PGL Major Stockholm 2021 Challengers Stage

Heroic add Xizt as analyst; temporary coach for PGL Major Stockholm*

20-10-2021 21:26

The legendary former in-game leader will bolster the ranks of HEROIC's staff.

Richard "⁠Xizt⁠" Landström has joined HEROIC as an analyst, the Danish organization has announced. The 30-year-old will also temporarily fill the role of coach for the team as they begin their PGL Major Stockholm campaign on October 26.

Xizt announced his retirement from professional play in September, hanging up the mouse after a 12-year-long career that included stints on fnatic, Dignitas, FaZe, and the legendary NIP lineup that dominated the early stages of CS:GO.

Xizt retires: "I am very happy with what I accomplished as a player"

Xizt has joined Heroic as an analyst

His addition comes ahead of HEROIC's appearance in the Challengers Stage of PGL Major Stockholm, where the team will face TYLOO in their opening match.

Although Xizt's primary role will be that of an analyst, the Danish team will utilize him as their coach in their Major bid, filling the spot that has been left vacant since the organization cut ties with Nicolai "⁠HUNDEN⁠" Petersen in July.

The move marks Xizt's first foray into an analytical role, bringing with him a wealth of experience after occupying an in-game leader position for much of his career. Per HEROIC's announcement, it is likely that the team will look to find a more permanent solution to their coaching slot following their Major appearance as Xizt is only set to "step in."

Update: When asked about the distinction of adding Xizt for 2021 on HLTV Confirmed, Casper "⁠cadiaN⁠" Møller said, "both for his sake and ours, we're trying to learn each other, because it's also for a very short basis.

"The plan as of right now is that we're testing each other, see if there is a language barrier, do we have the same philosophy, the same style. Obviously we're working with him in regards to wanting to keep him and wanting to develop that relationship."

HEROIC now have:

Casper "⁠cadiaN⁠" Møller
Martin "⁠stavn⁠" Lund
René "⁠TeSeS⁠" Madsen
Rasmus "⁠sjuush⁠" Beck
Ismail "⁠refrezh⁠" Ali

Richard "⁠Xizt⁠" Landström (analyst/interim coach)

Solid pick up

2021-10-20 21:27

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Sinking ship

18 replies

At least he is not cheater, hopefully he will teach these kids manners

2021-10-20 21:28

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Xizters*

2021-10-20 21:37

2021-10-21 04:06

You stupid, Heroic not cheating

2021-10-21 08:37

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2021-10-21 10:53

no they are just stupid they didn't know cheater was right under their nose :D who is worse?

2021-10-21 11:52

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Friend, I agree with you, but from their treatment, we can conclude that this is true

2021-10-21 16:21

frankly a guy with experience in this game could be just what this team needs a former Major Champion

2021-10-21 19:37

With Xizt's expertise in map picks they'll be sinking out of the top 5 soon indeed!

2021-10-20 21:29

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My thoughts exactly

2021-10-20 22:22

Never pick cache against him

2021-10-20 22:59

pubg mobile

2021-10-20 21:30

6 replies

Allu

2021-10-21 01:33

KEKW

2021-10-21 01:40

flair

2021-10-21 06:23

Jepa from c-ops?

2021-10-21 06:53

Nah I haven't played that legendary game in years

2021-10-21 12:12

pabgeeeeee

Fucking epic pick up! They should do well with him at the major. Xizt in early csgo days he was solid while battling fnatic back in the days and his 1.6. Fuck yeah

2021-10-20 23:43

Indeed 😂😂😂 was washed up before and whats there for him to analyze??? HAHAHA. If we was good in it he’d analyze the shii outta nip😂🤡 we saw what happened there

2021-10-21 09:00

XIZT baby. Might be ruining his reuptation tho :(

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Why?

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Because noone likes heroic apparently. I personally like heroic. The old owners I think are in the wrong for the nda, but I think with the new coach + org then they should be in the clear

2021-10-20 21:31

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Yes, I think they are clear when the old owner is gone

2021-10-20 21:35

the old owners and half of the current lineup

2021-10-20 21:47

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I have an ESIC report that's gonna blow your mind

2021-10-20 22:23

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what they say and do are different things. they say teses boosted hunden niko knew and cadian and co didnt report. thats what happened. slapping a not guilty at the end of that doesnt change what happened

2021-10-20 22:45

imagine giving a shit when clearly no one is gonna try this again, and plus do you really wanna see these people get banned over such a minor cheating incident? (in terms of the actual action itself, not the extent of the bans, you can’t tell me this coach shit is as bad as a full on match fix or an aimbot) why are people so intent on killing players and orgs lmao, it’s almost like you want this game to fail

2021-10-20 23:45

yeh because getting away with cheating because your teams a big deal takes a shit on competitive integrity

2021-10-21 00:00

you say that like every member had a key part to play, and did it in every single match

2021-10-21 00:14

I dont think it is minor cheating incident, when its literally wallhack. Cheating is killing the game so professional players should give us example how to play not the other way.

2021-10-21 03:06

ban them all or unban everyone if you get perm ban from betting on the same league you play in you should get swatted for wallhax at least would not mind seeing all banned players back tho including that indian word.exe dude, good for viewership

2021-10-21 09:18

Let's allow occasional stealing of small amounts of money. That's what you want. This will lead to bigger issues.

2021-10-21 11:47

"minor cheating incident" ? they knew about one of their members literally cheating and kept it for themselves. The Org also kept the guy on pay-check as an analyst. And after the ban expired, they welcomed him back as main coach with open arms. If that is not even a bigger incident than "simply a minor cheat", then i don't know. Because that's literally 1) not reporting a cheater 2) hiding said cheater 3) welcome said cheater back in a main role

2021-10-21 14:53

LOL

2021-10-22 21:40

POGGERS

pog

EZ4 HUNDEN

2021-10-20 22:02

xizt

wtf

anime4life is happy

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havent seen him in a long time tho , where he at

you will see him in about 9.5 years

2021-10-20 23:16

my worst fear came true , rip him.

rip [*]

2021-10-21 01:25

HUNDEN 2.0

NICE! GL!

goat for xit org, shame

xDD gl

Dont understand how a swede can be able to understand danish.

He'll be analyst, probably speaking english to their staff. Coach is just a thing for now... or maybe he knows danish after all

Are these languages very different? Just curious, I always thought they were really close.

2021-10-20 22:19

They are similar, if you meet with Danish people regularly you can certainly make yourself understood. Might be hard for that really fast communication you would need with a coach during timeouts though... only reason why dev1ce is in NIP is because he happened to speak Swedish. Regardless I'll be happy to see Xizt at the major!

2021-10-20 22:40

It only take 2-3 months to learn to understand the other language good, as they are very similar.

2021-10-20 23:28

We talk with swedish ppl every day on Job, no problem with that.

You work at Copenhagen airport or what? =)

2021-10-21 12:59

Big furniture company from Norway that also have base in Copenhagen 🙂

2021-10-21 19:35

Pretty sure they are just gonna communicate with him in English if it becomes a problem.

2021-10-20 22:46

cool he is still sticking around in the scene!

lmao heroics map vetos are gonna be crazy now

Don't pick cache

2021-10-21 06:28

wow gl

good way to ruin your reputation by joining a cheating org, well done!

Xizting* org you mean?

2021-10-20 23:47

cheaters

ok german

2021-10-21 08:17

Maybe you lack intelligence or don’t follow the news?

2021-10-21 08:42

NICE

Pog Legend

good luck Xizt!

Pog

POG GL LEGEND XIZT!!!!

Decent.

2021-10-20 21:32

this is beautiful

least likable team picks up least likable guy from the legendary nip roster, seems right

2021-10-20 21:33

cringe

2021-10-20 23:48

hopefully he can teach these kids how to win without cheating

2021-10-20 21:34

Xizting*

2021-10-20 21:38

2021-10-20 21:50

He can teach a lot. Only this will not help you in any way, you will remain a loser with a low level of mind and a high level of hate.

2021-10-21 08:59

I agree, once a cheater, always a cheater

2021-10-21 11:36

Nice xizt! Looking forward to see his work

rip ex-galaxy roster

Obviously. The only talent on Ex-GR is Chawzy and PlesseN. Just put them on a new team and they will be fine.

Lost all respect for Xizt

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So he should reject an offer for a job because the org is shit? Looks like you still in high school

2021-10-21 03:10

But u respected him while he was on NiP, arguably an even scummier org?

2021-10-21 15:00

you said right, org - not players :)

2021-10-21 18:48

oh, you are an average HLTV user. My mistake.

2021-10-22 13:20

You got my point and if not then you are dumb af

2021-10-22 20:11

Xizt = cheater? Who u spend time with who u become sir

Xizter*

EZ FOR Heroic

2021-10-20 21:36

LMAO WTF??? Now I am fan of Heroic

damn interesting to see how Xizt evolves as a coach.

Pogggg

2021-10-20 21:44

XIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIZT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! +1 for #50 Incredible move from heroic! GOOD JOB, GUYS!

2021-10-20 21:46

lost all respect

Thats nice. Hope he adds something

2021-10-20 21:49

bruh

nice gl, no boosting please ;)

2021-10-20 21:52

oh no

Most likely veto analyst, so they can be sure to chose the best map sets for their opponents.

2021-10-20 21:57

dammmn xD

2021-10-20 22:03

as long as they don't let him do the veto's it's all good

2021-10-20 22:00

Xizt can't pick cache so I'm sure they'll be alright

Are you so sure about that?

Vega Squadron is a hell of a PTSD so odds are high

2021-10-21 00:32

GTR vs vega highlights

2021-10-21 10:49

xizt grinding fastcup on cs1.6 at night teaching kids at day time. gl xizt :)

expected

xizt was sick back in the day and a great IGL.

2021-10-20 22:06

heroic now adding player with good reputation to seal the cheating scandal

2021-10-20 22:09

... or looking for a new coach who knows right

2021-10-21 00:05

Then they found the cache god

2021-10-21 06:40

igl with longest dominating era and major winner*

2021-10-21 14:51

Good thing for them to know they won't be losing cache anytime soon thanks to his expertise xD

2021-10-21 17:23

Just don't pick cache against him. Ez plan

2021-10-22 04:21

legends

2021-10-20 22:10

Nice, good for both parties

2021-10-20 22:12

2021-10-20 22:14

he will bug abuse......

2021-10-20 22:18

nein

2021-10-20 22:44

No more HUNDEN CAM.. it is time for xizt broadcasting 😃 joke aside, but i think it's a good move!

2021-10-20 22:20

Sad for him to associate with scumbags

... fan... of... nip... eksdeee

2021-10-21 00:06

NiP org is worse

xizt was playin 1.6 lately, i guess he find new strats

2021-10-20 22:24

pog xizt

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TOP TIER IGL

2021-10-20 22:25

Heroic cheaters should never be on the major to begin with. 100% agree with Moses.

2021-10-20 22:30

he was talking about the rules but ok, people just hear what they want to hear, lmao.

2021-10-20 22:41

I love it when people quote shit that isn't actually even relevant to the point they're making. Too funny

2021-10-20 23:18

I 100% agree with you. Heroic is a great team and deserves all the good things that are coming to them!

2021-10-20 23:34

2021-10-20 23:50

2021-10-21 13:38

nice good luck xizt! :)

unexpected

Good stuff!

2021-10-20 22:48

didnt expect Xizt to join cheaters

this

2021-10-20 22:53

they are innocent tho

2021-10-20 23:26

weak bait

2021-10-21 00:20

Innocent until proven guilty. Don't know how it works in Morocco though

2021-10-21 05:55

Denial COPIUM , first time I see that :o

2021-10-21 23:02

Couldn't give a fuck about heroic

2021-10-21 23:46

Are you also responsible for what your grandfather did in 30’s 40?

2021-10-21 13:46

Dont do it Xist. Heroic will blame everything later on on you.

2021-10-20 23:01

Xizt wont cheat and then try to blame the whole team to take them with him in the fall

2021-10-21 00:24

They will still make him scapegoat. Just watch.

2021-10-21 00:57

2021-10-20 23:06

PGL major just got more hype

2021-10-21 00:02

Pog XIZT CAM incoming HUNDEN was just beggining XIZT IS THE END

2021-10-21 00:39

good pickup

2021-10-21 01:20

inb4 xizt gets banned for abusing glitch

2021-10-21 01:37

Good choice!

2021-10-21 01:38

Just don't let him do the veto and this'll be a great pickup

2021-10-21 03:57

Heroic didn't Xizt I aren't think that

2021-10-21 04:04

don't pick ancient vs me mf

2021-10-21 04:16

NiP vetos incoming

2021-10-21 05:51

Pretty intresting

Traitor

2021-10-21 06:58

Heroic Old NiP roster incoming

2021-10-21 08:25

Bummer. I actually like xizt; he seemed like a good guy. This is a sinking ship I'd stay the fuck away

2021-10-21 08:31

2021-10-21 09:23

how is it a sinking ship? theyre still a strong top10 team and have insane potential

2021-10-21 13:54

I appeal to all haters. Guys, you better flush your shit down the toilet. In the near future, the team will be one of the favorites at all tournaments. Therefore, it is better to get out right away, you will feel bad from their victories.

2021-10-21 09:13

Ok cheating supporter. Maybe you change mind when someone takes advantage of you.

2021-10-21 11:49

Good move from Heroic Now need only replace the 3 cheating players and the management

2021-10-21 11:51

Hunden was the goat, but xizt aint a shabby second choice.

2021-10-21 12:31

Anime4Life would love this news I guess.

2021-10-21 12:35

i love you hunden

2021-10-21 13:02

Jesus H Christ. all that hate. No matter what Herioc does, people hunt them with torches and pitchforks. get over it. move on. next chapter, please. Hunden was a great player and could have been a great coach. he fumbled the ball. in two years time we will see if he is still up to the challenge and this shitstorm will be water under the bridge.

2021-10-21 13:47

hunden was never a good player, probably was a good coach, but he will never be back in the csgo scene after this

2021-10-21 13:52

weirder comebacks have been seen. i wouldnt sent him into retirement just now. but maybe youre right. lets see in two years time

2021-10-21 14:01

Well the thing is. It's not about "he's a bad person so it's bad pr to hire him" it's more about "don't hire him he has a history of bad talking his organization and players and even sent strats to an opposing team on the way out, if you hire him he may do the same to us" So realistically I think his career is over at the very least in cs

2021-10-21 21:13