Monte promote Gizmy and ryu from academy

Monte Gen will be on the hunt for two new talents after the move.

Gizmy played for Monte at the recent Europe RMR

Monte have promoted Jack "⁠Gizmy⁠" von Spreckelsen and Gytis "⁠ryu⁠" Glušauskas from their academy squad, Monte Gen, to fill the gaps in their roster left by the recent departures of Alexander "⁠br0⁠" Bro and Viktor "⁠sdy⁠" Orudzhev.

"After testing multiple options and player combos, we’ve decided that our academy duo is the best option for us in the current period," said Monte's Director of Esports, Denys "dance" Yashniev, in a statement on X/Twitter.

Monte saw their squad severely depleted recently after sdy left by mutual agreement and br0 signed for Astralis, leaving them without their best player and the player who helped the squad become a fixture in the top 10 of the world ranking. They have turned to their academy squad for reinforcements, promoting two members who have been with Monte Gen since the team's inception late last year.

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sdy departs Monte by mutual agreement

Gizmy hails from the UK scene where he played for the likes of Viperio, making a name for himself by aiding Viperio to the BLAST.tv Paris Major Europe RMR last year. He recently stood in for Monte for two matches of their recent ill-fated PGL Copenhagen Major Europe RMR campaign, helping the squad pick up a win over Nexus.

ryu has historically featured for Benelux squads like LowLandLions and Genk, and will be making his first foray into the upper levels of CS competition.

Monte have already played two officials with their new lineup, both in ESL Challenger League Season 47, where they lost to SAW but picked up a win over PERA.

Date Matches
ESL Challenger League Season 47 Europe
05/03/2024
Finished
0:2
Match
13/03/2024
Finished
2:1
Match

Monte are now:

Ukraine Volodymyr "⁠Woro2k⁠" Veletniuk
Ukraine Sergiy "⁠DemQQ⁠" Demchenko
Poland Szymon "⁠kRaSnaL⁠" Mrozek
Lithuania Gytis "⁠ryu⁠" Glušauskas
United Kingdom Jack "⁠Gizmy⁠" von Spreckelsen

Ukraine Sergey "⁠lmbt⁠" Bezhanov (coach)

Lithuania Gytis 'ryu' Glušauskas
Gytis 'ryu' Glušauskas
Age:
19
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.02
Maps played:
78
KPR:
0.69
DPR:
0.66
Denmark Alexander 'br0' Bro
Alexander 'br0' Bro
Age:
21
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.99
Maps played:
478
KPR:
0.67
DPR:
0.67
Ukraine Sergiy 'DemQQ' Demchenko
Sergiy 'DemQQ' Demchenko
Age:
22
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.98
Maps played:
893
KPR:
0.66
DPR:
0.66
Ukraine Volodymyr 'Woro2k' Veletniuk
Volodymyr 'Woro2k' Veletniuk
Age:
22
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.13
Maps played:
793
KPR:
0.77
DPR:
0.63
United Kingdom Jack 'Gizmy' von Spreckelsen
Jack 'Gizmy' von Spreckelsen
Age:
20
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.93
Maps played:
209
KPR:
0.65
DPR:
0.71
Poland Szymon 'kRaSnaL' Mrozek
Szymon 'kRaSnaL' Mrozek
Age:
20
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.98
Maps played:
601
KPR:
0.67
DPR:
0.68
Ukraine Viktor 'sdy' Orudzhev
Viktor 'sdy' Orudzhev
Age:
27
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.04
Maps played:
1525
KPR:
0.69
DPR:
0.63
#3
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Latvia YungPan666
rip monte
2024-03-18 22:05
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#6
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Slovakia AdorrioN
This Monte downfall is beautiful
2024-03-18 22:06
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12 replies
#20
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Romania RMS17
+1
2024-03-18 22:18
0
what did they do to you
2024-03-18 23:06
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2 replies
Slovakia is nowadays Russia
2024-03-19 07:15
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1 reply
#118
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Croatia n1k3y
So what did they do to you?
2024-03-19 14:34
0
+1
2024-03-19 02:47
0
+1
2024-03-19 11:08
0
#124
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Europe yommamas
why?
2024-03-20 09:14
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5 replies
#125
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Slovakia AdorrioN
Cringe social media admin to start with
2024-03-20 09:38
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4 replies
#126
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Europe yommamas
I didn't even know they had a social media presence. Protip: if you don't want to see their social media, don't look at it. I can give you other helpful tips if required
2024-03-20 09:40
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3 replies
#128
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Slovakia AdorrioN
You asked me a question, I answered. Not that I clicked on their profile on Twitter
2024-03-20 13:51
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2 replies
#129
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Europe yommamas
then how did you see their cringe media profile?
2024-03-20 14:20
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1 reply
#130
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Slovakia AdorrioN
Browsing hltv, seen some threads about it
2024-03-20 15:21
0
couldn't get Kvem on the team, FeelsBadMan
2024-03-18 22:06
0
Very british name von spreckelsen
2024-03-18 22:06
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10 replies
you serious? because it basically has to be german
2024-03-18 23:05
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5 replies
Sarcasm.. Most likely german, but could be dutch too. But german is the logical answer
2024-03-18 23:07
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4 replies
dutch would be van not von
2024-03-18 23:07
0
3 replies
Yeah i mixed it up. edited my comment
2024-03-18 23:07
0
2 replies
as i suspected its from around hamburg (😎🤙) since spreckelsen is prob originally even danish or sth
2024-03-18 23:10
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1 reply
Indeed
2024-03-18 23:11
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#74
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Germany hltvfinest
if you feed a Gizmy past midnight, he turns into an evil von Spreckelsen
2024-03-19 01:00
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3 replies
Jerman humor?
2024-03-19 01:58
0
2 replies
just facts
2024-03-19 09:12
0
Never seen gremlins?
2024-03-19 12:56
0
#10
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dgt | 
Uruguay XEMBAO
L, it was a good time to turn it into full UA
2024-03-18 22:07
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14 replies
#12
Faceit level 10  | 
senka | 
Poland szlajmer
tell me 1 reason why would they do it xdd
2024-03-18 22:12
0
13 replies
#13
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
dgt | 
Uruguay XEMBAO
better players and communicate in their main language
2024-03-18 22:13
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12 replies
#16
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senka | 
Poland szlajmer
better players? you have a way bigger pool of players you can get from international + it put them in a bad position in which orgs like ikla could want insane amounts of money for kvem and they would have to pay if they wanted to make an ukrainian team communicating in their language doesnt change anything, they will not play better while speaking ukrainian
2024-03-18 22:15
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11 replies
ikla hasnt existed for one month already wdym
2024-03-18 23:17
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8 replies
#68
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Montenegro J!BER
yep, but they are still on contract
2024-03-19 00:53
0
7 replies
how why
2024-03-19 01:11
0
6 replies
because their contracts haven't expired yet?
2024-03-19 02:39
0
5 replies
but the org doesnt exist anymore? also why would they still get paid if they dont play anymore?
2024-03-19 02:47
0
4 replies
they don't get paid, but they're still contracted and the org still exists, why wouldn't it?
2024-03-19 12:03
0
3 replies
If they are under contract they are getting paid aswell.
2024-03-19 12:57
0
2 replies
that depends on a contract, and considering it's a small org and not one of the big established ones, they're likely either not getting paid at all or have their salary cut. otherwise, it doesn't make much sense to stop playing before contracts are done, if they just end up wasting money for nothing
2024-03-19 13:20
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1 reply
they are wasting money for nothing if theyre still on contract bc theyd still have to have their salaries paid
2024-03-19 14:12
0
better pool of players matters little when you can't afford them, it's not like they signed blamef or jks. They could've made a stronger full UA team even without Kvem
2024-03-19 00:21
0
#119
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Croatia n1k3y
+1
2024-03-19 14:35
0
will be hard for monte, that's 4 sure, but (HOPIUM) they'll have chances if they grind
2024-03-18 22:09
0
Solid t3 team
2024-03-18 22:15
0
#15
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Croatia shinebair
what a shame they fell off only paris major fluke team that had potential to become a title contender
2024-03-18 22:15
0
4 replies
#18
Faceit level 10  | 
senka | 
Poland szlajmer
i think management is the problem, the owner didnt reinvest any money from paris
2024-03-18 22:16
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3 replies
#22
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Croatia shinebair
boros was bought out by falcons sdy basically gave up on the roster after they failed to qualify for copenhagen and br0 left for astralis if they stuck together after paris they couldve been a real threat
2024-03-18 22:19
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2 replies
They reached their peak after they added br0 though, team got way less dependent on BOROS hero plays and krasnal and demqq stepped up massively along with br0 being a really good role player. I think they would've been a full on fluke team if they kept BOROS, at the very least they had a solid 6 months of being an actual top 10 team now.
2024-03-18 22:23
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1 reply
#33
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senka | 
Poland szlajmer
i agree ^
2024-03-18 23:05
0
with all due respect, why is ryu here?
2024-03-18 22:16
0
7 replies
#19
Faceit level 10  | 
senka | 
Poland szlajmer
idk he provably played br0's positions in avademy
2024-03-18 22:17
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6 replies
hope he does good, for my countries scene ;d
2024-03-18 22:18
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5 replies
Lithuania > Poland
2024-03-18 22:37
0
4 replies
With all due respect to Lithuania, jL and bymas, but no
2024-03-19 04:57
0
Not rn, only lithuanian in the scene is jL and other guys without teams like espi bymas etc.
2024-03-19 06:23
0
Currently no, but we still have talents. Espi coming back will be good for Lithuanian scene, seems to have motivation after doing mandatory military training and still being only 22. Bymas without team but if he takes it seriously can bounce back still only 20. Probably would say dziugss is most exiting youth player coming up in Lithuania currently playing for Navi Youth only 15.
2024-03-19 08:16
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1 reply
Really hoping dziugss can actually become a good player in the future our scene needs more T1 talents
2024-03-19 14:37
0
#24
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Pakistan SuburbanSasquatch
no boros :(
2024-03-18 22:24
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#25
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Ukraine Bumbas_cat
monte t3 now sadly
2024-03-18 22:25
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3 replies
#28
Faceit level 10  | 
siuhy | 
Poland makut0N
tier4 with t3 potential, radarQQ only carry in online quali
2024-03-18 22:46
0
2 replies
meanwhile demqq: 1.07 online 1.16 LAN
2024-03-19 00:26
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DemQQ is ironically a LANer.
2024-03-19 00:55
0
Oh Monte fell off
2024-03-18 22:26
0
#29
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North America minte
ryu barely plays CS it's wild he's on the main roster, Monte are fully finished
2024-03-18 23:01
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#30
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Sweden ChiperoG
Should have gotten kvem but they probably couldnt afford him ig.
2024-03-18 23:01
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why didn’t they get kvem?
2024-03-18 23:04
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6 replies
#36
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Ukraine delsix
maybe kvem has his own plans in mind? this is weird ngl
2024-03-18 23:06
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4 replies
its obviously cause of money. And idk where else Kvem could land in, he's def tier 1 material at the very least.
2024-03-19 00:55
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3 replies
#75
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Ukraine delsix
Isn’t Kvem a free agent?
2024-03-19 01:06
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2 replies
unfortunately no. Unlike half of his ex-teammates, he's still contracted. IKLA's basically trying to sell him in particular since he's their standout player. While also seemingly putting him a decently high buyout for him. In a nutshell, unlike his teammates, Kvem in particular is essentially tier 1 capable and thus want to fetch as much money as they can for him. Unfortunately as a consequence, Kvem can probably only land in orgs that have alot of money unless his contract runs out which who knows when that'll be.
2024-03-19 01:17
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1 reply
#81
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Ukraine delsix
thanks for the info, didn’t know that
2024-03-19 02:32
0
don't have enough money
2024-03-19 00:31
0
rip monte
2024-03-18 23:09
0
#45
mezii | 
United Kingdom Toovz
UK Goat
2024-03-18 23:33
0
gg wp they are done
2024-03-18 23:35
0
Why no Ukrainians? Another boring eu team
2024-03-18 23:43
0
#49
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China RADNIKEY
Jerman CS is back
2024-03-18 23:47
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#51
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United Kingdom Theodoooore
Glizzmy my goat
2024-03-19 00:02
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ryu from street fighter?! sorry i prefer ken
2024-03-19 00:05
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What a potato of move ; unbelieveable This is guaranteed downfall
2024-03-19 00:15
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Either kvem was a greedy PoS or Monte were a greedy PoS
2024-03-19 00:18
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1 reply
IKLA, not Kvem he's still contracted to the org and needs to be bought out
2024-03-19 00:37
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#61
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Ukraine zheka67797
well i doubted when they added bro, but LMBT kind of made it work. He`s really good coach so i say give them few months just because of respect for LMBT and then we`ll see
2024-03-19 00:33
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#62
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Finland Misttaa
This either works out great or awfully, I like gizmy being added. Brings a hype man into the team and a great young prospect, ryu is still very raw but has insane potential. Expect him to take a few weeks-months to warm up to high tier cs.
2024-03-19 00:35
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#66
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Germany hltvfinest
Ryu Hayabusa or Ryu from Street fighter or Ryu from Breath of Fire
2024-03-19 00:40
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2 replies
ryu whom created the most famous moment of League of Legends
2024-03-20 05:39
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1 reply
idk anything about that game
2024-03-20 17:10
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really weird choice, there got to be better options out there
2024-03-19 00:43
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downgrade, at this point they should disband
2024-03-19 00:58
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Jack von Spreckelsen is a cool ass name
2024-03-19 01:07
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#79
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Romania LegenDDDD
classics under 1.00 bots from academy... rip t2 monte welcome to t3 ... did nip boght monte?
2024-03-19 01:12
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#86
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Germany KimpaVita
Perhaps sdy to Nip??
2024-03-19 03:17
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They look like Harry Potter bullies
2024-03-19 03:25
0
Nice!!!!
2024-03-19 03:32
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#95
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Romania garcea89
Tier 3 here we come
2024-03-19 06:26
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#96
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Europe LastBlast
why dont they pick headtruck sdaim kvem
2024-03-19 06:38
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3 replies
headtrick prolly has buyout
2024-03-19 08:26
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headtr1ck and Kvem have high buyouts and Sdaim's a Russian.
2024-03-19 12:59
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1 reply
#132
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Ukraine Sypherine
No, he isn't
2024-03-20 15:35
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#97
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Korea jin67300
GG MONTE SAVE woro2k
2024-03-19 06:43
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#99
deko | 
Russia kauzeN
Haha tier4 at Best playing European pro league vs entropiq. Glad those bots down this good
2024-03-19 07:42
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so they didn't go full ukr after all, like hltv coach analysts predicted
2024-03-19 08:25
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#104
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Poland t0ma5h
Save krasnal pls
2024-03-19 09:12
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1 reply
#121
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Poland bartdarko
lol
2024-03-19 14:37
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Who are they
2024-03-19 09:18
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Ryu???? XD gg monte tier 5
2024-03-19 10:31
0
dead team
2024-03-19 12:42
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38yo academy talent, glad ryu is back
2024-03-19 14:29
0
mid
2024-03-19 17:04
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