Endpoint put CS division on pause

4-2-2025 15:06

The British organization has cited "changes in the CS landscape" as the reason for the decision.

NertZ got his breakthrough in Endpoint

Endpoint has announced the temporary pause of its Counter-Strike division due to "the landscape of CS changing dramatically" alongside the lack of recent results.

The organization's statement also says that the VRS-based event invites create a "much smaller and internal ecosystem."

"Combining this with a lack of funding in the UK esports scene, unfortunately means that the costs incurred compared to revenue (or potential of) become too great a risk for the wider company."

Endpoint ended the statement by saying that they are not closing the door on Counter-Strike, as they will continue to support the domestic grassroots scene and are open to signing a new team in the future.

Endpoint entered CS in 2016 and proved to be a hotbed for developing talent that went on to star in tier-one tournaments.

The likes of Shahar "⁠flameZ⁠" Shushan, Mohammad "⁠BOROS⁠" Malhas, and Guy "⁠NertZ⁠" Iluz all got their breakthrough in the UK-based organization, with Nikita "⁠HeavyGod⁠" Martynenko and Henrich "⁠sl3nd⁠" Hevesi also doing so in more recent history.

The following players are now available for transfer with no buyout:

Kia "⁠Surreal⁠" Man
Oscar "⁠AZUWU⁠" Bell
Max "⁠MiGHTYMAX⁠" Heath
Joey "⁠CRUC1AL⁠" Steusel
Jan "⁠cej0t⁠" Dyl

Going down local this evening to pour one out for the boys. Truly is a sad day for rain. Long live MM

2025-02-04 15:09

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WWW Valve killing the scene

2025-02-04 15:07

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please only speak if you have knowledge of the game. think of the number of talents that have come through ENDPOINT

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Losing in the Open Qualis of Rising probably did them in for good. That's a rip to UK CS, ITB went up in smokes bc Slay's a moron and Verdant kicked their lineup recently too.

2025-02-04 15:11

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Decisions like this surely don't come about because of one qualifier result. The entire VRS system currently just makes it untenable for lower ranked team to compete. ENDPOINT is a well run org, with years of being a well run company and even they can't make it work. I hope in the future we see more tournaments run open qualifiers rather than let it be entirely based on VRS points, which is currently the easiest route for TOs.

2025-02-04 15:13

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I meant moreso that this was the final straw and that Endpoint probably saw the PGL Qualifiers and thought there was no shot they could make it work there either. The timing just felt too connected to not be directly related.

2025-02-04 15:23

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I can guarantee you it's not related. What's in the official statement plus posts from owners is sole reason.

2025-02-04 15:51

I agree I hate the vrs , I loved open quals never know who would win those

2025-02-04 16:16

who would win Upcoming org who reached a CS major quarterfinal and obtained an R6 EU partner slot getting second in EU and qualifying for the major, having the company make millions in a year or some dumbass alcoholic

2025-02-04 15:33

£600k (?) of investor money in stella's is mental

2025-02-04 15:34

why are you mad, he is agreeing with you

2025-02-04 15:35

"wwwww" isn't agreeing with me This is "LLLLL"

2025-02-04 15:39

I'll be joining you

2025-02-04 15:10

this is the realest comment

I'm literally crying rn

2025-02-22 19:00

Finally

2025-02-04 15:06

bruh

Sad. I love endpoint as a team and there dedication to the UK scene. Hope they comeback soon!

their

2025-02-06 09:16

sadge

OMG (no one cares)

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Im sure they will make a post when gamer agents bench their team again! (no they won't)

2025-02-04 15:08

classic brand new casual who doesn't realise how many came to the scene through endpoint

2025-02-08 04:55

RIP UKCS

We all live vicariously through Mezii

2025-02-04 23:08

NOT MY GOAT MIGHTYMAX, THE MIGHTIEST OF MAX's

brexit moment

Is this how Valve help lower tier teams?

They don't care about them D:

Valve wants orgs to cease existing so they get their insane "5 players banded together win major" story (which is also now impossible with VRS)

2025-02-04 15:17

Just fell to my knees in Tesco

can confirm

2025-02-04 15:27

absolute scenes.

2025-02-04 16:14

Cej0t and azuwu could join some decent tier 2 teams ngl

theyre both great prospects, especially AZUWU, in star player roles he can carry an entire team. cejot still needs time in the oven, but if lets say OG or fnatic makes an academy team again, including these 2 would be a great start

2025-02-04 16:41

The last bastion of ukcs has fallen.

2025-02-04 15:14

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look, Reason Gaming signed yet another tier 40 British core, surely they won't disband after 3 months like every other Reason roster since 2023?

2025-02-04 15:16

thank you for your support!

Comment so true you had to look up your HLTV password for once....

2025-02-04 16:00

I don't know what you mean... last post was 2015-08-17 20:56

2025-02-05 16:23

no more matchfix for them

2025-02-04 15:15

Unlucko for British Scene

sad day for oi mates

folded cuz their only success was nertz lol

2025-02-04 15:18

Flamez ?

heavygod and flamez came from there too tbf

2025-02-04 15:38

Flag and name does not check out

2025-02-04 17:06

flameZ, mezii, HeavyGod, NertZ, and these are only the Tier 1 signings. They made a lot of money from player transfers.

2025-02-22 18:58

Valve Ranking system needs to be scraped. Not only does it not make any sense, it's just an incredibly flawed system. It also doesn't give a chance to lower ranked team but also if any fluke wins happen, that team can be put in top 5 out of nowhere.

2025-02-04 15:19

Honestly all they need to do is not make unranked pointless. All they need to do is turn unranked into tier 3 where you can farm there and get enough points to get lower to mid invites to tier 2 events. I can count two events where a vrs unranked teams won a tournament but they get nothing out of it (except money) not even a rank in vrs.

2025-02-04 15:42

Volvo should just let HLTV or ESL run the fucking ranking atp

2025-02-04 18:09

Endpoint let their team get to a point where they could no longer qualify for events. Keeping CRUC1AL & Surreal in 2025 indicated they weren't serious about competing anyways. A shame, but c'est la vie.

Please learn your history before you speak. Azuwu and cejot are definitely talents that will be picked up again in 2025 but European T2 teams

2025-02-04 15:41

I agree. I didn't mention them, as they weren't part of the problem. I knew about cej0t before he joined Endpoint as well. Deserves better than that shit team.

2025-02-04 16:10

sad

2025-02-04 15:22

no more israeli talent, rest in pieces

2025-02-04 15:24

why? tired of matchf1xing?

2025-02-04 15:30

GOAT gr1ks destroys whole teams

2025-02-04 15:36

This surely is the Endpoint for them.

2025-02-04 15:37

Mightymax may retire now

VRS system is flawed allowing female teams to attend instead of decent Tier2 teams and giving them the chance to eventually enter Tier1 if they are good enough. Not surprised it is effecting Tier2 organisation I’m sure more will follow Endpoint with similar decisions.

2025-02-04 16:28