Torqued mix to attend RGN Pro Series

12-11-2015 08:17

The team that will replace Conquest at the RGN Pro Series Championship is a Torqued mix, featuring players such as Joshua 'steel' Nissan and Jake 'Stewie2k' Yip.

Just yesterday it was announced that Conquest, a North American team that made waves at the CEVO Season 8 finals with a semifinals placing, had dropped out of the RGN Pro Series due to a scheduling conflict with final matches in the ESL ESEA Pro League.

The news left Group D with three contestants: Luminosity, Winterfox, and CLG Red. However, RGN have already managed to announce an eyebrow-raising replacement for Conquest.

steel will compete at the RGN Pro Series Championship

The replacement is none other than Torqued, a powerhouse mix usually containing some of North America's most luminous and most controversial figures, primarily because it often features several players banned by Valve for matchfixing earlier this year.

Torqued were last seen in action at Fragadelphia 6, which the team led by Sam "⁠DaZeD⁠" Marine was not prohibited from attending and managed to win the first place title thereat.

However, it has been revealed that three of the previous attendees for Torqued, DaZeD, Keven "⁠AZK⁠" Lariviere, and Armeen "⁠a2z⁠" Toussi, will be unable to attend RGN and instead a true mix-like "Torqued" team has been chosen.

Torqued's roster at RGN Pro Series LAN will therefore be:

Francis "⁠kiko⁠" Lao
Joshua "⁠steel⁠" Nissan
Mohamad "⁠mOE⁠" Assad
Paul "⁠n2g⁠" Lao
Jake "⁠Stewie2K⁠" Yip

In addition, it was revealed last Friday that 3sUP would be unable to attend the event (although 3sUP player Arya "⁠arya⁠" Hekmat would fill in for Method's David "⁠Toy⁠" Han) and Nexus eSports have replaced the team in Group A. Groups for the RGN Pro Series are now:

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
CLG	Cloud9	Liquid	Luminosity
Renegades	compLexity	CSGOLounge	Torqued
Nexus	Method	Games Academy	Winterfox
Enemy	Nexus Storm	SKDC	CLG Red

The RGN Pro Series kicks off the day after the iBUYPOWER CS:GO Invitational concludes and takes place inside of the same venue in Santa Ana, California.

stich writes for HLTV.org and can be found on Twitter

expected

2015-11-12 08:18

27 replies

Lol 3 asians a jew and a muslim xD

2015-11-12 08:24

6 replies

the fakest muslim I have ever heard of

2015-11-12 08:31

rofl

2015-11-12 08:47

:DD

2015-11-12 09:50

Haha

2015-11-12 10:00

hahaha

2015-11-12 12:35

actualy true tho

2015-11-12 15:18

I hope Steel is banned forever, anyone who sells out their fans is scum.

18 replies

So I'm guessing VP should be banned forever aswell

2015-11-12 10:31

17 replies

VPs case was 100% different. They didnt throw or anything. The fans who bet against them would've lost their skins anyways.

2015-11-12 10:45

16 replies

Would've lost?u know that tgey lost that match to LDLC and tgen bet on themselves

2015-11-12 11:26

13 replies

Soz I meant the fans who bet on them wouldve lost their skins anyways. It's not like they bet first and lose then but otherway around. The bets didnt affect on the game result.

2015-11-12 12:49

12 replies

They stole the winners' skins.

2015-11-12 13:06

11 replies

the winners were not their fans :D:D

2015-11-12 16:47

10 replies

LOL Do you know that betting might not be related to liking a team? They stole the skins - that's what matters. And they probably stole some from their fans

2015-11-12 17:00

9 replies

they didnt "steal" skins, they just got some skins from CSGL, whoever sent the skins to the bot in the first place should have read the thing saying it is a gift and should not expect them back

2015-11-12 17:42

8 replies

Winners would win more, so they stole

2015-11-12 17:51

4 replies

they didnt steal anything, whoever sent their skins to csgl have no right to get them back

2015-11-12 18:35

3 replies

lmao

2015-11-12 19:14

2 replies

the vp-ldlc game did not get drafted

2015-11-13 08:09

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I didn't even know :o Thanks My point still exists though. Even if they didn't get the skins, they tried to.

2015-11-13 13:40

iBP didn't steal anything by that logic then still they're banned. It amazes me how biased people are towards this shit

2015-11-12 20:48

iBP didnt, amazes me how they are banned for getting some skins from a bot

2015-11-13 07:49

Oh I understando you now lol

2015-11-13 15:41

VP has thrown many times. They just havent been caught. Losing 2-0 to Orgless lmao

2015-11-12 13:01

proof or didnt happened.

2015-11-12 13:11

Steel POV TS inc

2015-11-12 10:39

wow, weird lineup with kiko/n2g

2015-11-12 08:19

5 replies

idd, where's tck / monte at

2015-11-12 08:33

or dazed and azk..

2015-11-12 09:11

owever, it has been revealed that three of the previous attendees for Torqued, Marine, Keven "AZK" Lariviere, and Armeen "a2z" Toussi, will be unable to attend RGN and instead a true mix-like "Torqued" team has been chosen.

2015-11-12 09:30

azk he is the north american player but the titan he is the french stars

2015-11-12 13:48

Yep, time for steel to both hard carry, top frag, and call at the same time lol unless mOE has one of those days, and well stewie is pretty good

2015-11-12 09:45

Where is AZK?

AZK he is the north american player, but the titan he is the french stars.

2015-11-12 09:12

LOL

2015-11-12 09:59

wtf read the news retard...

2015-11-12 09:58

where is he tho? did he die? i mean steel is banned and he is playing, why not azk?

2015-11-12 12:21

because AZK he is the north american player, but the titan he is the french stars.

2015-11-12 14:03

AZK is in montreal, far away from california. probably has job/school, hard to make it, whereas fragadelphia is much closer

2015-11-12 15:42

Interesting.

Not the lineup I expected when I read the title tbh

where is AZK and DaZeD?

2015-11-12 08:20

Read the article, dipshit.

2015-11-12 10:21

Still cant see WHY they are not in the LU.

short notice, dazed is already in texas w/ gf or smth azk probably had plans already or he'd have flown with steel most likely same for a2z not sure why no tck or monte same reason prob, tck probably waiting till they qualify for a major to show off his new amazing physique noones seen since that one cph games

2015-11-12 15:48

Are you fucking retarded? All it says is they are unable to attend, not why.

2015-11-12 15:39

Where is AZK? oh w8 azk he is the north american player but the titan he is the french stars

2015-11-12 08:21

fun lineup with a great bunch of goofsters and gafsters really expecting a great time hopefully CAN steel can 1v1 BR steel on lan, winner becomes the steelest

2015-11-12 08:22

loser will have to change name permanently

or Josh changes name to "steal"

This works for me, n1.

2015-11-12 17:40

Would have amazing if they played with DaZed and AZK.

steel & moe + 3 asians. That's pretty cool since there's a lack of asians representing high level CS. Either way, STEWIE2K LAN HYPE. So pumped to see how he plays on lan.

2015-11-12 08:23

It's his first lan afaik so I'm expecting he probably wouldn't do so good as well as stewie2k onliner threads. He's frikkin' 17 though. Lots of time to prove himself.

2015-11-12 21:13

No AZK? RIP my name

2015-11-12 08:25

Let's go Torqued!

2015-11-12 08:27

It would have actually been intresting if we saw the fragadephia roster of torqued. This roster doesnt seem like its going to do much damage.

2015-11-12 08:36

Steel is back boys :D

My body is ready

2015-11-12 08:35

GL MOE!

2015-11-12 08:41

hope they don't throw :S

2015-11-12 08:43

No AZK - No party

2015-11-12 08:44

hltv hates m0e so much xD.. they don't even mention him in the headline even tho he is the most known name (or the 2nd most known after steel)

I have nothing against moe, I just mentioned steel for obvious reasons and stewie because people are quite speculative to see how he does on lan. 3 names would be too long

2015-11-12 09:02

u still answer to these braindeaded people? just kepp doing what u do best :)

2015-11-12 09:16

kepp on kepping on mate.

2015-11-12 09:51

favorite hltv admin

2015-11-12 09:46

add moe 2 stream list or i call isis on u

2015-11-12 15:44

This is a counter-strike site, why would they add source players?

2015-11-12 16:50

yes u are right i guess scream and shox stream has 2 go aswell retard

2015-11-12 17:15

scream is terrible why would he be on the list

2015-11-12 17:43

I don't know how many times you need to hear this but Torqued as a team is led, and always led by steel, not DaZeD. Steel was IGL at Fragadelphia 6 and he was IGL for the week or two DaZeD got kicked off iBP a few months before the bans. Torqued is steels team and always will be led by steel regardless of what mix of players they have.

2015-11-12 20:16

steel & mOE ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy shit

kiko very bad my friend

2015-11-12 08:48

Ok this is must see :'D

ez to GA rekt m0e

2015-11-12 08:49

great that steel is able to attend this! :D

2015-11-12 08:52

-iwnl- pug

2015-11-12 08:53

the french star and dazed? Would be a decent contender with those two?

2015-11-12 08:57

ez for mOE, but need dazed and azk and ARMEEN

steal vs the black steel. dis gon b gud

2015-11-12 08:59

AZK, Dazed and a2z all scared of playing LG on Lan.

2015-11-12 09:00

stewie on another LAN <3

2015-11-12 09:03

is there a pic of stewie on lan? can u link if there is lol

dont think so mate, this and the Northern Arena 20k LAN will be the first 2 he's gone to under a hltv-related team

2015-11-12 18:53

So much hype for a team that will probably go for a solid 0-3 or 1-2

2015-11-12 09:05

no azk the french star, rip Torqued

2015-11-12 09:06

stewie at LAN? I arent think that xD

2015-11-12 09:07

ppl hate on moe but the guy is still a legit player. Really hope he makes a bad boy team with dazed n co if they ever get unbanned.

2015-11-12 09:14

brothers in lao

2015-11-12 09:17

2015-11-12 09:25

Need moar AZK & DaZeD.

Need DaZeD EDIT: but steel is imba, not orba

2015-11-12 09:38

Tck and Monte where? Even frozt?

2015-11-12 09:36

Stewie is NUTS

2015-11-12 09:39

Moe and steel :D

STEEL VS STEEL HYPE

2015-11-12 09:53

so EZ for Luminosity and CSGL, roflmao NA

2015-11-12 09:57

-n2g +HUNDENNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!

2015-11-12 10:04

m0E and steel its good

2015-11-12 10:11

Very interested in seeing stewie2k play!

steel ftw

2015-11-12 11:08

is desi going to pay up?

2015-11-12 11:11

E z renegades

2015-11-12 11:34

nice

2015-11-12 11:36

mOE XD

2015-11-12 11:37

lmfao CLG Red playing against men?

2015-11-12 11:42

Great to see Steel and m0E back together :)

2015-11-12 11:48

Remember to bet AGAINST them.

2015-11-12 11:59

Kiko and n2g brothers?

2015-11-12 12:14

yes

2015-11-12 12:51

What the fck that idiot doin there?

2015-11-12 13:00

HLTV continues to post news about mOE but they removed his stream

2015-11-12 13:04

mOE doesn't deserve a spot on the stream list.

2015-11-12 23:13

EZ group for torqued unless clg red is actually good rofl. Will be interesting to see

2015-11-12 13:08

Ez for kiko

2015-11-12 13:16

EZ FOR STEEL

2015-11-12 13:20

STEWIE

WHERE IS DAZED AND AZK

2015-11-12 13:28

they are busy

2015-11-12 16:52

win the first place title thereat.

2015-11-12 13:36

Steel vs Steel is real

2015-11-12 13:42

any idea why no DaZeD? whats the reason no dazed and no azk?

2015-11-12 13:53

I think dazed is in Texas visiting his girl and azk probably too short notice for travel arrangements.

2015-11-12 14:45

azk in montreal

ez, bet against them and win all the skins

2015-11-12 13:56

No DaZeD no party :(

2015-11-12 14:00

2015-11-12 14:28

pls DaZeD and AZK, go to play...

2015-11-12 14:27

Got excited then I saw the roster =( stewie was a good addition but you need dazed and azk in there for sure. Also not really sure why this team is even called torqued.

2015-11-12 14:43

w/o dazed and azk they will not win 1 game. i can guarantee.

2015-11-12 14:46

they have winterfox and clg red rofl, theres no way young stew will fail on lan ;) sucks though that this is on short notice, they had to get only california guys because the lan is in like 4 days

nice go steel!

2015-11-12 15:35

stewie lan picture incoming lol

2015-11-12 15:36

expected, ez 4 young stew

2015-11-12 15:40

The young stew PogChamp

+dazed +azk +a2z pls....

2015-11-12 15:52

kiko? n2g? stewie? wtf +dazed, +azk the titan stars + a2z dude..

2015-11-12 16:07

why not tck and monte? and dazed?

2015-11-12 16:28

where the hell is dazed azk and a2z?

2015-11-12 16:19

YIP YIP hurray K a p p a

2015-11-12 16:27

Steel LG >>>>>>>

2015-11-12 16:32

So no dazed? this lineup is a lot worse than the one that won fragadelphia. Plus kiko is bad.

2015-11-12 17:07

Ez for the thrower-Steel

2015-11-12 17:35

They better stream scrims, I wanna see moe rage

2015-11-12 17:39

Black Steel vs USA Steel

they are actually gunna get out of groups too. damn

2015-11-12 17:52

Moe bitching about washed up players like n2g and kiko then ends up on a team with them.... LOL

2015-11-12 18:09

why not dazed and azk?

2015-11-12 18:41

torqued will win this shit,legoooo

2015-11-12 18:51

Stewie the LAN GOD lets go.

2015-11-12 18:55

2015-11-12 19:08

Why is this an article on the front page of HLTV like it's some news, also who cares? A banned player mixing with a bunch of premier level players got to make an article about that or the world will end...

2015-11-12 19:21

steal=brainwashedfangays=views=$$$

2015-11-13 08:02

Lol thats not why, I got respect for Steel out of all the banned players he's made the most effort to stay relevant, still competes (where hes allowed to), still dedicated to CS Go, I guess that's why he has the following he has and why they still are making news about him here on HLTV where probably 99% of this community could care less what Steel is up to.

2015-11-14 21:34