frozen: "It's been a messy year; we're just trying to get back to the top"

The Slovakian rifler remained tight-lipped on FaZe's upcoming roster change.

FaZe announced the shock signing of Russel "⁠Twistzz⁠" Van Dulken on Saturday, but didn't disclose whose spot on the roster the Canadian will take over.

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Twistzz makes shock FaZe return

Following FaZe's win against 3DMAX at FISSURE Playground 2, David "⁠frozen⁠" Čerňanský remained coy on the upcoming roster changes and insisted the team is focused on winning the trophy in Belgrade.

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First of all, congrats on the win today. The first map didn't go to plan, but then it felt like you really took control after that. How was the game from your perspective?

The first map, I don't think we were really that awake. There've been some messy rounds and I mean, they just got away with it. They are also a number-six team in the world at the moment, so, you know, I think they're also on the upwards trajectory lately. But yeah, as you said, on the last two maps, we took control and we showed how good we can play.

I have to ask about yesterday's bombshell, right, about Twistzz returning to the team. Why did the team feel that they needed another roster change after getting broky back and adding jcobbb?

I'm not gonna do any comments to that.

Can you say if the change is performance-based or is it happening due to some other factors?

No comment as well.

In general, after a period of results that wasn't to the level of a team like FaZe, do you feel like you are still not where you want to be despite these two previous roster changes?

It has been a messy year as well. Lots of changes, steps back, some steps forward as well. But yeah, we're just trying to get back to the top, you know?

jcobbb feels like he's like an FPL kind of player, I guess you could say. A lot of flair, good aiming… How do you feel he has adapted so far and how is the team doing with such a different player on the roster?

I feel like jcobbb is adapting very well. I mean, he's shooting hard, he's not afraid to take duels. He's just running in and killing people, which is great to see. It has been a pleasure so far to see him doing this well, and I mean, honestly, he's just gonna do better with every tournament and every game, I feel like.

I feel like you can see that, right? Because at the start, he was more subdued on the server and didn't go for that many plays. But now, especially today, he got a lot of really crisp entries. It feels like a very quick adaptation by him, do you feel the same?

Yeah, for sure. As I said, he's very skilled and he's a very open-minded and chill guy. It has been a pleasure so far.

With this being someone's last tournament for FaZe before Twistzz comes in. How important is it for you guys to end on a high?

We're coming for the trophy, you know? It's always important, we just want to win the trophy.

Slovakia David 'frozen' Čerňanský
David 'frozen' Čerňanský
Age:
23
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.12
Maps played:
1731
KPR:
0.75
DPR:
0.63
Canada Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken
Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken
Age:
25
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.10
Maps played:
1916
KPR:
0.72
DPR:
0.62
Poland Jakub 'jcobbb' Pietruszewski
Jakub 'jcobbb' Pietruszewski
Age:
21
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.04
Maps played:
248
KPR:
0.73
DPR:
0.70
You are doing everything you can, but karrigan, rain and broky are just not good enough anymore.
2025-09-14 13:30
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#7
Faceit level 8  | 
NiKo | 
Bosnia and Herzegovina _KiKo_
Cool it down, broky has been doing more than fine since his return. There isn't an awper out there available that would do a better job.
2025-09-14 13:31
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Please stop with the nonsense agenda, he is not good enough vs good teams and the stats prove it, he was doing fine vs bot teams even before he got benched. But this is an org / team that wants to win trophies, you are not winning trophies if your awper is averaging 0.93 stats vs tier1 teams in 2025.
2025-09-14 13:33
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#11
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Poland d_M_b
no no no... FaZe is so back so broky also is Just #FaZe_THE_FUCK_UP
2025-09-14 13:34
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#12
Faceit level 8  | 
NiKo | 
Bosnia and Herzegovina _KiKo_
Since his return he averages 1.3 vs top 5 and 1.15 vs top 10. He was awful before the major but he has rarely been a problem for FaZe since.
2025-09-14 13:37
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He is averaging 0.99 vs top10 teams in relevant events past 3 months, no idea what stats youre looking at tbh
2025-09-14 13:40
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1.3 vs top 5 and 1.15 vs top 10. can you share the source of this stat?
2025-09-14 14:07
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#37
Faceit level 8  | 
NiKo | 
Bosnia and Herzegovina _KiKo_
hltv.org/stats/players/18053/broky?start.. Hltv is not that hard to use.
2025-09-14 14:08
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1.3 vs top 5 oh sorry. just saw it. its 5 maps tho. let's see how he fares now.
2025-09-14 14:10
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#44
Faceit level 8  | 
NiKo | 
Bosnia and Herzegovina _KiKo_
His numbers are basicaly what he used to post for FaZe for years pre-slump. No idea why this loser is still losing his shit when there are clearly bigger problems in the lineup.
2025-09-14 14:11
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#75
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United States mojom
because people look at stats and results and call it a day. nobody wants to think they might not know everything, so they just assume theyre all knowing off the tiniest bits of info.
2025-09-14 18:02
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hltv.org/stats/players/18053/broky?start.. broky defenders always posting stats from irrelevant events will never not be funny
2025-09-14 14:51
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#63
Faceit level 8  | 
NiKo | 
Bosnia and Herzegovina _KiKo_
And half of that is FaZe getting stomped with even worse performers on the team. Grow up.
2025-09-14 15:18
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#70
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Finland KarPPa
imagine cherry picking so hard you didnt include the match vs vitality because broky played good
2025-09-14 16:49
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'irrelevant events' anything that doesn't fit your narrative dawg
2025-09-14 17:48
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#84
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Hungary Maurer_
imgur.com/a/NvvVpjI i think this picture speaks above any stat
2025-09-14 21:31
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Did you get bullied by broky at school? Why you this much personal? He is just playing a game lmao
2025-09-14 13:58
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Legand says that he was in the same elementary school as broky but broky never shared any toys with him so he became hatred about him
2025-09-14 14:02
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#43
Faceit level 8  | 
NiKo | 
Bosnia and Herzegovina _KiKo_
Worst part is he isn't even bad. He singles out games where broky plays bad but it's just FaZe getting ran over and half the time there are players performing worse than him. He wants broky to pull out a 1.2+ out of his ass even when FaZe is getting complitely shredded.
2025-09-14 14:10
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What a nice way to motivate your favorite player
2025-09-14 14:11
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#71
xeedo | 
Latvia Br00f
I got bullied by broky in primary school, but back then he wasn’t the latvian laser. He was the latvian hanger
2025-09-14 17:34
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Please stop with this nonsense, whole faze sucked against top teams. its not like everyone had 1.2 and broky 0.8. they all sucked. Even now last game against G2 best faze rating was 1.01.
2025-09-14 14:34
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#87
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Germany ivnplays
ummm, broky was hardly there in 2025..? I think it’s a little unfair to take such a small data set as reference for his performance. I agree he isn’t the best awper lmao but give him some more time to judge his stats.
2025-09-15 10:16
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uhh....S1mple?!?!? Elige, Twists, S1mple, Frozen, Jcobb - Karrigan as coach. Use a random number generator as IGL and also have the entire team play fully muted.
2025-09-14 15:58
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Remember who you are talking to bro
2025-09-14 21:21
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#49
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China bamboo52
actually,if in 2024 rain just get kicked,they still have ropz ,and just get jcobb or just a normal opener,this team will be still in tier one but now ,nobody knows
2025-09-14 14:33
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broky is good and it seems like rain is getting removed cuz frozen said "He's just gonna do better with every tournament and every game" about jcobbb, which means that theyre keeping jcobbb and also i dont imagine frozen would be removed, maybe karrigan could start coaching and twistzz igl again but idk
2025-09-14 14:41
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#67
Faceit level 8  | 
NiKo | 
Bosnia and Herzegovina _KiKo_
I'd take broky IGLing over twistzz any day.
2025-09-14 16:01
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you've become nothing but obnoxious man; at least before the criticism was warranted, now you're just as bad as those donk zywoo gimmick accounts
2025-09-14 17:40
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why do you guys continue to reply this to me, i never gave a shit about any of you, i post whatever i want and I know I am right. you try so fucking hard to find anything to defend this fucking bot with, but the numbers simply do not lie.
2025-09-14 18:04
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"waaaahhhhhhhh"
2025-09-14 18:20
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rent free holy fucking shit, go back to your pathetic dark corner you can come back to agendapost if Broky dips to 1.00 again
2025-09-15 06:48
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letsgoooo
2025-09-14 13:29
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#4
Faceit level 8  | 
NiKo | 
Bosnia and Herzegovina _KiKo_
So it's not frozen and jcobbb. -rain it is
2025-09-14 13:30
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Gotta take care of his kids. I respect it.
2025-09-14 13:53
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Get back on top in NaVi bro
2025-09-14 13:30
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#77
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United States mojom
navi is in the same spot faze was last year, except navi doesnt have a superstar that can put every game on his back and they wont make either major final
2025-09-14 18:06
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Keep going young legend.
2025-09-14 13:30
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#8
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Slovakia 1peto
goat
2025-09-14 13:32
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BC game its time
2025-09-14 13:32
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-rain will not make faze better. It is Karrigan who should go. Pls enough is enough. Its like 4v5 every map
2025-09-14 13:46
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#18
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Germany PuzbiBig
then who igl? xd -rain will actually make them better
2025-09-14 13:47
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Bro do u even look at karrigan stats now? Probably the worst among IGL in tier 1. I dont hate him but his performance has been from bad to worst now. No way karrigan feels good if -rain
2025-09-14 14:23
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#50
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Germany PuzbiBig
-rain has to be done.He's washed and done. karrigan still wants to play and he can call.
2025-09-14 14:33
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good job brother you sure did answer his question of who will igl instead of bringing up stats
2025-09-14 14:41
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Imo, broky will igl. Why would rain igl if he will quit cs in 1-2 yrs. we all know what happened in TL when twistz calling. And if u listen to faze comms for the past yrs,broky has bigger voice in the team. Thats my take. Feel free to disagree
2025-09-14 14:53
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#78
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United States mojom
broky makes reads during the rounds, hes not an igl. rain is half the man he used to be, those rounds where hes really setup to win clutches and he just fumbles is proof of that. what igl can we replace karrigan with? twistzz?
2025-09-14 18:08
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I can see karrigan staying in this team and making good results, with enough firepower like Snax with G2 last year - maybe they were playing 4v5, but results were OK
2025-09-14 15:08
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Results were ok is not enough. He is wasting frozen peak right now. If he stays, and faze not getting better.i will not surprise if frozen leave next year
2025-09-14 15:32
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i would say that rifle core of twistzz, jcobbb and frozen with a little help of broky AWP can save faze rn ane make them win 2-3 trophies a year
2025-09-14 15:42
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i watched recent faze comms and rain didn't even know some nade lineups rain is still a cs legend but he doesn't have the time to pour into the game, maximizing himself, he has two kids now better to step down and end on a somewhat sweet note
2025-09-14 17:50
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Yea i saw that they tried to teach him during the round.
2025-09-15 12:36
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#89
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United Kingdom Zedari
Ah damn, I must of missed that. In cs today there are so many young and keen players coming in and putting in the hours. It's only a matter of time before they force people who are less committed out of the space.
2025-09-16 11:43
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I ain't buying that bullshit that frozen is going to navi especially after this interview
2025-09-14 13:55
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It's funny, I got the exact opposite from this interview. I think he's gone.
2025-09-14 13:59
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Yeah i mean anything can happen cause it is their choice But navi is a sinking boat and even worse than faze Just why…?
2025-09-14 14:00
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Maybe he's looking for structure and believes in b1ad3? I don't know. I just think the only sense it makes to add twistzz is if frozen leaves. Otherwise, the roles aren't going to work.
2025-09-14 14:04
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#56
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Belgium batmmm
I’m really scared that it might be frozen who is leaving. This is a brand new roster and it’s going OK so far… It feels like an emergency recruitement because frozen has signed with a new team. jcobbb just arrived… he is not going to leave… and bench rain just before his last major with FaZe ? Would rain ask himself to be benched to be with his kids when he knows it might be his last major ? It feels weird. damn I’m scared…
2025-09-14 14:58
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Idk I feel like faze will risk other players contracts before frozen he made some boo boos last blast but he's still technically the most gifted player on the team rn.
2025-09-14 16:16
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#82
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Belgium batmmm
Yeah idk… it just feels weird to bench rain now
2025-09-14 20:02
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#79
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United States mojom
its an emergency change because 1 rain isnt holding up 2 theyre not making it past quarters 3 need to -elige
2025-09-14 18:11
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#69
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Poland SebL
There's no way this change is performance-based, you wouldn't make a change like this after one tournament with the roster, there's no way they're getting rid of jcobb already, so for me, the most likely option is that frozen is leaving, that's my gut feeling, which means FaZe is cooked. Especially since jcobb has actually played a lot better here, cutting rain wouldn't make sense with Twistzz replacing him I think, it has to be frozen leaving.
2025-09-14 16:22
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#81
Faceit plus user Faceit level 5  | 
s1mple | 
United Kingdom Kaiiiba
Lots of people worried about Frozen but I genuinely don't think there's any concerns of him going. Navi being thrown around a lot but I agree in general that the team is seriously falling to pieces so it wouldn't make sense for him to go... Rain is a fan favourite, I love him too but logically makes the most sense to me especially with him having a family now etc. I also saw someone mentioning Karrigan moving to Coach for Twistzz to IGL, low key could be a sick idea but once again I'm doubtful of it. Sadly the only person that makes any sense overall is to -Rain as sad as it is.
2025-09-14 18:37
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