fnatic release Golden

14-12-2021 15:12

A new chapter opens for the Swedish IGL after two years with the London-based organization.

Maikil "⁠Golden⁠" Selim has entered free agency after being released from his contract with fnatic, the organization has announced on Twitter. The 27-year old spent almost five months on the bench and is now free to explore his options in the market.

The departure officially marks the end of the Golden's second stint in a black and orange jersey, having returned to the squad in late 2019 alongside Robin "⁠flusha⁠" Rönnquist. The Swedish IGL's most recent appearance saw him stand behind the youngsters of fnatic Rising at WePlay Academy League Season 1 Finals as a coach.

Golden is now a free agent

Golden was a product of the fnatic Academy project, being promoted to the main roster in 2017 after Olof "⁠olofmeister⁠" Kajbjer's departure to FaZe. In his first stint with fnatic, Golden stabilized the team and led them to glory at IEM Katowice 2018 and WESG 2017 before being replaced in the roster by William "⁠draken⁠" Sundin in the summer of 2018. The IGL then moved on, taking on the leadership of a struggling Cloud9 for a few months before standing in for Ninjas in Pyjamas at the StarLadder Berlin Major 2019.

His return to fnatic in 2019 alongside flusha prompted a brief resurgence over the course of the following months, culminating in trophies at DreamHack Masters Malmö 2019 and ESL Pro League Season 11 Europe, but their success would not translate into the online era. After a series of dreadful placements in 2020 and 2021, the Swedish IGL was benched in July to kickstart a rebuilding phase for fnatic that would see them go international with the addition of a British core.

"Today, we bid our final farewells to Golden. Golden climbed through our academy team into the main starting lineup, quickly proving his capable skillset as both a rifler & IGL, as well as a beloved & prized player. Thank you for everything, Maikil," read fnatic's statement on twitter.

fnatic are now:

Freddy "⁠KRIMZ⁠" Johansson
Ludvig "⁠Brollan⁠" Brolin
Alex "⁠ALEX⁠" McMeekin
William "⁠mezii⁠" Merriman
Owen "⁠smooya⁠" Butterfield (trial)

Jamie "⁠keita⁠" Hall (coach)

cya

2021-12-14 15:13

4 replies

Sad day for top 3 IGL

2021-12-15 02:44

3 replies

Tier* 3

2021-12-15 10:35

1 reply

akuma... lul

2021-12-15 12:49

Well fnatic super dead team. Soon -Krimz -Brollan +semi no namer +supershit no namer

2022-01-02 06:37

Good

glgl

New NIP coach incoming

11 replies

Very possible!

2021-12-14 15:18

10 replies

I just saw that on twitter he stated that he is looking to igl not coach but if he doesnt get any good offers as a player he will probably look further into coaching

2021-12-14 15:23

9 replies

he can even go to nip as igl, that's also possible

2021-12-14 15:25

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no that would actually be sooooo sick. Bro imagine, Hampus wouldn't really care I think and having him as just a aggressive lurker and letting him frag more and just letting golden and plopski doing all the bitch roles/positions. Golden would be good since you wouldn't really need that much fire power having hampus considered the best swedish player, rez and device golden igl hampus lurk plopski support device awp rez star rifler

2021-12-14 15:27

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Esetag > plopski

2021-12-14 15:35

Es3tag has to prove that and he hasnt yet. Maybe in time he will

2021-12-14 15:36

He doesnt have to because plopski is absurdly bad

2021-12-14 16:51

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Ur talking with a Swede that is stupid. How do people still excuse plopski lol.

2021-12-14 17:08

2021-12-15 08:49

It supriced me a bit why they didn't got for golden instead of esetag. Golden has great aim. Esetag aims like shit to be honest. But esetag is recently sign so don't see him going any time soon. Hampus and golden both calling would be great

Esetag is shit tbh. I can not understand why they would sign him in the first place.

2022-01-02 06:25

he is finished as a player. Could be a coach tho

wouldn't say he's finished as a player, played as an igl for a dead team with washed players. I can see him becoming a igl for a young project or a coach

Playing t2 teams with 0.75 rating, hes washed, i can be proved wrong but no way any t1 org is signing him

2021-12-15 09:35

Maybe put golden in apeks? -naawk -acilion -golden -jackhino -JW

2022-01-02 06:32

hes actually swedish not finnish

2021-12-14 16:07

tbh he had a solid career

2021-12-14 15:14

6 replies

2021-12-14 15:15

Better than 95% of pro players will ever have. People seem to forget this when they bash on players just because they never appeared on hltv top 20 or won a major.

2021-12-14 15:17

hes won a couple of really solid tournaments, especially Katowice and WESG 2017 where he won 800k as top prize.

2021-12-14 15:20

Exactly, very good career so far.

2021-12-14 15:42

+10000

2021-12-14 17:09

Yeah, considering he started his pro career at the age of 21 also

2021-12-14 16:55

dignitas -friberg +golden

Would be Interesting to see actually!

For real , a team with 3 tier 1 players with a tier 1 igl

2021-12-14 15:28

Friberg ain’t bad as an IGL, but Golden could be an upgrade when it comes to firepower!

2021-12-14 17:03

Lol friberg is igling ? Hahahhaa wtf Golden is upgrade both as igl and firepower

2021-12-14 17:34

He is

2021-12-14 17:50

2021-12-14 15:26

2021-12-15 01:17

to NIP

Another Swede, that leaves Fnatic. Soon we will c full British Fnatic

and they will perform better than the washed Swedish one

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delusional

2021-12-14 16:24

You should be glad fnatic gave you shits a chance

2021-12-14 16:31

the thing is they already are performing better than before the english guys were added, u can be salty all u want but its true

2021-12-14 18:42

Ik, i think it was a fair choice, but yall brits should still be happy that you get to play in a team with good management and history

2021-12-14 18:47

my reply was more aimed at the guys who said "delusional" and "keep dreaming" but ofc fnatic are a good org. its just theres very very few good swedish free agents

2021-12-14 18:48

LULW

I forgot he existed tbh

Took them long enough

he is 27 wtf, wasn't he on academy team like 2 years ago lmao

2021-12-14 15:16

hobbit got added into gambit youngsters at 26 :D

But his career started a long time ago

2021-12-14 15:24

golden started in august 2016 when he was 21/22

he left the academy team 4.5 years ago

2021-12-14 16:21

damn time flies

It is 'Rona's fault. Since January 2020 it just felt like one long month

2021-12-14 16:28

No krieg no win

IEM Katowice, WESG 2017 and some other events beg to differ

ty for some trophies!

Time to coach

finally golden free :D

NIP golden

golden to dignitas friberg kicked

wtf smooya still on trial

2021-12-14 15:19

i'd take this a signal that he's here to stay

2021-12-14 15:22

they're just waiting until his contract with movistar riders runs out so they can sign him without having to pay a buyout

2021-12-14 20:09

c9 flusha, golden coming

Lmao

2021-12-14 15:21

From what I remember he had a decent deagle

He is better than ALEX. Haters will disagree

2021-12-14 15:29

We will never know. People might use this time to say "see how much better Alex is as an IGL" but might forget Alex is a better individual, he got a new coach and two good players to the roster. IOW: Not even remotely close to the same setting as Golden had since Flusha and JW lost interest in the game back in 2020

2021-12-14 16:23

In terms of raw aim , golden > Alex

I really think GOlden still got it, he just really need a good teammate who trust him and play on LAN

That has been an issue throughout most of his career: People lack the trust in him, even though his trophy cabinet should show that as long as you listen to him, you will win

Can become NiP's coach OR Can replace Friberger or Dignitas. I know his last days on Fnatic were pretty shite but I believe he still has it in him and deserves a chance.

his IGLing just didn't work in online era :(

Bye

gorillaz?

- Doma + GOLDEN

who is Doma?

Ex fnatic valorant player

2021-12-14 16:26

Forgot they had him tbh

unexpected

expected

Who cars?

2021-12-14 15:37

he was still under contract? woah

LUL? THAT WAS UNEXPECTED

2021-12-14 15:38

Haahahahahahahahaha

2021-12-14 15:39

Tier 1 igl , who had to work with players like jw and flusha who were way past their prime. Give him smooya and mezzi and he will make fnatic top 1. Facts : on lan , golden played more than a dozen events with fnatic. He went out in groups only 2 times. Won 4 tier 1 events and the only tier 1 events that fnatic has won since olof got injured. Got fnatic to #2 in his first run and #1 in his second. Consistently beat prime astralis and prime faze. Best igl for fnatic , online era ruined him , he deserves another chance

he literally brough fnatic to #1hltv on online era?

2021-12-14 16:13

It was in the beginning of the era and was because they won EPL

First online event , the online effect wasn't really there

2021-12-14 17:35

The only a reason why fnatic got bottom ranking Finally this bot released

2021-12-14 15:40

This guy is the sole reason fnatic was somewhat relevant since 2018 lol #66 sums it up pretty darn well This guy had to deal with a lot and yet managed to make a decent career whereas other igls would be long done for

2021-12-14 17:57

Good player, hope he gets a good team soon, he deserves it!

2021-12-14 15:41

gl!

Sad to see go but expected. GL in the future

2021-12-14 15:43

...for good behavior

2021-12-14 15:45

He should either try tier 2.5 - 3 team or go as coach

im honestly convinced that nip +golden as coach would take them to the next level hampus' main problem is t-sides which is basically "i entry and rez & device go kill", and golden's tactical approach could be what helps them have better t sides

2021-12-14 15:56

Could we see a duo in Golden and JW in the near future?

2021-12-14 15:47

Golden JW flusha olof

2021-12-14 15:48

welcome to tech support pajeet

2021-12-14 15:50

ok nip time to sign golden as coach

2021-12-14 15:55

Golden Flusha JW Sunny Sergej

first three prolly correct, but flusha and JW leaving gorillaz prolly means the last 2 will be Swedish

2021-12-14 16:02

Brollan and Krimz are next. Fnatic will turn their csgo team with a full British squad.

2021-12-14 16:06

wow they kept him locked up for a full 5 months love you golden, very excited to see where you go next <3

2021-12-14 16:11

so gorillaz team getting ready so my sources say its gonna be this sunny golden supra sergej nawwk

2021-12-14 16:12

fuck yeah golden to NAVI

2021-12-14 16:15

Golden JW Flusha Olofmeister Dennis Top1.

2021-12-14 16:20

golden to gorillaz

he did so much for Fnatic... nothing, but resp;ect for this guy gl Golden

OG -Aleksib +Golden

End of an era 😪

2021-12-14 16:35

If this move was like two years ago it would have been a good one. This person wasted fnatic's era like get_right nip's after 2016

2021-12-14 16:39

Golden to Dig with the rest of the washed up swedes

2021-12-14 16:58

-krimz -brollan +thomas + vanity/peggyyy/whindanski/hudzG/Hughsy/ rattlesnk/mightymax/mole/surreal/dephh/kryptix/ kray/redsnk/Aaron/Puls3

2021-12-14 17:18

😂😂😂 thomas - please bro, you gotta be joking 😂😂😂

2021-12-26 09:01

clearly, did you not see all the other names mentioned?

2021-12-26 15:06

he don't stay

2021-12-14 17:28

I hope he gets picked up, at least as a coach. One of the most underrated igls ever imo. Even if he is done for, he had a really solid career, and perhaps one of the best anyone could ever ask for given what he had to work with

2021-12-14 18:07

literally the best igl fnatic have had imo, really telling how fnatic won nothing without him, and with that won actual big events with players way past their prime

2021-12-15 16:21

Yeah, golden did insanely well and is imo at least a top 10 csgo igl of all time. He made a roster of a rookie (brollan), two players way past their prime (jw & flusha) and an eternal t2 player (lekr0) into a very good top 10 team. Krimz helped of course with his insane rifling and support, but imagine what Golden could have accomplished if he had more favorable players and didn't have health issues while at C9. Fnatic rarely exited tournaments (before online) without making playoffs... Even more to his name: fnatic was his first t1 experience straight out of academy and he still did better than many igls with far more experience and better players

2021-12-15 17:34