Conquest lose CS:GO team

23-12-2015 10:08

Conquest's CS:GO team have decided to look for a new home, HLTV.org has learned.

The Conquest CS:GO team, which includes the likes of Shahzeb "⁠ShahZaM⁠" Khan and Keith "⁠NAF⁠" Markovic first turned heads at CEVO Season 8 where the Canadian and American squad managed to defeat dignitas in a group decider thriller to advance to the semifinals.

Although the team have continued to avail themselves well online, including qualifying for the ESL ESEA Pro League Season 2 finals and winning the RGN Freedom! Cup, the team struggled to make a subsequent mark at offline events, with disappointing runs at the iBUYPOWER Cup and the EEPL S2 finals in Burbank earlier this month.

NAF-FLY & co. to seek a new organisation in 2016

The team recently also released coach Paul "⁠pauLy⁠" Guerboyan, who had served the squad since their first offline appearance at CEVO S8 and said release may have been a harbinger of internal discord between the team and the organisation.

ShahZaM has stressed that the team is sticking together and seeking a new home for 2016:

"We have parted ways from Conquest. We thank them for everything they have done for us and wish them the best of luck with their future involvement in esports.

"Going into 2016 we are one of the only NA teams with all 5 staying together. A new home hasn't been decided yet, and we are still exploring all of our options. You may contact us directly at [email protected]," Khan told HLTV.org.

The ex-Conquest lineup which is currently seeking a new home is:

Keith "⁠NAF⁠" Markovic
William "⁠RUSH⁠" Wierzba
Damian "⁠daps⁠" Steele
Shahzeb "⁠ShahZaM⁠" Khan
Peter "⁠stanislaw⁠" Jarguz

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

TSM confirmed

2015-12-23 10:08

12 replies

+11111111111111

2015-12-23 10:17

1 reply

tsm went from having a top 3 team world to a tier 4 na team nice job

2015-12-24 16:49

most retarded move by reginald... drop a top5 team in the world who guarantees results for someone who wont even make it to a fucking major ever

2015-12-23 12:12

6 replies

Well, if communication havent worked at all and neither side want to work on it it has to end, conquest has surprised me really much this year, would be nice to see if they can go somewhere =)

2015-12-23 13:14

2 replies

They surprised us ONCE and were shit after that

2015-12-23 13:41

2015-12-24 00:09

CLG and Liquid did the same thing. Its just about marketability.

2015-12-23 15:20

TSM didn't drop the team, the team dropped TSM

2015-12-23 15:51

Get what your saying but it was more the players wanting to leave after the release of their manager and lack of communication between team and org I agree tho stupid choice but TSM LoL is and will always be their cash cow so they can afford a shit NA team but would be stupid not to pick up conquest top 3-4 NA team huge dropped after that but your basically getting what you had a team that does well online but chokes on LAN

2015-12-23 18:52

Yep

2015-12-23 13:23

TSM ShahZaM confirmed Kappa

2015-12-23 13:27

This wouldn't be a bad idea. Conquest are improving quick. I don't think ex-Conquest deserve a good org like TSM though

2015-12-23 17:25

tsm EZ

2015-12-23 10:09

UNEXPECTED

2015-12-23 10:10

Old.

They are going to TSM, Stan messaged me about it. Screen cap this.

2015-12-23 10:11

Why don't u screenshot it the ? :)

TSM?

2015-12-23 10:12

TSM Incoming

2015-12-23 10:13

tsm inc

2015-12-23 10:14

Gplay.bg?

C9 NAF-FLY

2015-12-23 10:23

Markovic <3

rip

2015-12-23 10:24

Faze clan

2015-12-23 10:32

eLeVate

2015-12-23 10:48

no wonder

2015-12-23 10:54

Why the fuck HLTV writes always write email addresses like that. Spam inc

2015-12-23 10:59

That is most likely just a dump/temporary-mail - take a look at the name. They seem to be well aware that whatever email address they use is going to get spammed :)

2015-12-23 13:54

they were extremely good against CLG. i wish them gl in the future

naf to cloud 9 make it happen

2015-12-23 18:36

TSM inc??

TSM

2015-12-23 11:13

RIP

2015-12-23 11:19

I will stream and cut my penis if ShaZaM goes in TSM.

2015-12-23 11:20

3 replies

Well, be ready to do it

2015-12-23 11:26

Obs or xsplit?

2015-12-23 11:28

obs is free,xsplit not

2015-12-23 11:30

tsm seriously

2015-12-23 11:25

Na will change a lot . But still EU > NA EleGiggle

2015-12-23 11:34

This team kinda only has rush and naf can contests with EU

2015-12-23 11:36

9 replies

lol you havent seen how sick shahzam has been playing then

2015-12-23 11:43

8 replies

based on cevo yes, based on other lans he cant even hit with awp. stat wise he aint that great either hltv.org/?pageid=247&playerid=7810&stats..

2015-12-23 12:06

4 replies

ibp cup was hard playing against c9 and clg and well prepared teams js

2015-12-23 12:25

what is that mean? so you mean conquset lose because other team prepared to play? and conquset supposed to not prepared? they cant even be/beat tier 1 NA team how can they have a chance to play with EU?

2015-12-23 12:42

wat? For a shit NA team, they've done quite well for themselves. They brought VP to a double overtime, brought mousesports to 3rd game of bo3, have taken sets off Liquid, Dignitas and CLG on LAN and have beaten Liquid, CLG and C9 multiple times online as well. I'm not saying they're going to be winning majors anytime soon, but they haven't been playing bad at all. Especially considering they were basically "the scraps" of the NA scene.

2015-12-23 17:24

like I said if you only based on CEVO lan yeah sure they are good. C9 online is not even close to C9 lan, they have internet issue and thats also why C9 cant qualify for Faceit and Esea lan

2015-12-23 17:37

if u call shahzam sick, what do u call actual t1 awpers?

2015-12-23 12:35

yeah he is sick compared to his past at c9, everyone would think hes shit however shahzam could compete vs eu teams :)

2015-12-23 12:38

look im not too much into following tier4 NA teams, but the few times ive watched conquest this season (and the season prior when he was on different lineups) i found that shahzam was used as a carry player and the game was built around him. sorta like kennyS in titan. and he may be good enuff to do this against the hand amputees that play in other NA teams, but its not gonna amount to anything against euros. add in the fact that BOT daps is in the team and u got a joker team that prob wont even get to a major ever.

2015-12-23 12:41

conquest to TSM

2015-12-23 11:45

2015-12-23 11:46

expected ty steel

2015-12-23 12:02

gud luck

2015-12-23 12:05

inb4 TSM

2015-12-23 12:09

expected.

2015-12-23 12:28

you got to wonder why so many org are leaving their teams when CSGO is the fastest gowing game in e-sport right now .. i mean conquest for example , what better lineup can they hope to pick up than the current one ..

2015-12-23 12:29

5 replies

pretty sure the team wanted more from the org than they could offer them, not vice versa.

2015-12-23 12:36

Perhaps the team got a better offer or the organisation didn't match their ambitions. But surely they have something better in the making, otherwise you won't leave your organization to stand without any at all.

2015-12-23 12:40

Not orgs dropping teams, buut teams dropping their orgs.

2015-12-23 13:26

do you think TSM got dropped by dannish squad ?

2015-12-23 15:25

That's exactly what happened

2015-12-23 15:53

TSM tried to hire LG lineup but they refused, now it's sure to be the Conquest

2015-12-23 12:31

why in money talks TSM > LG

2015-12-23 13:09

does anyone seriously pay shazham money to play this game

only in merica

2015-12-23 12:43

tsm here we come

who?

2015-12-23 13:00

lol they win RGN and after lose team :D

2015-12-23 13:16

IBP inc

2015-12-23 13:48

It's not gonna be TSM guys. My money's on either Denial or a completely new org

2015-12-23 14:05

Why Conquest would even consider dropping this roster is completely beyond me.

2015-12-23 14:16

It's pretty clear that the players decided to make the move and not the org and that it is likely related to money - the org has literally zero sponsors.

2015-12-23 15:23