Bad News Eagles set up own organisation

24-8-2022 13:26

The PGL Antwerp Major attendees have opted to launch their own brand.

Bad News Eagles have announced that they have elected to create their own organisation of the same name, a decision that comes after the team spent six months on the hunt for a new place to call home following their exit from BLINK.

ex-BLINK reunite and seek organization

Bad News Eagles become their own organisation after half a year of donning the moniker

BNE climbed the ranking all the way to a peak 18th place in June after notably securing a place in the Legends Stage of the PGL Antwerp Major. They made history as the first Kosovar-Albanian squad to make it to a Major and they did so without organisational backing, the first team to do so since dAT at ESL One Cologne in 2014.

Bad News Eagles took the scalps of Eternal Fire, Imperial, and MIBR in a 3-2 Challengers Stage run before falling to Copenhagen Flames and FaZe in the Legends Stage. They ultimately bowed out without a victory, 0-3, after Imperial got their revenge in the elimination match.

Flatron "⁠juanflatroo⁠" Halimi and company earned an IEM Road to Rio Europe RMR berth due to their Cindarella run at the Major in Belgium, joining the likes of FaZe and Ninjas in Pyjamas in Group A. The Major-qualifying tournament will get underway on October 4 in the Mediterranean island-nation of Malta.

From LAN cafés to the RMR, Bad News Eagles have a chance to make history

"Today we came to the decision that we will continue with Bad News Eagles, as our own organisation that we will have full control over," the new organisation announced via Twitter.

"For us as a team, salary is not the most important factor in this decision but the staff that an organisation has and how they can help us develop in and out of the game. Another really important factor is the opportunity to bootcamp regularly without issue, this for us is where visas are also very important."

The team is slated to participate in ESL Challenger League Season 42. Their first match is scheduled to be against UNGENTIUM on September 7.

Bad News Eagles are:

Dionis "⁠sinnopsyy⁠" Budeci
Genc "⁠gxx-⁠" Kolgeci
Flatron "⁠juanflatroo⁠" Halimi
Sener "⁠SENER1⁠" Mahmuti
Rigon "⁠rigoN⁠" Gashi

Klesti "⁠stikle-⁠" Kola (coach)

NICE

2022-08-24 13:26

Nice

2022-08-24 13:27

this ery vey ebic

Jamesbank

that's cool, gl!!

2022-08-24 13:28

goats

Nice. I wish them luck in the RMR, maybe they can repeat their antwerp success!

Good luck! Better do it this way than beg for orgs, 100% sticker money for the players :D

2022-08-24 13:29

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Not sure if it's better tbh. Orgs are mostly losing money on csgo and they will have to do everything by themselves... And players usually gets like 90% of stickers money anyway (depends on contract ofc). Anyway good luck, hope it will work for them

2022-08-24 14:54

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You must be delusional to think that orgs lose money. If it wasn't anything near profitable those orgs wouldn't have any teams. If they stop making enough money to run a team in cs:go they cut them

2022-08-24 15:02

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There were tons of podcasts about it. They keep it to market org more but solely on csgo they lose money. It is how it is...just Google it. Tons of insiders were talking about it. This will be very hard for small org with almost no sponsors(or small ones), investors or big merch selling

2022-08-24 15:29

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Some orgs are profitable in csgo, others no. Carlos said g2 cs is.

2022-08-24 16:17

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G2 is definitely profitable overall but are they rly profitable solely on csgo? Was there any article or tweet about it? Seems kinda weird if you read that c9 article for example

2022-08-24 16:26

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they don't overspend on player salaries, they usually don't do too many massive buyouts in a short time, their team is usually solidly in tier 1. He said it on a podcast, don't remember which one. Sponsorships for the cs team, merch sales, etc were the reasons he gave. C9 prior to gambit never had a consistent t1 cs team, they would let their players leave when they wanted, wasted loads on the colossus, overpay players. That is why they were so happy get groove, because they are just going to let him run cs and hope its not such an L.

2022-08-24 17:46

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"they don't overspend on player salaries" do you think that either niko or hunter have less money in salary than other t1 players? but yea hooxi or monesy will have definitely way less. "usually don't do too many massive buyouts in a short time" well m0nesy was 600k, niko 500k and then they bought hooxi and jks(i dont know 200k each?), aleksib was more or less nexa swap so i dont count that "Sponsorships for the cs team, merch sales" well thats it. i even mentioned that but now we are talking about merchs and not about profit from csgo itself. big orgs with huge investors can lose money on csgo itself bcs they will market their org overall, they can promote sponsors to bigger audience , sell more merch so after all it will be somehow profitable for them but this will be rly hard for org like bad new eagles right? btw im not saying that you are wrong and g2 indeed dont profit from csgo. it might be true and i didnt see that podcast so i cant rly argue about it but i do believe based on facts that we can find that csgo as a game isnt profitable for most t1 orgs with high salaries

2022-08-24 17:56

For example... dexerto.com/csgo/cloud9-reveal-they-lose.. win.gg/news/astralis-finances-reveal-dev.. mobile.twitter.com/thorin/status/1219545.. hitmarker.net/news/esports-organizations..

Thorin LMAO

2022-08-24 17:18

and lets completely ignore the rest right...? btw i dont like thorin or his !opinions! but he definitely has an insight...

2022-08-24 17:23

venture capital can fund them even if they are losing money. it's not an impossible scenario

2022-08-24 17:45

There is a reason why the org with money have teams in different games not only csgo. Csgo is big marketing but not the way to make money. Look astralis they went very late in different games and have 0 money for csgo team

2022-08-25 07:46

W move

James Banks?

2022-08-24 13:31

huge W

2022-08-24 13:32

Ez for Albania

EZ4BNE

2022-08-24 13:33

Very very nice

nicefor jame bank and bad new eagle

Banks team manager that's a W

Very good.

2022-08-24 13:35

BLINK org was fucking idiot

i bet the CEO is in tears rn xd

2022-08-24 18:38

2022-08-24 13:36

Again

Banks won’t let slimey orgs use them for money

2022-08-24 13:39

First dAT in 2014 and now bNE in 2022, nice to see people taking risks for esports

2022-08-24 13:40

and Astralis

2022-08-24 14:08

And GODSENT

2022-08-25 12:56

didnt know that

2022-08-25 13:05

Let's gooooo, BNE new Astralis!!!

HUGE W FOR BNE AND JAMES BANKS

GLHF!!!

2022-08-24 13:41

Actual W wow

2022-08-24 13:42

congrats

great but you can't make money off of a joke tier3 team

2022-08-24 13:43

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They are t1, flair checks out

2022-08-24 13:45

oh did they replace their whole previous tier3 roster? Didn't know, thanks!

2022-08-24 14:07

T1? LMAO...

t1 are like top10,12

2022-08-24 15:36

t1 hahahahaaha

2022-08-24 17:16

JOKE? The org was formed just months before the major, no bootcamp, no org, no chemistry in the team & they make it to legends stage, I don't understand how thats a “joke” team it literally took navi years to accomplish their goals and we all know how big the org and the players are in CS.

2022-09-20 13:20

letsgo

2022-08-24 13:47

flag but I genuinely think this is bound to fail if they don't make the major

2022-08-24 13:50

2022-08-24 13:55

next will be vojvodina

2022-08-24 14:43

Next will be Kiev ?

2022-08-24 15:37

fav anime: Sword Art Online Kid go watch anime dont talk about politics

2022-08-24 15:47

we got a stalker here lmfao

2022-08-24 22:49

he not a stalker ur jst a dumbass

2022-08-25 17:10

lmfao can't watch sword art online anymore and who you are to say i'm a dumbass. we all are. we use fucking hltv dude

2022-08-25 20:30

True that

2022-08-25 20:56

They can still "dominate" t2-t3 events tho

2022-08-24 17:11

2022-08-24 18:08

Cringe new cringles

2022-08-24 13:52

Giga W

GOATS W

Very good!

2022-08-24 13:53

Good luck boys. Full support!

How did noone pick them up? They got to fckn LEGENDS STAGE!!!

2022-08-24 13:57

THE PLAN?

2022-08-24 14:00

0 plano

2022-08-24 14:02

the kosovo plan

2022-08-24 14:12

Presenteeee

2022-08-24 15:38

GL HF

James banks doesnt try and insert himself into something challenge (impossible)

2022-08-24 14:01

What are you on about? LOL

2022-08-26 23:16

I can sign them Payment - big mac combo

sener1 will take it tbf

2022-08-24 18:51

gz and wish a very good luck for them!

2022-08-24 14:04

Who remembers juanbotro stomping in T spawn Mirage when he tried to flank during the major, which pretty much lost them the game? Good times.

Good times

Damn that lost bet still haunting you?

2022-08-24 14:24

I dont bet, but nice try I suppose. Still one of the worst things I’ve seen in a major.

2022-08-24 15:27

let's fckin goooo

2022-08-24 14:10

Common W Banks

2022-08-24 14:11

2022-08-24 14:18

Nothing but GL

2022-08-24 14:23

pogs

2022-08-24 14:25

good job guys

2022-08-24 14:28

2022-08-24 14:34

Everyone liked that

2022-08-24 14:36

gotta love a team from a small country

bNE<3

2022-08-24 14:37

glhf

yesss, great news

2022-08-24 14:39

Nice move Max 4months 1-3

2022-08-24 14:47

Who cars

2022-08-24 14:53

James Banks!

2022-08-24 14:57

Right decision! Kosovo <3 Lets go guys!

2022-08-24 14:59

G2 rigoN

2022-08-24 15:00

GOOD NEWS EAGLES POGGERS Be your own boss! Let's just make sure we take it seriously, boys, and really give it your all. I want them to go just as last time, NO QUESTION, and hopefully even further. Prove it wasn't a fluke. Prove you guys are high octane god fraggers that can give us matches to remember!

team manager james bank, wow

nice lets fucking go!!

2022-08-24 15:07

I don't support Kosovo separation, but happy for the boys, hope we see them in the next major and they do well.

2022-08-24 15:08

you don't have to write something politic. U can just say "happy for the boys, hope we see them in the next major and they do well."

2022-08-24 16:01

Oh shit I forgot BNE was responsible for the Kosovo separation. 🙄

2022-08-24 16:49

Bro, go to any topic on hltv where russian orgs or players are discussed, and check if there are any politics is mentioned. Or if word 'responsible' comes up often.

2022-08-25 15:07

Yeah they need need to screw their heads back on straight. I thought I'm here to enjoy a fun game that we all love. Idk what everyone's constant preoccupation is

2022-08-25 15:29

Best choice ever <3

2022-08-24 15:22

Noice

2022-08-24 15:30

nice cool good choice i love bne <3

2022-08-24 15:50

If you remove James Banks and get someone who’s more experienced they might get the funding, James job is only to promote political stuff that cannot help the brand

2022-08-24 15:51

If you remove dumb cunts like yourself, who talk about things they know nothing about, we might have a better society. Nowhere have I ever on bNE promoted anything political. All I do and have done is help the bNE boys and take 0 money for it as I have a job. I am simply helping a team out so they can focus on the game.

2022-08-26 23:18

Blink kkkk, their own fault to let em go

2022-08-24 15:57

nice

2022-08-24 16:00

WWWW

2022-08-24 16:03

BNE ERA?

2022-08-24 16:06

I hope they are going to be successful, let's go boys!

2022-08-24 16:08

nice good luck

balls of steel to do that

2022-08-24 16:23

LFG!

2022-08-24 16:28

These guys made a fan out of me when they made it to the legends stage. Happy to see they're blazing their own trail instead of settling on some lower tier org that won't be able to support their development.

2022-08-24 16:29