WESA unveils Player Council

14-9-2016 14:34

The World Esports Association (WESA) has formally unveiled its Player Council, consisting of one representative from each member of the federation.

The player-elected council, the first of its kind in esports, will "advocate on behalf" of professional gamers on matters including "policies, rules and player transfers" of the tournaments that are operated under WESA regulations.

Viktor "⁠vuggo⁠" Jendeby, who recently transitioned from coaching to managing at fnatic, has been unanimously elected by the players to act as chairman of the council, which he will represent on the WESA Executive Board.

vuggo is WESA's Player Council Chairman

According to WESA, the role of Player Council Chairman "will give players important insight and input into decision making at the highest level, as well as the ability to help shape the formation and adjustment of rules and policies which directly affect players’ careers."

"I was honored to be elected by my team to represent their interests within WESA, as well as my competitive peers to serve as the Chairman of the Players Council," he is quoted by WESA as saying.

"I am looking forward to working with Commissioner Hershman and the fellow Executive Board members to ensure all players in WESA get the representation they deserve."

Below you can find the representatives of each organisation on the Player Council:

G2 - Jérôme "NiaK" Sudries
mousesports - Chris "⁠chrisJ⁠" de Jong
Natus Vincere - Sergey "⁠starix⁠" Ischuk
NiP - Adam "⁠friberg⁠" Friberg
Virtus.pro - Wiktor "⁠TaZ⁠" Wojtas
EnVyUs - Nathan "⁠NBK-⁠" Schmitt
fnatic - Viktor "⁠vuggo⁠" Jendeby

Looks good to me. Although I wouldn't pick NiaK.

2016-09-14 14:36

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Ez4Freeberg

1 reply

Player council is half made of coaches...

2016-09-15 21:30

Friberg never being dropped from nip...

28 replies

This

2016-09-14 14:40

inb4 friberg new manager

2016-09-14 15:05

retard, vuggo isnt a player, neither is starix. this can easily mean the opposite dumbass.

2016-09-14 15:17

bait

2016-09-15 11:07

maybe he`ll retire soon to this full time job as a representative :D

2016-09-14 15:18

Why would he, he is performing great lately

2016-09-14 15:21

22 replies

LOL, sure he is buddy. Does good one BO3, "been great lately," please, that's not how it works.

2016-09-14 17:11

16 replies

*Does good in grand-final

2016-09-14 19:10

12 replies

ONE BO3, technically BO2 since it was a 2-0.

2016-09-14 19:23

11 replies

When he keeps playing like that when it mathers, no-one cares if he drops 2 bombs in Pro league

2016-09-14 19:41

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Who said anything about EPL? LOL. Dude has been trash for a while, does good in a series and people want him to stay hahaha.

2016-09-14 23:01

Been decent for last 30 days.

2016-09-14 23:28

It was a best of 3, it was 2 maps only, but still a best of 3...

2016-09-14 20:44

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2016-09-14 21:42

Can you not read? yes it's a BO3, but technically a BO2 since it was TWO MAPS. Not two BO1's, moron.

2016-09-14 23:00

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Then it's not really a bo2 though, is it? #NABrain

2016-09-14 23:07

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My God, so stupid.

2016-09-14 23:18

no it's pretty fucking stupid to call it "technically a bo2 cuz it was 2 maps" because thats not what "best of X" means. they won 2-0 in a bo3

2016-09-14 23:39

A bo2 is a COMPLETELY different thing. BEST OF 3 means winning 2 maps = win. Bo2 format can have draws as a final result of a map. Go back to CoD

2016-09-14 23:56

technically it was a bo3. not sure if serious.

2016-09-14 23:08

That whole tournament friberg was outstanding... idk why you say only 1 bo3.

2016-09-14 21:37

Wtf....OUTSTANDING? you must be blind as hell or a HUGE fanboy.

2016-09-14 23:02

Yes, outstanding vs whole year

2016-09-14 23:29

hahahahaha

2016-09-14 17:57

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Not you again -.-'

2016-09-14 18:00

Not you (another delusional friberg fan) again -.-'

2016-09-14 18:18

he's right tho.

2016-09-14 18:44

He is right with "hahahahaha"?

2016-09-14 18:56

Why? He's their manager anyway

2016-09-14 14:52

He's been with the team since the VeryGames time, I think he's the best to represent them.

2016-09-14 15:02

Fiffi, friberg, GTR, f0rest and xizt all joinedt he same day lol

2016-09-14 23:04

NiaK is the most valuable guy you can have in WESA. This guy, he's in the darkness, but he knows everything and he has a lot of experience so its great to have him there.

Good you haven't to pick anything then, he is the head manager behind the team since verygame. He is the perfect man for this kind of things.

2016-09-14 15:36

Reported for being mean.

2016-09-14 18:41

almost 2 in a row

2016-09-14 14:35

Stop melting hltv son.

2016-09-14 15:34

LUL

Are you sure about that ?

yes

nice

oh shit

lol

lolo wuuuut

Die biatch

2016-09-14 14:48

Fuck WESA

Friberg cmonBruh

It means Friberg will stay in NiP, so if the change has to happen it is -pyth +maikele.

yes but it may simply be to work in organizations but not the player

2016-09-14 14:54

Or -Friberg -> management position +Maikel

2016-09-14 15:52

You're right indeed. Or maybe NiP will do the failfish and stay with that pyth/friberg/gtr/forest/xizt line up that has disappointed more often that she has performed greatly.

2016-09-14 17:59

I'd imagine that your case is the one that will probably be our reality.

2016-09-14 18:35

interesting

wtf is this?

WESA LUL

I thought WESA died.

1sy

so they can unban ex ibp and epsilon guys?

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i doubt valve will give a u fuck about their opinion, especially in this case

2016-09-14 14:39

crap i was hoping(

It's a possibility, but it's very unlikely considering WESA is in collaboration with ESL who do nothing but stick to Valve's rules. Even though ex-iBP and Epsilon are only banned from Valve-sponsored events, ESL will probably still continue to follow suite with their decision to keep those players out.

2016-09-14 15:54

Wait, so current epsilon team is also banned from valve sponsored events? What do the players have to do with the problems of the org? Someone explain to me please

2016-09-15 00:14

No, it was all of the ex-Epsilon teammates except for ScreaM (obviously); Uzzziiii, GMX, fyx0, and B1GGY. The old Epsilon lineup was French/Belgian. The organization was deemed not at fault, as it was an under-the-table deal with the four aforementioned players, thus it is just the players that received Valve-bans and not the organization. Epsilon's current Swedish lineup is not barred from any events at all.

2016-09-15 01:26

Thank you

2016-09-15 09:35

No problem!

2016-09-15 22:31

This is the European council. They don't give a fuck about iBP. They will do whats best for them. Maybe PEA will have something for swag in particular since Jason Lake is in PEA and he is a strong advocate for swag's unban (idk how he feels about iBP as a whole)

2016-09-14 20:36

NT wesa

NiP making a move to make sure friberg is never kicked

+1... don't know how he does it, guess his marketing value is over 9000

You do realize that not all of the people mentioned in that list are players, right? NaiK, Vuggo, and Starix are all non-players, which means there is potential for Friberg to move to a management position inside of NiP and still represent NiP as their chairman.

2016-09-14 15:56

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Come on now, friberg in a management position? He doesn't know how to manage his positioning in game or his aim most of the time, how tf will he manage any part of the org?

2016-09-14 16:06

Selling banana king ice-cream easy :D

2016-09-14 16:59

A players in-game skills have no correlation to outside management work, what the fuck would make you think that there is any kind of comparison there? Look at Vuggo; his in-game skills are clearly worse than Friberg's and yet he still went from Fnatic's cheerleader/coach into a management roll inside of the org.

2016-09-14 17:42

I'm joking m8 haha idk how friberg would perform in management but hopefully he can do that well enough

2016-09-14 19:04

Friberg's been involved with pro CS for a long ass time now, I'm sure the in & outs of it wouldn't be too difficult for a veteran to grasp.

2016-09-14 20:31

Doesn't matter, some people just don't have what it takes to go from player to manager/higher up, just because you've been around for a long ass time doesn't mean you'll be good at a managerial position. Same thing IRL, just because you do your job well and know the job/etc well enough, you could do way worse if you were promoted to be a manager/etc.

2016-09-14 23:05

its still alive?

friberg cs hero

2016-09-14 14:37

chrisJ Kappa

And the BS started ... Politics into CS GO scene ...

2016-09-14 14:38

Adam "friberg" Friberg ...

Rip your dream

2016-09-14 14:41

It was rip already when NiP did nothing in the fnatic-GODSENT swap.

2016-09-14 14:42

Yes now nip is the best Swedish team

2016-09-14 15:24

Lets see in two months.

2016-09-14 15:26

DOES THIS MEAN FUCKING FRIBURGER DOESNT GET KICKED? WTF IS THIS

2016-09-14 15:35

I can feel your pain.

2016-09-14 15:57

Vuggod is our saviour bois

I feel like if they did this within a month of wea forming it might have saved face a little (they still fucked them self regardless) but this late just feels like they are trying their best to stay relevant right now, dont get me wrong this is great and i hope it helps the teams but they needed it earlier than this

God frber

2016-09-14 14:43

Friberger

bad decision to not include non players. this will end like faceit. if these player dont "like" a player or a thing they will just vote against it without any proper prove or investigation.

2016-09-14 14:49

Well, both Vuggo and niaK arent players, and those are atleast that that biased.

2016-09-14 15:00

Also starix

2016-09-14 15:11

who

GOD Friberg <333333

2016-09-14 14:56

Non-players included. This is just more moneygrabbing, cronyism fronting, exclusivity garbage.

Literally no player organization that is represented by a league will be allowed to full-stop have all decisions be made to 100% benfit the players. If there was one, single and standalone players union that involved ALL top players, outside of all orgs and leagues, only then will the players begin to make headway.

2016-09-14 18:38

friberg ?!?! #facepalm

2016-09-14 14:57

inb4 Fallen writes a tweet how mad he is that he isnt included. Only pussies joins a council no matter what.

1/8 cuz u made me type

2016-09-14 16:12

oh my friberg

wtf is this...

2016-09-14 15:09

ESL sellout

2016-09-14 15:13

Interesting... no SK representatives.

WESA and Valve are corrupted faggots. they pay teams like fnatic and envy for loose at majors. u really think that envy can loose gambit?) cz vavle need make show. if every major final will be fnatic vs envy or sk it is not interesting for community. also Valve paid chinese team at ti5 dota2 to loose match vs EG. cz if chinese team will win again it will be not interesting for public. valve need develop and increase cs go and dota community and they making show

2016-09-14 15:22

facepalm

2016-09-14 15:20

Bro what the fuck have you been smoking

2016-09-14 15:25

Putin

2016-09-14 15:31

If russians first time drink vodka..

2016-09-14 15:33

man im not. many pro gamers dota 2 know that but they dont talk on public. and in cs go i think same shit. i have higher education and im good in marketing. im russian and i should rejoice that gambit win vs envy but im not cz this 2 wins not fair it is obviously. fnatic and envy was two best teams in 2014-2015 and they cant just begin to loose vs gambit or liquid. cs go became show, not competition. like many matches in box, football and other. at least in matches with fnatic and envy.

2016-09-14 15:37

They can "just begin to lose" because the skill level and meta doesn't stay the same for two years, players get better, players get worse, meta changes, game changes...just because someone was the best at one point does not mean that they will forever be the best and that other teams can't take on the best and win

2016-09-14 15:38

man look at this matches watch demos they throw. it is 100% throwing matches, they dont used even 40% their potential and tactics. and in dota 2 CDEC go on roshan like idiots all pro playes saw that it was very dissimilarly on them. EG knew that and they dont even really glad to victory at ti5.

2016-09-14 15:47

I can't talk about dota with you bro I don't play it so I don't know the point you're bringing up there but you are free to believe what you want just know that your opinion of valve or tournament organizers will change nothing within this scene because the money to them is more important than community opinion

2016-09-14 15:48

ok dont believe me guys as you want, believe that cs go, football, box, chess and others are honest. believe all that showing on tv. believe that Putin control Russia and Merkel Germany and they are not just actors. believe that Europe and Russia have not jewish racist goverment that import muslims and made fight between christians and muslims.

2016-09-14 15:50

Never got idiots like you.

2016-09-14 15:53

2016-09-14 16:37

So basically cheater's friends control the competitive side of the game. Rip cs. No chance for new comers.

You are schizoid. Thats personality disorder you know, it is nothing funny, you should try to find a doctor.

2016-09-14 16:11

nt silver

2016-09-14 18:52

what is this, WESA trying to look better before taking over?

2016-09-14 15:30

friberg rofl, #nevergonnagetkicked

friberg GOD

2016-09-14 17:31

...............friberg.............

I highly doubt that WESA can change something, may be they will be able to coordinate small tournament dates, but I don't think so that Valve is willing to cooperate with them. Next major is going to be held in January which will guarantee us low level of Counter-Strike and I doubt that WESA can change this date.

what we will see about it...

if u cheat or scam ppl out of money fuckoff and get lifeban

2016-09-14 16:36

hahahahah

2016-09-14 16:40

"will give players important insight and input into decision making at the highest level, as well as the ability to help shape the formation and adjustment of rules and policies which directly affect players’ careers." What? Nice words, no sense.

2016-09-14 17:01

well, you can kiss goodbye to "-friberg" #feelsbadman p.s. -pyth +maikeleleleGODelelelele

2016-09-14 18:57

If this "council" can actually convince Valve to change CS:GO for the better and improve key aspects that are forever forgotten in exchange for skins and cases, then it will be something worth while. If not, who cares, nothing will ever change in order to benefit players or community itself.

2016-09-14 19:08

What a fucking joke.

2016-09-15 06:55

G2 - Jérôme "NiaK" Sudries (G2 aka org that sell anything and anyone at any time) mousesports - Chris "chrisJ" de Jong (first to get kicked will tryhard to stay in org) Natus Vincere - Sergey "starix" Ischuk (coach paid by organisation) NiP - Adam "friberg" Friberg (same as chris J first to get kicked from team) Virtus.pro - Wiktor "TaZ" Wojtas (old man that just want some stability) EnVyUs - Nathan "NBK-" Schmitt (only legit player in this group) fnatic - Viktor "vuggo" Jendeby (coach paid by strugling organisation)

2016-09-15 06:59