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GUIDES
Simple Radar
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You couldn’t live with your own failure. Where did that bring you? Back to me.
With BLAST Open London still in full swing, the weekend saw Virtus.Pro and Astralis punch the metaphorical table and decide they’ve had enough.
It finally happened.
The moment we’ve all been waiting for has arrived.
No, Amorim still hasn’t been sacked by United, but another cruel chapter of sporting terrorism has finally come to an end. Or so we hope.
Electronic has been benched by VP after yet another humiliating showing at BLAST Open London - the last straw in a chaotic year of roster shuffles and abysmal results. Apparently, losing to M80 is where you really draw the line.
What can we say… this move was long overdue. Electronic is an incredibly gifted player, but he’s simply not cut out to lead a team, and that was obvious from the start.
From the disastrous team performances to the endless clips of him screaming at teammates round after round, the environment within VP was toxic, and their CS showed it. If he wants any kind of future going forward, he needs to stay as far away from the role as possible.
Now the question is: who will VP turn to next? A return of the prodigal son Jame, perhaps? Well, not quite.
According to VP’s manager, the team is looking toward their academy squad for electronic’s replacement, confirming they “will continue testing players from VP.Prodigy in the following days”.
It’s a risky move – bringing in a young talent with no tier 1 experience – but it marks a refreshing shift in strategy. After all, FL4MUS, ICY, Perfecto, and electronic himself were all established names at the top level.
If you’re going to splash big money on another proven player, keep him in hell for six months, and then send him to the bench to rot, you might as well give your academy prospects a chance. Honestly, it can’t be much worse than it already is.
We were watching, electronic.
We were watching you ruin FL4MUS’ career and VP’s reputation.
Now take responsibility and leave.
Yeah, we’re thinking FaZe might be back.
Alright, it’s a little early to tell, but we’ve seen plenty of absolute BS that only FaZe are capable of pulling off already, and that’s all that we need to see.
broky is doing straight up freaky things. Things that shouldn’t be possible, that nobody else would even try, that can only be pulled off when you don’t have any hoots left to give. Look at this, for crying out loud.
Good timing for one TLDR writer, who had just decided to publicly put his neck on the line for broky on HLTV. He’s been on timeout for even conversing with them, though.
Maybe broky really is The Guy after all. They haven’t even needed jcobbb to do anything special; it turns out just not being a vibe sink was enough to make FaZe magic again.
We’re saying all this off the back of them beating ECSTATIC and NAVI, by the way. In case you were worried we weren’t being absurdly reactionary.
Speaking of NAVI, they lost to M80 to go out in dismal fashion. The vibes are so, so, so off. When jL has to get away because he can’t bring them up, it can’t be good.
FURIA’s newest dawn is showing signs of not being a false one for once, too. After a very encouraging showing in Cologne, they’ve only gone on to overpower Spirit in two maps to go straight through to the finals in London.
KSCERATO has been cooking, and new boy molodoy was electric in the win against Spirit. They won even without donk having an off day, too. He went 51-34, which would be an absolutely ridiculous scoreline for any other player in the world who lost 0-2.
Vitality and MOUZ moved through to face FaZe and FURIA, respectively, in the upper bracket final, and while it wasn’t all easy, it’s boring to talk about them winning. Let’s talk about someone else.
Liquid got curbstomped by G2, failing to get 13 rounds in both maps combined, but did redeem themselves somewhat by toppling the giants of… Imperial. They got smacked by Spirit, obviously.
Legacy put up a fight against FURIA, but also put up a similar fight against FlyQuest. Maybe FlyQuest are just as good as FURIA?
They’re not. They got goobed by G2. We had you going there for a sec.
fnatic might have gotten big dogged by NAVI, but they roared back with four maps back-to-back to put CYPHER one game away from playing in front of his home crowd. He was sensational against ECSTATIC, but… look, we’re not gonna draw too much from that.
They did beat GamerLegion, which is a big result.
fnatic will play M80 for a spot in London - UK’s second (player) in command vs NA’s last stand - and Spirit will play G2. That one doesn’t need an introduction.
Mildly lopsided group quality, it seems.
No, you haven’t traveled back to 2018.
Though if you ask Astralis, they’d probably love to, as they’re reportedly one step closer to running it back.
According to HLTV and Croissant Strike, Astralis are considering bringing Magisk back to the lineup once he is released from his Falcons contract, a move that would most likely see stavn benched.
On a side note, did you know Magisk is only 27? Is it just us, or does it feel like the guy’s been playing for at least 30 years?
There doesn’t seem to be a clear solution to the problems Astralis are currently facing, and this move feels more like a sidegrade.
They’ve brought in stavn and jabbi on huge fees to be key parts of the team. While they haven’t been terrible, they also haven’t consistently delivered the level of performance needed to take the next step and break into the top 5.
But is Magisk the answer? If we’re going purely on vibes, we’d say hell yeah. You’re bringing back a veteran who’s already won pretty much everything there is to win repping your jersey. Maybe Astralis just need a consistent, not-that-flashy player who shows up when they need him, both in and out of the server.
Honestly, at this point, not even God knows how to fix Astralis.
As for stavn, this might be a blessing in disguise, a chance to hit the reset button REZ-style. Find his place in a new team, maybe one with smaller ambitions, and start fresh. He’s only 23, so he still has many years of CS ahead of him. His talent is undeniable, as we saw in the HEROIC days, so we’re confident he can bounce back in the right environment.
Ultimately, one thing is clear: Astralis have no intention of going international, despite that being a possible solution.
Expanding their horizons would, at the very least, open up a much larger pool of players and options. But given they’re not exactly working with a fat wallet, those possibilities are quite limited considering the level they want to achieve.
Realistically, there’s only correct answer to this dilemma. Sign gla1ve, Xyp9x, and dupreeh, and you’ve got yourself a team.
