Do you ever download a demo for a game, wait ages for the full thing to come out, buy it and full price, play it for a few days and then never play it again?
We’re only joking - of course you do. Yeah, we see you.
Don’t worry, you’re among friends here. And it turns out it’s not just us that does this - as fnatic purchased the full version of smooya after liking the trial, and have now discarded him into the metaphorical Steam library of CSGO players.
Seriously. fnatic have benched smooya like, two weeks into a two year contract, citing that they’d already decided to do so before Katowice, and mentioning it wasn’t anything to do with his in-game performance.
We’re shocked. Really, we are.
That’s not even sarcastic. Yes, smooya is quite clearly abrasive, but you must have known this during the trial. You should have known it BEFORE the trial.
We’re also shocked because it suggests that they were happy with his gaming. But... if you look at his stats, especially with an AWP, he hasn’t actually been performing that well since the end of that period where fnatic were clapping some cheeks.
In his stead, for the RMR qualifiers, was regali from their academy team. Which makes a lot of sense - if you need to find a replacement AWPer, you might as well try the guy who would cost you nothing while you look.
If he performs, that’s great! You just saved a whole lot of money.
The money they just wasted on smooya’s contract.
Ah well, at least fnatic can keep their core together and just change one player at a time, even if they’re wasting money on smooya!
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