nexa steps back from OG's active lineup temporarily

15-2-2023 17:35

Nikolaj "⁠niko⁠" Kristensen will take the skipper's place in the starting five during the Major circuit.

OG has announced that captain Nemanja "⁠nexa⁠" Isaković has temporarily taken a step back from the team for personal reasons and will miss the upcoming closed qualifier for the BLAST.tv Paris Major.

The international squad, currently bootcamping in Poland, will play the upcoming qualifier with former rifler niko in his stead for the time being even though the Dane's addition is not a one-for-one substitution for an in-game leader.

nexa will not play the ongoing Major cycle with OG

niko's inclusion in the team will only be momentary, according to the organization's statement, but will last as long as OG remains alive in the Major cycle.

Shahar "⁠flameZ⁠" Shushan and company are currently No. 8 in the world and had been putting up strong results against teams of their caliber such as fnatic and MOUZ early on in the year despite losses to the likes of FaZe or HEROIC, but will have to face the Major qualification under a trying set of circumstances with no leader.

The BLAST.tv Paris Major RMR closed qualifier B, where OG has been seeded, will run on February 16-19, with FORZE, Monte, Aurora, GamerLegion, Falcons, Apeks and Illuminar invited alongside eight teams yet to be confirmed from the open qualifier.

OG's lineup for the current Major cycle is:

Adam "⁠NEOFRAG⁠" Zouhar
Maciej "⁠F1KU⁠" Miklas
Shahar "⁠flameZ⁠" Shushan
Abdul "⁠degster⁠" Gasanov
Nikolaj "⁠niko⁠" Kristensen (stand-in)

Casper "⁠ruggah⁠" Due (coach)

Nemanja "⁠nexa⁠" Isaković (inactive)

hope he's okay

2023-02-15 17:36

16 replies

-npl +nexa

2023-02-15 18:08

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Serbians don't speak russian

2023-02-16 13:25

2 replies

What? Serbian needs 1 month to speak almost fluent russian.

2023-02-19 17:08

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that's like saying it takes a Finn 1 month to speak estonian fluently, simply not true

2023-02-20 15:14

downgrade

2023-02-16 14:45

bloomba was their only choice and now they go down forever

2023-02-17 02:45

wtf whos going to igl lmao

2023-02-15 18:14

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Maybe Flamez, nexa has been talking in interviews about how he has been training flamez to secondary call. Besides for the most part OG play pretty individual heavy simple csgo.

2023-02-15 18:35

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bruh they literally released an article recently showing that OG is the second least individualistic team in the t1 circuit lmao

2023-02-15 19:18

Where’s that article? Thanks!

2023-02-16 19:57

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hltv.org/news/35389/how-trading-stats-ca..

2023-02-16 23:44

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All that article shows is that they trade one another, with the only other comment being that they group up a lot. By individualistic csgo I mean they rely more on each individual’s firepower to come out on top in a round, rather than good calls or smart utility usage. Essentially what I’m saying is they’re more aim than brain. They have high trades because they go in together, acting like a sledge hammer to break into sites with brute force relying on the skill of the individuals. I wasn’t trying to say that each player goes and does there own thing by themselves on the map, just that they play simple aim reliant cs.

2023-02-18 00:43

Yeah I kinda knew that’s what you meant I just felt like talking back lol

2023-02-18 08:22

hahah fair enough what's the point of hltv if not to talk shit

2023-02-20 01:10

niko

2023-02-15 18:48

2023-02-15 21:25

dona having kid?!?!?!?!?!!!???!?!?!?!?!

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Maze failed as IGL of Sprout, maybe he can trial as interim-IGL for OG??

2023-02-15 17:42

Maze played the open qualifier with a mix team with Sunny,Poizon and some other guys, i think that would lock him from playing this major cycle with anyone else

2023-02-15 17:45

Yes you are right

2023-02-15 18:15

open quals dont matter.

2023-02-15 20:23

sprout almost beat og with a couple of weeks old xellow and brink of the kick zyphon, nexa should just join them lmao

2023-02-15 19:54

Nah sprout should get valde as igl, ez pick-up

2023-02-15 20:11

Pog such a good family will be

2023-02-15 17:54

xd trolling

2023-02-15 18:10

ohne did something

2023-02-15 19:11

bro

2023-03-05 19:41

wow gl for fake niko

Didnt see that one coming

dead team

Rip

preparing vitality move

2023-02-15 17:37

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Nexa to vita would actually be so sick, maybe it’s time for apex to step back and enjoy retirement; and nexa has some experience dealing with big egos

2023-02-15 17:47

Now that would be exciting

2023-02-15 23:13

Logical. Nexa should be on a team fighting for trophies as he is a top 5 IGL right now.

2023-02-15 18:26

+1 he brought a team with 3 rookies all the way to the top 10

2023-02-15 20:45

If he is benched on OG he won't be able to play for Vitality. Anyway I doubt Vitality are making changes before this major, if they won't win this major then Apex is surely gone.

2023-02-15 19:07

There’s no way Vitality win a major with apex on the team

2023-02-15 19:28

There is no way vit win a major with their roster lol They dont work only when everyone is hitting everything

2023-02-15 22:25

They will realise this after Paris

2023-02-15 23:09

Not to mention even ZywOo looked like he started to be uncharacterstically pissed at apEX antics sometimes.. I remember a point where he snubbed a check from apEX, and then apEX looked to be taking care of him and being all nice in the following rounds until he lightened up again

2023-02-15 23:16

With a good igl they could win one, they are not far away. Sure drupeh is not the best entry, but they could make it work. Magisk. Spinx & zywoo is enough firepower for a major, they just need a glue guy. I think siuhy is their best option.

2023-02-17 01:38

I agree, apex should have been gone at the end of last year. I can't see them doing any better than making quarter finals.

2023-02-16 16:00

Nexa in vitality is a big move from vitality

2023-02-15 19:23

+1111111111. Happening after Paris I hope

2023-02-15 23:08

Pog transfer that would be.

2023-02-16 02:22

og will be free win in this quals

smart from nexa he knows they won't qualify so now he can dodge the blame

same way flameZ faked fever so they can lose with excuse in katowice

2023-02-16 13:26

save degster

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Liquid degster

2023-02-15 17:44

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regali would be a great and cheap move but +1 on degster for liquid , crazy firepower if that happens

2023-02-15 17:46

he and YEKINDAR would make a crazy aggressive duo

liquid has the money , but i doubt his buyout will be cheap or worth it when regali might cost x10 less then him

2023-02-15 17:48

One thing is degster said he wants to stay and play in eu. If there was na qualifiers and etc he might not like it. He might have family still in Russia or like serbia or somewhere

2023-02-15 23:20

+1 degster is million times better than osee and with how liquid play he could fit the team easily.

2023-02-15 17:53

-1 he is solid player

NEOFRAG kicked soon :)

2023-02-15 18:37

lol sure

Fiku after neo xd

2023-02-15 23:21

Solid degster

OOooooh man that would be the 2nd best NA move in history.

2023-02-15 18:42

+1 sick

2023-02-15 23:04

I've been saying they should have gone for this move since degster was benched. He should have been on Liquid before YEKINDAR even joined... Him joining would make the perfect blend of aggressive and passive players they need, and their firepower would be insane

2023-02-15 23:18

Ikr naf passive nitro passive elige paasive. Yes they can do hybrid plays but not on level of yekindar and degster. Also would be so much clutch firepower then. Yekindar decent in clutches and naf and degster gods at it

2023-02-15 23:22

naf - passive elige - very passive nitro - neutral, can make moves or be passive yekindar - very aggressive desgter - aggressive

2023-02-15 23:23

I wouldn't say. Naf is paasive he just does what his team needs..he literally do everything. He can lurk he can entry he can clutch he can support he can trade he can anchor he can awp. Versatile player. Elige used used to be sometimes aggresive but now he passive asf that usually just shifts Into enemy and gives free frag xd

2023-02-16 00:06

Agreed on clutches btw, and they would have another great opener which they need edit : also think another very aggro player like degster would help YEKINDAR rise to his best level again by putting less pressure on him to make play knowing that someone else can do the job/entrying too. He has been overextending a lot lately and it hurt his game imo

2023-02-15 23:26

That sucks for OG, just when they start to look decent again...

when is that?

2023-02-15 17:38

poor degster

add him to Liquid

+dosia

who igl?

2023-02-15 17:39

FlameZ and degster

2023-02-15 19:41

not playing to avoid roster lock so he can go to another team?

I doubt it, he looks like he's enjoying him self in OG

If so, can he join team whenever he would come back in major circuit period?

2023-02-15 18:17

yes

2023-02-15 18:59

When is roster lock?

2023-02-15 18:44

idk exactly but if he doesn't play the rmr qual with og he can play at the major with any other team

2023-02-15 18:58

Well that makes a lot of sense if roster lock lines up with this

2023-02-15 21:06

OG is dead bruh

2023-02-15 17:40

ence nexa, one of the best riflers in t1 right now. stuck as an IGL for way too long

2023-02-15 17:41

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It was his decision tho, nobody forced him to do that, even back in time when he was in Ination it was his decision to take over igling from emi, but yeah such a shame since he's got amazing rifling abilities, one of most skilled IGL today for sure

2023-02-15 19:15

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stupid idea concidering how poor his igling is

2023-02-15 19:35

Well, he made it to the major final so decent maybe, but he's definitely not a great IGL

2023-02-15 19:45

his IGLing is also the reason they fell in groups so much. too much gamblestacks and no ability to read the enemies at all

2023-02-15 22:10

Still,better then aleksibob. Better calls better firepower doesn't tilit as much

2023-02-15 23:24

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aleksib tilts? 🤔

2023-02-16 04:30

Everytime almost facepalms and cries after round loss

2023-02-16 10:35

no? lol

2023-02-16 11:31

Go get glasses appointment ever since on NIP every match tilts rolls eyes and bangs table

2023-02-16 16:54

ah i dont watch nip matches bro but from ence, og, g2 time i dont remember him malding or tilting

2023-02-16 17:10

In nip he mald literally almost after every round so far xd probs tired of being disappointment cause so overrated last archieved something was 5 year ago with ence full finnish

2023-02-16 21:06

aleksi has really good calling and reads. no need to try to discredit him because he farmed your favourite team. nexa is just a better fragger and has better individual decision making

2023-02-16 17:32

So good at reading and calling that destroy 3 teams in,row Nd have 0 archievement since like what 5 years ago? Maybe wake up from your coma of dream or whatever that is.

2023-02-16 21:05

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literally did super well with awful lineups and hard situations. IGLed jackz and monesy when he was a noob to tournament finals lol

2023-02-16 21:08

Super well losing against every top 15 teams xD 0 trophies. Not even 2nd places. That would be super well. Clearly ur clueless what good means as pros try to win trophies not get 5-8 or lower finishes

2023-02-16 21:13

Also Niko last year he took them to finals on his own with aleksi or without

2023-02-16 21:14

niko was in a massive slump when aleksi was on the team

2023-02-16 21:59

Aleksibob effect. As soon as aleksi left team they became better xd living 5 years ago still like I said.

2023-02-16 22:39

as soon as aleksi left they added jks to replace bot jackz so niko got more space to rifle and got some supportive elements. if you dont watch and analyze demos and are low elo just say so upfront bro

2023-02-16 22:55

Jks is what they needed but any igl would be better then aleksibot

2023-02-17 18:55

- maj3r + nexa

niko washed

Siuhy?

another match fixer kicked. Nice

Huge blow for OG tbh.

Sprout nexa?

siuhy Snax F1KU flameZ degster

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-snax -f1ku +dycha +maden and we gucci

2023-02-15 18:00

-Glaive +Nexa to Astralis - Glaive doesnt have what it takes as an IGL and just got lucky in the past.

2023-02-15 18:45

So pronax flusha neo and many more got lucky in past? How can someone with less majors be not lucky but someone with most in csgo history be lucky? U male no sense 0 logic. Noone can stay forever in prime and be best but he did it for longest then anyone else. So pay some respect scrub. Matter of fact check ur flair first before talking about legends. Col lose against tier 2 eu teams dont get wet too fast that they finally got some wins after getting destroyed every game for a whilem

2023-02-15 23:28

I just don't think he is that good because he won trophies with the same 4 players and has done absolutely nothing since. He got lucky by being at the right place at the right time. Just my opinion.

2023-02-16 00:31

8 years in row top 20 hltv player and lucky and right place at right time? Stop taking drugs ty. Ps 6 players one was kjaerbye instead of magisk get ur facts right before saying urban irrelevant opinions

2023-02-16 10:31

He is partially right tho

2023-02-16 14:21

Lets review Astralis's match today. Please tell me, why is Glaive even remotely close to a good IGL? This is exactly why I have the opinions I do about him.

2023-02-16 21:23

So but noone even near or in near fu future will come close or surpass him. Im not saying hes as good rn but not as bad as people claim new team they kept changing players and kept having average awpers. Device just started playing again after year and people expect him to be like in prime lol. He might not even reach that level again but still easily top 10 awper

2023-02-16 22:38

Karrigan is best IGL of all time and Glaive isn't even on my list. He might have been a top 20 player for 8 years but his role is IGL and I'm only talking about his IGLing. He doesn't know how to build a team or lead one and that has been made evidently clear the past 1-2 years.

2023-02-17 01:53

I think Flamez must speak slavik langauge as well, given all the other players are slavic so the communication must be in slavic languages

nah, polish and russian is not that simlar. Like if you dropped a polish person in the middle of moscow, he would be able to communicate, but on a very very very small level. It would maybe work for some other combinations like for example Polish/slovak/czech team or maybe something in balkans (idk how which countries understand each other well there, maybe croatian/slovenian team) but Russian/Polish team would be like if you wanted to make an english/german speaking team. They would understand something, but not in a milion years that would be availabe option for a pro team in any sport

2023-02-15 19:26

HooXi is in danger

2023-02-15 17:50

lol hilarious

2023-02-15 20:16

og cant stop taking hits man

2023-02-15 17:52

RIP OG for some time

2023-02-15 18:03

Thats what i was fucking waiting for -Hooxi +Nexa - Jks +C0llins Niko Hunter Monesy Who knows serbian becase hes slavic -the greman stick they call coach +Kassad

Maden speaks our language, and 4x better then c0llins

2023-02-15 18:18

All right sold

2023-02-15 18:20

0/8

2023-02-15 19:31

+ LOSSES

2023-02-15 23:27

Clown of the day nominee.

2023-02-16 02:26

Huge upgrade,now -F1ku and you will have chances to create decent team

2023-02-15 18:11

NiKo left G2 for this Kappa

2023-02-15 18:24

nexa steps down tempo? rarily.

2023-02-15 18:25

Pog finally disbanding

NOOOOOOO

Why would he step down if not poached by another org? OG is top8 but hltv experts said disband lol

2023-02-15 18:40

rumors say he will replace nafany

2023-02-15 19:08

Highly doubt that, he won't understand them fluently and I don't think that he would leave OG at this point. Do you have any sources though?

i had this twitter link but erased browser history and cant find it anymore :(

I doubt it tbh. C9 is RU speaking team. Fnatic or Liquid would be better prospects but I don't think they are better then OG atm, at least not fntc

2023-02-15 19:36

maybe sexa speaks Russian who knows, it's not that difficult to learn from srb to ru tho xD

It is man I am re-learning for 2 months and still struggle with anything but basic stuff. Would be cool to see it tho

nexa to navi

leaving the team before major quals is not a good sign. Seems like he is done with OG or OG is done with him

“personal” Kappa

2023-02-15 18:55

XDDDDDDHAHAHA

-nexa -F1KU +ALEX +zehN might work eh?

2023-02-15 19:09

Zehn 31 yo talent

2023-02-15 21:21

Well he's averaged a 1.10 rating throughout his career and seems to still be holding his own plus he's now a free agent so why not?

2023-02-15 23:52

Sad

2023-02-15 19:10

As if OG wasn’t bad enough now they don’t have an IGL Sad

lol rip OG's major chances

2023-02-15 19:16

Unlucko, hope he's all good. RIP OG.

Didn’t degster IGL at spirit ??

2023-02-15 19:46

No, chopper did/is

2023-02-15 20:17

nico isn't actually in bad form it would be interesting to see how they do with him

Ahh yes, bring back the cheater that used his "Get out of jail" card to avoid getting punished. The man who saved Heroic by becoming their scapegoat.

2023-02-16 01:20

With nexa in the team, they participated in the Major for the first time and entered the top 10 (8) on the hltv list. The decision is not clear to me. I'm disappointed.

2023-02-16 02:06

what do you mean the decision is not clear to you? he is just temporarily stepping down and taking a time off or whatever. This was nexa decision not OG and it happens in many teams atm that players are stepping down for some time or taking break

2023-02-16 09:43

Of course in the mid-season, but before qualifying for the major, I don't have a clear decision. As far as I understand, nexa will not play until Major Paris. Who can miss the Major?

2023-02-17 17:23

Thats rough

2023-02-16 02:10

Same weight !

2023-02-16 07:13

GG another hit for OG

2023-02-16 07:29

that is sad :(

2023-02-16 08:59

Does that mean that he will play the Major with them if they qualify? Sounds like it.

2023-02-16 10:38

#75

2023-02-16 14:32

-karrigan +nexa incoming?

2023-02-16 16:57

Big L

2023-02-16 19:38

Hope he is good

2023-02-17 10:13

Probably will be back soon, it would be just absurd to bench one of the guys that still make your team relevant. If eventually happen that Nexa left OG then Vitality should take him. Also Degster on liquid replacing Osee can be insane. Just imagine that duo whit Yekindar

2023-02-23 03:37

He's not coming back , he and Loba are good friends and Loba said few minutes ago on some serbian podcast that Nexa is having problems with players in his team , they don't want to work hard cus they are satisfied with the salary in OG and they don't wanna work harder to win something .

2023-03-14 20:44