We are in a little bit of calm before the storm. But there’s just enough in the way of roster moves to keep us placated for a little bit:

After r1nkle joined NIP, it left a Ukrainian-AWPer-with-a-one-in-their-name-shaped hole in B8. Since s1mple wasn’t available, B8 immediately turned to headtr1ck.

We remember when NIP were a serious team and weren’t doing swap moves with CCT teams.

For headtr1ck, it offers a chance for him to develop into the player we saw flashes of on NIP, away from the limelight. He was often one of the better players on NIP, but that is very much like being the least aggressive Bad News Eagles player.

He can be a solid player - mechanically, he’s smooth, and his decision-making didn’t seem too bad either. But he was young and did seem to crumble a bit. This gives him a chance to play under slightly less pressurised conditions as a young kid, and maybe become a star.

At the other end of their career is buster, the experienced (let’s be kind here) rifler who has found a new home on 1WIN, and had to rebuild. Alongside him is former evil genius neaLaN, Estonian journeyman Jyo, the orange-haired lattykk, and Ryujin, who is the wildcard on this team.

If normal CIS team rules apply, he’ll be the best player in the world.