keen and SaVaGe exit JiJieHao due to contractual breakdown*

7-1-2024 20:45

The duo have been replaced by El1an and Remind ahead of the Middle Eastern qualifiers to PGL Major Copenhagen.

keen has left the project without playing an official game

Kristers "⁠keen⁠" Dārznieks has announced his departure from
JiJieHao after failing to come to an agreement with the organization in contract talks. He joined the project in November but did not get a chance to play an HLTV official match with the new international lineup.

"When it came to discussions about my contract, I found certain conditions to be very challenging," keen said on Twitter. "I want to emphasize that my concerns are entirely related to the terms we were negotiating and not at all about the people I worked with. They are a fantastic team, and I have nothing but respect for each member."

The same is true for James "⁠SaVage⁠" Savage, according to information acquired by Dust2.us Senior Editor Jeffrey "Mnmzzz" Moore, and whose exit was confirmed by HLTV.

ISSAA returns in new JiJieHao International roster

In their place, JiJieHao have added AWPer Aleksei "⁠El1an⁠" Gusev and former NASR man Adel "⁠Remind⁠" Guermassi. El1an has been without a team since his removal from FORZE, and will hope a trip east can help his career get back on track.

The new roster is registered under the name JiJieHao for the Asian RMR open qualifier in the Rest of the Middle East region, which is set to kick off on January 8, and the lineup is also visible on FACEIT. A source within the team, who wished to remain anonymous, confirmed that El1an and Remind have joined the project for the open qualifiers and beyond.

06:50 January 8 Update: SaVage has taken to Twitter with a post of his own, confirming his departure. "After recently signing with JieJieHao, I completed visa and moved over to China, where I met with the team and began practice.

"After a short time in China, we were all given new contracts that did not reflect the old agreed upon terms. After back and forth, we were not able to come to an agreement. Due to all this, I have made my way back home to AU and am open to opportunities going into 2024."

JiJieHao are now:

Vadim "⁠DavCost⁠" Vasilyev
Issa "⁠ISSAA⁠" Murad
Hussein "⁠m1N1⁠" Hijazi
Adel "⁠Remind⁠" Guermassi
Aleksei "⁠El1an⁠" Gusev

Who? And who? Leave what? tier 98

2024-01-07 20:46

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not the first time keen only played for a team for a week

2024-01-07 20:50

8 replies

not the first time this org has been shady with contracts and players either.

2024-01-07 22:03

7 replies

when was the first time ?

2024-01-07 22:09

6 replies

2022

2024-01-07 22:12

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wtf when are hltv gonna post about my peruvian 5 stack roster changes

2024-01-08 00:38

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Tommorow once they announce me as their new player

2024-01-10 06:41

I'm sure someone will reply with the proper link to the article but the org announced 2 players before they signed the contract (think it was meztal and moree but not 100% sure) then the two players decided not to go through with the deal.

How shitty of a contract did they get offered for them to choose NOM over them lol

2024-01-08 06:37

DavCost has been on this road before

2024-01-07 22:45

Who? What? Why? Where Th Fk? My mom asked if the dishes were done and I yelled "O PLANO!" She hugged me. She knew they were washed.

2024-01-07 21:00

kkkkkk

2024-01-07 21:30

are u not keen on keen?

2024-01-07 22:22

kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

2024-01-07 22:39

what is this...

2024-01-07 20:47

rip

okok

Frankenstein team

kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

2024-01-07 22:38

what a random team

I mean, I have definitely seen articles about very unknown teams, but this one is too far...

2024-01-07 21:23

I mean it doesn't have as bad players as the name would suggest lol. ISSA tier 2 player, El1an tier 2, DavCost tier 3/4. Not that bad actually.

2024-01-08 00:29

Nice

2024-01-07 20:48

top60

2024-01-07 20:49

whats even the point, JiJieHao is just another RMR team that'll disband when they fail to qualify for the major.

“5 teams we wish were erased from our memory”

2024-01-07 22:40

never even heard about this guy

2024-01-07 20:51

keen?

2024-01-07 21:28

Slow news day eh

I don't often say this but.. who?

2024-01-07 20:54

who cares. This is just another one of JiJiehao's RMR teams that disband when they fail.

2024-01-07 21:04

They lasted less than me with her

2024-01-07 20:58

though, i guarantee you you would last longer with me >-<

2024-01-07 21:10

prove it owo

2024-01-07 21:12

thank you davcost for your mediation efforts between the israeli cs community and issaa!

Are you sure this is counter strike news?

Another try for random ass middle Eastern mix with 2 Russians to qualify for the major

2024-01-07 21:05

Jeeesus Christ, El1an has fallen quite down

2024-01-07 21:14

ISSA , can get much better team

2024-01-07 21:15

Doubt it

2024-01-07 22:30

ofc he can.. for example smooya team instead of xFloud spot since he left they need a good riffler they have Dragon rn ... he is bellow bellow average ISSA there is a good move

2024-01-07 23:04

Who? Asked

2024-01-07 21:21

Who?

2024-01-07 21:22

2024-01-08 11:58

bots

2024-01-07 21:27

Clear middle east qualifier favorite. It's unlikely that they will qualify to the major, but they may upset couple of Chinese/Mongolian/Australian teams at RMR.

2024-01-07 21:31

big news damn how did i live without this info

The only keen from Latvia I know was in 1.6 times in Pick

2024-01-07 21:33

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There was an American player with the nick of kEEn too

2024-01-07 22:48

omg man I am from pick :D those were wonderful times!

2024-01-08 21:25

Those were indeed

2024-01-09 04:40

damn I didn't know ISSA is in such a shit team now

2024-01-07 22:04

pretty expected that this type of org would have hella shitty contracts for you to sign. No thx Would love to get a copy to look at

2024-01-07 22:14

its just an RMR team anyways, who cares.

2024-01-07 22:18

exactly, so why would anyone sign their soul to them.

2024-01-07 22:19

only the 5th time this happens this year with an asian org hoping to make the major with an EU/Asian mix

2024-01-07 22:32

Last time JJI were third in Asian RMR. They have good chances to qualify for RMR at least.

2024-01-07 22:54

fake keeN

2024-01-07 22:55

Hao does this get an HLTV article?

2024-01-07 23:50

Savage most overrated OCE player

2024-01-08 00:25

Lol he's not bad. Assuming you didn't like his time on vertex ahaha

2024-01-08 09:48

What kind of whack ass terms did they get given? No wonder they went all out paying them to visit the place back in November.

2024-01-08 01:46

a sad day for a jijiehao fans

2024-01-08 02:02

This team existed?

2024-01-08 02:36

+natural mating pic

2024-01-08 06:20

Who

2024-01-08 07:58

SaVage has put out his own version of this. twitter.com/SaVagecs_/status/17442350337.. TLDR Moved over with visa to China, contracts presented which did not match previously agreed terms, could not find mutual agreement so he has returned to Aus.

2024-01-08 11:52