Luken becomes free agent after split with 9z

31-5-2022 10:54

The Argentine is looking for a new home after only three months with the organization.

Luca "⁠Luken⁠" Nadotti has announced that his cooperation with 9z ended on mutual agreement, seeing him become a free agent that is open to new challenges.

Despite his short stint with the team, Luken managed to qualify for the Challengers Stage of the PGL Antwerp Major and averaged a 1.11 rating for 9z in 2022 as the team's AWPer.

"The Bull" is on the market

Luken returned from a two-year CS:GO hiatus in January of 2022 to join 9z as a replacement for outgoing teenage star Santino "⁠try⁠" Rigal, but despite some good results, won't be continuing with the team.

"I will surely explain more on my stream about my exit and what I am looking for in my future since it is much easier for me to express myself and tell you things in words and not in writing," Luken wrote in a Twitlonger.

"It is important that you know that it was a mutual agreement not to continue playing in 9z, I am very grateful to the guys on the team, they are all great people, great teammates, and good players and I wish them the best in everything they personally propose, that I want so much."

Luken: "We're hanging in the balance now, but every team we play is in the same situation"

The 25-year-old Argentine noted that he is flexible and open to different options for his next team as he speaks Spanish, Portuguese, and English, has experience playing as an IGL, rifler, and AWP, and is willing to compete in any region.

9z are now:

Maximiliano "⁠max⁠" Gonzalez
Franco "⁠dgt⁠" Garcia
Martin "⁠rox⁠" Molina
David "⁠dav1deuS⁠" Tapia Maldonado

Rafael "⁠zakk⁠" Fernandes (coach)

sad!

2022-05-31 10:54

4 replies

Insane player though

2022-05-31 10:55

1 reply

Crazy that he's a massive streamer too, dude has 200k twitter followers I think, but just recently started playing t1 cs. Mad.

2022-05-31 17:58

Who

2022-05-31 11:09

XXXTENTACION SAD!

2022-05-31 11:38

unexpected

why mens (

-monesy +luken

2022-05-31 10:56

G2 is saved

2022-05-31 13:35

+jks or +yekindar?

2022-05-31 10:57

jks, hes from the same hemisphere

2022-05-31 10:59

Damn that’s weird

2022-05-31 10:58

-monesy +luken would be huge upgrade for g2

7 replies

are you blind???? Though Luken is great Monesy is insane

2022-05-31 16:53

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okay, yes luken is a bit worse, but i just dont like watching monesy play, missing literally half of easy shots. he kinda pays it back with crazy flicks, but idk...

2022-06-01 07:07

+1 omegalul😂

2022-06-01 12:58

I think it's clear you're being sarcastic, but a more accurate and reasonable decision would be -Aleksib +Luken. More frags guaranteed, not sure how well he would do as an IGL though.

2022-05-31 22:13

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actually i am not sarcastic, i am tired of seeing monesy miss half of easy shots and then hit some highlight shots and everyone is like "wow he is so insane" yes, he is pretty good, but he misses so much easy shots... i think there are more reliable awpers than monesy.

2022-06-01 07:06

don't dream man... the only argentine player who can play in a t1 is TRY...

2022-06-01 12:51

yea try is good

2022-06-01 12:54

huh hope to hear what happened

2022-05-31 11:01

komanda yazb

2022-05-31 11:05

new navi 5th

2022-05-31 11:07

2022-05-31 11:10

Why does he has his teeth in blood though?

During the celebration against paiN someone hit his mouth by accident

2022-05-31 11:11

No he bit his lip

2022-05-31 12:26

tough hard match vs MIBR they attacked him after the loss

2022-05-31 11:13

Doesn't MiBR is in need for a AWP+IGL?

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I think JOTA will AWP

2022-05-31 11:19

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Last time I've watched them they were rotating the AWP between players like GODSENT was doing before HEN1. But getting lukeN that is a "native" AWP and IGL will fill the hole they now have, he also live relative close to BR and speaks PT, he has XP and is a good consistent player, make all sense on my book.

2022-05-31 11:23

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brnz4n just joined bro

2022-05-31 11:35

I know but seems that kind rushed and out of place using him as an AWPer and chelo to IGL, dunno, doesnt really seem right

2022-05-31 11:45

Luken will join coldzera vsm and try at 00nation and play second awp

2022-05-31 11:40

Damn, is better to return to retirement then.

2022-05-31 11:46

6 replies

Imagine vsm and try two star players, coldzera without being IGL, luken as IGL and probably DGT, i really can see success in this lineup

2022-05-31 12:06

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there's no way dgt leaves 9z for a worse team, he's a partial founder of the csgo division at the club and has been since their first roster back in 2019, the only way i see him leaving is to join a solid T2/T1 maybe Riders or paiN

2022-05-31 16:33

Bro, dev1ce literally created astralis org with other teammates and then abandoned it to a lesser team

2022-05-31 16:47

2022-05-31 18:56

True, but he had a reason: his Swedish (ex)girlfriend, and probably the fact that he had already won 4 Majors, also knowing he wouldn't be able to win another one since it wasn't the same Astralis anymore. I think they're two totally different cases...

2022-05-31 21:47

I really think luken should pick 00 nation with dgt cold vsm and would try but maybe i'm wrong

2022-06-01 11:11

Luken only started awping in 9z though, afaik he wasnt an awper ever befeore that

2022-05-31 12:14

Yes this is true, he was a rifler in Sharks when he played there with meyern and also he told in one of the RMR interviews that he pretty much recently converted to an AWPer

2022-05-31 13:31

Luken played as main awper in Furious Gaming at WESG china 2018 (late 2018-early 2019)

2022-05-31 18:58

i could be! Luken played for sharks with Exit!

2022-05-31 13:07

Please godsent add him

2022-05-31 11:15

I can see luken making a great impact in MiBR or Fnatic. Hopefully he'll sign for one of these two. Good luck!

2022-05-31 11:36

brother do you unironically see him playing for fnatic? wtf

2022-05-31 16:22

seems like a weird decision considering he was a good player on a good team

2022-05-31 11:51

not just good, almost their solid 2nd impact player.

exactly

2022-05-31 15:30

"The Bull" is on the market ???? who came up with that line hahahahahahahahahhahaha sounds 18+

Nothing wrong with that mens))

2022-05-31 12:28

why man? they we're doing great with him, this is sad

2022-05-31 12:15

Probably some bigget team wanted him, and he is training with them

2022-05-31 20:51

-fnx +Luk

2022-05-31 12:21

2022-05-31 13:02

Luken Good Player

2022-05-31 12:24

dgt to 00nation 9z disband

2022-05-31 12:35

try to 9z 00nation disband

2022-06-01 00:32

-fnx +luken good hybrid player for Imperial

2022-05-31 12:37

never happening + NO NO NO HELL NO

2022-05-31 13:44

-boombl4 +THE BULL

2022-05-31 12:53

big loss for 9z!

2022-05-31 13:05

Kinda expected. One of worst awper in challenger stage, ending up in the last place in terms of total awp kills and awp kills per round.

2022-05-31 13:24

he isn't awper, he was playing with it cause try left the team. His role is rifler and one of the best in americas for sure

2022-05-31 14:12

agreed, honestly when MIBR had fallen and cold i didnt understand why they picked up meyern who was a star player and moved him to lurk/support - luken literally is perfect at that role and wouldve been a better choice

2022-05-31 18:29

he was too expensive at the moment if i remember correctly, sharks killed his career basically

2022-05-31 18:48

2022-05-31 23:05

00 luken?

God hear you

2022-05-31 19:01

what a trash photo lol

2022-05-31 14:34

Why have they still not got rid of Rox???

2022-05-31 14:35

maybe team chemistry

2022-06-01 02:04

Because even 9z's CEO is a simp of him. People always attack you when you criticize him, even though it's more than obvious that he is the weakest member of the roster, and by far. Anyway, it's never my intention to hate on him, actually, I really wish he did better, I'm just objective enough to realize his inconsistence can sometimes be a serious problem for the team, and calling everyone that points out his mistakes "Nova" is no justification for it, but all these people just don't seem to understand it...

2022-06-01 04:39

Luken has an insane aim, he isn't a full-time awper. I would like to see him performing in a EU team considering he can speak english in a decent way.

2022-05-31 14:37