Swole Patrol invited to Flashpoint

Swole Patrol will take the last spot in the second phase of Flashpoint 1, in which they will play under FunPlus Phoenix, the tournament organiser has announced.

The former eUnited squad have agreed to join FunPlus Phoenix for the remainder of the season, replacing the Danish roster that donned the Chinese organisation's colors in the opening phase of the league.

That team, led by Casper "⁠cadiaN⁠" Møller, were on the brink of signing for FunPlus Phoenix before Patrick "⁠es3tag⁠" Hansen agreed to join Astralis in the summer. It is believed that the last-minute twist saw the deal fall through, with the players now expected to return to HEROIC.

Swole Patrol will play as FPX in Flashpoint

Swole Patrol have been searching for a new organisation to represent since the start of the month, when the players were released by eUnited. They become the second team to compete in both the ESL Pro League and Flashpoint after Brazilian side MIBR.

In a Twitter post, Austin "⁠Cooper⁠" Abadir rejected a claim from Flashpoint that his team had signed with FunPlus Phoenix, which should not affect their participation in the league. The North American side face a tricky task to make the eight-team Flashpoint playoffs after their predecessor finished last of their group. They have been placed in Group B, alongside MAD Lions, Chaos and c0ntact, facing the ex-CR4ZY roster in their first match on Sunday.

The following players and coach will represent FunPlus Phoenix in Flashpoint 1 moving forward:

United States Austin "⁠Cooper⁠" Abadir
Mexico Edgar "⁠MarKE⁠" Maldonado
United States Victor "⁠food⁠" Wong
United States Ryan "⁠freakazoid⁠" Abadir
United States Jordan "⁠Zellsis⁠" Montemurro

Canada Armeen "⁠a2z⁠" Toussi (coach)

Update: This article was updated after Cooper- rejected a claim from Flashpoint about his team having signed with FunPlus Phoenix.

United States Ryan 'freakazoid' Abadir
Ryan 'freakazoid' Abadir
Age:
27
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.00
Maps played:
851
KPR:
0.70
DPR:
0.69
Denmark Patrick 'es3tag' Hansen
Patrick 'es3tag' Hansen
Age:
24
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.03
Maps played:
1043
KPR:
0.70
DPR:
0.67
United States Jordan 'Zellsis' Montemurro
Jordan 'Zellsis' Montemurro
Age:
22
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.04
Maps played:
551
KPR:
0.72
DPR:
0.67
Canada Armeen 'a2z' Toussi
Armeen 'a2z' Toussi
Age:
29
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.93
Maps played:
200
KPR:
0.64
DPR:
0.69
Mexico Edgar 'MarKE' Maldonado
Edgar 'MarKE' Maldonado
Age:
21
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.06
Maps played:
530
KPR:
0.72
DPR:
0.66
United States Victor 'food' Wong
Victor 'food' Wong
Age:
23
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.02
Maps played:
439
KPR:
0.70
DPR:
0.67
Denmark Casper 'cadiaN' Møller
Casper 'cadiaN' Møller
Age:
24
Rating 1.0:
1.05
Maps played:
1039
KPR:
0.70
DPR:
0.64
United States Austin 'Cooper' Abadir
Austin 'Cooper' Abadir
Age:
25
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.10
Maps played:
512
KPR:
0.74
DPR:
0.63
lmaoooo
2020-03-26 20:13
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trashpoint
2020-03-26 20:14
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#61
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North America ProudNAfan
The teams are trash but I believe flashpoint are doing many things better than esl currently
2020-03-26 21:00
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12 replies
#65
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Belgium VulcunStoleMyD
ok thoorin, but cizng czong ping pong league is coming on top.
2020-03-26 21:16
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4 replies
swole patrol omegalul this is the best option you can get??? lmao
2020-03-26 21:51
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3 replies
this may be crucial tournament for freakazoid finally he can show his world class form and lead to next major
2020-03-27 09:00
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2 replies
#121
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Netherlands JUNG13
Kappa
2020-03-27 14:22
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1 reply
told you
2020-03-28 09:47
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#66
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Sweden ChiperoG
Agreed, Flashpoint has been the better out of the two even with many blunders made by Flashpoint especially the audio early on.
2020-03-26 21:21
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6 replies
There's always a lot of testing to do, and testing that will be literally the first matches that are streamed to see how it works.
2020-03-26 21:42
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5 replies
#92
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Sweden ChiperoG
Yes indeed but it was a bit too much testing if you would have* watched the first few matches you would* know what I mean.
2020-03-26 21:50
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4 replies
#102
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steel | 
Belgium VulcunStoleMyD
ok thoorin i hope you enjoy 10k viewers.
2020-03-26 23:26
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3 replies
#107
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Sweden ChiperoG
Ok brainlet enjoy both of your braincells.
2020-03-27 00:01
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2 replies
#108
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steel | 
Belgium VulcunStoleMyD
wierd flex but ok
2020-03-27 00:38
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^hes right you know
2020-03-27 04:36
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Trashpoint
2020-03-26 20:13
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2 replies
+1 facts
2020-03-26 20:13
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1 reply
Faxxx
2020-03-26 20:51
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#3
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Germany Sonnabend
lmao
2020-03-26 20:13
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Nice
2020-03-26 20:13
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luckiest team ever omfg
2020-03-26 20:13
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2 replies
fr +1
2020-03-26 21:44
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#136
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Hungary subzera
scumbags over at eunited must be crying lol. drop the team then they get invited to the 2 biggest NA leagues
2020-03-28 01:32
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#7
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Poland Mercixgs
Reward after winning 1 map vs 100thieves
2020-03-26 20:14
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4 replies
#35
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Switzerland veasih
+1 LMAO
2020-03-26 20:28
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and 100ts first online game in months lol
2020-03-26 21:47
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1 reply
#130
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Iceland unexya!
hf xd
2020-03-27 20:58
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hahahahaha
2020-03-27 00:00
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#9
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United States me_0_major
lmao wtf
2020-03-26 20:14
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#10
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Norway Triplex02
snatching esl teams lol
2020-03-26 20:14
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#11
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Brazil user_namer
nooooo why not bad news bears
2020-03-26 20:14
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4 replies
Who?
2020-03-26 20:18
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1 reply
Bad news bears
2020-03-26 20:51
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#76
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Brazil Necro_Spa
cause onliners who will never get out of mdl
2020-03-26 21:36
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#79
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Brazil user_namer
wait what the fuck i didnt even read the whole thing i thought swole patrol got invited to flashpoint and didnt have an org
2020-03-26 21:38
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#13
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Spain mavericko19
expected, but would prefer mythic if they wanted views LMAO
2020-03-26 20:15
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ahahahhaha nice trash fnatic would be better
2020-03-26 20:17
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2 replies
#129
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Denmark Zaerdna
Retard?
2020-03-27 20:45
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1 reply
no
2020-03-27 21:07
0
From MDL to EPL and FP. They gonna love Corona now. Also: Another T4 team for FP. Lul, this league is a dumpster fire.
2020-03-26 20:17
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lol not even signed they are playing as FPX ??? What a trash League and Event ...
2020-03-26 20:17
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2 replies
+1
2020-03-27 00:00
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What? Non signed playing for FPX? NO WAY
2020-03-27 13:09
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Wtf So The danish squad is heroic again? And swole patrol is fpx now? But when it’s technically still fpx do they get the points from the danish fpx? And Are swole patrol now fully signed by fpx but only for flashpoint? Like do they play EPL as fpx or as swole patrol? What is this clusterfuck
2020-03-26 20:17
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6 replies
they get the danish team's points, and I believe they will still play as Swole on EPL
2020-03-26 20:18
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I aren't think that fpx wants this roster
2020-03-26 20:19
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4 replies
#48
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Sweden slyde123
They just needed a team to field for this event ig lol
2020-03-26 20:45
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3 replies
Why not just sign orgless
2020-03-26 22:29
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2 replies
#110
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Sweden slyde123
These guys were prolly cheaper?
2020-03-27 01:19
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1 reply
More like it would probably violate tournament rules xd
2020-03-27 02:33
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flashpoint is trash and FPX is a scummy organization, Swole shouldn't agree to this even if monetarily this seems like a good move, it really isn't
2020-03-26 20:17
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why scummy
2020-03-26 20:18
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11 replies
Instead of using swole patrol for season 1, they could easily use the heroic roster for season 1, as es3 is still with the team till june 30th
2020-03-26 20:26
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10 replies
why would cadian want to play with him after feelin """Gutted""" they prob have beef now
2020-03-26 21:46
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9 replies
Cadian said he had no beef with estag he felt gutted cuz he couldn't even play the match whether that was fpx or flashpoints doing idk.
2020-03-26 22:20
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8 replies
it was estag doing lmao XD he left the team so they didnt have enough to play tf you mean
2020-03-27 13:38
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lol read the article he is still with heroic until July 1st plenty of time to play the season, either flashpoint or fpx got salty and completely abandoned the team. Also any person with a brain would say yes to astralis, the best Danish team by far with much higher pay.
2020-03-27 14:48
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6 replies
you have downs
2020-03-27 14:54
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5 replies
please that's mean, why do I have downs?
2020-03-27 15:03
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4 replies
why would fpx want them to play if its not going to be a full roster in 2 months they would need to find a perm 5th before they would play flashpoint matches soooooooooo with Estage leaving no one on herioc wants to play with him because they need to be playing with a new 5th so it makes no sense to be in fpx or flashpoint with a uncompleted team. this is why you have downs because its so easy to understand but youre downs and dont get that
2020-03-27 15:10
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3 replies
You claim that they aren't willing to play with estag, if you read cadians tweets you'd know that's a load of horseshit it's obvious they were willing to play the matches but fpx wanted nothing to do with them over one player leaving for a better team.
2020-03-27 15:39
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2 replies
their are 5 players cadian is 1 of 5 bud stav hates his guts
2020-03-27 15:54
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1 reply
Nice continue to pull lies out of your was.
2020-03-27 23:50
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#62
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Germany Azes
nothing about that is wrong FPX needed a team and probably paid a lot to get Swole Patrol now both are happy, what is the problem?
2020-03-26 21:02
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1 reply
+1
2020-03-26 21:47
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#19
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Mexico MEXlCO
GO MARKITO!!!!!!!!!!!!
2020-03-26 20:18
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#24
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United States stotte
A team that is coached by a2fuckingz is a shit show that will never go anywhere. Swole Patrol is ENCE times 500 thousand. When has a2z ever been known as a tactical mind or even a motivational person who will take players aside and help them with issues? Match that with kicking Relyks and FNS and leaving Freakazoid to IGL and this is an absolute waste of money for FlashPoint. FUCK NA CS
2020-03-26 20:19
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1 reply
seriously a2z is legit meme what is he still doing in cs scene?
2020-03-26 20:46
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#25
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World mukas17
lol joke of a league at this point, hope they can get better teams for future seasons cos the content is good, but the matches don't deliver
2020-03-26 20:19
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4 replies
what content is good there ??? Bad production tech issues and constant delays ? On top you get bad Tier 3 CS and teams with stand-ins all over the place.
2020-03-26 20:27
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#41
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World mukas17
I like the analyst line up, sean and potter are two of my favorites, I also quite enjoyed the banter from the teams, nice to see some personality from a few of the players, like Bubzkji.
2020-03-26 20:38
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"fuck these kids" great banter 🥵
2020-03-26 20:56
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Banter was nice the first few days, especially from smooya but other than that it left me pretty underwhelmed and it’s only going downhill ever since
2020-03-26 21:48
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#26
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Finland iBait
Zellsis must be the worst pro who plays for a big org now that HUNDEN retired.
2020-03-26 20:21
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1 reply
SWOLE PATROL IS dog Zellsis is the biggest dog of all time worst "pro" player ever trashpoint
2020-03-26 20:40
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eUnited kicking themselves rn
2020-03-26 20:21
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Trashpoint
2020-03-26 20:21
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SWOLE FUCKING PATROL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOO
2020-03-26 20:22
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#30
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Spain loviac
lmao
2020-03-26 20:23
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Why? There are so many better options than them.
2020-03-26 20:27
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#34
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Poland jagnie
meme tournament XDDD
2020-03-26 20:28
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#36
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Other ferric
People calling Swole Patrol a meme even though they took a map off 100T
2020-03-26 20:29
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1 reply
Even though that was 100t's first online game in nearly/over a year?
2020-03-27 00:45
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#37
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Japan nakTriceps
Group C will be good to watch
2020-03-26 20:30
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#39
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United States joke_cs
Eunited on suicide watch.
2020-03-26 20:32
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Cant wait for thorin to spin this
2020-03-26 20:32
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Thorin bruh..
2020-03-26 20:41
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Swole from losing to Mythic to flashpoint eUnited malding rn
2020-03-26 20:42
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Nice, good luck guys
2020-03-26 20:42
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F
2020-03-26 20:44
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O.o I mean weird.. but good luck.
2020-03-26 20:44
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hahahahahah... lol/ RIP FPF
2020-03-26 20:46
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#51
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Sweden CharlesEmilNilsson
HAHAAHAHAHAHAhaahHAHAH
2020-03-26 20:47
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most wasted spot ever seen
2020-03-26 20:48
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LOOOOOOOOL
2020-03-26 20:50
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#56
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Russia Darkrus
drop heroic pick swole patrol STONKS
2020-03-26 20:52
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Such a joke lmao
2020-03-26 20:57
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tier 500 event
2020-03-26 20:58
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Wtf why????
2020-03-26 20:59
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what on earth
2020-03-26 21:04
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What a mess
2020-03-26 21:07
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#67
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Indonesia cleostar
LOL these guys are actually snake. I bet FPX made a deal with them to get bigger money than with Heroic's one.
2020-03-26 21:22
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#68
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North Macedonia ydjoon
flashpoint is a pretty good league, since its just starting the teams are trash but they are better than esl league. Its just a matter of time.
2020-03-26 21:26
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I mean nobody knows what the future holds but currently there is literally nothing better than in EPL. I’ve seen better storylines at DH opens and that is with less stand ins as well. Only interesting thing is that it gets worse every two days, exciting to follow the drama but the league itself is boring
2020-03-26 21:51
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heroic with 4 players > shit patrol
2020-03-26 21:29
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#70
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Other ferric
People above didn't just watch 100T vs Swole. They lost by "a gnat's wing" to 100T who is a Tier 1 team in PRO LEAGUE, what makes you think they don't deserve this at the very least?
2020-03-26 21:29
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#74
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France margheriti
People are dumb. Surely everyone with a functioning brain noted how well they played today.
2020-03-26 21:34
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#80
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Mongolia Kkura
Cooper is a godly onliner
2020-03-26 21:39
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expected
2020-03-26 21:31
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LOL. I guess they have Astralis to thank for this.
2020-03-26 21:34
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Nice. Im happy for Freakazoid
2020-03-26 21:37
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#81
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Germany vipitis
2020-03-26 21:41
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1 reply
OMEGALUL
2020-03-26 21:41
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kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
2020-03-26 21:41
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#93
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Russia KamaraD
Kick FPP, for roster changes (-1) and after this give them do -5 and bring them back...
2020-03-26 21:51
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#96
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Sweden ChiperoG
I am happy for the Swole Patrol boys. I think they are a decent enough tier 2 NA team and deserve a chance to try their shot to make it to tier 1.
2020-03-26 21:53
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#97
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Sweden ChiperoG
twitter.com/CooperCSGO/status/1243273784.. Just saw this by a guy above me, well yikes.
2020-03-26 21:53
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thorins juggernaut league
2020-03-26 21:54
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Flashpoint might as well just invite EU FPL players to form teams... it would be more competitive than the shit they currently have
2020-03-26 23:57
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FLASHLOL LEAGUE , i didnt thougt it could be worse BUT....
2020-03-27 00:00
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#114
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Finland Lucidbro
Are these guys really brothers? Seems like Bullyzoid got all the good genes, christ man.
2020-03-27 05:33
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LETS GOOOOO
2020-03-27 07:39
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EZ FOR FREAKAZOID
2020-03-27 10:49
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#118
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Europe Sojadude
GOOD LUCK!
2020-03-27 12:51
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EZ FOR FREAK
2020-03-27 21:48
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omg why invite this trash
2020-03-28 00:18
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#138
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Finland FlNLAND
lmao brax getting fucked left and right
2020-03-28 11:47
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