Gizmy returns to Monte academy

Gizmy has now joined ryu in being moved back to the academy squad after Monte's EPL exit.

Gizmy ends a short-lived stint on the main roster

Monte have announced the return of Jack "⁠Gizmy⁠" von Spreckelsen to Monte Gen after the main team's exit from the first round of the ESL Pro League playoffs. He joins Gytis "⁠ryu⁠" Glušauskas, who was sent back to the academy squad last week.

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ryu returns to Monte academy after EPL exit

Gizmy was promoted to the main team alongside ryu in March to replace Viktor "⁠sdy⁠" Orudzhev and Alexander "⁠br0⁠" Bro and averaged a respectable 1.04 rating during his tenure, but the squad experienced mixed fortunes overall.

A playoff appearance at ESL Pro League Season 19 was a solid return for the new-look side, but the team fell in last place at GET Rio and struggled in online competition.

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"Things could have gone different that might have changed this," the young Brit said in a statement on X. "But in the end it’s a fair decision."

Monte have less than two weeks to fill the vacancies on their roster before travelling to the United States for IEM Dallas, which will have $250,000 on offer.

With Gizmy's departure, Monte now have the following roster:

Ukraine Volodymyr "⁠Woro2k⁠" Veletniuk
Ukraine Sergiy "⁠DemQQ⁠" Demchenko
Poland Szymon "⁠kRaSnaL⁠" Mrozek

Ukraine Sergey "⁠lmbt⁠" Bezhanov (coach)

And Monte Gen are:

Latvia Roberts "⁠shield⁠" Tipsis
Ukraine Vladyslav "⁠leen⁠" Stepanov
Belgium Roman "⁠n0te⁠" Hamze
Lithuania Gytis "⁠ryu⁠" Glušauskas
United Kingdom Jack "⁠Gizmy⁠" von Spreckelsen

Ukraine Ivan "⁠AiyvaN⁠" Semenets (coach)

Lithuania Gytis 'ryu' Glušauskas
Gytis 'ryu' Glušauskas
Age:
19
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.98
Maps played:
119
KPR:
0.67
DPR:
0.67
Denmark Alexander 'br0' Bro
Alexander 'br0' Bro
Age:
22
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.99
Maps played:
497
KPR:
0.67
DPR:
0.67
Belgium Roman 'n0te' Hamze
Roman 'n0te' Hamze
Age:
18
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.95
Maps played:
24
KPR:
0.67
DPR:
0.73
Ukraine Sergiy 'DemQQ' Demchenko
Sergiy 'DemQQ' Demchenko
Age:
22
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.99
Maps played:
934
KPR:
0.67
DPR:
0.66
Ukraine Volodymyr 'Woro2k' Veletniuk
Volodymyr 'Woro2k' Veletniuk
Age:
22
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.13
Maps played:
834
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:
250
KPR:
0.65
DPR:
0.71
Ukraine Vladyslav 'leen' Stepanov
Vladyslav 'leen' Stepanov
Age:
19
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.95
Maps played:
50
KPR:
0.67
DPR:
0.71
Poland Szymon 'kRaSnaL' Mrozek
Szymon 'kRaSnaL' Mrozek
Age:
21
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.98
Maps played:
642
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
Latvia Roberts 'shield' Tipsis
Roberts 'shield' Tipsis
Age:
21
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.03
Maps played:
292
KPR:
0.68
DPR:
0.63
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2024-05-13 14:16
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#111
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United Kingdom CricGuru
ryu had good potential, surprised he got sent down before gizmy
2024-05-14 00:13
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2 replies
ye I did like the little of ryu ive seen, gizmy got the uk vibes tho to be fair
2024-05-18 10:40
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#132
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United Kingdom CricGuru
big man Jack von Spreckelsen
2024-05-21 12:05
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i read it fully and wrote a comment
2024-05-13 14:16
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2 replies
#5
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United Kingdom chrose
Congratulations
2024-05-13 14:18
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You are making this site a better place
2024-05-13 14:26
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so what will the new lineup be? kvem? roej?
2024-05-13 14:17
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18 replies
#9
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Germany hltvfinest
+sdy +s1mple
2024-05-13 14:18
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5 replies
Xdd
2024-05-13 14:28
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Best of mates 😅
2024-05-13 15:22
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#104
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United States bas1cal
you will need to -woro2k for that sdy is unlikely to comeback monte doesn't have enough cash to buy s1mple
2024-05-13 20:45
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2 replies
do that then Selensky got enough from Senate
2024-05-13 20:52
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1 reply
lmao
2024-05-14 15:10
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no Kvem, refused to pay buyout which was too high apparently
2024-05-13 14:22
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9 replies
Maybe they have negotiated it down a bit now?
2024-05-13 14:36
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8 replies
i mean yeah that was what i was thinking to, like he wants to actually play doesnt he? otherwise hell ruin his carreer. Id like to see him ngl would be great for him and the team i think.
2024-05-13 14:42
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7 replies
IKLA might be too stubborn and refuse to lower it.
2024-05-13 15:00
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#60
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Kosovo Mykolkaa
IKLA have essentially shut down operations, I have absolutely no clue what their end game is here because I doubt kvem will get better offers than monte
2024-05-13 15:30
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#62
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Luxembourg MKN01
you get that you dont pay a buyout to Kvem but the org?
2024-05-13 15:38
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1 reply
Sometimes players pay their buyout themself to make it easier for a new org to sign them
2024-05-15 01:10
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Its not up to him bro, hes in IKLA jail
2024-05-13 15:56
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' Kvem Ukraine Vladyslav Korol Age22 years Current teamNo team ' hltv knows something
2024-05-13 18:23
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#121
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Ukraine 7mercury
he has no team but have a contract with Ikla
2024-05-14 03:31
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+hadji or +NBK for sure, apparently they had interviews with Monte few weeks ago
2024-05-13 20:11
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#133
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United Kingdom CricGuru
+styko and hadji to sub
2024-05-21 12:05
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#6
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
NEO | 
Poland ScR1337
he wasnt that bad
2024-05-13 14:18
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#8
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Germany hltvfinest
noooooooooooo
2024-05-13 14:18
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#10
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Ukraine Bumbas_cat
so i guess they found +2 then
2024-05-13 14:18
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Thank god
2024-05-13 14:20
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2 replies
#59
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Ukraine smakolyk
Why
2024-05-13 15:30
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1 reply
he was not ready for t1, if he stayed on monte good chance that he gets kicked in a few months and goes without an offer then career over now that he's back on academy he has a chance to actually develop, he and ryu showed some (key word being some) good stuff but also a lot of bad stuff, much better that he has a position where he can actually develop as a player and focus on university than rush into "t 1.5"
2024-05-13 15:50
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Why is botqq still on the main roster with 0.99 rating..
2024-05-13 14:21
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14 replies
#15
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senka | 
Poland szlajmer
what xdd
2024-05-13 14:21
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lmao
2024-05-13 14:25
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Are you joking? Those are all time stats. Are you actually this incompetent and cannot go into the player profile and see that he averaged 1.17 in the last 3 months?
2024-05-13 14:35
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Tell me you dont watch Monte without saying that
2024-05-13 14:36
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cheater him and woro lol
2024-05-13 15:06
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6 replies
#68
Faceit level 10  | 
Europe fiatPEEK
nobody cares as long as you don't have proof, you can keep crying about it
2024-05-13 15:52
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#78
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Ukraine Lynchsob
So is flusha and jw, and?
2024-05-13 16:23
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4 replies
only flusha was cheating 100%
2024-05-13 16:23
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3 replies
You need to practice ur baits. This bait was good in about 10 years ago
2024-05-13 20:59
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2 replies
#117
Faceit plus user Faceit level 9  | 
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Germany s1kk_k46
Flusha was cheating lmao
2024-05-14 03:13
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1 reply
+1
2024-05-14 17:21
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+1
2024-05-13 16:22
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demqq is their best player hahahah
2024-05-13 18:07
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Demqq is the most underrated player of them, He is gigachad
2024-05-13 19:10
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#13
Faceit level 10  | 
senka | 
Poland szlajmer
LFG!
2024-05-13 14:21
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- bring in inexperienced academy players when you have a bunch of invites and need to perform well - sent them back to academy when they're starting to improve and you need to grind ccts
2024-05-13 14:24
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1 reply
Nt grimzy
2024-05-13 15:58
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#19
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Singapore RykeyMZEE
Cant wait for 2 more tier 6 players and then repeat
2024-05-13 14:24
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monte need igl. Get byr9
2024-05-13 14:24
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1 reply
#84
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Turkey Tagan35
blameF
2024-05-13 16:30
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#23
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Ukraine forad
Monte kicked out 2 academy players with for bad results and induvidial stats. Because monte dont have a big money pillow they must find powerfull or nomedia pro player t1-2 lvl. According to impressions, even the Montes themselves do not know what they need
2024-05-13 14:26
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JKS NOW ITS YOUR CHANCE
2024-05-13 14:27
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Ok , so who are they adding instead of these 2 🤔
2024-05-13 14:28
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2 replies
#33
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Poland NaKii
i heard roeJ is joining them, no idea abt the 5th tho
2024-05-13 14:30
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1 reply
Yup I’ve seen the roej leak , but I am interested in who’s the 5th player.
2024-05-13 15:15
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why not loan s1mple for few month?
2024-05-13 14:36
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5 replies
Tbh this would be a really good fit
2024-05-13 14:43
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1 reply
#45
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Yugoslavia yike$
I think they would constantly beef
2024-05-13 14:55
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#52
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Poland SmartyyCS
S1mple and woro in one team xDDDD Ultimate toxic fiesta
2024-05-13 15:07
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Highly doubt it would work
2024-05-13 15:16
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Ah yes good idea, s1mple & Woro fistfight after every lost pistol round
2024-05-13 21:00
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#40
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Austria dukiii
2 dodiks return =)
2024-05-13 14:37
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#43
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Romania nontoxic
well that was fast
2024-05-13 14:45
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#44
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Yugoslavia yike$
I feel like they werent even that bad
2024-05-13 14:54
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+s0mple
2024-05-13 14:56
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Could they not get cptkurtka023? They're in need of a good igl, think he'll be a good fit
2024-05-13 15:10
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he is not igl
2024-05-13 17:05
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+jks
2024-05-13 15:33
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#64
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Romania garcea89
L for monte i really enjoyed watching him play im sure he did everything they asked of him and i saw him multiple times go 1st outside on NUKE to take 1v1 duels
2024-05-13 15:47
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#67
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Germany Jonaah
I think he played solid and I expected him to stay. Let's see what Monte is going to do now
2024-05-13 15:51
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T4 bots arent as good as radarqq expected
2024-05-13 16:22
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#80
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Ukraine Lynchsob
Imagine s1mple and smooya. That would be a legendary toxic team. So fun and entertaining tho
2024-05-13 16:26
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gizmy gizmy gizmy a man after midnight
2024-05-13 16:27
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Damn I didn't know that the girl from Hereditary played cs
2024-05-13 16:28
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nicodoz + roej+
2024-05-13 16:28
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I hope Jackz can join :/
2024-05-13 16:35
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#86
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Russia KopHuLLloH
and we are left with 1 alleged cheater + 1 confirmed cheater and krasnal... save krasnal, idk what's next for monte
2024-05-13 16:42
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I dont know the context behind the cheating. Can you explain to me what happened?
2024-05-14 00:57
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well for demqq there is an event called "the Akuma incident", pretty much the entirety of CIS accused them of radar hack... CYBERSHOKE covered it here: youtu.be/Z6X667rPr-k?si=p7hhR4XLgw9S0iqo - that's the confirmed cheater woro is the alleged one. i find it funny that if you just search "woro2k" on YT - all the top results are about him being sus. This one youtube.com/watch?v=390YTCDsEj8 is particularly interesting. also before "flairs" start barking, bear in mind that even in this thread im not the 1st one to point out the sus of woro and demqq. #65 was especially creative, i giggled at that one
2024-05-14 01:34
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the akuma vs navi reminds me of the good old covid shitshow cs times
2024-05-14 03:28
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#88
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Peru fr1daySzs
+kvem?
2024-05-13 17:52
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#89
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Romania Tspeck
+lauNx +NBK easy
2024-05-13 17:59
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2 replies
god no
2024-05-13 19:31
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"launx" XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
2024-05-13 21:00
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Honestly just bring back SDY lmao
2024-05-13 18:03
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4 replies
Didn't sdy leave himself? EZ s1mple rifle but they probably can't or don't want to afford him.
2024-05-14 00:48
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3 replies
he was a big glue factor for this team and he probably had enough mentally dealing with woro and demqq
2024-05-14 00:56
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I think it was a mutual agreement, but I'm shocked to see SDY has not joined any team yet. Maybe he's gotten offers but wants time off or is waiting for the perfect fit... idk. Just seems odd to me for him to sit out this long he was in the best form of his life while IGLing... his stock should have been high
2024-05-14 04:14
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Yup he was on fire on Monte, I was shocked to see him leave in the first place. Let's just hope his departure doesn't have anything to do with his health.
2024-05-14 13:22
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#92
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Canada dennek
+roej +boros back inc
2024-05-13 18:09
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who cares
2024-05-13 18:51
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Would be funny if Monte picked up SDY and Boros. Probably won't happen though.
2024-05-13 18:56
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#96
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Canada ssau
Monte gen will probably be better now with that experience gained
2024-05-13 19:05
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Neofrag xddddddddd lmao
2024-05-13 19:29
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#100
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Sweden Vrede
well
2024-05-13 19:40
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#102
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
ZywOo | 
France teror
taking both benched from Bleed then beat Bleed
2024-05-13 20:16
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#103
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Ukraine HECPEM
just disband already xD
2024-05-13 20:23
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Did anyone else see demqq throw his mouse and krasnal asking for people not to complain? Nobody established would want any of that childish crap. Hilarious.
2024-05-13 21:21
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4 replies
Where did that happen
2024-05-15 01:20
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3 replies
In this past EPL. His white mouse spinning in the air. So dumb.
2024-05-15 04:17
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1 reply
Man appreciate the meme but you do you, if you have the voice and drive just be yourself.
2024-05-28 12:18
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youtu.be/c7qNwO6Ik2E?si=K3KSdglK7ucdpuFX quakecon 2005. Were you alive? If not don't look too back far into history.. geez. Danke mf
2024-05-28 12:22
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SDY was the glue that held this team together. Without him everything is in shambles. Someone save krasnal
2024-05-14 00:54
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#130
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Fiji Henpai
Deserved
2024-05-16 19:20
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