Pimp signs for Liquid - Official

15-6-2016 20:35

Liquid have confirmed the addition of Jacob "Pimp" Winneche to their roster.

A mere two days ago, ESPN's Jacob Wolf reported on Liquid setting their sights on Jacob "⁠Pimp⁠" Winneche, who would become the permanent replacement for Eric "⁠adreN⁠" Hoag, who was relieved of his duties in early June.

Both the addition of Josh "⁠jdm64⁠" Marzano instead of Kenneth "⁠koosta⁠" Suen and now Pimp, who will take adreN's place in the team, have been confirmed by the North American organization.

Pimp officially joins Liquid

For the time being, Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev will act as a stand-in, as previously announced, and play ECS Season 1 Finals (June 24-26) and ESL One Cologne (July 5-10), the latter of which the new addition cannot attend due to participating in the European Minor with SK.

After being contacted by HLTV.org, Liquid confirmed that the squad will start practising with Pimp shortly after the major.

"You don't get presented an opportunity like this very often in your life, so I had no doubt when Liquid reached out to hear if I was ready to help them and myself take a step forward in our careers." Winneche said in a statement on Liquid's website.

"I have great confidence that the roster we have assembled is one that can compete with the very best out there, just as I have confidence in myself finding the form I once had during my times with Western Wolves and Dignitas.

Liquid now have:

Spencer "⁠Hiko⁠" Martin
Jonathan "⁠EliGE⁠" Jablonowski
Nick "⁠nitr0⁠" Cannella
Josh "⁠jdm64⁠" Marzano
Jacob "⁠Pimp⁠" Winneche

Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev (stand-in)
Luís "peacemaker" Tadeu (coach)

Liquid top 1 NA

2016-06-15 20:35

32 replies

ez for Pip

2016-06-15 20:36

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yee_lmao1

liquid top 10 team again

2016-06-15 20:38

12 replies

liquid top 10 already hltv.org/ranking/teams/2016/june/13/

2016-06-15 20:41

11 replies

on hltv they are, not in reality

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Onlyway na get gut is with eu player

2016-06-15 21:06

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oh they could easily do it with someone like tarik they wouldn't need pimp if it weren't for everyone being locked under huge contracts

2016-06-15 21:21

If you think the metrics/formula HLTV uses to judge teams is useless, you should create your own.

2016-06-15 21:09

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True dat. While not the best possible algorithm, they don't use a bunch of arbitrary numbers for rankings. It's based in reality.

2016-06-15 21:47

When did he say it was useless? Also why the hell do people need to be experts to give their opinion on something? NA education LMAO

2016-06-16 14:34

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The quote: "not in reality". If it was stated as opinion and not fact I'd have no problem. My education is fine. I'm working on my Masters Degree, thank you.

2016-06-16 14:59

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oh now i get it you're saying liquid is actually top 10 atm NA brain :D

2016-06-16 15:51

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new to liquid , googley eye and block hed 4hed wp superstars wp

2016-06-16 17:33

Read my comment below. Not new to Liquid, btw. I prefer Cloud9 (but hard to cheer when they're doing badly). I like Optic. I like TSM a little. I like some EU teams, but whatever.

2016-06-16 18:27

I'm actually not saying that. Please re-read my comments. HLTV ranks are based on a number of factors, not just "current form" and "opinion". It's also based on such things as past events and placing. What probably keeps them in the top 10 is the semi-final appearance and near take-down of the #1 team (LG) at the last major. I shouldn't have to explain this to you, but apparently I do.

2016-06-16 17:37

ez for claMEISTER

2016-06-15 20:47

Lekker pik

;)

2016-06-15 20:37

in Danish that means "delicious dick."

2016-06-15 21:04

In Dutch too although 'dick' in this sentence refers more to friend/pal

2016-06-15 21:16

ez ayayayay

GG NA scene trying to be relevant with EU players

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Look, another EU dickrider who's from a country totally irrelevant to the CS scene entirely. You're rooting for teams in EU that aren't even your own. Before you try and say the same for me, I live in NA and was raised in NA, but regardless I don't give a shit about dickriding my country. But at least I live in a country with a relevant scene, whereas you have to root for countries like Sweden and France, because your own country blows

2016-06-16 00:14

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But.. But fox is best *memes*

2016-06-16 01:17

4Head

2016-06-16 02:40

nt fox

2016-06-16 02:42

Your only relevant player is 10x worse than most NA pros

2016-06-16 08:06

Yeah pasha (bestest)

2016-06-16 15:35

LG top1 :D

2016-06-15 20:39

true

2016-06-15 20:55

Gratz Pimp, u've always hanged in there even in the tough times. Finally really payed of :)

2016-06-15 21:33

but what about p1mple???

Not even remotely close

expected.

Gl pimp!

noice

was close xDD

This was VERY unexpected! N1, Liquid

watz

expected move ez for yee_lmao1

Få helveøøøøøøø

Let's go

Yee_lmao was right

2016-06-15 20:45

n1 fail try SK dont sing again with lineup? LG inc to SK confirmed!

SK is picking up glaive. Heard it here frist

2016-06-16 07:46

nice

damn

ayyy

EXPEXED

Expected.

WOW I ARENT EXPECT THIS XDDDDDDDDDDD

rip, but n1

LoL Pimp

loool

lmao

ez 4 daneland

wow so unexpected

Rofl

i dont even ....

GL HF pip

P1mple

WOOOHHOOOOOOO LETS GO NA CS FTW BOIS

P1MP BEST PLAYER DENMARK EZ LIQUID LIFE

Good luck Pip

NA last hope

teamliquidpro.com/news/2016/06/15/pimpin..

What a name, liquid pimp xD

who?

dat mistake doe NA ROSTER CHANGE

Who knew

Gj by liquid

Pimp carry now

10/10 read ty

TOP 1 INC

gl to pimp playing with s1mple. anyone playing with s1mple probably needs a blessing if they want to survive being on a team with him

Liquid will lose all the matches with Pimp. And soon Pimp will left from Liquid like S1mple. P1mple inc

retarded move

2016-06-15 20:40

Why?

2016-06-16 06:04

Because they had better options than pimp, probably even in NA. Also, he will feel homesick a few months later just like S1mple.

2016-06-16 17:28

Who were better options that are available?

2016-06-16 17:39

They could buy out someone from C9, CLG or from other org, or, if they wanted a cheaper option, they should have brought someone with potential from the lower tier teams in NA just like they did with koosta.

2016-06-16 18:05

So who on c9 or clg would be a better option than pimp? The only questionable ones would be shroud, Tarik or stew. And noone of them are really better than pimp. Bringing in a player from lower tier is not even close to as good as signing pimp. You say "retarded move". Sry but I don't think your explanations to why is retarded are very wrong.

2016-06-16 19:29

Tarik or stewie are way better than Pimp, trust me. Pimp is not even the best player on his team

2016-06-16 20:10

Tarik better than pimp? LUL

2016-08-17 22:08

wow! congratz to him!

Unexpected

So is he gonna play with Liquid in Cologne? Rosters had to be locked June 3rd.

S1mple is gonna play at Cologne

2016-06-15 20:43

Pimp played the EU minor with SK, which put him in the major system, thus making him locked to SK if he was attending the major.

2016-06-16 01:25

expected

2016-06-15 20:42

thats good for liquid

he isn't even that good anymore, i dont understand why they would sign him. :P

2016-06-15 20:46

Hes experienced aswell as better than the average NA player :D

2016-06-16 01:26

true i guess.

2016-06-16 03:51

It was a problem with how the team was performing. SK I mean. They didn't gel. You think all the sudden in 6 months you aren't good anymore? He was raping last year. It was when he joined SK things changed.

2016-06-16 06:07

he did alright 6-12 months ago, but both aizy and kjærbye was better than him, even at that time.

Old news.

-adren +pimp. great improvement Kappa

N1 :) Gl and well deserved pimp.

he is going to be fat again :(

2016-06-15 20:48

2016-06-15 20:50

good pick Liquid :)

wtf XD

NA getting desperate H HA HA hA hA hA h hAh AH hA h hAH

2016-06-15 20:51

Not really. Just any player that would be a good fit from NA is locked up in contract.

2016-06-16 06:08

your right ... any player would fit in

2016-06-16 09:59

HAHAH PIMP!!! LMAOOOO. SHITQUID TIER 3 NOW

2016-06-15 20:53

gr8

2016-06-15 20:54

Now gift Magiskb0Y to dignitas pls.

2016-06-15 20:56

-tenzki +magisk? :D

2016-06-16 01:27

exacly this! And also -MSL +gla1ve/Friis (depends on what they need the most - an IGL or a dedicated AWPer).

2016-06-16 11:56

Lol Pimp is always talking about that Western Wolves form, that was 4921482 years ago...

2016-06-15 20:59

pimp + s1mple = p1mple

Great signing. Pimp has strong fundamentals, makes good decisions, and is consistent. Building consistency around Elige and nitr0 to wreck shit is a good move.

omg ez top 1 NA and world top 5 with this lineup

Gl pimp and bois

I think its ridiculous to credit the ESPN writer for this when Yee already had announced this is happening before ESPN.

Considering ESPN is a reputable website that can be counted on to have reliable sources, it makes complete sense. Why would you cite some random guy on Reddit, who has deleted his account, as the main source of this info? Whether or not he was right is a moot point. He didn't reveal his sources at all, and couldn't be counted on to do so.

2016-06-15 21:37

You don't have to cite a random guy on reddit, but you don't have to pretend that the ESPN guy "broke" the story either, since the story was already pretty much out there. ESPN didn't reveal their sources either which would be dumb for both Yee and any journalist and result in them losing those sources forever.

2016-06-15 22:10

If you aren't going to cite the random guy, whom you have no idea is reliable or not, why wouldn't you state that ESPN broke the story, if they were the first reputable source to do so? Some random guys on Twitter break club news for football before it happens, but they never get cited either. It's always the reputable journalists. This is no different.

2016-06-15 22:55

I guess we'll have to agree to disagree on this topic then mate.

2016-06-15 23:07

Well at least it was a civilized conversation

2016-06-15 23:08

ez money

2016-06-15 21:01

PogChamp

Now MagiskBoy for Tenzki and Gla1ve after Major for MSL! CajunB MagiskBoy K0nfig Gla1ve Rubino sounds good

2016-06-15 21:07

2016-06-15 21:27

I would actually like to see that

2016-06-15 21:57

Yeah nice move TL bring a choker to a pretty Solid team Kap-pa

2016-06-15 21:08

Practising? SiEGED | CSGO Genius

Great signing for Liquid. Hope he does well.

2016-06-15 21:10

s1mple , p1mple heheheheheheh

2016-06-15 21:11

Pimp must really be desperate to make a move like this. EliGE himself said on twitter that Liquid's practice schedule was shit and didn't help them at all, and that their semi-finals run at the major was only lucky. How does Pimp think that this will change magically any time soon?

2016-06-15 21:13

Lmfao, getting a consistent practice schedule is a magical change all of a sudden? And weren't these comments made in regards to them removing their previous coach? You'd certainly think they have worked on fixing the issue.

2016-06-15 21:35

getting a consistent practice schedule is a magical change all of a sudden? lol well it definitely helps when you actually have practice dedicated to something that helps your team be more coordinated as a unit. I think you're right about the second thing though although after adding peacemaker they're not showing any signs of improving... I doubt that after going 0-8 in ELEAGUE they've improved much though.

2016-06-15 21:43

Dunno about the improving part, just remarking on the practice bit. I'm guessing if they did get peacemaker, he certainly has them practicing. Yeah they did look bad in e-league, but I think that's also down to them knowing adreN and koosta weren't going to work out. Both of them really dragged the team down. They were still implementing the style of play peacemaker wants, also.

2016-06-15 22:58

where is that guy who was talking about ocean? :D

2016-06-15 21:17

Lol u took the bait

2016-06-15 22:11

i'm just joking c:

2016-06-16 07:56

This is gonna fail big time. A few months and he will be back in Denmark

2016-06-15 21:19

Yep >_<

gonna fail hard pimp sucks

2016-06-15 21:25

why pimp? why him?

2016-06-15 21:30

daf

2016-06-15 21:34

oh god. pimp is toxic

gl for liquid!

2016-06-15 22:12

God Pimp

2016-06-15 22:19

why pimp? :D

2016-06-15 22:21

i like this rooster

2016-06-15 22:30

pimp, I think, is quite good player, though sometimes he is inconsistent. so anyway good job for him.

2016-06-15 22:51

2016-06-15 23:44

-nitro +s1mple top 5 confirmed

2016-06-15 23:55

#pay me

2016-06-16 00:15

youtube.com/watch?v=PHqaXG9Po5I

2016-06-16 00:16

NA cs

Pimp is that guy who just goes to whatever org offers him the most money. Just bounces org to org and collects high salary

2016-06-16 01:42

no he isn't, he had got a big offer from a na team before but turned it down. Doubt you know the difference between players wanting to win and wanting money

2016-06-16 02:35

2016-06-16 02:33

It's weird that Pimp has been around forever, yet I don't really remember him. I know he lost a bunch of weight a couple years ago, but I don't know much about his style of play or what he is really going to add to Liquid.

2016-06-16 02:53

He was a good awper, imo awpers turning into riflers can become really good riflers.

2016-06-16 03:55

youtube.com/watch?v=d6q6TsuDqnM Pimp to liquid?

2016-06-16 02:56

nitr0 and elige are useless imo

2016-06-16 03:53

pimp is not that good, but if you're talking about liquid and NA scene, hes awesome! =] I hope liquid gets a lot better with this lineup

2016-06-16 04:06

Well they were taking some of the best in the world to overtime or close to worth adreN so I'm sure this will put them in a good spot.

2016-06-16 06:09

yeah man, the crucial point is, taking out adren and koosta you bring "calm" in the team you know? middle of rounds, clutchs etc, everything will get better, this is the key... liquid isn't tier 3 team they can't keep fucking with guys like adren or koosta hahaha

2016-06-16 06:25

Yeah but did you see koosta on NME? I'm pretty sure he was cheating man youtu.be/UfFrlnCXyPU Yes it was Luminosity/Winterfox but that is some reaction and flicks. Idc who it was against he would've hit those shots. I can't blame liquid for giving koosta a shot at all after the way he played on NME. But he never looked anything like that. His reaction time was seriously so slow. Also he needs to develop some game sense.

2016-06-16 06:35

yeah man, its a gamble... like, coldzera was playing like monster in BR, when LG hooked him up, 50% of br's were hyped as fuck, and the other 50% were like "oh he will choke for sure lmao" you know? all pro players can go ham at some point, or for some time, all of them!! but consistency is a bitch, you never know what's going to happen, and talking about NA scene, I think it was a good gamble, I was suprised on how shity he became, he is skilled, don't get me wrong, but is like he's not "ready" yet you know? maybe with more experience with an "easier" team if that make sense, he can develop and one day being tier 1 material with consistency!

2016-06-16 06:39