nqz and try complete team swap

5-1-2023 11:55

The two snipers have officially traded places on 9z and 00NATION ahead of the 2023 season.

9z and 00NATION have announced a swap in players between the two organisations. Lucas "⁠nqz⁠" Soares formally makes the jump to Marcelo "⁠coldzera⁠" David's team whilst Santino "⁠try⁠" Rigal returns to his former home of two years in 9z.

9z send nqz to 00NATION in swap deal for try - Report

The moves also confirm prior reports from early January, which stated that a player exchange between the organisations was imminent despite nqz also being in talks to join Fluxo at the time.

try will play under the 9z banner once again

nqz leaves 9z after spending the past six months with the team. In that time, the Brazilian sniper stood tall as the squad's highest-rated player with a 1.19 rating to his name. The 17-year-old youngster was particularly important in powering the South American side to an IEM Rio Major berth, where he put up a 1.17 rating in the team's third-place run through the IEM Road to Rio Americas RMR to qualify for the Major on their home continent.

try, meanwhile, goes the other way and departs 00NATION to link back up with 9z, who he previously represented from February 2020-January 2022. The Argentine was one of the more stalwart players in the Brazilian ensemble despite the team's numerous setbacks. He ended his time under the wings of coldzera and company with a solid 1.13 rating and was the only member of the lineup to end the IEM Rio Major Challenger Stage with a 1.00+ showing.

00NATION now have the following players on their books:

Marcelo "⁠coldzera⁠" David
Eduardo "⁠dumau⁠" Wolkmer
Bruno "⁠latto⁠" Rebelatto
Epitacio "⁠TACO⁠" de Melo
Lucas "⁠nqz⁠" Soares

Olavo "⁠chucky⁠" Napoleão (coach)

While 9z's lineup is made up of:

Franco "⁠dgt⁠" Garcia
Maximiliano "⁠max⁠" Gonzalez
David "⁠dav1deuS⁠" Tapia Maldonado
Nicolás "⁠buda⁠" Kramer
Santino "⁠try⁠" Rigal

Martin "⁠rox⁠" Molina (benched)

Who cares

2023-01-05 11:56

10 replies

It's a pretty big deal in terms of roster changes for the SA scene. This site is after all a hub for counter strike news and discussion.

2023-01-05 11:59

3 replies

based jerman

2023-01-05 12:05

1 reply

Zee germans are Nice.

2023-01-05 13:22

ok npc

2023-01-05 13:47

Yeah true, why should hltv report on countrstrike related news? Lets just report about the teams in the top 10.

2023-01-05 13:05

RIP ASStralis news then

2023-01-05 13:49

2 replies

haha sadly true :(

2023-01-05 13:52

What

2023-01-06 22:43

00Interest

2023-01-05 16:26

Way more interesting and relevant than anything related to the Polish scene LOL

2023-01-05 22:55

wow

2023-01-05 11:57

2023-01-05 11:58

Ain none carin bout that broh, bring NA news tranfers, object, profit

5 replies

junior joins NOUNS after winning 2023 paris major. -striker

2023-01-05 12:14

4 replies

Junior is SA bro

2023-01-05 12:22

SA > NA

2023-01-05 12:34

junior returns to furia after 2nd place on paris major - striker

2023-01-05 13:11

lmaoo

2023-01-05 13:24

kinda L swap for 9z honestly

Delusional

2023-01-05 12:23

Wtfff

2023-01-05 13:42

Don't know about that. Yes, nqz was the best player on the roster for sure. But try was the best by a WIDE margin when leaving 9z, and certainly one of the best on 00 roster, now he'll be able to play and communicate in his native tongue aswell, so it might be an even better display ahead of him.

2023-01-05 16:08

00nation hella happy rn

2023-01-05 12:07

Idk feels like 00 got scammed

2023-01-05 12:10

Na they poached a teams best player, then when it didn't work out they go back to that same team and take the next best prospect out of SA

If what you said was true, then that would certainly mean that nqz will get ruined

2023-01-05 22:57

I think it’s a win for both sides imo

2023-01-05 23:38

Isn't try really good and proven against tier 1 ?

2023-01-06 14:08

9z won in the deal

Ahahajah ) try is played like shit on major while nqz was showing very good play

2023-01-05 15:37

is hard to play with botaco and oldzera zzzzZ

2023-01-05 21:08

try was the most consistent player in 00 squad he put up positive ratings against astralis, faze, liquid, spirit, furia and was the only player with positive numbers in the challenger stage and the most % of 1v1 clutch duels won out of all 00 players.

2023-01-06 14:06

good for both teams

2023-01-05 12:11

Inspired by ARG World Cup win for sure

good for 9z, good for 00, bad for nqz UNLUCKO

2023-01-05 12:15

Perfect sum up.

2023-01-05 12:25

That's what I wanted to say and I was looking for

2023-01-05 16:14

Try tried to return to 9z a few months ago and 00 took the opportunity to make the change for Nqz . What impresses me is that Nqz choose 00 instead fluxo. At the end i guess that Felps, lucaozy and nqz would be better than dumau, Nqz and another one

2023-01-05 17:05

W Upgrade for both

Both players extremely young, little experience, but performed well in the few occasions they had a t1 tournaments (i.e. major). We cannot know which one (if not both) will be the next big thing but I'd argue they have the same potential. I think the trade makes a lot of sense since the two teams have roughly the same strength and, even though it was probably not the main issue, this swap will definitely improve comms which should help longterm. No matter how well try spoke BR-PT and nqz spoke LA-SP, it'll never be the same as speaking your mother tongue.

2023-01-05 12:18

another brazilian talent that will be ruined by cold

prepare your back nqz

2023-01-05 12:44

dumau is there, don't worry. Dumau will carry him ez

2023-01-05 13:13

Ducarry is going to help him but its not enough, fluxo would be probably a better option for him

WIN - WIN

2023-01-05 12:53

feels like a hostage trade

2023-01-05 12:54

7 replies

kkkkk totally right

2023-01-05 13:23

Lmao

2023-01-05 14:22

kkkkkkkkkkkk +1

2023-01-05 14:31

2023-01-05 16:21

Kkkkkkk

2023-01-05 20:27

2023-01-06 01:23

kkkkkkkk

2023-01-06 17:43

feelsbad for nqz

2023-01-05 12:58

probably will benefit both teams

2023-01-05 13:31

Good for both teams

2023-01-05 13:37

Try again

F Furia nqz

2023-01-05 13:50

Does 80% of Brazilian names end with a "o" or what?

2023-01-05 13:54

9 replies

maioresemelhores.com/nomes-mais-comuns-n.. ranked names of Brazil

2023-01-05 14:14

in Portuguese word finished with "o" are mostly masculine and with "a" feminine

2023-01-05 14:55

Why not coldzero then?

2023-01-05 16:15

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"zera" is just a suffix that doesn't have a meaning. coldZERO would actualy fit nicely in his current game form

2023-01-05 16:24

"zera" is a slang suffix, you can apply to any name/nick, not matter if it's a guy or a girl.

2023-01-05 16:32

I was just making a joke, my dude ty for explaining nontheless

2023-01-05 16:33

DonkeyShotZera

Ty for making my name look cool finally

2023-01-05 16:40

Coldzera(He/Him) based on the trends.

2023-01-05 17:28

2023-01-05 14:56

Wtf why you swap your 2nd best player

2023-01-05 15:31

lmao gl wit that

2023-01-05 15:46

nice try

2023-01-05 16:20

-buda +luken and be have the best possible team

2023-01-05 16:49

no one cars

2023-01-05 16:51

00nation=NIP 300iq movements

2023-01-05 17:26

Very good switch, get rid of Brazilian (bad player) for Argentinean (good player). 9z top 10 very soon. RIP nqz's career, now he has to carry 2 old bots to lose even small tournaments.

2023-01-05 17:40