Apeks withdraw from ESEA Advanced: "We need time to reflect and evaluate"

26-9-2022 17:11

The decision comes after a slew of poor performances in recent weeks.

Apeks have revealed that they have withdrawn their main CS:GO roster from all of their upcoming tournament appearances, including ESEA Advanced Season 42, where the European mix were fighting their way through the upper-bracket of the playoffs.

The news comes just six weeks after the side completed their off-season overhaul, where the organisation recruited the services of Justinas "⁠jL⁠" Lekavicius and Major winner, Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon, while also moving Martin "⁠STYKO⁠" Styk to the in-game leader role.

Apeks are withdrawing their main roster from ESEA Advanced after several substandard showings

Apeks have failed to translate their recent, high-profile signings into tangible results in the server, notably missing out on a spot at the IEM Road to Rio Europe RMR following an overtime defeat to GamerLegion in the fourth and final open qualifier. Their inability to secure an RMR berth also all but puts an end to shox's record of attending every Major since CS:GO's release, one he currently shares with Peter "⁠dupreeh⁠" Rasmussen and Andreas "⁠Xyp9x⁠" Højsleth.

The roster were also unable to live up to expectations in their surprise decision to compete at the recently concluded Fragadelphia 17 event in the USA, finishing in 3-4th place after a gut-wrenching 1-2 loss to BIG Academy in the semi-finals — a considerable blow considering their academy roster, Apeks Rebels, previously finished in second place at the prior iteration of the grassroots event.

shox's Major streak set to end as Apeks bomb out of qualifier

CCT Central Europe Series 2 was also a sub-par performance for the European mix, with STYKO and company bowing out in the group stage with a 1-3 record; following losses to eSuba (No. 96), HONORIS (No. 90), and Enterprise (No. 65). This run of poor form ultimately left the side unable to move past their peak at No. 62 in the world ranking.

"Due to our current state we have decided to withdraw the main CS team from all competitions." Apeks said in their announcement tweet, "our results have been far from good enough and we need time to reflect and evaluate until we feel ready."

Apeks have the following roster:

Tim "⁠nawwk⁠" Jonasson
Joakim "⁠jkaem⁠" Myrbostad
Martin "⁠STYKO⁠" Styk
Justinas "⁠jL⁠" Lekavicius
Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon

Jakub "⁠kuben⁠" Gurczyński (coach)

these rosters never win anything, incredible

2022-09-26 17:11

4 replies

2022-09-26 19:18

Your problem was signing shox. You already have a better version of him in Styko you need fire power not diva Here's an idea pick up Thomas or boros. Boom top 30

2022-09-26 22:45

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boros = top 30 player

2022-09-27 02:54

they never will

2022-09-27 05:45

RIP BOZO

2022-09-26 17:12

Shox is the problem

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legacy players, just get nawwk out of this mfw

2022-09-26 17:16

Nawwk is one of the good players on the team, I know shox is support but he's just playing bad. Potential support players that are free agents include szejn, Calyx, tiziaN and xfloud, all except tiz have played with international teams recently. There are also a bunch of players on rosters that could be poached with some money

2022-09-26 20:17

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Shox isn't in his prime anymore and teams seemed to be understanding that as well. As much as I love the dude as a person he should start stepping up more or just go with the most safest option, content creating and making time with his family. Those benched EF players are probably not going to be picked up anytime soon unless a intenrational squad is commited. Nawwk is misused, just get him, he isn't the top but at least good enough to be in a consistent team.

2022-09-26 21:25

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+1 shox has had an amazing career and is one of the most decorated players in french cs, I think it's best for him to step away from the competitive scene and pursue other ventures

2022-09-27 00:20

Would it not be useful to have him as a coach or analyst? He says the game in ways that others can't, even if his mechanical skill can no longer keep up.

2022-09-27 19:11

-shox -styko +f0rest +lekr0

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-jl +chawzyyy from bench

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delusional

2022-09-26 17:17

You want them to win right? jL was their second best player after nawwk

2022-09-26 18:06

ye but want full swedish speaking roster

2022-09-26 18:19

chawzy was a beast as a hybrid, with nawwk in the team he was a rifler and did poorly.

2022-09-26 18:28

He was actually primary before Apeks and hybrid at Apeks. The main problem for him was that Styk0 exists. Styk0 was seen as a better player which he isn’t.

2022-09-26 18:41

Well, in flowskola it was joel and phzy on awping duty, as well as in Galaxy Racer Joel was main awping before he decided to scam people and blacklist himself from any normal team, forcing him to play with villains of cs in Monte. While chawzyy was good on the awp, the decision was made more out of necessity.

2022-09-26 19:24

Well of course but nonetheless he was signed based on his performance with the big green

2022-09-26 22:16

jL >>> botzy

2022-09-26 18:49

+1 this team doesn't really lack proper firepower. the issue is no identity and most likely lackluster chemistry. f0rest, Lekr0, jkaem, nawwk, chawzyyy/HEAP I think going fully nordic is the way to go here.

2022-09-26 17:45

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2022-09-27 22:24

They really can't stick to a roster and let them improve What team withdraws from playoffs

2022-09-26 17:14

Clearly the team had other issues since the previous roster went longer with worse results

2022-09-26 18:50

need time to disband

2022-09-26 17:15

solo players, what everyone expected?

I mean yeah, watched most of their games. One of the best teams on paper & one of the worst teams on the server at the same time right now. Good luck. You really need to fix a lot of things.

"One of the best teams on paper" - ahhh, cmon bro. Styko, jkaem and shox are past their prime. renowned players, no doubt about that, but wayyy past their best games.

2022-09-26 18:24

"One of the best teams on paper" lol...

2022-09-26 19:48

On tier 2 scene

2022-09-27 02:17

Should have kept the old team and changed up some roles. Having all the experienced boys playing the star roles is rarely the way to success.

-shox +Zehn -⁠nawwk ⁠+Maikelele -jL +Maden -⁠jkaem⁠ +Emi Styko

that team would be horrible

2022-09-26 20:00

Remove shox and get a proper IGL

aleksib would fit here, as we are talking about tier4 CS.

2022-09-26 17:29

Hes in nip…

2022-09-26 17:50

Someone had to tell him that

2022-09-26 21:37

No team chemistry sadly. Apeks should pick up a duo from solid team like Fnatic did with nicoodoz and roeJ

2022-09-26 17:18

give them more time holy cow...

2022-09-26 17:21

disband is coming

2022-09-26 17:23

should've added an igl instead of shox

2022-09-26 17:28

Styko will be good igl for sure, he just need a little time, shox is the best player to teach him, coz he was igl back in 2016 and has a lot of experience

2022-09-26 19:43

+1 rep for having the awareness to recognize and act on this, good call team

2022-09-26 17:30

Just disband and go to the better game, jk Just remove shox and put in a real igl and maybe they work

2022-09-26 17:33

shoxie, it's time my man

2022-09-26 17:34

i think he can still play pretty solid in a french speaking team

2022-09-26 19:41

when they signed shox i knew the project was doomed to fail

idk this org just seems cursed, can't ever get any notable results no matter the roster

2022-09-26 17:39

no surprize

2022-09-26 17:41

Also, management problem.

2022-09-26 17:43

Apeks bymas pls

2022-09-26 17:44

good move sign some young talent around jkeam and nawwk

2022-09-26 17:46

Ztr, Nilo, Joel for example)))

so sorry for jl but maybe they should go swedish or something

2022-09-26 17:49

jkaem to Encore

No igl no win Just because you think someone can be a good igl it doesnt mean he will. It's probably the hardest and the moat important role in the team. Imo current results fit pretty nicely their igl lvl. No offence to styko but doing it for the 1st time won't make any team suddenly top 20. Dunno what they expected esp. after like 1 month

2022-09-26 17:54

2022-09-26 17:56

In my opinion, the problem is that you made STYKO an IGL and that shox no longer plays as well as he used to.

2022-09-26 17:55

Just a bunch of random players, this team doesn't really make sense... Apeks GM to blame.

Why withdraw during playoffs?

2022-09-26 17:57

Lol makes no sense

2022-09-26 17:59

called it on their previous matches , I was 100% Apeks will drop them

2022-09-26 18:10

-styko -shox 2 bots.

2022-09-26 18:11

Shox is just washed up. It's time to retire

2022-09-26 18:13

surely this means that shox wont be able to scam anymore orgs after they release him

He will stil scam LDLC or some other french team/org. Alex managed to scam fnatic despite mega scamming c9 before hand.

2022-09-26 19:23

Its understandable, they're playing incredibly bad, but why would they not finish advanced first? Its just stupid to withdraw before they've been eliminated.

2022-09-26 18:35

+1 this makes the most sense. they shouldnt need weeks to discuss whats wrong and how they want to fix it. There's so much pro experience in this team to deal with this efficiently already.

2022-09-26 18:40

Maybe fistfight inside the team

2022-09-26 18:51

jL fisting shox anus :()

2022-09-26 18:55

Why... I will have nightmares tonight.

2022-09-26 21:43

invest in promising youth rather than washed up veterans

2022-09-26 18:36

Just disband

Save jkaem

Team needs time to discuss with a lot of experienced players? Jesus, apeks..

2022-09-26 19:02

They lack of IGL and firepower

2022-09-26 19:08

shox retire inc

2022-09-26 19:11

Nawwk/Joel/chawzyyy awp Grux/ztr/golden igl Jkaem/Heap/Joel/chawzyyy/plopski/f0rest/Nilo/grux rifle Devilwalk coach EASY top15 and basically a free lineup depening which route they go, ez 4 apeks.

2022-09-26 19:22

tragedy

1. Disband 2. See if one of the FA teams in RMRs makes it to the major 3. Buy their roster EZ sticker money

2022-09-26 19:33

fucking shit i would've gotten 300$ off of them losing today vs palomagods

2022-09-26 19:50

also they are the biggest clownery of competetive csgo in 2022 20k/month for losing to esea advanced teams and getting destroyed by Enterprise etc..

2022-09-26 19:51

+ buzz

still dont understand why they went for shox...

I felt like they are doing kinda ok lately, or not? I mean this roster is together for short period of time, this is quite surprising to me.

2022-09-26 20:12

btw trio nawwk jL jkaem plays above expectations, the rest two are questionmarks, but i would really like to know better what is going on over there. That has to be some serious issues between players?

2022-09-27 00:23

Shox to benched heroes?

2022-09-26 21:02

they have some of the best players and still fail to show anything international rosters are always a gamble

2022-09-26 21:39

RIP. At this point its confirmed they will sell their players

2022-09-26 22:15

This fix will make Apeks top15 instantly, and IT WILL HAPPEN! Apeks: Jkaem Entry ZTR IGL JOEL AWP nilo superstar Plopski "Support" DevilWalk Coach CharlesEmilNilsson Manager Honourable mentions: nawwk,HEAP,f0rest,peppzor,grux,chawzyyy

2022-09-26 22:33