OpTic, coL invited for Americas Minor

 MLG have announced that OpTic Gaming and compLexity have been invited to compete at the upcoming Americas Minor.

 Eight teams, hailing from North and South America, will face off from January 15-17 at the Americas Minor Championship, taking place at the MLG Arena, in Columbus, Ohio.

  The winner of this tournament will take home the bulk of a $50,000 prize pool and also a spot at the MLG Columbus Major offline qualifier, taking place from February 26-28.

 With six of the eight spots having been filled by the leading teams from the online qualifiers in North and South America, MLG has now revealed that invites have been handed to OpTic Gaming, who will make their first appearance for the organisation later today, at ELEAGUE Road to Vegas, and to compLexity.

 Danny "fRoD" Montaner's team, who had failed to secure a spot in the 16-team closed qualified for the Minor, will be attending the event with Ronnie "ryx" Bylicki and Hunter "SicK" Mims, who have been playing for the team as substitutes following the departures of Kory "SEMPHIS" Friesen and Timothy "autimatic" Ta.

 The final list of participants for the Americas Minor is the following:

SPLYCE	EnemyGG
Winterfox	Obey Alliance
AlienTech	Operation Kino
OpTic Gaming	compLexity

 The tournament sees the eight competing teams split into two double-elimination groups. The top two teams from each four-team group will advance to the single-elimination playoffs, which will be played in a best-of-three format.

 Meanwhile, MLG has announced the full talent panel for the event, comprising seven well-known figures in the Counter-Strike scene, including Richard Lewis, Jason "moses" O'Toole and Scott "SirScoots" Smith.

 The full on-air crew for the tournament looks as follows:

 Host:

   Scott "SirScoots" Smith - Host 

 Analysts:

  Richard Lewis
  John "blu" Mullen

 Casters:

  Jason "moses" O'Toole
  Mohan "launders" Govindasamy
  Alex "Vansilli" Nguyen
  Joey "Helium" Cunningham