So, it looks like our friends across the pond - you know, the ones who are somehow worse at Counter-Strike than they are at geography - have been busy this offseason.

We apologize, that was a bit harsh. We shouldn’t have called them friends.

Well, a team that will quite literally be relying on fr3nd’s calling is Wildcard.

They’ve promoted the Polish AWP-IGL from their Academy roster, alongside Peeping - a name you’ve probably never heard of - to replace phzy and stanislaw in the lineup.

We’ve already weighed in on those benchings in our last edition, so if you want the only correct take, head there. Spoiler: the benchings suck.

As for the new additions, we genuinely don’t see a world where this is an upgrade. This move feels more like Wildcard management scrambling to patch the holes left behind after things fell apart with stanislaw.

Put simply, we’re not very hopeful for this roster - and honestly, we’re not sure even their fans are.

But, as always, NA just couldn’t resist one-upping itself.

When NRG saw Wildcard’s moves, they refused to be outdone. So, in a stroke of pure genius, they made two changes that are somehow even worse.

HexT and oSee were left behind, replaced by nosraC and an empty chair, also known as XotiC.

Again, you’ve probably never heard of these names, so here’s the quick version: NRG signed an (alleged) toxic player who’s never accomplished anything outside NA, and an (alleged) LAN-dodger who hasn’t played for a pro org since 2018. And just to be clear, the last bit for each of them is 100% true.

Our deepest condolences, NRG fans. If there’s even any of you out there.

The only bright spot? HexT managed to escape that dumpster fire and land somewhere he might actually get a chance to shine.

Nevermind, he signed with M80. F–ck. Please, NA you gotta do better.