mSx returns in XenoDragons

3-1-2016 20:46

Former emuLate member Mickael "mSx" Cassisi has returned to action in a brand new team called XenoDragons.

Mickael "⁠mSx⁠" Cassisi was widely regarded as one of the finest talents the French Counter-Strike scene has produced, but he has yet to play CS:GO competitively after retiring from gaming in March 2012 to focus on his job.

The pinnacle of the 27-year-old's career is undoubtedly his title win with emuLate at WCG 2007, where the French team defied the odds and sensationally won the crown after beating NoA in the final.

After almost four years on the sidelines, mSx has now been tempted out of retirement by a brand new team called XenoDragons, in which he will reunite with former emuLate teammates Mathieu "⁠MaT⁠" Leber and Jeremy "⁠ioRek⁠" Vuillermet.

mSx returns to action

MaT will also need time to find his feet in the game as he has been out of action since 2013, when he had a brief spell with eXtensive, who would go on to join LDLC.com. ioRek was part of the Clan-Mystik team who won ESWC 2013 over VeryGames but he became inactive in the Fall of 2014 before joining Titan as an analyst.

Rounding out the roster are two other well-known figures from the French scene, Benjamin "⁠drizzer⁠" Charnet, who has played for teams like aAa, Clan-Mystik and Awsomniac, and Christopher "⁠YiiKoN⁠" Cavecchi, formerly of Dimension4 and Millenium.

XenoDragons have the following roster:

Mickael "⁠mSx⁠" Cassisi
Mathieu "⁠MaT⁠" Leber
Jeremy "⁠ioRek⁠" Vuillermet
Benjamin "⁠drizzer⁠" Charnet
Christopher "⁠YiiKoN⁠" Cavecchi

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gl baguettes <3

2016-01-03 20:46

6 replies

thx <3

2016-01-03 20:48

2 replies

you're welcome

2016-01-03 22:02

1 reply

2016-01-03 22:26

-fisheR -haqx +mSx +MaT/drizzer MAJ3R SIXER fxy0 Pls, otherwise not much hype..

2016-01-03 21:32

2016-01-03 22:35

YiiKoN best ace youtube.com/watch?v=hQn--dXyIpo

Gl to him

2016-01-03 20:47

#3 where are thou

Dltd

Legend

Iorek op

wb iorek

i just want fxy0 to return in a good team

3 replies

he's playing for millenium

2016-01-03 21:06

teampro.millenium.org/teams/team-csgo-2/

2016-01-03 21:08

_Good_team_

2016-01-03 21:09

Wasn't he caught cheating in the past?

around 2005 2006 ppl tought he was cheating when he was playin for extent but if he was he never got caught.

2016-01-03 20:49

He proved himself on LAN. Played better

2016-01-03 21:15

youtube.com/watch?v=hQn--dXyIpo

ioRek to play here - more signs of ex6tenz coaching?

5 replies

What? ioRek wasen't Titan's coach, Niak is.

2016-01-03 20:54

4 replies

he was their first coach, niak is the manager

2016-01-03 21:05

Hmm, sure? Niak is the guy standing behind them at lans

2016-01-04 13:17

yeah, i even remember lurppis posting something about how iorek isn't the best choice for the coach role. niak could be the coach now, i'm not sure about that

2016-01-04 15:19

I thought Niak was the coach, lel. So, they had a coach that they didn't go to lan with. Weird

2016-01-04 15:31

holly molly youtube.com/watch?v=_ALUVB31WBw

2016-01-03 20:50

This almost had me crying man... 1.6 was truly a masterpiece! Fucking glorious memories :(

2016-01-04 16:59

can't agree more man

2016-01-04 17:02

Wooooo

whooo

still remember his deagle from 1.6 days .. gl

7 replies

I remember on de_train cArn and fnatic got rekt with his deagle and then he said "wow you're so good".

2016-01-03 21:43

true lol, but that fnatic team would only lose to players like msx and neo, who on a good day could take a whole team alone basically.

2016-01-03 22:14

I can't believe you even mention mSx and neo in the same sentence unless it's something in the lines of "NEO is an incredible player and mSx mediocre at best". mSx is by no means a "legend" 'nor will he ever be. Being good in a span of literally one month doesn't make you a good player. mSx was part of the biggest tournament-fluke in modern Counter-Strike history - nothing else.

2016-01-03 23:32

mSx good for 1 month ahahahah good joke. You have 0 cs knowledge, stop.

2016-01-04 01:15

you must be new for the scene userid: 465304 obv u are

2016-01-04 08:25

All you did was countering my personal opinion with yours, there's not much I can say to that. As long as mSx played he was always on top, same as neo. Obviously the PGS core was much better and tighter than emL's. neo is to cs what maradona is to football, but that doesn't mean other players weren't close skillwisely. "mSx was part of the biggest tournament-fluke in modern Counter-Strike history - nothing else." If you REALLY did follow mSx and emL (or cs in general) at the time when they won WCG, you wouldn't even write that.

2016-01-04 19:49

yea lol, carn praised him in an interview too. Good old deagle days.

2016-01-03 22:28

^_^

oldschool <3

Wasn´t ioRek´s name Jérome?

2016-01-03 20:51

2016-01-03 20:53

Oh, I was thinking of niaK. Sorry.

good

Unexpected at all, WB mSx ! Cant wait for 1 Deags with this guy

2016-01-03 20:52

They wont do anything good.

better than mtw

I like how people call all 1.6 players as legends :D

2016-01-03 20:55

+1 most of them are far from that. msx was pretty good tho

2016-01-04 01:18

he win wcg vs noa. he was the best skilled player in 2007 so yes it's a legend.

2016-01-04 12:45

hope he will be as good as he was in 1.6. gl bro

2016-01-03 20:56

nobody is as good in go as he was in 1.6. he is either better or worse :P

2016-01-03 21:03

'Not as good', 'better', wut.

2016-01-04 04:33

wut wot? nobody is on the same skill level. they either improved or became bots

2016-01-04 12:50

Read again, how is as good as they were in 1.6 in any way related to better than 'they were'. Anyways, nvm, forgot where I was typin.

2016-01-04 13:48

oldschoool

2016-01-03 20:57

youtube.com/watch?v=_ALUVB31WBw gl msx hope u wont fail

old school team

Inb4 -ex6 + mSx

2016-01-03 20:58

Who?

2016-01-03 20:59

youtube.com/watch?v=_ALUVB31WBw for these who dont know him YiiKoN : youtube.com/watch?v=EDXWUNNHVuY

2016-01-03 21:00

LOL HOLY FUCKKKKKK AM I DREAMING ???

Oh boyz, after mTw, half of emuLate is here, what am I witnessing

Msx was so fuuuuaaaaarking good

OMG YESSSSSS!!!!!! welcome back mSx!!!!

2016-01-03 21:01

HaRts where

2016-01-03 21:02

Waited for him few years! Welcome home mSx, show them what you get!

wow, hope they'll at least play an official match not like the new mtw roster

2016-01-03 21:04

they will be playing the DH Open Leipzig qualifier

gl to them :)

legend is back

well mSx was a beast in 1.6, lets what he can do in go!!

who?

2016-01-03 21:07

this team would be sick if it would be 2008 :O but nowdays i dont think they will do something just like new / old mTw

glhf

mSx AND MaT?

2016-01-03 21:10

yup

2016-01-03 21:13

OMG my idol omg

2016-01-03 21:14

expected

Wow

gl bro

hypeeeeeeee

2016-01-03 21:18

one of my fav players from 1.6 amazing talent

2016-01-03 21:20

majer and sixer were the best french players from cs 1.6, miss them

2016-01-03 21:22

mSx was the best french 1.6 player dude, sixer & majer were good, but not close to what mSx was.

2016-01-03 22:29

sixer majer good mSx fucking insane youtube.com/watch?v=_ALUVB31WBw

2016-01-03 23:09

mSx >

2016-01-03 21:21

gogo emL

2016-01-03 21:23

wow <3 one of the best 1.6 players <33333

2016-01-03 21:24

Not even remotely close.

2016-01-03 23:36

Thats impressive how you can be salty man :)

2016-01-04 11:14

with iorek nice

2016-01-03 21:26

OMG OMG OMG OMG

2016-01-03 21:29

OLD BUT GOOD

2016-01-03 21:30

que du lourddd

2016-01-03 21:31

gl legend

how to name a team? mhm i once saw AstanaDragons but I didnt like... ... lets found XenoDragons YEI!

2016-01-03 21:33

I think it's a guy that left millenium that created this strucure not entirely sure tho

2016-01-03 22:17

the king is back

2016-01-03 21:38

GG EZ

2016-01-03 21:40

omg

nice!

iorik letasgo

2016-01-03 21:44

mSx 1.6 star

great player in 1.6 times

2016-01-03 21:46

gl leberkäse

let's go my boys! <3

mSx top <3

i like this pov youtube.com/watch?v=Vy_iBOQXB3E

2016-01-03 21:49

K1NGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

LEGEND<3

2016-01-03 21:51

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG I CAN'T FKN BELIEVING

mSx and drizzer :D

2016-01-03 21:59

SpawN next and we can truly say CSGO saved counter strike

beast, the true 1 man army and best french player ever

French legend.

2016-01-03 22:06

damn ex mystik coming back that is awesome gl to this old boyz coming hope the best for you <3

2016-01-03 22:16

WOW LEGEND IS BACK!!! GL MSX AND IOREK

2016-01-03 22:20

drizzer la puissance

2016-01-03 22:19

mSx legend

gud shiz ^^

2016-01-03 22:33

2016-01-03 22:39

youtube.com/watch?v=_ALUVB31WBw One of best players to play 1.6 at any time

2016-01-03 22:40

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this guy was a fucking beast!

2016-01-03 22:51

You have got to be kidding me. :D

2016-01-03 23:42

He won ESWC no I am not kidding

2016-01-03 23:54

If that qualifies someone to be "one of the best players", there sure are a lot of "one of the best".

2016-01-04 02:22

not so many neo, forest, gtr, msx i think we've got the top of player non-awp on 1.6

2016-01-04 05:12

You have got to be kidding me, jesus christ. :D

2016-01-04 05:43

Yeah like zonic ;-) mSx was a raw aim talent

2016-01-04 14:59

+12345

2016-01-04 16:21

Fucking nice movie. Thx for posting.

2016-01-04 19:07

Sauna <3

2016-01-04 19:55

<33 so nicee

2016-01-03 22:44

1.6 god

2016-01-03 22:46

ohgod i'm gonna be a fanboy again

2016-01-03 22:47

Intresting

2016-01-03 22:56

only those who were here before csgo will know this baguette

2016-01-03 23:02

Nice, one of those true talents that probably have a big chance of playing really good CSGO aswell if given some time.

2016-01-03 23:06

JESUS CHRIST Kreygasm

2016-01-03 23:22

iorek is back!!!!!!

2016-01-03 23:23

Legend line-up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HaRtS :)

2016-01-03 23:29

who returns in where?

2016-01-03 23:38

I guess 10 years old kids would hardly know about grown ups.

2016-01-04 00:10

butthurt baguette mad because i have never heard of this player or team xd

2016-01-04 00:18

2016-01-04 05:45

you dont seem to be very grown up, mr. midget baguette

2016-01-04 11:23

Best 1.6 french players, oldschool, won against NoA at 2007 final WCG as total outsiders.

2016-01-04 14:15

I cannot believe the amount of people who categorize mSx as a "legend". It is absolutely stunningly stupid. The only memorable thing about mSx is the fact that he was a part of the biggest tournament-fluke in modern CS-history. Comparing him to the likes of NEO, SpawN and so on is utterly retarded and anyone with the least knowledge of 1.6 and before are laughing their pants off reading the stupid comments here. As a lover of former CS-games, I feel ashamed reading comments here. As should all.

2016-01-03 23:41

True... winning one 'major' in 1.6 doesn't make you a 1.6 legend. He was very, very skilled and won one of the most important tournaments of 2007, but I wouldn't call him a legend by any means.

2016-01-03 23:46

how come winning wcg was a fluke?enlighten me because winning against noa in a bo3 is by no means a fluke wtff

2016-01-03 23:53

you dont know the definition of fluke then, because it was clearly one.

2016-01-04 01:36

For sure he's not a legend like neo or forest who've been performing top class for so long but at his peak he was one of the most skilled player 1.6 has ever seen.

2016-01-04 00:09

best french 1.6 player, so a legend in france at least

2016-01-04 11:18

best french cs player ever

2016-01-04 00:00

Riiight If you dont include shoxie or RpK ofc RpK - best css Shox - best csgo

2016-01-04 00:47

the fact that u even try to compare rpk to mSx says alot about long uve been around in counterstrike. msx is twice the player. shox/kennyS might be there one day

2016-01-04 02:04

Or maybe it says something about your lack of knowledge regarding the Source-scene? RpK, for instance, was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more dominant than mSx was.

2016-01-04 02:24

thats like comparing some paralympics 100m winners to usain bolt in degree of difficulty

2016-01-04 03:05

As a matter of fact, that comparison can easily be made. It's about domination and your skill-level relative to your competitors. Your comparison is flawed; they didn't even play the same game, so you can't say "he was twice the player" - especially not when RpK is one of the greatest Source-players of all time. mSx does not even come close to that a similar title in 1.6.

2016-01-04 05:07

RpK was one of the best source players together with shox.

2016-01-04 12:49

u both dont get the comparison, ure comparing some source players to the best 1.6 players. thats hilarious. thats like saying Marta is as good as footballer as Messi, cuz both of them won player of the year awards. they are still not even close in terms of skills even tho they play the same game. stop overrating this source shit to 1.6 who got played for over a decade on top level /e: PS: thats not even some flame towards rpk, i like him as a player in csgo and ive never watched him play source.

2016-01-04 16:19

GL mSx :D

2016-01-04 00:04

best french player in his time, looking forward to see how his skill has evolved

The god is back. You maggots can bow.

2016-01-04 00:07

Hell fucking yeah

2016-01-04 00:34

best french 1.6 player. GL and show the youngsters how it is done !

2016-01-04 00:35

welcome back MONSTER!!!!

2016-01-04 00:52

sick. good to see 1.6 players from all countries making comeback

2016-01-04 01:09

Ez for ioREKT

2016-01-04 01:26

1.6 Legend.

2016-01-04 01:30

OMG. This guy is a legend. Welcome back mate!

2016-01-04 01:51

2016-01-04 01:52

frenchies from 1.6 disgusting

2016-01-04 01:59

wow everyone is taking a chance at go

2016-01-04 02:37

No sixer no party

2016-01-04 03:13

mSx but no RiGo? how's that?

2016-01-04 03:22

msx <3

2016-01-04 03:30

2016-01-04 03:57

Omg full oldschool lineup :)

2016-01-04 04:50

-drizer -yikon +sixer +majer top2 france confirmed

2016-01-04 05:11

Man, Sixer was a badass awper. Totally +1 for you on that.

2016-01-04 10:00

was* WAS

2016-01-04 11:16

I've mostly followed his 1.6 career so it's past for me obviously.

2016-01-04 11:20

drizzer was really good back in days, if u have majer on lu iorek can go out.

2016-01-04 14:12

2016-02-05 16:10

Wtf are we back in 2008?

2016-01-04 07:45

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL DRIZZER? HAAAARTS?

2016-01-04 09:57

where do you see harts ?

2016-01-04 11:15

oh sorry iorek :D and MAT i don't saw him btw

2016-01-04 12:25

yeah you always expect to see harts when there is mat and iorek in the mix :p

2016-01-04 13:41

With all these comebacks, I'm waiting for the ultimate good news from Sweden - SpawN!

- RpK +mSx

2016-01-04 10:49

nice =D

2016-01-04 11:57

Nice comeback!

2016-01-04 12:16

best skill player in 2007.

2016-01-04 12:31

Is it the same YiikoN who got a deagle ace at banana against the old roccat players in 1.6?

2016-01-04 12:47

drizzer was playing world of warcraft nah?

2016-01-04 14:00

mSx, MaT, drizzer... 1.6 fr stars coming.

2016-01-04 14:10

nostalgia~~ benOuz'

2016-01-04 14:22

+13429084329087523482364Y2342348723^9999999999999999

2016-01-04 16:22

REALLY NICE !!!

2016-01-04 14:24

OMG! N111

2016-01-04 15:12

mSx <3

2016-01-04 15:13

Oh god my king back

2016-01-04 15:15

omg, are you serious ?

2016-01-04 15:17

2016-01-04 16:25

GOGOGO micka

2016-01-04 16:26

next: SpawN, fisker, ahl, Snajdan, vilden

2016-01-04 16:43

WTF NICE!!! Always happy to see all legends come back

2016-01-04 18:35

OMG MY FAVORITE PLAYER FROM 1.6!!!!!!!!!!!!! So happy to see him!

2016-01-05 01:08

GL m8

2016-01-07 04:55

2016-01-07 05:13

my favorite french player! GL LEGEND!

2016-01-08 16:18

Any news ? Someone ?

2016-02-13 06:50

So... Yeah. Anything on the subject of mSx?

2016-02-22 23:03

mSx returns in XenoDragons

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