fnatic to transfer academy team

23-5-2017 18:05

fnatic have announced that they are looking to transfer their academy team to another organisation.

The move follows PGL's announcement that academy teams will be forced to use a "different name tag and logo" at the Minors and at the Krakow Major in case another squad from the same organisation is also part of the event circuit.

The tweet in question came as a result of Spirit and Spirit Academy both qualifying for the CIS Minor, with many calling for one the squads to be disqualified in order to preserve the competitive integrity of the tournament.

fnatic Academy seek a new home

HLTV.org knows that PGL's ruling would also apply to fnatic Academy at the European Minor, even though the organisation's main team have a Legend status from their semi-final run at the ELEAGUE Major. This means that the academy team would have to go through the Minor and also the offline qualifier for PGL Major Krakow to get to the same competition as fnatic's main squad.

With ESL also imposing restrictions on academy teams for their own tournaments, Maikil "⁠Golden⁠" Selim's team have been left with no choice but to seek pastures new as they look to continue their climb towards the top.

"It has been an honour to be part of the fnatic family," the team's coach, Andreas Samuelsson, said in a statement. "We have achieved great things together and have had our best CSGO year in our careers.

"Unfortunately, academy teams are given less and less space though, and when PGL informed us that we would not be able to use the fnatic name in the Minor, we took a unanimous decision to find a new home for ourselves.

"Our goal and ambition have always been to reach the very top, which is impossible to do as an academy team right now.

"We would like to thank fnatic for the opportunities and the support they have given us. They provided the best platform possible to build our careers on, which we will always be thankful for. We especially want to thank [fnatic CGO] Patrik for everything he has done for us."

During their time with fnatic, the Swedish team most notably won the 2016 China Top to secure a payout of over $71,000. Last week, they qualified for the European Minor after beating LDLC, Kinguin and Heroic, moving up to 39th in our ranking.

The Swedish team will attend the $30,000 GeForce Cup in Wroclaw, Poland, this weekend, which will be their final event under fnatic if they are unable to find a new organisation by then.

All organisations interested in contacting the team can do so by reaching out to the team's coach by e-mail at [email protected].

Their lineup is the following:

Niclas "⁠PlesseN⁠" Plessen
Alex "⁠Karus⁠" Saglamoglu
Linus "⁠Bååten⁠" Andersson
Maikil "⁠Golden⁠" Selim
David "⁠Jayzwalkingz⁠" Kempner

Andreas "⁠Samuelsson⁠" Samuelsson (coach)

ez4fnatic

2017-05-23 18:07

11 replies

what a joke. why they do this?

2017-05-23 18:15

5 replies

2 replies

inb4 NiP sign Fnatic Academy so they have a chance to be represented in PGL major

2017-05-23 19:32

1 reply

It will be funny.

2017-05-23 20:50

lmfao that name

2017-05-23 19:37

read?

2017-05-24 06:23

ewggreg4

GOD PLEASE LGB LGB LGB

2017-05-23 18:51

Why would you want to play for an organisation that earns shit ton of cash on you, but doesnt pay you salary..? lol

2017-05-23 19:13

Stupid rule... How the hell can SK, NaVi, and VP play in the same tournament when they are all owned by the same people. By PGL's rule they could just call it Citanf Acadamy and make the logo the Fnatic logo with a big X over it.

2017-05-24 20:41

hahaha that would be awesome PGL rekt by Citanf Academy

2017-05-27 01:07

Ulul

WAT

lul

rip

WTF

NiP Kappa

xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

they need to transfer cause of spot

2017-05-23 18:08

Fnatic Academy > Fnatic

Nip will disband and sign with fnc acd

No ty, big downgrade from this team.

2017-05-23 18:27

3 replies

Lol they cant downgrade from their current team

2017-05-23 18:53

But this team made it to the Euro qual?

2017-05-23 18:54

Yes.

2017-05-25 15:14

At least their good enough to reach the major qualifiers, lol.

2017-05-23 18:58

Academy teams are cancer

There should be like some kind of a development league just for the academy teams.

2017-05-24 14:36

And what happens when they reach the #1 poss? They would qualify for another event, and wining it would give us the same situation as here.

2017-05-25 15:16

No just like NHL and AHL you can move players between teams but you can't play in the same league. Academy teams should not be better than the main team or then some chances has to be done

2017-05-26 16:14

Expected

They getting that money bros

fuck pgl's rule

2017-05-23 18:09

Ripppp the double sticker of Fnatic...

fnatic to citanf EZ

Why they just don't create another organisation themselves, change the name to Fanatic and add/remove smth from the logo so it's different?

2017-05-23 18:10

+1 exactly my thoughts bro

2017-05-23 18:11

2017-05-23 18:40

Fnatic could do like a special org for them? Like Green fnatic logo (a little bit changed) called "Academists" or smth like this, kek

I'd like a green fnatic logo tho :o

2017-05-23 18:14

wtf? why

that's what academy teams are all about you don't have to give them much but you have them under contract. when you can cash out you cash out

2017-05-23 18:28

Fuck the team, as long as there's no double stickers, right? riight?

2017-05-23 18:12

inb4 "NiP and fnatic academy swap rosters"

8 replies

-xizt +Jayzwalkingz

7 replies

I'd love seeing GeT_RiGhT back to fnatic tho, even though it's fnatic academy

2017-05-23 18:17

6 replies

I hope NIP and Fnatic will mix roster like Fnatic and Godsent year ago

2017-05-23 18:21

Why would they though? Fnatic is playing good and wouldn't want to switch lineups right now

2017-05-23 18:24

4 replies

IMO both teams dont play like good old days (just look at nip) and this change would be interesting

Sure Fnatic isnt playing like "the good old days" but look how they have improved since feb this year, Will be fun seeing fnatic at cologne and the major

16-1

2017-05-23 19:38

16-7 , Astralis were beasts on train LUL

2017-05-23 20:37

Got them for free and can sell them for a decent amount if they want. gl to the roster

respect for fnatic org

h2k should pick them.

2017-05-23 18:13

+1 would love to see h2k back in CS

2017-05-23 19:50

+1 Would be sick!

2017-05-23 20:29

most successful bambini team to date

Disband currrent Nip Nip will transfer this one

lgb plz

2017-05-23 18:20

2017-05-23 18:32

good luck to them!

2017-05-23 18:23

2017-05-23 18:26

NiP/Epsilon Academy incoming

2017-05-23 18:33

New Space Soldiers team

2017-05-23 18:34

NiP transfer

2017-05-23 18:38

NIP roaster confirmed -all of them +fnatic academy

2017-05-23 18:50

LGB inc.

2017-05-23 19:06

H2K stickers would be nice.

2017-05-23 19:57

I second this.

2017-05-23 20:30

first of all academy shouldn't even be playing in the same tournament as their bigger and main team LOL..

2017-05-23 20:26

RIP NIP

2017-05-23 20:28

Is this a joke? They are already allowing teams owned by the same people to compete against each others. But hey, that's not common knowledge, so they let it fly under the radar. Disgraceful.

2017-05-23 20:46

i do belive that is common knowledge , that the vp owner , owns virtus and 2/3 of the sk , and all the media rights of navi. and that astralis , heroic, godsent and norse are owned by the same "company"

2017-05-24 12:18

astralis, heroic & godsent (Norse left them) are not owned by RFRSH, that's a misunderstanding. Astralis are partially owned by players (non-majority) and partly by investors (not RFRSH). They simply operate under RFRSH, benefitting both parties, as RFRSH is a new founded company who needs exposure, and astralis needs a solid base to meet up and play at, instead of renting a new place every time they bootcamp, having to set up PC's and so forth. At least that's my solid understanding of the situation.

2017-05-24 15:47

5% for player in Astralis case. And yes, your understanding of the situaion is correct, I've "re-read". RFRSH doesnt have any stock or paticipation in any of the teams, for now. Because it is an option ( i dont really agree with it ) Anw , i dont really understand why they allow multi team owners, and dont allow this kinda of situations.

2017-05-24 15:52