NiKo to stay with G2 in shock U-turn

The Bosnian ace is going nowhere despite reports linking him with Falcons.

Despite Falcons' interest, NiKo is staying with G2

Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač has decided to stay with G2, the organization has announced. This last-minute development sees Falcons miss out on one of their main transfer targets as they look to build a world-class team for 2024.

The Bosnian star had been widely expected to join Falcons, with a November 2 report suggesting that a deal was all but done. But in a stunning turn of events, NiKo has committed his future to G2, his home since November 2020.

“Happy to put an end to all the rumors, gossip and speculations with the final verdict - NiKo is here to stay at G2,” G2 General Manager Petar "⁠peca⁠" Marković told HLTV.org. “As previously mentioned, we are of the firm opinion that he plays an incredibly unique role in our team that would be hard to replace, and we're thrilled to announce that we've reached an agreement for him to remain with our team.

“Retaining the key player that helped us to clinch victories at two prestigious tournaments in 2023, we are eager to discover what successes the near future holds for us.”

Falcons had hoped to sign NiKo and make him the cornerstone of their team as they look to fill the four vacancies in their squad. After appointing Danny "⁠zonic⁠" Sørensen as head coach, the Saudi organization has reportedly already reached agreements with Emil "⁠Magisk⁠" Reif and Marco "⁠Snappi⁠" Pfeiffer.

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The future of G2’s lineup remains one of the burning questions of this rostermania period as many teams look to strengthen their rosters ahead of the PGL Copenhagen Major. peca has told HLTV.org that the organization will not entertain offers for Ilya "⁠m0NESY⁠" Osipov, who was also rumored to be high on Falcons’ wishlist.

According to a report by 1pv.fr, ENCE's Álvaro "⁠SunPayus⁠" García and Cloud9 benched player Dmitry "⁠sh1ro⁠" Sokolov are both on Falcons' list of transfer targets.

G2 have only one more event to attend before the end of the year, the BLAST Premier World Final, where they will be looking to defend the title they won in 2022. The team recently finished in the top four at IEM Sydney 2023, the first Big Event in Counter-Strike 2.

Serbia Petar 'peca' Marković
Petar 'peca' Marković
Age:
32
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
-
Maps played:
0
KPR:
-
DPR:
-
Russia Dmitry 'sh1ro' Sokolov
Dmitry 'sh1ro' Sokolov
Age:
22
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.22
Maps played:
1074
KPR:
0.77
DPR:
0.54
Denmark Emil 'Magisk' Reif
Emil 'Magisk' Reif
Age:
25
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.07
Maps played:
1598
KPR:
0.71
DPR:
0.63
Denmark Marco 'Snappi' Pfeiffer
Marco 'Snappi' Pfeiffer
Age:
33
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.95
Maps played:
1784
KPR:
0.64
DPR:
0.68
Spain Álvaro 'SunPayus' García
Álvaro 'SunPayus' García
Age:
24
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.12
Maps played:
519
KPR:
0.72
DPR:
0.59
Bosnia and Herzegovina Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač
Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač
Age:
26
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.15
Maps played:
1803
KPR:
0.79
DPR:
0.66
Russia Ilya 'm0NESY' Osipov
Ilya 'm0NESY' Osipov
Age:
18
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.18
Maps played:
441
KPR:
0.77
DPR:
0.60
#1
Faceit premium user Faceit level 9  | 
Skadoodle | 
Germany talentresistent
actual surprise
2023-11-06 15:46
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#7
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Brazil flytw4tp
G2 is safe omg im crying
2023-11-06 15:47
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42 replies
hope you're joking it's an esports team
2023-11-06 15:52
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#102
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steel | 
Belgium VulcunStoleMyD
Why so serious?
2023-11-06 16:00
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6 replies
wow turns out harumi and those leakers were were always wrong
2023-11-06 17:11
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5 replies
Harumi has to have like a bot that has some random number generator that just spits out "player" to "team" every day or so
2023-11-06 17:19
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3 replies
This is the funniest hltv comment ive ever seen lmao
2023-11-06 17:26
0
1 reply
I AM CRYING NiKo <3 GOATTT
2023-11-06 18:49
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#416
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Macau nWuyuz
this is perfectly true. just block this kid's twitter and the world will be cleaner
2023-11-06 20:25
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#407
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
steel | 
Belgium VulcunStoleMyD
flag
2023-11-06 19:53
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#149
Faceit premium user Faceit level 9  | 
Skadoodle | 
Germany talentresistent
nothing else then crying when your football teams wins or finalises a good transfer
2023-11-06 16:08
0
2 replies
Nothing else then crying when your football team, having your flag with black, red and yellow, bombed out of World Cup group stage.
2023-11-06 16:15
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1 reply
#350
Faceit premium user Faceit level 9  | 
Skadoodle | 
Germany talentresistent
actually I hoped they would drop out in group stage, just as they did. mismanagement for years, putting the wrong focus in players and their quality/experience. I hope this is like a wakeup call for them, but there was nothing I was sad about really I am although a huge Bayer Leverkusen fan since 12 years, so I am really excited to see them play out of their minds lately
2023-11-06 18:14
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#368
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Czech Republic manik999
You are literally on HLTV wtf
2023-11-06 18:33
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#89
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Belarus Azy_421
good for you i guess
2023-11-06 15:58
0
OMG NiKo pulled an Imbappe
2023-11-06 15:58
0
13 replies
#106
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Romania RMS17
lol
2023-11-06 16:01
0
They are actually complete opposite situations. Mbappe chose money, NiKo chose career.
2023-11-06 16:25
0
11 replies
And family xD
2023-11-06 16:34
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#220
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ZywOo | 
France wTfLo
MBappe refused the 40 million bonus PSG owed him to stay at PSG. And Madrid were prepared to pay him even more. So no, he didn't stay for the money, but because he still believes he can win the Champions League with his beloved PSG.
2023-11-06 16:36
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3 replies
Lmao if he didn’t manage to do it with goat Messi and Neymar, he will never do it. It was basically insane 2015 Barca trio just Moneybappe instead of Suarez.
2023-11-06 16:53
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Such travesty will not occur.
2023-11-06 17:42
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You can’t actually believe that? PSG basically made him a playing GM. And everyone including Macron was putting heavy pressure on him to stay. I get that you can’t have any shame when supporting an oil money team, but be real. And Madrid would pay him a salary even close to what he has in PSG.
2023-11-06 21:32
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How could niko choose career when his career is almost finished.. now he lost the money and potentially a team that could compete for trophies :) g2 is not a team that will win anything in the near future
2023-11-06 16:58
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#342
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kinkybdsm | 
Other MissingN0
"potentially" is the key word G2 IS winning trophies, this new colossus project, who knows how it will turn out, g2 already looks like a superteam the way it is. So gotta disagree on that
2023-11-06 18:04
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"G2 will never win a trophy with hooxi"
2023-11-06 22:13
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"g2 is not a team that will win anything in the near future " Yeah, It's not like they didn't win anything serious this year.... Right?
2023-11-07 03:02
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2 replies
Its not like they got bombed out of 90 % of their tournaments right? G2 had too much time on their hands to get better but theres no results! From tourney to tourney they show worst results
2023-11-07 10:48
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1 reply
They made playoffs in most of the tournaments this year and won 2 biggest of them besides major, wtf are you talking about?
2023-11-07 12:22
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would have been better if he left and they got ropz
2023-11-06 16:01
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9 replies
as if hunter and jks weren't passive enough
2023-11-06 16:10
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#184
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Norway BijeaN
Dumbest sht ive read in a while.. complete role clash and G2 would become trash
2023-11-06 16:17
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2 replies
fake and bluepilled
2023-11-06 17:29
0
1 reply
can you translate to english please?
2023-11-07 13:11
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Why speculate about ropz when he plays for the most loyal roster in the entire scene?
2023-11-07 08:51
0
4 replies
faze is supposed to disband
2023-11-07 10:01
0
2 replies
#512
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Poland YOGURTOVSKY
source - your dirty roo anus
2023-11-07 14:40
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1 reply
the news must have not reached under german toilets i guess so you haven't heard about it
2023-11-07 18:17
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cries in twistzzz
2023-11-07 20:54
0
haha
2023-11-06 16:03
0
lol
2023-11-06 16:04
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#226
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Denmark Legend42p
safe to remain mediocre af
2023-11-06 16:37
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#245
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Germany LadyApi
I cried too :D my boyfriend is laughing at me. I was so freakin heartbroken when the rumours started. I already broke up with NiKo in my brain :D
2023-11-06 16:45
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Actually a huge win
2023-11-06 16:56
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Actually not surprised
2023-11-06 15:50
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Not surprised Twistzz,its your turn to reject Liquid.
2023-11-06 15:51
0
8 replies
+1 on Twistzz rejection!
2023-11-06 15:54
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1 reply
#96
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United States xoblivion
You don't say that!
2023-11-06 15:59
0
+1
2023-11-06 16:02
0
He‘s an idiot if he leaves FaZe at this point
2023-11-06 16:07
0
1 reply
#465
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United States Gonginator
Well, it's uncertain what will happen with the Complexity and FaZe rosters once GameSquare's acquisition of FaZe is completed.
2023-11-07 01:15
0
Nah he is worst player on the team with his inconsistency and constant motivation issues. He has been big part of the problem why Faze sucked for past year. How long will his motivation last now? 3 months? 6 months? He clearly doesn’t have champion mindset just like most NA players. Traitor can go back to LuLquid and happily sit on #5-10 spot, if Faze manage to get frozen it will be clear upgrade.
2023-11-06 17:08
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2 replies
Lmfao he has better records than most EU with 2x GS and 1x major 2x cologne 1x kato. Though you're right he is the weakest performer on the team but never bottoms out as hard as most other players do. And you're acting like the entirety of faze didn't go AFK during those 8 months with the exception of ropz. As for his mental stability, honestly I agree, but it seems like everyone has some sort of issue in esports like they cannot take a step back and realize they're getting paid monthly what many in the world get paid yearly to play a fucking game. But you'll not count the EU teams that have therapists on the roster or the players there who break mentally as well. I'm not sure he was really a "traitor" as much as he was in talks to see where his future might go and FaZe gave him uncertainty back after having a grandslam since he had been there. But I do agree frozen is a clear upgrade, simply more versatile and doesn't seem to tilt while posting the same numbers or better.
2023-11-07 23:03
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1 reply
On some things we agree on some we don’t, but I respect your opinion.
2023-11-08 16:16
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+ a pleasant one
2023-11-06 15:54
0
LET'S GOOOO
2023-11-06 16:40
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A very big surprise
2023-11-06 17:29
0
wtf
2023-11-06 15:46
0
2 replies
#152
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Germany Sol1taire
xpected
2023-11-06 16:10
0
Expect nothing less from the real goat
2023-11-07 00:02
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#3
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United States pkheat
Nice
2023-11-06 15:46
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#4
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Germany Gabbah
falcons in shambles rn
2023-11-06 15:46
0
11 replies
bring back NBK
2023-11-06 15:49
0
9 replies
BOROS: "Shaikh, can we have NiKo pls?" Shaikh: "We have NBKo at home" BOROS: "[SIGH]"
2023-11-06 16:36
0
8 replies
LMAO
2023-11-06 17:11
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10/10 would recommend this joke to everyone
2023-11-06 17:48
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hahahaha
2023-11-06 18:04
0
LOL
2023-11-06 19:16
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#401
Faceit level 10  | 
ner | 
Ukraine smakolyk
Nbk 2 majors niko 0 majors
2023-11-06 19:45
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#466
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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United States Gonginator
Lmfao
2023-11-07 01:16
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#499
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Macau nWuyuz
major winning joke
2023-11-07 11:14
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#537
Faceit level 10  | 
Xyp9x | 
Russia BIGGEST_XYP_FAN
axaxaxaxaxaxaxa
2023-11-08 20:58
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kassad in shambles
2023-11-06 16:56
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UNO reverse
2023-11-06 15:47
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Actual clownshow. G2 withdraws from CAC cause of NiKo supposed to leave, deal's about to be done, but then NiKo refuses at the last moment and the whole shit blows up. Falcons and G2 both simultaneously screwed lmao. Literally the third worst roster move attempt in 2023.
2023-11-06 15:47
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imo they should be given permission to join CAC again,its not like their replacement team was a european team,They just have to do seedings again and its done deal without any further issues.
2023-11-06 15:49
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#43
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Greece Panesito
maybe they shouldnt just given them permission to enter CAC again, but why not give them the trophy and cancel the tournament just because diva NiKo doesnt know who to pick and ruins everything? Lol you are so funny, dood.
2023-11-06 15:51
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Its for the greater good,G2 will bring more views and relevance to tournament more than Wings Up will give. I know it sounds unfair because my proposition wouldnt happen %100 on any small teams like Tyloo,Lynn Vision but we have to prioritise the value of the tournament more here,And bringing G2 back to tournament will just do that.
2023-11-06 15:55
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3 replies
lmao, it won't happen and it would be such a clown move.
2023-11-06 15:57
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2 replies
True,it would be a clown move and Wings Up players would be disrespected. But you are forgetting that the PGL is the TO here,I wouldnt be surprised if they were given permission to re-entry.
2023-11-06 15:59
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1 reply
they might still invite them for a showmatch cause why tf not kek.
2023-11-06 16:07
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I don’t think it is an option to let them come back, but maybe a show match vs Chinese dream team? I am sure that all G2 members do not have any schedule RN.
2023-11-06 15:59
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1 reply
they dont. Their next event isn't until December with BLAST World Finals.
2023-11-06 16:13
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And how are they supposed to get visas 2 DAYS BEFORE THE EVENT
2023-11-06 16:09
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Maybe they don't want to go for CAC... after all this clownshow.
2023-11-06 16:40
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It's highly likely NiKo never wanted to join but was pushed away by the org.
2023-11-06 15:50
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5 replies
the story goes that g2 cant pay their salaries so they asked for the players to take a pay cut. And since falcons offers good money players that do not accept the pay cut could go there
2023-11-06 16:10
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it was most certainly almost a done deal because G2 can't pay NiKo anymore and he wanted more money. But probably hunter and may0nesy cried and begged him to stay and promised they'll suck him off more often now
2023-11-06 16:40
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NiKo didn't want more, he wanted the same, G2 wanted to cut his salary and pushed for his transfer, hltv confirmed striker heard rumours behind the scene that NiKo was never keen on joining falcons to begin with but had no choice. Who knows what kind of agreement they reached in the end.
2023-11-06 16:44
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“But had no choice” even if you go from being paid 50k/mo to 45… you most certainly have a choice
2023-11-06 17:23
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#467
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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United States Gonginator
Most people do not want to take a pay cut once they've peaked in terms of salary at each job they get hired for. Unless it's something like taking a pay cut from $80K to $70K per year to be able to work from home as opposed to staying at $80K and being forced to go into the office everyday of the week, which in this case would save people money and be more convenient, people wouldn't see any reason for them to take a pay cut in the slightest amount.
2023-11-07 01:20
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There were rumours of g2 leaving before he even falcons niko rumour started
2023-11-06 15:51
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#54
Faceit premium user Faceit level 9  | 
Skadoodle | 
Germany talentresistent
what are your top 2 then?
2023-11-06 15:52
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7 replies
It's easily EG trying to go EU by signing players like zorte and electroNic and getting no one cause they failed in negotiations and the stavn-jabbi gibberish with Astralis and Heroic.
2023-11-06 15:53
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#117
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Germany _car
Don't forget failed transfer of the Heroic team to FPX because of es3tag going to Astralis. FPX literally brought them to the US to play flashpoint and then left them hanging there and played the event with another roster Then heroic became a title contender team
2023-11-06 16:02
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ye that was bad, but Im talking about 2023. If EG's failed attempt at going EU and the stavn-jabbi drama didn't exist, NiKo simultaneously blowing up Falcons' ambitions while screwing G2 out of one more international LAN before World Finals would've been the worst roster move attempt this year.
2023-11-06 16:05
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#140
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Germany _car
Guess I should have read your first comment!
2023-11-06 16:07
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#468
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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United States Gonginator
What a shit show for the beginning of competitive CS2 lol. So much drama in such little time.
2023-11-07 01:21
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2 replies
Gets people talking in the world right? Drama is how you draw in more people and it's been clearly happening recently..
2023-11-07 18:43
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#527
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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United States Gonginator
True true - gonna be interesting to see the landscape when the dust settles.
2023-11-08 02:56
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niko did it to get raise from g2
2023-11-06 16:04
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3 replies
+1 typical bargaining strategy .. "I'm leaving!!1" "Nooo, Niko, plss... you'll get some "extras" now! " "hm.. ok"
2023-11-06 16:41
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No he didn't , they even reduced his salary , he did this probably so he can play with hunter and m0nesy.
2023-11-06 16:44
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1 reply
Yes they reduced before he was going to leave
2023-11-06 18:09
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whats the other 2?
2023-11-06 16:22
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1 reply
EG trying to go EU by getting players like electroNic and zorte but failing to get anyone they wanted (hence why they promoted their EG Black roster) and the stavn-jabbi gibberish with Astralis and Heroic.
2023-11-06 16:23
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#207
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Poland Ozianin
edit
2023-11-06 16:31
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I don’t think it’s possible to get Visa so quick that they can catch up the event 2 days later?
2023-11-06 17:23
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ofc not Probably already even had visas to begin with. But already withdrew, and it’d be a dick move to remove Wings Up for this. Best they can do is visit for a showmatch and do a fan meetup.
2023-11-06 17:58
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"Falcons and G2 both simultaneously screwed" And why would G2 care about CAC in particular. Sure the money is good but otherwise this is a kinda irrelevant tournament. 4 t3 teams, astralis which isn't exactly doing great now, ence which is maybe dead, mouse which is inconsistent and faze
2023-11-07 00:00
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thats why hes the goat
2023-11-06 15:47
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#9
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Finland ristonen
this project crumbling before it starts
2023-11-06 15:47
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7 replies
#27
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Poland ScR1337
and thats great
2023-11-06 15:49
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#41
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Antigua and Barbuda qezar
when it starts it will crumble even more
2023-11-06 15:51
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#469
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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United States Gonginator
BOROS was already cooking with Monte, but saw the big pay check in his future. Well, he sure achieved a lot with NBK and body lol. I don't blame BOROS, but damn, he left Monte for a defunct team...
2023-11-07 01:23
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4 replies
What do you mean both teams are bound to lose but one of them offers millions for it
2023-11-07 09:27
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#505
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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United States Gonginator
Monte and BOROS were putting up decent results. Falcons with BOROS have achieved nothing. It's obvious that both teams are bound to lose, as is the case for everyone in life. My point is that BOROS left a good team to join one that was dog shit. I also said that I don't blame BOROS for chasing the money.
2023-11-07 12:37
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"decent results" = ONE time 3-4th... I understand what you mean but in my opinion it was between a terrible tier 2 team and a terrible tier 2 team full of money. Again I understand what you mean but monte wasn't going to do anything scary
2023-11-07 12:49
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#507
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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United States Gonginator
Fair enough. Monte definitely don't have deep pockets like Falcons do nor are they significantly better, but one can hope, or rather - could have hoped, that BOROS would've stuck with the better team. Let's see what both teams can do though. Still cheering for Monte and interested in who will be on Falcons' roster.
2023-11-07 12:55
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unexpected.
2023-11-06 15:47
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#11
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Norway CheNaLii
OMFG LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
2023-11-06 15:47
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#12
Faceit level 10  | 
NiKo | 
Poland po7ok
LET'S GOOOOO
2023-11-06 15:47
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#14
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Sweden Vrede
let's go
2023-11-06 15:47
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thank god another promising team doesnt die
2023-11-06 15:48
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why shock? i think it was more shocking that he would leave G2
2023-11-06 15:48
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2 replies
because his departing was already yesterday's news
2023-11-06 16:07
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Good take bro
2023-11-06 16:08
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L in my book and my book is kinda like the Bible - very questionable.
2023-11-06 15:48
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6 replies
8/8
2023-11-06 16:13
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#209
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Serbia DRogla17
Well, you say you are a fan of hunden, so I'm not surprised.
2023-11-06 16:31
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Name and flair checks out
2023-11-06 16:54
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Pretty funny and original one
2023-11-06 18:00
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2 replies
Bro what happened to you? Did they ban you?
2023-11-28 19:13
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1 reply
No, my account is active.
2023-11-29 07:39
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Respect
2023-11-06 15:48
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4 replies
#159
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Germany Sol1taire
what are your thoughts on the Ottoman empire?
2023-11-06 16:11
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3 replies
Mid
2023-11-06 17:45
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What are your thoughts on the roman empire?
2023-11-06 22:28
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1 reply
#514
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Germany Sol1taire
Great empire that Hollywood has exploited to the fullest to make money.
2023-11-07 16:11
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#20
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Italy Karimk03
Falcons sunpayus+frozen or donk
2023-11-06 15:48
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2 replies
donk should go to faze or vitality or g2 if he's smart
2023-11-06 16:13
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1 reply
Donk is probably really expensive to buy out of his contract. Unless Falcons buy him with the money printer, we'd have to wait for his contract to expire.
2023-11-06 20:38
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#21
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United States ddown
Lmao
2023-11-06 15:48
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#22
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Germany Rusty_
W
2023-11-06 15:48
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#23
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Czech Republic imik
GIGACHAD Falcons in shambles
2023-11-06 15:48
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#24
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Sweden slyde123
Sweet!
2023-11-06 15:48
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#26
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North America smoko
m0NESY ALWAYS WINS
2023-11-06 15:49
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Unexpected!!!!!!!
2023-11-06 15:49
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#30
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Antigua and Barbuda qezar
Love it. I'm all against falcons and their greedy ways
2023-11-06 15:50
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GOATTTTT
2023-11-06 15:50
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RIP jks in G2 they are gonna bench him to keep Niko's salary lmaoooo. Can't wait to watch G2 choke in the next 8 events to win one big one then go back to choking again xdd
2023-11-06 15:50
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10 replies
exactly my thought, G2 will cut prices, the results won't come and then Niko (and also maybe monesy) leave in the end for probably even less.
2023-11-06 15:56
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#225
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Germany crippz
Thats not how salary works in europe lmao
2023-11-06 16:37
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wdym? Its just basic financials. Niko was going to leave because G2 couldnt pay him enough. So now that he is staying he has either agreed to a smaller paycheck (unlikely) or G2 agreed to keep his salary high, meaning that they now have to cut from somewhere since they couldnt afford it before, which will likely be taken from other players, by either cutting their salaries, or benching them for cheaper players
2023-11-06 16:47
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#274
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Germany crippz
Benched players still get their salary, are you an idiot or what?
2023-11-06 17:07
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they wont get the same amount
2023-11-06 18:09
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#357
Faceit plus user Faceit level 10 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
donk | 
Poland Hellp3r
It all depends on their contract obviously, no team would agree to bench player for same salary.
2023-11-06 18:23
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If they bench JKS they sell him along with lower salary on the bench. Sure there is an expense but its a short term expense it's literally basic fucking math. If they don't have to pay jks full salary, which will 100% be way more expensive than any cheap player they bring in, then its more money to Niko's salary. They then sell jks to make up for the deficit that they had by paying him portions of his full salary on the bench. Overall they cut player salaries, they get to keep Niko and they probably profit off the sale. It's literally addition and subtraction you learned this when you were 6. Are you and idiot or what?
2023-11-06 19:05
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is jks' salary reasonably high? his career was in the dumps when he signed for g2
2023-11-06 20:55
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its no way as high as niko, monesy or hunter, but it would definitely be higher than comparable role player riflers, example like keoz, styko before benching, ect. Like there are probably a lot of other players that would be cheaper. And also he was signed to G2 after winning kato 22 with Faze as a standin with a phenomenal performance his price tag was probably inflated for when they bought him
2023-11-07 01:28
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yeah lmao probably gonna rip BOT Hooxi of almost all his salary just to keep diva Niko
2023-11-06 16:43
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#34
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Poland rotu_
WHAT?FALCONS ARE DOOMED XDDD
2023-11-06 15:50
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#35
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Belgium w4lt3r
Massive W
2023-11-06 15:50
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now magisk back to vitality please
2023-11-06 15:50
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2 replies
too late, he screwed himself lmao.
2023-11-06 15:53
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1 reply
unluko
2023-11-06 15:58
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Good
2023-11-06 15:50
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+DONK TIME!!!
2023-11-06 15:51
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WOW
2023-11-06 15:51
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1000% NiKO will leave G2 this week. Its fake.
2023-11-06 15:51
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Hooxi too good, couldn't leave him
2023-11-06 15:51
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#46
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Serbia S4V1C
WE WON, LET'S GOOOOOOO
2023-11-06 15:51
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W
2023-11-06 15:51
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falcons is duking man
2023-11-06 15:52
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Awesome
2023-11-06 15:52
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Probably understood big paycheck wasn't worth big team downgrade.
2023-11-06 15:52
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3 replies
Also, the falcons do not have a slot in any tournament, which means that they would have to qualify for every possible tournament, which means that they would play more tier 2 cs than tier 1
2023-11-06 16:47
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2 replies
only for a couple tourneys, if they do well they get ranking invite like c9 always do
2023-11-06 16:58
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#470
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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United States Gonginator
For 2024 sure. When 2025 comes around, all league / team partnerships will be abolished. Also, I'm pretty sure that if NiKo did join Falcons, any roster they could conjur up with their deep pockets would be able to qualify for most if not all tier 1 events.
2023-11-07 01:26
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#55
Faceit level 10  | 
Denmark d0udy3160
common niko W
2023-11-06 15:53
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W niko
2023-11-06 15:53
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+W for NiKo, chances of him winning a major with m0nesy are high rather than joining another superteam.
2023-11-06 15:53
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w
2023-11-06 15:53
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LFGGGG
2023-11-06 15:54
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might have some domino effects. first news (KRL on confirmed) was G2 can't keep paying niko the same wage so they want to sell him. Now he stays so they have to cut prices somewhere else. So maybe now they sell monesy but then who do they sign to keep niko still happy? By the end of the year I think both will have left G2.
2023-11-06 15:54
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Everything is sorted out considering NiKo decided to stay. Who knows, maybe he just accepted a salary cut.
2023-11-06 16:00
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Maybe he agreed to lower his salary or stay with the same. We really don't know. Same for a lot of other things, maybe they got more investment from somewhere else.
2023-11-06 16:05
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Niko is doing a ropz bro , he refused to go to liquid even tho they pay him more there and took a paycut
2023-11-06 16:07
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8 replies
but ropz to liquid would have been a downgrade for ropz. NiKo to Falcons (with the rumored lineup) is an upgrade or at least equal for NiKo
2023-11-06 16:17
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#231
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Other KittyVN
Nah u don't know that. It would be a completely new team maybe the players wouldn't have worked together. Just look at the new cloud9 superteam they did it was a shit Team even though people said it would be top 1
2023-11-06 16:41
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I was more comparing their teams they stayed in, Faze are winning tournaments more consistently than G2
2023-11-06 17:08
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#446
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Venezuela kyo333
Wtf bro, do you really think going to Falcons with Snappi as IGL is a fucking upgrade? Snappi is 33 years old and only achieved IEM Dallas. HooXi winned Katowice and Cologne. Why NiKo would be interested going to that team?
2023-11-06 23:11
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hooxi's strats are Niko go kill and monesy go kill snappi actually thinks and wins with lesser polayers. the last time NiKo has had a good IGL was before he kicked karrigan in Faze
2023-11-06 23:24
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#448
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Venezuela kyo333
Blablablablablablablablabla You forgot that NiKo will achieve top 2 or top 3 this year, and winned Katowice and Cologne, all under HooXi leadership? Stfu bro
2023-11-06 23:27
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niko can be happy if he'll be the 3rd best rifle behind frozen and donk
2023-11-06 23:50
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People really gotta change spamming this narrative, no hooxi strats aren't "Niko go kill", same goes for apex, karrigan or hell even boombl4 in his prime with Navi.. Teams don't invest millions into lineups just for an in game leader to tell his star player to "go kill"...
2023-11-07 09:33
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#173
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
HooXi | 
Sweden penismodel
but the main point from the beginning was that m0nesy wants to play with niko so? then -m0nesy is not possible anymore either
2023-11-06 16:15
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I don't say right now but the fact is G2 wants to save money and the two best ways of doing so are either -NiKo or -monesy or maybe -jks. All of these will end up to be downgrades.
2023-11-06 16:21
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Faith restored in NiKo
2023-11-06 15:54
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#66
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Israel RoyBenji
Wtf???!??!!? Anyways rip falcons
2023-11-06 15:54
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#68
Faceit level 7  | 
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United States z_z
good shit
2023-11-06 15:54
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#71
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Europe _Liam_
LMFAOOOOOOO, BIG W 4 Niko and G2
2023-11-06 15:55
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W this falcons team isn’t about winning, it’s about drawing an audience using big names. winning isn’t the goal for them.
2023-11-06 15:55
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They should buy FalleN and s1mple then
2023-11-06 16:27
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#73
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Russia KopHuLLloH
bruh i was so happy this annoyance will finally be gone...
2023-11-06 15:55
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Solid move from G2 management to convince Niko to stay
2023-11-06 15:55
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#75
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Europe _Liam_
It's my GOAT Twistzz' turn now
2023-11-06 15:55
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nothing ever happens.
2023-11-06 15:55
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#78
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Germany eck0o
best news of the day, big W
2023-11-06 15:55
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#79
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Germany hltvfinest
shocking how you write Niko stay G2 after you write 3 days prior Niko leave G2
2023-11-06 15:55
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10 replies
the offer from falcons to NiKo was probably better than G2 on paper the rumored lineup of falcons was better htan G2 G2 offered NiKo less wage. etc all this made it likely for him to join falcons the prior articles are speculation with experience, often it will come true but occasionally not
2023-11-06 16:01
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if you write in the headline "niko set to join falcons" it says to me its a done deal. if you write niko got offer by falcons no one clicking probably. to me its either clickbait or total invention. NeL even wrote in his article its a done deal, which is just straight up lying to me.
2023-11-06 16:05
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#163
Faceit level 5  | 
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Czech Republic MartyCzech
cry about it
2023-11-06 16:12
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4 replies
you have more to cry about like when watching hooxi play
2023-11-06 16:14
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3 replies
#286
Faceit level 5  | 
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Czech Republic MartyCzech
still better than watching BIG clans existence since 2018 :)
2023-11-06 17:16
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2 replies
00nation new German superteam
2023-11-06 17:18
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1 reply
#297
Faceit level 5  | 
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Czech Republic MartyCzech
gl with that one too m8
2023-11-06 17:23
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#261
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Europe yommamas
"set to join" doesn't really mean it's a done deal. It's more like 85% sure I know, unrelated example, but there were examples where the player and teams in football agreed on a deal yet the player failed the medical and the whole thing collapsed
2023-11-06 16:56
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2 replies
NiKo failing Falcon's drug test confirmed
2023-11-06 17:08
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well they linked to neL report which says its a done deal guilty by association i rest my case
2023-11-06 18:00
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#80
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Romania wadd
lessgooooooo
2023-11-06 15:55
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#82
Faceit level 10 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Sweden Hasklon
huge dub bossman
2023-11-06 15:56
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Bad news for g2 fans, cant win major now
2023-11-06 15:57
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#85
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France HippzZ
Based Niko
2023-11-06 15:57
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Falcons in shambles
2023-11-06 15:58
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Niko <3
2023-11-06 15:58
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#92
Faceit level 10  | 
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Poland Roxin
WTF
2023-11-06 15:58
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respect NiKo, great decision... now imagine Snappi leaving a strong team and thinking he'll play with NiKo
2023-11-06 15:58
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#97
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Canada Juicemoose
Respect for NiKo through the roof
2023-11-06 16:00
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I hope this will lead to scenario where the whole project falls apart because the other guys realize the team isn't good enough without either m0nesy or niKo (realistically tho they will just get sh1ro and another good rifler)
2023-11-06 16:00
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#189
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Slovakia GloryMole
frozen to Falcons
2023-11-06 16:18
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Why do you want them to fail? Apparently even if its fundings are questionable, they've all been treated exceptionally well compared to other orgs. Even Prodigy agency said they were one of the most professional people they've worked with. With so many orgs acting like scammers, contrat jails for some players, it's sad that people want them to fail.
2023-11-06 18:18
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#440
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United States PlankCS
It's a cynical attempt at making an esports team by people that probably don't care. Saudi Arabia is basically making it their number one goal to get a bunch of tourism before the oil money dries out after the world transitions to majority electric. They built their entire infrastructure on oil so once that goes away, they'll collapse. They aren't doing it because they love the sport. They do it because they're facing an existential threat to their lives, so of course they will act as good as possible to westerners. They're so desperate they even said LGBT visitors are "welcome to visit Saudi" despite it being a crime for their citizens. It's so disingenuous and shows they really only care about the money at the end of the day.
2023-11-06 22:29
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Rare Niko W
2023-11-06 16:00
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#103
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Tunisia Sk1zo10
Good news
2023-11-06 16:01
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there goes the falcons flair
2023-11-06 16:01
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#108
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United States Apocasy
What a shocker. Good on NiKo to refuse Saudi money
2023-11-06 16:01
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Respect Niko
2023-11-06 16:01
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FUCK YESSSS G2 NUMBER 1 TO CONTINUE BOYS!!!
2023-11-06 16:01
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#111
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Poland Pio528
yay
2023-11-06 16:01
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#112
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Hungary ShadYyBoy
LETS GO GOAT <333
2023-11-06 16:01
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#113
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Paraguay LifeHater
YEEES NIKO IS NOT MONEY HUNGRY
2023-11-06 16:02
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1 reply
Yes but keep in mind that he's earning between 30-60k in G2 , that's still a lot.
2023-11-06 16:52
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THANK YOU G2
2023-11-06 16:02
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NIKO IS THE GOAT 🐐🐐🐐
2023-11-06 16:03
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#120
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Poland t0ma5h
NiKo fookin GOAT. Fuck the petrodolars
2023-11-06 16:03
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Falcons were up 28-3 and G2 comes back for a huge W. "They thought they had us in the 1st half"
2023-11-06 16:04
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1 reply
This is the most underrated comment here. I mean even if the analogy has no connection to this situation, but Falcons being ATLANTA FALCONS xD
2023-11-06 19:09
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Respect for not selling your soul for the bag mr Kovac.
2023-11-06 16:04
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NIKO GOAT
2023-11-06 16:04
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#127
Faceit level 10  | 
siuhy | 
Poland makut0N
no G2 donk ;c
2023-11-06 16:04
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+launx
2023-11-06 16:04
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smart move cause the way g2 play would be weird without niko
2023-11-06 16:05
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#135
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United States Jbod
This is goat shit, much respect to Niko for this decision.
2023-11-06 16:05
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#136
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Philippines B3nk4i
Damn after all that hype of him leaving. Falcons management malding right now
2023-11-06 16:06
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#143
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Czech Republic JameS_19
Probably wants to keep playing with m0nesy and also realized how much he wanted to play with huNter
2023-11-06 16:07
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#145
Faceit level 10  | 
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Sweden NattmossaEnjoyer
NIKO IS THE GOAT <3 HATERS WHO CALLED HIM A SELLOUT ARE IN SHAMBLES
2023-11-06 16:08
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1 reply
hooxi is probably going to starve now
2023-11-06 17:30
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sigma
2023-11-06 16:08
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#148
Faceit plus user  | 
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England naDalous
Damn, pretty big news
2023-11-06 16:08
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Second u turn on his career after refusing the colossus on last minute. Let's go!
2023-11-06 16:10
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HUGE W #bro i love niko even more
2023-11-06 16:10
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the "thank you niko" video G2 just put out was fucking hilarious, what a troll
2023-11-06 16:10
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#157
Faceit level 5  | 
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Czech Republic MartyCzech
OMG CRYING HAPPY TEARS LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOO
2023-11-06 16:10
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8 replies
Cringe
2023-11-06 16:37
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7 replies
#287
Faceit level 5  | 
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Czech Republic MartyCzech
2023-11-06 17:17
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6 replies
yes he is kinda right, imagine having happy tears over a shooting game guy deciding not to be greedy, i would understand if u cried over AOT last episode but not this lil bro...
2023-11-06 22:54
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#532
Faceit level 5  | 
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Czech Republic MartyCzech
shut up anime watcher probably can't last a day without dropping "baka" every single day. Your mum probably regrets having you in every single way possible, with you still living in her basement. Stop jerking off to h€ntai you useless fvck. Get a life you dipshit.
2023-11-08 12:52
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4 replies
nice, did you steal that copypasta from reddit or something? a lot of shitty stereotypes in there, surely it isn't because you just self-depicted yourself with it
2023-11-08 15:23
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#538
Faceit level 5  | 
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Czech Republic MartyCzech
well you heard it here first and it suits you like the suit your mom got you in 6th grade. Jokes aside, have a nice day!
2023-11-08 23:52
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2 replies
nice, a two faced degenerate that shits a whole essay about "my potential life", Jokes aside, have a nice day!
2023-11-09 03:17
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1 reply
#540
Faceit level 5  | 
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Czech Republic MartyCzech
muah 💋
2023-11-09 09:39
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Good! I don't like NiKo, but I dislike oil money ruining esports more
2023-11-06 16:11
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unexpected, G2 must be paying him a LOT now lmao.
2023-11-06 16:12
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2 replies
nah, more like NiKo willingly took a paycut.
2023-11-06 16:14
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1 reply
this could also be the case
2023-11-06 16:20
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First m0nesy and now niko, falcons project crumbling before our eyes
2023-11-06 16:12
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#164
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India nVcypher
jesus christ he stays, today is a good day
2023-11-06 16:12
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#167
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Portugal Joaoman73
This is a good day
2023-11-06 16:13
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#169
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Poland Ozianin
HAHAHA, GET DUCKED
2023-11-06 16:14
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Let’s go
2023-11-06 16:14
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Falcons Skor
2023-11-06 16:15
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#176
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North America b00tleg
FALCONBROS ITS OVER HOW COULD NIKO DO THIS NOOOOOOOOOO
2023-11-06 16:15
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Goatko!
2023-11-06 16:15
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+1 respect for Niko but bad news for G2 not gonna win any majors with him
2023-11-06 16:15
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#179
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Croatia shinebair
lfg king
2023-11-06 16:16
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because of s1mple instead
2023-11-06 16:17
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#182
Faceit level 10  | 
NAF | 
United States Grimly
i watched the youtube video before seeing this and they did the wolf of wall street meme and i was like wtf? but he is leaving XD good one boys
2023-11-06 16:17
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Imagine picking hooxi over based saudi money, worst deal ever.
2023-11-06 16:17
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1 reply
imagine trashing Hooxi with your flair
2023-11-06 17:45
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What if all this was elaborate G2 scheme to get more social media points? Their game was always S tier in terms to driving the publicity and engagement. Anyway, I'm happy for monesy cause he looks so happy to play with Niko.
2023-11-06 16:17
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#187
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Serbia wujabl_
Where are now those who said that he chose money over huNter? 🤡
2023-11-06 16:18
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YES NIKO YES
2023-11-06 16:18
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W I really hope and pray for them to win a major together! NiKo, huNter and whole G2 <3
2023-11-06 16:18
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#192
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Ukraine dench1k
So s1mple to Falcons?
2023-11-06 16:19
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7 replies
#235
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Serbia wujabl_
Zonic Snappi Boros Magisk s1mple sh1ro
2023-11-06 16:42
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6 replies
#273
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Ukraine dench1k
Also thought about this lineup although there is clash in roles between last 2
2023-11-06 17:06
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1 reply
#284
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Serbia wujabl_
sh1ro AWP since s1mple said he wants to play riffle (+second AWP would be insane)
2023-11-06 17:16
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-Botos next
2023-11-06 17:32
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1 reply
#311
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Serbia wujabl_
-Botos +donk would be sick
2023-11-06 17:34
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#363
Faceit plus user Faceit level 10 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
donk | 
Poland Hellp3r
Are they gonna be using google translator to quickly translate Snappi's calls?
2023-11-06 18:26
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1 reply
Shiro will learn english on duolingo mid game
2023-11-07 05:23
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#193
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Finland teppo123
flacons should try to get donk then
2023-11-06 16:20
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#194
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Kosovo mukinho
pogggg
2023-11-06 16:20
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He choose bright side pog
2023-11-06 16:24
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#201
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Kazakhstan Laggy
+rep
2023-11-06 16:25
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#202
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Ukraine ksay
as god golden once said "i stay"
2023-11-06 16:26
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Pog
2023-11-06 16:29
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respect Niko!
2023-11-06 16:30
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#208
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Estonia Eduzera
similar to Pedro I of Brazil said in 1822: "Since it is for the good of all and the general happiness of the Nation, I am willing. Tell the people that I am staying."
2023-11-06 16:30
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NEVER DOUBT MY GOAT. but why withdrawed CAC bruh
2023-11-06 16:31
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sh1ro 0 chance, no good englando. davai
2023-11-06 16:33
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Niko will never win the major
2023-11-06 16:33
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Happy times!
2023-11-06 16:34
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NiKo goat he actually declined saudi bag
2023-11-06 16:34
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Les goooo, NiKo G2 coming for the major
2023-11-06 16:35
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Biggest W in nikos career
2023-11-06 16:35
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I think he backed out after community backlash
2023-11-06 16:35
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that's probably just m0nesy convincing him that he cant follow his steps since he is in a prison contract for g2
2023-11-06 16:36
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#223
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Brazil MSS1822
W Nikola
2023-11-06 16:36
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#234
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Palestine macros2
GOAT rifler after all
2023-11-06 16:42
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Still won't ever win a major. He cant stay cool in hot moments. Plus his ego hurts his gameplay.
2023-11-06 16:42
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4 replies
#244
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Mongolia k0ng0
Didn't G2 win major this year?
2023-11-06 16:44
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2 replies
Vitality lol
2023-11-06 17:21
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1 reply
#525
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Mongolia k0ng0
Wtf I swear I thought g2 had won major lol. I check Nikos page and no major lmfao...
2023-11-07 22:56
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Irrelevant nobodx cares only a weird obsessed community does
2023-11-06 19:11
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#238
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Belgium xp9
magisk just fucked up his career LUL
2023-11-06 16:43
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1 reply
Choko overrated would ruin Falcons. Hence Magisk didn't ruin his career, not at all.
2023-11-06 17:13
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#240
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Mongolia k0ng0
S1mple to rifle on falcons 100%.
2023-11-06 16:44
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GGGGGGGGGGGGG
2023-11-06 16:44
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#243
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Romania kinoN
It grew even bigger in my eyes! it was a smart decision that he didn't join Falcon top#20 -jks +s1mple
2023-11-06 16:45
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#249
Faceit level 6  | 
NiKo | 
Canada swagcrazy
So falcons will get sh1ro+s1mple instead of niko+m0nesy?
2023-11-06 16:50
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#250
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
jackasmo | 
Russia *Tpo-_-JI.b*
monesy is happy
2023-11-06 16:51
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#251
Faceit  | 
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United States veritascs
100 IQ play by Niko to get a pay raise.
2023-11-06 16:51
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Dude heard Falcons are signing a real IGL and noped the f*ck outta there.
2023-11-06 16:52
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wtf totally unexpected
2023-11-06 16:56
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#265
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
World mukas17
based niko, results > skrilla
2023-11-06 16:58
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Kovac brother bond too strong :>
2023-11-06 16:58
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big respect to NiKo, not many ppl would have done that.
2023-11-06 17:01
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For that I must applause NiKo and say - bro.. you're the GOAT , you didn't let Arab money buy you gg man !! Falcons gonna suck big time.. big L for both zonic and Magisk unfortunately
2023-11-06 17:01
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2 replies
mezii will bring us the future ( i actually believe in mezii his aim was absolutely insane and he never had chance to prove himself)
2023-11-06 17:38
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1 reply
I totally agree mezii is great, boy is talented ! hope he fits and I hope XQTZZ won't fail Vita as coach
2023-11-06 21:26
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Good saves falcons from ch0k0 and his ego
2023-11-06 17:02
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#272
Faceit plus user Faceit level 4  | 
karrigan | 
Germany Pummel
falc0ns
2023-11-06 17:05
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YOU FINALLY MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE!
2023-11-06 17:10
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Good move, the bag is not everything.
2023-11-06 17:12
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Thank fucking god
2023-11-06 17:12
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I'M SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW, THANK YOU, NIKO #G2ARMY
2023-11-06 17:16
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damn someone said no to the saudi bag in esports? big NiKo fan now. inb4 G2 gets bought by saudi lmfao.
2023-11-06 17:18
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2 replies
most likely he forced G2's hand into matching Falcon's offer. respect anyways
2023-11-06 18:26
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1 reply
well we dont actually know what kind of deal he accepted. Could have just taken a 'slight' pay rise instead of a gigantic one on Falcons. twitter.com/G2NiKo/status/17216114266099.. NiKo disagrees with you
2023-11-06 23:12
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what's with the face? where are we going?
2023-11-06 17:19
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The best in game <3
2023-11-06 17:21
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Poor magisk, left vitality to play with Boros and NBK
2023-11-06 17:22
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#298
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Philippines genji27
Good for NiKo! He didn't get jebaited by scammaz org
2023-11-06 17:24
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Good move Niko - show G2 the offer and play the orgs off eachother. Great way to bump up your salary and stay with your team of choice. Every employee has to do this from time to time to ensure they get their market value. Got to keep your employer on their toes.
2023-11-06 17:24
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#300
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
North America ILikePeeps
Yaaay! I like him in G2. :D
2023-11-06 17:26
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cant wait for whole lineup...maybe both magisk and zonic just screwed themselves after all lol
2023-11-06 17:26
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1 reply
zonic said he wanted to help young talents, now he will get the change hahaha
2023-11-06 18:15
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#303
Faceit level 8  | 
NiKo | 
India ga7axy
THANK FKUNG GOD
2023-11-06 17:27
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1 reply
#410
Faceit level 8  | 
NiKo | 
India ga7axy
Idk how anyone can hate this man, he literally chose his teammates over oil money.
2023-11-06 20:09
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#304
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Germany M1n1M3
This was expensive for G2 .. And good for Niko :-D
2023-11-06 17:28
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2 replies
G2 shocking the world by cutting Hooxi's salary to give it all to NiKo just so he stays ..
2023-11-06 17:34
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1 reply
#411
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Germany M1n1M3
And Hunters
2023-11-06 20:13
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so bad can’t cheer for the best five in CAC Shanghai
2023-11-06 17:33
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#312
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Germany KEMSN
Finally one who stand against this money circus
2023-11-06 17:34
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1 reply
#419
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Germany M1n1M3
Honorman ;-)
2023-11-06 20:34
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#313
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Afghanistan Waza9991
This is how you do it, work in company A and get a better offer from company B, go with the offer to company A and tell them to match it or you fuck off, it seems g2 matched ( roughly) the falcons offer.
2023-11-06 17:36
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Honestly, I'm glad he stayed. The trio of m0NESY, huNter- and NiKo is still active again and unchanged. ^^
2023-11-06 17:36
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ima laugh so hard when he leaves for falcons
2023-11-06 17:38
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#318
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Portugal ReyZ555
W NIKO falcons getting rekt
2023-11-06 17:40
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#321
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India G4bbaR
Magisk left for this? :KEKW: Blud got jabaited irl.
2023-11-06 17:44
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So nice to be able to laugh at G2's success story for many tournaments to come
2023-11-06 17:44
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4 replies
lmao salty Arab
2023-11-06 17:48
0
3 replies
Have germans returned your bicycle they stole?
2023-11-06 17:49
0
2 replies
thought you'd be a fan of those germans
2023-11-06 17:50
0
1 reply
ze germans
2023-11-06 17:51
0
Falcons scrambling lmao
2023-11-06 17:48
0
#332
Faceit level 9  | 
NiKo | 
Saint Kitts and Nevis skyQ69
NIKO GOAT
2023-11-06 17:53
0
LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
2023-11-06 17:54
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Nikola "⁠2faced⁠" Kovač
2023-11-06 18:01
0
NiKo moving to passive lurk, JKS starring.
2023-11-06 18:02
0
called it. Brother stays in g2, so he stays too
2023-11-06 18:03
0
its looking like s1mple is going to replace hooxi as the igl in g2
2023-11-06 18:06
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NiKo wants to keep his title of best player without a major.
2023-11-06 18:06
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+1111 Nikola "⁠ONE FACED⁠" Kovač
2023-11-06 18:10
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niko legend
2023-11-06 18:11
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No but lowkey what's gonna happen now? Snappi's gonna take one look at that lineup and be like fuck no, maybe now is the perfect time for G2 to snipe him? (Obviously won't happen if G2 initially couldn't even afford NiKo, but let's dream) Also no matter what you think of the move, surely we can all be happy that NiKo and m0NESY get to stay together after it came out that m0NESY basically just wants to play with NiKo wherever he goes, the mentor-bromance can continue, yay
2023-11-06 18:12
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2 replies
Snappi has like 1-2 years left, why tf should G2 go for him?
2023-11-06 18:36
0
1 reply
Because he's good? Lol
2023-11-26 19:55
0
damn, staying in a dead team out of loyalty, respect
2023-11-06 18:15
0
3 replies
Flag checks out. Enjoy having Abdul as star player kkkkkkk
2023-11-06 18:25
0
2 replies
thats the macau flag...
2023-11-06 21:45
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1 reply
#501
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Bulgaria ramkain
XDDDDD HLTV full of shining stars
2023-11-07 11:48
0
Poor G2.
2023-11-06 18:16
0
i bow in respect
2023-11-06 18:21
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#356
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
World Kobs
poor magisk wondering why he left vita..well for money but he was maybe assuming niko would join, karma? respect to Niko
2023-11-06 18:24
0
4 replies
Because his old coach is there and they are serious about making a major winning team?
2023-11-06 18:25
0
3 replies
#364
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
World Kobs
he had already a major winning time , i just saw a interview from apex, he said they were all close toghther as friend so.. it s really about money, it s not a problem but.. it s like when you leave you gf for a other one and realize 1 month later how with new one is a bad idea . you know what you lose but you never know what you will gain in these case
2023-11-06 18:31
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2 replies
Ez, just date enough girls till u find one better than the one you left. Also nothing's even trades. Hotter/better body but boring AF or mid looking but fun af and vibes with. Chosing girls as an analogy for teams is dumb and a bad metaphor
2023-11-07 00:15
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1 reply
#460
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
World Kobs
its even more dumb to answer to it.. Because his old coach is there and they are serious about making a major winning team? that show how dumb you are when he just left the team who won last major
2023-11-07 00:27
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next day Falcons +HooXi
2023-11-06 18:24
0
Awww all the Falcon haters are going to stop crying, cmon Niko!!
2023-11-06 18:25
0
W
2023-11-06 18:28
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#367
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
World Kobs
falcon smell bad.. 6 months max just like i predicted aleksib and s1mple in same team 3 months max, falcon team will be a clown fiesta of rosters changes and underpformances
2023-11-06 18:34
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#369
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Czech Republic manik999
Some people will get missing in Saudi Arabia
2023-11-06 18:34
0
Washed choko stays
2023-11-06 18:35
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#373
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Austria wdy629
lol...
2023-11-06 18:41
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Lately, it feels like all of the HLTV news is rumors and speculation. For example, the whole Falcons situation, including niko and the Cloud9 hype machine, is all presented on the front page. It's like they could just give me the unbiased news of what actually happened on the front page and leave the rest of the opinion, speculation, and rumors for their podcast and forums. Is this the reason why Valve doesn't respect them, even though their stats section is pretty solid. Thoughts?
2023-11-06 18:44
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1 reply
hltv want these easy views $$$
2023-11-06 20:36
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niko.... than k you
2023-11-06 18:45
0
Niko to stay with G2, aka stay with Hooxi Kassad in shambles OMEGALUL
2023-11-06 18:46
0
would've been career suicide to join a team people go to for money only. Why change a top3 team to build around BOROS?
2023-11-06 18:52
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Fancy how 90% of <18 hltv users are hating on Arab money yet being okay with the "us air force" as the main sponsor of some events
2023-11-06 18:55
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8 replies
#384
Faceit premium user Faceit level 9  | 
steel | 
Armenia Imissexoptic
so what?2 wrongs dont make 1 right when you people quit this logic?
2023-11-06 19:09
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2 replies
It's not about the "what aboutism" but rather a fact that despite all the wrongs, I genuinely believe that Saudis are on the right path and improving day by day
2023-11-06 19:49
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1 reply
#442
Faceit premium user Faceit level 9  | 
steel | 
Armenia Imissexoptic
not really the prince on the thorn gives death penalty and locks people for not obeying his reign
2023-11-06 22:48
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are they actually okay with that or are you pretending they said that to try to make a point
2023-11-06 19:48
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1 reply
Pretty sure i don't see threads malding about it, while everyone looses their shit about saudi money like its a bad thing for them to invest in csgo
2023-11-07 00:38
0
I always pick CT side when I can
2023-11-06 20:20
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I find saudi arabia the least engaging out of the arabic countries but i still like that they at least try to invest and channel their wealth in other departments, like sports or esports but i feel like they are still way too behind on the world, since their nation is still based on religion and not nationality, unlike dubai (uae) and qatar, and thats coming from someone that lived in both dubai and qatar, also the saudi prince isnt a 'good' person per say but who is at this point? Almost all leaders on big countries are either charlatans hypocrites or clowns
2023-11-07 00:43
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1 reply
#477
Faceit level 2  | 
SPUNJ | 
Malaysia nameless121
at least in normal country the clown can only clown for 5 years (or maximum 10) but the saudi prince is probably clowning for life.
2023-11-07 04:10
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#383
Faceit premium user Faceit level 9  | 
steel | 
Armenia Imissexoptic
thx for not taking the blood money niko
2023-11-06 19:07
0
RiP
2023-11-06 19:10
0
Thank god
2023-11-06 19:10
0
great choice by NiKo ngl
2023-11-06 19:12
0
GOAT
2023-11-06 19:12
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Pog that's great, but don't touch Senpaius either
2023-11-06 19:13
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It was obv, m0nesy is his friend, hunter his cousin, he feels like in home in g2.
2023-11-06 19:17
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#395
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
North Macedonia Busilica
+respect
2023-11-06 19:19
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#396
SPUNJ | 
United States jqs
Shock to who?
2023-11-06 19:28
0
So this means only one thing, s1mple to Falcons as rifle.
2023-11-06 19:28
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#398
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Switzerland nierg
I fucking love this. falcons got shafted
2023-11-06 19:40
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actually good for falcons
2023-11-06 19:40
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1 reply
Exactly
2023-11-06 19:47
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Most likely Niko wanted to play with Monesy
2023-11-06 19:42
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1 reply
And hunter
2023-11-06 23:05
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Since the beginning Falcons targets niko, not NiKo guys
2023-11-06 19:49
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#406
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Israel Xpicyy
Niko you are the GOAT
2023-11-06 19:50
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#408
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Brazil gu1zera
W NiKo
2023-11-06 19:57
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#409
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New Zealand z1co_18
like it was so obvious ahaha
2023-11-06 19:59
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#412
Faceit level 9  | 
Singapore floofy1
lol ok Falcons what now? your main target player has rejected to join your team. They need a new game plan now lmao
2023-11-06 20:15
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2 replies
S1mple, first reports were that they will try to get one or the other, so it makes sense they try it now
2023-11-06 20:17
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1 reply
#491
Faceit level 9  | 
Singapore floofy1
s1mple to become rifler entry for Falcons? kinda pog to see that but hopefully they can take his toxicity
2023-11-07 09:49
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Greatest off all time!
2023-11-06 20:23
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thats W for falcons tbh
2023-11-06 20:27
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Falcons project actually ruined..?
2023-11-06 20:30
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I have said since day one that Niko won't leave hunter. But does anybody listen? No.
2023-11-06 20:38
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#423
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Asia jq7
I think maybe Falcons doesn’t want to sign Hunter so Niko decided to back off. Only my assumption.
2023-11-06 20:41
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1 reply
more like cus n0ko knows the falcon lineup wont win anything g2 can in a good day.
2023-11-06 20:57
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REFUSING MILLIONS OF DOLLAR SALARY TO PAT MONESY'S HEAD? FBI
2023-11-06 21:02
0
finally a player competent at contract negotiations, a rare sight
2023-11-06 21:06
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1 reply
he must be making crazy bank with the new contract😲
2023-11-06 21:25
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Common NiKo W
2023-11-06 21:07
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W.
2023-11-06 21:27
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rekt fLULcons kkkkkkk
2023-11-06 21:32
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cringy vid on g2 twitter dude acting like he was never even trying to leave
2023-11-06 21:33
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Respect
2023-11-06 21:35
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Im happy, lets go G2
2023-11-06 22:43
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I am so happy
2023-11-06 23:46
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I wonder what exactly happened for this outcome NiKo was pretty much out of G2, I think he might have used Falcons for a better renewal offer from G2 but who knows
2023-11-06 23:56
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- leave vitality - you're supposed to have snappi, m0nesy and niko in your team - m0nesy refuses - ok, at least it's a done deal with niko - niko does a U-turn - magisk in shambles
2023-11-06 23:58
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#454
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Australia jd4ddy
Just get the other niko, magisk won’t know. He’ll be like niko when we’re you gonna tell me you know danish
2023-11-07 00:00
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3 replies
"Emil, meet niko. He gained a few kilos to be back in his nikosports form"
2023-11-07 00:01
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2 replies
#473
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Australia jd4ddy
That’s great niko, I see you’ve triple your size so you’ll be three times better than your mousesports form
2023-11-07 02:35
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#497
Faceit level 10  | 
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Sweden NattmossaEnjoyer
xdddddd
2023-11-07 10:58
0
Magisk hardly in shambles hes going to get paid good money and be on a good line up.
2023-11-07 02:16
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#457
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Ukraine rexyyCSGO
unlucky. When will hunter be kicked?
2023-11-07 00:12
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Falcons wised up and saw he’s not worth the money thankfully.
2023-11-07 00:13
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1 reply
Most likely what happened because niko is finished
2023-11-07 00:36
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G2 keep goat niko with 0.52 rating in cs2 lan, very smart choice (not)
2023-11-07 00:36
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#475
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India skyl4rk
Just - hooxi +baitF already a better roster than what falcons can make
2023-11-07 03:36
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1 reply
baitF lmao
2023-11-07 08:27
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#476
Faceit level 2  | 
SPUNJ | 
Malaysia nameless121
G2 jail
2023-11-07 04:08
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Wow
2023-11-07 05:54
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boring
2023-11-07 06:38
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LETS GOO
2023-11-07 07:15
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Smart decision, but G2 still needs to be fixed
2023-11-07 07:46
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#483
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Germany KapioO
s1 in falcons. Boros leaves (s1 toxic).
2023-11-07 08:11
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Im shocked
2023-11-07 08:21
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wow so shocking that he didn't leave a good team to join some shit team for a higher salary
2023-11-07 08:54
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1 reply
#496
Faceit level 10  | 
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Sweden NattmossaEnjoyer
Snappi Magisk Boros NiKo Potentially Sh1ro/m0nesy How is this a shit team lmao instant title contender
2023-11-07 10:57
0
g2 shocksports going to be the end of me
2023-11-07 09:29
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#492
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Malaysia Rich1eG0h
FaZe is still the best!
2023-11-07 09:58
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#498
Faceit level 7  | 
Czech Republic thezipp3r
All the Falcons “fans” about to change their flair back to G2 LMAOO
2023-11-07 11:02
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#500
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Bulgaria ramkain
Respect for Niko is all I got to say to his decision
2023-11-07 11:47
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#502
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Europe Zwenix
Told you to do not trust hltv. They bait so much
2023-11-07 11:59
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waste also hltv = clowns
2023-11-07 12:05
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Proud of him ! Great to see that ethics and sportsmanship can win against money and esportswashing. Thank you Niko !
2023-11-07 13:03
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So wait, they pulled out of the SAC unnecessarily, aww
2023-11-07 13:17
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Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8265U CPU @ 1.60GHz 1.80 GHz Installed RAM 8.00 GB (7.86 GB usable) System type 64-bit operating system Graphics: Intel (R) UHD Graphics 620 The game doesn't launch and crashes everytime. Tried running it as administrator and updated all drivers and windows 10. Disabled full screen optimization too but still doesn't work. what can i do now?? Too broke to upgrade laptop!!
2023-11-07 14:10
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3 replies
#519
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France ikv
get a new pc or suck it up. you're using integrated graphics in 2023
2023-11-07 19:27
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don't post this shit on irrelevant threads go play cs 1.6
2023-11-08 03:05
0
Upgrade your ram then dedicate more ram to the internal graphics.
2023-11-08 18:05
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Nice ,happy for G2
2023-11-07 15:28
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Niko is the real G. Iam so proud of him
2023-11-07 16:42
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NiKo GigaChad
2023-11-07 17:18
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#520
Faceit level 7 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Portugal dracø
respect niko for not blindly chasing the bag
2023-11-07 20:03
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Respect Niko for approaching the falcons first
2023-11-07 20:21
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#524
iM | 
Romania techmo_
G2 are gonna win the next major I called it
2023-11-07 21:21
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#529
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United States Chuffer
Aren’t surprised
2023-11-08 03:23
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#530
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United States zovint
Well he just blew his chance at winning a major with 4 major winner magisk and zonic 300iq coach and snappi > hooxi
2023-11-08 03:27
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1 reply
#531
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United States Chuffer
Blew his chance to play with 1 mid player and 3 bots oh damn
2023-11-08 03:28
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Interesting. Falcons' 'superteam' is falling out of even tier 1 contention with -m0nesy and -NiKo. Meanwhile, it'll be interesting to see if G2 keeps the same lineup given they apparently couldn't afford to keep NiKo.
2023-11-08 17:42
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According to the comments HLTV users are 90% kids who have no idea how money works. Falcons: Hey Niko, we want you to join, we pay you lots of money. Niko: OK, I will join. G2: Wait, we decided to pay you more money. Niko: OK, I stay. Nothing more, nothing less.
2023-11-10 15:56
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1 reply
It's a sad decision. Luckily Falcons might at least be able to win a major.
2023-11-27 04:42
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