Nouns beat EG to qualify for ESL Jönköping

Edgar "⁠MarKE⁠" Maldonado and company went undefeated through the four-team qualifier.

Nouns join Looking4Org on the team list for the $100,000 event

Nouns have topped the North America closed qualifier for ESL Challenger Jönköping and become the sixth team to book a spot at the Swedish event.

Kory "⁠SEMPHIS⁠" Friesen's troops powered through the closed qualifier undefeated, utilizing former ChocoCheck member Zack "⁠XotiC⁠" Elshani as a stand-in for Brendan "⁠Bwills⁠" Williams for the majority of their first two victories over Evil Geniuses and Forsaken.

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Complexity withdraw from ESL Jönköping NA closed qualifier

Colby "⁠Walco⁠" Walsh's side bounced back in the lower bracket and beat Wildcard and Forsaken to set up a rematch against Nouns, who had Bwills back in their lineup for the final.

The second time was not the charm for Evil Geniuses, however, with Nouns again clinching victory in three maps.

EG struck first on their pick of Ancient, but couldn't contend with inspired performances from MarKE on both Nuke and Mirage as the Mexican rifler led his team to a reverse-sweep victory with 1.63 and 1.45 map ratings, respectively.

Two final spots at ESL Challenger Jönköping will go to the winners of the South America and Asia qualifiers, with the main event set to take place from November 24-26.

The team list for the tournament is now:

 Nouns K - D Swing ADR KAST Rating2.0
49 - 40 +5.81% 92.4 76.7% 1.33
44 - 40 -1.59% 77.6 81.7% 1.12
41 - 39 +1.72% 69.5 73.3% 1.04
37 - 42 -0.38% 70.8 71.7% 0.97
34 - 46 -2.25% 60.4 68.3% 0.87
 Evil Geniuses K - D Swing ADR KAST Rating2.0
52 - 41 +1.52% 93.8 70.0% 1.24
45 - 38 +4.95% 78.9 70.0% 1.15
45 - 37 -2.35% 73.3 70.0% 1.12
34 - 47 -1.62% 57.9 70.0% 0.88
28 - 43 -5.81% 60.6 71.7% 0.86
United States Brendan 'Bwills' Williams
Brendan 'Bwills' Williams
Age:
22
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.04
Maps played:
1103
KPR:
0.71
DPR:
0.66
Canada Colby 'Walco' Walsh
Colby 'Walco' Walsh
Age:
21
Rating 1.0:
0.95
Maps played:
734
KPR:
0.65
DPR:
0.69
Mexico Edgar 'MarKE' Maldonado
Edgar 'MarKE' Maldonado
Age:
25
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.05
Maps played:
1113
KPR:
0.71
DPR:
0.65
United States Zack 'XotiC' Elshani
Zack 'XotiC' Elshani
Age:
22
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.09
Maps played:
375
KPR:
0.75
DPR:
0.67
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2023-10-12 06:52
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nosrac on LAN
2023-10-12 07:56
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#2
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United States scratchboy
Huge shoutout to xotic as well!
2023-10-12 06:53
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#3
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Mexico I_like_TF2
Yes! Let's go, Marke!!! Let's go, Nouns!!!
2023-10-12 06:55
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rip bozo
2023-10-12 07:08
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#6
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Samoa nuuuuucky
Junior GOAT!
2023-10-12 07:14
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7 replies
#20
Cooper | 
Europe kuu1
2023-10-12 10:19
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6 replies
#31
ness | 
Canada ssau
I can respect how jacked he is but for some reason he looks stupid as hell in this photo lol
2023-10-12 16:18
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5 replies
he looks like an army general in these vietnam war movies, which is hard asf imo
2023-10-12 17:00
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3 replies
#38
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Canada ssau
I dunno if anything at all it’s super funny. He was def a good player, good coach. No disrespect, But I honestly thought he was trolling when I first saw him at that event lol
2023-10-12 19:31
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2 replies
#48
Faceit level 10  | 
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United States ThunderCloudNate
It's just because of the sunglasses.
2023-10-13 18:47
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1 reply
#50
ness | 
Canada ssau
Yea it’s kinda funny like he’s playing poker or something. Only he’s coaching cs lol
2023-10-13 22:06
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You'll always look stupid wearing sunglasses inside a building with relatively dim lightning.
2023-10-13 03:21
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Solid 322 by EG
2023-10-12 07:16
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#8
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United Kingdom Leftie
credit to EG, most of them put out good rating 2.0's. They just can't figure out how to glue the talent together.
2023-10-12 07:27
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Junior relegated to NA hell
2023-10-12 07:43
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EG is barely top 5 in tier 3 NA region. The org can sign any EU team and improve immediately.
2023-10-12 07:52
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7 replies
EG have burnt through all their money and all the execs are jumping ship, they'd be lucky to buy a taco at this point, and I don't mean the player They even asked their 'Champion' Valorant team to take a pay cut or GTFO
2023-10-12 10:16
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They could sign nouns and improve immediately
2023-10-12 14:19
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and how do you expect them to do that when they literally even "asked" their contract jailed VALORANT winning team for 50% pay cuts.
2023-10-12 14:58
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4 replies
Free agents. Looking4Org Is a free upgrade.
2023-10-12 18:13
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3 replies
#49
Faceit level 10  | 
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United States ThunderCloudNate
You realize signing players requires paying contract money, Right?
2023-10-13 18:49
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2 replies
EG is not bankrupt, they can easily sign an orgless team, since orgless players have no salary at all.
2023-10-14 03:58
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1 reply
they're literally on the verge of bankruptcy broski. Them asking for pay cuts from their VALORANT team is actually a sign of that. Doesn't help that they're also going through a lawsuit by an ex-EG player in Dota 2 that they also have a solid chance of losing.
2023-10-14 04:13
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Junior to LAN ? I aren't think that
2023-10-12 07:53
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Honestly, what is wrong with EG? no matter what they do they just can't seem to win? gotta be a reason but its not readily apparant
2023-10-12 08:24
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EG after cerq is bulshit
2023-10-12 09:08
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Lol Lmao even It takes a lot of effort to remain this bad as a rich org
2023-10-12 09:09
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5 replies
>rich org rich my ass, they can't even afford their VALORANT winning roster and asked them take pay cuts while being in contract jail.
2023-10-12 15:00
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4 replies
#34
Cooper | 
Europe kuu1
Is that possible? Can you link a story on it? A contract should be fulfilled otherwise they might get in legal trouble.
2023-10-12 18:22
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3 replies
richardlewis.substack.com/p/evil-geniuse.. it's from Richard Lewis but when it comes to shit like this, he's still very reliable.
2023-10-12 18:24
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2 replies
#36
Cooper | 
Europe kuu1
At the end of that article there is a link to: richardlewis.substack.com/p/sumail-vs-ev.. Can't this Valoreen fellows pursue legal action as well? Or at least have a little talk with a lawyer / law firm? They might be interested in taking the case.
2023-10-12 18:39
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1 reply
that depends tbh.
2023-10-12 18:30
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#17
Faceit level 10  | 
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Poland moistu
auti pls leave this bot team
2023-10-12 09:31
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hext pls leave this bot team
2023-10-12 10:32
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hext is forced to stay in the states and yell all he wants...no one will hear him....
2023-10-12 12:42
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#25
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
jackasmo | 
Russia *Tpo-_-JI.b*
Nouns deserve it. Ive been keeping an eye on them for awhile now. They’ve won a bunch of bo3s/bo1s and play as a unit.
2023-10-12 13:38
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#29
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United States MrNorwood
Let's go, I'm excited to see if they can do some damage.
2023-10-12 15:19
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MarKE CS2 NA goat confirmed PogChamp
2023-10-12 15:58
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jeorge needs to go
2023-10-12 19:51
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NIce nouns!!! Let's goooo
2023-10-12 21:36
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EG = evil clowns
2023-10-12 21:50
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Nice job Nouns!.
2023-10-12 23:12
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wp cats
2023-10-13 04:32
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EG had 4 coaches in total and they've chosen Axed as their main?
2023-10-13 17:42
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