mertz announces free agency

6-11-2019 19:36

Former HEROIC player Daniel "⁠mertz⁠" Mertz has announced that he has become a free agent.

The AWPer spent the last six months on HEROIC's bench, having been replaced by Niels Christian "⁠NaToSaphiX⁠" Sillassen in the active roster in one of the Danish side's many moves they made over the course of 2019.

He has reappeared again recently since his benching in May, signing up for the EPICENTER Europe Open qualifier with a mix team featuring Paweł "⁠byali⁠" Bieliński, Krzysztof "⁠stark⁠" Lewandrowski, Kevin "⁠HS⁠" Tarn, and Buğra "⁠Calyx⁠" Arkın late last month, making it to the semi-finals before losing a close deciding series to SMASH.

mertz becomes a free agent after six months on Heroic's bench

Since entering the top-tier scene at the beginning of 2018 following his transition from North Academy to the main team, the 21-year-old has averaged a 1.11 rating on LAN, winning DreamHack Open Tours with North and Games Clash Masters and Toyota Master Bangkok with HEROIC last year.

Contacted by HLTV.org, the Dane stated that he is looking for offers in Europe and North America.

Estonia Kevin 'HS' Tarn
Kevin 'HS' Tarn
Age:
22
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.05
Maps played:
660
KPR:
0.73
DPR:
0.70
Denmark Daniel 'mertz' Mertz
Daniel 'mertz' Mertz
Age:
21
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.09
Maps played:
626
KPR:
0.75
DPR:
0.66
Poland Krzysztof 'stark' Lewandrowski
Krzysztof 'stark' Lewandrowski
Age:
20
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.94
Maps played:
305
KPR:
0.67
DPR:
0.71
Poland Paweł 'byali' Bieliński
Paweł 'byali' Bieliński
Age:
25
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.02
Maps played:
1449
KPR:
0.70
DPR:
0.67
Denmark Niels Christian 'NaToSaphiX' Sillassen
Niels Christian 'NaToSaphiX' Sillassen
Age:
23
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.11
Maps played:
595
KPR:
0.73
DPR:
0.60
Turkey Buğra 'Calyx' Arkın
Buğra 'Calyx' Arkın
Age:
21
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.13
Maps played:
755
KPR:
0.76
DPR:
0.63
#1
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France yo_les_n00bs
good player
2019-11-06 19:36
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10 replies
#41
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Canada matchfixing_killed_csgo
mertz to coL ?
2019-11-06 19:56
0
8 replies
#54
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Europe rushbnoflash
nah blame kicked him so dont think so
2019-11-06 20:07
0
3 replies
#67
kennyS | 
United States SherlockOfHLTV
mertz is a god someone pick him up
2019-11-06 20:29
0
2 replies
#69
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Turkey Astralis_Era_Never_Ended
absolutely agree
2019-11-06 20:38
0
1 reply
#73
sdy | 
Sweden gl1tchz
forgot about him
2019-11-06 20:48
0
#75
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Europe chespiZ
Nice mertz to faze, Niko bench
2019-11-06 20:55
0
3 replies
#83
Denmark Odense
Mertz instead of Guardian maybe : )
2019-11-06 21:28
0
2 replies
#106
RtZ | 
Canada Number1F1fan
wait
2019-11-09 07:32
0
1 reply
#107
Denmark Odense
You think it'll happen or? : )
2019-11-09 10:10
0
#65
Ramz1kBO$$ | 
Germany SAUFEN
+1
2019-11-06 20:19
0
#2
NiKo | 
Czech Republic Winst_on_church_hill
lul
2019-11-06 19:36
0
#4
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Ukraine NAVl
dope as hell
2019-11-06 19:36
0
#5
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Canada U_S_of_Gay
First Edit: FUCK
2019-11-06 19:37
0
7 replies
#8
Happy | 
France happy_2_major_niko_0_major
nt bro
2019-11-06 19:37
0
#9
ZywOo | 
United States Frotha
Hahaha
2019-11-06 19:37
0
#19
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Germany Sonnabend
F
2019-11-06 19:38
0
#32
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Malaysia Suno[t]
unluko maluko
2019-11-06 19:51
0
#42
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Germany MIBR_STILL_NEVER_BEAT_BIG
not so ez4trump
2019-11-06 19:56
0
#78
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Albania NaviGuy
F
2019-11-06 21:10
0
#92
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France yo_les_n00bs
nt
2019-11-06 22:07
0
#6
Happy | 
France happy_2_major_niko_0_major
alpha player
2019-11-06 19:37
0
#7
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Hungary mEZENCEphalon
expected
2019-11-06 19:37
0
#11
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Estonia ffasdasewe
ez
2019-11-06 19:37
0
#12
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Lebanon Dogman69
just got out of prison
2019-11-06 19:38
0
#13
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United States DELUSIONAL_C9_FANBOY
EZ pickup for the JUGGERNAUT
2019-11-06 19:38
0
#14
f0rest | 
Spain shrimpony
what? thought he was a free agent like a year ago :S
2019-11-06 19:38
0
#15
France MbappeGOAT
hahaahaha admins removing my comments idiots
2019-11-06 19:38
0
1 reply
#91
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Norway SlimeThug
See u in one montha
2019-11-06 22:00
0
#16
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Halton | 
Spain akproxx
Hi OG just do it
2019-11-06 19:38
0
#17
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Sweden GuMbUBBle
nice
2019-11-06 19:38
0
#18
JohnOlsen | 
Denmark FyNNe
Complexity inc.
2019-11-06 19:38
0
#20
sjokz | 
Brazil fuNNa
If anyone was wondering i’m a free agent 8/8
2019-11-06 19:38
0
#21
broky | 
Estonia mr_abdul
nice, one of the most undervalued players imo
2019-11-06 19:39
0
3 replies
#31
br0 | 
Denmark sayhello2mybait
nt abdul
2019-11-06 19:51
0
2 replies
#48
pinto | 
Brazil GrilO_O
Where is the bait? I wanna say hello
2019-11-06 20:01
0
#93
broky | 
Estonia mr_abdul
Where is the bait? I wanna say hello
2019-11-06 22:13
0
#22
Latvia cornie
Does anyone still cares about em?
2019-11-06 19:39
0
#23
k0nfig | 
Germany Trax_
was actually heroics best player, North should definetly replace JUGi with him.
2019-11-06 19:39
0
#24
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Timor-Leste Connie_Lingus
OG mertz
2019-11-06 19:40
0
#25
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Latvia VeNsk
-jugi +mertz
2019-11-06 19:41
0
#26
messiTHEGOAT | 
Turkey NotSoFanaticGuy
Lewandowski bestest
2019-11-06 19:43
0
#27
broky | 
Other 409748248659158104670179545564
someone has to sign him asap
2019-11-06 19:45
0
1 reply
#33
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Malaysia Suno[t]
xD
2019-11-06 19:52
0
#28
Quake | 
Ukraine s1v9mple
M OMEGALUL RTZ
2019-11-06 19:46
0
1 reply
#29
valde | 
Sweden meistr0
Mortz?
2019-11-06 19:48
0
#30
malta | 
Malta IM_NOT_GETTING_COVID19
North ruined his career, he had so much potential before joining them
2019-11-06 19:49
0
1 reply
#34
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Malaysia Suno[t]
what potentiial?
2019-11-06 19:52
0
#35
valde | 
Sweden meistr0
Make a team with Refrezh, Basso, notaN & torben. Refrezh (Rifler) Mertz (AWPer) Basso (Support) torben (IGL / Rifler) NotaN (Rifler)
2019-11-06 19:52
0
4 replies
#46
Finland J3bediah
Kkkkkkkk
2019-11-06 20:00
0
3 replies
#52
valde | 
Sweden meistr0
What? Do you expect Mertz to join FaZe or Astralis? lol
2019-11-06 20:06
0
2 replies
#61
torzsi | 
France Vilmarh
-GuardiaN +Mertz Ez top 1
2019-11-06 20:16
0
#64
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Europe ElGrandeTurco
Hahaha +1
2019-11-06 20:18
0
#36
Estonia stifler21
inconsistent
2019-11-06 19:54
0
1 reply
#88
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Austria DrLagAlot
he's not exactly inconsistent imo, it's just that his shit simply won't work against tier3+ teams
2019-11-06 21:48
0
#37
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Japan GOOGLE_DANCING_ISRAELIS
another inconsistent FPL kid
2019-11-06 19:55
0
#38
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Denmark Magnussen_good_grosjean_bad
Complexity Mertz confirmed
2019-11-06 19:56
0
#39
Reunion MIBR_never_beat_FlipSid3
He rekt me in MM when he was in north :D
2019-11-06 19:56
0
#40
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Denmark d3stro_effect
inconsistent but very underrated idn how the hell north kicked him but still keep jugi in roster
2019-11-06 19:56
0
#43
Faceit level 10  | 
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Poland SebL
North mertz
2019-11-06 19:57
0
#44
Jesus | 
Europe Biggest_APPLE_FAN
Who?
2019-11-06 19:57
0
#45
Finland J3bediah
J3bediah is also a free agent
2019-11-06 19:59
0
#47
device | 
Denmark dainidankai
-dupreeh +mertz
2019-11-06 20:01
0
#49
Faceit premium user Faceit level 10  | 
BATSPEED | 
United States BATSPEED
finally
2019-11-06 20:01
0
#50
chucky | 
Lithuania aspexo
nobody cares about irrelevant bots
2019-11-06 20:02
0
#51
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Denmark Zywoo_and_4_Bots_pls_stop
WHO - no seriusly who
2019-11-06 20:04
0
#53
Faceit level 10  | 
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United States ynoTCS2
In comes OG with the free AWPer snag :eyes:
2019-11-06 20:06
0
#55
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Latvia Natsuu1
+north?
2019-11-06 20:07
0
#56
Europe FuckCorona1488
good player but probably toxic af , dont see any other reason Heroic bench him
2019-11-06 20:08
0
5 replies
#68
Indonesia TarjaTurunen
how do u know that
2019-11-06 20:34
0
4 replies
#70
Europe FuckCorona1488
why they bench their best player then ?
2019-11-06 20:40
0
3 replies
#76
Indonesia TarjaTurunen
i didnt read and i dont know?
2019-11-06 21:08
0
1 reply
#77
Europe FuckCorona1488
Reply needs to have actual content
2019-11-06 21:09
0
#89
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Austria DrLagAlot
Best? His pointless aggressive plays cost North so many games.
2019-11-06 21:54
0
#57
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Turkey ColdZer00
He can join danish teams like Heroic, North, Optic or Tricked.
2019-11-06 20:10
0
1 reply
#87
Faceit level 10 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
huNter- | 
Denmark Product_Manager
Optic? xd
2019-11-06 21:46
0
#58
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Europe LastBlast
who knows new godsent roster ? they claim that signed today someone)
2019-11-06 20:12
0
#59
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Netherlands NahT_
nice gl
2019-11-06 20:13
0
#62
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
United States whatabummer
who?
2019-11-06 20:17
0
#63
World dammit_im_mad
Aleksib, valde, NBK, mertz, refrezh -NBK/refrezh +blameF Would be cool
2019-11-06 20:17
0
3 replies
#74
Albania Udfj
blamef gonna stay in complexity for a long time. according to nel they paid heroic $500k and he gets paid super high salary twitter.com/neLendirekt/status/117768819..
2019-11-06 20:49
0
1 reply
#96
World dammit_im_mad
Yeh bro, you’re right
2019-11-06 22:41
0
#82
World dammit_im_mad
+k0nfig
2019-11-06 21:25
0
#66
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Xyp9x | 
Denmark POIZONZILLA
Well at least he can now go get a decent team. He is the danish Draken. Very talented awpplayer, just got fucked over in the shuffles.
2019-11-06 20:28
0
#71
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Romania FAZE_IS_MY_FAV
he is in og check hltv
2019-11-06 20:40
0
#72
TellMeWhy | 
Brazil BackStreetBoy
Who?
2019-11-06 20:43
0
#79
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Sweden skorpan
Finally! lol
2019-11-06 21:12
0
#80
Nifty | 
United States Nifty_did_nothing_wrong
Forgotten player
2019-11-06 21:17
0
#81
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Argentina nymeros
Dignitas MSL niko mertz k0nfig valde
2019-11-06 21:19
0
2 replies
#85
Albania Udfj
k0nfig is supposedly signing with complexity and valde with OG
2019-11-06 21:33
0
1 reply
#99
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Argentina nymeros
Pity
2019-11-06 23:23
0
#84
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United States OKOptimistic
doesn't deserve to be in pro scene
2019-11-06 21:30
0
#86
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Portugal EMBERj
More like "mertz tries to remind people he exists"
2019-11-06 21:40
0
1 reply
#94
JODYHIGHROLLER | 
Sweden swedz3
+1
2019-11-06 22:18
0
#90
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
World kick_stewie2k_ffs_
Good player definitely would love to see him in some good danish team with MSL,valde,mertz,niko,k0nfig or idk
2019-11-06 21:56
0
#95
Iraq Calyr
Everyone that's ever played with Mertz praise him for his dedication, how easy he is to socialize with, how much time he spends analyzing the game etc. This guy is a model professional. Can't imagine him not finding a decent org to work with. Any mix team out there looking for an awper should really check this guy out.
2019-11-06 22:25
0
2 replies
#97
f0rest | 
Brazil enn3mi
nt mertz
2019-11-06 23:08
0
1 reply
#98
Iraq Calyr
Busted :( Why did you have to go and do that?
2019-11-06 23:10
0
#100
Greece deST_2
Average incosistent MM Global AWPer
2019-11-07 02:30
0
#101
Dmitry Lixxx | 
Russia wwwinobi
hahah nice twitter post
2019-11-07 03:09
0
#102
l0gicman | 
Turkey cs_bury
-gade -aizy +msl +mertz msl tier 1 IGL ,mertz have got star awper potantial like at woxic %90 .jugi needs time for top10 top5 team's awper .So far,he has got new carrier ... he so good at awp
2019-11-07 06:13
0
#103
Snax | 
Poland xBG1
NATO Hs Mertz Calyx Byali/stark
2019-11-07 09:53
0
#104
Poland Mico1337
good luck mertz
2019-11-07 12:54
0
#105
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Germany FreakingPikachu
xd
2019-11-08 09:51
0
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