oskar talks retirement

We sat down with Tomáš "oskar" Šťastný for a short chat about his retirement from eSuba and pro-gaming.

As some of you may have noticed, eSuba last month announced that they wouldn't be making it to this year's WCG event in Busan, as the Czech Samsung branch had pulled out all funding of the trip.

This meant that the Czech team had no chance to make it to Busan, a big blow for the Czech team. This led up to Tomáš "oskar" Šťastný calling quits and retiring. Šťastný had one last showing with eSuba this past weekend, where he helped the team in stage two for IEM6 Global Challenge Kiev.

When we asked Šťastný about the reason behind his retirement, he replied with:

"The reason why I'm quitting now is because I lost the motivation to play. The only motivational factor for me, was to participate in WCG. It gave me a reason to focus entirely on CS.

When we were told by our WCG organizer that we couldn't attend, all the motivation was gone."

Šťastný has retired, but only for now it seems, as he would like to return at some point:

"I told my teammates that I would put CS on a hold for now. I don't know yet if I'll come back to play CS at a later point, but I certainly hope so."


oskar with eSuba at SEC 2011

Concluding the interview, Šťastný stated:

"I really enjoy playing with everyone in my team, and I wish them the best of luck in the future, and thank you guys for everything.

Thanks also go out to all my fans for the great support and thanks to you Nix0n for the interview, and for making HLTV.org such a great site for the community worldwide."

Šťastný is gone for now, should he return at some point, it seems his desire is to play with his former team mates from eSuba.

#1
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Poland Puotech
SAD!
2011-11-23 20:06
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Romania removEtw
sadddd
2011-11-23 20:06
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#143
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Czech Republic Funreal
funny you say that since his name means happy in Czech :P bad news though
2011-11-24 15:54
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Bahrain Jason Bourne
sad for cz scene, he was like 90%
2011-11-23 20:06
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#6
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Korea Lustboy
GG oskar
2011-11-23 20:07
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Bosnia and Herzegovina sidde^
sad :( oskar is a great player
2011-11-23 20:09
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Ukraine Kracken[oN]
sad, guys... :(
2011-11-23 20:10
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Czech Republic Niilol
no cry, he will back soon :)
2011-11-23 20:11
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#13
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Serbia bettt
sad, he is best player from czech so hope he'll be back really soon
2011-11-23 20:11
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this is sad.. gl in real life :)
2011-11-23 20:12
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Sri Lanka trist3
:( nice player
2011-11-23 20:12
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Spain Tomaton
gl in the future oskar,I hope you come back to cs some day :)
2011-11-23 20:14
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cleMeNz0 | 
Denmark cleMeNz0
Thats really sad for the czech cs scene! he was acutally really good
2011-11-23 20:14
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#20
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Germany CALM_BAITER
Sad that you're quitting the game, but life goes on. GL in real life Tomáš <3
2011-11-23 20:14
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Netherlands Erty
sad, great player
2011-11-23 20:15
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#23
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Russia Iwanowitsch
oskar is not an progamer, just gamer nothing else
2011-11-23 20:16
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Serbia cWN^
-1
2011-11-23 21:00
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Portugal picc
lol.
2011-11-23 21:05
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#61
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Poland Jokerov
-1
2011-11-23 21:07
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#128
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Australia GoMeZ
if he lived in a progamer country he would be, im sure of it.
2011-11-24 08:21
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Czech Republic Funreal
in our country you get lower support then in Bulgaria for cs so that's why
2011-11-24 15:56
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Romania 7R
sad, nice player!
2011-11-23 20:19
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#27
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Georgia deathfrost'
sad, best player in cz
2011-11-23 20:22
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#28
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Portugal ENERG1EofLDS
what a great talent u are!! Best of luck oskar!
2011-11-23 20:24
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#29
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Korea xff
sad, very very great player... so bad
2011-11-23 20:25
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#34
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Czech Republic S4MUR4J
:( gl in real life
2011-11-23 20:29
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#35
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dsn | 
Turkey OFFICIALNEAL
omg :( we love you oskar!
2011-11-23 20:30
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#36
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Belgium Ruban M.
Sick player, true legend :D
2011-11-23 20:30
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#38
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Belgium dekatw
still remember RobbaN saying "one of their player was good! oskar I think"
2011-11-23 20:33
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#39
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symplE | 
United Kingdom symplE
what are his achievements in his career?
2011-11-23 20:34
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#41
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India kh4N
Who cares what his achievements are. He was a great player and no one can deny that. If he was from Sweden, everyone would be licking his ass and crying like a bunch of fan-girls. The Cap'n has spoken.
2011-11-23 20:36
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4 replies
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Greece GolDeN^[NMe]
+1 great player!
2011-11-23 20:39
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#63
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Poland Jokerov
+1337 People don't know him but he is a great player. Totaly agree with you.
2011-11-23 21:08
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#69
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ZywOo | 
Peru dbie
+1
2011-11-23 21:15
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#105
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Netherlands liQuidmoTion
I'm pretty sure symple was not trying to diss him or denigrate him, but was genuinely itnerested in his ach. I do not know for sure, but I guess pretty much 99 percent of chech tournaments and qualifiers won, and quite some great performances against good/great int. teams
2011-11-23 23:05
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#66
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Czech Republic MisuL
They didn't attend many world tournaments, but last year he was in the top rated players here in hltv.org. They had pretty close match in tuscan vs SK and tied with Power Gaming. But he was considered to be the best czech player for last years.
2011-11-23 21:14
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#74
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frozen | 
Czech Republic -LaN-
2011-11-23 21:33
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#87
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World HATER!
what are your achievements in your career?
2011-11-23 21:59
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#94
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symplE | 
United Kingdom symplE
i dont refer to me playing cs as a "career" and it doesnt matter as i'm not "retiring" from my "career" anyway, thanks for your interest though :)
2011-11-23 22:12
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#97
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Czech Republic Starbucks
hltv.org/?pageid=217&eventid=845&am.. There is a bracket. There is a match down there on this page. There were two teams in that match. eSuba and inyourmind. Two maps had been played, then only one team continued. eSuba. Get over it, darling.
2011-11-23 22:23
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symplE | 
United Kingdom symplE
wasn't a rage comment, was actually curious as he played very well against us
2011-11-23 23:19
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#119
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Yugoslavia notinthemood
he has won everything there was to win in cz/sk, a top20 world player imo
2011-11-24 00:55
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#42
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Slovakia TTTTTTT
sad :( gl
2011-11-23 20:38
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#44
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Sweden v1ct0ry
GG Oskar But The show must go ON !
2011-11-23 20:39
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#46
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Europe eler
:(, gl
2011-11-23 20:39
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#50
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World kkkkkkkkkkkk
great player
2011-11-23 20:43
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#51
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Estonia ygos?
LOL1: Like you actually sat down with him. LOL2: Retirement is the point where a person stops employment completely. The very classical understanding of the term and you propably meant the same. I understand when forest retires, he has been getting paid for gaming years. I doubt Oskar recieved any salary so you can't call it an actual job. Therefore, no retirement, just quit. Problem? I am always amused when e-sport people try to make e-sport fancy or more serious. Like calling zerogravity CEO -lol
2011-11-23 20:53
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2 replies
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Denmark Nix0n
He is the CEO. I agree, titles suck and I hate them.
2011-11-23 23:01
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Australia GoMeZ
well considering Na'Vi's financial statement would show an income of close to 2 million dollars, id say he is entitled to have 'fancy' title.
2011-11-24 08:24
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#53
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Russia vique
I don't know about this player, but fact that he retired is a very sad. Good luck oskar.
2011-11-23 20:54
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Poland tfgFTW
yeah, amazing player, I remember like 7 months ago, he uploaded on sk gaming movie from czech championship, it was really sick
2011-11-23 20:58
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2 replies
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Slovakia Eddy777
You are right .... It was just one event,and he was able to manage so many nice frags.Btw ,I really like his aggresive playstyle. youtube.com/watch?v=nvAotGRLhOo&feature=..
2011-11-24 00:32
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#145
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Portugal skyfox
last frag o.o
2011-11-24 16:17
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#55
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Portugal krezylobstah
best player in the world right after foxj, hope he can still play ocasionally.
2011-11-23 20:58
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1 reply
#146
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Portugal skyfox
lol
2011-11-24 16:17
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#58
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United Kingdom RAGE2k
There are several players in the world that are so much better than other players in their country, and it's such a shame other teams from other countries didn't think about taking them - because it's a shame to see them retire\play with a team who's not as good as their level is. Oskar is one of those players, and it's a shame to see he decided to retire..
2011-11-23 21:00
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#64
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Poland bartt
That's right.
2011-11-23 21:11
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#70
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Czech Republic MisuL
Indeed, that's why he lost motivation imo. You know language barrier is pulling players back. BUT hunting our scene isn't very motivational, sad.
2011-11-23 21:17
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#110
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New Zealand jonzR
hes back in a few ;D
2011-11-23 23:24
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#59
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Poland alexw0w
He is one of the best all-round players in the world, his skill, movement and in game thinking can be compared to players like forest, neo etc. Sad...
2011-11-23 21:03
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#62
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Poland Lanvin
gl irl man :p
2011-11-23 21:08
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#65
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Czech Republic FELZETh
again? :D he will be back soon
2011-11-23 21:12
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#67
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Slovakia CARODEJ
GG ;(
2011-11-23 21:14
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#68
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United Kingdom RuD!
shame on playzone.cz regarding that WCG and czechs lost the best player
2011-11-23 21:14
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Not really fault of PLAYzone.cz actually.
2011-11-23 22:05
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Czech Republic SEXBOMBER
cool story bro..:D
2011-11-23 22:53
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Slovakia beat it.
sad :D it is little bit funny because in czech republic "štastný" means happy
2011-11-23 21:32
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India mainz
to bad he was rly good
2011-11-23 21:34
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#76
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Poland m0rGi
i dont 100% sure i somting remember it's not meaby top cze player? or somting like cogu in brazil? or meaby some time ago hes was ;p i dont know meaby 100% sure but now only hylayn~ from esc or a2g not sure i know from cze :P bad for national cups they can be top 10 now it's much harder.... gl in live !
2011-11-23 21:35
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#101
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Czech Republic SEXBOMBER
lol
2011-11-23 22:58
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#112
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New Zealand jonzR
now in english :<
2011-11-23 23:32
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#121
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Europe Hrosik
you made my day :D
2011-11-24 01:14
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n0thing, oskar, chrisj, falleN +1
2011-11-23 21:36
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4 replies
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World HATER!
:(
2011-11-23 21:59
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#92
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Lithuania PjayWasHere
AdreN as 5th
2011-11-23 22:10
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#107
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Netherlands liQuidmoTion
or foxj, sixer, msx, and before they retired dodz LeX and tommeh were sensational aswell
2011-11-23 23:16
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Poland gutra
hm
2011-11-24 02:11
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why sad? he is not dead :)))
2011-11-23 21:38
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#80
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France komOdo
he should play in european team like ESC, mouz, x6 or ALTERNATE. sad to see him go
2011-11-23 21:39
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#81
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Spain  PILLADox1
oskar we miss you good luck!
2011-11-23 21:41
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#82
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Sweden lidda;D
GG, hope he comes back :/
2011-11-23 21:42
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#83
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Serbia dALTONk
nah, he had potencial...
2011-11-23 21:45
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2 replies
#93
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Poland mando-
but his teammates does not.
2011-11-23 22:11
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Serbia dALTONk
its true.
2011-11-24 11:08
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#84
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Argentina voltse
best of [>--] !
2011-11-23 21:55
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#85
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Portugal prodigypt
never heard of him
2011-11-23 21:58
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#86
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Portugal telmo_d
just count them a lot more player will retire it's just a matter of time until cs dies
2011-11-23 21:59
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oskar > iym destroyed them
2011-11-23 22:04
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Australia havmen
No Way Tomas :(
2011-11-23 22:26
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#99
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frozen | 
Brazil fgw1z
sad.. oskar the best :(((((((((
2011-11-23 22:53
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#102
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Russia Iwanowitsch
oskar is not the best in cz, 90% here childrens! Mjckl example is even more better as him.
2011-11-23 23:00
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#135
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Czech Republic MisuL
Who is mjckl? Do you mean jackal? If yes then you are trolling.
2011-11-24 12:26
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xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD made my day
2011-11-24 16:32
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#106
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Slovakia dEsha
sad :/
2011-11-23 23:15
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#111
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Portugal pinkmonkeyzk
best player this country ?
2011-11-23 23:24
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1 reply
#117
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Denmark Nix0n
By a long shot.
2011-11-24 00:22
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#115
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Belgium FORCYs2
gl in future oskar
2011-11-23 23:42
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#116
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GuardiaN | 
Serbia NESi [w]
Another player was gone. Really sad :(
2011-11-24 00:19
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#120
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Finland _fAle_
noob
2011-11-24 01:01
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#122
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Bulgaria MILENK0
welcome:D:D
2011-11-24 01:29
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#123
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China weikit
lulz
2011-11-24 01:29
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#124
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World pppzi
sad :(
2011-11-24 02:06
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#126
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Czech Republic duke_duke
I think that hes got the best stats on HLTV.org cause his rating doesnt stay on K/D like all players ( K/D 1.15, rating 1.18 ) ofc stats are not all
2011-11-24 07:05
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#127
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Czech Republic load.lLlL
<3 eSuba <3 osk! but it's sad for cze scene :(( oskar is the best player on cze/svk (maybe better than dev1)
2011-11-24 07:11
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#130
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Slovakia Wyxor
For sure better than dev1 imo.
2011-11-24 09:52
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#131
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Slovakia fKy
lol we still play CS in our countries?
2011-11-24 10:22
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#132
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Czech Republic d0rny
sad he is high talent ://
2011-11-24 10:23
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#134
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Slovakia The Edge
You know whats the worst part of it ? Samsung.cz's explanation why they didn't provide the money was like this: "We are really sorry, there was a mistake in our accounting system". So in other words, it was just a fcking excuse for somthing like this : "We have the money, but we don't want to give it to you anymore"...
2011-11-24 11:19
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#136
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Slovakia fKy
oskar is very overrated, he is no so good as you talk about him, he played good againts SK where robban told he is a talent and thats when his overrating started :)
2011-11-24 12:34
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#138
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World mentalitee
most overrated player of all time
2011-11-24 14:30
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#141
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Singapore hikousen
i'll remember you everytime i look at my aquarium..
2011-11-24 15:09
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1 reply
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Argentina 0verloc8k
HAHAHAHHA +1
2011-11-24 17:07
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#142
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Serbia inch_h
sad :(
2011-11-24 15:11
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#147
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Portugal skyfox
gl
2011-11-24 16:17
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#150
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Czech Republic Ditom
gl oskar
2011-11-24 18:12
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#154
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Brazil Matanza^_^
thats sad.
2011-11-24 19:33
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#157
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Hungary icbad
sad
2011-11-24 22:09
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#158
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Serbia F L G
very sad for oskar :( ,btw GL
2011-11-25 00:13
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#159
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Brazil amark
Unused talent
2011-11-25 03:22
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