The North American squad NRG is the first team to be confirmed for the ~$115,000 event in Finland. The Arctic Invitational will feature four teams and, taking place in the 13,000-seat Hartwall Arena in Helsinki on September 14th. Three of the attending teams will be invited, with the last one securing a spot via a Finnish Qualifier. NRG, who have just replaced Jacob "FugLy" Medina with Tarik "tarik" Celik after a disappointing run at the IEM Katowice Major, are the first team to accept an invite to the tournament, with other "internationally successful" teams set to join the list. The team list for the Artic Invitational now looks as follows:NRG
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Jacob 'FugLy' Medina
Age: 24 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 936 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.65
Tarik 'tarik' Celik
Age: 23 Team: NRG Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 1014 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.67
NRG #7
Damian 'daps' Steele
Tarik 'tarik' Celik
Vincent 'Brehze' Cayonte
Ethan 'Ethan' Arnold
Tsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov