BIG to field s1n for IEM Rio Major and BLAST Showdown

19-10-2022 20:45

The 20-year-old will continue his stand-in stint with the Germans for the foreseeable future.

BIG have announced that they will continue to utilize the services of Elias "⁠s1n⁠" Stein for their upcoming tournament bids. The German youngster is set to stand in once again in the squad's campaigns through the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown and IEM Rio Major.

faveN to miss RMR through illness

The academy player was initially called up to fill in for the main team back in September as a replacement for Josef "⁠faveN⁠" Baumann, who was sidelined from the IEM Road to Rio Europe RMR due to illness.

s1n will continue to stand in for the main team at the IEM Rio Major

BIG had a relatively successful run through the RMR in spite of their roster woes, finishing in sixth place with a 3-2 record to secure a Challengers Stage berth.

Johannes "⁠tabseN⁠" Wodarz's side recorded wins over Sangal and Vitality to go 2-0 in the swiss stage, before dropping 0-2 series to both ENCE and HEROIC to be within touching distance of elimination. In the end, however, the team was able to get the job done, a 2-1 victory over K23 being enough to clinch them a spot at the $1,250,000 Major in Brazil.

s1n will be aiming to have more of an impact in the next two events with the German roster, with the 20-year-old averaging a modest 0.93 rating during BIG's run through the Major-qualifying tournament in Malta. tabseN was quick to praise the academy player, though, stating in an interview at the RMR with HLTV.org that "s1n is far better than we all expected."

tabseN: "s1n is far better than we all expected"

BIG kick off the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown with an RMR rematch versus Sangal on Thursday at 16:30 . The Germans will then head to Rio de Janeiro in time for the Major, with their opening matchup set to be versus the hometown favourites of FURIA on October 31 at 17:30 .

BIG's roster for the Fall Showdown and IEM Rio Major will be:

Johannes "⁠tabseN⁠" Wodarz
Florian "⁠syrsoN⁠" Rische
Karim "⁠Krimbo⁠" Moussa
Nils "⁠k1to⁠" Gruhne
Elias "⁠s1n⁠" Stein (stand-in)

Fatih "⁠gob b⁠" Dayik (coach)

rip big

2022-10-19 20:45

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expected another exit in group stage

2022-10-19 21:42

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fr, s1n deserves a better team

2022-10-20 00:58

but s1n siuhy

2022-10-19 21:50

rip

Expected

Doesn’t matter, they are finished anyways

2022-10-19 20:46

true

no they are german

2022-10-19 23:56

it's same

2022-10-20 21:05

deadly s1n

Gl s1n

faven and illness name a more iconic duo

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Allu and Bot

2022-10-19 21:21

Flusha and cheating

2022-10-19 21:36

Woro2k and cheating

2022-10-19 22:04

tiziaN and bottomfragging

2022-10-19 23:08

fnx and Fer's gf

2022-10-19 23:09

How has no one said: Liquid and Choking

2022-10-19 23:36

xantares and lan

2022-10-20 08:23

forsaken and word.exe

2022-10-20 10:51

hopeless either way

2022-10-19 20:47

Faven just cant handle the sucuk toast give him some lyoner to eat

2022-10-19 20:49

Rip fantasy

2022-10-19 20:51

2022-10-19 20:54

yeah keep changing players to academy ones

2022-10-19 20:56

BIG gets one decent result and they keep the new guy because of that. Now where have I heard that one before?

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Must be first time when I hear this also

2022-10-19 21:07

where?

2022-10-19 21:09

MOUZ

2022-10-19 22:12

BIG bought faveN for a record transfer for a German player and he is doing decent, better than s1n obviously. They keep s1n because faveN is ill.

2022-10-19 23:50

faveN is ill and is still recovering

2022-10-20 03:56

Faven has a bad stomach sickness, something permanent, if he was able to play he would, I think its going downhill with him sadly, who knows if he ever comes back.

2022-10-20 06:55

expected Faven the most weakest immune system player in history of CSGO + s1n tweeted his major sticker long time ago

2022-10-19 20:59

sucks :/

2022-10-19 21:00

sad

2022-10-19 21:03

2022-10-19 21:06

rip favern stickers

RIP in Currywurst. Also HLTV with the quiet roast of s1n "Despite the fact that he sucks, tabsen praised him"

2022-10-19 21:11

faveN can't play at the top level if he can't keep from getting sick, sucks but that's the harsh truth

2022-10-19 21:17

Why cant they announce these things before fantasy starts. Yea obviously they wont think about timing announcements regarding fantasy, and im expecting that they do that. It just would be the ideal scenario.

2022-10-19 21:18

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lol i have fanen in my team.....

2022-10-19 21:27

same

2022-10-19 21:41

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Well s1n hasn’t been playing in the academy team since the RMRs so it was kinda expected

2022-10-19 22:05

yea true, but it would still be nice to get early information from it.

s1n siuhy YPA!!!!!!!

2022-10-19 21:40

2022-10-19 21:44

Getting those S1mple S1n Siuhy stickers

2022-10-19 21:51

xDDD

2022-10-19 22:09

lol

2022-10-20 08:53

Sucks for Faven to miss the major, hope the best for his future health.

2022-10-19 21:53

VAX Ban

S1n Siuhy stickers incoming btw

faven dead?

rip faven

2022-10-19 22:01

probably biggest mistake for big

2022-10-19 22:02

him being ill = mistake from BIG? average Russian brain

2022-10-20 10:54

That was -gade

2022-10-20 14:53

BIG in 2022 has more games with stand-ins than with their default roster. s1n is good but the eye test @ the RMRs kinda showed that he needs more experience. Although that might change with more preparation time. Faven on the other hand may not have been the carry a lot of fans expected but he looked more stable/reliable. syrson started to look amazing again though. Tabsen is always reliable. But that’s about it for this roster, I feel like k1to krimbo and s1n are - right now - too inconsistent - I don’t think BIG will reach playoffs in Rio.

2022-10-19 22:03

think the main goal are the legend stage. Like you said, with K1to, Krimbo and S1n there is uncertainty, how they will perform. A playoff spot would be huge with this line-up. But we will see. Maybe S1n is so hyped to play a major, that he will rock this, we will see. :-)

i think its a good idea to keep the lineup to have some consistency until the mayor. Maybe tiziaN would have been the better choice, for some more experience, but they had to have chosen him as RMR sub from the beginning. looking forward, s1n makes more sense anyway.

2022-10-19 22:32

Just go international , they can't win anything with german roster and they are aware of that ...

2022-10-19 22:37

BIG literally stands for Berlin International Gaming, current roster doesn’t seem very “international” to me.

Shouldve kept xantares and the international status

2022-10-19 23:39

They can keep a German core, just not 5. TabseN, syrsoN and Krimbo/faveN are good enough for T1 CS imo. Then fill up with good international players and you still have a "German" Roster on paper. The issue is that they want 5 Germans so they can communicate in German.

2022-10-20 09:10

Hope faven is better

2022-10-19 22:51

free sticker for s1n

2022-10-19 22:54

what happened to faven?

2022-10-19 23:07

Chronic illnesses

2022-10-19 23:19

scheisse :/ which kind?

2022-10-20 18:05

As far as I know he has some immunity issues which prevents him from eating or even drinking sometimes, I really hope he can bounce back he's such an amazing player

2022-10-20 19:37

-s1n +s1N

2022-10-19 23:21

S1n leaked it already after the rmr by tweeting he is happy to get his own signature in the game haha

i had also wondered about this statement

2022-10-20 08:47

certainly interesting

2022-10-19 23:42

Rip fantasy, tired of this bs

2022-10-20 00:00

why would you pick faven? it was pretty clear he would possibly be out for another tournament after missing the last 2.

2022-10-20 12:23

Not really and the announcement came when fantasy went live, so there’s even no chance to change anything.

2022-10-20 15:14

S1NCITY

2022-10-20 00:04

Doesn’t matter for 1st match they will destroy sangal either way 💪

2022-10-20 00:18

Sad for faveN but good that s1n actually gets to play the tournament he helped his org qualify for

2022-10-20 02:44

good from big.Way better than bubzkji scenario.

2022-10-20 03:47

Rip big

2022-10-20 07:35

big 0-3 wasted spot. k1to on major hahaha

2022-10-20 07:57

Good luck s1n, Jermany need more GOOD players so tabsen can win something.

2022-10-20 12:17

Not like they were going big in this event anyways

2022-10-20 12:25

no way I'm seeing s1n live on LAN. It's a dream becoming true!!!!!!!11!! Honestly, I don't think there is any player in the world with the skills to do what he does. It'll be a pleasure to receive you in the TROPICAL COUNTRY, legend germany boy. +3000 in sportsbet for "IEM Rio Major MVP" --> S1NZERA!

2022-10-20 15:04