RattlesnK returns in XENEX

25-3-2015 17:00

Former mousesports and Anexis member Sam "RattlesnK" Gawn will be attending i54 next week with Team XENEX.

The British veteran attempted a comeback in August in a new called called The Lone Rangers together with some of the most decorated players in the UK scene, such as Daniel "⁠RE1EASE⁠" Mullan and George "⁠hudzG⁠" Hoskins.

However, the project failed to live up to expectations, and some weeks later the players ended up going their separate ways.

RattlesnK returns to action in a new team

Earlier this month, Sam "⁠RattlesnK⁠" Gawn was seen helping a new team called KiNgZ qualify for the ESL UK Premiership, which will feature £6,000 (approximately $9,000) in cash prizes.

That same team, which also boasts former fm-eSports Gaming member Jonathan "⁠Sheekey⁠" Sheekey and ex-Infused player Joe "⁠JT⁠" Talbot, has now joined the ranks of Team XENEX, a UK-based organisation that is well-known in the Call of Duty scene.

Finally we can announce that we have joined Team XENEX for the upcoming Insomnia event and future events. We have had the core 4 of this lineup from December and i think it is the perfect fit . We picked up Sam around a month ago and things have gone smoothly since then. We will be attending Iseries 54 next week with hopes of a top two finish and beating either of the teams that won the online qualifier. We hope to attend international events and finally put a stamp on Europe.

"Finally we can announce that we have joined Team XENEX for the upcoming Insomnia event and future events,"Sheekey told HLTV.org.

"We have had the core four of this lineup since December, and I think it is the perfect fit.

"We picked up Sam around a month ago and things have gone smoothly since then.

"We will be attending Iseries 54 next week with hopes of a top two finish and beating either of the teams that won the online qualifier.

"We hope to attend international events and finally put a stamp on Europe."

Team XENEX will attend i54, in Coventry, from April 3-6, with the following roster:

Jonathan "⁠Sheekey⁠" Sheekey
Reece "⁠Puls3⁠" Marrs
Joe "⁠JT⁠" Talbot
Sam "⁠RattlesnK⁠" Gawn
James "Lumji" Webb

nice

2015-03-25 17:08

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There was once a great video with him raging at an event, but I cant find it anymore

2015-03-25 17:10

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30p lan, angeldust smoke shots?

2015-03-25 17:11

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It was when me played from mouz in GO I belive, an interview with cuts to video footage of his team and coms.

2015-03-25 17:14

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he* (is edit not working? or is it just me)

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youtube.com/watch?v=gOM50rmdqYU

2015-03-25 17:24

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There was a better one vs NiP on d2, but thanks

2015-03-25 17:53

l0l

noob saucer

2015-03-25 18:01

angeldust never forget

2015-03-25 18:39

that would have made even me whine, and I never whine...

2015-03-25 19:57

sauce

2015-03-26 05:25

oh god that banana looks so much better than in go. they really need to wide up places in go version map. :( #nohomo

2015-03-26 10:55

yes not working i cannot edit your comment. #notworkingconfirmed

2015-03-25 21:15

Thought that the edit buttom was only bugged for me :)

2015-03-26 17:40

youtu.be/_9DtYAYWjMk?t=25m10s he's ragging :D

2015-03-25 18:37

Nice for about two weeks. Then he gets mad and leaves goes missing for a month or two, joins up a new team and does the same thing over and over and over until he retires.

I think NiP needs this top sniper...

2015-03-25 17:09

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hahaha :P

2015-03-25 18:12

and who are allu?

2015-03-25 22:28

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allu are rattlesnk

2015-03-26 01:46

1 reply

allu are top snipper

2015-03-28 06:30

rattlesnk > allu

2015-03-26 12:33

ayyyy

2 replies

lmao

2015-03-25 18:22

UK's hope

gfycat.com/DelayedArtisticGuppy

2015-03-25 20:34

HAHA

2015-03-26 00:17

lol

2015-03-26 01:44

k,awe awe

finally

that's good

return again?! (o_O)

lets see

Does hltv have so little to write about lol.

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This is good information, maybe UK can start playing CS again.

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I'm pretty sure they are already filling around 70% of the silver ranks.

2015-03-25 17:13

70% Bulgaria silvers 10% UK 20% other. get ur facts right m8.

2015-03-25 20:37

play.esea.net/index.php?s=league&d=stand.. this is the league below invite 5/24 teams from UK and one made it to playoffs.

2015-03-25 18:06

they only qualified because of lots of default wins lol

2015-03-25 21:35

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You believe we couldn't of qualified even if we played the 4 default games? OK let me break it down for you buddy. VnE - played one game, lost 16-7 to Rize (who we beat) mykpv - didn't turn up within the 15 minutes, we later beat them in the season x6 - had another cup to play in LGB - didn't play melty - they gave us the win. You really have no clue, but I don't know why I've even replied, good job!

2015-03-25 21:53

wp today and cheers 4 skins

2015-03-26 03:53

ty i guess

2015-03-26 04:10

Rage, reported.

2015-03-26 05:55

2weeks max

Very optimistic.

2015-03-25 18:24

n1 top 5000

toxicity

The toxicity of our city, of our city

2015-03-25 17:17

About time

Is this newsworthy lol

I think needs a top sniper

who?

UK_BEST_RAGER

2015-03-25 17:33

2015-03-25 18:08

they will split up after first lan dont waste news articles on these fools

this :[

2015-03-27 00:28

>UK

will last 2 weeks Kappa

if its gonna last more than 2 weeks, its gonna be top 50000 world

RattleSNK StronK

how long will this team stay together, make your bets

1 Official match Max.

2015-03-25 18:00

who? :(

RattlesnK weber re1ease hudzG vertiGo

nice try tom

2015-03-25 21:26

-vertiGo +"Hyphen paynt falling asleep in season final." great banter

2015-03-26 15:48

-SHEEKEY +SILVER 1

-SHEEKEY +KYAN1TE

2015-03-25 17:18

KYAN1TE = SILVER 1 so that works too

2015-03-25 17:21

Fuck it im silver 3 might as well take me instead.

2015-03-25 19:47

I'll sweet talk them in to picking you up.

2015-03-25 20:01

kk thx bby

2015-03-25 20:12

2015-03-25 18:15

+1, will save on having to use extra seats as well

2015-03-25 19:42

omg retire already?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

returnreturn

They have to hire me... :(

Org thats well known in the cod scene i lold only faze and optic are well known only to make fun of them

ragesnake strikes again.

2015-03-25 17:15

These guys are the moxt toxic people ever to have been on the cs scene, no matter the version.. Sheekey, the most arrogant, sore loser.. Always has something bad to say about others.. And dont get me started on fucking rattlesnk that little piece of shit. And puls3.. Holy shit.. A team filled with utter retards, i wish them all the luck in the world..

Go back to LoL you utter clown.

Appendix A. Someone from the UK proving the stereotype correct

2015-03-25 18:26

he isn't wrong though...

2015-03-25 20:03

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Yes he is.

2015-03-25 21:12

:L toxicity levels over 9000

2015-03-26 10:10

You sound like a mardy social justice warrior.

2015-03-26 11:07

Just go back to the rotten kidney pie you crawled out from you filthy kid.

2015-03-26 17:45

A social justice warrior AND a hypocrite, who would have thought eh? Did I 'trigger' you pal? Jog on back to tumblr.

2015-03-26 18:34

Holy fuck, calm your autism lol

2015-03-27 09:13

plot twist other guys always talk shit, but dont speak in english, so you dont even know if they call you idiot

2015-03-25 17:55

oh dear

2015-03-25 17:16

ayyy lmao

nice, gl

srsly whats up with Call of Duty and stupid names? first envyus now xanax lol

should I remind you about NINJAS IN PYJAMAS?

2015-03-25 17:47

*XENEX xenex.esportsify.com/

disband inbound

tier 5?

2015-03-25 17:20

Poor boy. Even krL finally understood he wouldn't achieve anything in that game and retired. RattlesnK, you time has gone, retire already.

2015-03-25 17:22

kek

I give it 2 weeks

2015-03-25 17:23

BEANS

-lumji +fearless

2015-03-25 17:25

fearless quit

2015-03-25 17:26

Lumji is actually really good. :)

2015-03-26 06:02

yaaaaaay oh wait our scene is dead

retire, go irl

2015-03-25 17:28

this snake is very poisonous

2015-03-25 17:32

RattlesnK Scream Hiko Fearl3ss and Dennis

-Fearl3ss +Zonic -Dennis +Minet

2015-03-25 17:45

Lol no maybe -RattlesnK + Zonic but that's it. Fearl3ss>>>>>> RattlesnK

raggesnK

sheekey ::D toxic fuck with zero skills who flames everyone

oh god why....

2015-03-25 17:34

1 week

2015-03-25 17:35

Thankfully only 1 week till LAN. Kappa.

2015-03-25 17:44

zis iz guuna be gud

some good players here, i hope they stick together for the scenes and their sakes. gl

why u not on dis team dephh? :L

2015-03-26 06:03

2015-03-25 17:36

new top1 confirmed

KingZ looked very good throughout the ESL UK Premiership qualifier, especially Lumji. Can't see them doing much outside of the UK though.

2015-03-25 17:38

top3 UK confirmed

2015-03-25 17:40

decent team i'd say, good potential

2015-03-25 17:41

2015-03-25 17:42

:') hell yes

top3 in 4 days

2015-03-25 17:43

What happened with fearless?

The UK scene happened! :D

2015-03-25 17:57

RIP. Do you still stream or have you given up entirely?

I'm still playing occasionally. Streaming wasn't going anywhere, twitch were being arseholes and not giving me sub button when I did everything they asked and more, so I lost all motivation.

2015-03-26 10:51

I always thought you were amzing on the AWP, much better then rattlesnk.

2015-03-25 19:08

At least he has the approval of hairynutsack69

2015-03-26 18:30

Don't make excuses or you're just as bad as the rest of the uk scene. If you want to be the best bad enough, you won't let ANYTHING get in your way to the top. You quit because you can't be arsed to put in the effort or the time so don't blame the uk scene.

2015-03-27 00:09

2 weeks

nice top 875 maybe

SHEEK3Y

2015-03-25 17:46

+RE1EASE

2015-03-25 17:48

ez 4 xanax

+re1ease our riot !

2015-03-25 17:49

When did he play for mousesports?

old mouz probably... they were a british team

2015-03-25 17:54

Must have totally missed that one

2015-03-25 17:56

2011 youtu.be/thgxVo2MOGs 2012 youtu.be/QJzEv1C3VxM

2015-03-25 17:59

In the beginning of csgo. I remember they almost beat nip

2015-03-25 18:02

lost 16-14 twice i believe

2015-03-25 21:29

Oh my god!!! Rattlesnk, my favourite old CSS player from Birmingham Salvo which played at CGS. God bless you!

2015-03-25 17:52

puls3 <3

2 weeks and he's gonna be back into retirement. I hope we get more highlights with him raging tho.

273017390173 times a charm perhaps if you look at the line up, most of them are pretty unknown in UK scene so who knows? i dare say rattlesnk handpicked those who can put up with his constant rage and perhaps.. tolerant to abuse aka bunch of masochists ("__")

I don't see how these players are unknown in the UK scene? If we are talking internationally you're correct.

Perhaps you're right. I'm too used to seeing weber, RE1EASE, fearless etc representing the UK. I'm only familiar with Sheekey (and ragesnk obviously) in this line-up.

2015-03-25 18:16

Weird how you're familiar with Sheekey but not Puls3

2015-03-25 19:45

stop talking out your ass

2015-03-25 19:58

GLGL

ez for Lumji, lumji best.

expected

good luck!

GL puls3 my 6th fav player

shitty news, shitty player

2015-03-25 18:07

2015-03-25 18:10

GL lads

Really interesting team for the UK. Good mix of experience and skill there. Good luck lads.

2015-03-25 18:11

ragesnake time!

rofl won't last long xd

ignore these retarded europeans. just don't fold within 3 months! it'd be nice to have a steady UK team!

2015-03-25 18:14

Oh man a few toxic players in that, I doubt this will last long.

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core 4 for 4 month, new player for over a month already lasted longer than every other team

2015-03-25 18:17

not us sry

2015-03-25 18:20

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2015-03-26 00:06

NOBODY CARES

2015-03-25 19:46

2015-03-25 21:38

play.esea.net/teams/81502

2015-03-25 21:43

oh team default win, okay :)

2015-03-25 21:46

4 defaults vs team's that didn't play or end up top 8. good job.

2015-03-25 21:47

without the defaults that's 8 and that's a middle placement score hehe

2015-03-25 21:50

5* 7 wins without defaults haha

2015-03-25 21:51

Then you've also gotta remove everyone elses default wins? "haha" if you want to use that logic.

2015-03-25 21:54

True, well good luck and stick together.

2015-03-26 16:38

ur english aswell surely u should be supporting them not crying about it

I'm not crying at all? I'm stating a few players have rage problems and we all know who that is.

2015-03-26 17:08

who cares if they rage, 99% of cs players rage.

2015-03-26 17:20

Hold it.. Try to not laugh... LAUGH A LOT! :D

I wish the mouz lineup with rattlesnk and co would still exist im pretty sure they would be in the top5

2015-03-25 18:19

Legend is back)

Legend U forgot Kappa

2015-03-25 18:59

3 weeks max

2015-03-25 18:21

1 week until rerun of Rattlesnk's rage then...

2015-03-25 18:23

Where are all the UK cs teams please?....

JT Rating is 0.69 ayy lmaoo

2015-03-25 18:27

2 days max

no "1 week max" the team already folded. confirmed by hltv in the comming miuntes

2015-03-25 18:28

-Lumji +me, type me Sam, im rdy

2015-03-25 18:36

Not really impresive xd

2015-03-25 18:38

the retard is back

2015-03-25 18:44

What a retarded clan tag

2015-03-25 18:45

gl sam, reece and fat head

ohh i love xanax...

2015-03-25 18:47

Bored of HLTV covering every team this guys forms another team destin to fail. Your a has been go home!!!

2015-03-25 18:50

I made this team in late december, sam joined us a month ago or something. Do you read

2015-03-25 19:01

Gl hf

2015-03-25 18:51

James best uk

2015-03-25 18:52

The real rattlesnake is SCSA 3:16 =)

2015-03-25 18:58

top sniper ftw

2015-03-25 19:00

What happened to Vextstar?

2015-03-25 19:14

we said we were going to take a break after lan, turned into everyone quitting... but me and dephh are making a new team. and lumji came back to play with xenex pretty much

2015-03-26 03:51

finally! my favourite player :) !!

2015-03-25 19:18

where is re1ease?

2015-03-25 19:26

hope the new sponsors provide earplugs for the other players

2015-03-25 19:56

????????

2015-03-26 19:55

glgl

hahaha sheekey, gl with that -sheekey +anyone above silver

good to see him back

2015-03-25 20:14

sadly this team needs a top sniper

2015-03-25 20:18

rattlesnk was one of the best at the start of CSGO

2015-03-25 20:43

sick to see him back.

2015-03-25 20:26

- someone + RE1EASE

2015-03-25 20:27

DelayedArtisticGuppy

2015-03-25 20:52

gl guys!

2015-03-25 20:58

hope they stick together, but probably another 3 weeks max lineup

2015-03-25 21:45

It'll last 1 week after i54..

2015-03-25 22:03

bad

2015-03-25 21:52

GL SNK

2015-03-25 22:30

top100

2015-03-25 22:31

who is lumji??

2015-03-25 22:43

RattlesnK <33333

2015-03-25 22:52

2 weeks.

2015-03-25 23:14

youtube.com/watch?v=iywaBOMvYLI :D :D :)

2015-03-25 23:38

really nice to see his again!

2015-03-25 23:45

needs a top sniper -rattlesnk +fifflaren

2015-03-25 23:48

bloody hell m8 how he keep shooting me through the bloody smoke?

2015-03-25 23:52

GOGO Puls3, JT and Sheekey :D

2015-03-26 00:05

Biggest asshole ive ever played with. Even more toxic than kids from Sweden.

2015-03-26 00:42

Is it pronounced like rattlesnakes medication or what you blow your nose into?

2015-03-26 01:56

XanaX pwnd !

2015-03-26 03:47

Lads

noice

2015-03-26 08:58

no.1 rager,cs:go has ever seen rattsnk=angry british kid

2015-03-26 10:46

ENGLANDO! FINALLY

2015-03-26 12:20

XENEX needs a top sniper

2015-03-26 12:35

gl :D expecting a fold after lan though

2015-03-26 12:46

fuck the negativity, good luck boys!

2015-03-26 13:02

- Jonathan "Sheekey" Sheekey Reece "Puls3" Marrs Joe "JT" Talbot Sam "RattlesnK" Gawn James "Lumji" Webb + duffman Mangiacapra wilzOOO kalleh adulki

2015-03-26 15:33

hello back toxic kid :)

2015-03-26 17:52

All the comments on this story can be categorised by the source: Swedes/French: Meh, GL to them. UK: I wish this would actually amount to something but it won't. Slavs/3rd Worlders/Countries with tier 5 teams: LOL OMG DIS IS SO FUNNY, UK SHIT TOCIX LOL, I SWER VP IS TOP 3 SRS.

2015-03-26 18:44