hAdji steps down from 3DMAX

14-3-2024 23:25

The Frenchman exits after his team's recent failed Europe RMR campaign.

hAdji intends to explore international options

Ali "⁠hAdji⁠" Haïnouss has announced he is stepping down from 3DMAX with the intention of exploring international options moving forward.

The news comes after 3DMAX failed to qualify for PGL Major Copenhagen, exiting the RMR with a 1-3 record.

hAdji departs a roster of players he joined in April 2023 when he left Falcons to join HEET after several months on Falcons' bench. The French lineup he joined stuck together after they terminated their contracts with HEET, playing as Looking4Org for several months, and they continued their previous exploits as one of the better and more consistent squads in tier two.

They eventually found a home in 3DMAX and continued to perform well in the online tier two scene, winning ESL Challenger League Season 46, but struggled to kick on in LAN events such as ESL Challenger Jönköping and the recent PGL Major Copenhagen Europe RMR. Their most recent LAN failure led hAdji to search for new pastures.

"I want to thanks the boys for all the memories we made together," hAdji said in his statement on X/Twitter. "My DMs are open if you have any questions."

3DMAX are now:

Bryan "⁠Maka⁠" Canda
Lucas "⁠Lucky⁠" Chastang
Thomas "⁠Djoko⁠" Pavoni
Pierre "⁠Ex3rcice⁠" Bulinge

Adrien "⁠killazoo⁠" Legarda (coach)

surprising tbh

2024-03-14 23:25

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I remember him being really good in 2018 Envyus academy carrying posting +1.2 ratings just to join main team and become bot who can't even break into 1.00 have no idea what happened.

2024-03-15 00:58

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maybe it stressed him or he just was against better opponents

2024-03-15 01:13

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I mean that Envyus team was a sh*t show and no matter the 5th player they would probably perform badly no matter what. Maybe it was even him, who caused issue.

2024-03-15 07:15

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+1 hAdji has been actually very good past years still

2024-03-15 09:49

3DMax Nivera incoming lmao

2024-03-14 23:36

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2024-03-15 10:58

Idk nivera is expensive for an little org like 3Dmax

2024-03-15 11:45

That's what losing to pari does to you

2024-03-14 23:26

International roster huh. hAdji to where?

2024-03-14 23:27

prolly some random tier3 team, he is mid asf

2024-03-14 23:30

tsm

2024-03-15 00:21

Into the breach

2024-03-15 01:34

bleed

2024-03-15 02:00

i think Nivera can do much better than 3dmax but the move seems obvious now

But he need to prove once again

2024-03-14 23:51

doubt higher calibre teams would be willing to take a risk on a player that hasnt played competitive cs for 2.5 years, 3dmax is exactly the kind of team where he can prove himself

2024-03-15 09:42

I think the most obvious is misutaaa. He is young and he was very good with ITB

2024-03-15 15:10

nivera rumour actually true lol

apparently not even 3DMax’s CEO expected this, he only just found out through twit lmao

2024-03-14 23:34

lul

2024-03-14 23:33

he went out with a bang by matchfixing against parivision, atleast he can afford no salary for the next few months

2024-03-14 23:28

+Nivera

After looking for org with the boys for so long?

2024-03-14 23:31

3DISBANDX

Good luck to hadji for his next team

vroom

2024-03-14 23:38

but what international rooster would want him

rooster, perhaps?

2024-03-15 03:59

Welcome nivera

2024-03-14 23:42

go explore your options in mcdonalds

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hltv.org/matches/2367199/spirit-vs-looki..

2024-03-14 23:44

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destiny says he goes to tsm sad he could have done something great

2024-03-14 23:46

sadly he can't hope for much better given he is already 28

2024-03-14 23:50

to think he could've been on Vitality but the org cheaped out and went for FACEIT pugger Kyojin that had cheating allegations :v

2024-03-15 00:09

Just to spend millions on Perkz thats even worst lol

2024-03-15 01:45

should've just went budget on LoL and go all in on CS instead, at least their CS division is a winning and contender roster :v

2024-03-15 01:46

PLEASE WELCOME TSM HADJI

Gentlem8 hadji?

2024-03-14 23:45

2024-03-14 23:52

-flamez - mezzii +hadji +Nivera

2024-03-14 23:56

should have been that in 2021 tbh

2024-03-15 00:14

what about JACKZ?

2024-03-15 02:01

He was with g2

2024-03-15 08:50

bro that is actual self-sabotage.

2024-03-15 04:00

I am British and yet I support this decision. Just let mezzi play in London first pls xoxo

2024-03-15 13:45

nivera incoming ?

2024-03-14 23:58

might as well since 3DMAX's CEO didn't even expect hAdji to suddenly step down.

2024-03-15 00:10

Bonne chance Ali !!!

2024-03-15 00:04

Finally lol

2024-03-15 00:12

Is he playing tommorow? Any news on that?

2024-03-15 00:24

nivera hello, unless he wants to cont playing internationally

2024-03-15 00:28

if Nivera were smart, he'd go international.

2024-03-15 00:29

optimally he'd just grind out and wait for all the offers to roll in the pre and post major season, then choose the best deal whichever that may be #32 he could do a bit of both, just stand in for 3dmax for the meanwhile

2024-03-15 00:31

ye that'd work too. Stand-in and just see if anyone's offering during rostermania.

2024-03-15 00:37

3dmax with this lineup are together for what seems like an eternity and never really achieved anything. Long time coming change, doubt they will improve tho.

2024-03-15 01:12

nivera to 3dmax called it

2024-03-15 01:19

Everybody is talking about Nivera but Misutaaa seems more obvious to me (I'm not saying its the right choice)

2024-03-15 01:47

Totally agree. Misuta will be an upgrade

2024-03-15 02:08

2024-03-15 08:52

+Nivera inc

2024-03-15 01:54

no chance now, he's def going international, 3DMAX is apparently signing misutaaa as his replacement lmao

2024-03-15 12:52

nivera incoming

2024-03-15 01:55

made a mill fixing

2024-03-15 02:51

Sad

2024-03-15 05:38

Hadji can't carry french rooster anymore

2024-03-15 05:42

the boys

2024-03-15 06:05

+Nivera pog make french cs tier 1 again

2024-03-15 06:51

+SNAX without major gamerL collapsing soon

2024-03-15 06:54

The l4o/3dmax era is over 😶 (Talking in a supporter way not in performance way)

2024-03-15 08:00

lol he aint going nowhere with his career...dude barely hacked in in MAX

2024-03-15 09:01

2024-03-15 09:12

scream nivera hadji maroco team incoming

2024-03-15 09:33

another disingenuous POS that only did it for stickers. All about money no more passion. 3DMAX got what they deserve.

2024-03-15 09:35

you run a business on money not passion.

2024-03-15 10:18

Talking about HADJI that left after no stickers

2024-03-15 10:29

They had bad results generally and choked lots of games.

2024-03-15 10:44

Welcome back Nivera

2024-03-15 10:30

Hadji not making enough:( gotta go back to fixing games

2024-03-15 10:36

Good. This team needs to disband. Playing for years with no improvement and no results

2024-03-15 11:02

big colapse at the rmr, they literally beat all the teams they lost to in the rmr and spirit just a month before. not surprising

2024-03-15 12:23

People are talking about Nivera but I would rather take an AWP or an IGL in order to relieve Maka from one of those position to make him more consistent, especially in LAN.

2024-03-15 12:58

Isn't nivera awping though?

2024-03-15 13:18

I don't know tbh Liquipedia says he is both rifler and awper but I don't know what he was doing on Valorant so yeah my comment is pretty lame now that you highlight it.

2024-03-15 13:26

It's Misutaaa.

Nivera inc

2024-03-15 13:25

#92

2024-03-15 13:46

Back to ldlc

2024-03-15 15:02

Krl said on his stream this morning that hadji left without warning during a middle of a pracc and didn't warn his mates of his decision before his tweet....Seems that he and Maka didn't go along well also

2024-03-15 15:04