Misfits trio to explore options as contracts expire

15-1-2018 19:22

Shahzeb "ShahZaM" Khan, Sean "seang@res" Gares and Hunter "SicK" Mims are free to explore their options after their contracts with Misfits expired, according to a report from Dust2.us.

Shahzeb "⁠ShahZaM⁠" Khan took to Twitter to announce his free agency in the aftermath of Misfits' defeat to AVANGAR in the ELEAGUE Major Boston Qualifier, which sent the North American team packing with a 1-3 record.

And, according to Dust2.us, the contracts of Sean "⁠seang@res⁠" Gares and Hunter "⁠SicK⁠" Mims have also expired, leaving the team's North American trio free to discuss terms with other organisations as Misfits have not yet offered an extension.

Misfits' North American trio are out of contract

François "⁠amanek⁠" Delaunay and David "⁠devoduvek⁠" Dobrosavljevic remain tied to the North American organisation until March, according to a December report from independent journalist Jarek "DeKay" Lewis, but their future plans are unclear at this point, with less than a month left until the ESL Pro League Season 7 kicks off.

Misfits expanded into CS:GO in January 2017 with the signing of the former TSM lineup. Since joining the North American organisation, the team's achievements include semi-final runs at DreamHack Open Tours and at the ESL Pro League Season 6 Finals, and a first-place finish in the CyberPowerPC Extreme Gaming Series Fall 2017.

My contract with @MisfitsGG ended today. We haven't been offered a re-sign yet, so until then I am a free agent and exploring options.
— Shahzeb Khan (@ShahZaMk) January 15, 2018

wow sick thx guys btw i love virtus pro

2018-01-15 19:26

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Right after they get eliminated from major lul

2018-01-15 19:23

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ez disband

no major = we out this bitch

wow SicK thx guys hahahhaahahahahahahahhahahhaahahahahahahahhahahhaahahahahahahahhahahhaahahahahahahah

2018-01-15 20:01

yes

2018-01-15 19:22

Third

yeah like 4rsenal

rip

OOF

wow

Sean :(

LUUUL

Rekt

wtf

xdd

disband :D

quick disband

amanek, davodudek, k1oshima, zywoo and ex6

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Ez disband

2018-01-15 19:25

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you're right no team would be able to counter them and all other teams would disband sooner or later

2018-01-15 19:50

not bad dude

pretty sick tbh

2018-01-15 19:31

thats actually better than EnVyUs lol

Who awps? Zywoo or Amanek?

2018-01-15 19:36

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zywoo obviously wtf

2018-01-15 19:39

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I thought he prefered rifling, and amanek liked awping, guess i was misinformed

2018-01-15 19:44

but amanek is sick with rifle, and zywoo is sick with awp, both are good with rifle and awp, i dont know who prefers what, but i think it would work better like that

2018-01-15 19:45

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either way its a sick team

2018-01-15 19:46

yep

Zerkje

2018-01-21 02:04

whoever feels like it, even x6 can pick it up if he wants to

Both are hybrid players so if this was to happen it would probably be map/side dependent

2018-01-15 19:53

def would be one of the best tier 3 teams

2018-01-16 00:54

I would expect at least T2 with that lineup

2018-01-23 19:16

Sad

disbanded

lol

+jony boy

Ex GF inc?

2018-01-15 19:40

GF to Misfits pls (They won't regret it)

2018-01-15 19:42

That's kind of imposible tbh

I know but It would be amazing

2018-01-15 20:33

xaxaxaxaxxaax

First

2018-01-15 19:24

Damn,that was fast.

no qualifyed no kontrakt xD

Usually they wouldn't have even considered to get rid of players in such a fast improving roster. That being said, with their performance in League at Worlds, they gained millions of fans, and I'm talking loyal fans who respect them, real fans. They gained so much money off merch and shit for the upcoming year, and obviously had a lot of investments made into them, so they can afford to buy players. Especially because the CLG players are free, I bet they're keen to make a change or two.

Sounds like Ethan is going to NRG to replace AnJ. If they want to pick FNS up and build a team around him and give him the players that he wants, sure, I think he deserves it. Other than that, I wonder if they plan on just making their CSGO roster EU just like the LoL one

They do have similarities in the sense that PoE = sean with experience and a bunch of somewhat rookies. Still, though, betting on rookies to keep doing well is a risk, so in League they've replaced some of them (or they left, either way same thing). I think they're open to replace some players with CLG's experienced ones. I highly doubt no org will pick up such a successful team or some of the players.

Are dignitas still letting those EU guys steal checks from them? Maybe odie can sign sean and the boys and fill some spots from there. Maybe +Ethan if the NRG deal still hasnt gone through.

it was quick

Wow that was fast.

The timing.

that was quick

Stay together please guys ;(

WHY? just why. makes no sense

why no sence? did they achievement something? i still think is pretty good team but a lot mistakes in game and they not fix them.

2018-01-15 19:29

semi final at ESL pro league. they were on the rise lol

and how many time to play better need? one year is not long enough ? i dont said they bad , just a lot mistakes always...

I think it is a bad move

2018-01-15 19:41

Owly f******k, i'm shocked :(

LETS go SWAG this is Your time

SeanGares, SicK, ShahZam, AZK, Swag Ez major

To bad my Boy swag and AZK are still banned from Majors so you won't be seeing that anytime soon sadly

2018-01-15 20:08

Ohh I forgot about that..

2018-01-15 20:30

TSM

sign a french team then, they might be decent

AmaNEk Devoduvek Sixer Sixer Suxer

sexer

Sexiest

2018-01-16 00:36

Amanek Devoduvek K1o Ex6 igl Zywoo/youyou for awp, depending on g2 nV new roster

2018-01-15 19:54

They should stick together, they're improving really fast.

Shazam, seangares, sick, n0thing & shroud top5 NA

they already were top 5 na

I mean, alot of dogshit teams are top 5 NA. Top of NA really means nothing maybe past 3

2018-01-15 19:43

yup

QUICK DISBAND AT LEAST THE 2 FRENCH EU PLAYERS DONT NEED TO PLAY WITH THESE NA BOTS

devo and amanek going back to france with the org

/care, the french bois are carryieZ

hltv being hltv its not only cuz thet lost (probably) but the way they lost especialy that last game

+K1O +ZYWOO

+Sixer +Sixer +Sixer

the disband was expected

sgares ethan koosta sick xotic

2018-01-15 19:27

LMAO after u lost me like 10000000k dollars

Really interesting timing. They have a lot of potential so maybe they'll end up staying together Maybe they can figure something out with the ex CLG guys if they want to mix it up

if they can't take some bad results they should disband but it's bad if they can't handle a defeat and work the things together

2018-01-15 19:28

Devoduvek Amanek +HAdji +Jackz +Lambert

2018-01-15 19:30

Seangares H3h3 Bntet Pasha Olof

misfits org are mad xd

2018-01-15 19:34

rank #13 man... how tf did they lose to AVANGAR WTF

the prophecy is coming true!

#60 QBF Dismantled Ranked #2 FAZE that's the shock a close lose to #37 team isn't that surprising it happens to ranked 10-20 teams all the time.

2018-01-15 20:11

Think you got your teams mixed up there m8

2018-01-16 17:43

Shahzeb - kebab

2018-01-15 19:38

Well i dont really know how seang@res is still pro player. Atleast B1ad3 have good game sense but bot sean cant aim or have brains.

LOL B1ad3 is way worse than sean.

Sean isn't that bad of a fragger. He's not very good, but he's not dead weight like B1ad3

He's not at Spunj's level just yet.

2018-01-15 21:25

Good thing or bad thing?

2018-01-15 21:26

They dont disband. The Contracts end after the Major. The Major is over for them. No new Contracts from the org offered yet. Its normal to go public. Imo its a bit of the same Situation than Liquid. seangares needs more Support. I dont think the Comms are as good as it should. They executed B without CT Smoke. The got naded main from Boost Angle no call/read The frenchies are too unexperienced and too Introverted afraid to give Calls to sean.

VaKarM (french site) had an interview with devo and AmaNEk after the loss to AVANGAR and they said they can't (aren't allowed) to communicate about contracts and such, they will go back to the gaming house (in Los Angeles) and apparently (but devo wasn't sure) have an invite to some Starladder tourney (he didn't know the full exact name).

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Starseries season 4? I don't speak french, so I couldn't watch the interview. Was there anything else said that's significant?

2018-01-15 20:24

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Video was 7 min long (with amanek and devoduvek so they couldn't talk much), they talked about their experience in NA, how much they have improved in english - for the communication in the team, the future, and it looked like things were "happening" (i don't know at all if it's towards the end of these 5 or to renew contracts for the 3 american, but since shahzam made that twitter message really quickly it doesn't look good as i think that if the americans were negociating to renew the contracts shahzam would not have announced his free agency on twitter) and they couldn't talk about it. Maybe the 2 french players will be kept by Misfits, with maybe 1 or 2 americans, maybe 0, and build the team with other french players i don't know (Cyril Michel the manager of Misfits is french and i guess it was mostly him that made AmaNEk and devoduvek come to NA and play for Misfits, so maybe they want to sign a guy like kio, i don't know. Devo and AmaNEk said that they were happy with their experience, but they looked sad (but who wouldn't be after the elimination) so don't know if that sadness was only due to being out of the Major or if they knew that this was the end of that team.

2018-01-15 20:31

Thx fam :)

You're welcome. They said that they simply played bad (the interviewer asked them if it was because tourney happened after Christmas break - VaKarM had an interview with sean who said that they couldn't prepare as much as they wanted), scared to take duels, missed smokes, and basically didn't play their game.

2018-01-15 20:34

I can only hope that they stick together. They're only a few tweaks away from being a solid tier 2 team, making regular appearances at big LAN's

2018-01-15 20:36

Yeah would be sad for things to end after a fail (and games were close, even though AVANGAR isn't the strongest team of the tourney, they did well vs Mouz, 13 rounds was a bit disappointing vs Space Soldiers because Misfits won both pistols) but this wasn't that terrible (it was bad considering the form they had before Christmas but they have had high and lows the whole year so) when they can definitely bounce back. A bit sad that the structure didn't at least (or at least that what it seems) make them contracts offers, it's still a bit weird to play the biggest tourney of the year not knowing what will happen next, and knowing the future may depend on your result at the Major (but i also understand that's money invested by Misfits and they want to make the best investment as possible).

2018-01-15 20:41

You'd think given their recent form, the org would at least sign until the next big tournament to see if they can qualify then make the call. Seems strange to leave that uncertainty just as they were starting to compete and push towards the top 4 in NA.

2018-01-15 21:30

Rage quit lul

lmao

Misfits org most be mad lol

> Sean "seang@res" Gares Sean "seang@res" Toledo, please fix

Disband inc

The 3 useless players want to explore options lmao...frenchies tired of carrying them

2018-01-15 20:02

inb4 git gud

do sean freak n0thing shah + D:

I think Sean is done with all of this shiz, maybe he'll stay in the scene by being an analyst or sth but I don't think he'll keep playing

2018-01-15 20:03

new swole patrol sean freak hiko shahzam sick

can't they just put Amanek and Devoduvek in free agent to reform RankS?

2018-01-15 20:06

rip misfits stickerinos :l

2018-01-15 20:07

Shazam >>>>>> Jdm

Nifty >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ska >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> shaah >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> jdm.

2018-01-15 20:09

True. Nifty needs to be in a good team where he's not the igl. #1 awper in the world then.

2018-01-16 19:38

Any NA team who signs Nifty is on road to success, C9 or Liquid. Liquid would be a simplier fit because jdm tries to be the starplayer Nifty is, and fails. Anyway team would be prepaired for him. On C9 they would have to change to either Nifty playstyle or the team, as Ska plays basically for support, even being capable (in the past, as least) of playing in starplayer position.

2018-01-17 03:04