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Looking back on sniping excellence.
With oskar announcing his retirement, we thought we’d look back on the career of one of our all time favourites. We’re also taking a look at all of the latest transfers, as well as asking the question of whether those transfers should even be allowed.
Just as paiN seemed to be picking up steam following their roster changes at the start of the year, they’ll now be playing with a stand-in for the foreseeable future, as nqz is going to be spending some time on the sidelines for “personal reasons”.
Fortunately for paiN, in a landscape full of terrible AWPers, saffee isn’t actually a bad option.
That said, you’d hope that nqz is back by Cologne, but given that saffee is listed as a sub… we doubt it.
Oh well, at least that should be one less spot for the Americas. Sorry Liquid!
In other news, fame is back on a team. He’s signed for K27 on loan, and will be playing with them until the end of May.
That means he’ll be playing with them at PGL Astana, so we’re being given a fantastic opportunity to see if he’s actually cheeks or was just another player suffering from the VP curse.
Former ENCE player Maden will also soon hopefully have another chance to prove himself, having entered free agency following a failed move to fnatic. Given how bad fnatic have been this year it’s hard to actually say anything bad about him, but there might just be a shout that he’s nothing more than an average player who was elevated by Snappi’s system.
Which, to be fair, could be a fantastic landing spot for him if cairne continues to fail to live up to the hype.
Speaking of failing to live up to the hype, Zyphon has rejoined the Sashi lineup.
Benched for barely a month, this feels like a last, last, last chance for the Danish rifler, who once showed so much promise on Copenhagen Flames.
And finally, Gentle Mates have parted ways with their coach, deLonge. Given that M8s failed to make the Major despite their ambitions as an org, this feels like a logical first step, with something telling us that it won’t be the only step they make as they look to replicate the success they’ve enjoyed in other games.
CCT Global Finals are happening and in the upper bracket semis, BIG take on HEROIC.
The odds for blameF’s boys are a staggering 2.36, and while HEROIC are rightly the favourites here, we can’t help but think BIG are being underestimated.
They had a solid 2-1 victory over 100T in their opening game, which HEROIC didn’t actually play, as they were due to face the since-disbanded illwill. If this bet tickles you fancy, give it a crack on Razed.
Note: Odds at time of writing.
The cut off for the Major is long behind us and the invites have been sent, yet teams are still out here making roster moves.
MOUZ have kicked Brollan and Jimpphat to make theirs, while Falcons have booted kyxsan - but is that really fair?
From the player’s perspective, obviously not. The Major is the pinnacle of Counter-Strike and every player wants to play in one, so having the opportunity ripped away from them past the point most other teams will be willing to do anything about it is just cruel.
But what about their teams? If you look at both Falcons and MOUZ, it’s easy to see why they made the changes.
Falcons forget how to play CS the moment it actually matters, and they lacked a leader who could tackle the egos on the team. So, karrigan is needed.
MOUZ are just terrible right now, and they lacked just about everything it takes to be a top Counter-Strike team. So, changes were needed.
But.
The Major cut off date is also a cut off date for the five players who will be getting stickers, and therefore it should also be the cut off date for any of these teams to make any changes, regardless of if these are only really in place due to a loophole regarding substitute rules.
Exceptions should, of course, be allowed for teams like paiN, where nqz seems to have legitimate reasons for not playing at the moment, but for Falcons and MOUZ? Who are just trying to get ahead when everyone else is waiting until the next Major cycle?
F-ck. That.
With oskar retiring, Counter-Strike has lost a player that the streets will never forget.
Then soon enough, we’ll be saying goodbye to FalleN at the end of the year too.
Our co-hosts Sam and Jack reminisce on the careers of both of these legends this week, as well as covering the questionable MOUZ roster changes.
A lot of the time these stories end up with our main character starting in some mixed team with a funny name, taking what seems like an uncharacteristic loss to some complete randoms.
It’s more rare it starts with playing alongside a legend of the game, and against future Major champions. Even rarer that it’s a win.
oskar first appeared in Czech CS 1.6 teams for years before the transition to Global Offensive, where he entered the AMD Sapphire CS:GO Invitational with myDGB.net in December of 2012.
Alongside him was GuardiaN, and in the first match they beat down VeryGames with a 16-12 scoreline. Yes, that VeryGames roster.
His long and storied career on MOUZ and HellRaisers needs no further explanation, but safe to say, by the time of the pandemic his glory days were over. But out little Czech warrior didn’t slow down.
It’s easier for players past thirty to carry on performing when they’re doing it on a cushy tier one salary, like apEX or karrigan. oskar kept up a respectable AWPing standard on teams with low, or very uncertain, salaries - if any at all.
And do you know how? He just didn’t give a f-ck.
This writer was privileged enough to be present in Oslo when oskar played his final HLTV series before retirement, AWPing for Fingers Crossed in a LAN event in Gardermoen, Norway. To his setup every single game he brought a HellRaisers-branded notebook and not one, but two cans of Siberia snus.
Do you know what Siberia is? Every pouch contains about six times as much nicotine as the pouches your average Russian Faceit-warrior will be using. And he brought two cans of those things. Absolute madman.
Unfortunately, it was a 1-2 loss to Polish side Phantom, with our hero only scoring a total of nine frags on the two lost maps.
A whimpering end to a career that went on for longer than anyone would have expected. His longevity is something we have rarely seen before, and might not see again.
We look forward to seeing how long he can make it as a coach.
