Alliance bench PlesseN

26-6-2025 18:40

The Swedish rifler was a part of the core lineup signed by the organization in 2023.

Alliance have moved Niclas "⁠PlesseN⁠" Plessen to the bench, ending the 27-year-old's 20-month stint in the active lineup.

PlesseN was signed by the Swedish organization upon its entry to Counter-Strike in 2023 alongside Simon "⁠twist⁠" Eliasson and Arvid "⁠avid⁠" Åberg, with his removal marking the end of the team's original core.

He averaged a 1.05 rating over 447 maps during his tenure, which saw Alliance compete almost exclusively in online cups, qualifiers, and local Swedish LANs.

However, the team struggled to break out of the tier-three scene and secure any significant tournament appearances. A handful of wins in Swedish events early into the roster's signing gave way to early exits in qualifiers for CCT events, which kept them away from consistently garnering points on the VRS.

A recent runner-up placement at Elisa Nordic Championship and a 5th-6th finish at Glitched Masters has brought the team slight success, bringing them to their highest rank on HLTV since January 2024 at 58th.

Alliance are now:

Simon "⁠twist⁠" Eliasson
Arvid "⁠avid⁠" Åberg
Markus "⁠upE⁠" Johansson
Sean "⁠eraa⁠" Knutsson

Simon "⁠Hawk⁠" Vävinggren (coach)

Niclas "⁠PlesseN⁠" Plessen (benched)

Welcome to Faze Clan

2025-06-26 18:42

didnt know he still played

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I still remember him best by his fnatic academy profile pic, its been that long.

2025-06-27 01:43

thats crazy

who

2025-06-26 18:43

sadge

2025-06-26 18:44

upE still getting paid🥀🥀🥀

2025-06-26 18:45

we live in a world where jayzaR is retired/free agent and that bum has a job

2025-06-26 18:46

@matte90 Alliance should sign Licale

Maybe, time will tell.

@Mr_Vista thoughts?

2025-06-26 18:49

imgur.com/a/Wu6RcgN DID HE KNOW no but seriously, i dont think this was the move, i think avid should be kicked, he's young and playing star roles, but putting up 1.02 in star roles isnt acceptable

2025-06-26 19:15

they should disband and sign some decent players

2025-06-26 18:53

4 replies

No just need more firepower in the team.

2025-06-26 18:56

The org has alot of DOTA2 money. They can still pay low tier 3 players a salary

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but its crazy how much their cs team must be bleeding money, idk why they’re still going tbh

2025-06-27 09:27

I totally agree with that statement. My only guess is sponsors and exposure..... Would be better if they close the cs team or legitimately bought a good squad.

2025-06-28 04:25

this guy is notorious for being in getting farmed in every single fpl highlight, I swear I've been seeing his name on the scoreboard getting killed since like 2017 in those comps

he should call himself gardeN if he keeps getting farmed xd

2025-06-26 19:44

good pick up for vitality

2025-06-26 18:58

should -zywoo for this guy

2025-06-27 13:08

2025-06-26 18:59

why is this not in shortnews?

2025-06-26 19:00

HUR FÅR NI LÖN???

2025-06-26 19:03

Would love to see Maxster but I guess that's out of reach

2025-06-26 19:07

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Why would it be out of reach?

2025-06-26 19:30

Well do you think they are good enough for Maxster?

2025-06-26 21:01

Maybe if they get Hampus as well Avid Maxster Eraa Hampus Twist That would be exciting!!

2025-06-26 21:14

This would be great. Even better if twist igling and setting hampus free. I think the interest overall of maxster is really low, alliance is probably his best choice (atm).

2025-06-26 21:20