The world is looking bleak.

CS2 isn’t quite the same as CS:GO. Open Qualifiers are dead. The politician you don’t like is enacting a policy you don’t like (insert your own bogeyman here). Liverpool are probably going to win the league. Coca-Cola doesn’t taste as good as it used to.

Thankfully, there’s a glimmer of hope at the end of the tunnel. A little tinge of excitement permeates a wall of grey, like Jack Nicholson in The Shining.

The Bad News F–ing Eagles are back. Swears not included.

And unlike when Take That reunited, every single original player is there, too. This might not be a reuniting that takes the world by storm, but it’s one we’re personally happy to see. The Counter-Strike world has been much less interesting without BNE.

This is big for Kosovar fans, and to be honest, Counter-Strike fans. The way BNE play was a joy to watch, even if it wasn’t the most structurally sound. We’re being kind here.

There’s… just one problem.

Bad News Eagles were never actually consistently any good.

This didn’t really matter before, where you could break into a big event by playing well in the qualifier, but now you have to consistently beat the tier 2/3 teams to even get a sniff at breaking into the top 30 VRS rankings.

That’s a long path, and consistently beating teams outside of the top 30 is harder than it sounds. Imagine having to beat other teams like Bad News Eagles every single day. Just imagine. FaZe couldn’t beat one BNE.

It’s a shame that we probably won’t see a miracle story like BNE qualifying for the Majors again, but if they do somehow manage to overcome the odds and make it to the big stage again… we will be there. We will be there so hard!

Bad News Eagles forever.

Their lineup, in case you forgot:

🇽🇰 gxx-
🇽🇰 juanflatroo
🇽🇰 SENER1
🇽🇰 sinnopsyy
🇨🇭 rigoN