Sprout part ways with KEi

28-12-2021 15:04

The German organization's whirlwind of changes continues as it is down two players after losing Kamil "⁠KEi⁠" Pietkun.

Sprout have announced that they have parted ways with KEi after the 20-year-old player expressed his wish to return to the Polish scene following a brief trial period.

The news comes on the day after it was revealed that Sprout's long-time member and star Josef "⁠faveN⁠" Baumann was transferred to BIG in a record-breaking deal, adding to a plethora of roster changes that have taken place in the organization in recent times.

KEi's trial with Sprout ends despite two successful months

Over the latter half of the 2021 season, the team moved away from a German-speaking roster with the addition of former Lyngby Vikings player Rasmus "⁠raalz⁠" Steensborg, coach Danny "⁠BERRY⁠" Krüger, and KEi.

The Pole now leaves just two months into his tenure with Sprout despite helping them recover from a difficult period and return to the top 30 in the HLTV.org rankings, picking up victories at local events ESL Meisterschaft and UNITED Pro Series as well as ESEA Premier Season 39.

An unsuccessful campaign in the ESL Pro League Season 15 Conference blotched an otherwise impressive resumé for KEi and the team, who amassed a 50-19 map record (72% win rate) in their short time together.

Sprout's lineup is now missing two players:

Timo "⁠Spiidi⁠" Richter
Fritz "⁠slaxz-⁠" Dietrich
Rasmus "⁠raalz⁠" Steensborg

Danny "⁠BERRY⁠" Krüger (coach)

he was their 2nd best player and they are in epl thanks to him

2021-12-28 15:05

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EPL Conderence isn't EPL, right?

2021-12-28 15:15

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they will be playing in EPL 15, since extra salt is going to be signed by CoL, they already have partnership, so 4th place will get slot to EPL which is sprout, ofc if they still want to play with what they have left.

2021-12-28 15:52

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Sprout organziation in shambles, guess ESL will invite mibr/00meme for the free viewers i guess

2021-12-28 16:16

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He asked for it. Read.

2021-12-28 16:23

Yes

2021-12-29 03:02

don't know what they're up to since they've benched dycha

2021-12-28 15:20

twitter.com/sproutGG/status/147582888877..

he asked to got benched... maybe is joining a polish "superteam"

2021-12-28 15:30

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joins Snax and MICHU

2021-12-28 16:15

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What would be a team? Snax Kylar KEi MICHU ?

2021-12-28 19:27

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tudsoN maybe, hes has been performing well for some time now

2021-12-28 20:08

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Papito better

2021-12-29 13:24

Where? In some trash faceit polish league?

2021-12-29 19:16

in fpl lol

2021-12-30 11:35

Hopefully not innocent

2021-12-28 21:19

rallen or young sniper like mhL

mhL would be dope af

2021-12-28 23:26

TudsoN

2021-12-28 21:31

yeah that is likely

2021-12-28 23:28

+innocent and call it anonyno

2021-12-29 04:11

Lmao

2021-12-29 05:25

2021-12-28 16:41

polish what?

2021-12-28 17:31

lmao no he was not wtf funny use of #1 tho

2021-12-28 16:24

Noob

Good bye

2021-12-28 15:06

Lulllll sprout so lulllll teammmmm drop team

RIP germany scene?

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They could get JDC and a couple of rookies from Cowana/BIG academy that seem promising and rebuild (I was thinking Krimbo who has 1.20 rating and is 19yo).

2021-12-28 15:55

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+1 Krimbo and Prosus could be good picks, but since they’ve switched to English already they have quite a lot of freedom

2021-12-28 16:21

Marix is also a great pickup

2021-12-28 16:51

Krimbo apparently rejoins BIG Academy to form a title winning team for WEPlay Academy League

2021-12-28 18:54

They need at least one german player to keep playing in ESL Meisterschaft and United Pro Series, right? So, they'd need someone like Krimbo, Prosus, pdy, Skyye, S1n.. Someone talented they can build up. They also need to fit rolewise. Dunno about that.

2021-12-28 21:44

Krimbo seems like the most solid choice, but if he isn’t available it becomes more of a gamble, Marix seems really talented but since he isn’t from the DACH region i’m unsure wether he would make them eligible for ESL Meisterschaft

2021-12-28 21:55

JDC should stay in MOUZ NXT, high chance he will get promoted to main team

2021-12-28 21:18

Rigon also speaks german and he is insane

2021-12-29 00:06

german cs is bigger than its been in 8 years or so??

ez 4 BERRY

sprout = big academy

2021-12-28 15:07

Feels like the old days when PENTA = Mouz academy (And even better that the last good PENTA lineup is what eventually went on to become the first Sprout lineup)

2021-12-28 15:09

old habits die hard

2021-12-28 17:07

And spiidi is still here like the old days... but now he is the one loosing player its like big is getting revenge for krystal lol

2021-12-28 20:48

rip

Good news for the polish scene

2021-12-28 15:08

Give it another 2 years and maybe they can have a good team again

Hopefully

2021-12-28 15:22

would not judge that fast, they are famous for building shitty rosters.. Any polish guys have eye on who is free now? mhl was recently rejoining some org, right? Dycha is locked in ence i guess :( What can they REALLY make? Snax, kei... ? ?

2021-12-29 18:35

RIP

Important info: "After his trial period, @KEiiCS has asked to get released from contract"

2021-12-28 15:10

xDDDDDDDDDD

now we have a dead team in EPL conference, they should give it to entropiq tbh

It doesn't work like that lol

2021-12-28 15:35

+1 so bullshit

2021-12-28 15:38

they are getting 2 new players lmao??

2021-12-28 16:22

No FaveN ~ Sprout disband?

2021-12-28 15:11

Good choice

2021-12-28 15:12

He was a KEi for Sprout

JDC sign?

2021-12-28 15:13

why would JDC downgrade?

2021-12-28 15:18

JDC is rumored join MOUZ main team with torzsi.

KEi and Michu returning to polish scene? Possible new good team? We will see...

snax is making new team hmmm

2021-12-28 15:19

+ tudsoN ???

2021-12-28 16:40

atm, they can try whatever they want a real good polish team isn't possible. Especially with Dycha in Ence and Bntet who wanna play in NA.

Bntet is NOT polish

2021-12-28 16:17

I see what you did there.

2021-12-28 17:08

There’s no such thing as a possible good polish team, any polish team that has seemed promising has either broken up after getting good results or just straight fallen of the edge of the world

let us dream

2021-12-28 19:44

>michu >good team Choose one

>Poland >good team Choose one

2021-12-28 21:24

+aunkere?

WTF

disband already ?

2021-12-28 15:26

michu kei snax bntet kylar Make it happen ples

XDDD

2021-12-28 15:29

Slaxz Awper Spiidi Support Krimbo Rifler/Lurker Raalz Igl Prosus Entry Fragger Berry Coach

prosus stays in big academy pretty sure rumors are that BIG academy is really building a good t2/t3 team

2021-12-28 15:36

So +marix +krimbo?

2021-12-28 15:37

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apparently krimbo returns to big academy but sprout marix seems likely

2021-12-28 15:39

Ty mens

2021-12-28 15:40

lmao

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waddup i know nothing, just repeating more or less reliable german csleaks twitter

2021-12-28 16:30

wtf really I mean the also reported ayken before to replce dycha although idk mayyybee marix could replace kei but out of all they couldve gotten it seems a bitstrange to me like no way cowana or esp. big acedemy is that stingy like if big is not willing to give a player to sprout for a reasonable price they really are evil damn

2021-12-28 16:33

yeah i mean they seem to have some sort of information source, they are right a lot of times (they also announced BIG faveN last week) but before something is officially announced of course things can change

2021-12-28 16:34

I mean it didnt take any insider info to know faven was going to big when he was literally tweeting about making a roster move for a year now

2021-12-28 16:36

i think it would be strange for krimbo to leave cowana as well but for BIG it would make sense to try to win the academy leagues i guess

2021-12-28 16:35

Prosus and krimbo will joing Big Academy according to reports

2021-12-29 07:47

Thats a waste ngl. Prosus could be already in big in replace of kito and krimbo already could be a in a tier 2 team like sprout

2021-12-29 14:58

But prosus isnt already in big academy?

He was in Big academy, but I saw some reports that they will join BIG Academy and krimbo will get replaced by the current academy player glaved

2021-12-29 15:55

Ty for the info mens

2021-12-29 17:14

⁠Spiidi slaxz-⁠ ⁠raalz marix ???

2021-12-28 15:31

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wtf marix?? also raalz no speak berlin

2021-12-28 16:20

twitter.com/CsLeaks/status/1473657480077.. they are right a lot of times but of course everything is subject to change

2021-12-28 16:32

wtf sangal ??????? no way they arent trolling

i think sangal is rumored to build a german team for a while now twitter.com/sangalgg/status/147256093970..

2021-12-28 16:39

ayo whut? I mean ay there are so many free agents out rn they could literally make a top 50 team if they tried

2021-12-28 18:25

dennis kressy mirbit s3ns3y (since they already have him) anyone from uol or cco also ngin or kyuubii

2021-12-28 18:31

hahahahah XDD carrer

2021-12-28 15:34

fuck off so these clowns steal s39 off entropiq and then dispand ffs bullshit

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I rly hope this is a bait

got something to say?

Nah i dont like talk with baiters and braindeads

christ unnecessary toxicity

2021-12-28 15:53

You re right sry mens

2021-12-28 16:05

who cares entropiq got invite to EPL already through ranking...

steal? hahah you mean beating enthrowpigs fair and square?

well obviously, im being ironic bruh 1 map advantage kinda fucked entropiq over though

2021-12-28 15:54

ok bruh

2021-12-28 16:57

1 map advantage would fuck them if match ended 3:2, not fucking 3:0 XD

What? He was the reason they won ESEA Premier and now they just threw him away for a some reason. Bench Raalz instead..... Why u sign him? Just to terminate his contract XD

Kei was the one that wanted to leave, they didnt threw him away. Read again

2021-12-28 15:42

2021-12-28 18:42

kei wasn't kicked, he left Sprout on his own ya dummy

2021-12-28 15:43

Ye..... I agree XD

So maybe you should Take your time and lesen some english, so you better understand it instead of writing a non-sense comment

2021-12-28 17:40

Maybe u should take ur time and dont talk when u dont have anything inteligent to say. I missed the info that he wanted to leave and that's it.

Anyway it's hilarious that he wants to leave after Quick time. Still i don't understand why he joined Sprout?

2021-12-28 18:44

Was he living in germany while playing for Sprout? Maybe he just wanted home after trying out to live in another country.

2021-12-28 22:00

He played here for short time.....

2021-12-28 22:25

Though people are differently build. Maybe he was just missing his family and friends. Especially during corona times this can be tough, if he really was in germany. We don't know his real reasons. There can be a lot. But it seems like he wasn't happy enough in Sprout that he wanted to stay.

2021-12-28 22:46

yoo maybe they have some plans to create a team around Snax, polish cs tier 1 soon

2021-12-28 15:41

How can you reach tier 1 if you recycle the same 30 players over and over again? Poland needs more than 3 good players, not new teams to reach tier 1

2021-12-28 15:47

trust me it won't happen this time

i believee

2021-12-28 15:48

we need a good igl the most we can only wish we had kind of player like gla1ve karrigan Snappi cadiaN

2021-12-28 15:57

Well rip sprout

how is not signing their kei gonna kill sprout of all things?

2021-12-28 16:19

No kei no faven..who is going to carry 3 bots?

2021-12-28 17:17

2bots kei is out*

2021-12-28 18:23

well #120

snatchie rallen Kei + + ez

ez for geyde

Kei Kylar Markos Nawrot Byali Make avez great again

markos and nawrot have no mental

2021-12-28 19:34

Kei Kylar Michu Snax Rallen

2021-12-28 16:01

makes no sense, snax awp and igl again? pls no

2021-12-28 16:58

Maybe MICHU igl? He did It in mixes...

2021-12-28 17:21

exactly, mixes, also snax shouldn't be an awper, maybe the 2nd one but not the primary for shure

2021-12-28 21:34

Agreed

2021-12-29 00:19

>achieve top20 with sprout >decide to go back to dead polish scene ???? leaving sprout can be understandable since they lost faven but going back to playing with his polish friends and shitting the bed against tier4 teams is next level brain

2021-12-28 16:03

they didnt extend his trial they have money for better players

2021-12-28 16:18

Wtf are u writing, they didnt kick him. He was the one who wanted to leave for a pl team:)

2021-12-28 16:28

you replied to the wrong person it seems

Nope, u said "they didnt extend his trial". But he was the one who didnt extend it not THEM

ok maybe dont get mad at somebody for your lack of london

2021-12-28 18:22

Lol you wrote misinformation so im pointing that for you;) Edit #83 and stop being toxic, you blind sprout fan)

2021-12-28 19:28

maybe he has problems with sprout, do you know him and how the team works inside? no, also top20 in the end of the year is nothing special

2021-12-28 16:59

thats better than he will ever get with any polish roster, sprout was dominant against tier 2-3 teams recently and they were clearly a very strong team. As I said, I could understand why he left, but cannot understand why he decided to go back to this shithole to get knocked out from loot bet cup again

2021-12-28 23:30

dunno, only kei knows why

2021-12-29 02:23

Good I missed him in Polish scene

2021-12-28 16:09

Well to be Fair after the Deal with Faven sprout have for sure a lot of money in the bag too get 1 or 2 good players for this org.

2021-12-28 16:10

Hhahahahahaahahahahahaha

2021-12-28 16:12

natosaphix time :DDDD

MICHU Snax KEi Kylar mhL

No chance for mhl, also MICHU said he won't be playing for Polish team...

2021-12-28 17:24

I think that when there will be a good squad, it may be tempting also it depends on the organization, if it was Polish, there is no chance for this team.

2021-12-28 21:21

lets gooooooooooooo

Raalz is so bad

tbf i also doesnt Like him, but its so stange how He always hits the most insane flicks etc. and the way He often outplays the enemies is good. Might not be a Tier 1 Player, but enough for Tier 2-3, so there isnt a reason thex should swap Players, except If they want to Go füll German again

2021-12-28 17:46

Agree ... He used to be good on LV but on Sprout he's not doing do well ...

2021-12-29 01:35

kei szejn snax hades michu

hades will not leave ence for the Polish team

2021-12-28 16:52

i know, this team will never happen i doubt szejn will ever igl such older guys as well

2021-12-28 17:11

Szejn isnt the igl, i think you mistaked him with siuhy

Only god denis can safe Sprout. +denis +Michu

2021-12-28 16:25

2021-12-29 08:32

oKei

2021-12-28 16:42

kei to anonymo or to snax's team, but i guess it's the 1st option

2021-12-28 16:54

The recent sprout roster routine: Get some polish players Qualify to some big event Kick the polish player Bring some german players in Be trash for a while Repeat

2021-12-28 17:05

2021-12-28 17:25

Snax, kei, michu, +who, +who

Has something changed with MICHU? He wants international team

2021-12-28 17:26

kylar, tudson/blacktear

2021-12-28 17:27

Blacktear xd

2021-12-28 19:02

Damn, that's so sad hltv.org/team/8637/sprout#tab-matchesBox They just became good at tier-2 recently and BiG just disbanded them :(

2021-12-28 17:42

He was the kei player of their team :(

2021-12-28 17:44

ye this team dead af now

can we stop getting news from polish cs

2021-12-28 17:47

It's German cs mr big brain

2021-12-28 18:21

kei is german then, ok mr mengele

2021-12-28 19:26

I mean this steam finally started to look good after he joined. Polish scene is dead and he won't be even close of achieving anything relevant there.

2021-12-28 18:20

I hope that new polish team will become more successful than sprout so I could return to your reply:)

2021-12-28 19:29

Also marked yours If it goes irrelevant and lose to Tier 5 CS :)

2021-12-29 07:44

Losing to tier 5 isnt bad as Long as it isnt consistent. Almost every team loses a match to tier 5 in a while.

2021-12-29 10:20

aahahha Sprout manager is really bad at what he is doing

kei himself asked to leave ,read with understanding lol

2021-12-28 18:51

just another day in polish "pro" player career

2021-12-28 18:24

hahahaha polish cs and toxic polaks xdddd

2021-12-28 18:29

imagine sprout without polaks

2021-12-28 23:58

and they still keep raalz lol, this guy is washed up since the first major

2021-12-28 19:03

sprout finally gonna reclaim kyuubii

2021-12-28 19:09

Sprout : Spidii,slaxz,raalz,krimbo,prosus Anonymo : snatchie,rallen,kei,MICHU,oskarish GG

2021-12-28 20:25

anonymo has already selected the next line-up (probably): vegi, oskarish, innocent, snatchie, demho

2021-12-28 21:06

-snatchie +tudson according to leaks

2021-12-29 10:27

Huge loss for Sprout, he was doing great, but it's nice to see him back in Poland, he is defienietly one of the best Polish players atm. I'm not to worried for Sprout, I feel like the fundation of this team is strong, and if they manage to get 2 good riflers, maybe one hard entry, they will probably still be a good Tier 2 team. GL in Poland KEi!

2021-12-28 21:12