Na`Vi withdraw from ECS

26-4-2016 21:40

Natus Vincere have announced that they have withdrawn from the Esports Championship Series (ECS)

In a statement, Na`Vi cite "an overly busy schedule and tiredness" as the reasons to pull out of the $3.5 million league, in which they were the only team without any game played.

Last week, Na`Vi announced that they would skip the CEVO Gfinity Season 9 Finals, to which they had been invited, in order to prepare for other tournaments and to give Ladislav "⁠GuardiaN⁠" Kovács more time to recover from his hand injury.

Na`Vi skip ECS

With the team failing to qualify for the ESL Pro League Season 3 Finals after finishing the online stage in fifth place, their next offline events will be the SL i-League Invitational #1 and ELEAGUE.

"It's a shame that we have to miss such big LANs as DreamHack Austin 2016 and a debut season of ECS," Na`Vi coach Sergei "starix" Ishchuk said in a statement.

"However, the tiredness after many long-haul flights and immensely intense matches has been putting the pressure onto me, as well, although I am not a player.

"I hope that this pause will help us restore our energy and continue delighting fans with our great results in 2016."

Na`Vi were last seen in action at DreamHack Masters Malmö, where they finished in second place following a 0-2 defeat against Ninjas in Pyjamas in the final.

ECS co-organisers FACEIT and Twitch have yet to comment on this matter. In ECS, which will pay out $3.5 million over the first two seasons, competing teams are offered co-ownership, which means that they get seats on the league's governing committee and a share of the revenue generated by the tournament.

Sad story

2016-04-26 21:39

23 replies

wut?

2016-04-26 21:39

13 replies

RiP NaVi :) should Space Soldiers will play !

2016-04-26 21:40

12 replies

i was don't know this details

2016-04-26 21:41

NT XANTARES

2016-04-26 21:41

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well you're right imgur.com/VeDty2g

2016-04-26 21:42

not sure if rip english or reference game incredibly on point

2016-04-26 21:43

4 replies

It's the "new thing" on HLTV now, to write in retardo englando

2016-04-26 21:57

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prnt.sc/ax4i2d i meant this

2016-04-26 22:04

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kek well den seized wp

2016-04-26 22:27

new thing? retardo englando been going strong for years

2016-04-26 22:37

and lemme explain what happened yesterday, that was a Lan Tournament in GameEkstra Internet House which is little known Internet Cafe in Istanbul. Space Soldiers was playing against Zone eSports and SS was beating them so hard but also they were making fun of their opponent. One of guy from Zone Team got stabbed behind on the 15th round and SS guys were laughing so hard. And the guy who stabbed told something bad and then discussion started and it became a real fight. Xantares punched someone, it's true. anyway, end of the all these things, both teams were disqualified. It's not an ESL Lan or something like that, no one's career in danger or something like that, actually these guys have no career already. from turkish esports website

2016-04-26 21:58

2016-04-26 22:35

eng so ripppppppppppppppppppppp

2016-04-26 23:14

Fu turkish people E-frag are way better.

2016-04-29 10:24

wd m8

2016-04-26 21:40

i was dont know this details

2016-04-26 21:40

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hahahah :D

2016-04-26 21:41

+TS

2016-04-26 21:41

das good for other teams.

2016-04-26 21:41

da?

2016-04-26 21:41

If safeguarding for the MAJOR!

2016-04-26 21:59

S1mple in comming to navi

2016-04-26 22:49

Good move. IMO let GaurdiaN rest up and go in to the major strong.

2016-04-27 01:12

will there be any replacement?

2016-04-26 21:40

lolo

2016-04-26 21:39

too bad.

2016-04-26 21:39

can't believe it!

2016-04-26 21:40

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I don't understand what could be more valuable to them than playing in this league. Something else is going on.

2016-04-26 23:03

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A) They Suck Online B) Majors C) Sleep D) ELeague ( Less money but more potential) E) They dont need Prizemoney showing there Brand is enough

2016-04-26 23:39

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+They've been getting deep runs into tours nonstop, probably burned out atm.

2016-04-27 11:50

Good luck else where Navi

2016-04-26 21:40

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rip

2016-04-26 21:40

NaVi :( noo

2016-04-26 21:40

2016-04-26 21:39

r dej 4 raelz

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bats

2016-04-26 21:39

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-NaVi + ENCE

2016-04-26 21:40

2016-04-26 21:39

what is going on with them!?!

2016-04-26 21:40

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Too much tournaments. They want some rest.

2016-04-26 21:52

I think that players started to realize that they have atleast 5+ years left to play if they want too and how quick the tournament prizes going up there is no point in burning yourself out.

2016-04-26 23:38

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I think the players don't give a Fuck on Prize Pools That FaceIT is Historical a shit show And they want to win a Major

2016-04-26 23:41

also im pretty sure that the org "Na'vi" have some under the table deal with starladder. These 2 orgs work very closely atleast what i learned from the dota 2 scene.

2016-04-26 23:39

habla habla hysk

2016-04-26 21:40

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Blyad cyka rusk

2016-04-26 22:04

Rip

2016-04-26 21:39

rtsh

2016-04-26 21:39

second, ez ence

2016-04-26 21:40

das

2016-04-26 21:39

he deletd the tweet..

2016-04-26 21:39

lel

2016-04-26 21:39

lol

2016-04-26 21:39

kek

2016-04-26 21:39

because seized attends english lessons

2016-04-26 21:40

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I died when I saw this... :D gyazo.com/0b07f74823338b2465e3d22d307284..

2016-04-26 21:42

2 replies

Nice london in this tweet

2016-04-26 22:32

I was,

2016-04-27 06:23

wtf

2016-04-26 21:40

Hahahahaha

2016-04-26 21:40

[*]

2016-04-26 21:40

1 Edit: holy fuck #50

2016-04-26 21:40

1 reply

IE user spotted

2016-04-27 22:28

rip

2016-04-26 21:40

ayy

2016-04-26 21:40

its was a troll ? the tweet is deleted already , LMAO

2016-04-26 21:40

hmm

2016-04-26 21:40

invite CSGL they won qualifers EU

2016-04-26 21:40

wat

2016-04-26 21:40

RIP

2016-04-26 21:40

wtf

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[*]

2016-04-26 21:40

They take a break for a few tournaments, check their website out.

2016-04-26 21:40

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they need to learn cache or nuke :)

2016-04-26 21:40

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lol

2016-04-26 22:08

lol raging ruskis

2016-04-26 21:40

rip :(

2016-04-26 21:40

rage quit

2016-04-26 21:40

1 reply

I like the way you think prntscr.com/ax77xi

2016-04-26 21:41

rage quit

2016-04-26 21:40

withdraw from 3.5 million tournament? Okay then....

2016-04-26 21:40

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You get more Money when you win a Major You get more Money from Sponsors The Suck Online It is a League not a Tournament

2016-04-26 23:43

THE SALT IS REAL XDDDDD

2016-04-26 21:40

First

2016-04-26 21:40

rip navi

2016-04-26 21:40

rip

2016-04-26 21:40

I guess it's great. It won't work in the long run if GuardiaNs hand never heals.

2016-04-26 21:40

+ Flipsid3

2016-04-26 21:40

why? WTF I bet you Rosterchange incoming!!! Starix will make S1mple to an awesome player just like he did to Flamie!

2016-04-26 21:40

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Why the Fuck should the No. 1 Rated Team and The Most consistent Offline Team Bring a Mad player in who gets upset when you loose 1 Game?

2016-04-26 23:44

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you mean Zeus? idk

2016-04-27 09:46

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S1mple get Upset always when he carries The Semifinal killed the team

2016-04-27 17:37

navi.s1mple inc

2016-04-26 21:40

bullshit tournaments WITHOUT rule page) lol

2016-04-26 21:40

Please invite HR instead of them

2016-04-26 21:41

lol they are sitting out a 3.5 million $ tournament because they couldn't qualify for a shitty league finals.. goes to show how weak these clowns are

2016-04-26 21:41

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NA CS EleGiggle

2016-04-26 22:10

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Finnish cs 4Head

2016-04-26 22:15

you should be more aware of what you say, the decision was already made before today, trust me I know.

2016-04-26 23:25

BabyRage

2016-04-26 21:41

Just bring s1mple as a standin fucking idiots. Unprofessional cunts

2016-04-26 21:41

rofl did they jus go full tilt or what ?

2016-04-26 21:41

coder went MIA, need new one

2016-04-26 21:41

lol it's a troll I'm sure

2016-04-26 21:41

lol if he was trolling, he deleted tweet

2016-04-26 21:41

Unexpected :(.

2016-04-26 21:41

Good step. But we need more explanation on the injuries of both Guardian and Olof

2016-04-26 21:41

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+ sh0x

2016-04-26 21:55

lol wat

2016-04-26 21:42

+ENCE EZ GOD ALLLU

2016-04-26 21:42

hltv trolled?

2016-04-26 21:42

+ TempoStorm

2016-04-26 21:42

s huya li

2016-04-26 21:42

BabyRage

2016-04-26 21:42

Out of all the tournaments you could have dropped out of... probably the tournament with the biggest prize pool of any event ever hosted in CS. I hope it's nothing like roster changes because Na`Vi atm are an incredibly solid team, they shouldn't let the fact that they've lost a couple of finals get to them. edit: he deleted the tweet? can't see it on his twitter feed.

2016-04-26 21:44

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april fools

2016-04-26 21:49

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hahaha, a very late april fools

2016-04-26 21:50

That would be ELEAGUE. They are still in it.

2016-04-26 21:54

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ECS is a $3.5 million tournament?

2016-04-26 21:55

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Over like 2 years?

2016-04-26 21:56

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wait, it's over 2 years? link the article if you can find it, so confused with this league now. edit: I think it's over 2 seasons, which would make it $1.75 million a season, meaning that it'd still be the biggest tournament in CS considering ELEAGUE is $1.2 million a season.

2016-04-26 21:59

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Yea, but that figure also includes team support and who knows what else. Actual prizes aren't announced anywhere whereas ELEAGUE has 1.2 prize pot confirmed. play.faceit.com/faceit-and-twitch-partne..

2016-04-26 22:04

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so ELEAGUE is the biggest tournament with a confirmed prize pool at the moment then. okay

2016-04-26 22:07

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Yea. Also I understand why they would withdraw from ECS. They are tired and also need to prepare either nuke or cache before playing any proper tournaments.

2016-04-26 22:11

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true, then they could prepare strats for ELEAGUE and the i-League tournament coming up. they'd have an element of surprise as well as being ready to play again. Na`Vi top 1 confirmed ayy

2016-04-26 22:12

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They would skip SLTV lan for sure as well, cos the prize pot is garbage, but it's their home tournament.

2016-04-26 22:16

eleague is like 1.5 m

2016-04-26 21:58

Not to mention they offer co ownership and shared revenue as well as a seat on their board.

2016-04-26 23:05

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Even more that I didn't see before. What other tournament gives the players as much input as this one does?

2016-04-26 23:08

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Dunno, and here I thought teams loved backdoor deals and perks like this with all those esl scandals. Now it turns out the one league that offers a large prize pool and juicy perks gets turned down...

2016-04-27 01:11

NaVi not consistent onLine Consistent on lan Eleague is Lan ELeague is more professional

2016-04-26 23:47

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The finals of ECS are on LAN as well, and more money's involved in ECS, as well as the tournament being more prestigious as there are 20 teams instead of 15.

2016-04-26 23:49

In majors, you play roughly 10 maps to win $500k. I´d bet ECS have worse ratio.. You commit a lot more time. If prize pool is top heavy, it makes sense to skip it if you are not in 100 % form.

2016-04-27 02:07

''top 1 team''

2016-04-26 21:42

Navi need some rest... and time to practice nuke\cache noKappa Kappa

2016-04-26 21:42

other teams should try and look int othat as well

2016-04-26 21:43

rage quit lmao

2016-04-26 21:43

Why you do this

2016-04-26 21:45

BabyRage RAGE QUIT BabyRage

2016-04-26 21:46

tilt confirmed.

2016-04-26 21:46

lol ! ENCE always finds a way

2016-04-26 21:47

expected

2016-04-26 21:49

w0w finally something unexpected happens :O

2016-04-26 21:51

Na'Vi for disband 2016

2016-04-26 21:52

GuardiaN so fucking COCKY about his hand being fully healed, saying everyone on HLTV and elsewhere are retards for doubting him and his doctors. Smarten the FUCK UP GuardiaN.

2016-04-26 21:52

But without this and pro league, they'll likely lose their #1 spot fast.

2016-04-26 21:55

VP or NiP TOP 1 on EU confirmed

2016-04-26 21:56

+ csgl

2016-04-26 21:56

Why are they always salty as fuck? They got one bad map because of Admins of ESL now they go full salt mode, and start bitching, whining and being dicks. Get your shit together pratice fucking de_cache and do well.

2016-04-26 22:00

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The admins aren't responsible for anything, they are just dumb as fuck.

2016-04-26 22:05

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Yes I understand that. Surely they could of tried, Guardian or Starix, or Eugene. One of them would of answered them and done the veto themselves no? But they didn't have to.

2016-04-26 22:08

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From what I understand this was known the entire season and wasn't a last second notification or anything. They are just looking for excuses when the only one to blame is themselves. They had a terrible season and only reason they had a chance to qualify is because G2 and Fnatic had terrible seasons too. I would honestly expect the pro teams to act more mature and be a role model to all the immature shitheads around here, I'm sure you agree on that one.

2016-04-26 22:13

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You said it, no need for me to repeat what you just said. SPOT ON. I agree man.

2016-04-26 22:15

Shame Astralis shame of trowing the match ! And for this navi so upset...fucking astralis sheets !

2016-04-26 22:12

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How can it be Astralis fault they didn't qualify? They had the chance it's their own fault! You can't blaime another team. *FACEPALM*

2016-04-26 22:19

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yeah because astralis is a sheety team that has trow the match vs fnatic ! FACECRACK !

2016-04-26 22:25

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Hahaha waow.. how much mad kid? xD

2016-04-26 22:35

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0.30 lol =))) you idiot =)) i dont care about 0.30....just because navi not on lan idiot !

2016-04-26 22:36

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Are you completely idiot? Na´vi had the chance.. they didn't even bet flipsid3 so it's not Astralis fault u fucking romanian. Go to bed kiddo. :)

2016-04-26 22:37

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Are you fucking retard? you dont see that Astralis trow the fucking match whit fnatic? you retard !

2016-04-26 22:38

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Only newbs can think that the pro's is throwing matches.. Go out in the real world favela romania.

2016-04-26 22:39

If Astralis tried to throw it won't be 12-3 then 18-18. Astralis choked, fnatic earned their spot by not tilting like a mad romanian child who lost all his inventory.

2016-04-27 00:09

they didn't throw, if anything they choked...

2016-04-27 01:33

Cause they're tired of getting raped in grand finals RAGE QUIT LMAO

2016-04-26 22:13

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lmao... navi is only the team with more trophys atm in 2016 with 3 ou 2. same as fnatic i think

2016-04-26 22:40

rip navi

2016-04-26 22:16

"Tiredness after many long-haul flights and immensely intense matches" tell that to Djokovic, Sagan, Ovechkin, Messi and others ... PLEASE sad news anyway

2016-04-26 22:27

lol they are tired of money

2016-04-26 22:28

withdraw from the highest prizepool league in csgo history xD noobs.. if i would be pro i would play any tournament at anytime.. its their fucking job

2016-04-26 22:29

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You don't understand.

2016-04-26 23:48

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just shut up... cristiano ronaldo cant say im tired i need 1 month break.. he has break in summer and winter.. esport professionals had a break aswell just few months ago... just dont talk man... its their job and they have to work..! fucking pussies... having the dreamjob of every single one that loves counter strike and they fell ''tired'' please man... just dont talk EDIT: because of your mentality NA is shit.. all NA's have that mentality.. you have break.. in summer 2 weeks in winter 2 weeks... thats it.. i work the whole year and i have 20 days holiday i can take them myself

2016-04-27 01:10

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LOL WTF dude don't even preach to me, I spent a whole summer rehabbing PT after I had to have an external fixator lengthen my radius, and then immediately after rehab I would put in hours in the cages AFTER the school day was finished, and AFTER practice was over. NA mentality rofl. I wouldn't get tired of the job either, but that doesn't mean that IT CAN'T HAPPEN TO SOME PEOPLE. I'm not fucking ignorant that other people are different from me. "NA mentality", lol you really base NA off of how their counter strike players act?

2016-04-27 02:26

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NA = garbage

2016-04-27 13:21

burnout for sure even if u love playing video games all this traveling and sleeping shedules will burn you out

2016-04-26 22:29

Wtf

2016-04-26 22:33

ez for ence now

2016-04-26 22:40

lol the retards in here is too real. S1mple to stand-in for all 5 players, ok HLTV retards. LOL

2016-04-26 22:40

Lmao Navi is also out of ESL pro league. This is so unprofessional

2016-04-26 22:42

TL;DR They have ran out of fucks to give.

2016-04-26 22:43

Is it just me or should they not have given up this huge opportunity? Why not skip a lower-paying league or tournament? Teams get a percentage of the revenue ECS brings in, no? I'm guessing there's other things in play?

2016-04-26 22:52

3.5 million dollar league..............?

2016-04-26 23:05

-navi +ENCE EZ 4 ENCE

2016-04-26 23:08

I doubt liquid winnings are 3 million. Im willing to bet they value the co ownership and chair at over a million. So they can claim over 2 seasons they will have 3 million worth of winnings. In reality, its probably closer to 1 million.

2016-04-26 23:09

hand injury? i thought it was his shoulder

2016-04-26 23:12

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He has (had) inflamated muscles around elbow ... Source - his twitter

2016-04-26 23:18

Can someone fill me upp with details of what i didnt know ?

2016-04-26 23:15

dropping out of the biggest league? Really? Damn My 5 man mm team can take over :)

2016-04-26 23:18

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Biggest League is E League Prize pool doesn't fucking matter

2016-04-26 23:49

2 replies

Sure it matters, wtf?

2016-04-27 00:17

1 reply

They have Sponsors - Sponsors pay more then Prizepool Sponsors will pay even more to be shown on US TV

2016-04-27 17:34

invite tempo storm

2016-04-26 23:42

Damn..this sucks

2016-04-26 23:44

oh :(/

2016-04-26 23:45

boys tired

2016-04-26 23:49

CHOKEEEE ! so in shock.. bye

2016-04-26 23:52

disband

2016-04-26 23:52

Look at real sport players they dont burnout cuz they eat healthy food and workout, sure its their job but these 2 things are essential for any person that live with alot of pressure and have too take trips around the world.

2016-04-26 23:53

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real sports have long offseason to recover, cs is going on every month 12 months a year pretty much always some tournament they are playing in.

2016-04-27 12:40

2016-04-26 23:54

ol what. So they decide to pull out of the 1,75mil season which they were one of the favourites to win?? What the hell are they thinking? Why not pull out of the million other small touraments and leagues instead?

2016-04-27 00:01

Tempo Storm inc

2016-04-27 00:10

2016-04-27 00:47

1 reply

Spicy

2016-04-27 10:07

give EchoFox Invite

2016-04-27 02:09

RIP! Na'vi! GodSent?

2016-04-27 02:48

just 2 weeks i guess, will play at Starladder for sure week will rest and one week practice cash or nuke

2016-04-27 03:26

IMO this is dumb leaving ECS because of tiredness? I'm pretty sure they get pretty good money. MLB players play 162 games a season, because they are professionals

2016-04-27 05:59

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I agree ... especially when its playing a fucking video game. I guess travelling can be tiring but still.

2016-04-27 06:26

>> MLB players play 162 games a season, because they are professionals MLB Players don't travel almost every week to another country and don't receive visas for every travel. Receiving a visa in UA or RU is even more exhausting then the actual travel.

2016-04-27 09:42

and MLB players have offseason like 3-4 months each year to recover, meanwhile cs is going on every month 12 months a year always some tournament to travel to and play in.

2016-04-27 12:41