Falcons bench quartet, BOROS remains

5-11-2023 16:04

The Saudi organization has benched four members of its current roster amid a plethora of transfer rumors.

BOROS is the only player to remain on the active roster

Falcons have announced the benching of Nathan "⁠NBK-⁠" Schmitt, Alexandre "⁠bodyy⁠" Pianaro, Laurențiu "⁠lauNX⁠" Țârlea, and Miłosz "⁠mhL⁠" Knasiak as the Saudi organization has been linked with several high-profile players. As of now, only Mohammad "⁠BOROS⁠" Malhas will survive the roster rebuild.

Falcons recently added Danny "⁠zonic⁠" Sørensen to their ranks as head coach, with the additions of Emil "⁠Magisk⁠" Reif and Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač seemingly imminent. Marco "⁠Snappi⁠" Pfeiffer is another target who has reportedly reached a verbal agreement with the team. Ilya "⁠m0NESY⁠" Osipov has also at times been rumored to be in Falcons' crosshairs, but G2 went on the record to state that they are not interested in selling their young AWPer.

G2 General Manager: "We are not looking to sell m0NESY at any price"

NBK- was the longest-standing member of the benched quartet, having joined in September 2022 when the organization went through its first rebuild. bodyy joined a few months later when Falcons made another roster change.

The team failed to make an appearance at the BLAST.tv Paris Major, which meant that Falcons went through another rebuild in the summer, this time transitioning to an English-speaking roster.

lauNX, mhL, and BOROS joined the team in June, but the new-look roster only lasted four months before the organization pulled the plug to reportedly make way for their new superstar lineup.

Falcons is down to:

Mohammad "⁠BOROS⁠" Malhas

Danny "⁠zonic⁠" Sørensen (coach)

Nathan "⁠NBK-⁠" Schmitt (benched)
Alexandre "⁠bodyy⁠" Pianaro (benched)
Miłosz "⁠mhL⁠" Knasiak (benched)
Laurențiu "⁠lauNX⁠" Țârlea (benched)

ggs

2023-11-05 16:04

27 replies

it's happening

2023-11-05 16:05

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If Monesy does not join, they should get S1mple to Awp

2023-11-05 16:28

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I think if they buy S1mple he would still stay inactive for a while. at least until end January.

2023-11-05 16:33

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Sh1ro is in the market too

2023-11-05 16:34

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+1. Shiro younger and hungrier, and has shown that he can fit into a system, whereas S1mple IS THE SYSTEM

2023-11-05 16:44

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sh0ro overrated baiter with zero impact

2023-11-05 16:47

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He's solid. And have way better will to play and be respectful with teammates than s0mple

2023-11-05 17:04

with NiKo and BOROS in team it doesn't matter

2023-11-05 17:23

Sh1ro, overrated 1.3 rated player, Ah yes

2023-11-05 21:41

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literally over rated. his rating is padded by his playstyle (baiting and awping).

2023-11-06 21:10

He don't speak english

2023-11-05 22:32

ah a clipper

2023-11-06 11:04

except he doesn't speak english

2023-11-06 12:01

I don’t think shiro thrives in an English speaking team

2023-11-05 17:01

They should sell boros and get simple and shiro

2023-11-05 19:12

Sh1ro doesn't speak english

2023-11-05 19:21

And? Sh1ro isn't S1mple

2023-11-05 21:37

But if i am not wrong then RMR qualifier are in January, so if he wants to play Major then he needs to find a team before that.

2023-11-05 16:39

S1mple will suck on CS2. Awp = less impact. S1mple = below average rifler Not like Zywoo, whos above average rifler and amazing awp

2023-11-06 06:36

just drag KennyS out of retirement

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it's not 2015 anymore

2023-11-05 18:59

flag does not check out

2023-11-06 09:15

s1mple and niko in the same team? tiltfest

2023-11-05 17:08

s1mple's toxicity ruins any team's mojo. They will get one of those: monesy sh1ro sunpayus broky

2023-11-06 00:38

btw s1mple are not playing awper anymore in cs2 as he said. hes not interesting in awper role anymore since cs2 economy are still broken i guess. hltv.org/news/37341/s1mple-takes-break-f.. check this out

2023-11-06 05:37

For what? He will eat all burgers

2023-11-06 14:17

Hyyyyype, only s1mple remain

2023-11-05 16:26

ez for niko

wow such shock

Rip NBK

NBK died years ago

2023-11-05 18:23

+1 LOL

2023-11-05 18:31

google says he is alive

2023-11-06 18:05

HE was good in mouz, he is a trash IGL

2023-11-06 00:07

Only m0NESY left to be announced.

nahh zywoo will come

finally

I knew it would be BOROS

Yea me too, wished it was bodyy tho It was expected by Falcons to keep him for both his stats and his origins

2023-11-05 16:22

no shit, magisk + snappi + NiKo is on the way

2023-11-05 16:06

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Who is fourth? Monesy?

2023-11-05 16:19

nobody knows about the last spot

2023-11-05 19:04

Most likely no, since it's reported that G2 don't want to sell him. So, if we take top AWPers without team, it might be sh1ro or s1mple. The latter makes more sense since sh1ro's English is pretty bad and I don't think that Arabians want to waste time on their player learning new language for him.

2023-11-06 10:48

yeah sounds like a serious super team Xd

VERY serious xD

2023-11-05 19:05

wish i could build a new team every 4 months

Pretty ez when you are born into the pool of oil.

2023-11-05 16:10

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True, but then again flag.

2023-11-05 17:19

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Typical finn problems?

2023-11-05 19:25

It's not that they are jealous of your oil, just the fact that you get to be Sweden's baby brother instead of them.

2023-11-06 01:56

oooooooh snap

2023-11-06 08:49

No, I agreed with you. Coming from norwegians mouth, I find it quite hilarious

2023-11-06 11:15

Come on, you can’t compare norwegian and arabic oil politics, sure Norway got some, but it’s night and day difference.

2023-11-06 11:19

Nah bruh i’ve seen Oljefondet, the docu-series on norwegian mismanagement of pension funds

2023-11-06 11:47

Goodbye overrated players

2023-11-05 16:07

imagine building a team around boros LOL

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ikr, idk why they decided to keep him out of everyone. He will be out of the roster before Christmas

2023-11-05 16:11

It’s not building around BOROS lol, he is just only player decent enough to stay for upcoming tier1 project. You really think Magisk, Niko and monesy are going to play around BOROS?

Boros is a liability. He will drag the team down until they get rid of him

2023-11-05 16:13

Ye is young and showed promising form during Paris major, I don’t see single reason why not give him chance in this new project. Chances of him playing well under Snappi’s command are pretty decent imo. Falcons have nothing to lose, if he doesn’t performe he will get benched, if he does he stays, but benching promising talent and not even give him chance is stupid considering his buyout and contract weren’t the cheapest.

He has 0 gamesense and comms. Just aim

2023-11-05 17:50

still has good stats this year

2023-11-05 18:29

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against tier5, good job.

2023-11-05 19:35

1.21 vs top5 1.12 vs top20 gj talking out of your ass

2023-11-06 10:07

Where exactly are the games vs. Top 5? Was that in 2018? hltv.org/results?player=19763 Last match against a good team was Heroic in August and he had negative KD in that series.

2023-11-06 15:29

How do you know anything about his comms?

2023-11-06 07:25

Bodyy is also pretty good

2023-11-05 16:16

Washed past his prime and has nothing to offer in tier1 team imo. He had stint in tier1 only because he was bff with shox and smithzz.

2023-11-05 16:24

Idk if I’d say washed but I see where you’re coming from. Imo he’s still a decent player but there are a lot of other players younger than him that are equal to or better than him

2023-11-05 18:08

Bodyy is better

Just lmao

2023-11-05 16:23

They don't build a team around BOROS. They keep him in the roster because he is from Middle East, it is called marketing.

2023-11-05 18:55

when you have a "protected" player, then you are building a team around him lol

2023-11-05 18:57

2023-11-05 22:36

nt boros

2023-11-06 01:35

>Broken game forcing players to leave AWP(the most impactful rifle in pro scene) >Saudi money going to make pro scene look like pay to win now. RIP all your strats, if the other team has 5 X zywoo/niko etc. >Average player base switching to other games because of how unoptimized it is is this the end of CS? All things are lining up

2023-11-05 16:08

saying all of this about a month old game.... axaxa

CSGO was worse when it came out and we're still here so no, valve would never let their cash cow die

CS:GO had a magical run Its community and Esports scene kept on thriving. Mainly because of exponential growth in semiconductor industry made hardware more accessible and CSGO had no direct competition. Now both of these factors are saturated. And instead of doing a better job to compensate for it, they launched a dead game xD Bozos are donezos

2023-11-05 16:31

1.6 had a magical run Its community and Esports scene kept on thriving. Mainly because of exponential growth in semiconductor industry made hardware more accessible and 1.6 had no direct competition. Now both of these factors are saturated. And instead of doing a better job to compensate for it, hidden path launched a dead game xD Wtf how to valve fix csgo after hidden path made them a garbage console shooter???

2023-11-06 02:20

Kkkkkkkkk

2023-11-06 04:16

CSS had a magical run Its community and Esports scene kept on thriving. Mainly because of exponential growth in semiconductor industry made hardware more accessible and CSGO had no direct competition. Now both of these factors are saturated. And instead of doing a better job to compensate for it, they launched a dead game xD

2023-11-06 09:19

2023-11-06 09:20

I honestly don’t mind that AWP abusers got rekt by CS2, we have seen #1 player being awper for 6 years in row. It’s nice to level the playing field and let riflers to have more of an impact. Kids were crying just like this about 2017 Faze and 2020 G2 etc. Having 4 superstars in your team isn’t the way to go, it has been proven number of times.

2023-11-05 16:17

Look balanced, magisk one of the best anchor, snappi not a superstar and Niko and monesy allready play together

2023-11-05 16:18

There has to be 2 players that are selfless willing to lay down for the team and take hit on their stats. Snappi can’t play all the “b*tch” roles. Who is going to be second? Monesy is awper, so he isn’t an option. Niko? Magisk? Boros? All of these want to play their game and aren’t exactly know for sacrificing for the greater good. Examples Faze- karrigan, rain Vitality- apex, flamez (before dupreeh) G2- hooxi, shared hunter/jks

2023-11-05 16:30

Well depend on the map pool, following vitality magisk play A on mirage, B vertigo, A Anubis, Apps/pit inferno, A ancient. Never follow boros. I can imagine falcons on mirage. Magisk A (same role) Niko con (same role), monesy windows (same role) snappi to B (he play A on ence but well someone need to do it) and cat for Boros because I don’t know where he play, or just put boros on B and make him falcons bitch

2023-11-05 16:56

if anything boros should not be an anchor. He put out his best performances just run-n-gunning people, not anchoring or anything.

2023-11-06 05:35

I like it too But this awp nerf isn't intended, it's indirect nerf. Thus making it very awkward, and reflects poorly on volvo

2023-11-05 16:36

Awp too strong complain Awp nerfed complain Pick one

2023-11-05 16:57

#69

2023-11-05 16:58

EPL s18 csgo awp kills 11,8% Thunderpick awp kills 9,89% And u even have c9 on semis that don’t have an awper and grand final with Jame that hold the same awp that bought on round 3. I don’t see a huge difference on pro players, someone adapts others not

2023-11-05 17:16

yea, and C9 defeated that VP without awper hltv.org/matches/2367580/cloud9-vs-virtu.. what's your point? Are you saying awp isn't nerfed? or what? help me

2023-11-05 17:37

It’s nerfed but not the crap that ur saying

2023-11-05 17:47

what crap?

>Saudi money going to make pro scene look like pay to win now. RIP all your strats, if the other team has 5 X zywoo/niko etc. "superteams" never have a long term success

how is this pay 2 win? this roster looks ass. only positive thing is that they destroy 2-3 teams with those buyouts.

2023-11-05 19:38

>>Average player base switching to other games because of how unoptimized it is If you can't run cs2, you are too poor to play cs2

2023-11-06 08:58

You clearly don't understand what average means

I do. If in le current year you don't have a good enough to PC to run CS2, you are too poor to play anything at all.

2023-11-06 09:07

lol Either you don't know what configuration an average player has or you are clueless about how unoptimized CS2 is Either way, gtfo

2023-11-06 09:08

Your reading comprehension is literally nonexistent if that's your takeaway from this. Can you even scam people with such reading comprehension? Steam charts are freely available. The Average build still can run CS2. It is still not unoptimized. I am sorry Pajeet that your 12 year old PC can't run it anymore. Truly a loss we won't survive

2023-11-06 09:13

Even a raspberry pi can probably run 1.6 that doesn't make it playable idiot get more racist with that flag xD

2023-11-06 09:14

Exciting

2023-11-05 16:09

Unexpected

:O unexpected

zonic Boros NiKo Magisk Snappi Sh1ro/sk0R (don't ask why I picked sk0R)

is your name dan

2023-11-05 16:15

how did you guess? :O

sk0R would be nice

sk0r arent speak good pasha london also not that good outside asia scene

2023-11-05 22:49

lmao

2023-11-06 05:53

So boros stays?

2023-11-05 16:14

Isn't that obvious? He probably gets a period to show himself.

2023-11-05 16:27

ITS HAPPENING

Here it comes...

Vitality return french ZywOo bodyy (AKA French NiKo) JACKZ NBK apEX instant dynasty w atleast 4 majors and grand slams

true

2023-11-05 19:50

Zywoo rifle maka awp Apex bodyy Nivera/hadji

2023-11-06 06:51

Maka and hAdji cant perform against actual teams for whatever reason Man if only Nivera comes back

2023-11-06 11:30

deko awp ; ez top 1

LOL I can honestly see this roster being a flop

NBK- always having short time recently. sad to see him

Over a year is short time? Falcons under him have been really bad.

sh1ro could be the awper

the funding for this team just to go against Vitality is wild

2023-11-05 16:29

Not keep lauNX, wrong move

Sh1ro, s1mple or m0nesy? Who's gonna be 5th?

2023-11-05 16:35

sh1ro

2023-11-05 16:42

Sh1ro doesnt speak english...yet. Degster is benched as well, just saying

2023-11-05 19:51

Actually degster is a solid option. And instead of niko?

2023-11-07 15:49

there is no solid replacement for Niko, but Dupreehs contract with Heroic ends with 2023, maybe he joins Magisk and Zonic again

2023-11-08 13:49

zonic: everyone on the team will have a fair chance to prove their worth xD

2023-11-05 16:38

he meant the new team xD

2023-11-05 16:46

now it's clear haha

Haha my thoughts exactly

2023-11-05 19:41

Unexpected news .

Zonic BOROS NiKo Snappi Magisk Sh1ro

this lineup is far from a super team

2023-11-05 16:50

other than boros the other 4 are among the top of there respective roles. how do you get better than this? replace shiro with zywoo and boros with s1mple??

2023-11-05 17:49

yes, -sh1ro +m0nesy -boros +s1mple rifle

2023-11-05 19:03

Scary team ngl

2023-11-05 16:51

idk about shiro tho

2023-11-05 21:24

It comes as a surprise, maybe cause he's a prospect. Because both snappi and Niko are quite agro and Magisk can have those moves when he feels the game. If monesy is on the cards then I am not sure why is boros the choice cause monesy is one of the most aggressive high tier awpers if not the most aggressive. But maybe I have a wrong impression of Boros being all-aim-no-brain machine, maybe snappi and zonic have a good idea on how to utilize him properly.

2023-11-05 16:43

should have kept mhL

oh shit here we gooooo

mhL to 9ine? I know they are looking for IGL but still, mhL is still young and has good stats

If no better international team signs him, 9ine absolutely should. That is if he can rifle of course.

my guess is that sprout will try get him as an replacement for wonderful

Great point

2023-11-06 07:46

this will not be a super team. maybe so Magisk NiKo m0nesy s1mple "rifle" snappi

2023-11-05 16:53

Let's gooooo

What a joke lmao

so they strat will be: - boros go kill or make space

2023-11-05 17:00

Expected obviously. Launx and mhl might still find decent teams tho.

Really not breaking news

Snappi is old, he won't last long on the team in a new game. Magisk is washed. NiKo is still great but on the way down. Including BOROS, who is an average player at best, this team doesn't look like much to me. Very low chance of success.

Magisk isn't washed yet but maybe he might loss the motivation if they won't achieve a lot like in Astralis so far only reliable part, NiKo lost his path atm individually he's nowhere of CS:GO NiKo. Boros could probably grind he s young, m0nesy also could be good if they get him if not well it will be hard

2023-11-05 17:22

Vitality Magisk has never been the same as Astralis-era Magisk. I agree with you about NiKo for the most part, but I think it still looks like he can perform, just not at the same level anymore, and probably he's still going down slowly. Boros is fine, yes, he's average, and he could even improve, though at the moment he's not much. M0nesy is good, obviously, and will probably become even better, but for now it doesn't look like they'll get him.

2023-11-06 00:25

shiro is good addition. the team can hire a russian language teacher, one personal per each, incl zonic.

2023-11-05 17:06

2023-11-05 17:15

It's happening !

2023-11-05 17:20

Everyone will get their chance.

2023-11-05 17:25

Boros will be the actual star player of this team

2023-11-05 17:26

M0nesy wont leave, its obviously Sh1ro, idk why people cant see it

2023-11-05 17:29

+ s1mple

Why bodyy

2023-11-05 17:39

Well done falcons, imagine paying money to NBK and the launx bot, mhl is t3 and bodyy too washed.

2023-11-05 17:41

Lol that’s funny they just threw that whole team in the garbage. I was seriously wondering why boros was even willing to join that team in the first place. but now knowing more about it, a good paycheck will make some players do anything. Looks like for boros it panned out pretty good for him now

2023-11-05 17:40

yeah from nowhere to playing with zonic, niko, snappi, magisk and potentially sh1ro s1mple monesy lol. what a ride

Lol he rolled the dice and it worked.

2023-11-05 22:48

BIG brain Boros

2023-11-06 06:49

If falcons smart Degster awp Snappi Niko but makes no sense as they have boros for entry Boros Magisk

2023-11-05 17:42

there would be too many aggressive playmakers imo. boros, niko, degster, snappi. sh1ro would be a better fit imo

2023-11-05 17:55

Would make perfect sense with igl like snappi all he wants is push and rush

2023-11-05 18:00

not true. he is a tactical igl

2023-11-05 18:39

sh1ro doesn't speak English as far as i know

2023-11-05 18:43

he speaks a little. just hire a personal tutor and he will be ok in a couple months

2023-11-05 18:46

A little? Sh1ro was the 2nd caller at c9

2023-11-06 09:36

?? you think they were speaking english in c9 or what

2023-11-06 10:00

its happening

2023-11-05 17:45

ManCity of CS

Maybe just keep mhL? He has potential

2023-11-05 17:53

Remember when zonic said he will let the players prove their worth, he wants to build a great team from the lower tiers with current tineup? 1 day after signing: benches everyone, buys 3 starplayers

2023-11-05 17:59

They had time to prove themselves actually. It's over. 65 matches, 37 losses. Against T3 opponents. Not good enough, bye!

2023-11-05 19:52

Not time under zonic??

2023-11-05 21:32

Do you feel like iit should have been tried or it would have been a waste of time? They felt that too. :D

2023-11-05 23:18

Magisk, snappi, niko, m0nesy, s1mple. Do it

2023-11-05 18:05

booooo

2023-11-05 18:12

SHOCK, I can't believe this?! What is Falcons plan? I just dont get it...

waste lulmao #saveNiko

2023-11-05 18:58

quit monte like thi s

+Launx

Not much of a chance given to the players like Zonic said. Shocked xD

2023-11-05 19:37

Out of remaining guys bodyy was pleasant surprise for quite some time now. Him and mhl will be picked up soon, on the other hand NBK and especially launx nothing to write home about.

NBK most benched player

2023-11-05 19:46

something big is coming

It's Falcons not BIg, lul

2023-11-05 23:10

I see a problem of too much aggression if they keep BOROS. Snappi, Niko, BOROS all aggressive playmakers - they still need an awp and the meta says they should be aggressive too - could be m0nesy or Sunpayus. That leaves 1 anchor in Magisk and no lurk. I think BOROS won't stay and should be replaced by someone like ropz or hunter.

2023-11-05 19:57

2023-11-05 20:21

Bodyy lost months of his career again, this guy is so unlucky

2023-11-05 20:20

This really sucks :(

2023-11-05 20:34

This is going to be a real disaster

2023-11-05 20:47

these 4 guys had enough time to proove what they can do and they had more then enough time to farm $$$

2023-11-05 21:08

It's like I said. Boros is staying. Top talent knows he's an up and coming tier 1 player, just like Monesy and zywho were. Now Donk and Boros are the future rising stars that will be tier 1. No question.

2023-11-05 22:16

I hope bodyy and mhL find good teams, they have potential.

Good. It'll be a stupid decision if they removed a young talented player in that region. Seeing his excellent performance at Paris major, BOROS is real deal but still a lot of things he needs to improve, fortunately there are experienced players such as snappi, NiKo, Magisk in team where he can learn from.

2023-11-05 22:46