Sprout launch academy project

11-7-2023 15:01

After a period of instability Sprout forms its first-ever academy lineup to help feed players into the main team as needed.

Sprout presents its new academy roster

Sprout has announced the creation of the organization's first-ever CS:GO academy project. Coaches Danny "⁠BERRY⁠" Krüger and Mihajlo "⁠Feed⁠" Petrović will be in charge of it and share responsibilities between the main and junior rosters, which will work alongside one another.

The two coaches have stated that the purpose of the academy is to develop new talent to promote to the main team, which has faced stability issues in recent times.

Over the past 12 months the team made a whopping eight player changes, four of which came in a recent overhaul as the organization brought in both proven and unproven talent in Ihor "⁠w0nderful⁠" Zhdanov, Daniil "⁠alpha⁠" Demin, and Olle "⁠spooke⁠" Grundström, and veterancy and experience in Rasmus "⁠raalz⁠" Steensborg.

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"The idea came last year when we had so many issues finding the right replacements for players, and we always loved working with talent," coach BERRY has said about the new direction. "We wanna act before we need to act and have the players ready [to come into the main team]."

Sebastian "⁠Tauson⁠" Tauson Lindelof is the most battle-tested player on the academy roster, having recorded 370 maps on HLTV.org despite being just 17 years old, mainly in the past year with his latest team, MASONIC.

Three other 17-year-olds join him in Polish player Filip "⁠AxEcHo⁠" Czajka, who briefly trialed with AGO last year, Danish AWPer Emil "⁠sL1m3⁠" Stolz, and Serbian player Petar "⁠zecco⁠" Živanović. The final piece is Romanian 21-year-old Mihai "⁠fNk⁠" Costache, a former teammate of Laurențiu "⁠lauNX⁠" Țârlea and Iulian "⁠regali⁠" Harjău from their time in GameAgents, who most recently played in The Prodigies.

The Sprout Academy lineup is:

Poland Filip "⁠AxEcHo⁠" Czajka
Romania Mihai "⁠fNk⁠" Costache
Denmark Sebastian "⁠Tauson⁠" Tauson Lindelof
Denmark Emil "⁠sL1m3⁠" Stolz
Serbia Petar "⁠zecco⁠" Živanović

Serbia Mihajlo "⁠Feed⁠" Petrović (coach)

Serbia Petar 'zecco' Živanović
Petar 'zecco' Živanović
Age:
17
Team:
Sprout Academy
Rating 1.0:
1.05
Maps played:
6
KPR:
0.69
DPR:
0.63
Romania Mihai 'fNk' Costache
Mihai 'fNk' Costache
Age:
21
Team:
Sprout Academy
Rating 1.0:
0.93
Maps played:
128
KPR:
0.66
DPR:
0.72
Denmark Emil 'sL1m3' Stolz
Emil 'sL1m3' Stolz
Age:
17
Team:
Sprout Academy
Rating 1.0:
-
Maps played:
0
KPR:
-
DPR:
-
Denmark Sebastian 'Tauson' Tauson Lindelof
Sebastian 'Tauson' Tauson Lindelof
Age:
17
Team:
Sprout Academy
Rating 1.0:
0.95
Maps played:
370
KPR:
0.66
DPR:
0.69
Russia Daniil 'alpha' Demin
Daniil 'alpha' Demin
Age:
18
Team:
Sprout
Rating 1.0:
0.95
Maps played:
88
KPR:
0.65
DPR:
0.68
Poland Filip 'AxEcHo' Czajka
Filip 'AxEcHo' Czajka
Age:
17
Team:
Sprout Academy
Rating 1.0:
0.98
Maps played:
74
KPR:
0.65
DPR:
0.63
Denmark Rasmus 'raalz' Steensborg
Rasmus 'raalz' Steensborg
Age:
27
Team:
Sprout
Rating 1.0:
0.98
Maps played:
1218
KPR:
0.67
DPR:
0.67
Sweden Olle 'spooke' Grundström
Olle 'spooke' Grundström
Age:
21
Team:
Sprout
Rating 1.0:
1.02
Maps played:
389
KPR:
0.71
DPR:
0.69
Romania Laurențiu 'lauNX' Țârlea
Laurențiu 'lauNX' Țârlea
Age:
18
Team:
Falcons
Rating 1.0:
1.07
Maps played:
472
KPR:
0.74
DPR:
0.69
Romania Iulian 'regali' Harjău
Iulian 'regali' Harjău
Age:
20
Team:
OG
Rating 1.0:
1.17
Maps played:
330
KPR:
0.78
DPR:
0.61
Ukraine Ihor 'w0nderful' Zhdanov
Ihor 'w0nderful' Zhdanov
Age:
18
Team:
Sprout
Rating 1.0:
1.16
Maps played:
284
KPR:
0.75
DPR:
0.58
#1
m0NESY | 
United States Michaecide
Sprunt
2023-07-11 15:01
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3 replies
#55
Cobra | 
Spain spanishgodx
They should launch investigation instead
2023-07-11 15:49
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2 replies
#76
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Brazil PrestusHood
At least they hired young players to the academy roster, unlike another org....
2023-07-11 17:03
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#77
Romania 2ndBestInTheWorld
At this point they just laundring money
2023-07-11 17:03
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#2
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Finland one_glass_of_milk
L
2023-07-11 15:02
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#3
device | 
Denmark AstHerMad
Living up to their name
2023-07-11 15:02
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#4
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England DB_R20
WHY DID THEY NOT CALL THEM SAPLINGS
2023-07-11 15:02
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#5
kitty | 
North Macedonia MOST_DELUSIONAL_STEWIE2K_FAN
frfr
2023-07-11 15:03
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#12
Faceit level 10  | 
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Estonia sux3ss
seeds*, sapling is bigger than a sprout
2023-07-11 15:09
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8 replies
#36
YNk | 
Australia poppyxox
true facts
2023-07-11 15:32
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#44
arT | 
Europe DoktorEgg
+1. Seed is the obvious choice. Sprout are called Sprout because they signed an orgless team calling themselves Seed. It is their founding joke. hltv.org/news/22255/seed-sign-with-sprou..
2023-07-11 15:37
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5 replies
#57
Cobra | 
Spain spanishgodx
These newfags have no idea
2023-07-11 15:50
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1 reply
#69
Faceit level 10  | 
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Estonia sux3ss
"newfags", my first account gets unbanned next year nt
2023-07-11 16:41
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#65
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Korea xiwon
it was lowkey funny back then how they baited people into thinking Schalke would enter cs with because of their logo
2023-07-11 16:26
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2 replies
#68
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Poland BAN_ANIME
man, the old squad with innocent and krystal brings memories...
2023-07-11 16:37
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1 reply
#90
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Korea xiwon
yeah they were actually pretty good
2023-07-11 19:30
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#80
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Canada AyyyJayyy
+1
2023-07-11 17:22
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#28
HeavyGod | 
Latvia Nickanden_D_Broky_Believer
More like Sproutlings
2023-07-11 15:28
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#64
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Italy CiroDiMarzio
Sproutlings sounds better
2023-07-11 16:14
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#6
kitty | 
North Macedonia MOST_DELUSIONAL_STEWIE2K_FAN
BIG academy #2 making their own academy omg
2023-07-11 15:03
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1 reply
#16
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Switzerland Maerwan
Academy-ception
2023-07-11 15:11
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#7
Faceit level 10  | 
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Finland Kurkku))
Tauson on main team in 6 months BERRY master plan...
2023-07-11 15:03
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1 reply
#27
w0nderful | 
Ukraine neversh1ne
he is utter trash tho
2023-07-11 15:27
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#8
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Russia DELUSIONAL_COULD9_FAN
3 0.90 players 1 6 maps on hltv recorded 1 no hltv maps recorded Nice lineup, should be decent for esea advanced
2023-07-11 15:05
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11 replies
#17
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Russia Sc9r1ett
bruh that's the point of an academy team and scouting... they found ppl they think may be cracked on the low, then try them on a team that they don't care about
2023-07-11 15:14
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#18
Katherine | 
Iceland DonStil0
axecho 1.28 Tauson 1.01 fNk 1.07 where do you see 0.90 ?
2023-07-11 15:15
0
#19
Dodz | 
Nepal device_best_rifler_since_cphw
Do you know what an academy team is
2023-07-11 15:15
0
#22
United States PsychoLogical25
idiotass right here
2023-07-11 15:20
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#23
Aleksib | 
Finland aleksiii
wow you just described an academy team!
2023-07-11 15:20
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#26
Faceit level 10  | 
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Spain Dicraftio
Flag checks out honestly
2023-07-11 15:25
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#32
Europe fasjdui
bro looks at the rating 1.0 lmao, also do you know that players can develop?
2023-07-11 15:31
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#49
regali | 
Europe Axell6996
bro just looked at their 1.0 rating from this post and started throwing stones, some people are incredibly stupid and dumb
2023-07-11 15:43
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#63
Reunion MIBR_never_beat_FlipSid3
what you just said is like going to a 8th grade school and asking them where their diplomas are
2023-07-11 16:09
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#78
Europe 130iqpredictions
double digit IQ comment
2023-07-11 17:07
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#88
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Ukraine 3aJIyIIa_JI9IrYLLIKu
braindead comment expected from c9 fan
2023-07-11 18:37
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#9
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Pakistan LoOuU2
We need a WePlay comeback or some other TO to start handling tournaments for academy teams again !
2023-07-11 15:05
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#10
KRL | 
France Evalionne
W to start an academy
2023-07-11 15:06
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#11
PwnAlone | 
Czech Republic Vin_Benzin
fix your main. team than make shitty decisions
2023-07-11 15:06
0
6 replies
#29
HeavyGod | 
Latvia Nickanden_D_Broky_Believer
Already did lol
2023-07-11 15:29
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4 replies
#72
PwnAlone | 
Czech Republic Vin_Benzin
lol i doubt they will manage to win anything
2023-07-11 16:42
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3 replies
#83
HeavyGod | 
Latvia Nickanden_D_Broky_Believer
Well they got one of the best a really great up and coming rookie awpers in Sl1m3 on acedemy team, and they got one of the best rookie awpers in the Wonderful. Also got a great rifle and awp talent in Zyphon, so i will they that both teams got a chance of atleast getting better results than the most recent sprout.
2023-07-11 17:58
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2 replies
#84
PwnAlone | 
Czech Republic Vin_Benzin
you speak english like Borat XDD but in all honesty they have a better team than the recent roster, which was awful, but i’m still not convinced
2023-07-11 18:08
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1 reply
#92
HeavyGod | 
Latvia Nickanden_D_Broky_Believer
Last team got the taste of top 30 and nearly 20, so this could at least be fulltime top 30-25 team, or if they kick raalz and spooke for 2 better players, maybe just maybe they could be top 15. Sorry for my english tho
2023-07-11 22:24
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#96
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Hungary JozefTheShogun
Imean, that's what an academy team is for in the long term.
2023-07-12 08:23
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#13
Machine | 
Georgia 3gr03
whos an awper here? sl1m3?
2023-07-11 15:09
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2 replies
#31
HeavyGod | 
Latvia Nickanden_D_Broky_Believer
yes, one of the greatest danish young awper talents in recent years
2023-07-11 15:30
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#33
Bitchplz | 
Denmark V1kss
Yeah he's the awp
2023-07-11 15:31
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#14
Denmark hazraudetot
i wish they took adeX for awp but maybe he wants something better..
2023-07-11 15:10
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1 reply
#45
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Romania bLaZe_420
Nah, adex is already 22yo and seems like he's not able to find his previous form
2023-07-11 15:39
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#20
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Other Matt Damon
main roster could not win a map vs most academies == we need an academy too kek
2023-07-11 15:16
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5 replies
#35
HeavyGod | 
Latvia Nickanden_D_Broky_Believer
Well, you clearly dont know anything about cs
2023-07-11 15:32
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4 replies
#48
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Other Matt Damon
signed up 2022 ignored
2023-07-11 15:42
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3 replies
#50
HeavyGod | 
Latvia Nickanden_D_Broky_Believer
Not showing your own flag (Ignored)
2023-07-11 15:43
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2 replies
#51
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Other Matt Damon
cry is free
2023-07-11 15:44
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1 reply
#52
HeavyGod | 
Latvia Nickanden_D_Broky_Believer
Is that the reason you cry so much?
2023-07-11 15:44
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#21
Afghanistan FurrytheFury
wait not germans?
2023-07-11 15:18
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3 replies
#24
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Germany Gabbah
all german talent is in BiG Academy, and german scene is very very cheater heavy. always a big risk to pick up players nobody knows
2023-07-11 15:24
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2 replies
#70
Afghanistan FurrytheFury
but sprout german org should pick up german players, like mouz
2023-07-11 16:42
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1 reply
#73
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Germany Gabbah
like I said not much german talent out there, and you really need an insider to find out of people are clean. Ive played against german players in 99damage that got convicted in the same season for cheating, and that isnt even that uncommon. Especially the higher you go, the better people get at hiding them. Reason why we never have that many good players from Germany, while still having a huge and active playerbase
2023-07-11 16:59
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#25
nicx | 
Romania pbcosmin
fnkoi my goat
2023-07-11 15:24
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#30
Bitchplz | 
Denmark V1kss
Lol no way, I used to play with slim3 back in 2018
2023-07-11 15:30
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#38
Faceit level 8  | 
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Romania ticu
fnkkkkkk
2023-07-11 15:33
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#41
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France AnsiPansi
i guess you cant be young enough to be trained to follow in the footsteps of w0nderful and spooke
2023-07-11 15:35
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1 reply
#42
HeavyGod | 
Latvia Nickanden_D_Broky_Believer
tf????
2023-07-11 15:35
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#43
FIXEDINHO | 
Hungary Shiron212
Good luck!
2023-07-11 15:35
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#53
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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United States Gonginator
So instead of focusing on their main CS team, they decide to start an academy team? Lol, this is going to age well.
2023-07-11 15:45
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#62
Chr1zN | 
Denmark TomBombad1l
What? The main purpose of the academy team is to feed the main team. They're thinking long term, which is exactly what they need.
2023-07-11 16:01
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1 reply
#94
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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United States Gonginator
They can barely scrape together a tier 2 team as is...
2023-07-12 01:43
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#56
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Germany hltvfinest
hey future pros
2023-07-11 15:49
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#60
shox | 
Germany niismo
who is IGL
2023-07-11 15:56
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#61
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Finland Misttaa
love to see slim3, wanted him to go to mouz nxt but hope he does well :)
2023-07-11 16:01
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#66
Romania hooxihastogo
fnk matchfixer
2023-07-11 16:33
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#67
device | 
Germany 0L1V3R1337
No german academy from german org, big L
2023-07-11 16:33
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#71
Faceit level 8  | 
Twistzz | 
United Kingdom wantedandotr
The academy team of an academy team LMFAO
2023-07-11 16:42
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#74
Aleksib | 
Romania Lunala
sarpele fnkkkkk
2023-07-11 16:59
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#75
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England paradized_Dz
How come that Axecho's shortcut is SOOOO different from his hltv profile? A photo I mean
2023-07-11 17:01
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#79
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Europe 322_does_exist
solid tier 150 team
2023-07-11 17:13
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#81
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Romania g4briela
iar ramane fnk in top 100
2023-07-11 17:25
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#82
Finland gopushbmen
t2 team has academy team, nice t4
2023-07-11 17:26
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#86
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Hungary szia
super cool Sprout must've made BANK off the staehr and launx sales
2023-07-11 18:16
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#87
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Russia PerfectPetr
main roster itself looks like an academy
2023-07-11 18:20
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#89
tory | 
Romania OwenFomistu
what is fnk doing at an academy bruh
2023-07-11 19:23
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#91
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Romania garcea89
its a W, more academy teams, more competition for the PRO's
2023-07-11 19:59
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#93
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North America raysist
beautiful
2023-07-12 01:11
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#95
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Russia TYLOOYONGYUANZAIWOXINZHONG6666
Only tauson worth here
2023-07-12 03:43
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#97
Estonia stifler21
never seen worse lineup than this
2023-07-12 09:09
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