gla1ve: "Negotiations were going on with some players and they're uncertain about their future"

14-12-2023 11:36

gla1ve has entered an ENCE project that is at risk of falling apart before it can truly get going.

gla1ve is unsure of what his lineup will be going into 2024

"I have no idea what the future looks like," gla1ve tells HLTV after ENCE suffered a crushing last-placed elimination from BLAST World Final.

His side nearly pulled off a miracle, coming back from 10-2 down on Ancient to secure a decider, but ENCE's lack of practice and cohesion came back to bite them as they failed to convert an 11-5 lead on Nuke into victory.

NAVI send ENCE home in last place after game of comebacks

But with that defeat, ENCE now go into the break uncertain of what roster it will field on the other side of it, a process that has destabilized Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander and Jakub "⁠kuben⁠" Gurczyński's project since their arrival.

kuben, in an interview with BLAST.tv, has also spoken out there being "five different scenarios in terms of which lineup [ENCE] are going to end up with" as a lineup.

It's sad that it's happening now when I've joined the team," the Pole continued. "I would love to work with a group of people that are eager to play for the org and for this lineup, but it's not happening yet."

We spoke to gla1ve about the pressure these negotiations add, the loose style necessitated by a lack of practice, and how players "don't work just as hard individually" when their future is up in the air.

Quite a crazy match that you almost pulled off. You fell short in the end, what are your thoughts on the game?

Pretty tough Anubis in the beginning. We tried to change positions a little bit and it didn't really work out. We had a bit of a better T side against Apeks last time but this time around there were some clutches that we lost and Anubis is a little bit tough. Probably, we are both a bit out of the meta, and maybe not on the same page on the map.

On Ancient, it was tough in the beginning and came back on the CT side. Didn't really call a lot on the T side this time around, because we wanted to try a different approach because we didn't have much practice time. But it actually didn't work either (laughs).

On CT side we made the comeback and just took it round by round.

We wanted to try a different approach because we didn't have much practice time. But it didn't work either.

Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander on Ancient's T side

Things were a little bit awkward in the first half on Ancient. No one was talking, no one was communicating. How can you explain such a turnaround?

We tried to communicate, but I don't think we all understand the map, or see the map, in the same way. We didn't have a lot of practice time. And yeah, just not on the same page. That's how it is. On CT side we felt more comfortable and, all of a sudden, knew how they played and we also saw that they don't have the biggest stratbook either. So, we knew some of their strats and this kind of stuff, and it was easier.

gla1ve still believes that he and kuben "can build a really good system"

The casters picked up on the fact that kuben said when you were down 5-0, that you guys like to play under pressure. Is that the case, does your team like it? Was the team, at one point, just not afraid of losing because you were down 10-1 at one point?

I have no idea, to be honest. I'm not sure how the other guys individually but for me it doesn't really matter if there's pressure or not. I just like to play CS. I like to win, and hate to lose. And that's what happened today. So yeah, bad day.

What can you say about the atmosphere in the team? Not just during the first stages of the match but also in the lead-up to the event, what is the mood like?

We tried to do as well as possible. They are some nice guys personally, we try to have as much fun as possible, but I think people are a bit uncertain about their futures, and that of course affects the team. We didn't really practice too much to be honest (chuckles) so of course that hurt us. But that's how it is. It's the end of the season. The other guys have been playing a lot, maybe feeling a little bit tired and all this kind of stuff. I understand it, and it is what it is. Now we will see about the future.

They probably don't work as hard individually when they're a bit uncertain about their future

Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander

Media: Heroic target ENCE trio, sAw as coach

I also wanted to ask about those rumors, and the impact they may have had on the team. When did the alleged negotiations start happening, and did they have an impact in Finland?

Of course, it had an impact. We tried to do our best in Finland [at Elisa Masters Espoo] but we knew a lot of players were up for grabs in the future. So, right now, I still don't know what is going to happen. I can't say much, but negotiations were going on with some players and they are a bit uncertain about their future. And, of course, it affects the team because they probably don't work just as hard individually when you're a bit uncertain about the future. We tried everything we could, but this time around it wasn't enough.

What can you say from your point of view, just coming into a brand new team after so many years in Astralis. One of the most accomplished IGLs in the scene, you're coming in and then there's a possibility that a bunch of players are leaving. How are you taking that?

For me, it was kind of tough. I really wanted to find a team, and I think this team is really good. It has good individual players and good team spirit and these kinds of things. I talked to Snappi as well and he said they were really good guys. But, yeah of course it's a little bit sad that maybe one or maybe more will leave the team. I don't know yet. Kind of tough, but I knew when I signed the contract that it was possible that not everyone would stay. It's sad, I hope they will all stay, but we will see about the future.

If a rebuild is necessary, if you have to change one or more players, do you think you will be able to put together a competitive roster?

Of course. It depends on what players we get but if we get good players I think kuben and I can build a really good system to able to be succeed. So, hopefully, it will be really good and we are trying to get as good players as possible. A lot of people are under contract, and the roster lock for the Major or RMRs is really close, so we have to work really fast. We will try as much as possible and I have no idea what the future looks like.

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2023-12-14 11:37

excuses from the "goat" karrigan >

2023-12-14 11:38

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4>1

2023-12-14 11:53

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So pronax > every other IGL in the history besides one roster fraud gla0ve?

2023-12-14 13:48

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pronax won it when the compeititon was weak. Glaive was smacking everyone around at peak CSGO. Karrigan has won 1 major playing in super teams hahahaha, actually hilarious people can even compare the two

2023-12-14 14:52

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karrigan is the best at integrating new players i would say. New players come in or stand ins and do very well very quickly in his teams. That and his calling in big games after a decade and a half of experience just gives him a deeper strat book and the confidence to execute it

2023-12-14 19:06

2023-12-14 20:06

Imagine opinion of someone who has HUNDEN as flair hahahahahahah also flag hahahaha nt washed nvidia one roster fraud. Winning majors vs ENCE and Avangar = peak CSGO hahahahah you are so delusional, even zonic and some astralis players themselfs said that 2022-2023 is harder and more competitive than 2018-2019. Also you just clearly showed you know nothing about CS calling 2015 low competition lmao. 2015 was more competitive than 2018-2019, you had Fnatic, EnvyUs, TSM, Virtus Plow, Nip, while Astralis had to constantly beat Navi with Zeus and Edward, NA CS Lulquid and Faze with constant stand-ins and later on no real IGL lmao. Get lost.

2023-12-15 00:28

Karrigan has played with 16 different top 20 players since majors started, and even with all the talented players he's had, he still has only won 1. I don't mean to say he is a bad IGL, he's still accomplished more than every single IGL in the world, except for the GOAT. Gla1ve took the lineup that Karrigan failed multiple times to win with and turned them into the best team to ever touch Counter-Strike. You can give the old "but it was all Zonic!" excuse, but Karrigan also had Zonic as a coach and still failed to achieve a major. Gla1ve literally changed the way the game was played, he pushed the meta further than any IGL has. Sure, Karrigan is good at developing talent and creating good teams, but when the pressure was the highest he failed to lead his team to winning the most important tournament in CS (until Antwerp). Even now I think you can argue Karrigan has underwhelmed given what he has. On paper, his team is the most talented in the world and yet he only won the single major, he bombed out of Rio and didn't even make semis at Paris (beat by Cadian in quarter final). Gla1ve on the other hand had the most dominant era ever, and he didn't need to experiment with several different rosters to find one that could win. Sure, gla1ve fell off after 2019 but can you really blame him? He has a family now, a child, and has already accomplished everything there is to accomplish in CS. Karrigan may have more longevity but Gla1ve still did more in his 3-4 year run than Karrigan's 11 year career.

2023-12-16 14:41

honestly that's all you gave to say every time!! they write essays about fattygan and it all gets extinguished with a simple inequality. funny how that work.

2023-12-16 12:42

Flair checks out

2023-12-14 12:52

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Flair and name checks out stop living in 2019 little bro, no more opportunities to win free majors vs Avangar and Ence lmao

2023-12-14 13:49

"free majors" you act like Astralis didn't stomp every top team at the time, specially the so called "super team" of which karrigan had always been surronded by super stars, to get through the finals. It's not like the scene was weaker back then, but rather Astralis has just too much ahead of it's time, and gla1ve is surely one of the mainly reasons of that. Karrigan is surely of the GOAT IGLs, but, please, have some respect for gla1ve.

2023-12-14 20:12

Karrigan had constant stand-ins in 2018 against prime astralis, since olof kept taking his medical leaves and he still managed to beat Astralis number of times for example one time with freaking Xizt in IEM Sydney 2018…. Faze were in terrible situation after spring 2018 and most of the time Astralis were domination late 2018 till late 2019 Faze had no IGL at all, since Niko literally cried his way for karrigan kick so he could “joke IGL” for 2 years and achieve nothing.

2023-12-15 00:34

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"a number of times" They beat them 2 times in that year while Astralis destroyed faze 5 times and that was even before their entire era started lmfao. Also remind me again what Karrigan achieved with Astralis / TSM and now compare that with gla1ve who in the matter of 2 months won their first major and IEM katowice. Karrifraud have proved he can do nothing if not left with 4 star players fragging out of their minds. Just look what he did in Envy lmfao

2023-12-16 12:03

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Did you forget to take your meds or you are just obsessed with me that you literally have to reply to every single comment I made? You act like gla0ve would win majors with noob NA envyus, not even zywoo would take that team to major, also what did gla1ve win with Astralis once device left? Astralis without device were still much better team than NA envyus you are talking about lmao, hmmm? What did you achieve? Oh he can’t even get to the majors for straight 2 years hahahahaha. You must be so stupid holy moly, you call karrigan fraud since he “didnt win anything without 4 star players”, if you call 2019/2020 ChrisJ star player you must have some serious problems. He just won 5 events with TSM and was literally kryptonite to 2015 fnatic super team, he won 4 events in row with mouz before covid hit, he won everything with Faze there is, karrigan is consistently winning events for the past DECADE with different players and different language speaking line-ups since he is true leader and captain and exellent IGL. One roster fraud gla0ve won everything in his career in span of 3 years he was in Astralis while being absolute irrelevant bot rest if the 8 years of CSGO winning NOTHING. Every single trophy he has ever won was with zonic and greatest trio of players ever dupreeh, xyp9x and device. He was bot before he joined them and became irrelevant bot the moment they left him period. Joke gOaT IGL gla0ve winning zero trophies for the past 4 years just proves my point even more.

2023-12-16 12:47

Tell me you didn't watch CSGO without telling me.

2023-12-14 23:35

Signed up 2021-11-28 Nt kiddo Cope harder that your bot minister is washed even for academy team

2023-12-15 00:22

War abusers talking LMAO Bottigan can only win when teams are at war LMAO

2023-12-16 12:55

nvidia update

2023-12-14 11:44

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This one always makes me chuckle every time i come across it !!!axxaxaxaxa

2023-12-14 13:40

Hahahahahahahahahahahah

2023-12-14 13:50

What?

2023-12-14 20:49

If you know, you know. You clearly didnt watch 2018-2019 CS

2023-12-15 00:23

that old pathetic excuse that not a single person found evidence for ever? The sperg Astralis haters have clinged to this trash take for years now without having seen a shred of evidence is just so pathetic. But sadly expected from crypto scam fraud clan fans. I bet you're also closing your eyes at the massive conflict of interest every time coL and faze plays in the same tourney now? Imagine thinking that a team who won everything on LAN could abuse some sort of visual bug with officials standing right behind them and checking their pc's before every match ahhahaha kiddo, you told someone else to cope in a different reply but holy fuck take your own advice

2023-12-16 12:12

I’m deffo not gonna read that from no scener boy and asstralis fan girl hahahahaha

2023-12-16 12:26

Damn, RIP ENCE. Still wonder why they decided to swap for Heroic. It's not like they're richer, right? The only reason I see is they want to play with sAw.

2023-12-14 11:47

at the same time, if saw wants the ence core and ence core wants saw, why did saw step down from ence in the first place? so, probably it boils down to more $$$

2023-12-14 11:49

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Yeah, weird. But I don't think money talks there. Heroic finances are all red tho. Or either the leak isn't entirely true. Either ENCE core joins in for more money or sAw ends up in Heroic.

2023-12-14 11:52

"Heroic finances are all red tho" According to whom? 1xbet (allegedly) bought the company earlier this year and they just sold 3 players.

2023-12-14 12:07

They had rich owners before as well som Scandinavian Capital sports Group that talked bout huge investments in facilities and such and still ended in just above broke.. not sure bout current financial situation but if it is risky then selling 2 players or 3 wont help much those funds will be used to ease the finances

2023-12-14 16:02

But again I do not know situation of current economic

2023-12-14 16:03

heroic got 2 mil for stavn and jabbi, although i really don't think you can get nertz sunpayus and maden together for 2 mil but ig it does alleviate their budget

2023-12-14 11:50

they can end up in many other teams, it seems like multiple contracts are ending so it's an issue. all we know heroic asked about these players.

2023-12-14 12:11

heroic definitely has a lot more money

2023-12-14 12:24

sad

works hard on his excuses

2023-12-14 11:48

They aren't excuses it's all valid as Media also reported and with less than 8 days practice they are playing 2 events.

2023-12-14 12:33

Excuses. When u lose and play bad then you u lost and played bad

2023-12-14 12:34

Go ahead, try and play on the biggest level after being on the bench for a year or so (gla1ve) and have only 8 days practicing. Of course he was playing faceit and all these pugs, aim trainers and all that but still it doesn't come nearly as close as a normal practice day. On top of that, ENCE just lost their leader and a coach, the two most important guys in a team. And they played Cloud9, a team that has changed an IGL too but they most of them played together so it doesn't impact them as much as ENCE, and after that NAVI that "just" lost s1mple, even though he is hard to replace, it is still better for a team to lose AWPer than IGL and a coach

comment aged like milk?

2023-12-17 15:03

what?? did he win something?

2023-12-17 15:55

"excuses" you said while it was literally the case? literally ghosted by whole team

2023-12-17 16:54

he could tell that aliens took them away show me that it really happened etc and I would still call it excuses, because you delivered or not and the reason doesn't matter. S1mple for example never gave such excuses, he never used the war etc as an excuse for not playing well. That is the only mindset that deserves respect... And it shows Glaive lost his winner mindset to he never had it and got lucky

2023-12-17 19:21

holy 0/8

2023-12-17 19:34

sneako heroic this falcon all star roaster destroying other teams

GuardiaN to Falcons

2023-12-14 12:20

feel bad for gla1ve honestly - hope they have something cooking

2023-12-14 12:13

2023-12-14 13:06

unlucky bro just got ghosted by his whole team

Glaive is kinda being screwed. Joined the team thinking he would have a good project just to get himself in the middle of a mess. Imagining having to play with ppl who aren' yet to decide their staying home is such a a bad experience

2023-12-14 12:25

"Kind of tough, but I knew when I signed the contract that it was possible that not everyone would stay."

2023-12-14 14:40

yeah i feel bad for him. Really wanted to see what this roster can pull off, but maybe we will see it if the team doesn't fall apart

2023-12-14 14:57

karma for farming paychecks mr gla0ve

2023-12-14 12:29

Wdym?

nothing the guy hasn't worked a single day in his life so he doesn't know what he's talking about

2023-12-14 13:16

dont leave ence

2023-12-14 12:30

Quite unfair to enter a team that has high chance to fall apart due to big roster changes, I understand his frustration and feelings. Honestly if ENCE lose NertZ SunPayus and Maden then gla1ve got nothing to do, they gonna instantly fall to top25 from top5 with the current available player pool

2023-12-14 12:41

they can stay decent altho they will lose their ranking and have to climb back up. heavygod/jks could replace nertZ podi/maka? could replace sunpayus and maybe dupreeh for maden as that entry fragger

2023-12-14 13:45

No one forced him to join ENCE he could accept other offers, oh wait you probably got nothing relevant other than ENCE, plus he sound like he knew about this while joining team.

2023-12-15 00:37

Norwegian No lifer faze fan hating on gla1ve LMAO

2023-12-16 12:57

Kinda sad that he didn't really got a chance prove himself with this team and now that they have to build from the scratch for RMR qualifiers which is less than a month away now.. Hope he does get decent players and at least make it to the major this time to play in his home country

2023-12-14 12:45

What will they even do? Upgrade academy players until the Org finds some average tier2-3 players to fill the main positions? I mean the Org will get a fat paycheque for selling their core 3. But there isn’t much high quality talent just floating around to sign

2023-12-14 12:55

jks dupreeh buzz hampus Patsi nealan degster faven these are all good names

2023-12-14 13:11

Yes certainly!

2023-12-14 13:29

jks - no comms Dupreeh - good player, snatched by heroic maybe though buzz - good player hampus - washed+igl patsi - probably not good enough nealan - said EG was best years of his life degster - toxic but maybe worth it faven - not good enough

2023-12-14 13:33

jks - even with no comms still better than dycha dupreeh - if Heroic get their trio from ENCE, dupreeh is not staying hampus - good rifler patsi - 1:1 or better than maden nealan - 1:1 to maden faven - 1:1 or better than maden

2023-12-14 13:36

gla1ve roeJ refrezh alteks nicoodoz make danish CS great again

2023-12-14 12:57

If NertZ, SunPayus, and Maden end up joining Heroic, I think that gla1ve and kuben can cook something up. Keeping dycha would make things easier for them because that's 1 less player needed, but also, I think he's decent. He's not the best of the best, but ENCE was never the best of the best either and he's a consistent player.

2023-12-14 13:12

Sound Cloud Link : soundcloud.com/hltvorg/encegla1ve-blast-..

2023-12-14 13:24

I wonder what are they doing all the time when they always don't have enough time for practice? I mean, people have contracts, they have salary. They should have those negotiations AFTER THEIR WORK in their free time.

2023-12-14 13:38

Gla1ve mega scammed. Jc. The cs scene is looking more and more like the wild west

2023-12-14 13:43

Just drama

2023-12-14 16:26

I knew that there was something going on already when Glaive and kuben joined, because the way Glaive acted in a interview in Elisa Masters and that he joined, because he and kuben had chance to affect to player choices.

2023-12-14 14:12

2023-12-14 14:23

Dear gla1ve, please retire. Your strats are outdated. You're severely lacking in the fragging department.

2023-12-14 16:41

Why would he? Highest rating in ENCE team against NaVi. And most likely rebuild the roster and Glaive and kuben have say what kind of players they would like to have = shortlist of players they would like to have. And by the way the worst take I've seen in a while.

2023-12-14 17:49

ence have had bad results since cs2 was released. it's not glaive's fault the team is performing about same level as before. uncertainty around some players may have slight impact tho

2023-12-14 19:13

Gla1ve Dupreeh Dycha Hades KEi Could work for fight top10, otherwise go full international

2023-12-15 00:33

bad timing for gla1ve and kuben

2023-12-15 00:58

Bring back finnish roster

2023-12-16 15:33

Damn bro, I feel really bad for gla1ve I hope he finds some decent teammates to play with, cause maden and nertz are a bit toxic tbh, sunpayus was the most chill guy of that team, it's sad that he is going on the wave of maden and nertz...

2023-12-16 23:40