Sources: BIG bench syrsoN

21-12-2024 14:41

The German team is making a second roster change ahead of the 2025 season.

syrsoN's second BIG stint is coming to an end

BIG have decided to move AWPer Florian "⁠syrsoN⁠" Rische to the bench, sources with knowledge of the situation told HLTV. It marks the second change to the German team's roster following the departure of Rigon "⁠rigoN⁠" Gashi, who will become a free agent on January 1.

In a post on X, BIG said they are "discussing several possible options for the future" of the player, whose contract is running out soon.

Sources added that BIG will likely turn to academy player Marcel "⁠hyped⁠" Köhn to fill the vacant AWP spot on the roster. The 23-year-old spent the 2024 season on loan at ALTERNATE aTTaX, who recently announced a whole new lineup for 2025 featuring four members of the old Reveal squad.

syrsoN returned to BIG in February 2024 after a short-lived international spell at 00NATION, taking Mateusz "⁠mantuu⁠" Wilczewski's place in the starting lineup as the team returned to a German communication system.

rigoN and BIG part ways

The 28-year-old, who had previously played under BIG's banner between January 2020 and August 2023, averaged a 1.02 LAN rating during his second stint with the team.

He hit a good patch of form after IEM Cologne, averaging a 1.18 rating as BIG finished 13th-16th at ESL Pro League 20, reached the final of ESL Challenger Atlanta and cruised through the Shanghai Major Europe RMR with a 3-0 record. The team then crashed out of the Major in 15th-16th place after going 0-3 in the Elimination Stage.

The team's season ended in embarrassing fashion, with a shocking loss to Arrow in the DACH Masters Season 2 Finals.

syrsoN's benching will leave BIG with:

Johannes "⁠tabseN⁠" Wodarz
Jon "⁠JDC⁠" de Castro
Karim "⁠Krimbo⁠" Moussa

Alexander "⁠kakafu⁠" Szymanczyk (coach)

Florian "⁠syrsoN⁠" Rische (benched)

why is this "sources:"?

2024-12-21 14:43

7 replies

I told them

2024-12-21 14:53

247

Robofficial

2024-12-21 15:07

"Sources added that BIG will likely turn to academy player Marcel "⁠hyped⁠" Köhn to fill the vacant AWP spot on the roster."

2024-12-21 15:12

x.com/CsLeaks/status/1870512435599454330

2024-12-21 21:55

Some sources need to be protected.

2024-12-21 23:38

"sources say"

2024-12-22 11:00

CS Source, not cs2

2024-12-23 20:06

okay thats actually interesting

5 replies

+s1mple

2024-12-21 21:34

1 reply

you forgot too fast about "jermans"

2024-12-23 03:58

+Nivera or +s1mple

2024-12-22 15:07

He's waiting for a reunion in a very hot place

2024-12-22 17:32

why the hell is big banning their roster after playing for a few months and qualified for eliminations? it doesn't make any sense

2024-12-23 05:28

Nice one :D Maybe next bench Krimbo and save his career.

2024-12-21 14:44

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Nah. krimbo looks like he might become the next tabsen, just sticking to the German scene to keep it somewhat alive, when he by himself would have much more potential.

2024-12-21 15:16

it's a shame tbh. Krimbo could just plug himself into Spinx roles or even possibly replace NiKo, same with tabseN he could have igl'd FaZe or G2 by now.

2024-12-21 17:50

Krimbo overrated , ngl.

2024-12-21 17:13

WELCOME SLAXZ

Stay away from my sticker chokers m80

2024-12-23 18:26

Clown org

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y? both of the moves are more than reasonable....

2024-12-21 17:18

you forgot about all the recent roster changes ????

2024-12-21 18:20

no. but this doesnt change the fact that u cant keep an awper whos not even showing some gleanse of proper playing in future. Hes been in the team for nearly a year and was only disapointing. Ok maybe im too harsh i mean atleast hes having a good game every 1 or 2 months. if ure aiming for high level CS there is no way u can keep an awper with 1 rating like literally 1 in the last 12 months and he barely even reached it, it got highly polished by playing against top 30 and beyond. not even talking about Impact / adr and so on. he played 306 maps in the last 12 months with 108 maps against top 50 (Rating 1) 83 against top 30 (Rating 1) 66 against top 20( Rating 0.98) 36 against top 10 (Rating 0.90) 13 against top 5 (Rating 0.83) so the trend for him is going badly downstairs once they play better opponents and he is allready doing bad af. How u can keep this guy in an org that is aiming for high level CS, like no way.

2024-12-23 20:41

BiG is seemingly changing roster every month or two, it's a huge red flag. Only other org that does that are NiP and they are known for many, MANY bad things

2024-12-23 12:46

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tbf the roster is a huuuuge disapointment, no one expected them to win the major but especially rigon and even more so syrson are doing horrible. I mean u cant fucking have such an insanely bad awper in t1 CS and rigoN simply seem to not fit at all in this team. I think kicking mantuu was the worst move the org has ever done. bringin JDC to the old mantuu LU would have been really solid i think. something like Tabsen JDC mantuu krimbo +some good EU player (or maybe even prosus/s1n) but in the end im with u, the rostermania is a damn joke. But kicking atleast syrsoN was mooooore than necessary, this is paycheck stealing.

2024-12-23 20:27

I just completely lost faith in BiG, how many players played for them in the past 2 years? If they keep this up they'll vaporize

2024-12-23 21:19

-syrson+syrson-syrson, what's next?

9 replies

+syrson

2024-12-21 14:45

121

4 replies

-syrson

2024-12-21 14:46

+k1to after

2024-12-21 15:11

+n0rb3r7

2024-12-21 17:54

+ JAME!!! awper

2024-12-21 23:18

+kairon

2024-12-21 15:34

+allu for firepower

2024-12-21 23:24

Mental firepower maybe

2024-12-22 12:27

+prosus +tizian + gobb

2024-12-23 07:26

Make up your mind already Big

as if Hyped or Slaxz is ever gonna make BIG better than it currently is.

slaxz at least somewhat, but hyped...yeah, no chance unfortunately, he hasn't really improved at the Academy level

2024-12-21 15:15

As long as they stick with tabsen as igl, they will do this +-1-2 players every season forever. And after that they will tell everyone the team needs time when they keep on losing

2024-12-21 17:42

What they really need is to grind CCT tournaments, build up their confidence

2024-12-22 07:42

Yeah and if u cant get through that it doesnt matter if u manage to get to elim stage at major when it's certain the top teams will destroy you because u crack mentally at any hurdle

2024-12-22 17:34

Ok tomorrow bench tabseN?

2024-12-21 14:47

they wouldnt dare to do that because they would loose their fans

2024-12-22 05:18

Good point, but its the only move that would make BIG a good team again xd

2024-12-22 10:53

tabsen still not benched😂🤦‍♂️

nah, just get a real IGL and let tabsen rifle.

2024-12-21 19:11

Org suicide

I actually really like the idea of hyped joining, but I'm not sure how much of an upgrade it would be.

2024-12-21 14:48

s1n and hyped

Apparently my acquaintance who works for m80 wasnt lying, when he told me that upper managers indeed want to disband the team and leave cs division after not making to the major for few cycles in a row. He also told me that Complexity were interested in reck and BIG are rumored to get sin and slaxz. If my NA friends wonder if he told me anything abot Lake or Swisher, yes there is something, Nouns and NRG showed interest in getting one of them, not as a pack though.

2024-12-21 14:52

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hopefully M80 won't leave, they are good managing org, but they lack the luck to advance to the Major

2024-12-21 15:03

I mean right now they would probably get an invite to Austin

2024-12-21 15:28

I hope that the org dies just for what they did to their logo.

2024-12-21 22:30

+syrson -syrson +syrson -syrson +s1n -s1n +s1n -s1n +s1n

2024-12-21 15:04

Would be a stupid move since m80 are almost guaranteed to make the next major with the new qualification system and increased slots

That would mean switching tabsen off IGL, which I'd say would be a good thing, but at the same time extremely risky, given you'd then have an extremely opionionated veteran in the team, who had called for years at that time and might undermine your much younger IGL

2024-12-21 15:14

M80 leaving CS right now makes no sense. Financially they are probably one of the few teams better off as they were never partnered and will get a lot of invites or qualify to both ESL and Blast events so they will probably get more money for the org this season. So leaving would be crazy and the major might be easier for them to make it to with the new system

2024-12-21 15:18

Me, when I purposely spread misinformation on the internet

Relax my friend and all who replied to me above, I was just feeling really good and was in a mood to do a little trolling.

2024-12-21 16:59

ye nt u just lying so ur source doesnt get found out

2024-12-21 17:51

You're just trying to keep your insider safe!

2024-12-22 07:30

can't believe how many people fell for this

2024-12-21 17:36

Welcome back prosus and hyped

2024-12-21 14:50

dont care about this t3 crap

2024-12-22 11:47

you care enough to comment

2024-12-22 12:03

Welcome Jame

Official BIG account = "Sources"

thought this was weird as well but the post claims to have another source besides the twitter post :D

2024-12-21 14:54

initial rumors were -rigon +kyuubi but with syrson leaving as well i fear they will do their bi-yearly switch to being international again - in that case i dont know who they would sign tbh. if they stay german it will most likely be +kyuubi +hyped i guess. i'd wish for them to change nothing right now but now in my opinion the best case would be +s1n +hyped, let s1n IGL and tabsen focus on rifling

+ xantares

2024-12-21 18:26

Return of BIG Smooya

Return of BIG luckerrr, do you remember that guy? Lmao

lets go BIG Ohne and Loba

2024-12-21 14:55

But now Falcons have an AWPer, no?

2024-12-21 14:56

If Krimbo leaves BIG is going to be T3-4

bruh they actually had a decent roster for once

2024-12-21 14:58

SyrsoN is not in a good shape tbh but hyped is not an upgrade, he might be even worse cause he was mid for a year in T2 scene. IMO -hyped in 6 months incoming.

If I had to guess, it's a temporary solution and they're possibly eyeing slaxz for the future

2024-12-21 15:10

Hyped is just there go to temporary awper they did the same thing last time they kicked syrson

2024-12-21 15:13

syrson 1.18 LAN rating for the past 4 months... he was by far the best player on BIG and the only reason they made Top16 at EPL and Major.

2024-12-21 18:17

They didn't faced a decent team at EPL tbh. Also he was showing awful numbers against T2-3 teams at other LANs. Krimbo seems to be the only player comparable to BIG 2020 team level. Rest are "okay" at best.

2024-12-21 20:25

Welcome to BIG Clan Slaxz & s1n or prosus

2024-12-21 15:01

now +K1to, +tabsen

if tabsen doesnt get benched or at least removed from the IGL role its lmao

RIP german

Bug Clan

+kito +tizian

-syrson +syrson -syrson -k1to +k1to

how tabsen still in? WTF

If it's true that BIG might get a shot at bringing in both s1n and slaxz from M80, there might be a chance they're gonna switch him off IGL and hope that his fragging power recovers because of that

Imo it’s actually a shame that his carrier was wasted for being an IGL. He was really good before that. But I guess he might be to old now. Sad

2024-12-21 21:31

recycling german players that have been in the lineup before, what an embarassment of a management tbh at this point pick 2 international players and u can still have a german core lineup and be considered a deutsches team

basically t2 nexus

2024-12-21 19:27

+slaxz +s1n s1mple Will release tabseN from the igl role to fresh it up and make tabseN a star player once more

2024-12-21 15:17

again? lol

SyrsoN that actually went back to his old form in recent time.

2024-12-21 15:25

He was shit anyways .99 rating the last 3 month and they basically dont play tier 1 is shameful

2024-12-21 15:27

tabsen still on the team :/

2024-12-21 15:29

I'll be that guy: syrsoN to Falcons

2024-12-21 15:30

From “they should go straight to the legend stage” to this

2024-12-21 15:35

So +slaxz & +s1n?

2024-12-21 15:38

Worst best scouter benched. Sad.

2024-12-21 15:43

NICE!! BIG is doing good work lately

2024-12-21 15:47

+Kair0n

2024-12-21 15:52

I wonder if BIG will ever reach top 3

2024-12-21 15:56

Peak #1 Time at peak 8 weeks

2024-12-21 16:01

Well that's an odd think to see, BIG at top 1.. But still my point is that they have been in top 3 for the same amount (8 weeks), thats for 8 years the org has existed, 1.92% or something.

2024-12-21 17:41

Lol

2024-12-21 16:04

Tabsen is the problem

2024-12-21 16:07

no but tabsen as IGL is

2024-12-22 07:10

Lose lose Syrson is not good enough to get a better team than big abd big is not good enough to get a better awper than syrson Already happen xD

2024-12-21 16:14

Real

2024-12-23 18:29

There is no further information. If his contract is running out now, maybe Syrson doesn't want to play anymore (for Big). It doesn't mean 100% that Big wants to get rid of him.

2024-12-21 16:24

syrson might have low numbers overall, but he's the only player that keeps BIG competitive against higher-level opposition he was literally the only reason BIG looked good at the RMR and competitive at Pro League

2024-12-21 16:26

How many times do you want to bench Syrson

2024-12-21 16:29

When will Tabsen be kicked out?

2024-12-21 16:34

Hyped? Did BIG not learn from the first time?

2024-12-21 16:35

only reasonable move would be +slaxz +s1n at this point, making s1n igl, like they tried before. I dont think that +kyuubii +hyped would be a good roster tbh

2024-12-21 16:44

Kyubii on fnatic was mid at very best and I really hope they‘ll extract Syrsons contract before they bring back hyped in lmao this kid was trash. Don‘t really see slaxz over Syrson, this is more of a 1:1 trade, but not an upgrade. Best possible line up would be to stick to Syrson and bring in s1n as their new IGL and put tabsen on fulltime rifle.

2024-12-23 11:13

hyped was already bad. would be a bad move from BIG.

2024-12-21 17:00

Lets hope for another pandemic and online play so he can come up again 🙏🙏🙏🙏

2024-12-21 17:05

if s1n and slaxz dont join and tabseN remains IGL i will remove everything big related unless they go international again. also: what sources? the BIG tweet states nothing about benching?

2024-12-21 17:16

"syrsoN‘s contract is also coming to an end soon, and we’re discussing several possible options for the future." Pretty much means "If we find a better AWPer, syrsoN is done. If we won't, well offer him a new contract"

2024-12-21 19:50

if they dont get slaxz and s1n this team is doomed

2024-12-21 17:24

also swani too tbh

2 noobs

2024-12-22 00:56

far better than any other german speaking options

2024-12-22 03:54

JAME INCOMING

What happened to this guy? He was unplayable a couple years ago.

onliner unironically

2024-12-21 18:13

Onliner

Jame Time

2024-12-21 17:57

BIG is such a clown company. You cannot take them serious anymore.

2024-12-21 18:02

Sources: cadian is learning German.

2024-12-21 18:21

- krimbo +smooya +loba +ohne this I would pay to see

2024-12-21 19:20

If BIG insist on a full German team then it's about to be an African Muslims team.

2024-12-21 19:24

syrson never won anything on lan, and possibly never will. that's kinda funny.

2024-12-21 19:34

Already announce that you remove tabseN as IGL, BIG. Otherwise it'll be the same shit just with different names.

2024-12-21 19:42

Tabsen is part owner of BIG so they're not going to kick him lol deal with it *shades* or buy your own CS company that's partially propped up by the government. He's literally Uwe Boll and nothing you say will change that 💪🤠🕺

2024-12-21 21:27

Bench syrson add syrson bench syrson add syrson repeat

2024-12-21 22:10

BIG going full retard part 16531565132

2024-12-21 22:40

Berlin INTERNATIONAL Gaming surely if not then jsut close the shop at this point, there's not enough talent in jermany

2024-12-21 22:52

syrson is good tho... is krimbo playing faceit with someone else or smth?

2024-12-21 23:35

BIG shit show

2024-12-21 23:41

äh

2024-12-22 00:02

Finally fraudson is over.

2024-12-22 00:54

about time. he can enjoy his brautwurst somewhere else and not on the organization's dime.

2024-12-22 08:01

Er nahm die Wurst zur Braute

2024-12-22 22:54

remove bot tabsen

2024-12-22 08:21

I can understand that Big wants to use a full german lineup and speek in their native language. But dropping Mantuu was a mistake. Syrson is not good enough. They should go back to speak english and add an international awper.

2024-12-22 14:03

Still waiting for TabseN to pop off in a Cologne major, everyone goes WILD and he lifts the trophy as well as the MVP medal once and for all...

2024-12-22 14:55

he is my favourite awp player! good luck in the future florian!!

2024-12-22 18:39

Time to kick Syrson and bring him back again

2024-12-22 20:56

As they always do

2024-12-22 23:36

-tabsen when

2024-12-23 03:33

wow

2024-12-23 06:27

Syrsaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhnnn

2024-12-23 07:16

BIG -syrsoN +syrsoN -syrsoN +syrsoN cycle

2024-12-23 08:14

sad that he could have gone too big but it did not work out.

2024-12-23 08:22

Syrson was pretty meh, so not a surprise. BIG problem is that there are not really good replacements. Some GER players were promissing while ago, but did not develop well in T3 teams (panix, hyped) and now they are stuck with aging roster and no future. So either they go international or they gamble on youngsters, there is nothing much left. They can get guys from M80, but that would likely be costly and i am not sure that they would want to go back. And sidenote, M80 guys have VERY bad stats vs top20 teams anyway, so not a big deal either. Rigon was big disappointment btw.

2024-12-23 10:45