Telluride Bush beats Vancouver Surge for first pro win

Bush went up 2-0 on maps and looked like they'd close it fast. Then the Surge woke up.

Telluride Bush Gaming

@tBushGaming

We drop map 3. Series is 2-1 rn, map 4 HP coming up 🌳

Telluride Bush Gaming

@tBushGaming

BUSH VS SURGE, win or get elim’d 🌳 Starting shortly YT - t.co/gkyWEmJnO4 t.co/Z8EglgsuaK t.co/yE34iVJfpb t.co/foMd3ssQmV

The Surge took map 3 and then the Hardpoint on map 4, so a series Bush had nearly wrapped up went to a game 5. And this was an elimination match, so losing would have sent them home. A Challengers team had to win 1 map against a CDL franchise with its whole tournament on the line, and Bush won it.

Telluride Bush Gaming

@tBushGaming

BUSH WIN BUSH WIN BUSH BEAT SURGE 🌳

Here's why it matters. The Monster Energy Launch Invitational opens the new Call of Duty season, and the 16-team field is all 12 CDL franchises plus 4 invited Challengers teams: Huntsmen, Stallions, OMiT and Bush. The invited teams are there to get run over, and Bush landed in Group C with 3 franchises: Miami Heretics, Riyadh Falcons and Vancouver Surge. Beating 1 of them is a big step up from winning Challengers events.

Telluride Bush Gaming

@tBushGaming

1st ever win against a professional org in Bush history 🫡🌳

A Barstool-run Challengers team that finally beat a pro org is the kind of story this site is here for. Nobody watching had a reason to expect it either. Bush blew a 2-0 lead, which is usually where an underdog falls apart, and they won the deciding map anyway.

The run ended 1 series later. The win set up another match with the Riyadh Falcons, and by Jersey Jerry's account Bush pushed them to a map 5 too before losing. He was proud of the team and already looking ahead to the next Challengers cup.

Jersey Jerry

@Jerrythekid21

Proud of these guys !!! Beat a pro team today and took the Falcons to MAP 5 who has a 2 million dollar roster. Good fight from the guys !!! Cup 1 next week. Back in the Lab.

Telluride Bush Gaming

@tBushGaming

Gg to @Riyadh_Falcons , we lost map 5 round 11 and sold. Back next week for the first cup. The guys showed some heart today 🌳 @ExceedLbX @5SkiL @Aspekttt_ @oJohnnyGian

So it was a close loss, not the run continuing. Bush still leaves the Launch Invitational with a win over a CDL franchise and a 5-map fight against a roster Jerry put at 2 million dollars. With Cup 1 next week, the obvious question is whether they can keep playing like this against the Challengers field, where they're supposed to win.