Counter-Strike

[covert palm]

I doubt he goes

[wintry skiff]

magisk left vitality for this

[waxen grail]

falcons +stavn jabbi

[wintry skiff]

their pr will never recover

rip the social media intern

[covert palm]

The fallout of that

If it happened

👻

[waxen grail]

i could see heroic doing it

especially since falcons will probably pay more than astralis

[covert palm]

Same

But for astralis

a taste of their own medicine

[sour nexus]

Falcons is trying to go for SunPapi aswell, doubt he will join the project if Snappi is probably staying now

[wintry skiff]

falcons

[sour nexus]

Like which of the great riflers can they even get? electronic ain't leavin C9 soon, ropz probably won't leave FaZe unless disbandment

[wintry skiff]

degster could be their awper

[sour nexus]

Does he fit zonic's system tho?

He only had devve and Zywoo, both a bit more passive that used rifle like a lot

degster is like wannabe s1mple hyper aggressive AWPer

[wintry skiff]

except sh1ro

and s1mple (who doesnt like cs2)

cant really be picky

[sour nexus]

yea true

[wintry skiff]

if nealan goes to falcons

[covert palm]

actl that was the thing i was surprised m0nesy going the falcons

in a fit sense

[wintry skiff]

Forest still available

[sour nexus]

Getright aswell

I just realized, did Magisk already sign a contract with Falcons or was that a verbal agreement aswell?

Imagine stavn + jabbi getting poached by Falcons so Astralis decided to go for Magisk instead of jabbi

[wintry skiff]

vitality confirmed magisk left

[sour nexus]

So he's out of contract

If I would be Magisk and only had a verbal agreement, I would definitly look for Astralis instead of a project that now seems to fail without getting either NiKo or m0nesy

[waxen grail]

Astralis would absolutely be the better choice there yeah

[waxen grail]

reunion with dupreeh on heroic for the vibes though

[sour nexus]

He could IGL there, and even AWP

So duppe can keep entry

But I think Heroic is probably picking up one or both of the Mouz NXT danes if it worked out the last few times they played together

Probably Chr1zn because he is IGL+AWP

[waxen grail]

You could pick up the awper and still sign magisk no?

[sour nexus]

yes

[waxen grail]

but also idk how magisk's roles clash with sjuush and teses

[sour nexus]

Idk what jabbi plays CT

But on T side, Magisk is probably a 1 to 1 replacement?

Both were lurker type of players

[waxen grail]

hmmm

that could work

[sour nexus]

Wanna check their positions rn but that one website wont load

[waxen grail]

2023-24 danish roster shuffle is a crazy timeline

[sour nexus]

sjuush and TeSeS both anchor players on CT, what...??

[waxen grail]

LOL

[sour nexus]

He plays sjuush's roles except for Nuke and Vertigo, where he plays TeSeS role (Nuke) or Rotator (Vertigo)

[waxen grail]

LOL

thats

less than ideal

[sour nexus]

But I think both TeSeS or Magisk are good enough rilfers to play star positions

I would prefer TeSeS tho because he's a bit younger, talent development you know

[wintry skiff]

https://vxtwitter.com/SaVagecs_/status/1721816509033406470

[wintry skiff]

https://vxtwitter.com/dust2us/status/1721982629736517798

[sour nexus]

nooo, pls dont :(

we know EG has trash management, but they were the best team to be clowned on

[wintry skiff]

https://www.hltv.org/news/37463/djl-we-built-the-team-around-alex

@sour nexus @waxen grail

Nip vs OG

to fight over EG's old spot

[sour nexus]

True

[waxen grail]

battle of mid

[waxen grail]

AROUND?????

THE TEAM WAS ALREADY THERE????

LMAOOOO

[waxen grail]

LOL

[wintry skiff]

• have a good feeling entering a tournament
• says that bootcamp was very good

yeah

theyre not doing shit

[waxen grail]

NIP 13-0 i fear

[wintry skiff]

i swear every team that says that their bootcamp was phenomenal

gets completely bonked

[waxen grail]

LLOL

i wanna hear someone go

"yeah we had a horrible bootcamp, almost had a couple fistfights"

[wintry skiff]

i mean with konfig

[waxen grail]

LOL

i forgot about that

[wintry skiff]

at least their stand in is good

even better than rez and konfig

[waxen grail]

NIP meeting with Alex was “intense” and “at one point Rez was crying” but everyone grew closer and a big lesson was learned

[waxen grail]

nah rez had that one tourney like 5 years ago, he'll come back into form soon. its just a slump trust

[wintry skiff]

“He got me,” K0nfig said of Alex's one tap over him. "That f***ing Alex boomed me."
K0nfig added, “He’s so good,” repeating it four times.
K0nfig then said he wanted to add Alex to the list of players he works out with this summer.

[waxen grail]

dude i was in a reddit thread for a ufc fight

and someone dropped a xantares peek reference

it was the literal last thing i was expecting

[wintry skiff]

xantares has a bigger cultural impact than zywoo

[waxen grail]

man i still cant believe

nip signed alex

of all the signings

i dont watch enough movistar to know if its a good move or not but just

what an out of left field move

[wintry skiff]

i know col manager said that most movistar players are/were underrated

i mean movistar always managed to overperform in LAN (EPL)

[waxen grail]

yeah i agree

movistar players dont seem bad

so maybe alex will be really good for nip but

this team is just

not inspiring anything

nip vs og will be the greatest battle of all time

which of konfig or kito is gonna drop 30 kills

[wintry skiff]

headtrick and regali are going to cry after dropping 30 each

but their teammates doing everything to throw

[waxen grail]

f1ku fashr vs rez es3tag in the 2v2

[wintry skiff]

nexa - regali (awp) - headtrick - es3tag - k0nfig

[waxen grail]

i like how esetag has been inactive for like

10 months

LOL

[wintry skiff]

hes a support

just needs to learn util lineups

also

i want es3tag's agent

[waxen grail]

ive noticed a pattern

[wintry skiff]

degster?

[waxen grail]

yup

[wintry skiff]

donk is inevitable

[waxen grail]

truly the greatest to ever touch the game

[wintry skiff]

putting better stats since he joined the main team

now

if only NA could foster a talent like that

[waxen grail]

now we find out if he can do it on lan

[wintry skiff]

[waxen grail]

sadly NA doesnt have the igl development of chopper

[wintry skiff]

daps used to be that guy

[waxen grail]

wow chopper is

not as old as i thought

[wintry skiff]

we owe daps : NAF, Rush, Ethan & Brehze at the minimum

[waxen grail]

where is there a player from uzbekistan called ryujin

[waxen grail]

LOL

goat

[wintry skiff]

its prolly for the japanese meaning

than itzy

"Dragon God"

it slaps

[waxen grail]

idk man his last name is kim

anything is possible

[wintry skiff]

JBa is the truth, he's only 19

potatum

[wintry skiff]

[waxen grail]

why are people on reddit wanting donk to go to vp

LOL

like i love vp but

it would end up being

[wintry skiff]

they want to see him on LAN

[waxen grail]

-norbert +donk, -donk +norbert

ive seen this game before

[wintry skiff]

vp are farming epl spot via ECL events

[waxen grail]

its what they do

[wintry skiff]

they're invited to the last two ECL events btw

[waxen grail]

i will say

[wintry skiff]

didnt need to qualify

[waxen grail]

i do think vp's roster is

very good

apart from norbert

who after like an entire year on vp

still cant figure out how to play vp style

LOL

[wintry skiff]

i kinda dont want donk being chained down by jame's system

i want him to take risk

[waxen grail]

yeah exactly

[wintry skiff]

superstar plays

[waxen grail]

and we've seen them try a like

super aggro entry guy in kari0n

it didnt work

[wintry skiff]

ngl if niko to falcons wasnt canceled

g2 could have used that money to get donk

[waxen grail]

yeah that couldve been sick

[wintry skiff]

or c9 replacing hobbit with donk

anyways this current core is ascending

[waxen grail]

honestly

hobbits been really good recently

like out of everyone rn on c9 if you had to drop based on form

its just axile

and idk how thats even happening

[wintry skiff]

NA diet got to him

he never recovered from that video

[waxen grail]

going back to vp

im still not over

that inferno against g2

[wintry skiff]

[waxen grail]

or whatever team it was

[wintry skiff]

yes g2

[waxen grail]

ynk losing his mind over the force buys

just for it to somehow work

[wintry skiff]

jame made it work

[waxen grail]

at some point

[wintry skiff]

the madman

[waxen grail]

i distinctly remember

[wintry skiff]

https://youtu.be/twJ92KHuna0?si=M4bojsWmexo8G-Sj

[waxen grail]

norbert having to drop either flit or fame an ak

and then get a tec-9 in return

midround

[wintry skiff]

ynk's world got flipped upside down

[waxen grail]

ynk losing his mind is

the funniest thing

i love vp stupid strats

[waxen grail]

serbian csgo strats have just been niko hunter go kill since the dawn of time

they havent learned the dastan jame method

[wintry skiff]

kassad's only strat

[waxen grail]

honest, pure kazakh csgo

[wintry skiff]

they fear what they cant understand

[waxen grail]

thats why theyre major winners

[wintry skiff]

ecl and cct finals abusers

[waxen grail]

fame is good

[wintry skiff]

[waxen grail]

theyre getting all the practice in that they can to figure out the ideal strats of cs2 economy

trust

[wintry skiff]

https://www.hltv.org/news/37473/sources-g2-bench-jks

[sour nexus]

I am at work for once and suddenly over 100 messages here

also G2 -jks??? didnt expect that at all

What is it with FaZe and those insane overtimes on Ancient????

G2 with nexa could be interesting... nexa anchoring and either hunter or NiKo onto lurk positions. I currently prefer NiKo as their entry, but with nexa being more of an entry, he could be the star lurker that he was again

[waxen grail]

WHAT

i guess he could work on faze if twistzz leaves

[waxen grail]

https://vxtwitter.com/FalconsEsport/status/1722661107876151382?s=20

[sour nexus]

Only if either him or ropz decide to give up on lurking, and tbh ropz > jks

[sour nexus]

https://vxtwitter.com/G2CSGO/status/1722661803216261185?t=SBnBkwF-vzZniT1wIiAa-g&s=19

[waxen grail]

https://vxtwitter.com/FalconsEsport/status/1722665489703317876?s=20

LOL

this is incredible content from the social teams

[sour nexus]

I love the G2 social media manager

[waxen grail]

ropz def better than jks, but if jks decides not to lurk i think its not a bad move

[sour nexus]

Idk if he played other roles actively before (except his time in CoL)

[waxen grail]

not counting the faze standin period right?

[sour nexus]

yes he did some entry and some supporting back in the FaZe katowice run

but thats like standin situation

He needs to put that up consistently

[waxen grail]

hmmm that’s true

it would be interesting

i don’t know if +nexa is a great move

unless +nexa meant keeping niko

[sour nexus]

Also there would be role clashes with the anchor positions, not only with ropz but rain and karrigan aswell iirc

+nexa is a weird move, considering NiKo being their entry for the last year and putting up the numbers

Like NiKo, m0nesy and hunter are already players that need their own space, nexa was known to be someone who wants his space aswell

And with Hooxi already being the decoy kind of, that's just insane

[waxen grail]

niko changing role maybe?

yeah it’s

[sour nexus]

Back to lurking could happen

[waxen grail]

an odd pickup

niko lurk could work i guess

[sour nexus]

He was one of the greatest lurkers

[waxen grail]

it’s niko so anything can work

apart from awp

[sour nexus]

His SG phase was funny, especially because he hated the gun so much

[waxen grail]

LOL

the best thing about +nexa will be seeing what igl og pickup

[sour nexus]

+nealan just for the memes

Or k1to IGL if he is still there, idk if he got benched or if it were only rumors

[waxen grail]

kito is still there as of rn

+degster to igl

of course

the greatest move

[sour nexus]

"me go peek"

"you go flash"

[waxen grail]

“regali drop awp”

[sour nexus]

"k1to go german deag or bench"

regali will surely leave for Heroic

[waxen grail]

“i go in, if i don’t kill you guys go kill”

[sour nexus]

And then +Magisk sharing IGL with sjuush

[waxen grail]

not magisk falcons?

[sour nexus]

Still nothing official

Could happen, could not happen

[waxen grail]

i will say

they couldn’t have known at the time but

vitality jks would’ve been great

[sour nexus]

Even with NiKo they said they reached verbal agreenent and he ditched

[waxen grail]

i mean yeah

the only thing i can say would be different is

zonic

[sour nexus]

It will be a bit difficult to fit the roles again because Magisk and Spinx shared their stuff a bit iirc

[wintry skiff]

NRG jks

[sour nexus]

But jks > Spinx I assume

[sour nexus]

With Nifty Fifty, bring back spunj as coach or analyst

Make new US/Aussie super team

kassad coach

[waxen grail]

kassad coach

of course

[wintry skiff]

Stanislaw team got signed

Jba finally got a salary

[sour nexus]

There is no tier 1 Aussie team without kassad coaching

[waxen grail]

personally the thing of my dream

is kassad coaching g2

[sour nexus]

that would be so hilarious

[waxen grail]

co-head coaches kassad and ynk

with g2

[sour nexus]

but only if Swani can stay ofcourse, we need some german in the german org

[wintry skiff]

Kassad gonna take timeout just to praise niko eco ace

[waxen grail]

3 coach system

[sour nexus]

One coach per map

[waxen grail]

good job niko, nice job dying hooxi

[sour nexus]

Just like 6th player

anyways I really need to sleep now, I hate work

[waxen grail]

gnite

i go to class now

[sour nexus]

lets see what the night will bring in the CS world

[sour nexus]

have fun

[wintry skiff]

Fnatic to disband

[sour nexus]

only cs division

[waxen grail]

val div too good to disband

[wintry skiff]

Wouldnt be the first winning team to disband in val

[covert palm]

why jks

whY

i cant wrap my head around it

if it was a g2 choice

theres no one with jks ability in anchoring and his level of consistency

other than ropz

[waxen grail]

only reasons i can think of are

had to pay niko too much so now cant afford to pay jks

or part of niko staying was that theyd get nexa whos been rumored a bit

who doesnt want to igl iirc

unless everything goes weird and they somehow end up with ropz if faze has to break apart

LOL

[covert palm]

yeah

But overall has to be a downgrade

[waxen grail]

i guess theres a weird possible reality where faze has to blow up

and g2 get karrigan and ropz

but

that seems

very very low probablity

[sour nexus]

https://www.hltv.org/news/37481/nrg-ceo-were-going-to-be-na

atleast a bit of hope for NA

[waxen grail]

+osee it’s time

[wintry skiff]

BAAAAAANG

BANG

https://tenor.com/view/lebron-james-cleveland-cavaliers-interview-thinking-gif-15889826

[wintry skiff]

@sour nexus guess we'll be brothers in arms

[sour nexus]

[sour nexus]

https://www.hltv.org/news/37487/wildcard-announce-new-roster-featuring-forsaken-core

Sonic is back

Only short-term tho

[wintry skiff]

https://www.dust2.us/news/41412/report-osee-nrg-in-advanced-talks-over-signing-of-awper

[sour nexus]

For a moment I thought it said something else...

like I just saw the flag, frozen and FaZe and was like "they really signed him right after the event"

[waxen grail]

https://vxtwitter.com/ABOverDrive/status/1723864665107693681?s=20

[wintry skiff]

Is overdrive reliable?

[waxen grail]

no idea

however the only thing that would be new would be -hooxi +maden

so maybe it’s possible

[wintry skiff]

At least ence got sunpapi & nertz

Get glaive and staehr ig

[waxen grail]

assuming sunpapi doesn’t go to falcons

[wintry skiff]

Get degster

Benched since 2011

[waxen grail]

no no

get simple

[wintry skiff]

Nah

Too busy throwing another tantrum

When things dont go his way

[waxen grail]

isn’t that also a degster thing?

or at least he and nexa had issues

[wintry skiff]

Yes but he slap hands like a god

Instant chemistry repair

[waxen grail]

or am i thinking of mir

[wintry skiff]

Mir is known to be toxic

Degster a bit iirc

[waxen grail]

i bet he’s stopped that on vp LOL

[wintry skiff]

Not everyday u play with jesus

[waxen grail]

being out of team for like 1.5 years and now with jame and dastan

no way he’s still toxic

also out of all the guys on vp who look the most dead when playing

mir somehow looks the most dead inside

[wintry skiff]

He got jame time’d

Sermon’d him til he no longer had the will to be toxic

[waxen grail]

jame the goat

[wintry skiff]

https://www.dust2.us/news/41451/party-astronauts-swap-two

[sour nexus]

Nertz doesnt need that, he already slappin enemies without bloody red hands

[sour nexus]

NA teams recycling every player until they had every single roster combination out there

[wintry skiff]

Spek is on pause til next season

Grizz is still active ig

Tbf that lineup was good

Like eu t2 good

Ecl katowice

[wintry skiff]

https://vxtwitter.com/M80gg/status/1724157311222944242

@sour nexus my brother in m80

[wintry skiff]

https://vxtwitter.com/ErikWendel/status/1724098075092742426

[sour nexus]

They should sign us

[wintry skiff]

waiting for a fm like management game for cs

[wintry skiff]

you trying to get german players and me trying to get na players

[sour nexus]

Let's start with floppy

Also we need atleast one canadian

[wintry skiff]

Outside of naf and twistzz

Its pretty much only Fang

Unless you want hext or walco

Freshie underrated pick too

[sour nexus]

Lets go with Fang then, he was good rifler

We want a team that slaps tier 1 instantly

[wintry skiff]

Igl better not be msl

[sour nexus]

He aint german nor NA tho

[sour nexus]

https://www.hltv.org/news/37508/guild-sign-bad-news-eagles-roster
I forgot they even existed in the first place

[sour nexus]

https://www.hltv.org/news/37511/og-bench-fashr
OG truely is the European EG

with nexa supposed to be leaving aswell, there were rumors about k1to

there is a chance that regali might go to Heroic

[wintry skiff]

https://www.hltv.org/news/37512/sources-astralis-close-in-on-stavn-jabbi-deal

[sour nexus]

Devve getting his danish dream team

[waxen grail]

https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/comments/17vtpg3/notes_of_aleksib_in_havuja_podcast/

"Says NiPs problems can't be fixed by roster moves"
"When he came into the NiP team, there were previously existing 'fights', but he doesn't want to use that word because it wasn't that bad, but can't find other words to describe it.

yeah that sounds like nip

wonder who the conflict in nip was between

[wintry skiff]

Everybody vs management

[waxen grail]

LOL

[sour nexus]

Probably the players that share like all their roles

So k0nfig for sure, REZ and Brollan

And they also never really had a leader, idk what their coach does but it doesnt really work

If we had like a zews or kassad in there, those fights wouldnt exist or a few players would've been benched, but yea NIP management kinda bad it seems like

[wintry skiff]

rez been in nip for almost 7 years

[sour nexus]

REZ is the (inconsistent) swedish star player

Ofcourse they cant remove him

But when Aleksi said the way he got noticed of his benching was horrible, flip their management, seriously

[wintry skiff]

almost as long as f0rest & get right were in nip

[sour nexus]

NIP, OG, EG, the trinity of clown orgs

[sour nexus]

and he still didnt really develop as the star rifler everyone expected

[wintry skiff]

fnatic gonna replace eg

[sour nexus]

naah, EG is unreplacable

goat clown org

Even if they disband

fnatic still has one chance left with their roster, idk who to put there tho

we really cant save him from that dumpster fire, rip

[wintry skiff]

tbf yeah

[sour nexus]

no more KSCERATO top 5 rifler

[wintry skiff]

tl been shaky

for a while

[sour nexus]

i dont even know what TL is doing right now

skullz is out of contract so he will surely join them

[wintry skiff]

getting twistzz home

skullz pratically guaranteed

[sour nexus]

But Twistzz, aint no way he's going back prior to the Copenhagen major

FaZe has a decent winning streak going on, they have the best CS2 player on their team, and everyone is hella motivated

[wintry skiff]

get another canadian

fang

[sour nexus]

Why should Twistzz throw way his chance of winning a second major

[wintry skiff]

faze prolly gonna be FA post col merger

[sour nexus]

changing teams now is basically hit or miss, its less then 3 months until RMR

[wintry skiff]

unless new org picks em up

willing to spend like 500k/month

right away

[sour nexus]

tbf I think some players dont really care how much, even ropz did downgrade from Mouz to FaZe

But yea their price is insane

[marsh ivy]

faze could probably live on winnings as an FA team until the major

[marsh ivy]

and bank all the sticker money

[wintry skiff]

BNE style

also bne fianlly signed

[marsh ivy]

i'd love to see 100T back in cs

but with how much theyre cutting back, theyre not gonna go for either col or faze

[wintry skiff]

they would want their team to be based in NA

[marsh ivy]

maybe, id hope theyd understand that just wouldnt work in cs unfortunately

[sour nexus]

The aquisition still doesnt happen until end of the year, I think they are figuring out how to handle the situation regarding conflict of interest

but in my opinion its easier to sell the whole Complexity brand instead of the FaZe lineup

like FaZe should be a bigger name than CoL for sure in NA

idk if FaZe and CoL are sharing any other rosters in another game

[wintry skiff]

sell col back to Jason Lake

[sour nexus]

thats what I thought could happen^^

[marsh ivy]

coL as a brand has been dead for years yeah

the black and red logo was iconic

[wintry skiff]

became dallas cowboyz v2

[sour nexus]

then sell it to Jason Lake or whoever

FaZe > CoL both roster wise and brand

[wintry skiff]

also having a dif color than TL would be nice

for public recognition

and stuff

gimme a 10m$ budget

and i'll kickstart the revival of NA

[sour nexus]

Give me 10m€ I will kickstart revival of German CS, 3 teams

Atleast

[waxen grail]

kassad coaching nip would be a fever dream

[wintry skiff]

"Niko would never have peaked like that"

[waxen grail]

kassad and k0nfig having an intense conversation

while brollan just

ints somewhere off to the side

[wintry skiff]

headtrick wondering if theres a spot on Navi

[waxen grail]

headtrick back to rifle

[wintry skiff]

es3tag somehow standing-in for a top 5 team again

[waxen grail]

that danish team with refrezh and roej looks

okayish tbh

[wintry skiff]

assembling copenhagen flames

[waxen grail]

ah yes

+maden -hooxi makes sense now

[sour nexus]

ngl that Preasy lineup looks promising

Could be the next Flames if they can manage to win a few tourneys here and there

[wintry skiff]

https://youtu.be/-gD8RqIdVY4?si=IDYrUKJAWN98eP6_

[sour nexus]

I'm interested

[sour nexus]

https://vxtwitter.com/TeamLiquidCS/status/1725955582736363961

Who could've expected this move to happen

[wintry skiff]

truly of the TL eras of all time

[sour nexus]

What is 2019 Liquid if we got this one

[wintry skiff]

2019 : 2 Canadians players - 1 Grand Slam

2021 - 23 : 1 Canadian player - 0 Grand Slam

the math is clear

[tribal cobalt]

[sour nexus]

https://www.hltv.org/news/37543/neo-stays-on-as-faze-coach

pog

[sour nexus]

EG just closed their LoL division, when will the CS one close? Are they trying for the Copenhager major atleast ?

[wintry skiff]

nah

will be cut by the end of esea/ecl season iirc

there's just not enough NA events

just to compare T2 events NA vs EU

(party astronauts and sinners)

[sour nexus]

[wintry skiff]

https://vxtwitter.com/heroicgg/status/1726960850685333662/photo/1

jesus christ

orgs need to invest in their player's health

ffs

[wintry skiff]

https://vxtwitter.com/icee_lahp/status/1727167019404177641

[waxen grail]

https://vxtwitter.com/ABOverDrive/status/1727024778639450454

[sour nexus]

Why do they need to many???

[waxen grail]

not super reliable but

[sour nexus]

What happens with sAw ?

[waxen grail]

interesting if true

[sour nexus]

No way they are booting sAw, and idk to which team he would go

[waxen grail]

idk where saw would even go

i dont think booting saw is a good move

[sour nexus]

absolutely

He is a very underrated coach I feel like

[wintry skiff]

maybe gla1ve and sAw couldnt see eye to eye in terms of strat?

*speculating

[waxen grail]

i guess

but would you choose glaive over saw?

[sour nexus]

Would the other players agree tho?

Ofcourse its a major winner, but if the team is currently believing in the playstyle of Snappi and the vision of Saw

[sour nexus]

No way. If I remember correctly, he is still scouting talent for their academy aswell?

[waxen grail]

i think the only reason saw isnt there

[sour nexus]

Only reason he would leave in my opinion is a package deal with Snappi, but with the rumors of him going to Falcons, no chance there with zonic

[waxen grail]

is if saw wants to leave LOL

[wintry skiff]

maybe kuben is being "promoted"

to front office

[sour nexus]

kuben could be more of a emotional coach, could be good for some players in there

Like RobbaN did for FaZe

[wintry skiff]

autimatic, its time man

[sour nexus]

Iirc he was a very motivational speaker back in Apeks and felt like a father figure to some

[sour nexus]

he is washed, bring him back to Valulrant

[wintry skiff]

nah

let him rest

he got sticker money

he should be chilling

strim like shrood

or ska

surely this means that NRG Osee

is near

[sour nexus]

Yes

[wintry skiff]

actually curious to see how to they get

[sour nexus]

Also G2 nexa is wild, especially with Hooxi on there and no more jks

[wintry skiff]

daps & fang are no brainers to me

[sour nexus]

agree

[wintry skiff]

iirc

nexa is going to be 2nd caller

• anchor

[sour nexus]

But on T side entry and NiKo back to lurk?

[wintry skiff]

stole him from BIG

[sour nexus]

I mean it can work out with 2nd IGL, remember he brought G2 to a lot of finals

[sour nexus]

Never wanted him in the first place I guess I'm curious why tho

Probably like "we got Academy players, no more stealing from Sprout" and then they sign mid tier hella consistent AWPer

[waxen grail]

+maden time

[wintry skiff]

loba spam calling niko rn

[sour nexus]

m0nesy already learning Serbian with his big brother NiKo

[waxen grail]

oh my god i forgot loba exists

[sour nexus]

who?

[wintry skiff]

to anybody who said nrg +stewie

[sour nexus]

That was warmup game

He will come back

[waxen grail]

GET TRUCKLOVER86

[sour nexus]

StewieCS2k will be NA goat

[waxen grail]

NRG TRUCKLOVER86

[wintry skiff]

[sour nexus]

Those dips always around new years eve

Nvm thats Jul not Jan

[wintry skiff]

i was told by some na cs experts that daps should stay as coach

well

if nrg wants to play on par internationally

[sour nexus]

They only need to get a decent IGL

Otherwise it doesnt really make sense to let him keep as a coach

[wintry skiff]

[sour nexus]

Will oSee rifle or AWP? Otherwise, wait til December when junior is free agent and give him another chance

[wintry skiff]

junior and osee?

junior cant awp above T1.5

respectfully

[sour nexus]

even boombl4 can AWP in T1

[waxen grail]

boombl4 main awper btw

[sour nexus]

Yes

But if it works, it works

[waxen grail]

they somehow unleashed hobbit again

[sour nexus]

who is IGL tho

elec, boom or hobbit?

[waxen grail]

not elec

either hobbit or boom

i think recently its been hobbit

[wintry skiff]

vs ttop 30

[waxen grail]

or maybe it was also something like

hobbit did overall strats

and boom did midmap calling

[sour nexus]

Could be

[marsh ivy]

on what planet is replacing jks with nexa a good move

wtf g2

[wintry skiff]

money

niko new contract

nexa cheaper

and not that much of a downgrade if we take his salary into account

allegedly ofc

[marsh ivy]

istg if jks gets cucked again

[wintry skiff]

well

[sour nexus]

jks could replace Twistzz if he and ropz can somehow figure out their roles

Or jks to Liquid instead of skullz and give NAF his freedom that he wants

[wintry skiff]

nah

TL prolly spent big moneys already for him

[sour nexus]

Twistzz to TL is so stupid atm

After major, its fine

[quick rune]

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz8p6k-Mjp-/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

gla1ve_csgo

It's hard to put into words how grateful I am for the last 7 years I've spent with Astralis. They will always hold a special place in my heart as a team where we were able to reach new heights and create something never seen before.

What we achieved and experienced as a team is something I'll never forget. It feels like saying goodbye to a fam...

Likes

2202

Instagram

[sour nexus]

Heroic +gla1ve soon™

[waxen grail]

goat

hes just the best

[runic fog]

goated

[wintry skiff]

https://vxtwitter.com/PleyGg/status/1727316615954333954

[sour nexus]

https://www.hltv.org/news/37585/nexa-to-debut-for-g2-in-cct-online-finals-5
G2 playing Online tournament, what can go wrong

also Astralis stabbi is now official

-Buzz -b0rup

[waxen grail]

ngl

i wouldve kept buzz

hes been better than staehr

[sour nexus]

but Buzz and jabbi are sharing their roles iirc, and jabbi > Buzz

And if we remember back to the gla1ve Astralis, Buzz never even performed without his lurk roles

The only replacements for Staehr are either TeSeS, k0nfig, or dupreeh

unless they will try another Talent player

[waxen grail]

@wintry skiff complexity going all the way

its time

[wintry skiff]

[waxen grail]

man i dont even know what team im a fan of anymore

fuck it, we become vp fan since i liked them most when pasha

[wintry skiff]

i will not support boring aaah save gameplay

even if its the logical thing to do

come to COL

[waxen grail]

the 5v5 save before a jame hero awp with 4 tec nines is a thing of beauty

[wintry skiff]

all i know

is that i will never support this Astralis roster

no matter what

might be a nrg fan

depending on the roster

[waxen grail]

same LOL

no matter how much i love device and kinda like blame

its just not happening

[wintry skiff]

i feel COL is one more player stepping up away from winning tournaments

either grim or hallzerk

[waxen grail]

probably hallzerk id say

[wintry skiff]

floppy is playing like a top 5 anchor rn

[waxen grail]

purely because there has to be eu awpers that are better out there

[wintry skiff]

vs top 30 teams

[waxen grail]

and also, would removing grim make them no longer an na team?

[wintry skiff]

yeah they have to keep grim

jt has dual za and portugal citizenship/visa iirc

[waxen grail]

yeah so then its gotta be hallzerk

[wintry skiff]

i heard osee was benched

[waxen grail]

LOL

ah yes

-grim -hallzerk + osee + insert solid eu rifler

[wintry skiff]

heard dupreeh was available

[waxen grail]

oh wait dexter got benched

LOL

[wintry skiff]

that would be a storyline

for blast

[waxen grail]

nah i need dexter to go TO australia

[wintry skiff]

nah

there's no tournament there

[waxen grail]

now this is counterstrike

[wintry skiff]

ESL ANZ Champs is no more

[waxen grail]

insani is so good man

[wintry skiff]

he,s insani good

tfw furia are now the old guard and mibr the upcomers

[waxen grail]

but kscerato on mibr

then brazil willl reign supreme

[wintry skiff]

he would cost minimum 1m$

maybe 1.5m$

br orgs known for asking big transfer fees

[waxen grail]

i dont understand why art is on furia

[wintry skiff]

someone gotta entry

[waxen grail]

i wonder what the falcons roster ends up being

[wintry skiff]

degster has to be included right?

prolly the one top 10-15 awper available

and i dont think falcons will pick a prospect

since theyre in a win-now type situation

patsi?

nealan?

[waxen grail]

they just go full russian speaking with zonic

LOL

[wintry skiff]

jks dexter

[waxen grail]

i doubt its a glaive place but

wouldnt seem too weird to me

[sour nexus]

They should make european-aussie roster

Get another good aussie, EU awper and +1

[wintry skiff]

jks dexter vexite patsi sh1ro

[wintry skiff]

[sour nexus]

I said european, not russian

But that could work, idk about sh1ro's English tho, also if he ever decides to come back from his "CS2 is shit" break

[wintry skiff]

jks dexter junior (awp) osee fang

[sour nexus]

we need 3 aussies for the easy way to the major

but I guess the NA route could work aswell

[sour nexus]

-mantuu +slaxz when

[wintry skiff]

only if +floppy

[sour nexus]

but who is going out then?

[wintry skiff]

thats the fun part

[sour nexus]

prosus is the next young talent, but we also need s1n to help tabseN a bit

[wintry skiff]

floppy is an anchor now

[sour nexus]

he shares almost everything with Krimbo, except for Mirage and Ancient CT

but Krimbo is our best player at the moment

[wintry skiff]

wait

Styko igl

Osee - Fang - ??? - ???

[sour nexus]

Styko only 2nd IGL max

according to jL, he doesnt have the personality to be a leader, he can be a great 2nd caller, but not primary

I was suggesting adding dexter and jks to that lineup, but both Styko and jks play the same roles again

[wintry skiff]

Dupreeh

Osee fang dupreeh jks dexter

[sour nexus]

could work out

[wintry skiff]

Dupreeh mentoring fang into the superstar he’s meant to be

I will be there

[marsh ivy]

https://clips.twitch.tv/SmoothBloodyWatercressShazBotstix-d4Dmq5NfvHD7XSXj

glawks

[wintry skiff]

hallzerk

[waxen grail]

get ready to learn english (again) buddy

[sour nexus]

this is me playing with glawks, but once I play CT pistol, I cant aim at all

also is it time for Ax1le to shine again?

[sour nexus]

https://www.hltv.org/news/37601/snappi-and-saw-depart-ence

https://tenor.com/view/hyunjin-loona-loona-hyunjin-terrified-scared-gif-24645181

[wintry skiff]

What if

Snappi nrg

[sour nexus]

he said he wanted to win

[wintry skiff]

win ez major spot

[sour nexus]

what is going on with rain rn

he is pulling out his major MVP form on Nuke, i love to see that

[wintry skiff]

at least 2x time the salary, wont need to battle to group of death for RMR

a vacation

[sour nexus]

ggs, thats it with FaZe's winstreak

[sour nexus]

https://www.hltv.org/news/37612/official-ence-sign-gla1ve-kuben

well..

also nealaN saying EG was his best year

[wintry skiff]

Tbh k23 vs eg

In terms of money

[wintry skiff]

https://vxtwitter.com/dust2us/status/1729198447973244980

[marsh ivy]

bruh

genuinely dont see how this is a good move for twistz

unless hes doing it for the bag

which doesnt seem like something he would do considering the interview about falcons the other week

[sour nexus]

falcons was mostly about morals tho

but still a stupid move considering that FaZe is the number 1 team right now and has the potential for a deep playoffs run at the next major

[wintry skiff]

Anyways with faze bought by col mother company

[sour nexus]

especially with ropz being on fire like this

[wintry skiff]

Faze roster would be FA for a while if they wanted to stick together

Or break apart for contracts

[sour nexus]

ropz will be like one of the most expensive players atm

[wintry skiff]

Jason Lake has been working on the details of the merger for a while

Hes not gonna let col esports go down easily

[waxen grail]

odds on remainder of faze to falcons?

[wintry skiff]

i hope 0

[waxen grail]

man

rain really will have been on faze from the beginning to the end

you guys saw this right

@wintry skiff @sour nexus

[wintry skiff]

the video

was kinda not tier 1

but i like the idea

of getting 2 young hungry players

with potential

[waxen grail]

i like the pickups

matys seems insane going off stats

and bodyy is

probably an upgrade?

maybe he'll at least help afro be more consistent

awpers under dexter dont seem to do well with consistency

[sour nexus]

kyuubii has always been a great talent in the german scene

bodyy and afro as a duo should work out better than with dexter for sure

[sour nexus]

Tbf do you know any aussie AWPer he played with?

[wintry skiff]

the same problem as NA IGL

no history of building around a strong awper

tbh with cs2 being less awper friendly it's fine

but we need to establish a doctrine/culture for igls in NA

[marsh ivy]

https://fxtwitter.com/RyanAtDust2/status/1729262525148217454

gpoo cringe

[sour nexus]

What the hell

https://fxtwitter.com/Bubzkji/status/1729265312703365226

I love this guy, but seriously why are orgs like that?

Especially with nexa joining G2, you cant tell me the players had no influence on the changes for sure

Just hoping for jks that he will find a great team again and slap G2 everytime they play

[marsh ivy]

jks to faze

[waxen grail]

jks standing in for faze in yet another role winning yet another tourney

i can see it

[sour nexus]

But the tourney we call Copenhagen major

https://www.hltv.org/news/37613/sources-nrg-target-daps-osee-brehze

[wintry skiff]

Big chunk of na fans arent happy

With daps igl-ing

[sour nexus]

Its so weird

But whoelse IGL?

[waxen grail]

https://vxtwitter.com/ggBleed/status/1729462642400706626?s=20

[sour nexus]

He will show EG how to make a CS team

[waxen grail]

idk if im wrong but

i swear bleed was that insanely rich val team

[wintry skiff]

[sour nexus]

I need to support them, they have fellow ex-BIG player and coach LEGIJA as their val coach

[waxen grail]

i remember they used to have pyth on the val team

and i remember someone saying he got paid so much money to basically do nothing

LOL

[sour nexus]

lmao

[wintry skiff]

https://vxtwitter.com/dust2us/status/1729634452899266892

would be funny if the invited team was NRG

[deep plank]

https://fxtwitter.com/NRGgg/status/1729670532205777010?s=20

[waxen grail]

https://www.hltv.org/news/37622/heroic-to-field-salazar-at-blast-world-final

this does not inspire hope

LOL

[sour nexus]

Just realized we got Canadian Flag for NRG 🇨🇦

[wintry skiff]

https://vxtwitter.com/HLTVorg/status/1729804383720743344

[waxen grail]

https://www.hltv.org/news/37637/media-fer-fnx-taco-reunite-for-major-qualifiers

one last dance part 7 brazil edition

reportedly gonna be

fnx fer taco boltz kngv

[wintry skiff]

for NA

[waxen grail]

4 players over 30

its insane bro

somehow boltz isnt 30

the fact boltz is the same age as elige is crazy

[wintry skiff]

they got into the scene around the same time

[waxen grail]

yeah but boltz just

looks older to me

for some reason

[waxen grail]

also like half of this team lost the major to zeus and dosia

LOL

[sour nexus]

[marsh ivy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghPztYNocf0

[wintry skiff]

https://www.dust2.us/news/42080/furia-return-igl-duties-to-art

[waxen grail]

WHAT

LMFAO

what was the point of fallen then other to sell tshirts???

at this point they shouldve just kept saffee

[sour nexus]

The way CS2 works should fit Furia's old playstyle if they are able to find form again

But now with FalleN as their AWP, why tho?

[waxen grail]

thats a good point, i didnt think of that

but still now you just

have fallen

instead of a better younger rifler

im not sure what role conflicts he has but imagine this lineup with like

insani instead if youre going for more of a no awp team

[wintry skiff]

kscerato and yurrih arent cheap

[waxen grail]

get neymar to pay one of the salaries

[wintry skiff]

also

NA lost more slots

ESL Impact cut Asian / Americas slots

this shit is unreal

every scene other than EU have been asking for more support

and ESL just cuts even more

💀

[wintry skiff]

https://vxtwitter.com/dust2us/status/1730356737016844577

[sour nexus]

They are getting broke once Louvree Agreement runs out

Not even saudi investment helping them

[sour nexus]

That should theoretically work, arT already did lots of AWPing if needed, they even had triple AWP setups sometimes with either KSCERATO or yuurih depending on the map, so both of them could AWP occasionally aswell

[waxen grail]

yeah it could honestly work

[wintry skiff]

gimme 2m$ a year

and i'll save the Americas

faze's roster cost about 6m$ a year (including support staff/bootcamp/etc)

[sour nexus]

500k per month is quite a lot

Considering they don't bootcamp that often

[wintry skiff]

https://youtu.be/vDbc7AICIV0?si=Q-HsL9dudsgZzytG&t=217

but yeah

576k a month is crazy

iirc NRG spent around 2m$ for the 2019 roster

cogs

[marsh ivy]

https://fxtwitter.com/Twistzz/status/1730635168166142406 lame

[sour nexus]

man I will miss him in the FaZe jersey

now that he left, he wont be the only NA player with 2 majors once FaZe wins Copenhagen (now they wont lol)

[sour nexus]

https://www.hltv.org/news/37660/sources-frozen-set-for-faze-move-mouz-list-brollan-for-world-final

karrigan really wants frozen to be a star rifler instead of a lurker

but why did MOUZ go with Brollan instead of jks???

[wintry skiff]

Jimp will finally have his space

[sour nexus]

yes Brollan is young, but jks is top 3 lurker??

[wintry skiff]

Every team needs a mid player

Jks too good for that

[sour nexus]

jks was mid in Complexity

[wintry skiff]

Who wasnt in 2021 for col

[sour nexus]

fair enough

hear me out once broky's contract runs out

get woxic

[waxen grail]

xantares to replace rain, i see it

[sour nexus]

That could actually work if Xantares english is good

[waxen grail]

the only bit of xantares english is remember is “i’m feeling thank you”

[sour nexus]

he played in BIG talking english for a long time, should be fine

otherwise woxic will show him

[waxen grail]

It honestly wouldn’t be a bad move

xantares i mean

[sour nexus]

even tho woxic dropped off since covid and the AWP being weak in CS2, I still think karrigan can get the best out of him again

MOUZ 2019 +Xantares would be very interesting, but sadly wont happen

[waxen grail]

xantares will always be one of the most interesting players for me

[wintry skiff]

tomorrow

[waxen grail]

@sour nexus @wintry skiff swani stepping down after world finals

maybe g2 saw?

[sour nexus]

wait, what???

sAw to G2 could work out

imagine they -Hooxi for +Snappi, that could be very interesting (íf Falcons +Snappi doesnt work out)

[marsh ivy]

https://fxtwitter.com/FaZeClan/status/1731750220868854038 good video

[sour nexus]

unexpected

[wintry skiff]

LFG OLOF

[sour nexus]

the olof one is a good bait tho

[wintry skiff]

https://www.dust2.us/news/42184/report-nrg-bring-in-former-cloud9-assistant-coach

[waxen grail]

https://vxtwitter.com/KRL_STREAM/status/1731994978170159505?s=20

@sour nexus @wintry skiff

LOL

that is

very underwhelming

falcons apparently offered xantares 4x what EF pays him LOL

[sour nexus]

lmao

Falcons dead

[waxen grail]

honestly

fnatic is more interesting than this team

[sour nexus]

Yes

Imagine we get Snappi and sAw for G2 because Falcons dead already

[wintry skiff]

https://vxtwitter.com/TeamLiquidCS/status/1732837267042148506

[sour nexus]

Something I just realized about this Liquid roster is that even tho Twistzz and NAF are canadian and thus contributing to Liquid playing the NA RMRs, they both live in Europe

So basically this Liquid is living in Europe (except for skullz), bootcamping there, playing all the events, and then they play one of the weaker regions to qualify for the major

[sour nexus]

https://www.hltv.org/news/37736/donk-named-betboom-dacha-mvp

Donk first MVP award of many more to come

[waxen grail]

reverse swept vp too

super impressive

[runic fog]

https://clips.twitch.tv/ColdbloodedCredulousParrotRuleFive-0QOntk_5F5ka1WiI

dont play cs right now!!!