hallzerk pens new Complexity contract

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.

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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.

Norway Håkon 'hallzerk' Fjærli
Håkon 'hallzerk' Fjærli
Age:
23
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.07
Maps played:
1030
KPR:
0.71
DPR:
0.64
w
2024-06-12 19:34
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aw hell naw
2024-06-12 20:11
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2 replies
paycheck secured 0.86 rating incoming
2024-06-12 20:52
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1 reply
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
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#2
Faceit level 10  | 
Hungary 101285
poor elige
2024-06-12 19:34
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4 replies
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
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#165
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Canada h0tlamp
Budget* His brain works great.
2024-06-14 06:28
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+1
2024-06-13 00:13
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#156
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Turkey Tagan35
+1
2024-06-13 11:25
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bruh
2024-06-12 19:34
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2 replies
#40
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United States sallos
its joever
2024-06-12 19:48
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#82
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Germany hltvfinest
i thought they wanted to kick him
2024-06-12 21:05
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Lol
2024-06-12 19:34
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#5
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
bladee | 
Latvia Namesnipe
its over
2024-06-12 19:34
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#6
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Yugoslavia lapace
nice
2024-06-12 19:34
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rip COL, if Grim or floppy dont get benched instead, its ggs for the rest of the year. Pathetic.
2024-06-12 19:34
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8 replies
#90
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Brazil Madamrocas
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
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#91
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Czech Republic TECHNICKER
exactly
2024-06-12 21:36
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#95
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Finland HARD4ENCE
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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5 replies
autimatic > Gr0m
2024-06-13 00:14
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3 replies
Downgrade. Better bntet for grim
2024-06-13 01:56
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2 replies
Flag but correct
2024-06-13 05:03
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#154
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
fRoD | 
Russia cowoncrack
Flag but correct
2024-06-13 11:13
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+1
2024-06-13 00:52
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#8
sAw | 
Germany Links234
Sadge
2024-06-12 19:34
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bad choice, hes not that good
2024-06-12 19:34
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lmao why, guy's way too inconsistent
2024-06-12 19:34
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1 reply
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
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#11
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Russia Donkimuz
duh. classic NA making content out of it
2024-06-12 19:35
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meh
2024-06-12 19:35
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#13
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Brazil j1zera
putting eliges chance of winning anything in the remaining years of his career 30ft under the ground
2024-06-12 19:35
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#14
Faceit level 3  | 
Demho | 
Italy Pipa27
No way
2024-06-12 19:36
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1 reply
norway
2024-06-12 21:24
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#15
Faceit level 10  | 
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Sweden MiNTz
happy for him! he is not the problem for coL
2024-06-12 19:36
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3 replies
#56
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Denmark Skwerky
+1 but i sure miss the mullet !
2024-06-12 20:24
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1 reply
+1
2024-06-12 20:54
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+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
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coL finished org
2024-06-12 19:36
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can they get f r e a k y with hallzerk so he can drop 1.2+ rating every round
2024-06-12 19:36
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Col 2 awpers era
2024-06-12 19:36
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great move for the team to be 1st from the bottom of top30
2024-06-12 19:37
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damn, I hoped they'd get someone better
2024-06-12 19:38
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hes not good but not bad aswell, pretty mid player, so col aim for mid results
2024-06-12 19:38
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I see they heavily invest in their streak of not winning any LAN events ever.
2024-06-12 19:38
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given up on winning i see
2024-06-12 19:39
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#25
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Russia veloxman
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
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#26
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Belarus Azy_421
Expected, W
2024-06-12 19:41
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#27
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United States GiantDays
FUCK yeah dude
2024-06-12 19:42
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#28
Faceit plus user Faceit level 7  | 
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Norway MariusKH
BIG W
2024-06-12 19:42
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#29
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Scotland LinInABin
Ok now -floppy and -grim for +NAF +Twistzz
2024-06-12 19:43
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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...
2024-06-12 19:43
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2 replies
+1
2024-06-13 00:56
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#166
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
woxic | 
Poland Avantu
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
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#31
Faceit level 10  | 
spardaus | 
Lithuania Woozylul
Bench Floppy now for Stew or this team is never winning anything
2024-06-12 19:44
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4 replies
#50
Faceit level 8  | 
MarKE | 
Wales Divertic
for STEW?
2024-06-12 20:07
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1 reply
#167
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
woxic | 
Poland Avantu
+1
2024-06-14 12:20
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#94
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United States burzeus
Rare person you could find to downgrade
2024-06-12 21:39
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1 reply
#168
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
woxic | 
Poland Avantu
+1
2024-06-14 12:20
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that moment when your awper is the worst player aim wise on the team
2024-06-12 19:44
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#33
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Czech Republic imik
Just get rid of Grim and Floppas and you can cook... Hallzerk is aight.
2024-06-12 19:45
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GM baiting about getting new awper xd
2024-06-12 19:45
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#35
b1t | 
India Mr_UNX
col decided to stay mid
2024-06-12 19:46
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Lets go hallzerk true american!
2024-06-12 19:46
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Continue beeing mid
2024-06-12 19:47
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He is just a copy of Hades in terms his game. Has very high games sometimes but low periods are very low
2024-06-12 19:48
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1 reply
+1
2024-06-12 20:52
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#41
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Finland HAVU_CHOKE
Mistake from col
2024-06-12 19:51
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#42
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Finland Tusku
i guess col is satisfied by being a borderline top10 team for the next n years
2024-06-12 19:52
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1 reply
Very generous of you
2024-06-12 21:44
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#43
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
kennyS | 
United States re-avenger
GRATS
2024-06-12 19:54
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Good for him, good for coL, we should see more consistence from coL now that lineup is 100% confirmed
2024-06-12 19:56
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1 reply
+1
2024-06-13 09:28
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#45
NAF | 
Canada Chordal
Hallzerk is not the problem, floppy has to go
2024-06-12 19:59
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people act like there are 10 better awps ready to replace him
2024-06-12 20:06
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5 replies
Wolfy osee junior
2024-06-12 22:58
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4 replies
#141
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United States VibeKing
none of those 3 are better
2024-06-13 04:04
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3 replies
Dea, dare
2024-06-13 06:41
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2 replies
Still not better, try again?
2024-06-13 08:52
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1 reply
DarkLordtheLegend
2024-06-13 08:53
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#49
Faceit level 8  | 
MarKE | 
Wales Divertic
I love CoL and JLake but this team needs a change
2024-06-12 20:07
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-grim or -floppy then
2024-06-12 20:11
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L
2024-06-12 20:17
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#54
Faceit level 9  | 
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United States booskibro
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
2024-06-12 20:17
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1 reply
+1
2024-06-13 09:29
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-iq management :DDDDDDDDDD HAHHAHAHAHHAHHAHHAH
2024-06-12 20:18
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#57
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Australia KARMAAAYT
ELiGE's agent better call up G2, its his only hope.
2024-06-12 20:26
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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
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5 replies
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Rare jason lake L I love col but this is not good
2024-06-12 20:29
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awesome.
2024-06-12 20:29
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#61
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Poland BAN_ANIME
honestly fine, overhated guy imo
2024-06-12 20:32
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W. he isn't the problem
2024-06-12 20:33
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Truly bad desition
2024-06-12 20:36
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#64
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Other Matt Damon
i am happy for hallzerk tbh
2024-06-12 20:36
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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
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#66
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Poland Teamnexus
hell yeah
2024-06-12 20:44
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Hallzerk would be better in a better team . Floppy and Grim gotta go . + Malbs and reck
2024-06-12 20:44
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#68
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Portugal ReyZ555
godzerk
2024-06-12 20:47
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great signing… hes awesome
2024-06-12 20:50
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W
2024-06-12 20:53
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#77
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Sweden Vrede
well.. it's joever
2024-06-12 20:57
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Congrats.......
2024-06-12 20:57
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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
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LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
2024-06-12 21:02
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#83
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Brazil bacuri_fps
How much salarie? 30k/month?
2024-06-12 21:07
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-floppy +naf
2024-06-12 21:15
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#88
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United States BuckSoxely
People hate, but he's probably the best awper we're going to get. Let's go Hallzbro
2024-06-12 21:27
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Hallzerk deserve this 100%
2024-06-12 21:29
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#92
Faceit level 4  | 
hallzerk | 
United States ElementalFour
good decision, let him cook
2024-06-12 21:38
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Cool now -floppy +Stew or anyone fucking else.
2024-06-12 21:40
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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.
2024-06-12 21:40
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i think complexity can be win tournaments with hallzerk, but they garanty needed some change
2024-06-12 21:42
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clownplexity
2024-06-12 21:44
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#101
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Greece her-1g
We have all the top cs pro analysts in the comments. Team chemistry doesnt matter of course
2024-06-12 21:49
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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
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No top tier professional organization is going to touch anyone associated with that timbermen lineup.
2024-06-13 03:49
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2 replies
Whats wrong with the timbermen/badass/elevate roster? I havent seen or heard anything bad, especially not dea.
2024-06-13 15:43
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1 reply
2024-06-13 19:48
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Dump Floppy, sign NAF. I still believe in Grim
2024-06-12 21:55
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i would very much like this to work
2024-06-12 21:56
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#108
Faceit level 10  | 
Grus | 
Europe OmarWasabi
I believe that Hallzerk can achieve great things!
2024-06-12 22:14
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#109
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Germany Alsimi
W
2024-06-12 22:15
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First Jason Lake's tie, next all of NA, let's go Hallzerk!
2024-06-12 22:21
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Lets goo
2024-06-12 22:26
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#113
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Finland M1GLE
i dont get it why col re sign him there would be better options tbh
2024-06-12 22:47
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i think complexity is okay with reaching playoffs but not actually winning anything i guess with this new contract
2024-06-12 23:00
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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
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coL needs oSee
2024-06-12 23:27
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They need to change something man
2024-06-12 23:41
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RIP col all they needed good awper and - floppy +some1
2024-06-12 23:44
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hades/artfr0st/headtr1ck/khan
2024-06-12 23:46
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#123
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
HooXi | 
Sweden penismodel
-floppy +stew or something maybe who the hell knows
2024-06-12 23:58
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You know what, as a coL fan i don't hate the move.
2024-06-13 01:02
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#131
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
MATYS | 
United States LongDong
Deserved, hallzerk is not the problem
2024-06-13 03:15
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got his contract now its time for him to disappear
2024-06-13 03:17
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Sureeee yep, he BETTER step up after getting all of Norway
2024-06-13 03:31
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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
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#146
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Greece her-1g
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
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Jeorge from Nouns maybe.
2024-06-13 12:51
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He's clearly not the problem, and there's not really any definite upgrades anyways. Inconsistent at times, but thats alright
2024-06-13 04:20
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#147
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Russia Beleza
complexity fans crying so hard
2024-06-13 08:30
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#148
Xyp9x | 
Asia NinX
noooooooooo why ?
2024-06-13 08:37
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#153
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Philippines B3nk4i
I mean hes not completely terrible, but if you want to compete for trophies hallzerk aint it
2024-06-13 09:52
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1 reply
+1
2024-06-13 15:48
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Good, correct decision
2024-06-13 11:33
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this new contract must be on minimum wage, how is he still on the team??
2024-06-13 15:47
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nice Godzerk
2024-06-13 21:34
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