fnatic announce dexter benching

24-11-2023 18:01

The Australian skipper is the third player to exit the roster in less than a month.

dexter is out of fnatic's roster after just four months

fnatic have moved Christopher "⁠dexter⁠" Nong to the bench, the British organization has announced. The decision leaves the team with only two starting players, following the departures of William "⁠mezii⁠" Merriman and Fredrik "⁠roeJ⁠" Jørgensen to Vitality and Preasy, respectively.

dexter has been with fnatic since July, when he was signed from MOUZ. He took over as the team’s in-game leader, freeing up mezii from calling duties.

Through the four months he spent on the team, dexter averaged a 0.88 rating and a 0.80 Impact — a clear sign of his individual struggles. A top-12 finish at IEM Cologne, where fnatic made it out of the Play-In stage after beating Complexity and 9INE, was one of the few bright spots during his time in charge of the squad.

"Things just didn't work how we wanted to," dexter wrote on X/Twitter. "There were glimpses of good CS but it just wasn't consistent enough.

"Thank you for the time. I will be heading home for Christmas to take a break from this crazy year. More news later."

fnatic are expected to announce their new players soon, with the team slated to compete at Elisa Masters Espoo, which kicks off on November 29.

According to a recent report from Playzone.cz, Sampi star Matúš "⁠MATYS⁠" Šimko is one of the players on fnatic’s shortlist. The 21-year-old could make his final appearance for the team on Saturday, in the grand final of the Tipsport MCR 2023 Finals.

With dexter's benching, fnatic have:

Freddy "⁠KRIMZ⁠" Johansson
Aurélien "⁠afro⁠" Drapier

Jamie "⁠keita⁠" Hall (coach)

Christopher "⁠dexter⁠" Nong (benched)

Ok, expected

2023-11-24 18:03

11 replies

rip career

2023-11-24 18:36

1 reply

no they can go to grayhound or vertex

2023-11-27 00:09

Sign swede's brollan, Hampus, nilo

2023-11-24 20:51

8 replies

they are not swedish anymore. UK org. might as well go full international.

2023-11-24 21:00

7 replies

Do you mean the rooster or the org? Cause the org was founded in the UK.

2023-11-24 21:39

5 replies

are you able to read?

2023-11-24 22:02

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they were never swedish org is what he is trying to say

2023-11-25 03:50

ah my b

2023-11-25 05:27

Also actually Australian, business was made in Australia and they pay taxes here.

2023-11-24 22:04

Fnatic got registered as a business in Australia as a business because they acquired an Australian Rainbow Six team in 2018.

2023-11-25 09:41

they never been swedish org to begin with

2023-11-25 00:41

yep, I fucking knew it. bodyy incoming.

I would say let them cook But i just dont see what they wanna do Back to swedes? Stay international? Get some stars in the team? Try to build young squad?

2023-11-25 08:00

disband and stick to selling apparel and accessories, best option

2023-11-25 12:37

Now we're cooking

10 replies

bring fuckin Patrik back! Or even ninjas but plz f0rest needs a team!

2023-11-24 18:21

no one's gonna hire a 35 year old kekw

2023-11-24 18:34

* stares in snappi *

2023-11-24 18:53

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snappi is igl and hes actually fragging decently. no guarantee of that with f0rest

2023-11-24 20:08

Guaranteed f0rp will frag better than snappi

2023-11-24 20:15

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In 1.6 for 10 years ago yes

2023-11-25 02:35

My point is he might not be at his best (obviously), but outfragging Snappi shouldnt be a problem. But he probably couldnt replace Snappi due to his IGL capabilities

2023-11-25 07:42

Doesn't matter, fnatic can hire some faceit 18y prodigy, who will frag better than f0rest, may become better over time and ask for much less salary.

2023-11-25 09:43

You're delusional lol.

2023-11-25 16:57

we're so back

2023-11-24 19:17

Rip

Fnatic +bodyy Fnatic french roster coming soon ?

2023-11-24 18:16

The DBL discord will demonstrate if it doesn't happen, that's for sure

2023-11-24 18:42

Kick Afro and go full Swedish with brollan Hampus krimz core

hampus xd

2023-11-24 19:40

kick afro xd

2023-11-24 20:57

brollan should never be on a top team again. would be a bad investment

2023-11-24 22:12

full swedish in 2023 (soon 2024) lmao dude is 10y late

2023-11-25 05:38

sounds romantic, but dont forget they want to stay relevant as well

2023-11-25 12:39

I actually saw Dexter arguing with his kid at the airport. His kid was clutching at his Renegades jersey in tears, and Dexter kept telling him to "fuck off" and "stop ruining my dreams"

omg that is heartbreaking if i was his kid

2023-11-24 19:46

Still the best copypasta in history and one of the best ropz's contribution in CS

2023-11-24 22:50

finally XDDD

2023-11-24 18:04

2023-11-24 20:23

Krimz still getting 20k though

tbf, he's basically fnatic's CS poster boy at this point.

2023-11-24 18:05

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Tbf he was at least consistent

2023-11-24 18:07

Yeah, consistently bad :D

2023-11-24 19:03

He was top fragging most of the games? I dont know what you have been watching…

2023-11-25 02:25

rightfully so, mans been carrying fantic for years

2023-11-24 18:11

2023-11-24 18:22

i think he got enough compensation by now for that

2023-11-24 18:45

As if KRUMZ was playing any better

He is. And not an IGL. And the glue for the team as statet in countless Interviews…

2023-11-24 19:05

2023-11-24 23:25

TIME TO BRING DICKSTACY

Golden will come in clutch

mynio?

2023-11-24 18:06

no chance

2023-11-24 18:09

2023-11-24 18:46

lmao i hope this ultra bot never comes near a tier 2 team again

2023-11-24 19:41

Rip sexter. Maybe he can make a team with jks

Disband best solution

2023-11-24 18:08

Eternal Failure first

2023-11-24 19:35

3 majors for fnatic how much majors for turk boys?

2023-11-24 19:45

3 majors at dinnosaurs age 💀💀💀

2023-11-24 19:51

Turk scene is in dinosaur age for 20 years

2023-11-24 20:25

What the fuck is that supposed to even mean?

2023-11-24 21:31

turk CS scene = irrelevant therefore it's pretty funny that turk is mocking and downplaying fnatic winning 3 majors, while turkish teams barely QUALIFIED for 3 majors in 10 years

2023-11-24 22:46

Fnatic - 3 Majors All turkish scene - 0 majors KEK

2023-11-25 04:02

expected, hope he find new team

bodyy Krimz afroo Staehr buzz/b0rup sounds not that bad

staehr staying in asstralis

2023-11-24 22:52

Roej krimz and dexter just couldn't work, they are almost 100 years together, let's see the rebuild

2023-11-24 18:10

krimz needs to go too

He still seems to have decent impact, so why?

2023-11-24 18:19

He gets best positions and still 1.05 bot

2023-11-24 23:14

He's an anchor/lurker m8.

2023-11-25 03:37

imagine if you told somebody 5 years ago that fnatic is gonna have 2 french players on the team

2023-11-24 18:12

Let’s gook

2023-11-24 18:13

gg project from 1967 disbanded

2023-11-24 18:14

wow who could have seen this one coming

2023-11-24 18:15

why did they even pick him up as then?, stand in till they could get someone else?

2023-11-24 18:17

yeahaaaa!!!!

how was dexter the igl getting jobs on legacy orgs like fnatic and mouz?

i said it on day 1, bad signing

2023-11-24 18:20

Everyone said it

2023-11-24 18:25

lol, 5 days to put together a team for their next event, glhf.

They already have a planned roster, will announce during the weekend or Monday.

lets hope its a good roster they've practiced with lots then

Fnatic rebuilding since 2016

+f0rest +Patrik +Lindberg

2023-11-24 18:30

2023-11-24 18:33

All these changes and Krimz is still stealing paychecks

Wouldn't call it stealing, him still being an absolutely rock solid support/anchor with an abundance of experience, too. I mean, the guy is one of the most consistent and reliable players in his role in the scene, has been for all of his career really.

2023-11-24 21:32

ez sex sticker price

nothing happening yet

2023-11-24 20:48

mby fnatic should give their roster some fcking time for once

2023-11-24 18:35

Go to grayhound and try to make them competitive

2023-11-24 18:40

Get rip of afro and go full swedish

took longer than expected

2023-11-24 18:49

Lol who would have guessed

2023-11-24 18:52

gg, de_best

made bag, now back to au ggwp

2023-11-24 18:54

Brollan 100%

2023-11-24 18:55

This guy made every AWP that played with him shit worst igl in t1

2023-11-24 18:57

afro was great under him in csgo fuck off but im happy hes gone

2023-11-24 19:47

I'm not saying shit about afro man Just look at acor

2023-11-24 20:37

you mean the one with a 0.98 rating lmao.

2023-11-24 20:54

Liquid 2024 - dexter YEKINDAR NAF jks degster most obvious lineup i guess :D

2023-11-24 18:58

finally. bot dexter should return to grayhound

2023-11-24 19:02

Fnatic's roster's probably going to be this: bodyy afro MATYS KRIMZ unknown entry But if they dont end up getting MATYS then fnatic is straight up 0 IQ.

2023-11-24 19:07

They are gonna get mopoz, lol

2023-11-24 20:35

gl dexter, fnc management fault for making panic signing him initially

2023-11-24 19:09

An awper's worst nightmare Rip bozo

2023-11-24 19:12

very good

2023-11-24 19:16

Matys is an interesting pick up for sure. Has the talent to be a stable t1 player. But tbh sweden has talent again. Arvid, nilo, maxster, hype, adamb, susp and spooke

2023-11-24 19:22

nilo cant go in school rest is not nearly good enough yet

I wont say sweden have talents,for me they are in weakest condition in history,but fnatic should try swe lineup brol,hamp,krimz,try to buy nawwk from apeks hes only one good swe awp and take lekro as an igl for free,maybe can do some damage

2023-11-24 23:56

They had a period when their talents were plopski, peppzor heap… this is a step up what are you talking about

2023-11-25 00:36

Where they are now,nowhere

2023-11-25 01:24

Ofc that is why I said those players I mentioned in 78 are a step up in comparison to the plopskis heaps and peppzors

2023-11-25 04:00

fnatic are very clearly not serious about cs anymore. they don't have the resources, nor would they be willing to spend them if they did, to put together an international team that could actually compete for semis and titles. would be much better if they just went full swedish instead of slapping together another terrible international team

going full swedish would be no different than their commitment to going international.

2023-11-24 19:34

in that they would be equally shit probably yes but it would still be much more fun to watch and would give the team an identity

2023-11-24 19:53

an identity of being horsecrap? Sure.

what don't you understand? they'll probably be "horsecrap" either way. it would be better to be horsecrap while having a national identity than being horsecrap while being a random mix

2023-11-24 20:32

I see your point and I somewhat agree. Every org is jumping on the Intl roster hype train but 95% of what comes out can accurately by described as just "Faceit stacks " with no identity or chemistry or any hope of actually being competitive in the future ever. Fnatic is no different with no actual talent scouting or money pouring to get bigger names . Might as well go to Swedish roots to keep face and fandom to some extent at least .

I think there could be some potential if fnatic can manage to bring over MATYS. If not then its just another dead on arrival team.

2023-11-25 03:45

nice finally disband or get decent roster

afro bodyy KRIMZ Brollan ?

matys

2023-11-24 19:49

dexer was in fnatic???

fnatic dead team, they should kick afro and sign f0rest, GTR, Olof and Friberg and aim for nostalgia fans.

and do what? playing betboom da4a?

2023-11-25 04:46

who could predict that

2023-11-24 20:03

fnatic is such a joke of a team, is like you forget they even exist

2023-11-24 20:06

Jesus Christ that's Jason Bourne on HLTV!

2023-11-24 22:53

+olof +flusha +jw. major champions

igl: ztr awp: afro entry: joel support: KRIMZ lurker: bymas

2023-11-24 20:19

Krimz , afro, bodyy, matys +1 decent player would be good

Atleast fnatic had the brains to not keep this bot in the roster for 2 years like Mouz.

2023-11-24 20:27

KRL now states that sdy and krasnal may have been in talks wtf is even going on over there anymore kekw

2023-11-24 20:28

rip dexter

2023-11-24 20:33

Tonight is the night

2023-11-24 20:36

Me no rikey.

2023-11-24 21:03

I dont think this is a very good idea

2023-11-24 21:07

Took long enough

2023-11-24 21:16

Am i tripping or was it announced a week ago?

2023-11-24 21:19

yeah lol, we're having the same mandela effect

Damn :(

2023-11-24 21:27

I think krimz should step up like a men and become igl and captain for this team, he's been there for nearly 10 years lmao

2023-11-24 21:47

save krimz

2023-11-24 21:50

sad month for the down under bros

2023-11-24 21:53

Not a good week to be an Aussie!

2023-11-24 22:06

Dexter Ins Jks Asap Alistair

2023-11-24 22:19

Would a rebuild with the additions of nealan, matys, and jks work? Or does fnatic really need to rebuild with a very young team and try to nurture them into the best players they could possibly be. Matys is a great pickup no matter what, but i expect some endpoint players to come up into tier 1 before the start of kato 2024.

2023-11-24 22:22

depends if MATYS to fnatic even happens.

2023-11-24 22:49

finally, make fnatic great again

2023-11-24 22:57

Why am I not even surprised in the slightest by this... dexter is SOOOOOOOOO washed individually, it's almost unreal a team offered him a contract! Why not rebuild this team around 2 experienced players like KRIMZ and gla1ve for example? You then add young, fearless and hungry entry fraggers like brollan and Patsi. Top that with an AWPer like afro (or, even better, syrsoN, if he's willing to make the jump to fnatic), give them an experienced coach to implement strats and a year to develop a bond together and and they could surprise some top teams!

2023-11-24 22:58

fnatic benching their IGL + cadian mentioned several teams he was in talks with = fnatic definitely made cadian an offer

2023-11-24 22:59

they would bench afro if they made cadian an offer why 2 awpers

2023-11-25 13:08

Maybe they thought they could make him a rifler, maybe he would do that as well if he got paid enough or believed in the AWPer of the team.

2023-12-01 17:58

+jks +dexter?

2023-11-24 23:04

L for Chinese field

2023-11-25 00:19

fnatic about to buy all nip benched players

2023-11-25 00:17

God damn

2023-11-25 00:47

Unexpected, but most likely a W for fnatic

2023-11-25 00:59

hope they can spend some money on a solid roster, an org like fnatic should be aiming for trophies

2023-11-25 01:02

now bench washed krimz

2023-11-25 01:19

Sad day for asian cs :(

2023-11-25 01:21

wonder why

2023-11-25 01:50

maybe dexter and jks should team up.

2023-11-25 03:24

Sad week for Australian CS

2023-11-25 04:32

finally KRIMZ afro +bodyy +lucky +jks

One has watched on fanatic since 1.6 and their rivalry vs SK gaming and so on.. I truly hate to see this org be declining so badly and also to bad it couldn't stay as a full swede roster either. There aren't just enough people in T1 level in Sweden nowdays.

2023-11-25 06:45