kioShiMa returns to FaZe roster

9-11-2016 22:39

Fabien "kioShiMa" Fiey has returned to FaZe's active lineup, the organisation has announced.

Fabien "⁠kioShiMa⁠" Fiey will replace Joakim "⁠jkaem⁠" Myrbostad, who has been moved to a backup position, with FaZe adding that the Norwegian will be given time to "find his motivation to either stay or find a new team."

The French player was consigned to the bench less than one month ago to make way for Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen as the team looked to get back to winning ways following a series of mixed results.

kioShiMa reclaims his spot as jkaem drops to the bench

According to FaZe, kioShiMa "has shown patience, understanding and an incredible work ethic" since being benched, which, combined with "an increased effort in hours spent practicing", has seen him reclaim his spot on the team's roster.

jkaem has been part of the team since September 2015, when he joined the squad when it was still playing under G2 Esports. The former Copenhagen Wolves played a key role in the team's semi-final run at DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca, but he has come under criticism for his 2016 form, with his rating since the start of the year standing at 0.98.

FaZe now have the following roster:

Håvard "⁠rain⁠" Nygaard
Philip "⁠aizy⁠" Aistrup
Aleksi "⁠allu⁠" Jalli
Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen
Fabien "⁠kioShiMa⁠" Fiey

Joakim "⁠jkaem⁠" Myrbostad (substitute)

sad that jkaem has been inconsistent lately, GL KIO

2016-11-09 22:39

5 replies

yeeee come on

2016-11-09 22:45

no edit damn boi

2016-11-09 22:47

Trump is triggered watching who made the #1 comment

2016-11-09 22:50

Guys if u wanna fight allu, play brutalcs csdm

2016-11-09 23:27

ye it's a real modern day tragedy

2016-11-09 23:52

AWESOME for Kio really, he deserved it. Jkaem has been bad for a while now.. That prediction guy was right again, maybe we should start giving him more credit, eh? :-)

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I feel bad for jkaem though. He is a pretty good player and everyone has slumps. Still, kio is quite good when he is allowed to play as he wants. I guess i just wish there was room for both of them :D

2016-11-10 02:22

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jkaem > kio

2016-11-15 00:30

Haci was right

2016-11-10 07:21

yeah Haci was right not that autist Dekay

2016-11-10 08:46

well deserved kio

Welcome back THEPROBLEM

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lmao

2016-11-09 22:48

the solution*

welcome back THESOLUTION

2016-11-10 15:25

2016-11-09 22:40

qweqwe

expected

KIO WAS THE PROBLEM

Hopefully THE PROBLEM IS SOLVED? h3h3

hia

Oh Shit?

LOL

twenny first

wat

i luv u kioking

ez4allu

wtf

fox was the problem hahahaha

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yeah he was

2016-11-09 22:41

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yes we can see that , fox 4 majors 2 times to legends this guys dont do nothin there. lul

2016-11-09 22:42

11 replies

4 majors? u wot? youtube.com/watch?v=hT-W2Bemf0U

2016-11-09 22:43

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yeah, 4 majors - cologne 2015 - cluj-napoca 2015 - mlg columbus 2016 - cologne 2016

2016-11-09 23:02

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oh right 2x out in groups, 1xqf and 1xsf and he was basically carried like Fifflaren in NiP at ESL Cologne 2014

2016-11-09 23:05

8 replies

you have to be really blind to say fox was carried in cluj

2016-11-09 23:21

7 replies

not "that" blind tho puu.sh/scYD9/de0920fb70.png

2016-11-10 01:10

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I was talking about Cluj. If u saw te major u know fox carried alongside jkaem

2016-11-10 14:49

The stats for the W matches imgur.com/a/gTjIA EDIT: Except for the last one, just put it in because it was a really close match that they could've won

2016-11-10 14:56

what do you think about it?

2016-11-11 00:25

Well for me, that's not something we call carrying

2016-11-11 00:26

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I saw all their games. By saying "carry" i wanted to say he was probably their best playing (also jkaem) at that major.

2016-11-11 00:28

you surely just remember that inferno game actually

LUL

A bit late, but it had to happen after those disastrous performances from jkaem

lol

EXPECTED

nice one

The man is back!

the myth

The legend!

2016-11-09 22:51

ayyyyy

Britain and france immortal friendship

2016-11-09 22:54

you were meant to say lmao *FailFish*

but here are no aliens

2016-11-09 23:04

kio was the problem

Noooooo

wow-

WOW

Wuuuuut

???

well deserved, good luck!

nice kio!

Rekt jkaem.

not good

KIOIOOOOOOOO HF MATE

haha if you're getting replaced by kio you know you're shite xD gg jkaem

Are you try to tell me fox was shit? Vp is noob team and will never win anything again

2016-11-10 07:52

0/8

2016-11-10 19:43

THE KING IS BACK!

Hahaha K10 was not the problem

Finally Faze get rid of that onliner,who has not even been performing that great online recently...

kkk

this team is a joke

rip kick karrigan :v

KIOSHIMA WASN'T THE PROBLEM

Finally!

wew omg not expected i didn't see this coming at all

Bipolar team LUL

Shit, i swear i'd comment this Rip now ;-;

2016-11-09 23:03

got'em

2016-11-09 23:08

expected, good for k1o

FIRST

nice kio glhf bro, gg jkaem

unexpected, but seems like a good idea

YES, so nice for Kio :D Sad for jkaem, but he's not been in a good form for a while now :(

Kio wasnt the problem

Lets hope Jkaem will find his form again, 'Thanks Jkaem for carrying us'- G2 rain 2015 Cuj :(

2016-11-09 22:56

So many changes to nothing

Jkaem should look where he is atm LUL

THE PROBLEM WASN'T THE PROBLEM PogChamp

fox - maikelele - jkaem - ? - ? we have 3 players of the old G2.Esports Cluj Napoca run boys...they have no team...

I think jkaem>kio...

VERY EZ 4 FAZE AGAIN (ONLINE GAMES)

Make up your mind faze dudes

lmao, BOT KARRIGAN in and GOD JKAEM out

You know that Karrigan is one of the best IGL, right?

2016-11-10 07:30

nice

+1 NICE

wtf is happening

joke team.

2016-11-09 22:44

Nice to see jkaem hasn't been dropped completely and been only substituted. I hope things work out for him and he finds his motivation/skill again, although it seemed like this was inevitable given the string of poor performances he's had and the scrutiny he has come under. Would be sad to see a talent like him drop off the radar completely.

Could not have said it better myself

2016-11-09 22:59

finally good news today...

Maybe no the problem afterall

Hopefully that will help FaZe get better. Tbh, everyone did his job well, except for jkaem, the guy should either take a break and then come back stronger, or take a longer brake and think if he wants to play or not. Although kio wasn't consistent, but still he wasn't sucking (in terms of K-D) as hugely as jkaem has been. So, welcome back you horseface xD

good (esp. for kio)

Vote Trump 2k16

Kio is no longer the problem. He's just. A Problem.

2016-11-09 22:49

finalyy

faze should stop making so many roster changes

2016-11-09 22:52

They didn't chance much. He is not a new player so he knows how to fit in the team already

2016-11-09 23:32

KIO WAS NOT THE PROBLEM (insert some elegiggles)

LUL unexpected. THE PROBLEM IS BACK!

FaZe FailFish

finaly ^-^

JOIN NORSE

2016-11-09 23:01

faze clan should either buy glasses or brain cuz karrygan is really bad, and there was no point in replacing jkaaem

faze getting serious eyy?

nonono faaak.

nice! jkaem has been so fucking bad ever since cluj

wrong, wrong, wrong..... he was good for a looong time after cluj

2016-11-10 09:07

Expected. Its a shame that he has so much raw talent yet he does not put in the effort and commitment to fix his consistency smh.

2016-11-09 23:06

jkaem was the problem so if this doesnt work just Retire faze

2016-11-09 23:11

LDLC*k1o*CMSTORM

2016-11-09 23:12

not so long jkaem was making fun of Taz.. what up now jkaem

he wasn't making fun of taz though(?).. lol

2016-11-09 23:15

rly need to go into details? making fun of VP

lmao u really went into some deep details there mate

2016-11-09 23:34

wasn't expecting to get hard times because of it =(

2016-11-10 00:06

sry :(

2016-11-10 00:17

2016-11-09 23:33

lul unexpected

2016-11-09 23:13

bad idea to exclude fox will not correct the situation, and the fox greatly helped the team as a sniper Maine, things worked! watched only fox, mb allu strong player but as for me Fox 2 head higher as a sniper!

jkaem is going to dignitas soon

:/ we all know how good jkaem can be, hope he finds the solution to his inconsistency <3

2016-11-09 23:18

finally

Lol poor guy

2016-11-09 23:22

fox was the problem, hahahaha. RIP

nice the problem is back

2016-11-09 23:23

r u fucking kidding me? Kioshima over jkaem? Cmon

2016-11-09 23:24

ty faze

2016-11-09 23:25

R.I.P Faze carry member from G2 kkkk still a great player and a great guy :p

FINALLY AFTER 17 YEARS OF FUCKING CS FAZE HAS DONE WHAT NO OTHER TEAM HAS EVER DONE!!!!!! This is just the same as it is in any other fucking sport. You play like shit or inconsistent you drop from the first team and then the player that replaces you will try his fucking ass off to stay there. This should have happened like 10 years ago at least.

this probably happened because jkaem wanted to step down, actually. he already showed his desire to play within a norwegian line-up not long time ago.

2016-11-09 23:37

btw this team its a joke! changing roster twice a month zZZZZz!

jkaem :( i like him :(

2016-11-09 23:28

immo kio does bad next event and gets benched LUL

2016-11-09 23:30

2 of the worst tier2 team PRO's out there, this is embarrassing for both scrubs :D

That was so expected with jkaem underperforming for a long time and kio doing better than him while on the team. n1

well deserved k1o, you're a dedicated hardworking player

2016-11-09 23:35

K - Karma

2016-11-09 23:36

PogChamp

2016-11-09 23:44

jkaem has been played so bad lately not surprised about this decision but I'm not sure kio can fullfill this lineup they need a stronger player

i.menix.io/p0Y8.png

2016-11-09 23:59

hes a good player but i think all the hate really got to him and fucked him up badly. hope he can comeback. dont think kio is the solution either.

2016-11-10 00:03

kek yee_lmao was right again

2016-11-10 00:09

ABOUT FUCKING TIME. And it's actually quite amazing how many of you are riding jkaems dick. HE IS GOD DAMNED AWFUL. He is -- alongside natu -- one of the worst players I've ever had the displeasure of witnessing. The fact that a team let him play for this long is just sad. He is not some misunderstood genius, or a talented individual who just folds under pressure. He is just god damned awful, and he plays like someone with a crippling brain injury or ten under his belt.

2016-11-10 00:20

no clue why he was playing amazing when he first joined. was he lucky the first months or has he just gotten old and bad?

2016-11-10 00:36

Except he's never been amazing, according to statistics. hltv.org/?pageid=246&playerid=8248 First game he played for FaZe was 22/1 16, and from there on out, he has consistently been shit. Not quite as shit as right now, sure, but that's not saying much.

2016-11-10 01:32

not sure if you know this, but he played in g2 before faze, and there he was a beast. comparing him to a finnish bot is retarded

2016-11-10 09:05

This is actually a good decision I believe :)

2016-11-10 00:32

sad for jkaem

2016-11-10 00:37

2016-11-10 00:58

Good luck kioking.

2016-11-10 01:08

So fox is free, maikelele is free and jkaem is benched.. 3/5 of the g2 that played at cluj is without a team.. Interesting.

2016-11-10 01:34

Who would of known?

2016-11-10 01:35

who would have thought last year, that a player from each of NiP, EnVyUs and TSM would play on the same team?

2016-11-10 01:42

Very good<3

2016-11-10 01:56

the king has returned

2016-11-10 02:20

faze stop changing the roster!¡!¡!¡!¡!¡!¡!¡!

2016-11-10 02:35

4Head jkaem 4Head was 4Head the 4Head problem 4Head

2016-11-10 02:50

nsgl

gl to them, insane lineup

2016-11-10 02:54

gl Kio cool dude

2016-11-10 03:25

I belivie that kio is only just a stand-in until SunNy gets his way out of ENCE

2016-11-10 03:38

2016-11-10 09:03

Nice

2016-11-10 04:19

gl kio

2016-11-10 05:03

k1o the solution

2016-11-10 05:05

Nooooo, they need moar suNny!

2016-11-10 05:28

who will faze cut next? find out next week

2016-11-10 07:41

jkaem > karrigan

2016-11-10 07:54

karrigan=igl,second awp and more experienced jkaem=cluj

2016-11-10 08:12

+1 Jkaem played well only dreamhack cluj napoca 2015 .. sad but true

2016-11-10 09:06

Xd if aizy will stop fragging he'll also get replaced mark my words

2016-11-10 08:08

FaZe so trash

2016-11-10 08:54

Wtf have I just read? the Norwegian will be given time to "find his motivation to either stay or find a new team." Do they mean that if jkaem finally finds his old form, they will again bench kioShiMa? If I was kioShiMa, I would ask them to kiss my ass, though he must be getting a good salary, so... But it's unfair - you're playing well, but they bench you and then bring you back until their Norwegian friend finds his A-game again?

2016-11-10 09:00

Just like in any other sport, teams bench players that have not played well recently.. It's just been uncommon for the cs scene to do so.

2016-11-10 09:13

kio was benched, although he played better than jkaem did It's just been uncommon for the cs scene to do so Yeah because teams usually have only 5 players.

2016-11-10 09:27

I think that it's not a bad idea to implement benching in CS. At least one or even two players in the bench could be a good idea to give fresh air to for example a player that has been underperforming, or is sick, or whatever, or just to change things a little bit.

2016-11-10 14:15