PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Europe RMR Open Qualifier 2

BIG to field Krimbo in place of k1to for second Europe RMR open qualifier

1-3-2022 14:08

The German team will utilize one of their academy members for their second attempt to qualify for the Europe RMR event.

BIG Academy member Karim "⁠Krimbo⁠" Moussa is set to take the place of Nils "⁠k1to⁠" Gruhne on the organization's main roster for their impending Europe RMR open qualifier bid, the German organization has announced.

Krimbo will step in for k1to in the second EU RMR open qualifier

Krimbo has been on BIG Academy's books since January, his second stint with the organization that he rejoins after spending 2021 playing for cowana and ALTERNATE aTTaX.

He gets the call up to fill the shoes of k1to for the RMR qualifier after being one of the stand-out players that helped BIG Academy to a runner-up finish in WePlay Academy League Season 3, averaging a 1.12 rating in the tournament and a 1.15 rating in the past three months.

BIG, meanwhile, kicked off the year in good form as they managed to qualify for the BLAST Premier Spring Final through the groups, but have faltered since then with early exits in the IEM Katowice Play-In and the first Europe RMR open qualifier.

With Krimbo stepping in, the German team will hope to redeem themselves and secure a berth to the Europe RMR on their second attempt. Should they manage to qualify with the 19-year-old, BIG would still be eligible to use k1to at the event as long as he is listed as a substitute.

For the second PGL Major Antwerp Europe RMR open qualifier, BIG will field:

Johannes "⁠tabseN⁠" Wodarz
Tizian "⁠tiziaN⁠" Feldbusch
Florian "⁠syrsoN⁠" Rische
Josef "⁠faveN⁠" Baumann
Karim "⁠Krimbo⁠" Moussa

Niclas "⁠enkay J⁠" Krumhorn (coach)

RIP Kajtojackson twitter.com/ChristianLenz/status/1498646.. "Is it just temporary?" BIG Manager: "We will comment when the time is right"

2022-03-01 14:11

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Kajtojackson ;)

2022-03-01 14:10

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feels like some teams are getting really bold in these roster changes in this major cycle, nice to see the new generation popping off now in the tier 1

2022-03-01 14:37

KajtojacksoN

2022-03-01 15:22

True tbh

2022-03-01 23:10

finally this bot is kicked

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doesnt confirmed he is kicked. they also didnt told us about Syrsons Surgery. Maybe its something like this and they dont want to tell because of respect or so

2022-03-01 14:17

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german privacy laws mens)))

2022-03-01 14:20

twitter.com/ChristianLenz/status/1498646.. "Its not satisfying right now but for now all that counts is the qualifier and then we'll see" To me it seems like they'll tryout Krimbo and if it works out this move will be permanent, but i could be very wrong of course, we'll see when there's an official announcement makes me think about their roles, i'm not entirely sure what role Krimbo played in cowana but for BIG academy he's their IGL

2022-03-01 14:24

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isn't aqua IGL or at least he was afaik

2022-03-01 14:33

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he was IGL in last year's roster when krimbo joined, he handpicked the new academy lineup and started IGLing

2022-03-01 14:38

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which was only 1 month ago, I guess, especially at his young age, roles aren't fixed yet and he can try and fit into many different roles, valuable experience for him at the very least

2022-03-01 14:45

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from an outside perspective he did pretty well as an IGL though and his utility damage was off the charts

2022-03-01 15:25

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really like the move, test him out see if he does better than k1to. if he doesnt after 2 tournaments get k1to back and hope that during his time outside the team he learned something. if krimbo igl or comes with new ideas its fine too. could even kick tizian and get jdc.

2022-03-01 15:45

Aqua was their IGL before i guess they changed it at some point

2022-03-01 14:39

krimbo does a lot of entry fragging on t side he is good mechanically but only played tier 4 and acedemy leagues so far

2022-03-01 14:41

so did m0NESY, I guess this is his chance to prove that he´s ready for T1/2

2022-03-01 15:06

Yeah, everybody did at some point, s1mple, jks, you name it. Why not try new players, always gets me excited.

2022-03-01 16:15

exactly

2022-03-01 16:20

whats the surgery?

2022-03-01 23:31

No one knows thats it, the only thing we know is that he couldnt sit for multiple Hours and that he did the talks pregame in his bed

2022-03-02 14:45

Why not KrimboN

2022-03-01 14:19

2022-03-01 14:31

you have to replace one o with another one "NNNNo" stands for the expressions of BIGs enemies when they get rekt

2022-03-01 14:40

Captain Nealson as s1mpel like to call him

2022-03-01 21:34

BIG move possibly

2022-03-01 14:08

POG

why no krimboN

2022-03-01 14:09

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It is not time yet. BIG will assemble the Exodia in major men.)

2022-03-01 14:22

rigoN? GuardiaN? karrigaN? kairoN?

2022-03-01 14:32

RigoN would acc be plausible

2022-03-01 14:34

FalleN

2022-03-01 15:40

COME TO BERLIN

2022-03-01 15:54

god no!

2022-03-01 18:16

RIP k1toN

KrimboN

big if true

finally -k1to? big can become a top 5 team now lfg!

no, they still can't lol

2022-03-01 20:58

K1to finally kicked! twitter.com/christianlenz/status/1498646..

why no KaiR0N

2022-03-01 14:12

or xertioN KEKW

2022-03-01 14:14

Or RigoN

2022-03-01 14:35

Rip big

2022-03-01 14:13

- tizian ffs

tizian still in team?

oh may god why is Tizian still in the team?????

2022-03-01 14:16

No Tizian no Tabsen

2022-03-01 14:21

oh may gawwwd because he is bestest support player in da world!!!1

Hmm i watched a lot of BIG games and honestly i do not think that tizian is THE problem.

2022-03-01 15:02

he is one of the problems, but not all of them that's for sure

2022-03-01 16:26

He is doing okay with all the shit roles he have to play. Often giving weapons away, playing pistol in forcebuy rounds or get traded on T Side.

2022-03-01 17:00

scrimblo bimblo the lovable scrunko?

and tizian is still in the team

Because TiziaN is a great support player. He’s not supposed to be a big fragger, he’s supposed to drop guns, be bait and play spots no one wants. Even then. TiziaN has an average 0.97 rating throughout his tenure on BIG while k1to has an average 0.98 rating as an entry. I’d rather keep the support and get a better entry.

2022-03-01 14:54

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Well put mate.

2022-03-01 15:56

2022-03-01 16:00

Furthermore tizian is popping of(clutches or the rest not peforming) when he is needed

2022-03-01 16:02

nice try tizian

Rofl

2022-03-01 16:18

hes playing pretty good ct spots tho no ? hes not anchoring any sites if i remember correctly

He plays B on D2, vertigo and mirage I think.

2022-03-01 17:34

nah k1to is anchor

2022-03-01 18:32

2022-03-01 18:49

This looks promising. Very promising.

finallly, a W

FINALLY

maybe - tizian k1to > tizian

2022-03-01 14:23

Wow he's hot on that instagram photo

huge W

-tizian +kairon

no xantares no win?

2022-03-01 14:26

If krimbo goes over 1.00 rating Its a GG for k1to

new coach hundeN

2022-03-01 14:27

WHY??

2022-03-01 14:29

Nice

F for k1to

Good luck krimboN :)

He doesn't have N in his name he will also get kicked.

2022-03-01 14:42

Merry Christmas to you too :)

2022-03-01 14:50

I have no idea about krimbo but k1to was good entry, lets see

Srsly? I love BIG but the most time, k1to played trash. Stupid decisions, stupid pushes and his rating was very low for his positions and roles.

2022-03-01 17:02

but k1to is 2nd best deagle player after Niko...

2022-03-01 14:55

well niko is not the best deagle player.

2022-03-01 14:57

0/8

2022-03-01 14:58

His deagle is good, but his game sense is not. He makes some incredibly dumb plays, I remember he was walking around secret with his knife out vs MOUZ on Nuke, and frozen took his sweet time in one tapping him lol. He also is painfully inconsistent. He’s either dropping a crazy rating (1.8-2.0) or he’s negative, sometimes won’t even get 10 kills in a map if he’s sipping on the tilt juice.

2022-03-01 15:10

its very hard to be consistent when your an entry fragger. you can make the same case with rain but he, just like k1to, is a very versatile player overall. but now that i've thought about it, if someone is a better entry fragger that k1to, then i would choose the other guy to get (potentially) better results so fair decision for BIG overall.

2022-03-01 15:23

k1to was highy unstable for a while and couldnt grasp the reason why BiG continued to play with him. They are not as good as the time with xanti. Good luck 4 krimbo.

2022-03-01 15:08

FaveN takes kitos roles and krimbob gets faven's Ez fix

k1to is typical FPL player with no knowledge for tactical play

2022-03-01 15:19

krimbo must be able to hear anything lul

2022-03-01 15:28

rip and watafak

Expected. k1to refused to play as k1toN. faveN syrsoN tabseN tiziaN krimboN

2022-03-01 15:31

+1. if not krimboN, he will be kicled soon

2022-03-01 15:48

With ears like this, that guy gonna fly to major with entire big on his back.

2022-03-01 15:50

dumbo style

2022-03-01 16:21

-tizian +jdc and maybe BIG can progress...

2022-03-01 15:51

BIG honestly fucked up so bad when they didn't sign JDC when he was a free agent, JDC is gonna be pretty sick

2022-03-02 06:55

Krimbo goes IGL and Tabsen switch back to Entry Fragger .

2022-03-01 15:53

F kaito

2022-03-01 15:57

I love mr nils :( Hopefully he is just sick or something because I love him on big

2022-03-01 16:14

he is not sick, might be permanent depending on how krimbo performs

Finally

Good move actually, the guy performed average and lately he just couldn't deliver

Tizian survives again...

2022-03-01 16:27

And that's a good thing for big. Tizian is a great player, very important for them

2022-03-01 16:39

Not if they want to go anywhere as a team...you obviously have not been watching matches. No one needs a dedicated support player anymore because everyone can throw the necessary nades now

2022-03-01 20:04

kk, just nevermind

2022-03-01 20:11

bye trash bot

2022-03-01 16:37

I think k1to is a good guy, but I think he has been very inconsistent with his impact. He has that one map where he plays well, dust II, and that's it. Rest is maybe something, likely not. I honestly don't understand how he stayed there for so long with such shallow playbook of his own. People talk shit about tizian too, that man is a man of the system and very often he is a sacrificial player. He does his job, things that he does make sense in that system for a filler role where he does things that team needs instead of things that he'd likely be better at. I think he is good and he is not in place to be a star or to shine much.

2022-03-01 16:38

2022-03-02 06:54

K1toN (how he´s called in Germany) can take over games on Vertigo and especially on Mirage. His ramp hold on Nuke is very good as well. But he´s inconsistent especially on the T Site. He stayed so long bc the team achieved a lot in the first year and due to the pandem. BIG was one ORG which didnt make losses during the pandemic. There were also no replacement except for faveN because BIG wanted to go full German again longterm. Your opinion on tiziaN is exactly mine. gob B once said tiziaN is the best Aimer in the team but he can handle situations other players cant. He is also a very good clutcher.

2022-03-02 13:07