.Norway return for WESG *

28-9-2017 23:13

Some of Norway's most experienced players have once again put together a mixture called .Norway ahead of the WESG Baltics and Scandinavia qualifier.

* Update: The full lineup of .Norway has not been determined yet, Bjoern "⁠Skurk⁠" Maaren has informed HLTV.org. Skurk, Håvard "⁠rain⁠" Nygaard, Pål "⁠Polly⁠" Kammen, and Kristoffer "⁠Mystic⁠" Michelsen have been confirmed to play the qualifier, however.

The .Norway tag returns following the mixture's journey at last year's WESG Europe & CIS Regional Finals, where Polly & co. finished 9th-12th, disappointing to qualify for the main event after a loss to iGame.com.

The lineup for this year's WESG is largely the same, as Joakim "⁠jkaem⁠" Myrbostad and rain join forces once more alongside Skurk and Mystic, with Dignitas' Ruben "⁠RUBINO⁠" Villarroel signed up as a reserve player.

Polly resurfaces for WESG with .Norway

The Norwegian mix will first have to go through the Baltics and Scandinavia qualifier, set to start on October 16, which has one spot at the Europe & CIS Regional Finals on offer.

.Norway has signed up for said qualifier with the following six-man lineup:

Pål "⁠Polly⁠" Kammen
Joakim "⁠jkaem⁠" Myrbostad
Håvard "⁠rain⁠" Nygaard
Bjoern "⁠Skurk⁠" Maaren
Kristoffer "⁠Mystic⁠" Michelsen

Ruben "⁠RUBINO⁠" Villarroel (backup)

2017-09-28 23:14

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ez rain

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tfw rubino backup and nonamers in lineup

2017-09-28 23:15

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nonamers oh OK

2017-09-28 23:20

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Polly, Skurk and Mystic over Rubinho proves mental disabilty :)

2017-09-29 13:32

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do you even know how good mystic was lol

2017-09-29 14:24

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he look like a caveman tho

2017-09-29 16:32

> was Point proven. Good day to you, sir.

2017-09-29 16:48

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olof was a god in 2015 is he a nonamer now ?

2017-09-29 18:05

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I never said anyone's a nonamer. I just think that picking the people I mentioned above Rubinho is proof of brain damage :)

2017-09-29 19:08

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mystic was like swag back then man .. if not for his personality he wouldve been top10 player

2017-09-29 19:47

you haven't considered that rubino wasn't able to go? he is playing in dignitas you know, they might have alot of matches and praccs..

2017-09-30 04:50

So then why is jkaem able to go?

2017-09-30 08:43

Oh, they're in the same team, I forgot. Maybe rubino just didn't want to go

2017-09-30 17:31

LGB players, tf you talkin bout nonamers?

2017-09-28 23:35

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those 3 havent played in any T2 teams in like 2 years, may not be right to call them nonamers but hasbeens yeah that fits better

2017-09-29 00:05

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and they weren't even good

2017-09-29 00:13

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skurk had a good match

2017-09-29 01:59

mystic used to be pretty good

2017-09-29 02:10

they were very good

2017-09-29 03:30

Mystic used to be fkin insane when he played in dig

2017-09-29 06:39

+1 he was a god

.. in Dignitas? Really? I smell the bait. However he _was_ OK back in the day (results was jumping all over the place tho), and mainly just against other lower tier teams and players. As of recently, there are other norwegian players that has risen to a higher level than his current level at least.

2017-09-29 14:44

The only nonamed player in that rooster is skurk..

2017-09-29 03:04

I think he played in London Conspiracy and went by the name of Pimp back then, but still, RUBINO on the bench is very questionable if not plain stupid.

2017-09-29 11:34

Did you just call skurk a nonamer?

2017-09-29 13:00

Has he made a name for himself internationally? I think not. #Nonamer There has only been a few instances where he has showed up in some (short term) lineup, where he has no recognizable results.

2017-09-29 14:48

Yes he has, he used to be one og norways moast famous cs players youre just to young or haven't followed the sceene long enough to know

No recognizable results himself, been in short term lineups only lasting a few months, LC or maybe H2k is the only internationally ranking team he's can be remembered from (2-4 years ago), where he showed bellow average performance, nothing worth remembering. Why should he be recognized internationally?

2017-09-29 15:03

polly and mystic i think that they're good.

2017-09-29 02:59

RUBINO for back up wtf? should +croman for easier game

2017-09-29 11:37

I know right, RUBINO should be in the main lineup and Cromen should be in this too.

2017-09-29 14:07

newfag

2017-09-29 12:30

lmao newfag xDD

2017-09-29 13:02

Poor rubino even in mix team cant get a place to play xD

2017-09-28 23:43

ez 4 rain

2017-09-29 00:23

Top 5 norwegian players: Jkeam, rain, RUBINO, Kalle, Radification

2017-09-29 08:42

Top Norway: Rain, Jkaem, Rubinho, Cromen, Suso

2017-09-29 14:30

-Cromen +Fredheim

2017-09-29 14:45

Expected

norway scene LUL

2017-09-29 00:41

Italian scene LuL

2017-09-29 01:11

actually not existing LOL

2017-09-29 01:22

Go make a pizza for me please.

2017-09-29 07:08

Stop roasting yourself.

2017-09-29 11:25

NT pizzaface :)

2017-09-30 09:55

ez for mystic

ez for VAC against him already 1:0 =)

2017-09-29 00:22

rubino :<

No cromen? :(

2017-09-29 00:28

Nice

mystic PogChamp

Noice!

Rubino backup? lul

eliminated first round

mystic!!!

Blyat good... goog D

LUL

kalle?

worst team

-skurk +rubino

Rubino should be playing tho. Gl

KALLE??? CROMEN???? HELLO??? they could get so much better, now lets wait for Swedens

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2017-09-28 23:17

Sweden have Fnatic and GODSENT, that's it. NiP won't participate because BLAST Pro Series is at the same time as the WESG EU & CIS finals.

2017-09-28 23:18

oh thats interesting. But faze is invited aswell so how is rain playing for norway then?

2017-09-28 23:21

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I assume Norway will use RUBINO instead of rain at the finals :)

2017-09-28 23:22

i quess then yeah, you know when we get rest of the teams annouced? like sweden and finland?

2017-09-28 23:25

en.wesg.com/en/csgo/tournaments You can use this to check the teams registered for the different qualifiers.

2017-09-28 23:30

yup, no any good swedish or finnish teams signed up yet.. probably in next week then.

2017-09-28 23:31

No NiP, no North, no Astralis, no G2 :( RIP France and Danemark

2017-09-29 14:46

sweden will not mix players/teams lol.why should they...?

2017-09-28 23:19

This lineup is a freaking joke. 3 seemingly inative players that hasn't achieved anything in CS:GO (even tho they've been around since day1), over any other 3 actually good players, or up and coming talents like as you said cromen... I am not sure how kalles form is now tho, I feel he is slowly dropping off the radar, but still better than these three for sure. At least add in RUBINO over Skurk..

2017-09-29 13:27

By now there's gotta be a better awper in all of Norway than Polly. :/

Tbh there aren't any atm :/

wtf yes there is. alot of great talents. marcelious is a great awper, so is hallzerk

2017-09-28 23:26

0 idea who those guys are. + jkaem only wants known people :p

2017-09-28 23:29

up and coming kids

Cromen did well awping on Norse

2017-09-29 00:16

rain #3 in the world, niko and cold infront

2017-09-28 23:16

Nice to see rain and jkaem reunited :)

Polly on the starting lineup and RUBINO on backup, what dark magic is this? I get that he's the only dedicated awper, but still... stupid decision imo but GL to them anyway.

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Polly is decent awper atm

Does he even have a team? I thought the dude was retired

He played for one team i think idk what he has done after that tho

2017-09-28 23:28

You said "atm". Figured you had seen him.

I saw him while ago :p he was atleast good then

He was decent back in the days, but I have no clue now, haven't seen him play in forever. Would be better to go with kalle who is actually active.

I haven't seen much from him recently, but I know that perhaps with the exception of skurk he's not at the level of the rest of the team..

London Conspiracy <3

Good old days

2017-09-28 23:23

-Polly -Skurk -Mystic +cromen +rubino +kalle ez

2017-09-29 12:11

Please add REASTEN

cromen jkaem rain RUBINO Mystic/kalle would be sick lineup

2017-09-28 23:24

+1 -mystic (dosent play anymore) -Polly (Dosent play anymore) -Skruk (been inactive for along time) +Cromen +kalle +rubino

2017-09-29 08:13

2017-09-29 14:51

Right on man!

2017-09-29 13:17

ez polly

Only Rain top player.

Whats up with the morons saying polly needs to be replaced with kalle? U ovbiously understand nothing. Polly is an amazing talent , plus he is an awper so why would a rifler replace him? Every team needs awper

Tbh wouldn't call him talent but his good enough

2017-09-28 23:34

hes a talent. trust me if he kept playing he could of grow further. he just left at his peak, i got no idea why

2017-09-29 00:11

You're right he is a talent, but kalle been active up until now. Would be weird if he wasn't better, he's also a talent.

2017-09-29 13:49

It was hard to be a full time csgo player in Norway in 2015/2016 since the cost of living there is so high. The reason a lot of players didnt give csgo it all.

2017-09-29 22:43

Polly trash washed up kalle would main awp better

2017-09-29 09:50

kalle is also awper. Or at least used to be most of the time.

2017-09-29 13:48

oh, I was expecting: elemeNt + XeqtR + REAL + oops + prb.

That's what I thought when I read "most experienced players"

2017-09-29 00:35

i'd get so moist if they ever came back and actually could rek, alas, just a sweet dream

2017-09-29 03:21

Olement with 50h is csgo xD

2017-09-29 14:52

I know xD but he doesn't need to get any kills, with REAL making 40+ frags every game he is just there for the hype lol.

2017-09-29 20:10

Lul

2017-09-29 20:16

-polly -jkaem ------------ +Rubino +Cromen

tier 15

kalle should be there

never thought skurk was good but i guess hes kinda an ok support player. polly has basically quit tho so idk why hes there, guess its a friends thing. would like to see cromen instead of skurk and maybe marcelious instead of polly.

2017-09-28 23:27

This roster reminds me of the good times of CSGO. GLHF throwback LC squad.

pretty weak imo

Just to clear up, it's not decided if we're gonna play yet and with what lineup, I just signed up with the same account I used last year, so all the players were already in the team. We'll see when the qualifier comes if and who plays.

but how u can change players like that? shouldnt the core be the same as reported here?

2017-09-28 23:33

We can change players up until 2 days before the qualification starts afaik.

2017-09-28 23:38

I just posted it on reddit and striker reposted it to hltv xD, i was curious why it have 2016's tag, but its ok for hltv news i guess Prank gone wild

2017-09-28 23:50

Whatever you do, get RUBINO in the line-up. Y'know, instead of Skurk.

2017-09-29 12:47

who cares tier 8

pretty much like the german scene

2017-09-28 23:49

Would've been a decent team 3 years ago.

this WESG seems a lot of fun, really intersting with new mixes. a lot of high names sign up

Yeah it should be really fun just hope they can compete with the teams who can go in with their true lineups like G2, SK, Astralis, North, Fnatic etc.

2017-09-28 23:42

G2, SK, Astralis, North won't participate because they will be at the BLAST series at the time of the qualifiers.

2017-09-29 06:47

at that time is EU Qualifier, SK can still play

2017-09-29 11:59

Well that's unfair, hope they change it

EZ for Skurk and Polly <3 LC squad <3

#freerain

2017-09-28 23:36

noice

2017-09-28 23:39

this is going to be a sick tournament can't wait.

2017-09-28 23:41

Ruben "RUBINO" Villarroel (backup) rofl

2017-09-28 23:44

get shurk the fuck out for RUBINO

NO Cromen :(

Ideal lineup would be rain Radifaction Marcelious jkaem Truth

2017-09-28 23:48

finally someone who knows <3 cromen instead of truth tho i know hes igl but i dont think hes 2 gud

That would force their most experienced player to an IGL role, which is rain, and that in itself is a huge loss. I'd rather sacrifice some fraggingpower and get a dedicated leader than to limit one of the world's best CS:GO players.

2017-09-28 23:55

why the f... isn't cromen and rubino there?

Easy for london conspiracy

2017-09-28 23:59

LGB! LGB!

2017-09-29 00:01

where is cromen? why they pick fucking skurk? he's so badddddddddddd even rubino>skurk why backup?

2017-09-29 00:07

legendary lineup... gl <3 Polly

2017-09-29 00:08

French WESG team would be real WESG SUPER TEAM XD

You mean g2?

2017-09-29 00:51

g2/envy mix it would be imo

2017-09-29 00:57

Why mix when all french

2017-09-29 03:14

why should they change anything when they could play with g2 anyway as they all are french EnVyUs would have to change ScreaM for someone from LDLC or maybe even zywoo lul

2017-09-29 14:20

-mystic -skruk -polly -jkaem +NiKo +olofmeister +guardian +karrigan ez

2017-09-29 00:15

I'd love for them to do good but I'm not expecting anything

2017-09-29 00:24

poor rain, playing alone

2017-09-29 00:36

rofl polly.. idk why rubino is the backup instead of him

2017-09-29 00:42

rubino is no awper. Get a clue before commenting.

2017-09-29 13:51

-Skurk +rubino and perfect team lol

lmao shitty lineup, should be: rain rubino jkaem cromen kalle

2017-09-29 01:06

Rubino backup, your best player as backup, wtf is wrong

2017-09-29 01:20

rain is their best player, but I understand what you're getting at.

2017-09-29 12:44

this is so typical Norway... "Friends before skills" ... This is not the best 5 man squad from Norway, and this is the biggest problem in Norway. No talent can get true and out, some have done it like RUBINO, rain, jkaem. But when they chose a team to rep Norway they ask one player and he picks his friends. Stupid Norway like always :D Whould love to see BSL or some other old schooler be cap of the nation team and chose the lineup.. NORWAY kalle rain jkaem hallzerk RUBINO cromen(backup)

2017-09-29 01:29

heh

2017-09-29 04:16

Finally someone that understands!!! Neoptism trumps everything in norway, kinda sad tbh, but it is also understandable. Best possible lineup would be: rain RUBINO jkaem kalle Radifaction/cromen

2017-09-29 12:03

Radifaction>cromen

2017-09-29 12:18

Rain jkeam Rubino radifacton Grande/cromen

2017-09-29 13:03

Where is cromen and kalle?

EZ CARRY FOR RAIN

2017-09-29 02:25

tier 5

I desperately need an all Norwegian team to dominate. eoLithic 2.0

2017-09-29 02:38

Ye! But that requires a new olament And that we dont have

2017-09-29 11:09

Radifacton inc

2017-09-29 13:01

rain will have tough time carrying these guys

2017-09-29 02:48

please be a pro team again

2017-09-29 03:49

gl boys

2017-09-29 04:13

jkaem, rubino, rain ez

2017-09-29 05:59

mystic +}

2017-09-29 06:41

Yeeee boooi oldies goldies

2017-09-29 06:56

Oh lord <3<3<3

2017-09-29 08:31

2017-09-29 08:32

ez4rain Where's cromen tho

cromen? rubino

2017-09-29 09:15

Why this shit line-up? -mystic (dosent play anymore) -Polly (Dosent play anymore) -Skruk (been inactive for along time) +Cromen +kalle +rubino

2017-09-29 09:44

#67 this lu isnt official

2017-09-29 11:13

Cromen? Rubino backup? Lul

2017-09-29 10:59

Nex Denis Spiidi TabseN Krystal German Lineup

2017-09-29 11:10

lol

2017-09-29 12:06

-mystic (dont think he plays anymore) +kalle

jkaem in 2017...interesting.

2017-09-29 12:16

Rain will carry this team, rip.

2017-09-29 12:19

I dunno who Skurk blew (and who wanted to get blown by something like...that) to get into the line-up instead of RUBINO, but god damn. In any case, rain will ez carry.

2017-09-29 12:43

.Eolitihic return would sound like the biggest headline Norway has ever seen.

2017-09-29 12:45

If rain was to leave faze sometime in the future, to play with jkaem and rubino, they should resurrect the eoLithic name

2017-09-29 13:06

hopefully they'll win WESG and use the cash to form the organization. :)

rain

-skurk -polly +Radifacton +Rubino

It's so silly that Skurk and Polly just default gets into this team because they are good friends with the others. both skurk and polly have been borderline retired for a while now, and Mystic is not far from it. Why not let some of the rising talents that are actually grinding this game get a chance to play with the best? Radifaction should be in this team. Cromen should be in this team..

2017-09-29 13:05

I just realised that skurk,Polly and Mystic are not in a team. If everyone can get along with each other in Norway I would honestly love Skurk, Polly, Mystic, cromen and that random Norwegian guy that played with 4 swedes, forgot his name :s [and I dont mean kalle]

2017-09-29 14:17