Splyce to drop roster, pull out of CS:GO - Report

26-4-2018 10:45

Splyce are set to drop their CS:GO roster and pull out of the game, according to a report from Dust2.us.

Since the organisation was rebranded in December 2015, Splyce have struggled to find consistency, with their most notable offline appearance coming at the MLG Columbus Major, for which they qualified after replacing TheMongolz at the offline qualifier.

Online, Splyce have not fared much better, and they currently face the prospect of relegation from the ESL Pro League, in which they sit next to last, with only two games left to play.

DAVEY's long tenure with Splyce is coming to an end

Splyce will become the third household name in North American esports to pull out of Counter-Strike in recent months, following CLG and Misfits.

According to another report from Dust2.us, former CLG member Ricardo "⁠Rickeh⁠" Mulholland will finish out the season with Splyce as a replacement for Zack "⁠XotiC⁠" Elshani, who is unable to get a passport in time for the ESL Pro League relegation stage, which will be held in Leicester from May 9-10. On Twitter, the Australian stressed that he is merely a stand-in for the team, confirming that he remains a free agent.

Splyce's current roster looks as follows:

Taylor "⁠Drone⁠" Johnson
Stephen "⁠reltuC⁠" Cutler
David "⁠DAVEY⁠" Stafford
Kory "⁠SEMPHIS⁠" Friesen
Ricardo "⁠Rickeh⁠" Mulholland (stand-in)

Zack "⁠XotiC⁠" Elshani (inactive)

Zachary "⁠Eley⁠" Stauffer (coach)

It is unclear at this time whether the contracts will be negotiated or the players will simply be released, although an announcement is expected on the horizon.

Oh no Also, I can now die in peace! :))

2018-04-26 10:48

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2018-04-26 10:55

LOL RICKEH...

2018-04-27 03:45

Hehexd

2018-04-26 10:46

1 reply

hehe xd

2018-04-26 15:32

Lul

rip

RiP rickeh

2018-04-26 12:59

rippeh

2018-04-26 20:04

What happened to 6v5?

Oof

2018-04-26 10:47

oh shit thank the lord rickeh

cya

F rickeh :(

it was a good run

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for rickeh especially

2018-04-26 12:10

hes clearly still one of the boys, he's just ruining all of RNG's competition. 400iq play by him

2018-04-26 12:13

2018-04-26 13:11

OMEGALUL

NA CS ON A DOWNFALL

monkaS

2018-04-26 11:12

CS itself is dead

2018-04-26 20:01

i hope coL drops their roster too, they are wasting their money with their current roster

2018-04-26 20:02

zzz

Expected

thank god rickeh is just a stand in he deserves better

2018-04-26 10:49

Another NA team bites the dust...

rickeh had to destroy org to get out lmao

LUL. First "s1mple destroyed Na`Vi", now "Rickeh destroyed Splyce".

2018-04-26 14:34

Splyce fox Splyce HS Splyce innocent Splyce loWel Splyce ??????

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'pull out of csgo' = they wont sign another csgo roster not that hard to understand, isnt it?

2018-04-26 10:51

i think penta will sign them

2018-04-26 11:14

Penta signing like 60% of their roster back LUL.

2018-04-26 12:26

yes fox did say they had 1 eu team

2018-04-26 16:11

nah, 80% it is not gonna be splyce

2018-04-26 15:26

NA cs is dying ever so quickly, maybe many talents from the region now finally find the ambition to be serious about their craft because they're not earning paychecks for everything they do

2018-04-26 10:50

I don’t see German CS going anywhere kek

2018-04-26 21:11

Me neither, I'll be the first to admit that German cs fucking sucks, but NA has the talent to create great teams but they often mess it up

2018-04-26 21:25

Press F to pay respects

Splyce lul

good idea, waste of money on players this caliber lul ;p

2018-04-26 10:53

New bot fox team

2018-04-26 11:57

Oh they said they wont sign another team? Let's just take their word for it guys!

2018-04-26 13:28

who?

A Venture Capital-Backed organization with millions of dollars to invest has decided CS:GO is not worth their time, that's who. Dimwit.

2018-04-26 11:00

Doens't matter they're a shit team dimwit.

2018-04-26 19:51

The greater underlying issue here is that NA orgs (with money to spend and backing) are dropping CS entirely. This isn't good at all. TSM, Misfits, Splyce, EG, CLG, IBP all getting out of CS never to return it seems. CS as an esport from an investor stand point seems to be overall a bad investment, while trash games like fortnite and overwatch are getting millions of $ from investors. That being said, I hope no one else picks up this roster. I hope semphis leaves CS for good.

2018-04-26 10:56

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2018-04-26 11:06

why would you include ibp on that list lol

2018-04-26 11:16

Only because they had the brand recognition to become an org with large investors (in today's market) but instead, after their players threw, said screw it. Maybe that was the right decision though.

2018-04-26 11:31

They probably didnt get much of a choice, like Titan when KQLY got banned, i mean its not like IBP was paying their players anyways

2018-04-26 15:19

In NA yes, They started signing shit teams a few years back and now They all be ripperino (dignitas next lol), while EU was lacking orgs for their good teams back in The days ( now They got Heoric,godsent,sprout, ago and Other pretty much brand New orgs to fill in The holes)

2018-04-26 11:43

Who is investing in pubg and fortnite? They are not Esport Titles and are boring to watch. You spend 300k a year for a half decent Pro Team just for salaries (5+Coach). How you get the Money back? Its difficult. You need Sponsoring but who wants to Sponsor a Tier 3 NA Team? Esports in General needs a better Funding. BIG Players like Twitch / Youtube they need to Pay Millions. Theres no Licensing Scheme atm. At least not a System who is Supporting the Teams enough.

2018-04-26 12:37

PUBG have a lot of teams over there, and fortnite streamers as well, is hard to say Not Esport Titles, when PUBG have world championship.

2018-04-26 15:11

And it has* been a long time coming (ever since it was even sensed/whiffed that EL would be broadcasting CS on national television). NA at the moment doesn't have enough talent to fill out even five teams (ignoring the .aus/.br/.eu teams/players) that are good enough to compete against any top-25 EU team. In addition, the buyout on some of these players are multiple factors greater than their best-case maximum ROI. ... Consider that TSM bought Semphis out of coL for ~50k, then ask what has he done since C9. Splyce, as Ryx has pointed out lol, have been a dead team for a while now. Struggling to win against premier teams, losing in open qualifiers, dog shit play in general, ego problems... and nobody has been held accountable (until now).

2018-04-26 12:51

rofl after all this talk of rickeh joining, this is what its come to.

Thank god

2018-04-26 11:01

It was about time

BibleThump Btw mlg stickers will go up in price

2018-04-26 11:04

the sad part is not about the news when they drop roster, the sad part is when no one care about it xd

>tfw you figure out you can't have 6 players play at the same time

2018-04-26 11:09

HAHAHHAHA WTF

2018-04-26 11:11

unluckeh rickeh

Took them way too long. Paying trash na pros money for being trash and think that’s a good investment is really retarded.

2018-04-26 11:20

lol at these orgs getting shitty lineups and ending up traumatized with CS:GO. 100T was the worst. $1 million and never played a game omegalul. It's a decent game to invest, just learn how the scene works

2018-04-26 11:33

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+1 dude, teams without a future get signed. Imperial for example did it perfectly, 'Mans not hot' were doing pretty fucking good, Imperial signed them and then they won Copenhagen Games, but the other orgs seem to have no clue about the scene tbh

2018-04-26 11:59

Yeah they just sign the first avaliable players they see. Like dignitas ending up with this lineup, wtf... and they're doing a really good job at female CS(dig). Probably because it's much easier to have a top team, but still. The fact that they're supporting this male lineup for so long makes me wonder if they really care about being on top

2018-04-26 15:20

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'Dignitas' is the former 'SoaR' roster, right? I mean, in that situation I even understood, that they signed them, they weren't even that bad at the beginning and even get into EPL, but since then they totally suck and I dont even see them on any other leagues/tournaments tbh

2018-04-26 15:27

Soar best player was not allowed to play in pro league caused age restriction rule, since then it's just fucked up for them.

2018-04-26 15:54

oh, didnt even know that. sucks for them

2018-04-26 16:03

Yeah snakes is nuts

2018-04-26 23:55

they're too focused on trying to get money quick then to take time and research or learn something off the scene

2018-04-26 15:22

Rip rickeh

2018-04-26 11:36

Not much of a loss, just another NA team.

2018-04-26 11:38

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You've missed the point. The team will continue to play, at least for EPL relegation. The point is Splyce, the org with lots of $ from venture capitalist funds, just said "meh, fuck csgo not worth" (i assume, in their heads)

2018-04-26 11:40

Well They smart, they loyal

2018-04-26 11:45

they from na

2018-04-26 11:51

Yes, it's not worth it because they're not winning shit, so it's understandable.

NA is still irrelevant in reality

2018-04-26 20:09

2018-04-27 03:19

Unluko

2018-04-26 12:07

Rickeh and Davy are actually good potential pickups for some org that knows what they are doing.

oh shit who will be the force buy king now that semphis will probably quit

2018-04-26 12:11

RIP

CS GO is dying

2018-04-26 12:16

Only from your perspective, seeing your team is dead

2018-04-26 12:28

fan os spunj lol

2018-04-26 12:30

been on the desk more than SK’s been in the playoffs

REKT

2018-04-26 13:26

also meant 2018

2018-04-26 13:31

lmfao gottem

2018-04-26 13:44

2018-04-26 12:32

Rip xotic

2018-04-26 12:52

2018-04-26 12:55

No worries guys, VOLVO will save CSGO from dying. kappacino

Nah won't happen

2018-04-26 15:48

sad

2018-04-26 13:02

All the shitty NA orgs who thought they could make easy money.. You wont be missed

Once again proven CS:GO is dying, soon smaller EU orgs start to also drop, just wait :).

2018-04-26 13:17

sure

2018-04-26 14:19

sure m8 they were def not throwing their money away to a no good team that dont give the org exposure

2018-04-26 20:06

No.

2018-04-27 07:55

So sad... SEMPHIS is one of my favorite players...

Reltuc. If ur nick is Reltuc and surname cutler, u cant be very skilled gamer.

2018-04-26 14:45

Sad, what bout summit1g?

2018-04-26 14:48

Sorry kory

2018-04-26 15:03

2018-04-26 15:08

Poor rickeh :(

Youd think he wud have signed a contract befor going to NA

2018-04-27 03:42

clg, misfits and now splyce, gj gaben, keep doing that. This game will die faster than I actually expected lol

how is that gaben fault lol? Splyce was playing trash for many months.

2018-04-26 15:30

it makes sense though they dont qualify for offline events and they dont give the org exposure so whats the point of sponsoring them

2018-04-26 20:07

sad :(

2018-04-26 15:24

pay for some rando roster then decide not working nice

2018-04-26 16:01

I wondered why their sticker suddenly appeared on the market as a frequently bought item lol

2018-04-26 16:04

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Newfag LOOOOOL! Splyce vs Vexed at Mirage is one of the best screaming matches in CSGO history tbh.

2018-04-26 16:23

2017 calling me a newfag? I still remember the fake Ibp aka splyce foil

2018-04-26 16:25

??? still remember? LOL the sticker is there how would you forget an sticker? LOL dumb and it’s from 2016 not that old anyway. still newfagggggg

2018-04-26 17:54

I meant to type still remember them as if it was yesterday When did you start to watch cs?

2018-04-27 10:47

when you were still a little shit inside your dad's balls.

2018-04-27 13:59

22 years ago?

2018-04-27 14:22

Yup

2018-04-27 14:23

Ok my Russian friend

2018-04-27 14:25

nt prokdinho

2018-04-26 17:48

I'm not prokdinho wtf

RIP CSGODEAD GAME CONFIRMED ORGS DONT WANT CSGO TEAMS CUZ THEY DEAD RIP Misfits CLG Splyce 100T

no lmao these teams werent doing anything so the orgs decided to drop them

2018-04-26 20:08

not surprising for a dead game

2018-04-26 16:38

Guys, I have to sadly agree, the end is near.

2018-04-26 17:26

davey and semphis omegalul

2018-04-26 17:47

sad for me but i hope the team sticks together and stays in epl

2018-04-26 17:56

finally....

2018-04-26 18:35

Splyce stickers on Ak 47 Fuel Injector, never forget :(

2018-04-26 18:38

LuL RIP

2018-04-26 19:35

Honestly this is pretty expected.. Was wondering how long it would be until the Splyce org throws in the towel.. They've just had mediocre rosters doing absolutely nothing for so long now, didn't see them lasting.

2018-04-26 19:48

wonder how long it would take for coL to drop their team

They should sign torqued imo

coL is a bit different because the owner (jason lake) has been the owner of coL and involved with counter strike since cs 1.5. He isn't like some random dude just trying to get his hand in on free money like all these smaller NA orgs that think they're going to get a team and strike it rich and be the next C9.

2018-04-26 20:13

but lets be honest there are better players that are free agents then what they have right now. I do know he has a bunch of funding from the Dallas Cowboys but I dont think hes making the right decision by funneling money into a below mediocre team that doesnt attend tier 1 or 2 events. He gets all the funding he wants from the cowboys and he gives the CS team all they need but the CS team never performs.

2018-04-26 20:19

2018-04-26 20:26

shit team

2018-04-26 19:50

FINALLY, SHIT Semphis

2018-04-26 19:57

Never too late to pull out eh?;)

Holy shit this games is dying so fast

2018-04-26 20:12

They fail to mention organizations like eunited and dignitas recently picked up csgo teams.

DAVEY is still a decent NA IGL and Drone's career is almost non-existent. They should hopefully move to another roster. That being said, SEMPHIS and Cutler have been in the game for too long.

2018-04-26 20:36

deserved after choke against swole patrol LOL

2018-04-26 20:37

Joining the ....OMEGALOL

2018-04-26 20:42

When pro online leagues switched to youtube this game was taken out back and shot like a sick dog. I dont think ive watched one epl/ecs game live since they have switched. I watch more mdl than I do the proleagues because it is on twitch. So thank you face it and esl for going for the money grab and basically ruining online cs and screwing over these teams because like you get like a tenth of the viewers on youtube for pro matches and that probably doesnt look good for sponsors.

2018-04-26 22:00

Very good point a lot of people don't even bother watching pro league anymore and if I do its usually on twitch in Russian or some obscure language the only time I actually take time to watch YouTube csgo is if G2 is playing.

2018-04-26 23:58

From 2015 to 2018 they keep fail and fail lul only thing they achieved was qualifying to columbus :D

2018-04-26 22:40

Feels a bit awkward to say "report from dust2.us" when it is the same owners lmao

2018-04-26 22:50

If Marty had just friggin listened this team and this org wouldn't be so shit

2018-04-26 22:59

Jetlageh

2018-04-26 23:14

should've happened as soon as professor_chaos stepped down tbh

2018-04-26 23:50

So rickeh moved to the US.. no team.. no contract.. Risky move imo..

2018-04-27 03:38

Game is dying, no surprise here.

2018-04-27 13:57

abunch of retards. An org drops a team that wasn't performing. So that must mean CSGO is dying. fucking morons an org is not going to keep paying players that can't qualify for anything.

2018-04-28 01:01