Into the Breach tie rallen & CRUC1AL down to new deals

1-12-2023 21:11

The team’s longest-standing players have extended their contracts with the organization.

rallen is now tied to Into the Breach until the end of 2024

Karol "⁠rallen⁠" Rodowicz and Joey "⁠CRUC1AL⁠" Steusel have penned new contracts with Into the Breach until the end of 2024, the British organization has announced. The announcement comes as the team steps up preparations for the upcoming Major cycle.

Both players have been on Into the Breach’s books since February, when the organization acquired the Orgless Heroes lineup. Within three months, the team had soared to 14th in the world rankings after a surprising quarter-final run at the BLAST.tv Paris Major, where they beat FaZe, ENCE and fnatic in the Legends Stage.

On Twitter, Into the Breach CEO and founder Sam Cook revealed that TSM had attempted to “poach” the duo and pair them with Cai "⁠CYPHER⁠" Watson, who joined the North American organization in the summer, in an effort to “steal” the team’s slot in the European RMRs leading to PGL Major Copenhagen.

tomiko joins Into the Breach on loan

“Joey and Rallen stuck to their guns, literally,” Cook wrote. “Won’t be forgotten.

“We did you a favour, TSM. Now you can make a different, less costly scummy decision. Can't wait for the next $10 Fiver frag video when you announce the new roster. Best of luck in the open qualifiers.”

Into the Breach are still trying to find a new permanent fifth player after releasing Adam "⁠NEOFRAG⁠" Zouhar and benching Thomas "⁠Thomas⁠" Utting. Having failed to come to an agreement with Virtus.pro for the permanent transfer of Aleksei "⁠Qikert⁠" Golubev, the team is currently playing with Tomasz "⁠tomiko⁠" Uroda, who was recruited on loan from Permitta.

The European team currently features:

Karol "⁠rallen⁠" Rodowicz
Joey "⁠CRUC1AL⁠" Steusel
Aurimas "⁠Bymas⁠" Pipiras
Kévin "⁠misutaaa⁠" Rabier
Tomasz "⁠tomiko⁠" Uroda (on loan)

Gustavo "⁠Juve⁠" Alexandre (coach)

Thomas "⁠Thomas⁠" Utting (inactive)

nice

2023-12-01 21:11

9 replies

nice but tomiko is a problem. hope he didn´t sign a big contract. he was amazing in csgo and no one picked him.. now in cs2 he is bellow average pro and they pick him... boddy was a nice pick but fnatic was smart and picked him They should pick HeavyGod , might be a bit expensive but he is amazing in cs2 Travis ,sirah , Neofrag could be ok options aswell Bymas in cs2 also... not the same anymore

2023-12-01 21:35

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neofrag? have you been stuck under the rock for the past few months lmao

2023-12-01 21:52

>neofrag clueless lmao

2023-12-01 22:00

My Brother Tomiko is 1.15 rated in cs 2 and he delivered with stats on a dead team, he is 1000% better option than neofrag who they just kicked some time ago

2023-12-02 10:07

wdym hes below average, he has 1.15 rating playing in 33.3% win rate team

2023-12-02 12:00

Travis is underated af, that guy lowkey carried games for 1win

2023-12-02 12:01

tomiko in csgo in 2023: 1.11 rating (1.05kd; 0.75kpr; 0.71dpr) tomiko in cs2 so far: 1.15 rating (1.11kd; 0.81kpr; 0.73dpr) he's literally better now, what are you talking about?

2023-12-02 12:53

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he isn´t. stop looking at stats and watch the fk games. he used to outaim t2 players in csgo , even without thinking too much. now he needs to rely on outsmarting them to kill them alot more, he isn´t a good aimer anymore in cs2 , at least for now.

2023-12-02 14:43

Bymas also has better stats in cs2

2023-12-02 13:05

THATS TERRIBLE

Based Btw twitter.com/SlayTheMinotaur/status/17306..

2023-12-01 21:17

Haven't ITB already lost their RMR spot since Cypher, Tomas and Volt aren't there anymore?

2023-12-01 21:22

Thomas still on the bench So idk

2023-12-01 21:26

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Yeah but he isn't playing so they have lost it.

2023-12-01 21:27

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Could use default tactic. Register: - rallen - CRUC1AL - Thomas - Bymas - misutaaa - tomiko (Coach) And now they have slot

2023-12-02 03:03

He is still of a part of team - he is benched but still part of a ITB as long as he is there - no matter if benched or loaned - they are not losing the spot

2023-12-02 09:08

They plan on submitting a lineup wih Thomas as a player and then instantly substituting him, thus (on paper) keeping their core.

Yes they lost it, but TSM would get it by buying rallen and CRUC1AL since they already have Cypher

2023-12-01 21:58

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Yeah I know so why does ITB care exactly?

Because it's a shady thing to do and it's their best player and AWPer that are being targeted. This is after they already lost their young prospect in Cypher to the same org with disappointing results. This was all done without reaching out to the org, so ITB wouldn't get any money from the buyouts. What TSM is essentially doing is preying on a small org in order to get a cheap spot at the RMR.

2023-12-01 22:07

Why crucial, he has been a letdown since endpoint

2023-12-01 21:12

I always thought CRUC1AL wasn't good enough for high pressure games, why new deal ? :/

They resigned crucial when there are 10 better awpers out there and some even free agents? All right...

2023-12-01 21:14

No Crucial = no RMR spot, probably going to bench him after the major if I had to guess.

ITB is not exactly a rich org, they aren't really spoiled for choice

rallen good, crucial should get replacement

2023-12-01 21:15

unlucky

2023-12-01 21:16

@HLTV You need an editor? I can help xd "after a surprising quarter-final run at the BLAST.tv Paris Major, WHERE THEY FaZe, ENCE and fnatic in the Legends Stage." #plsfix

"where they FaZe" nice.

2023-12-01 21:21

nice drama

2023-12-01 21:24

Don't ITB need 3 for RMR? Thomas back?

TSM would have gotten their rmr slot because they have cypher.

2023-12-01 21:42

lol CRUC1AL so bad , pick anarkez please

2023-12-01 21:46

good, but they desperately need a real igl, bodyy stand-in showed what this team could be capable of

2023-12-01 21:53

weird roster

2023-12-01 22:50

Rallen the oldie goat

2023-12-01 23:26

"Can't wait for the next $10 Fiver frag video when you announce the new roster." LOL

2023-12-01 23:32

Looool, should have picked anarkez instead of cruc1al

2023-12-02 00:21

Quality U.K. lineup, U.K. CS is back

2023-12-02 18:48

imagine having to stick to Joey "missing crucial shots" Steusel to keep your RMR spot that you will lose after the RMR anyway since the team is too bad.

2023-12-03 00:04