez |
73 - 48 | +25 | 92.3 | 71.1% | 1.39 |
| Lucas 'LUKE4k' Mizumoto |
45 - 48 | -3 | 65.5 | 73.7% | 0.93 |
 Shawn 'JoSoo' Noah Kim |
43 - 51 | -8 | 60.7 | 65.8% | 0.92 |
| Adnan 'RsN' Nasir |
38 - 54 | -16 | 62.9 | 73.7% | 0.90 |
