hallzerk pens new Complexity contract

12-6-2024 19:33

The Norwegian AWPer has opted to extend his time with Complexity.

hallzerk has been re-signed nearly two years after originally being brought on

Complexity have announced that AWPer Håkon "⁠hallzerk⁠" Fjærli has signed a new contract just days ahead of the team's campaign at ESL Challenger Jönköping.

The announcement comes weeks after an AMA stream featuring Complexity General Manager Graham Pitt and coach Tiaan "⁠T.c⁠" Coertzen ahead of IEM Dallas, where the former was ambiguous regarding hallzerk's future, piquing interest from fans.

Complexity on AWP role: "Hopefully, we will have news very soon"

Regarding the possibility of extending hallzerk's contract, Pitt said only that a decision had been made, though he insisted that the AWPer's future did not hinge on his performances at IEM Dallas.

With hallzerk's future with the team now clear, Complexity will be hoping to end the season on a high note after an inconsistent first half of 2024.

After kicking off their CS2 debut with a finals appearance at IEM Sydney, the North American side has struggled to regularly hit similar highs. Last month, the team ended a long streak of playoff misses at ESL Pro League Season 19 but then crashed out of IEM Dallas in 13-16th place.

Complexity followed up the disappointing Dallas showing with a group-stage exit from YaLLa Compass after enduring losses to fnatic, BetBoom, and FURIA.

The team's final event of the season, and hallzerk's first since signing his new contract, is set to kick off in a matter of days, as Complexity prepare to face off against Alliance in their opening match of ESL Challenger Jönköping, slated to begin June 14.

2024-06-12 19:34

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aw hell naw

2024-06-12 20:11

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paycheck secured 0.86 rating incoming

2024-06-12 20:52

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what a joke, I'm not saying hallzerk is the only problem but he's a MAJOR problem. He should have been gone a year ago. Done watching this clown teams games, never gonna win shit.

2024-06-13 11:19

poor elige

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You really do hate to see it, hopefully this will force him to leave when his contracts done. Jason Lake has heart but no brains, again

2024-06-12 21:01

Budget* His brain works great.

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2024-06-13 11:25

bruh

its joever

2024-06-12 19:48

i thought they wanted to kick him

2024-06-12 21:05

Lol

its over

nice

rip COL, if Grim or floppy dont get benched instead, its ggs for the rest of the year. Pathetic.

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Hallzerk isn't really the problem, but they could surely upgrade with another awper. Also, I'm not familiar with Jba's roles, but liquid and col must have some interest in signing him, no?

2024-06-12 21:36

exactly

Are there much better options tho? Could always try someone unproven but seems the pro scene talent pool overall is getting pretty dry.

2024-06-12 21:42

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autimatic > Gr0m

2024-06-13 00:14

Downgrade. Better bntet for grim

2024-06-13 01:56

Flag but correct

2024-06-13 05:03

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2024-06-13 00:52

Sadge

bad choice, hes not that good

lmao why, guy's way too inconsistent

Complexity probably figures at least they're getting some attention with Hallzerk's antics, why bother winning tournaments when people like your player for their personality?

2024-06-12 22:22

duh. classic NA making content out of it

2024-06-12 19:35

meh

putting eliges chance of winning anything in the remaining years of his career 30ft under the ground

No way

2024-06-12 19:36

norway

2024-06-12 21:24

happy for him! he is not the problem for coL

+1 but i sure miss the mullet !

2024-06-12 20:24

2024-06-12 20:54

+1 he's the second best player on the team. Floppy fell off hard and Grim is just not consistent.

2024-06-12 21:39

coL finished org

can they get f r e a k y with hallzerk so he can drop 1.2+ rating every round

Col 2 awpers era

great move for the team to be 1st from the bottom of top30

2024-06-12 19:37

damn, I hoped they'd get someone better

2024-06-12 19:38

hes not good but not bad aswell, pretty mid player, so col aim for mid results

I see they heavily invest in their streak of not winning any LAN events ever.

given up on winning i see

2024-06-12 19:39

no way lol, complexity management is insane. Ig being a mid team is ok for them. Do they want to lose Elige?

2024-06-12 19:40

Expected, W

2024-06-12 19:41

FUCK yeah dude

2024-06-12 19:42

BIG W

Ok now -floppy and -grim for +NAF +Twistzz

2024-06-12 19:43

I don't know why so many people are mad about this. Yes he misses a couple of shots here and there but he is clearly not the problem lmao. Expected from HLTV users I guess...

2024-06-13 00:56

Cause they are idiots, hallzerk + elige best NA combo. People think that every team has to be top1 lmao. Col is constantly playing in biggest events, this is more than 99% of scene can achieve.

2024-06-14 12:19

Bench Floppy now for Stew or this team is never winning anything

2024-06-12 19:44

for STEW?

2024-06-12 20:07

2024-06-14 12:20

Rare person you could find to downgrade

that moment when your awper is the worst player aim wise on the team

Just get rid of Grim and Floppas and you can cook... Hallzerk is aight.

2024-06-12 19:45

GM baiting about getting new awper xd

col decided to stay mid

2024-06-12 19:46

Lets go hallzerk true american!

Continue beeing mid

2024-06-12 19:47

He is just a copy of Hades in terms his game. Has very high games sometimes but low periods are very low

Mistake from col

2024-06-12 19:51

i guess col is satisfied by being a borderline top10 team for the next n years

2024-06-12 19:52

Very generous of you

2024-06-12 21:44

GRATS

2024-06-12 19:54

Good for him, good for coL, we should see more consistence from coL now that lineup is 100% confirmed

2024-06-12 19:56

2024-06-13 09:28

Hallzerk is not the problem, floppy has to go

2024-06-12 19:59

people act like there are 10 better awps ready to replace him

2024-06-12 20:06

Wolfy osee junior

2024-06-12 22:58

none of those 3 are better

2024-06-13 04:04

Dea, dare

2024-06-13 06:41

Still not better, try again?

2024-06-13 08:52

DarkLordtheLegend

2024-06-13 08:53

I love CoL and JLake but this team needs a change

-grim or -floppy then

2024-06-12 20:17

massive W. smooth brains always want roster changes but complexity are so ever close to winning tourneys and hallzerk has been performing the entire time. MASSIVE W

2024-06-13 09:29

-iq management :DDDDDDDDDD HAHHAHAHAHHAHHAHHAH

2024-06-12 20:18

ELiGE's agent better call up G2, its his only hope.

2024-06-12 20:26

good anyone that says otherwise is a moron. Hallzerk is not the bottleneck for this team, getting a worse awper from the free agents market just to keep the pieces that actually are sandbagging this team would truly be fucking stupid. Anyone against hallzerk resigning doesnt actually watch this team play

2024-06-12 20:27

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Thing is, COL will definitely want to stay NA team. That means they can get max two european players. So are there better players in NA than Floppy or Grim? Thats why I thought they would change Hallzerk, to change up the team the easiest way with the caveat of staying NA.

2024-06-12 20:48

Yeah I get that but you could easily get -floppy +JKS or -grim +INS for example and they would still have to play NA Quals, NA RMR and by all purposes be NA. JTs entire career is NA basically, no one is going to not consider that team NA, everyone will still see them as representing NA, NA fans will still cheer for them, it will pretty much just be the Liquid situation, so I dont think its worth staying a worse team just for a flag on HLTV when you still wont have a majority from any other region, not even subregion

2024-06-12 20:53

Its not about what community thinks, its about what Jason Lake considers NA enough. Thats why it might not make as much logical sense as you said. But then again it also might.

2024-06-12 20:57

Yeah thats true but I remember them saying in an interview they are glad to be 3 americans on the team but they wont make decisions just to keep a flag on HLTV, and they would be fine not being exlusively american or NA, so im sure if a change is necessary (which I dont think it is just yet) they will atleast consider it so long as they dont lose their identity. They wouldnt get 3 euros and 2 NAs for example but 2 americans while not getting a majority or sharing it with another region doesnt seem out of the picture from what theyve said

2024-06-12 21:17

I don't recall hearing what they have specifically said, so I choose to believe you. About the change being necessary though, I do think it has had enough time to prove whether it would work. Their results have been mostly "just outside of playoffs", which is fine I guess. I'm just very worried that Elige is clearly carrying that team and how long he has the motivation to do so to this extent. So ultimately I think the necessity of change comes down to whether Elige thinks they have hit the upper limit.

2024-06-13 01:24

It was said in different AMAs im pretty sure so no its like like its some announcements they made but yea

2024-06-13 16:25

Rare jason lake L I love col but this is not good

2024-06-12 20:29

awesome.

honestly fine, overhated guy imo

2024-06-12 20:32

W. he isn't the problem

2024-06-12 20:33

Truly bad desition

2024-06-12 20:36

i am happy for hallzerk tbh

This is surprising. I'm glad that Hallzerk gets another chance, but somehow this does not feel like the correct decision. Maybe somebody else is getting booted.

2024-06-12 20:41

hell yeah

2024-06-12 20:44

Hallzerk would be better in a better team . Floppy and Grim gotta go . + Malbs and reck

godzerk

2024-06-12 20:47

great signing… hes awesome

2024-06-12 20:50

well.. it's joever

Congrats.......

I used to hate him but I can understand now that he is not the issue. Surely someone gets the boot or management is clueless.

2024-06-12 21:00

LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

2024-06-12 21:02

How much salarie? 30k/month?

2024-06-12 21:07

-floppy +naf

2024-06-12 21:15

People hate, but he's probably the best awper we're going to get. Let's go Hallzbro

2024-06-12 21:27

Hallzerk deserve this 100%

2024-06-12 21:29

good decision, let him cook

2024-06-12 21:38

Cool now -floppy +Stew or anyone fucking else.

2024-06-12 21:40

I think Floppy might be the one to go if he doesn't find any form. Hallzerk definitely isn't the problem in the team, he's quite impactful for coL honestly.

i think complexity can be win tournaments with hallzerk, but they garanty needed some change

clownplexity

We have all the top cs pro analysts in the comments. Team chemistry doesnt matter of course

2024-06-12 21:49

Honestly, i wouldve given a chance to someone like dea. Hes been performing really well in NA, probably the best awper in the region not on COL or Liquid. A change of scenery or something is needed for this COL roster.

2024-06-12 21:51

No top tier professional organization is going to touch anyone associated with that timbermen lineup.

2024-06-13 03:49

Whats wrong with the timbermen/badass/elevate roster? I havent seen or heard anything bad, especially not dea.

2024-06-13 15:43

dust2.us/news/28201/na-advanced-organiza..

2024-06-13 19:48

Dump Floppy, sign NAF. I still believe in Grim

2024-06-12 21:55

i would very much like this to work

2024-06-12 21:56

I believe that Hallzerk can achieve great things!

2024-06-12 22:14

2024-06-12 22:15

First Jason Lake's tie, next all of NA, let's go Hallzerk!

2024-06-12 22:21

Lets goo

2024-06-12 22:26

i dont get it why col re sign him there would be better options tbh

2024-06-12 22:47

i think complexity is okay with reaching playoffs but not actually winning anything i guess with this new contract

2024-06-12 23:00

This team is so cooked. Sadly Jason is too blinded by some silly go-team narratives to make an actually decent move.

2024-06-12 23:21

coL needs oSee

2024-06-12 23:27

They need to change something man

2024-06-12 23:41

RIP col all they needed good awper and - floppy +some1

2024-06-12 23:44

hades/artfr0st/headtr1ck/khan

2024-06-12 23:46

-floppy +stew or something maybe who the hell knows

2024-06-12 23:58

You know what, as a coL fan i don't hate the move.

2024-06-13 01:02

Deserved, hallzerk is not the problem

2024-06-13 03:15

got his contract now its time for him to disappear

2024-06-13 03:17

Sureeee yep, he BETTER step up after getting all of Norway

2024-06-13 03:31

He's the 2nd best on the team. Granted, it's a distant second, but still, if Col wants to switch around players they got a lot more options to start with...

2024-06-13 03:57

grim and floppy are clearly underperforming constantly. But the NA scene is pretty stagnant and i dont know if they can do anything about it. They dont have replacements.

2024-06-13 08:20