MAD Lions close down CS:GO division

20-4-2022 00:32

The organization has parted ways with its current team just three months after acquiring two new players.

MAD Lions has closed its CS:GO division and its current lineup around Thomas "⁠TMB⁠" Bundsbæk has been put up for transfer, the organization has announced.

The Spanish-based side has had a presence in CS:GO ever since the organization's inception in 2017. Local teams represented the banner at first, but following its acquisition by OverActive Media and merger with Splyce in 2019, MAD Lions reached outside of Iberia with the signing of the Nicolai "⁠HUNDEN⁠" Petersen-led roster previously known as Tricked, and followed it up with a $2 million investment as one of the founding organization of the now-defunct Flashpoint project.

MAD Lions transfer-listed their entire roster and closed the division

The Danish roster fell apart over the course of the following year without finding much success, and in 2021 the organization went international with a brand new team, aimed at development of younger talent — a project that saw new players come in and out nearly on a monthly basis.

The team stabilized more recently following the arrival of Michał "⁠MICHU⁠" Müller and Viktor "⁠sdy⁠" Orudzhev at the beginning of 2022, only for the players to have to start over again following the organization's decision to withdraw from the game.

"After a long time competing, we say goodbye to our CS:GO division, as well as our current roster," the statement reads. "We've put our players on the transfer list and will work with them to find new homes. Thank you to all the players/staff who played with us."

The following players are up for transfer:

Thomas "⁠TMB⁠" Bundsbæk
Justinas "⁠jL⁠" Lekavicius
Johannes "⁠b0RUP⁠" Borup
Michał "⁠MICHU⁠" Müller
Viktor "⁠sdy⁠" Orudzhev
Volodymyr "⁠Woro2k⁠" Veletniuk

Jakub "⁠kuben⁠" Gurczyński (coach)

sad

2022-04-20 00:32

41 replies

Michu to EG?

2022-04-20 00:44

22 replies

borup to heroic

2022-04-20 00:48

12 replies

for what?

2022-04-20 00:51

3 replies

bubzkji version 2

2022-04-20 01:07

For refresh

2022-04-20 03:29

1 reply

lul

2022-04-20 06:51

sdy to Spirit

2022-04-20 02:24

5 replies

if he can prove hes improved past the level of one of our current players well take him

2022-04-20 02:53

4 replies

ok Spirit owner

2022-04-20 08:55

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2022-04-20 18:19

Ok spirit owner

2022-04-20 19:56

Heroic need awp

2022-04-20 12:29

Please

2022-04-21 05:56

most likely to ence.

2022-04-20 01:32

8 replies

lol, why would ence want michu? hes not an upgrade over anyone there and ENCE's results have been fantastic lately

2022-04-20 01:52

7 replies

yap, but major might bring some unexpected results and some offers to some players so there is a high chance they will need a player...

2022-04-20 01:53

6 replies

imo no way ENCE let go of any pieces when the results are this good only dycha or spinx could get bought out but even then why would any team take them currently, faze have rain doing enough, G2 have enough stars and jackz is doing fine, only team that could possibly want them is OG and i doubt they will splash cash on anyone

2022-04-20 01:56

spinx is the one who is most likely up for promotion, and OG might be replacing valde depending on the results, he is not living up to the expectations unfortuntly... in terms of $ it will be a huge upgrade for spinx i assume... and valde might be moving to EG as an option... and michu might be taking space of spinx in ence :) there will be some amazing shuffle options after the major... i`m kinda excited...

2022-04-20 02:00

Valde to Astralis

2022-04-20 02:29

Yeah because any of the transfers you mentioned will have any impact on T1 ranking. OG is not an improvement for Spinx except potentially salary wise, but OG is basically a cemetery. I suspect the biggest post-major changes will be teams disbanding and there being a vacuum for some time.

2022-04-20 03:15

OG are more likely gonna close their CSGO division before making more changes

2022-04-20 08:09

Leaving ence for og? Lmao. Wake up.

2022-04-20 12:32

Mald and Bankrupt sadge

Why tho they were promising

2022-04-20 00:55

-interz +sdy thoughts?

2022-04-20 01:47

0/8

Interz is arguably the second best support in the world after Perfecto, devastating to replace him rn

2022-04-20 02:02

Nah, sdy's character was questionable before and after his time with Mad Lions his skill too. Interz is good.

2022-04-20 03:24

Absolutely not

2022-04-20 04:38

if anything maybe navi if they end up having to cut electronic and boom

2022-04-20 04:54

2 replies

no woro2k is awper

2022-04-20 06:26

sdy rifler???

2022-04-20 15:28

Woro Sdy Jl Only salvageable things from this

2022-04-20 04:39

quite the opposite best prospect in this team is TMB, their young IGL but I suppose he will join a danish squad

2022-04-20 08:44

MICHU and jL carrying this bots

2022-04-20 09:10

2022-04-21 05:29

borup TMB bubzki kjerbay + one more danish player

2022-04-20 09:44

Maybe Acor?

2022-04-20 11:04

I doubt any team will dare to pick him up after the disaster in Mouz.

2022-04-20 12:31

Then Maybe lucky?

2022-04-20 13:20

RIP

rip

F Kuben

Yikes

Sadge

Unexpected

sad lions

2022-04-20 00:33

Michu how unlucky u have to be....

11 replies

unlucky? the luckiest player alive, receiving opportunities left and right from t1 teams and never proving to be worth of these endless opportunities

10 replies

Mad lions, eg, and envy t1? Lmaooo

2022-04-20 01:04

well t1 salary thats for sure

2022-04-20 01:36

All tier 1 orgs

2022-04-20 04:22

all tier 1 orgs. These rosters weren't tier 1 because of Michu as common factor.

2022-04-20 08:36

to be fair the projects were all kind of fucked to begin with, you guys are acting like each time this guy broke a perfectly good roster when in fact all of them were on the decline when he joined and were almost destined to fail

2022-04-20 13:54

Tier 1 teams, who plays like tier 3, but 1 at the least

2022-04-20 09:47

what t1 team?

2022-04-20 01:05

Tier 1 orgs

Tier1 teams? haha wtf he have never been in tier1 except vp

2022-04-20 03:04

Best player on ML with hardest roles.

2022-04-20 07:38

rip sdy

finally

Thank you very much! Such a great news <3

Sdy to NAVI

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Huh

2022-04-20 00:37

it would be good if they really are going through with kicking russian players

2022-04-20 02:03

who told you that? :D

2022-04-21 05:30

rumor

2022-04-22 03:15

source?

2022-04-22 12:36

hltv.org/news/33498/navi-ceo-we-hope-tha..

2022-04-22 16:44

it would be great - boombla + sdy

2022-04-20 01:12

boombl4 have good impact for navi look carry inferno last night against vitality and 15-13 in mirage boomich without that navi will strugle

2022-04-20 06:28

Who will igl then?

2022-04-20 08:24

I think sdy was spirit igl before chopper came in

2022-04-20 08:34

But what does sdy have over boomboy. The internals are good, he knows the players, they are good with the system. What would swapping him do. Perhaps a bit more firepower, from sdy, but he has 0 exp leading a top 1/2 team.

2022-04-20 11:21

s1mple could easily take over that duty. He's 50% talking anyways so why not 100%

2022-04-20 08:52

Sounds fair, but filling in to someone overseeing the whole team based on your info is way easier than having to take helicopter view and lead all players. Imo it will be a bad call to let simple igl.

2022-04-20 11:20

damn why so mad?

2022-04-20 00:34

Sad

Flashpoint kekw

2022-04-20 00:35

What did they expected with those lineups? lmao

Michu redemption arc when?

2022-04-20 00:36

Expected. If it's to make more tier 3 lineups again never come back

You can't have Tier 1 players without them first gaining experience in lower tiers first you bozo

2022-04-20 00:40

what does bozo mean

2022-04-20 00:42

google is free

2022-04-20 01:17

a bit sad, but that's the reality of current competition

Why?! =(

Very sad, great team :(((

2022-04-20 00:39

sadge

Expected

+1 their league team imploded as well despite winning a lot last year

they sold their 2 best players (Carzzy, Humanoid) and replaced with bad players, thats why they imploded.

2022-04-20 01:38

Funny that's Carzzy and Humanoid also are underperforming

2022-04-20 09:40

Carzzy is, Humanoid finished #2 in regular season so wouldnt say hes underperforming. Both did somewhat choke in playoffs though.

2022-04-20 12:22

Humanoid was shit in the most important games in playoffs so from my point of view he is underperforming

2022-04-20 15:27

LMFAO

1WIN woro2k ?

replacing one toxic awper for another? for what?

2022-04-20 00:46

2022-04-20 00:41

Wonder what kind of salary they were getting and I also wonder what kind of support is realistic for teams in and around Mad Lions position. I mean there are what.. 270 players ahead of them in the rankings (starting roster wise). Can't imagine Mad Lions is seeing anything in return.

I think they sustain themselves by selling promising players to richer orgs o-o

When shoke asked woro2k if his salary is more than 3k he replied that yes.

2022-04-20 09:04

Woro was getting 9k others like 3 times less

2022-04-20 10:58

michu cant catch a break T_T

Knew that was coming

Michu please come back to Poland and make some good roster, join Wisła Kraków for example :(

2022-04-20 00:43

AGO -mwlky ????

2022-04-20 08:25

RİP

Rest in Peace... :(

michu destroyed another team?

2022-04-20 00:45

I wouldn't say so. This roster wasn't doing too badly as of late. They had some up and down results, but nothing that would say they were rubbish

2022-04-20 00:50

mad lion's roster was kinda fucked from the start after they sold the danish team

2022-04-20 01:13

XDDD

KEKW

Michu the team killer

2022-04-20 00:49

Michu is the problem tbh

goodbye mad lions

2022-04-20 00:54

2022-04-20 00:57

woro2k sdy michu jks sanji

2022-04-20 00:58

wow how are u not in some teams managment with those moves

2022-04-20 01:33

shut up no scene

montenegro 1 loba brazil 0

2022-04-20 02:05

u got me there,that ruined my day

2022-04-20 03:31

was good until jks

2022-04-20 09:30

Finally

2022-04-20 00:59

whoever made those lineup decisions deserves to lose a job, just an absolute waste of time and money.

2022-04-20 01:02

Scam org

MICHU unluckiest player ever also rip sdy

2022-04-20 01:11

unluko

GO SIGN BAD NEWS EAGLES ROASTER ez

2022-04-20 01:15

Scummy org, good riddance. Hopefully MICHU finally join a normal team and not a half-dead one + Woro2k as well, probably go to some cis team once virtus pro players disband and they create some mix team.

maybe +kuben to NXT

2022-04-20 02:06

Kuben will probably join honoris

2022-04-20 08:31

Michu is one of the most unluckiest players of all time... sadge

2022-04-20 01:19

Not surprised at all, thanks god it happend already, i cant even imagine how much money i lost cause of them losing to so much worse teams xddd like imagine losing 0-2 to LILMIX

2022-04-20 01:21

they got mald

2022-04-20 01:23

mads

2022-04-20 01:26

sdy + woro2k to join Navi after the major so s1mple can take a break and boombla out...

Good, this international roster wasnt making any results there. In my point Mad Lions was dead when they trade Bubzkji to Astralis, that lineup was looked pretty decent at t2/t3 and had potential to compete on lans Bubzkji / Acor / Sjuush / Roej / Hunden sad to acor to choke at mouz but shit happens. That lineup was goat at mad lions, but this? Everyone put TMB as next year (2021) breakout star, meh... How i saw those matches nothing was so special to this guy.

save jL, the guy is a god

Man Michu is getting unlucky.... getting into teams then within the few months, the team either ends or depart him for something "better"

Sadge good players though, i expect most of them to get picked up

2022-04-20 02:04

Save jL

i think all cept tmb and b0rup are good, most can find their way onto some team

2022-04-20 02:07

TMB Borup Lucky Bubzkji Acor Literally just for shits On a serious note; SDY, Woro2K, Mir, and Lollipop could form a really nice roster if they get a decent IGL

2022-04-20 02:14

Can hunden play even with ban?

2022-04-20 02:22

Huh?

2022-04-20 02:23

he can IGL

Ohhh lmao I see what you mean, I think that the idea would be to keep it all CIS based. I doubt it even happens but on paper it’s actually a really strong core

2022-04-20 02:33

oh wait nvm i was reading the TMB lineup

2022-04-20 02:34

2022-04-20 02:20

adios

c.tenor.com/RL0-tTg3QOQAAAAM/oh-no.gif

2022-04-20 02:42

2022-04-20 02:43

sdy free

2022-04-20 02:44

It’s almost like they shouldn’t have benched Woro or something

2022-04-20 02:45

kuben really hyped this dumpster all the time

2022-04-20 02:59

They tried to be as terrible as Henry G and C9.. But Henry is still the biggest failure in the history of e-sports.

2022-04-20 03:00

All C9 had to do was look at this guys twitter and instantly realize that man should never be trusted with anyones money

2022-04-20 04:45

michu just go to a polish team already

2022-04-20 03:03

Didn't know flashpoint is no longer happening tbh

2022-04-20 03:06

who

2022-04-20 03:07

Disbanded lions :( unlucky

thanks god

2022-04-20 03:21

Honestly some of these players could join some tier 2 struggling team and if they grow enough as a player maybe be good?

Rip

2022-04-20 03:41

Tragic

2022-04-20 03:51

sadge 12-3 never forget :(

2022-04-20 04:06

sad !

2022-04-20 04:08

EG should keep autimatic and RUSH and sign the rest of this roster

2022-04-20 04:09

tran to V410R4N7

2022-04-20 04:14

Michu had bad luck lol

2022-04-20 04:17

Some good players

2022-04-20 05:04

sdy, michu and boRUP can be saved and go for a better org

2022-04-20 05:06

Michu to fnatic for Peppzor?

2022-04-20 05:40

2022-04-20 05:43

cs pro scene not doing so well, no new orgs coming and more leaving.

2022-04-20 05:46

2022-04-20 05:51

pretty expected. the roster performed way worse than what they look like on paper.

2022-04-20 06:04

2022-04-20 06:22

what kind of results do orgs expect, when they sign shit rosters?

2022-04-20 06:23

2022-04-20 06:29

who car bot org lmao

Michu team destroyer

2022-04-20 06:52

stfu best poland player

2022-04-20 07:16

Poland's most overrated player yes

2022-04-20 09:07

Cheato2k maybe he can wall people when their not there on a pro team? -junior +Woro2k

2022-04-20 07:22

From tier 1.5 danish squad to this

2022-04-20 07:23

a big loss for the developing scene of csgo very sad

2022-04-20 07:33

pretty sad

2022-04-20 07:34

Damn imagine burning million dollars on Flashpoint and Overwatch League very nice investment

2022-04-20 07:37

first time mad lions made headlines on hltv

2022-04-20 07:42

Michu and sdy sadge

2022-04-20 07:44

sadge sadge all around

2022-04-20 07:46

I read that sdy is in his grandmothers village without proper internet and signed up for territorial defense... did he play at all since the invasion?

2022-04-20 07:48

there was a few times where some stand in played for him but i think he played, yes, check his player page: hltv.org/player/12731/sdy#tab-matchesBox

2022-04-20 08:00

sold roster to heroic, didnt use the money at all, now time to shut down and run gg no re

2022-04-20 08:01

astralis borup OG michu mouz sdy

2022-04-20 08:02

fnatic w0r02k

2022-04-20 08:08

expected,lost to lilmix

2022-04-20 08:21

jL to where

Bro MICHU is fucking cursed, poor guy

TMB to HAVUJa substitute

2022-04-20 08:43

all mad lions did is just try to do bussiness out of players

2022-04-20 08:45

malding lions

2022-04-20 08:51

No Woro — no team — no toxicity — no problems! Axaxxaxaxaxxaxaxa, bad lions are clowns fr

2022-04-20 09:02

they will be back in a few month with some unknowns

I wonder if sdy got ML tattoos as well.

2022-04-20 09:09

sad for MICHU joining to dead teams like Envy , EG , ML

always forget that they have a team unfortunately cant really blame them for dropping a forgettable team

2022-04-20 09:18

The Mad Lions disband actually came true, sad for the players but the org realised this team can’t compete in tier1 tournaments..

2022-04-20 09:20

So many people say that Michu has the exceptional aim. It's understandable that he could not find decent team in Poland but it is the same abroad. Why?

2022-04-20 09:27

-all pride +aizy +gade +b0rup +MSL +kjeabye

2022-04-20 09:33

and nothing of value was lost dot jpeg

always happy to see a dead-end team disband

2022-04-20 09:51

Woro2k can finally join Akuma with his lightning-quick eye flicks

2022-04-20 10:12

2022-04-20 10:18

2022-04-20 10:27

They can't even achieve something in Tier 2-3 events. Nice call by organisation.

2022-04-20 10:37

their management is a joke

2022-04-20 10:59

Tbh this roster just lost unloseable advantages at the past few months, looks like they fixed a lot of matches, earned a lot of money, org too, after they are just closed the csgo division. Even woro was toxic or not still better than the whole roster, ai dont even understand why they hyped this bot Borup and SDY when they are both benched from teams.

2022-04-20 11:13

Lol org did not earn a lot of money lol Let’s not just create narratives.

2022-04-20 13:32

Aww man

2022-04-20 11:16

sad af

2022-04-20 11:47

michu kekw

2022-04-20 11:57

Ahahahha good, no more trash lions

2022-04-20 12:00

mibr x mad lions... still hurts

2022-04-20 12:16

MICHU :c

2022-04-20 12:23

Save jL alias Jose Luis

2022-04-20 12:59

There’s just not much incentive for orgs to invest.

2022-04-20 13:34

MICHU SNAX igl KEI MWLKY awp rallen

2022-04-20 16:05

I'd love too see it

2022-04-20 18:28

close cs:go division to open a division in valolrante, children's game. maybe children aesthetic is the way to go in attracting ad friendly investment

2022-04-20 18:26

interesting to see what happens to sdy woro michu b0rup after the major cycle is finished. sdy and woro are probably the best 2 anyways and the other 2 might not get any great chances, but still competent pieces especially sdy.

2022-04-21 18:37