Nordavind unveil NaToSaphiX, HS

15-1-2020 20:23

Nordavind have confirmed the additions of Niels Christian "⁠NaToSaphiX⁠" Sillassen and Kevin "⁠HS⁠" Tarn to their main Counter-Strike team.

The pair join Nordavind on free transfers and will step into the roles left vacant by Håkon "⁠hallzerk⁠" Fjærli, who will reportedly link up with Patrik "⁠f0rest⁠" Lindberg and three former NiP players on Dignitas, and Haris "⁠H4RR3⁠" Hadzic, who was released from his contract at the end of 2019.

NaToSaphiX had been on the lookout for a new challenge since August, when he was released by HEROIC after just three months with the team. In December, he attended cs_summit 5 with MOUZ as a replacement for Özgür "⁠woxic⁠" Eker, who was ruled out due to visa issues, helping Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen's side to win the tournament.

NaToSaphiX finds a new home in Nordavind

Unlike NaToSaphiX, who has spent most of his career playing for Danish teams, HS is no stranger to playing for international teams. The former PENTA and OpTic member spent six months on GamerLegion in 2019 before being benched when the organisation decided to build an all-Swedish roster. After becoming a free agent in October, he played for ex-Windigo in the European Champions Cup and SECTOR: MOSTBET.

"We are thrilled with the addition of Natosaphix and HS to fill out our lineup for 2020," team coach Dennis "⁠Rytter⁠" Rytter told HLTV.org. "Now we have five experienced players who have tried a lot in their careers and hopefully we will achieve even more together.

"With Natosaphix and HS we get two very hungry players who hopefully will push us even further. We will work hard to achieve some great things together."

The arrivals of these two high-profile players further enhance Nordavind's credentials as one of the leading organisations in the Nordic region. On Tuesday, they completed the signing of the Norwegian roster known as Riddle, headlined by former Oslo Lions member Thomas "⁠Vertigo⁠" Andresen.

Nordavind will make their first official appearance on Friday in the European open qualifier for DreamHack Anaheim, in which they will be debuting the following lineup:

Norway Ruben "⁠RUBINO⁠" Villarroel
Norway Jorgen "⁠cromen⁠" Robertsen
Denmark Jesper "⁠TENZKI⁠" Plougmann
Estonia Kevin "⁠HS⁠" Tarn
Denmark Niels Christian "⁠NaToSaphiX⁠" Sillassen

Denmark Dennis "⁠Rytter⁠" Rytter (coach)

Estonia Kevin 'HS' Tarn
Kevin 'HS' Tarn
Age:
23
Team:
Nordavind
Rating 1.0:
1.04
Maps played:
669
KPR:
0.73
DPR:
0.70
Denmark Jesper 'TENZKI' Plougmann
Jesper 'TENZKI' Plougmann
Age:
25
Team:
Nordavind
Rating 1.0:
1.02
Maps played:
1065
KPR:
0.69
DPR:
0.65
Norway Haris 'H4RR3' Hadzic
Haris 'H4RR3' Hadzic
Age:
22
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.93
Maps played:
206
KPR:
0.64
DPR:
0.69
Norway Håkon 'hallzerk' Fjærli
Håkon 'hallzerk' Fjærli
Age:
19
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.10
Maps played:
309
KPR:
0.75
DPR:
0.65
Norway Thomas 'Vertigo' Andresen
Thomas 'Vertigo' Andresen
Age:
29
Team:
Nordavind NO
Rating 1.0:
0.95
Maps played:
10
KPR:
0.66
DPR:
0.72
Norway Ruben 'RUBINO' Villarroel
Ruben 'RUBINO' Villarroel
Age:
25
Team:
Nordavind
Rating 1.0:
0.98
Maps played:
991
KPR:
0.67
DPR:
0.68
Denmark Finn 'karrigan' Andersen
Finn 'karrigan' Andersen
Age:
29
Team:
MOUZ
Rating 1.0:
0.93
Maps played:
1591
KPR:
0.63
DPR:
0.68
Denmark Niels Christian 'NaToSaphiX' Sillassen
Niels Christian 'NaToSaphiX' Sillassen
Age:
23
Team:
Nordavind
Rating 1.0:
1.10
Maps played:
613
KPR:
0.72
DPR:
0.60
Norway Jorgen 'cromen' Robertsen
Jorgen 'cromen' Robertsen
Age:
24
Team:
Nordavind
Rating 1.0:
1.03
Maps played:
440
KPR:
0.70
DPR:
0.67
Sweden Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg
Age:
31
Team:
Ninjas in Pyjamas
Rating 1.0:
1.12
Maps played:
1639
KPR:
0.77
DPR:
0.65
Turkey Özgür 'woxic' Eker
Özgür 'woxic' Eker
Age:
21
Team:
MOUZ
Rating 1.0:
1.15
Maps played:
779
KPR:
0.76
DPR:
0.62
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Germany DELUSIONAL_BIG_FAN
very nice!
2020-01-15 20:23
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#23
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United States Neil_Armstrong
Natoverrated
2020-01-15 20:29
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5 replies
#60
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Denmark white_sheep
Reported for phun
2020-01-15 21:26
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1 reply
#131
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Denmark FrodoDaKing
Reported for reporting
2020-01-16 23:58
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tabseN | 
Netherlands KUBUSBATS
Typical 3rd worlder
2020-01-16 09:17
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2 replies
#111
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United States Neil_Armstrong
What a great comment :DDDD
2020-01-16 09:34
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1 reply
#124
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Netherlands ZoMilan
Reported for spam
2020-01-16 14:27
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#119
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United Kingdom MSL_Deserves_Major
-HS +Lord MSL
2020-01-16 13:38
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#2
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Brazil DELUSIONAL_MIBR_FAN
COME TO BRAZIL
2020-01-15 20:24
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#3
blameF | 
Denmark Cap_Reed
Nice !!
2020-01-15 20:24
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#5
Faceit level 6  | 
takinthepiss | 
United Kingdom Waspyy
great
2020-01-15 20:24
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#6
Faceit level 10  | 
Germany n0r1k
leggo
2020-01-15 20:24
0
#7
Sweden Albin0z
Estonia can into Nordic?
2020-01-15 20:25
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1 reply
#135
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Estonia RopzTop1
+1 yes plox
2020-01-18 22:24
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#9
eraa | 
Russia oleg_from_russia
HS is gonna play for a month and then leave, just as usual
2020-01-15 20:25
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2 replies
#93
Xyp9x | 
Japan rouxyamashita
He needs to have a haircut / or gets his hairdo fixed to play decent cs. Weirdo kido
2020-01-16 00:22
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1 reply
#115
eraa | 
Russia oleg_from_russia
yea, haircut will fix everything
2020-01-16 11:23
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#10
United States heatofthemoment
HS is fucking garbage why is he there
2020-01-15 20:25
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3 replies
#98
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Afghanistan MIBR_NEVER_BEAT_G2
he’s the second highest rated player on the team but ok
2020-01-16 02:58
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#106
Estonia Scyencer
cuz tenski sleeping with estonian gril mens
2020-01-16 07:34
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1 reply
#127
United States heatofthemoment
wtf))))))
2020-01-16 17:32
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#11
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Scotland Par4dox11
NATO gets a team. Nice
2020-01-15 20:25
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1 reply
#19
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Germany no_chance4anyone_but_NoChance
kkkkkkkkkkkkkk
2020-01-15 20:27
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#13
s1mple | 
Europe Sam2k
expected
2020-01-15 20:26
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#14
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United States Prattatat
nice 1
2020-01-15 20:26
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#15
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Estonia qoznyyy
wooo
2020-01-15 20:26
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#18
Europe JordiElNino
Looks good on paper will see if they keep up
2020-01-15 20:26
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#22
Sweden Mackan123
Why HS out of all players?
2020-01-15 20:28
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#24
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Hungary torzsipropaganda
cool, but can they keep up with Budapest 5?
2020-01-15 20:29
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1 reply
#133
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North America daesoulae
an mg team can keep up with budapest 5
2020-01-17 19:12
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#25
frozen | 
Czech Republic Cuki_
hallzerk to Dig confirmed
2020-01-15 20:29
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#26
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Greece m3s0v
-HS +Calyx, MICHU, rallen, snax or nex
2020-01-15 20:29
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2 replies
#33
Chile OFFICIAL_HLTV_CENTRIST
nt fakeflagger
2020-01-15 20:38
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1 reply
#35
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Greece m3s0v
0/8
2020-01-15 20:39
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#29
HS | 
Russia blessdevve
Good luck HS!
2020-01-15 20:34
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#31
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Czech Republic Noxar
Another team, this time Norweigan, turned into a Danish one, lol.
2020-01-15 20:38
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#32
Chile OFFICIAL_HLTV_CENTRIST
old news
2020-01-15 20:38
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#34
akez | 
Finland 0lter
HS on team they dead already
2020-01-15 20:39
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#36
YEKINDAR | 
China YEKINDARisUnderrated
Strange move since it makes he team fully international, and HS isn’t that good.
2020-01-15 20:41
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#37
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Lithuania KoksSkirtumas
Disband in 1month.
2020-01-15 20:42
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#39
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Ukraine AVANGAR_IS_BIGGEST_FLUKE
So what the point to keep 3 norwegian bots if they will speak in English anyway ? remove 3 bots, add free agents and try to build something relevant instead of another tier9999 team that will disband in few months
2020-01-15 20:46
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3 replies
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Norway NoeNOR
I would like to remind you that these bots qualified for MDL undefeated.
2020-01-15 23:01
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2 replies
#109
Australia OnlyJoshinTV
Not only undefeated, they didn't drop a single map I believe.
2020-01-16 09:09
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1 reply
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Norway NoeNOR
+1
2020-01-16 19:03
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#40
Brazil SmartLoyalFriendly
get HS out and get a real IGL
2020-01-15 20:47
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#45
Russia ^_^1337
Well Hallzerk to dignitas confirmed now?
2020-01-15 21:00
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#46
Undercover | 
Norway FBIAgent
Top 5 danish team
2020-01-15 21:02
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#48
SpawN | 
France Freshly_baked_baguette
Good for HS, he's so underrated
2020-01-15 21:05
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1 reply
#72
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Italy washedev1ce
+1
2020-01-15 22:16
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#49
Edward | 
Chile Edward_better_than_flamie
RUBINO still IGL lul
2020-01-15 21:06
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#50
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Poland SzyszakTv
Hs cromen and NATO Fireeeee !!!!!
2020-01-15 21:08
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#51
Denmark luze
LETS GO NATO
2020-01-15 21:09
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#53
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Brazil Perdigao22
who?
2020-01-15 21:13
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#54
Faceit premium user Faceit level 9  | 
Norway Astro_iwnl
can HS even speak norwegian
2020-01-15 21:13
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2 replies
#55
Finland J3bediah
They will speak English
2020-01-15 21:18
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#58
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Denmark white_sheep
Or Danish? I think not.
2020-01-15 21:23
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#56
Faceit premium user Faceit level 4  | 
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Europe ArdeeCS
ez4cro mens
2020-01-15 21:18
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#57
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Denmark white_sheep
This is a really cool new team. They could do great
2020-01-15 21:22
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#63
Spain SPQR_CAESAR
Ok finally i see a decent team out of the new recent ones. I like this one for sure.
2020-01-15 21:32
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#64
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nEGRo | 
Sweden frontex
trash
2020-01-15 21:37
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#67
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Norway Kimmiix
Nice
2020-01-15 21:50
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#68
FIXEDINHO | 
Hungary Shiron212
Good luck!
2020-01-15 21:56
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#69
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Portugal nobre845
Looks promissing, lets see =) Natosaphyx should be in a better team but I think thats OK
2020-01-15 22:02
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#71
Denmark dicsky1337
this could be interesting
2020-01-15 22:14
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#73
nexa | 
Yugoslavia tomasev1c
nice roster 5 bots
2020-01-15 22:19
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#74
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Austria JustAnotherLowIqRightard
okay
2020-01-15 22:20
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#77
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Bosnia and Herzegovina BigDaddyNaz
Not fully norwegian now eu team :(
2020-01-15 22:27
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#78
Finland KieZuZ
Nice. I hope the best for them
2020-01-15 22:27
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#79
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Brazil COMETOBRAZIL
kkkkkkkkkkkkkk
2020-01-15 22:34
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#80
gAuLeS | 
Portugal Pedro_Betacock
rubino 25 but looks 35+ lmao
2020-01-15 22:35
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#81
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Finland Smoonah
HS = SH backwards = Steve Harrington = HS
2020-01-15 22:36
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1 reply
#90
Stepa | 
Portugal Ames69
Who's dis?
2020-01-15 23:24
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#83
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Belgium n0t_a_newf4g
Good luck to you
2020-01-15 22:52
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#89
n0thing | 
Canada burntbread
HS back at it with the anime hair
2020-01-15 23:23
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#91
verbal4buser | 
Brazil de_lite
going nowhere with HS on the roster
2020-01-15 23:35
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#94
valde | 
Sweden meistr0
-RUBINO Let Nato IGL and then add another EU fragger.
2020-01-16 00:53
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#95
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Australia Beard43
Is HS gonna level up? If not he'll probably be holding this team back. Good luck though, there's some potential there.
2020-01-16 01:10
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#96
Portugal OldFart
My favorite team already. Good luck boys
2020-01-16 01:23
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#97
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Austria strogie
Nato and xyp brothers? They look exactly the same in the face
2020-01-16 02:51
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#100
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Slovakia Adwarin
Pog NaTo finally in team. GL&HF
2020-01-16 03:08
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#102
forsaken | 
World unflagmoon
ez for HS' HAIR STYLE
2020-01-16 04:37
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#104
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Japan OG_4_MAJOR_ASTRALIS_4_MAJOR
Natosaphix Omegalul he is like the eu version of Wardell because these two are overrated
2020-01-16 06:00
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#105
DeStRoYeR | 
North America FalKsCS
decent with potential DADOSAPHIX is back bitches
2020-01-16 06:41
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#107
way2sexy | 
Ukraine 123qwe123HIBDO
Remember when tenzki was considered a tier 1 player?
2020-01-16 07:51
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#108
tiziaN | 
Germany kaeschdle
actually not too bad of a roster. hope it works out for them
2020-01-16 08:05
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#112
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Turkey NICEST_SANGAL_FAN
Thank you Nordavind Very cool
2020-01-16 09:57
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#113
smooya | 
England SwellisReborn
hs needs a hair cut one of the worst trims in the world
2020-01-16 10:20
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#114
Roman R. | 
Europe jok9rz
natosaphix "iwant to play in NA" NA "no." nato "ok i got back with tier 4 team"
2020-01-16 10:44
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#116
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United States Trump2020KAG
Not bad
2020-01-16 12:17
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#117
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Iceland LaHabana
Could be a great team, GL to them
2020-01-16 12:29
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#118
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Turkey i_eat_kebab
cro men))))
2020-01-16 13:20
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1 reply
#122
Norway cromen)))
what men)))
2020-01-16 14:24
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#120
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Germany DieS0nne
hopefully they stick together for more than 3 months
2020-01-16 14:00
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#121
Turkmenistan __________
-HS +danish niko
2020-01-16 14:23
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#125
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United States LeftistsAreSuperior
Good luck Nato
2020-01-16 14:47
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#126
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Norway SpZ[9]
gl hf HS :D I know you will be great my friend!
2020-01-16 16:26
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#136
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Estonia RopzTop1
proud to see an estonian on this lineup :)
2020-01-18 22:25
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