NRG confirm signing of CS:GO Major Champion Tarik The California-based esports org NRG bolstered their CS:GO squad on February 28 with the signing of Tarik \u2018tarik\u2019 Celik. Rumors surrounding his addition to the squad were circulating for a few weeks, but NRG laid them all to rest when they confirmed that the previous Major Champ would be a part of the team. In the org\u2019s video announcement, NRG investor and MLB World Champion Alex Rodriguez welcomed Tarik to the new squad, and even relished in some similarities the two shared. Welcome, Major Champion, @tarik to #NRGCSGO! The Rise Continues. #NRGFAM pic.twitter.com\/nttPMGTw41 \u2014 NRG Esports (@NRGgg) February 28, 2019 \u201cHey [Tarik], what\u2019s going on,\u201d Rodriguez said. \u201cFrom one World Champion to another, welcoming Brooklyn boy Tarik to the NRG family. Let\u2019s bring home some trophies baby.\u201d Tarik was previously a part of the Cloud9 squad that brought North America its first Major title in CS:GO. Soon after he joined MiBR, where the all-star squad had trouble putting together quality results. This led Tarik to a stint in free agency where he was delighted to land on an up-and-coming NRG side. During the 2019 IEM Katowice, NRG stunned everyone when they got out of the Challengers Stage with a quick 3-0. However, they soon fell 0-3 in the Legends Stage but with only an 11 Round Differential across their matches. This is an optimistic signing as NRG will hope the 23-year-old will provide the explosiveness and experience he\u2019s shown throughout his career. Tarik will round out a young NRG core along with Vincent \u2018Brehze\u2019 Cayonte, Cvetelin \u2018CeRq\u2019 Dimitrov, Ethan \u2018Ethan\u2019 Arnold, and Damian \u2018daps\u2019 Steele.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
NRG confirm signing of CS:GO Major Champion Tarik The California-based esports org NRG bolstered their CS:GO squad on February 28 with the signing of Tarik \u2018tarik\u2019 Celik. Rumors surrounding his addition to the squad were circulating for a few weeks, but NRG laid them all to rest when they confirmed that the previous Major Champ […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38754\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}