Swole Patrol down to two players; Zellsis leaves CS

10-5-2020 12:53

Swole Patrol's future is currently up in the air after two more players decided to leave the team.

Jordan "⁠Zellsis⁠" Montemurro announced in a Twitlonger post that he is moving to VALORANT after growing tired of playing without any support, admitting that "there aren't enough organisations for the lower levels of the scene" at the moment.

He becomes the second Swole Patrol player to switch to Riot Games' upcoming tactical shooter after Victor "⁠food⁠" Wong, who has been linked with a move to Braxton "⁠swag⁠" Pierce's T1.

Zellsis is moving to VALORANT

Zellsis is mostly known for his three-month trial for Cloud9, during which he attended the IEM Katowice 2019 Major. He went on to play for teams like Lazarus and Singularity before returning to Swole Patrol for a fourth stint.

Meanwhile, Austin "⁠Cooper⁠" Abadir revealed on Twitter that he is currently seeking a new challenge, stressing that he remains committed to furthering his Counter-Strike career. The 25-year-old, who is averaging a 1.15 rating this year, stressed that he still has room for improvement, saying: "I feel like I am only getting better".

These departures leave Swole Patrol with just two players, Ryan "⁠freakazoid⁠" Abadir and Edgar "⁠MarKE⁠" Maldonado, who have not yet announced their future plans. The North American team recently took part in ESL Pro League Season 11, in which they managed to pick up upset victories over Liquid and FURIA but ultimately finished the round-robin stage in last place in a three-way tie with MIBR and 100 Thieves.

man that sucks

2020-05-10 12:53

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Another player to leave for VALORANT. Pretty sure most of these players moving to VALORANT will still not be able to reach the top, there is a reason that they never reached the top in csgo...

2020-05-10 12:55

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That's why only shitters are leaving. They will be the best for a while and will be able to grab some ez cash. Later they will be trash like they are now in cs.

2020-05-10 13:34

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Zellsis is first one i am kind of sad is leaving, i was hoping he would move to envy

2020-05-10 13:37

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I think shahzam has also moved to valorant. There are a few others that I can not remember rn I can't stand playing valorant with tons of LoL players kkkkkk

2020-05-10 14:05

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+1 filthy lolzeiros

2020-05-10 14:41

kkkkkk

2020-05-10 15:06

But i dont really miss shazam never really cared about him, zellsis is the first one i kind of hoped would stayed.

2020-05-10 16:19

Shahzam & SicK moved to Valroant and are signed to Sentinels... Sinatraa (Overwatch MVP) & Zombs (Apex Legends Pro) are on the team... Zellsis & food I expect to be signed within the next couple months.

2020-05-10 16:36

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I'm actually excited to see that team in action, ow fans are saying that sinatra was one of the best players in the owl

2020-05-10 17:33

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He was a little bit like s1mple, very toxic in early days then became one of the best in the game if I am not mistaken

2020-05-10 18:34

Sinatraa was the equivalent of a major mvp. And he left OW for Valorant almost immediately after winning the major.

2020-05-11 13:11

Its happend before , new game comes out still lots of bugs and different abilities are still way op. In order for actual prize money and competitions updates will have to be rolled out. Leveling the playing field and then the quick converters will need to learn the game and ultimately be outplayed by the youngsters. It's a quick money grab try and win a few events etc

2020-05-12 08:18

That's it, mate. Loser here, loser there

2020-05-10 14:07

2020-05-10 14:52

players like sinatraa got signed for valorant, and he's still an mg in mm

2020-05-10 15:00

Valorant sucks i played it and i feel like it is a fairy tale game. No realistic. Weapons name are like Pokemon name. It sucks!

2020-05-10 15:22

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2020-05-10 15:36

"Weapons name are like Pokemon name" What the actual fuck? That's literally the most stupid reason I heard to hate on that game.

2020-05-11 09:50

Then why don't you play Valorant and leave CS!

2020-05-11 21:30

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Lol, I already did, fool. I only watch the pro scene because it's entertaining, but the community is shit on both mm or faceit and you are an example of it.

2020-05-12 11:03

Well, my thoughts are that the CSGO "pros" who never really made it anywhere in the game are switching over to Valorant because the skill ceiling is lower and they have a better chance at actually going pro in Valorant. I still think that CSGO is the FPS game with the highest skill ceiling to date besides CS 1.6, but I'm a little biased since I've played CS 1.6 for most of my life.

2020-05-10 17:08

How is the skill ceiling higher when you literally have less elements of gameplay to learn?

valorant is big, just look at all y'all mutherfookers talking bout it

2020-05-20 08:25

no it doesnt lol tier 50 na cs.

how you always 1st

2020-05-10 13:03

not true wtf

2020-05-10 13:05

Combination of no life and script and F5 all day, it’s sad

2020-05-10 13:44

People have scripts to post "first" in HLTV? That must be some low, dirty ass life omg

2020-05-10 14:21

+1 nerd level over 8000

script

2020-05-10 13:42

bye

xaxa

nothing of value was lost

2020-05-10 12:54

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whats with teir 5 players and leaving for valorant

2020-05-10 12:56

they think that some mediocre ripoff game will save their dead carreers

2020-05-10 12:59

hoping they can be at least tier 4 in valorant.

2020-05-10 13:00

Let's see how they miss on valorant and retire or go back to cs

Can't wait to seem him fail Lol

lol

"there aren't enough organisations for the lower levels of the scene" lul

This is true in NA

NA LUL

"there arent enough retarded orgs picking up washed no potential teams and paying them money"

2020-05-10 12:57

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2020-05-10 13:15

Lmao +1

2020-05-10 14:10

And these players don't do anything, or much, to justify their salaries either. Their brands are essentially being people who bitch on Twitter

2020-05-10 15:11

exactly

2020-05-10 15:34

in NA obviously because the wage is expected to be higher, low tier players in places like eastern europe will have not even a quarter of what NA players would have to earn to live in their country.

2020-05-10 13:10

Very NA sentence to say.

2020-05-10 16:46

they did not look too bad lately, sad for NA scene

oh noo :((

Karma catching up with the bully

+1 deserved for freak

2020-05-10 17:26

:( This stuff isn't funny

this is so sad, players that can hold top 30 and in NA nobody cares about CS anymore check Singularity for example, they prefer to sign a tier 3 in EU than a tier 2 in NA

2020-05-10 12:58

Who cares, all noobs leave cs, real pro never leave :D

Winners never quit. Quitters never win...

2020-05-10 13:30

2020-05-10 14:23

another idiot who knew he doesnt get picked up by a good team ever again ... so just pretend u hate cs and thatswhy u switch to valorant xd

Well you just gave your own context to the situation. Nice

2020-05-10 15:10

They were looking solid last few matched. Such a shame

CS is just not that profitable for big orgs to be interested in nurturing promising players. Valve is letting it go in the end cause they are too lazy to give a fuck when Dota2 is bringing them enough revenue.

2020-05-10 13:02

they will come crying back when valorant dies

who cares about NA cs omegaLUL

The entire scene obviously. NA CS won almost half the big event trophies last year. Enjoy the new reality.

2020-05-12 01:33

As expected, washed up and lower tier pros will move to valorant, cause there isn't that much money in low tier CS, but they're hoping to get paid just by switching early and becoming the best there. Give it a year or 2 and if they underperform, they'll be shitty pros in that game aswell and it'll be even worse than it's in CS.

There isn't any money in low tier CS. The orgs have finally wised up. They're not going to pay out $30-50k a month in team salary for players who don't win anything. Riot will probably have guaranteed minimum salary like it has in other games. These guys who are quitting are already 22-25 years old. If they don't get a salary soon, they'll have to go out and get a real job.

2020-05-10 15:59

Getting a real job isn't in the cards of shitty pros because they have wasted their youth years achieving nothing in a game, completely ignoring studies, not to mention they consider regular jobs "boomer's stuff"

2020-05-10 17:01

You don’t know that. Stop saying inappropriate shit. Many pros finish college/degree simultaneously. Stop being a dick.

2020-05-11 09:44

Yeah ok kid, don't cry

2020-05-11 18:03

Freakazoid can definitely become a streamer, I dunno about the rest.

2020-05-11 17:04

rofl

Valorant is gonna die within a year terrible move

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i would say its already dead(in current state)

Valorant is the most watched game on Twitch for a month soon, most people have their keys already and all the 24/7 streams have been deleted so they are also not excuses anymore. It's also in closed beta, it's idiotic to declare a game dead when it's not even public for everyone yet.

2020-05-10 13:27

terrible move? He is not making money in CS, Its surely better atleast try in Valorant

2020-05-10 13:13

His team beat EG and liquid had potential

Yeah and yet no orgs wanted to sign them.

2020-05-10 13:46

I'd rather stay on a game where i'm beating top tier opponents than move to a game that's gonna die

2020-05-10 14:08

I would rather get paid than not get paid

2020-05-10 16:12

Is he even getting paid?

2020-05-10 16:13

I wouldnt be suprised if he signs to T1

2020-05-10 16:18

normally i would agree but im pretty sure he isnt getting paid and as much as i love a game, if its my only source of income id rather move on than stay if its not putting food on the table, regardless of my results

2020-05-10 17:31

Because these were fluke wins

2020-05-10 14:09

another useless shit NA player moves to Valorant

2020-05-10 13:04

VAL0RANT XDDDDDD

aka I want to make a quick dollar in a game that nobody even knows will be around long... he will be back in CS within a year

2020-05-10 13:06

Rip

2020-05-10 13:09

cs isn't the problem it's just your trash mindset

Why are so many on here butthurt about valorant?

2020-05-10 13:12

its new and competing with cs, a game that has a big history, basically people hate change and most arent willing to give valorant a chance beyond a single match to shit on it later, since they cant stop the game from releasing or from being popular and having an off chance of possibly taking cs place they do the next best thing..... they hate on it, i think the game is good and its a breath of fresh air, will it take cs place? i wouldnt bet on it but it is a nice alternative for people that are bored of te same shit for the last 20 years or so

2020-05-10 17:35

NA cs LUL

Trash player

THE BIG 2020 CLEANSING OF NA CS

2020-05-10 13:17

good move, -another good player from NA

2020-05-10 13:19

Why only NA players leave cs go for Valorant? I mean if u lazy in cs go, u probably not be better in Valorant too.

2020-05-10 13:18

That's not how Americans think

Mistaken as young talented player like TenZ. Now more and more Tier 3 4 5 CSGO players go VALORANT. Interesting.

Valorant scene will die in 6 months LUL

2020-05-10 13:28

NA so disloyal. Just as many pros have said "if you play counterstrike for money, you wont go far". It seems like this is coming true for the entire lower tier NA scene

2020-05-10 13:32

na cs lol

2020-05-10 13:43

Expected. Next irrelevant player moving to an irrelevant game.

2020-05-10 13:45

Hahahahaha bye idiot maybe get a real Job clearly esports isn’t working out

another pro goes to valorant?

2020-05-10 13:54

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he is just a csgo player that didnt had what it takes to success and desides to go to new game thinking he is going to be good there...good luck when game comes out and 11-14 yo kids take old csgo pros going to valorant spots

2020-05-10 14:31

I know a guy who just moved to Valorant. He wasn't lazy. He put five years and 11k hours into CS. Great IGL. And he couldn't even get a tryout with a pro team, because he wasn't an ass kisser. A lot of CS is politics.

2020-05-10 16:07

well, you dont need to be an ass kisser to get the chance. If you have what it takes you will get your chance eventually. But you need to show what you got in team and not only puggplay. I know several players starting to play in nonpro teams and grinding af. finally the chances came. I also know people with 8k + hours and good aimers, but 0 gamesence = not good. Then ofcourse there are many good players that doesnt get the chances, but can depend on timings aswell...

2020-05-10 16:23

NA is supposedly desperate for good young IGLs, but that didn't help him at all. It's the flashy FPL pug stars who get the tryouts. That's what impresses the pros, if you shit on them in a pug match. He led his team to a first place finish in MDL, and all the fraggers quit for other offers.

2020-05-10 17:12

well, then i feel sorry for him and for NA cs

2020-05-10 17:51

who was this?

2020-05-10 20:26

Sneaky

2020-05-10 20:40

when did sneaky win MDL?

2020-05-10 20:47

First place regular season 33. They finished 4th in the playoffs.

2020-05-10 20:51

Nuf new, washed up "pros" moving to new game, thinking they going to be better there, but quickly removed by new generation players.

2020-05-10 13:58

HLTV can you make a global news every month to tell which washed up players quit csgo to Valorant. we dont need a news feed for each player.

2020-05-10 14:00

2020-05-10 14:03

Perfect

Next will be Team liquid.. Valorant will soon be home to NA CS rejects and retirees

2020-05-10 14:04

Why it doesn't surprise anyone that the only players leaving CS for this shit game are irrelevant, washed up bots that can't steal paychecks from anyone? You could sit here a thousand years and you wouldn't see Astralis, fnatic, mouse and players of this standard leaving. We shouldn't even have news such as this stacking up on HLTV everyday

and don't forget most of them is actually NA player xd that explained a lot why NA cs is sux

these players are winning trophies getting paid and are on top teams, what reason have they to leave? its always going to be the ones that have no chance or as you say are washed up that are going to leave first because they have a reason to leave to begin with, the very fact they are leaving no matter on what level they are should be conserning if you know anything about esports

2020-05-10 17:40

reminds me of when all the scrubs moved on to CS:Source since they couldnt make it in 1.6

2020-05-10 14:06

Beat liquid and furia still not have org Thats sad reality I know freakazoid is bot but deserves home

valorant literally using a vaccum to suck all of the tier 3/4 cs players lol

Valorant is being like a trash bin for CS

2020-05-10 14:11

2020-05-10 14:20

NA semi "pros" have zero loyalty. They do not have my respect.

2020-05-10 14:26

Goodbye another tier 3 player that had no chance of the big leagues...

so let me see, no supporting organisations in the lower tier of cs and go to valorant close beta? is any org paying players in valorant already before the game comes out? And what make theese players think that they will succeed in valorant? they think that is going to be hundreds of orgs waiting?

2020-05-10 14:25

They think they can get a headstart on other players and secure at least some revenue before the game settles

yes, but when the game comes out they will be rekted by 12 yo kids and realize the misstake they´ve done...but it will be too late and no org in cs will take theese failures back

2020-05-10 14:33

Of course, they calculated they would win more by pulling this stunt than to linger on cs limbo and slowly fade away without pay

2020-05-10 14:34

Thank u VALULRANT for getting all tier2-3 players especially NA players who been streaming and acting like they are good n shit

What these players fail to see the is the influx of money from orgs etc after corona is over. Like why tf would you leave now. Just ride it out, 100% upturn soon.

Imagine thinking that valorant will die. Must be brain damaged :D

2020-05-10 14:45

leaving cs for the money lol

2020-05-10 14:54

Trash na players that didnt have talent nor brain leave cs oh no

This is so sad ngl

2020-05-10 14:57

This whole thing went to shit when Freakazoid joined eUnited

2020-05-10 15:13

'Tired of playing with no support' The guy played a major for one of the largest NA orgs, it's not their fault he's not good enough. Cya. I would've been surprised if Cooper left for another game at this stage, he's shown some serious talent recently.

2020-05-10 15:19

2020-05-10 17:34

He was without an org since august 2019, but yeah... thats all because of pandemic XDDD

2020-05-10 15:49

Do these players really think they will suddenly make it in valorant? The competition will be even higher than it was in the NA cs scene.

2020-05-10 15:57

Cya in valorant zelsis. I mean never HAHAHHAHAHAA

That is good, all who leave for Valorant are freeing up room for others to prove themselves. There is going to be a wave of new talents, let's see how many break through in a couple years

2020-05-10 16:02

its not the pandemics fault they didnt get signed....its because they are an average team at best(tier 3-4)and have proved it....

2020-05-10 16:03

-ryann + cooper do it now.

The fact is this. The majority of the csgo players cannot be a colzdera or a Niko or a S1mple. After that they make decisions like this One. Maybe their brain is focused only in money making, instead of groing up in game. Take a look for the american players who made transition to valorant. In the eu i dont see that.

2020-05-10 16:24

ScreaM, mixwell, & mezii have been playing on Prodigy for Valorant...Think theyve done like 4 tournies. There's also a team called StartedFromCS w/ Ex6TenZ, Maniac, & xReal that's been in a bunch. Americans like to announce shit, and make a big spectacle about stuff... I notice most countries in EU just kind of go with the flow.

2020-05-10 16:44

ScreaM has not been in a team for a while, Ex6tenz or Maniac does not count, they havent been playing competitive cs in a long time..

who zelsis

2020-05-10 16:43

who?

2020-05-10 17:04

Freakazoid also left Swole for Valorant

2020-05-10 17:07

Good to see trash leaving cs go

2020-05-10 17:41

Another random more moving to a random chinese f2p game. They expect to compete in the "wolds" of valorant and probably fail like they all whole career of csgo.

2020-05-10 18:42

Moving to dead game LUL

2020-05-10 18:48

"Zellsis is mostly known for his three-month trial for Cloud9", nice career u bot enjoy team jumping in valorant too if u can even find one.

2020-05-10 18:51

I'm sure that freakazoid and MarKE can build solid roster.

2020-05-10 19:09

Go Next indeed.

2020-05-10 19:42

he is gonna play valorantssss

who gives a fuck zelsis has never done anything meaningful in CSGO ever LOL!!!!

2020-05-10 22:44

CS GO lul, hope Valorant keep destroying cs go,hope Valorant will have more tournaments,and fuck hltv

2020-05-10 23:19

Lul amateur EU valorant players can beat best of NA in there lol pls go back to CoD

2020-05-11 13:53

down to one now

2020-05-11 13:56

wtf with this na players?

2020-05-11 15:47

I think it's so funny how triggered EU people get by Valorant. It's like you all realize on some level the CS scene would be dead without NA orgs and money and you know this somewhere deep inside and it scares the shit out of you. Be a proper human being wish him well and move on. He was never a great CS player but he was a hell of a lot better then anyone commenting on this so yeah. Live and let live.

2020-05-12 01:35