OG to field NBK in ESL Pro League match against Heroic

10-3-2021 22:34

The European team will have "one last dance" with the benched player.

OG will field Nathan "⁠NBK-⁠" Schmitt in their fourth match in Group A of ESL Pro League Season 13 against HEROIC, which will take place on Thursday at 12:00 , the organization has announced.

Although no reason was given, OG were likely not allowed to use Nikolaj "⁠niko⁠" Kristensen in the match due to conflict of interest concerns, as the 22-year-old has remained contracted to HEROIC since he was benched from the Danish team late last month.

NBK will step back into the roster to play against Heroic

The European side will play with NBK- for the first time since they exited IEM Katowice in the group stage at the hands of FaZe nearly three weeks ago. The Frenchman was placed on the bench a few days later and the team has since been linked with niko, with whom OG have also played in the first three matches of the league.

Aleksi "⁠Aleksib⁠" Virolainen & co. currently sit on a 2-1 record in Group A after beating BIG and Renegades and losing to Complexity. After they face HEROIC on Thursday, the team will have one more match to play in the group stage, against FunPlus Phoenix on Friday at 19:00 .

well.... ok

2021-03-10 22:34

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Lololol

2021-03-10 22:41

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Ez for Heroic

2021-03-10 23:33

Heroic rat

2021-03-11 05:20

interesting...og will still probably lose

2021-03-10 22:35

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wdym “still” niko >>> nbk

2021-03-10 22:36

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og look shaky with niko, he is a new player. they will lose to heroic either way who look very strong right now

2021-03-10 22:40

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Heroic dont look strong tho

2021-03-10 22:55

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they did against fpx for example but most of their strength came from easily exploitable setups.

2021-03-10 23:01

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Yeah but its fpx also playing with a standin, idk i need to see these lineup vs better teams

2021-03-10 23:12

They looked solid against big too.

2021-03-10 23:13

niko with OG more promising than nbk but nbk is great support too ,they should change issa and make nbk as their support again.

2021-03-11 10:05

problem with NBK is his attitude not gameplay, however. Everyone likes NBK's role, but his propensity to disagree with the team gets him booted off Vitality and OG

2021-03-11 20:49

they have a lot of firepower and put up a good display against big - considering og form, i do not have much confidence in og. mantuu and issaa are very inconsistent

2021-03-10 23:35

didnt age well

2021-03-11 14:58

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They still dont look strong tho, og is just bad

2021-03-11 15:10

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they look pretty undefeated if you ask me

2021-03-11 15:29

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They havent played an actual good team, big looks lost atm so not really

2021-03-11 18:11

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what do you define as a good team?

2021-03-11 18:19

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Any top 10 team except big rn they are slumping

2021-03-11 21:13

ah i see, the only top 10 team they had the chance to stomp is the bad one... smelly

2021-03-11 21:56

OG beat them...

2021-03-12 16:54

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haha lol renegades beat them 2-0 i take my words back sorry!

2021-03-13 14:48

nah but heroic do look kinda on fire! i take my words back too!

2021-03-13 21:32

niko > nbk > issaa

2021-03-10 22:56

issaa > niko > nbk > thorin

issaa > niko > nbk > thorin > pimp

2021-03-10 23:32

both are bots : )

2021-03-11 12:13

nonono, OG ERA 💪💪💪💪💪

2021-03-10 22:37

Why though

because heroic don't want a player they're loaning to wreck them

they would lose anyway

2021-03-10 22:39

Probably because Heroic could read niko's play. Also niko might not "stick to the script" that OG have because he might try to rekt his old teammates.

2021-03-10 22:51

No :D It's against the tournament rules

2021-03-10 23:38

well would make sense either way xd

2021-03-11 00:59

You telling us that niko wouldnt do everything in his might to prove his "former" team, that benching him was the wrong move? Alright...

2021-03-11 09:09

Ehm, NO. I'm saying OG has a structure and niko might not perform his role, because he would peek when he shouldn't just so he can get a frag. Sometimes a flash is better than a kill.

2021-03-11 10:43

Niko under Heroic contract

2021-03-10 23:29

Why don't you just read the article you're responding to?

2021-03-11 00:23

gl nbk

nbk 500 adr incoming

i really hope he goes nuclear, always feels good when it happens.

2021-03-10 22:43

2021-03-11 09:58

900 adr

2021-03-11 10:01

1K adr if he kills himself as well

2021-03-11 22:55

Makes sense. Ez 2-0 for Heroic ofc

2021-03-11 00:17

go nbk

he should throw for the luls

hope they end on a good note

-nbk +nbk -nbk

Top 3 roster change for sure

Those three being the entire top 3 list.

2021-03-10 23:43

Same energy: -chrisJ +chrisJ -chrisJ

2021-03-11 10:19

niko 322

to be honest it doesn't make any sense that a benched player could play for another team competing in the same tournament...

NBK dropping 30 bombs

wtf is wrong with this org

2021-03-10 22:38

which one?

2021-03-10 22:46

What do you mean? It is just because Niko is still under contract with heroic so he cannot play against them.

2021-03-10 23:00

still better than cloud9 org LMAO

2021-03-10 23:05

well c9 as an org is big but their managers are bad as hell + their lineup is bad too

2021-03-10 23:30

Imagine niko now playing for heroic :D

:DDDDDDDDD

wtf

Nbk will ruined their chances fo sure. LUL

Nbk 115 adr pls

Lmao if it was heroic deciding that OG cant use niko on OG vs Heroic, pretty bitch move.

cry is free

How did i cry?

2021-03-10 22:47

That's not how it works

Thread literally said that no reason was given: they were likely not allowed use niko againts heroic? So who either it would be if not heroic deciding that?

niko is still a Heroic player, so they can decide to not let him play just like teams in football who loan out players don't let them play against their parent club

2021-03-10 23:11

Still pretty bitch move since they already basically kicked niko from heroic. They basically are scared to lose to OG if niko is with them. OG even with niko they would lose to heroic so why not just let niko play with OG, they already did him dirty. Also heroic has pretty much confirmed their playoff spot so wouldnt even matter if they lost.

2021-03-10 23:16

Thanos : You could not live with your own failure. Where did that bring you? Back to me

2021-03-10 22:45

nothing to be surprised about

avoid niko trolling?

expected

If i was nbk i would throw.

Or play well to prove they were wrong? ^^

2021-03-10 23:37

Nah, at this point every bad game for him they will consider to kick him.

2021-03-10 23:51

200 iq move by Heroic, now they will +niko back to anti strat OG every round kappa

why

2021-03-10 22:57

Flag checks out

2021-03-10 22:58

Prob. Because niko is still under heroic contract.

interesting

that team is a fucking clownfiesta bruh

2021-03-10 23:02

what

2021-03-10 23:07

OG CHOKE TEAM , its still going and going and going, 15-19 always lose like that .

YES

Lul heroic scared of niko inside info

2021-03-10 23:15

i wish he could say no

hope nbk drop 100 bombs and OG lose and return with couscous highping thorin fan

2021-03-10 23:17

NBkek isn't even gonna try because hes getting kicked so 2-0 for heroic.

He is a professional, not a soyboy Canadian.

2021-03-11 00:30

HAHA +1

2021-03-11 00:37

ez win 4 heroic rn xD

2021-03-10 23:18

Lmao I love these kinds of things.

2021-03-10 23:24

if I'm NBK I'm trolling

2021-03-10 23:28

AhHahha I was thinking the same

And this is why you are not a professional at all ^^ NBK got a unique chance to prove to the management team and show what he was meaning by difference on how to perform for Tier 1.

2021-03-10 23:39

When did i say i tried/wanted to be a professional CS player? Just saying, if I'm NBK and getting removed from a team I'm trolling them. Lets be honest NBK career at the top is over anyway.

2021-03-11 11:23

im sure that will make an org pick him up,smooya trolled his team and see where he is now

2021-03-10 23:44

Cant see a top team/org picking him up anymore regardless.

2021-03-11 11:24

This could be a close game. Something makes me feel that OG is going to win this game. It will be a nice match for sure.

So by the rules, heroic can pick niko to play once he is benched :D It would be funny af.

they realised their mistake, good

2021-03-10 23:54

read the article

2021-03-11 00:27

nbk going to pull out the xm2000 and unironically shit on hoes

2021-03-10 23:56

Seems that esl learned from the mibr vs yeah game

2021-03-11 00:12

Makes sense, should be fun

2021-03-11 00:24

Let's hope he doesn't do the same shit he did to vitality at Berlin :D

2021-03-11 00:35

NBK is like OGs punching bag or something?

dafuq

2021-03-11 01:16

+1 this is really weird

2021-03-11 02:18

interisting personalitis

2021-03-11 01:50

Can't say better than that

2021-03-11 12:12

NBK 80 frag

2021-03-11 02:49

what the hell???? thats my only question

2021-03-11 10:02

with niko they had any chances...but with nbk 0-2 fast

Heroic toxic strategy

2021-03-11 11:34

-nbk +nbk always work as same as -styko +styko

2021-03-11 11:35

Should be lose for og, niko played well against rng and big

2021-03-11 11:37

it'll be interesting match

2021-03-11 11:46

Imagine if both teams meet again in finals

2021-03-11 12:35

Although I understand we are testing new waters for esports with loaned players against their original org, in traditional sports, let's say football, if messi is loaned form barca to bayern munich, munich would be more than compelled to field him and there wouldn't be any...questions asked. I would even argue that over the years, loaned players have overperformed against their original ones in order to impress them. Nonetheless, very interesting.

2021-03-11 13:14