Overview
02/0215:08
By LucasAM

Erik Wendel, NIP's Director of Esports, wrote a long tweet covering several topics surrounding Ninjas in Pyjamas, namely how to help Swedish CS without a Swedish team, how Gareth "⁠MisteM⁠" Ries is still the future, and the sentence that became a meme: "On top by 2025."

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01/0217:36
By MIRAA

On X, Metizport have bid farewell to Casper "⁠SHiNE⁠" Wennerberg, who had been on the bench since January 10.

"Although his time with us was short, he made a strong impression both on and off the field," the Norwegian organization wrote. "We are grateful for the contributions he has made and the memories he has created with us."

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31/0118:06
By MIRAA

The Russian team has been invited to ESL Impact Season 7 Europe.

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31/0114:10
By NER0cs

GODSENT have announced plans for a trio of projects; a main, academy, and youth teams.

"In the autumn of last year," their statement read. "We applied for and were approved to start a CS High School in Malmö, Sweden, offering 15 students the opportunity to pursue an elite CS education alongside their regular studies."

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31/0111:58
By NER0cs

The FAMAS price has been reduced by $100, and it has had its accuracy improved, too.

But how much? Reddit user SlothSquadron has taken a look, and this is the table:

Weapon
M4A1-S
AK-47
FAMAS (Post-Patch)
Galil AR
FAMAS (Pre-Patch)
Standing Inaccuracy, Crouching
5.40, 4.60
7.01, 5.41
8.19, 6.10
9.37, 7.18
10.45, 7.99
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Check out Week 4 for more

Portugal Tiago 'TMKj' Martins
Tiago 'TMKj' Martins
Age:
19
Rating 1.0:
0.96
Maps played:
188
KPR:
0.64
DPR:
0.66
Denmark Mikkel 'MistR' Thomsen
Mikkel 'MistR' Thomsen
Age:
20
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.96
Maps played:
801
KPR:
0.66
DPR:
0.68
Sweden Leo 'Wonder' Wänlund
Leo 'Wonder' Wänlund
Age:
17
Rating 1.0:
1.12
Maps played:
24
KPR:
0.77
DPR:
0.69
Finland Joona 'Sm1llee' Holmström
Joona 'Sm1llee' Holmström
Age:
22
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.93
Maps played:
492
KPR:
0.64
DPR:
0.69
Finland Joel 'Jelo' Lentonen
Joel 'Jelo' Lentonen
Age:
25
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.90
Maps played:
393
KPR:
0.62
DPR:
0.69
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Brazil Gustavo 'gtw' Porfirio
Gustavo 'gtw' Porfirio
Age:
14
Rating 1.0:
0.97
Maps played:
22
KPR:
0.69
DPR:
0.72
Belarus Denis 'm1QUSE' Karpovich
Denis 'm1QUSE' Karpovich
Age:
17
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.92
Maps played:
224
KPR:
0.63
DPR:
0.68
Finland Henri 'HENU' Ylilehto
Henri 'HENU' Ylilehto
Age:
22
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.94
Maps played:
451
KPR:
0.66
DPR:
0.70
South Africa Gareth 'MisteM' Ries
Gareth 'MisteM' Ries
Age:
23
Rating 1.0:
0.98
Maps played:
754
KPR:
0.67
DPR:
0.69
Finland Jani 'Aerial' Jussila
Jani 'Aerial' Jussila
Age:
31
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.04
Maps played:
1185
KPR:
0.71
DPR:
0.67
Finland Jussi 'Airax' Airaksinen
Jussi 'Airax' Airaksinen
Age:
29
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.85
Maps played:
525
KPR:
0.60
DPR:
0.74
Poland Sebastian 'fr3nd' Kuśmierz
Sebastian 'fr3nd' Kuśmierz
Age:
22
Rating 1.0:
1.06
Maps played:
693
KPR:
0.71
DPR:
0.63
Finland Aleksi 'allu' Jalli
Aleksi 'allu' Jalli
Age:
32
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.10
Maps played:
1986
KPR:
0.74
DPR:
0.64
Sweden Casper 'SHiNE' Wennerberg
Casper 'SHiNE' Wennerberg
Age:
22
Rating 1.0:
0.88
Maps played:
657
KPR:
0.59
DPR:
0.67
Denmark Rasmus 'Zyphon' Nordfoss
Rasmus 'Zyphon' Nordfoss
Age:
20
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.03
Maps played:
999
KPR:
0.71
DPR:
0.67
Gl Besto fr3ndo
2025-01-27 11:04
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3 replies
who?
2025-01-27 11:10
0
2 replies
The guy who screamed "FUCK THEM! FUCKING RUSSIANS!" after winning a game on RMR vs AMKAL
2025-01-27 11:17
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1 reply
wild
2025-01-27 11:23
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#3
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Finland Leverkusen
Wildcard academy already looking better than Fnatic, OG, NiP & many other teams
2025-01-27 11:17
5
1 reply
Yeah Wonder diffs the Fnatics (Who had problems with 2-0'ing Rebels) OGs (Who had problems with stomping ESC) and NIPs
2025-01-27 11:19
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#7
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Poland Botaz
OF money really pays huh
2025-01-27 11:35
5
#8
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Korea jin67300
Sometime he was better than ulitmate rip him
2025-01-27 11:35
3
1 reply
He still is but his Enterprise stint kinda ruined him cause he thought he could IGL and AWP at the same time
2025-01-27 11:56
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#9
Faceit level 8  | 
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Bulgaria dozerbgr
He looks like he's wearing a pair of those fake eyeglasses + nose combos that you can get from a joke shop
2025-01-27 11:55
7
1 reply
He can smell colors
2025-01-27 14:10
0
wildcard has academy lol
2025-01-27 11:58
2
wildcard academy is european team? xdd
2025-01-27 12:26
0
15 replies
#13
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Australia The_Been
just like main team
2025-01-27 12:36
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#14
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Sweden skorpan
So is almost the main team as well. 40% EU 40% NA 20% Africa
2025-01-27 12:38
0
#15
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United States btm2243
Wildcard is an EU team who pretends to care for NA The academy team is full EU
2025-01-27 12:52
0
12 replies
#31
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Egypt BomberMan_
With the new rules valve placed for Major invites Wildcard is going to have to be an EU team moving forwards anyways (If there is a split nationality team they get Major invites from the best region they can be in Ex. EU > NA > AS. I think this is from the ohnepixel thing tho idk if that rules would have stopped drillas eitherway). Only way they circumvent this is if somehow Sonic has like NA citizenship which I dont think is the case.
2025-01-27 18:56
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11 replies
Thats not entirely true, if they are automatically qualified in one region thats the region they are going to be in. Spunj explained it in hltv confirm If u are qualified based of 2 regions, you will go to the region that gets u the furthest in the tournaments. If u are qualified only in 1 region you go theough that If you are to play mrq you go to the quakifier of the best region
2025-01-27 20:01
0
10 replies
#33
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Egypt BomberMan_
so basically a 2 EU - 2 NA - 1AS squad can be in a situation where they are 1 spot away from a major invite (NA VRS), but too low on the EU VRS to make the MRQ? I guess we'll see what happens.
2025-01-27 20:09
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2 replies
Based of slot distribution i dont think there is a world where tou can be qualified directly to in one region and not be in mrq in another. What i was saying is that if u are qualified directly in 2 regions you are getting the invite from the region that gets you the furthest in the tournament (for example lets say liquid and wildcard are top5 and 6 world and 1-2 na, liquid can go through america as top 1 that garantees stage 3, wildcard would be top2 na which is stage 2, but they will go through eu top 5 because that guarantees stage3 as well) Another example is that wildcard qualifies directly in na due to top2, but in eu they would go through mrq, in this case wildcard will qualify directly through na Another example is that in both eu and na they would have to play mrq, that would mean wildcard plays the mrq in eu because is the stronger region. In case they are hypotetically top 1 world so would go stage3 regardless if eu or na, they will go to stage 3 as eu
2025-01-27 20:46
0
Funnily enough there is a world in which mongolz can miss the direct invite to stage 3 cuz liquid would get further into the tournament through asia and mongolz would be required to play mrq in asia, hiwever this might be for the best for asia as they might both do good and liquid would count as asia bringing asia more spots for next major Its a funny way to look at things, probably wont happen but still
2025-01-27 20:51
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#34
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United States btm2243
Wasnt there also something if you qualify in 2 regions you go to the region that has more slots which would force Wildcard to take an EU invite? Or is my head pulling that out of nowhere.
2025-01-27 20:40
0
6 replies
Only if you qualify from both regions into the same stage #35
2025-01-27 20:47
0
5 replies
#37
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United States btm2243
Okay good well wildcard to full EU team in no time then. I have no faith that they will keep jba and sonic if they no longer benefit from being "NA"
2025-01-27 20:49
0
4 replies
2025-01-27 20:51
0
#40
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United States 1Tuurtle
They just signed new contracts with Jba and Sonic
2025-01-27 21:17
0
2 replies
#46
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United States btm2243
Won't be immediate but if they are forced to go to the EU MRQ and not the NA MRQ they will drop them. I have no faith in the Wildcard org that they even care about NA other than using it for easy qualifiers.
2025-01-27 23:13
0
1 reply
#51
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United States 1Tuurtle
I mean Jba and Sonic have been better than Phzy and Susp for most of their time on Wildcard so it'd be weird
2025-01-28 00:38
0
Interesting idea to have the better awper on your academy team.
2025-01-27 13:11
0
1 reply
Brother this joke is terrible in no way fr3nd is better than phzy except maybe for giving ideas for the round on CT (he was IGL'ing for a moment after all)
2025-01-27 14:11
6
#17
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United States Deni_Ediev
No NA academy KEKW
2025-01-27 13:35
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#21
Faceit level 8  | 
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United States sziasztok
CCT match overturned + cheater in CCT + VRS revoked Tough times for CCT
2025-01-27 15:31
8
2 replies
EU series 17 is still ranked, no?
2025-01-27 16:14
0
1 reply
#24
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United States MrNorwood
Yes, CCT are running Series 17 as a Tier 2 ranked event.
2025-01-27 16:21
0
#22
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Europe Jezynt
Greatest coach ever analyses greatest team ever!
2025-01-27 16:12
4
#25
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Brazil MIBRICS
Thought he was only into pokemons
2025-01-27 16:27
0
They also need therapist or smth like that. They always fumble when the pressure is the highest, like one round away from victory, elimination match against lot weaker teams etc. it seems like they create these kind of mentality “i have to win this” on them and play way worse
2025-01-27 17:11
2
ah yes, the major more known for expensive asf stickers than for the actual tournament itself by skin collectors
2025-01-27 18:36
2
2028 events anncounced already? thats what i like
2025-01-27 22:18
2
#43
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Denmark rolade
jesus christ. So many events already announced, that means no "World cup" for the next 3 years. Yay
2025-01-27 22:20
2
bro cs2 wont even be watched anymore in 2027 chill...
2025-01-27 22:20
1
#45
Faceit level 7  | 
device | 
Spain mavericko19
2028 xd
2025-01-27 22:34
1
#47
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China RADNIKEY
So much Betboom Dacha to look forward to
2025-01-27 23:13
0
1 reply
ez MVPs for donk
2025-01-27 23:33
0
#48
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Romania rczm
Spirit's gonna have a field day they get even more BBs to farm in a few years
2025-01-27 23:27
3
2028 :skull:
2025-01-27 23:41
2
feel sad ... nobody announced yet their events for 2029 "what a cruel word ... how can i plan my holiday now"
2025-01-28 01:15
4
2077 events announcement when?
2025-01-28 01:19
5
1 reply
#54
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Brazil Ricardogwz
best reply out there
2025-01-28 01:45
0
omg i thought we had until end of january......i was grinding for red rank FUCK
2025-01-28 05:06
0
6 replies
Don't worry, everyone gets the same badge for S1, so you would've been grinding for nothing anyhow
2025-01-28 05:20
0
5 replies
what... im not getting my pink badge...?
2025-01-28 05:21
0
#58
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Finland niilo_22
where does it say that? edit: nvm it does seem like they'll only start giving them out after season 2, fkin sucks man my peak was 25.7k, and now the cheaters will just cheat harder to get a medal xd
2025-01-28 06:12
1
3 replies
#59
nexa | 
Serbia XD___
20k+ lobbies were already infested with cheaters, we can only pray that the new season comes with vac improvements
2025-01-28 06:14
1
how u reach 25 i thought everything above 22 is literally cheaters battle every second game
2025-01-28 16:13
0
1 reply
#107
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Finland niilo_22
that was in february-march, after that i didn't touch premier for 8 months and just played faceit since there was no point in premier anymore gave it another try in november and lost 3 in a row 13-0 cuz of the enemies 5 stack spinning :DD i just checked and those guys from all 3 separate games still aren't banned, unreal
2025-01-29 01:38
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#60
Faceit level 9  | 
Singapore floofy1
which serious cs player is still treating Premier as a serious game mode is beyond me lol. Competitive mode has less cheaters than Premier and when you wanna play seriously just go Faceit
2025-01-28 06:16
6
2 replies
What is play seriously ? Want to go pro ? It is the only reason, otherwise faceit experience sucks so hard for casual players
2025-01-28 10:43
5
1 reply
#87
Faceit level 9  | 
Singapore floofy1
serious means want to play without fear of meeting cheaters. faceit has way less cheaters than valve servers
2025-01-28 17:19
0
Can we stop having these stupid Fissure events already?
2025-01-28 09:02
0
2 replies
#66
Faceit level 10  | 
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United States |Scy|
Is Fissure the ones with the obnoxious production with annoying music/animations? I think they did Betboom and looped that FUCKING chicken animation for 30 min straight.
2025-01-28 12:07
1
1 reply
yes, they're the ones behind betboom dacha and all these annoying animations with hundreds of gambling ads per game
2025-01-28 13:52
1
Cant wait to play against people with Gaming Carpets
2025-01-28 09:04
9
1 reply
yeah im afraid with the new system even if i like it, the market of gaming chairs and carpets are on the rise.
2025-01-28 12:13
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#68
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
w1cked | 
United Kingdom w1cked
Season 2 will be even worse for cheating if you get better badges if you improve your rank!
2025-01-28 12:22
1
season 2 and the cheater will be insane
2025-01-28 12:53
1
Giving MalbsMD vibes
2025-01-28 15:48
4
Stop this short news bs it’s annoying to follow news nowadays
2025-01-28 15:54
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brazilian donk
2025-01-28 16:04
8
how can you have 16 avg frags and win fps, wtf
2025-01-28 16:05
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3 replies
It's a team game
2025-01-28 16:11
4
making 16 kills on avg doesn't increase your fps
2025-01-28 17:09
2
1 reply
I meant to say FPL ofc
2025-01-28 18:05
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donkinho
2025-01-28 16:10
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Donkzera
2025-01-28 16:31
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#79
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Ireland Fl0werz
donken
2025-01-28 16:36
1
donkogu
2025-01-28 16:41
1
donksani
2025-01-28 16:45
3
donkicius
2025-01-28 16:53
2
redonkilous
2025-01-28 16:55
1
#84
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Bhutan r4ven_
donkendrick
2025-01-28 17:00
3
donkerato
2025-01-28 17:09
5
We already got donk variants in 2025 gg. Igls finna be 15 years old with 13 yo entry fraggers
2025-01-28 17:36
5
1 reply
coaches would still be 30 years old no matter what
2025-01-28 19:31
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#89
Faceit level 9  | 
Singapore floofy1
is that the oldest looking 14yo i've seen so far
2025-01-28 17:41
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#90
Faceit premium user Faceit level 8  | 
Russia Woogly
Great 14 year old advertising betting company on t shirt playing pegi 18 game wining real money, what can go wrong?
2025-01-28 17:46
0
2 replies
3M is not a betting company
2025-01-28 18:45
0
1 reply
#95
Faceit premium user Faceit level 8  | 
Russia Woogly
Betting company is on his chest main sponsor
2025-01-28 19:27
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#93
Faceit level 7  | 
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United Kingdom zt3x
If you have wh/radar go join prodigies! If conns can do it then you can! Send in application now.
2025-01-28 19:23
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The Prodigies 2025 roster leaked: YEKINDAR S1mple Hooxi n0rb3r7 kyousuke Kuben (C)
2025-01-28 19:22
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2 replies
#96
Faceit level 7  | 
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United Kingdom zt3x
Yeah gonna have to have better bait than that buddy when half those players are old enough to be your dad. Gotta be under 20 I’m afraid.
2025-01-28 19:29
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1 reply
don't disrespect yekindar the 26-year-old prodigy
2025-01-28 19:39
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The Prodigies 2025 roster leak (real) nexa (vibes) EspiranTo (hard carry) Hooxi (IGL) @savage1337 (AWP) Cemen "kyousuke" Bakin (kyousuke)
2025-01-28 19:29
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4 replies
#102
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Ireland Fl0werz
byali or some older vp player as coach and vibes
2025-01-28 20:58
2
3 replies
#105
Faceit level 10  | 
siuhy | 
Poland makut0N
byali coaching XD
2025-01-28 22:46
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2 replies
#108
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Ireland Fl0werz
if taz and neo can get signed to g2 and faze, byali has a chance even if its a shit idea
2025-01-29 08:22
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1 reply
#153
Faceit level 10  | 
siuhy | 
Poland makut0N
if you were polish you would understand that byali is totally different person than neo or taz
2025-01-29 13:45
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#100
Faceit plus user Faceit level 10  | 
HooXi | 
Estonia Strazla
their not signing a team but adding players to the agency
2025-01-28 19:42
2
1 reply
I wonder if mail09 applied to join this agency yet
2025-01-28 19:59
0
#103
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Portugal L1ma04
Lets go Tmkj !
2025-01-28 21:19
0
#104
Faceit level 10 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
roman | 
Portugal MUTIRIS_VAC_SHOT
nice
2025-01-28 22:34
0
#106
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Bhutan r4ven_
such a random move but good luck ig
2025-01-28 23:13
1
Am I the only one who thinks it looks pretty bad
2025-01-29 10:37
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#110
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Yugoslavia yike$
Nah that new hud looks like cct yalla 322 cup hud
2025-01-29 10:40
15
That HUD is tragedy.Bad fr
2025-01-29 10:40
11
Why are they so obsessed with making the top bar as small as humanly possible? Also bring back flags
2025-01-29 10:41
9
ESL experimenting? Thats a new one.
2025-01-29 10:42
2
this hud is absolutely hideous
2025-01-29 10:46
6
Tier 2 HUD Lmao
2025-01-29 10:48
10
1 reply
tier 3*
2025-01-29 11:14
2
#117
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
NEO | 
Poland ScR1337
fix hud pls, this is totally unreadable
2025-01-29 10:49
10
dogwater hud pls change
2025-01-29 10:50
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#119
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Scotland imcpap
Change the utilities icon. Hard to distinguish. At least change the flash and smoke.
2025-01-29 10:50
6
Ugly
2025-01-29 10:51
7
dogshit new ui
2025-01-29 10:52
8
terrible hud
2025-01-29 11:05
4
#123
Faceit level 10  | 
jL | 
Lithuania justuzz21
CHANGE THIS SHIT IMMEDIATELY
2025-01-29 11:09
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#124
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Netherlands fcxus
ass hud cant even see explosion timer. bring back the og one
2025-01-29 11:12
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#126
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Ukraine adtec2
The details are great, but it just looks so ass
2025-01-29 11:16
2
the previous one was ELITE, why change it ?
2025-01-29 11:18
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#128
Faceit level 9  | 
Italy 1night
really bad :(
2025-01-29 11:20
5
#129
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
mzinho | 
World clipse
Only radar is good
2025-01-29 11:21
5
#130
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Vietnam chokopie
awful hud, hard to see who's alive, terrible color contrast
2025-01-29 11:22
10
Terrible hud.
2025-01-29 11:22
4
Not a fan of it radar is alright everything else can live with
2025-01-29 11:26
0
wtf is that HUD esl bruh cmon man
2025-01-29 11:31
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#134
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United States AJR123123
all the nades look like the ct incendiary unless i squint really hard. Also id like to know whos map it is whenever im too lazy to check hltv
2025-01-29 11:33
10
Hud is really bad. specially after blast :)
2025-01-29 11:33
11
I dont like the colors of the teams, also i feel like it should definetily display the maps
2025-01-29 11:37
9
Bro wtf is this bullshit, my eyes are bleeding. Minimize these shits I wanna see the screen not the numbers in the map, or hp of the player. Also, utilitiesss?????? Even though a player uses a utility it is still there, and seen as equipped. Also smoke is looking like incendiary. Literally nobody checked this before the tournament, and try to see what it looks like?
2025-01-29 11:43
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except no adr . but good
2025-01-29 11:55
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#139
timz | 
Russia smn3
are those FEET??? (below the hp) pog
2025-01-29 12:04
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#140
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Honduras vzrvzr
bruh that HUD is an atrocity.
2025-01-29 12:11
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#141
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United States K1rkules
ESL's HUD was perfect before. Why change it?
2025-01-29 12:14
10
This HUD is utter shit. Can't see anything on a small screen.
2025-01-29 12:23
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#143
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Sweden skick4d
Aint even kidding. This is the worst hud i've seen i think. ESL's hud was always perfect, why make this? Looks like a 5yo made it
2025-01-29 12:23
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#144
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
LeX | 
Russia mddn
These pauses between matches very annoying. Come on ESL use follow up format at least not for playoff
2025-01-29 12:23
0
You'd think it couldn't get worse than Blasts' and then this comes out of left field. ESL's hud was practically perfect, I've got no clue why they thought they needed to change it.
2025-01-29 12:24
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The only one who could defend this HUD is the one who made it, awful colors, don't get me started on the nades.
2025-01-29 12:32
4
that’s pretty ugly
2025-01-29 12:38
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#148
Jame | 
United States j3tta
Oh god the hud is disgusting
2025-01-29 12:49
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#149
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Sweden Kasidro
they should unreveal it
2025-01-29 12:51
12
worst hud ever
2025-01-29 13:11
9
Shitties hud ever, literally some tier5 africsn tournaments have better one
2025-01-29 13:13
6
Look how they massacred my boy... Just admit you made a mistake and get the old HUD back!
2025-01-29 13:49
6
not a huge fan, I think it looks bad but I didnt like the shanghai major hud either but it grew on me and I ended up loving it so...
2025-01-29 15:33
0
So I’m gonna be that guy for a second, did all the TO’s cave in to the pressure from women’s CS scene complaining? Is that why imperial FE has been at blast and esl events or is it based off the ranking system?
2025-01-29 15:36
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4 replies
Rank
2025-01-29 16:02
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#159
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Brazil Whillpull
it's based on ranking
2025-01-29 16:06
0
if by "that guy" you mean a dumbass, sure. reason why imperial fe is in tournaments is that valve has forced all TOs to use valve regional standing rating points to seed the invites to tournaments, while also not having any restrictions in place in 2024 for which tournaments can grant vrs points. this meant that women's private league did disburse vrs points while not being connected in terms of skill to the rest of the counterstrike. since their tournaments no longer give vrs, due to the changes for what valve counts as a rated event, the vrs system is going to fully self-correct by the 1st of july. the reason for the date being that vrs looks only at the last 6 months of results, and the new rules are in place from january 1, 2025.
2025-01-31 12:24
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1 reply
Yeah I’m not reading all that. The 2 above you answered it just fine. Thanks tho kiddo
2025-01-31 14:43
0
this HUD is dog water
2025-01-29 15:48
5
Would be nice hud in 2015
2025-01-29 16:02
0
#160
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
HeatoN | 
Sweden flkt
HUD is good why tf would it need to be flashy? Its neat
2025-01-29 16:09
1
HUD is fine except for the fact that you don't have the stats of the player that's being watched front and center
2025-01-29 18:12
1
#162
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Canada itGurt
Hud is terrible, the nades section is such a cluster and the health being grey on black makes it impossible to tell quickly when the area behind is dark... Overall major L
2025-01-29 23:57
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#171
Faceit level 10  | 
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Poland GOD999999
You know health is BIG white number?
2025-01-30 13:01
0
#163
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
m0NESY | 
Poland Mardex
hud fucking sucks
2025-01-30 03:06
2
#165
Faceit premium user  | 
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Sweden Mr_Vista
-Jokasteve +Ohne
2025-01-30 11:42
1
I found it hard to see the health bars got confused many times on whether the player is alive or not also looked at the wrong side of the screen sometimes xd I dont really like the grey and black and also the washed colora they used for teams Another improvement qould be to show the maps that will be played
2025-01-30 11:51
7
worst hud ever
2025-01-30 11:57
2
Idk why these organizers have to always change the HUD and not keep something that works. So dumb.
2025-01-30 12:23
3
Awful hud, some ohnebrain, i wont be watching be sure
2025-01-30 12:28
3
#172
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
World ItsReaSz
W
2025-01-30 13:09
0
#173
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
World ItsReaSz
MAAAA DRILLAAA
2025-01-30 13:09
0
Radar is good, overall the hud is worse than ever before and it’s hard to watch with it on ngl.
2025-01-30 14:42
2
#175
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Romania rczm
rare pgl ceo w
2025-01-30 14:57
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#176
Faceit plus user Faceit level 10  | 
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Spain paggnut
how do romanians rate pgl?
2025-01-30 15:04
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2 replies
#178
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Romania rczm
romanians tend to be very supportive of other romanians (like players) due to our small scene, regarding pgl though i've heard mixed opinions, while I do like the fact that they've added events in romania for cs and dota, sometimes their quality is below what is expected when hosting a major event
2025-01-30 15:29
5
Depends back when PGL didn’t do no events in Romania people were mad at them for not doing anything now they are doing events and now they are mad why 5 teams from top 10 aren’t coming calling it a scam lmao be happy we got one event in 10 years PGL tried their best on helping the Romanian cs community back on 1.6 and at the beginning of CS:GO saw that there it’s no progress and stopped i don’t blame them 8/10 Audio guy 11/10
2025-01-30 15:36
2
who car
2025-01-30 15:19
2
Good idea in theory, but I can bet most contracts regarding prize money (especially for top teams that will attend t1 events) are going to favor the players/coaches far more than the org at least in the near future. In the future when orgs sign new contracts it may change but for now it's more of a disadvantage especially as top teams can afford to skip events and pick blast/ESL that have club incentives.
2025-01-30 15:31
0
Respect Silviu, big character, one of the top 10 people in the world that helped CS live for 25 years and counting
2025-01-30 20:23
1
#182
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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United States BGS
When it comes to team sports the first thing that should be making a profit is the organization. Without them players are playing for whatever team name they created themselves. Then need to go the Golf/Tennis route to where you or your agents are needing to do everything in order to stay financially steady. Ie.. find your own endorsements and ways to travel, practice, etc.... all while playing the game in hopes of winning money as well.
2025-01-31 00:42
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Well yea, but unlike traditional sports esports momentarily is not that dependent on orgs. Any mix can enter an open qualifier and actually qualify to a big tournament and gather points, tournaments pay for travel and accomodation as well so you really dont require a big org to back you up to succeed. Roster moves are also mainly made by the players and coach (not talking about actually making the signing, but unless the players agree to the benching signing is usually not the managements decision unless missconduct) rather than staff unlike traditional sports where you have scouts and coach doing the signings. So there is really not as big of a reason to pay the orgs other than the fact they pay for tour salary and bootcamp, however teams like bne proved that you can compete in 'champions league' without having salary while teams like vp and falcons keep on proving that managerial signings just for the sake of the name of the players seem to fail when u are treating it as performance on paper instead of mesh between players So ye we are moving in that direction and eventually orgs will be important, however i dont think it is the case rn and orgs offer stability and financial freedom, but do not offer as much as real sport teams do and they are not as important, this is also why valve treats teams as 'cores' rather than orgs, because the people playing are the ones that gather points
2025-01-31 12:48
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#213
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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United States BGS
Then what have these teams been doing since 2001. Spring of '01 was the last Major CPL won by a team not supported under an organization was x3 which basically became team3D a year later, minus BIGDOG. Winter '01 saw NiP beat x3 and we haven't really looked back since. '02 - SK and Team3D '03 - SK both events '04 - EYE and NoA '05 - SK both events '06 - Complexity and Fnatic Then the Source / 1.6 debacle happened so I will end the 'Majors' there but as far as the 'side' CPL events (Europe, Asia, Italy, Brazil, etc...) the last non-org team to win was in 2002 at CPL Europe Cologne. Nordic Division won which was later signed with eSports United Sweden. I never said it wasn't possible, but I think you undervalue what a good organization provides. If you go out on your own everything you need needs to be paid for by yourselves. Otherwise you or your whole team are also using your time to look for endorsements/sponsors/etc in order to fund your lifestyle. Very hard to do so if you aren't consistently hitting the big money events. I don't think ORGS should be the point holders either, but a good agent should be able to get a good contract so any ORG that doesn't want to look shady certainly wouldn't hold onto a crazy portion. The point for most people is that stability and a salary is just that. The unfortunate spot Counter Strike is in is that the Open Circuit is awesome, but we are a team driven game. So unlike say Tennis or Golf earnings are split between a lot more individuals. So winning 100K isn't exactly as financially successful as it would be for a golfer or tennis player. Everyone wants their piece in the end.
2025-02-01 00:59
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Well i think a big portion of why no orgless team wins a tournament is that orgs get interested and offer contracts as soon as they have any kind if succes. And on the same note they drop them as soon as big events end, there are countless situations in both cs and dota where orgs signed teams that wuakified for rmr/major/international amd dropped them soon after only to get a piece of cake. Obviously the teams accepted the contracts, but imo it is understandable as they saw an opportunity to, as i said previously, have stability and receive some guaranteed payment, also as you said to get access to facilities like bootcamps to train for the upcoming event like never before, in the reverse, orgs get to show their name and attract sponsors at the buggest event/s of the said game. But imo this is more of a common situation that happens once a team seems to be getting some results rather than the team not being able to succeed without an org. I agree that this also gives into ur point that orgs provide things to players, otherwise they wouldnt sign the contracts obviously and they would keep all money. However my point was that while it is nice to not have to think about planning ur visa travelling and bootcamping and also having a salary rather than having to actually win at the event to make money which is not a guarantee, it is not a requirement and also most orgs dont provide as much as teams do for traditional sports. Just lately tier1 teams developed into a team of multiple people that care about the team, even going back as little as 5 years, most of them did t have psychologists, analysts etc. And still today, tier2 teams dont usually have all those teams. Another point is that you dont need a stadium or a training facility to practice unlike most sports where you have to train somewhere, the internet is like 10e a month and you can play as long as you want. You dont need a stadium to play home games and as i said the accomodation and flying to events in the eventuality you wualify, are paid by TOs
2025-02-01 01:23
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Also a team that was not backed by an org was OG in dota2. Originally they were founded by 2 players that played for fnatic and had no org under the name monkey bussiness, once they became succesfull and went on to win the their first major they made an org themselves under the name OG which is still owned by notail. So this is another example why even if a team with no org is succesfull they will probably make an org eventually and you wont remember it as a team that was not backed up by an org, as tou remember that og won 4 majors and 2 TIs not a mix named monkey bussiness
2025-02-01 01:33
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#183
Faceit level 10  | 
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United States |Scy|
Honestly seems like they created a pretty good tier of weapon accuracy between CT and T main/secondary rifles. Pricing seems alright but the fact the MP9 is as strong as it is, I still find myself buying it over the Famas, especially to get utility. Maybe we keep the MP9 as it is, but just increase the price and rework the MP5SD to fill the price-range/use-case of the MP9. It has lower fire rate so shouldnt be as powerful.
2025-01-31 12:11
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5 replies
depends of your position, famas is a good alternative for long range imo
2025-01-31 12:29
1
1 reply
#187
Faceit level 10  | 
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United States |Scy|
I've been able to single burst, triple-tap someone's head from jungle corner to dark on Mirage. It's still a little too accurate long range for me to care about the famas.
2025-01-31 12:32
1
They should rework/lower the prices of most smgs: * MP5 * MP7 * P90 * PP-Bizon
2025-01-31 13:00
1
1 reply
#193
Faceit level 10  | 
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United States |Scy|
Yeah, i feel like the MP5 should see more use. I think the MP9 is very fun and satisfying to use, so keeping it as-is would be nice, but increasing the price so you have to pay a premium to use it. Honestly it should be a decision not between FAMAS and M4, but FAMAS and MP9, and you should make that decision based on where you expect your range to be at. FAMAS for A Mirage, Mp9 for B for example. And then your half-buys should primarily use the other SMGs.
2025-01-31 13:03
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#217
Faceit level 10  | 
ropz | 
Estonia teeekuuuu
Agreed. Util+mp9 is still way stronger than just a famas. I’ve found myself thinking “famas should be meta, but I don’t eant to buy it” and just go mp9+utility
2025-02-01 12:23
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#186
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Other FGsouL
ESL new hud needs to improve as team colors at players whole info bars and bomb icon. It doesnt give any info about it lol Famas buff was needed for years and finally they did it! Bot Allu or Goat Allu? PS : Tournaments are also good places for laundering black money ;)
2025-01-31 12:31
4
WOW mp9 still better, fxck valve
2025-01-31 12:48
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#190
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Spain mavericko19
and what about m4a4? it also got cheaper and we dont have the stat compared to the a1s (know the a4 has it worse)
2025-01-31 12:58
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#191
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Germany davidthek1ng
Didn't Styko said in his youtube video about his earnings that he only received like 7.5% of the price money they won at events and rest goes to the org and he said it is pretty common that players won't get the price money and in Monte he received 8.3% of price money so if you win a million tournament you only get a few bucks of it as a player
2025-01-31 12:58
0
#194
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kinkybdsm | 
Germany lMAG0
What is the m4a4's accuracy?
2025-01-31 13:03
0
3 replies
#195
Faceit level 10 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Finland KuiQula
A4 is about 5.60 and 4.80, 3kliks already made a video about this. Also mp9, mp7 and mp5 got nerfed by increasing inaccuracy
2025-01-31 13:46
0
2 replies
#196
Faceit level 10  | 
kinkybdsm | 
Germany lMAG0
Thx mate, that's not too far from the a1.
2025-01-31 13:53
0
1 reply
#197
Faceit level 10 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Finland KuiQula
Np. I was pretty surprised about how far apart ak and m4 were. But then again I haven't dug into the inaccuracy values and their meaning. Also galil surprised me a bit, I've found it pretty nutty when tapping. But the famas definitely feels better now
2025-01-31 14:03
0
Why?
2025-01-31 14:11
0
#199
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Finland Misttaa
Swedish CS is so back (Hopefully)
2025-01-31 14:30
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2 replies
joel is so back! (Hopefully not)
2025-01-31 15:26
0
1 reply
#206
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Finland Misttaa
Deserves a 5th chance if you ask me.
2025-01-31 15:57
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#200
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Sweden swedensfinest
W Godsent
2025-01-31 14:31
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Pog
2025-01-31 14:34
0
i still remember the last time an org did this pipeline thing...
2025-01-31 15:32
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#205
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Slovenia brnezmjri
who was this?
2025-01-31 15:54
0
4 replies
Evil Geniuses but instead of youth, junior and main team they just overpaid for 2 mid NA teams.
2025-01-31 16:37
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3 replies
It was 3. EG, EG Black and EG White
2025-01-31 20:24
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2 replies
And add EG Gold to make it 4
2025-01-31 21:29
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1 reply
I feel like it's a bit disingenuous to count female team in "they overpaid several mid teams". The problem with EG, Black and White was conflict of interest. If one team played something - the other 2 couldn't. White got the worst of it, if I remember correctly, as main team tried to play international stuff, Black played lower tier stuff and some qualifiers, like ESL Challenger, and White... What were they supposed to even play? Because they ended up playing ESEA Cash Cups and NA CCT. Not the case for female team.
2025-01-31 21:51
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Team Spirit best youtube content
2025-01-31 18:51
0
CInema that G2 video
2025-02-01 09:36
1
g2 could've released snax and be in further negotiations with siuhy
2025-02-01 13:55
1
saw g2 release and got excited
2025-02-01 14:58
0
Maybe he's going to Godsent then!
2025-02-01 17:38
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#222
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HeatoN | 
Sweden flkt
Hes already in JS for 2 weeks
2025-02-01 19:08
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2 replies
Yeah, but his contract with Metizport was no hinder for that right?
2025-02-01 19:24
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1 reply
#224
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HeatoN | 
Sweden flkt
Maybe thats the point here ye, he joined JS but the contract with MZ was torn just now.
2025-02-01 19:28
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now he announces himself leaving from metizport? huh
2025-02-01 17:43
3
nip top 1 team by 2026 now
2025-02-02 15:13
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#226
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Portugal L1ma04
Liked the vision of the NIP CEO
2025-02-02 15:25
1
What the hell is Wendel yapping about them wanting an IGL with titles and achievements? Did anyone of them check Snappi's resume and hltv page before signing him? He has exactly one trophy. One. Or watch him lead Falcons last season, which was abysmal? Anyway, NIP's clown arc has been fun to watch and seems to keep on giving, they are already close to being as disliked as Astralis as an org.
2025-02-02 16:07
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#235
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Germany HSV_isses
Classic Hltv Forum statement on joining a bandwagon when a team is not successful anymore. On everything else I somehow doubt you did understand anything from his statement. But yeah nip worst org ever blah blah so unlikeable
2025-02-03 17:27
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Bandwagon? Now? My sweet summer child, Ive been hatewatching NIP at least from the Device signing. If you don't know why people think they're a shit org, that's on you for being either blind or talking out of your ass. Probably both to be honest.
2025-02-03 21:04
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NiP superteam by 2030
2025-02-02 16:16
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"THREAT, Xizt & co are cooking" Stopped reading right there
2025-02-02 16:18
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stop reading at "NIP helping the Swedish scene"
2025-02-02 17:04
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This is the worst team since NiP was founded. Then they talk about helping Swedish CS while not having a single Swedish player left in the team… Instead, they invest in mediocre players who are worse than many Swedish players. If the coach can’t keep the players together, then maybe it’s him who should be replaced—not all the players. Tier 1 CS today is insanely tough, and the problem with NiP is that they don’t understand that they need to start over from scratch, scout talents, and rebuild. They were on the right path, but now they’ve scrapped everything and bought this mishmash of a roster that will never work and that the fans absolutely don’t want to see.
2025-02-02 18:08
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#233
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
m0NESY | 
Poland Mardex
it was worse with alex
2025-02-02 20:39
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#234
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Germany HSV_isses
Did you read his statement? It’s obvious the last team didn’t had the best chemistry. You are right, getting towards Tier 1 Cs is even tougher now with valve rules, but everything else you came to the wrong conclusions
2025-02-03 17:24
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I’ve read it,, Ok, you thats your opinion.
2025-02-04 12:17
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Last time nip was helping swedish scene was when they picked gtr f0rest friberg xizt and fifflaren
2025-02-02 19:05
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