Endpoint bench CRUC1AL

9-9-2022 18:31

The team have listed Miłosz "⁠mhL⁠" Knasiak in their roster for the upcoming ESL Challenger Rotterdam open qualifier.

Endpoint have moved Joey "⁠CRUC1AL⁠" Steusel to the bench, the British organization has announced. The Dutchman leaves the team following a two and a half years long service after his individual level dropped off in 2022, with the AWPer averaging below a 1.00 rating against top 50 opposition.

The news comes just days after Endpoint returned from their short-lived campaign in ESL Pro League Season 16. They showed signs of promise at the Maltese event, dealing Natus Vincere their first loss to a team outside of the top 30 in three and a half years, but ended up placing last in Group A with a 1-4 record.

CRUC1AL departs Endpoint's active roster after two and a half years

In the weeks before that, Endpoint also fell short of qualifying for next month's Regional Major Ranking event. They came the closest in the second European open qualifier, where they were beaten to a spot at the event by Monte.

The team around Max "⁠MiGHTYMAX⁠" Heath will trial "a number of AWPers" in the coming weeks to fill the vacant spot, it was revealed in the announcement.

While no names were mentioned, former MOUZ NXT and AGO player mhL features on their roster for the second European open qualifier ahead of ESL Challenger Rotterdam, which kicks off on Saturday and has two closed qualifier spots on offer.

acoR, siuhy leave MOUZ; mhL explores options outside academy teams

In late August, the 20-year-old Pole revealed that was allowed by MOUZ to explore other options after the majority of the academy roster went their separate ways, saying he was "determined to show [his] worth outside academy teams."

Endpoint have the following lineup listed for the ESL Challenger Rotterdam open qualifier:

Max "⁠MiGHTYMAX⁠" Heath
Kia "⁠Surreal⁠" Man
Guy "⁠NertZ⁠" Iluz
Markus "⁠Kjaerbye⁠" Kjærbye
Miłosz "⁠mhL⁠" Knasiak

Allan "⁠Rejin⁠" Petersen (coach)

finally

2022-09-09 18:32

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Not that crucial, huh

2022-09-09 19:25

benched when to rotterdam lul

3 replies

Kinda messed up

2022-09-09 19:04

xddddddd the only time they didnt have to fly him out

2022-09-09 19:06

lmao

2022-09-10 05:43

cruc1l mistake

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that's "Surreal" Man

2022-09-09 21:15

endpoint are nertz for doing this

2022-09-09 21:27

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KjaerBYE, cruc1al!

2022-09-10 13:12

This shit is mighty stupid to the max!

2022-09-10 14:29

MHL INCOMING

mantuu said no ):

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wtf lol, it's perfect so long as he changes his flag back xd

2022-09-09 18:48

Mad cuz mantuu isn't british

2022-09-16 12:22

sauce?

2022-09-09 19:00

He deserves better team.

2022-09-09 19:33

2022-09-09 21:07

good for Endpoint and for mhL

wow, this is gonna be a dangerous team!! also, fuck you, smooya fanboys

2022-09-09 18:35

unluko for enpdoint

deserved

Good

+Smooya ez top 10

2022-09-09 18:33

#beneluxcs getting benched for an upcoming qualifier for a tournament in the Nether. Rip

dick move from the org, had a chance to play in his country and when he was almost here got benched

2022-09-09 19:39

>Beat Navi >Change roster Gigachad move

Good enough to beat navi. Unfortunately they weren't good enough to compete with the top 1 team (Tyloo)

2022-09-09 21:03

This is so sad

Hurts man

Mhl is definitely better than Cruc1al on average, but man Joey was insane against NaVi :( If he could have just fixed his consistency issues he would have been a great tier 2 awper

2022-09-09 18:49

i totally agree with you, but he's the reason i became an endpoint fan.

2022-09-09 20:52

Nice, this could actually make Endpoint a decent team

Noooo why

sad for cruc1al, but he missed so many shots last week...

2022-09-09 18:37

+mwlky? +mhl? +mantuu?

2022-09-09 18:36

+mhL he play rotterdam quali with Endpoint

EndPole

2022-09-09 18:38

EndPolack

2022-09-09 22:03

POIZON EZ

Decent all around, good luck allll.

Most inconsistant player in T2 for a while now

2022-09-09 18:34

+mantuu will be great ...

And yet they keep surreal the bot wow

+smooooooooooooya for British core It's what Queen Lizzie would've wanted

This team looking promising ; GL to mhL 🙂

Dutch CS can’t have some rest 😞

Smooya when

is that tristan tate?

2022-09-09 18:39

sad for netherlands hope

2022-09-09 18:40

why cruc1al lol

Ffs

NOOOOO rip benelux cs

rip the trio

2022-09-09 18:41

benched before Rotterdam rip lol

Expected +mantuu -surreal +gade

2022-09-09 18:42

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That's actually made sense

yes

2022-09-09 19:01

This would be awesome!

2022-09-09 19:13

This would work so well, and would still allow endpoint to go through regional invites (they will have 3/6 danish so I think they'll be able to play in those tournaments, but rip esl premiership)

2022-09-09 21:04

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thats right they might loose the partnership but its nothing considering they might be able to be a consistent tier 2/1.5 team

2022-09-09 21:12

I'd much rather they leave the ukcs scene slightly to improve providing they keep MiGHTYGOD

2022-09-09 21:13

Only problem with benching surreal is that him and max are roommates so it would get kinda awkward I reckon, however a team of MiGHTYMAX Nertz Kjaerbye Mhl / Mantuu Gade Would be mental

2022-09-09 21:14

thats a good point actually but you know they are all called professional so they need to be professional. with need to consider that it happened to many players in the pro scene

2022-09-09 21:17

Man stating the reason crucial had to go over surreal.

2022-09-10 01:16

rip

2022-09-09 18:43

dev1ce joining

2022-09-09 18:44

+mantuu easiest reshuffle predict EVER

++Mantu ++Smooya +junior (pick1,kill 1, marry1)

2022-09-09 18:50

Marry smooya as there would never be a dull day Kill junior cos he keeps failing in teams Pick Mantuu cos he's a beast :)

2022-09-09 19:15

I would marry junior I would pick junior I would not kill junior

2022-09-09 21:05

I'm not crying you are

2022-09-09 18:51

TomTom consider anarkez plssss

for you, anything

2022-09-09 19:30

I BELIEVE

2022-09-09 19:34

+anarkez for sure

2022-09-09 18:53

+CruciaL on any team is +1

device here he come with kjarybe bot

2022-09-09 18:55

-crucial +mantuu -surreal +gade GIGACHAD moves

2022-09-09 18:57

Such a surreal decision, such a mighty player was crucial for their successes

get Kjaerbye in there and we'll talk

wtf mens

upgradeeeee

-surreal please it’s only fair

nice

Endpoint, odd team name, I mean it’s a meme by now, better to use org names that aren’t easily memeable

2022-09-09 19:03

-surreal now pls

decent upgrade

Crucial seems like a nice guy but I think this is a great move

2022-09-09 19:24

mantuu or mhL would be great for them

+mantuu

2022-09-09 19:26

it wont be smooya, can guarantee u that. He would already be on Endpoint by now..

Mhl isn’t a bad choice at all if that becomes permanent

2022-09-09 19:38

Crucial needed to go, lets see if mhl is what they are looking for

They gotta bring anarkez from Finest he'll be great!!

2022-09-09 19:43

meh, he wasn't really their problem.

2022-09-09 19:44

why is surreal still there?

2022-09-09 19:45

Cancer move lol

2022-09-09 19:46

undeserved ;_; but tbh mhl is an upgrade

2022-09-09 19:58

These are weird weeks for Dutch CS. I don't like this one.

2022-09-09 20:00

finally they got rid of him

2022-09-09 20:06

crucial improvement to the team

2022-09-09 20:08

huge upgrade nice

2022-09-09 20:38

+smooya -surreal +volt -mightmax +Alex Then and only then I will start watching endpoint games

2022-09-09 20:41

Unfortunately this move had to be made, he was really below average for quite some time now, mhL is a huge upgrade, I think that adds huge firepower to the team, if they can find a good new support element maybe to replace Surreal who knows, this lineup has some great pieces in it.

2022-09-09 20:44

rip dutch cs

2022-09-09 21:18

in FASHR we trust

2022-09-09 21:35

fashr doing huge job in fantic 🙂

2022-09-09 23:50

A necessary change sadly, hopefully he can rebound though

2022-09-09 21:24

I mean sure he's inconsistent as fuck so it was about time, but what a dick move to do it right before Rotterdam wth

2022-09-09 21:28

#justiceforCruc1al

2022-09-09 21:34

mhL is gonna hard carry like back in AGO days

2022-09-09 21:56

imagine benching cruc1al and keeping Bottreal in the team. R.I.P Endpoint

2022-09-09 22:02

+anarkez incoming?

2022-09-09 22:06

2022-09-09 22:36

Sadly this is necessary, he wasn't "terrible" but he was holding them back. Similar to Hades with Ence but on a smaller scale. Now imagine if they replace Surreal with someone decent... Plopski?

2022-09-10 02:26

+siuhy > ⁠MiGHTYMAX

2022-09-10 10:02

Hello manto

2022-09-10 11:19

+anarkez

2022-09-10 12:30

Sad for CRUC1AL, but they look much more dangerous with mhL I hope it's going to work well

2022-09-10 15:09

Mantuu hello???

2022-09-10 18:09

Glad we saw the Fashr vs Cruc1al match last week before this happened. GL Cruc1al I wish you the best you've played amazing and I think with more experience you'll be able to take on t1.

2022-09-10 21:39