Bad News Eagles set up own organisation

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.

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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.

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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:

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

Albania Klesti "⁠stikle-⁠" Kola (coach)

Kosovo Sener 'SENER1' Mahmuti
Sener 'SENER1' Mahmuti
Age:
25
Rating 1.0:
0.91
Maps played:
380
KPR:
0.61
DPR:
0.67
Switzerland Rigon 'rigoN' Gashi
Rigon 'rigoN' Gashi
Age:
22
Rating 1.0:
1.06
Maps played:
382
KPR:
0.76
DPR:
0.74
Kosovo Dionis 'sinnopsyy' Budeci
Dionis 'sinnopsyy' Budeci
Age:
27
Rating 1.0:
0.97
Maps played:
650
KPR:
0.69
DPR:
0.72
Kosovo Genc 'gxx-' Kolgeci
Genc 'gxx-' Kolgeci
Age:
23
Rating 1.0:
1.08
Maps played:
366
KPR:
0.71
DPR:
0.60
Kosovo Flatron 'juanflatroo' Halimi
Flatron 'juanflatroo' Halimi
Age:
25
Rating 1.0:
1.05
Maps played:
575
KPR:
0.76
DPR:
0.73
NICE
2022-08-24 13:26
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#3
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Latvia Marchix
Nice
2022-08-24 13:26
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W
2022-08-24 13:27
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W
2022-08-24 13:27
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this ery vey ebic
2022-08-24 13:27
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Jamesbank
2022-08-24 13:27
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that's cool, gl!!
2022-08-24 13:28
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#9
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nEGRo | 
Brazil jzeni
goats
2022-08-24 13:28
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#10
Faceit plus user Faceit level 10 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Poland Astoner55
Nice. I wish them luck in the RMR, maybe they can repeat their antwerp success!
2022-08-24 13:28
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#11
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Spain batxe
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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12 replies
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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11 replies
#87
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Germany crippz
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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10 replies
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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4 replies
Some orgs are profitable in csgo, others no. Carlos said g2 cs is.
2022-08-24 16:17
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3 replies
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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2 replies
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
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2 replies
Thorin LMAO
2022-08-24 17:18
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1 reply
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
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#134
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United States hjhjghj23
venture capital can fund them even if they are losing money. it's not an impossible scenario
2022-08-24 17:45
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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
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W move
2022-08-24 13:29
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James Banks?
2022-08-24 13:31
0
huge W
2022-08-24 13:32
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Ez for Albania
2022-08-24 13:32
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W
2022-08-24 13:32
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#17
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Scotland Ludax
EZ4BNE
2022-08-24 13:33
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Very very nice
2022-08-24 13:33
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nicefor jame bank and bad new eagle
2022-08-24 13:33
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Ok
2022-08-24 13:33
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Banks team manager that's a W
2022-08-24 13:33
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Very good.
2022-08-24 13:33
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W
2022-08-24 13:35
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BLINK org was fucking idiot
2022-08-24 13:35
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1 reply
#141
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Albania eri1
i bet the CEO is in tears rn xd
2022-08-24 18:38
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#25
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Kosovo Paxtt
W
2022-08-24 13:36
0
Again
2022-08-24 13:36
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Banks won’t let slimey orgs use them for money
2022-08-24 13:39
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First dAT in 2014 and now bNE in 2022, nice to see people taking risks for esports
2022-08-24 13:40
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3 replies
and Astralis
2022-08-24 14:08
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2 replies
#155
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Netherlands JUNG13
And GODSENT
2022-08-25 12:56
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1 reply
didnt know that
2022-08-25 13:05
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Let's gooooo, BNE new Astralis!!!
2022-08-24 13:40
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#31
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Portugal couves0007
HUGE W FOR BNE AND JAMES BANKS
2022-08-24 13:40
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GLHF!!!
2022-08-24 13:41
0
Actual W wow
2022-08-24 13:42
0
congrats
2022-08-24 13:42
0
great but you can't make money off of a joke tier3 team
2022-08-24 13:43
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6 replies
They are t1, flair checks out
2022-08-24 13:45
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4 replies
oh did they replace their whole previous tier3 roster? Didn't know, thanks!
2022-08-24 14:07
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T1? LMAO...
2022-08-24 14:54
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#97
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Serbia DjapeZ
t1 are like top10,12
2022-08-24 15:36
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#125
Faceit level 10  | 
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Serbia daki9916
t1 hahahahaaha
2022-08-24 17:16
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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
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#37
NAF | 
Canada Hakkuof
letsgo
2022-08-24 13:47
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#38
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Serbia eliiiiii_
flag but I genuinely think this is bound to fail if they don't make the major
2022-08-24 13:50
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10 replies
#44
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Albania riphy
Flag
2022-08-24 13:55
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#79
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Luxembourg kindo
next will be vojvodina
2022-08-24 14:43
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6 replies
#98
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Serbia DjapeZ
Next will be Kiev ?
2022-08-24 15:37
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#101
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Sweden aima
fav anime: Sword Art Online Kid go watch anime dont talk about politics
2022-08-24 15:47
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4 replies
#148
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Luxembourg kindo
we got a stalker here lmfao
2022-08-24 22:49
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3 replies
he not a stalker ur jst a dumbass
2022-08-25 17:10
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2 replies
#161
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Luxembourg kindo
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
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1 reply
True that
2022-08-25 20:56
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#123
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Europe Jezynt
They can still "dominate" t2-t3 events tho
2022-08-24 17:11
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1 reply
#140
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Denmark P0vTr
xD
2022-08-24 18:08
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Cringe new cringles
2022-08-24 13:52
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#40
Faceit plus user Faceit level 10  | 
Albania snNickers
Giga W
2022-08-24 13:52
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GOATS W
2022-08-24 13:52
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#42
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Hungary ShadYyBoy
Very good!
2022-08-24 13:53
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#43
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Albania riphy
Good luck boys. Full support!
2022-08-24 13:55
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How did noone pick them up? They got to fckn LEGENDS STAGE!!!
2022-08-24 13:57
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THE PLAN?
2022-08-24 14:00
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3 replies
#49
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Europe jigglep33k
0 plano
2022-08-24 14:02
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2 replies
the kosovo plan
2022-08-24 14:12
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1 reply
Presenteeee
2022-08-24 15:38
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#47
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Poland malymaly
GL HF
2022-08-24 14:00
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James banks doesnt try and insert himself into something challenge (impossible)
2022-08-24 14:01
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1 reply
#165
HLTV Verified Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
SpawN | 
United Kingdom BanKs
What are you on about? LOL
2022-08-26 23:16
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I can sign them Payment - big mac combo
2022-08-24 14:02
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1 reply
#142
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Albania eri1
sener1 will take it tbf
2022-08-24 18:51
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gz and wish a very good luck for them!
2022-08-24 14:04
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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.
2022-08-24 14:07
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#57
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steel | 
Belgium VulcunStoleMyD
Good times
2022-08-24 14:08
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Damn that lost bet still haunting you?
2022-08-24 14:24
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1 reply
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
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#54
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India 10_HAZ
let's fckin goooo
2022-08-24 14:07
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W
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#61
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Poland morosek
W
2022-08-24 14:10
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Common W Banks
2022-08-24 14:11
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W
2022-08-24 14:18
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Nothing but GL
2022-08-24 14:23
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pogs
2022-08-24 14:25
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good job guys
2022-08-24 14:28
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#73
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United States r0yal56
W
2022-08-24 14:34
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Everyone liked that
2022-08-24 14:36
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gotta love a team from a small country
2022-08-24 14:36
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#76
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ropz | 
Kosovo thepoppinsnitch
bNE<3
2022-08-24 14:37
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#77
Faceit level 6  | 
donk | 
United States larrypotato
glhf
2022-08-24 14:37
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#78
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JACKZ | 
Croatia bert0
yesss, great news
2022-08-24 14:39
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Nice move Max 4months 1-3
2022-08-24 14:47
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Who cars
2022-08-24 14:53
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#84
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
markeloff | 
Brazil diixon
James Banks!
2022-08-24 14:57
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#85
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Kosovo Kush9
Right decision! Kosovo <3 Lets go guys!
2022-08-24 14:59
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G2 rigoN
2022-08-24 15:00
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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!
2022-08-24 15:02
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team manager james bank, wow
2022-08-24 15:02
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#90
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kinkybdsm | 
Other MissingN0
nice lets fucking go!!
2022-08-24 15:07
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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
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#107
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Albania riphy
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
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Oh shit I forgot BNE was responsible for the Kosovo separation. 🙄
2022-08-24 16:49
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2 replies
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
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1 reply
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
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Best choice ever <3
2022-08-24 15:22
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#96
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Finland Sizz - <3 ex-LGB
Noice
2022-08-24 15:30
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#103
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Brazil dio_scuro
nice cool good choice i love bne <3
2022-08-24 15:50
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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
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#166
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SpawN | 
United Kingdom BanKs
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
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Blink kkkk, their own fault to let em go
2022-08-24 15:57
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nice
2022-08-24 16:00
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#109
Faceit level 10  | 
L.K.S | 
Belgium BradleyTD
WWWW
2022-08-24 16:03
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#110
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Romania Pecea
BNE ERA?
2022-08-24 16:06
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I hope they are going to be successful, let's go boys!
2022-08-24 16:08
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nice good luck
2022-08-24 16:17
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balls of steel to do that
2022-08-24 16:23
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#116
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United States Zedsamcat
LFG!
2022-08-24 16:28
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#117
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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United Kingdom Enticles!
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
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W
2022-08-24 16:30
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GL mens
2022-08-24 16:32
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#120
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Kosovo Yungvng
W , gl boys
2022-08-24 16:37
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Let’s go Eagle 🦅
2022-08-24 17:07
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#127
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Hungary szia
Good for them, and best of continued luck to them
2022-08-24 17:17
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#130
Faceit level 7 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Portugal dracø
I wonder how much impact james had in this. GL, hope they can keep growing
2022-08-24 17:24
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#131
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Brazil hugoooo
Just like... O PLANO
2022-08-24 17:25
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O PLANO of Kosovo
2022-08-24 17:39
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Bravo <3
2022-08-24 17:41
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#136
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Kosovo nor1tt
Big W, let's hope the best for the boys <3
2022-08-24 17:52
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BNE guys support Ukraine, so big W here
2022-08-24 19:00
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GL bois, you deserve it
2022-08-24 20:25
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w
2022-08-24 21:30
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hell yeah! my favorite rising team.
2022-08-24 21:57
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GL Eagle mens)
2022-08-24 23:51
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#150
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Russia Z1Ned
Gl bad news eagle
2022-08-24 23:57
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nice
2022-08-25 10:24
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#154
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device | 
Belgium Gregg2k
I'd get a manager that doesnt get beat up at a night out so easily
2022-08-25 12:46
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#160
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Cyprus JoOoOohNy
good luck!
2022-08-25 18:00
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nice, but i think organisation will destroy team...
2022-08-25 23:17
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#164
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Germany Alsimi
W
2022-08-26 10:30
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