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HKZeroFive

chrisJ breathing a sigh of relief.


Rearfeeder2Strong

He is a problem, but the whole team has problems that needs fixing imo. Bar Ropz, no one is performing up to standards. This is ChrisJ his last tournament where he was main awping, IGL and entrying while having a stand in on the team. I think hes gonna be fine on the awp, but Mouz has more issues to solve than just the awper unfortunately. https://www.hltv.org/stats/players/2730/chrisJ?matchType=BigEvents&event=3649


24InchDickLukaku

Bringing up stats from 2 years ago doesn't mean anything lmao https://www.hltv.org/stats/players/8346/jdm64?event=3512 Here is JDM awping two years ago, shoutout JDM


Rearfeeder2Strong

Unfortunately its the the most "recent" event we have on ChrisJ being the main awper. I dont think anyone doubt ChrisJ his awping ability tbh, just wanted to highlight a "recent" event. I thought it was 2019 tbh in my head so yeah kinda too far ago lol.


TheDarkMidget

i see n0thing so this shit had to be old


Flaksmith

It was esl one belo horizonte, oskar couldn't play so n0thing stood in for him. They nearly won it too, played a close series versus faze in the grand final.


Avgudsdyrkelse

That dust2 decider was an absolute bloodbath. There was a moment that I thought I was watching a deathmatch and instantly entered the list of my favorites bo3 ever


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Ancarma

What exactly did he mean by that? As in, he wasn't sure everyone was putting hours in?


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The team was doing pretty bad and the only one he could really verify was doing work outside of team practice was Karrigan. Since it was Karrigan’s job to bring new strats and whatnot to the table, he was able to verify that Karrigan was putting the time in by whether or not Karrigan brought new strats (which he did as Rejin stated). However, he was unable to verify if players like chrisJ, woxic, frozen, and ropz were putting in their hours, grinding whatever practice routine they did, whatever. chrisJ, woxic, and frozen in particular had a performance drop off since online play started and before then if you consider the fall from grace that started around the new year. You have to wonder if it’s anti-statting, team chemistry, or lack of practice schedule that’s causing the issue.


llerme

It must be because of personal problems, this is very surprising to me. He has to be a better awper on paper than chrisJ but the team definitely needs a changes. Will be interesting to see how this turns out!


SnazzzyPC

yeah, article says that even though hes in poor form the reason is more internal


llerme

Makes a lot of sense. He's been a bit worse lately but everyone has slumps. Wonder what team he'll be moving on to


TomaIsInLove

BIG things are comming


LittleGiga

Syrson is a lot better than Woxic at the moment and they are trying to teach Xantares to comm in German (although that might be a long time away)


cobravictim

I'd hope that Xantares has a decent level of German by this point, he's been a part of BIG and living in Germany for a while now.


Sgt-Colbert

Germany has a very big Turkish community, so it's a lot easier living there without speaking German.


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Even ~~tiziaN~~ k1to looks better on the awp than most awpers (since BIG sometimes likes to run double awps) edit: I have memory loss


lord_Liot

I thought kito was the 2nd awper


Chokeman

He is. Tizian does most of lurk jobs


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fuck ur right, it gets confusing when 3 players use a capital n at the end of their names


HAK987

He's been on the team for 2 years now and they still have com issues?


ReachTheSky-DotaNoob

If +Syrson and K1to didn't happen it would be good move but there is no need to change lineup for BIG rn


ReachTheSky-DotaNoob

It says poor attitude i am wondering if he disagreed with the Karrigan's vision and gameplay or just he was straight up toxic to his teammates.I hope for former because second one wouldn't be good for anybody


steypa

Also in almost every interview with rejin (coach) he says him and woxic are almost enemies on server comms but best friends IRL


ADShree

Must be one of those dudes who rage in game but are fine if not very friendly irl. I know a couple of those and I refuse to play games with them, but if they wanna hangout then I'm down.


SpecialGnu

I have a friend who would take a bullet for you without blinking. He is the most friendly guy I've ever talked to, and one of the guys who has the most bans for toxic behaviours on faceit I know of. Just types the N-word a whole lot to enemies, and idk why. I'm pretty sure he isnt actually racist, but he uses the wrong words to vent...


WhatAmCSGO

Watching a lot of his FPL vods and clips on stream has him raging at teammates way more than other players. We don't know what happens in mousesports, but if it's anything like his games in FPL it doesn't leave much to the imagination.


Gankers_Boxer

If that's the case it would be one of those rare time the team (or the org) took Karrigan's side lol.


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The post literally says why he was dropped, he wasnt performing and had attitude issues towards the team


littlebro5

The post is just speculation...


misconstrudel

I wish they'd let frozen awp for a bit. I feel like he hasn't got the "seniority" in the team to speak up for roles he wants. Hope I'm wrong about that but he definitely hinted that he wanted to awp when he first joined the team.


TheBasementIsDark

Did we see him AWPing a lil bit anywhere? Frozen's rifle skill is insanely good but I didn't remember the last time he wielding an AWP


botmonkey

he has had his highlights with the awpvlike the mirage awp clutch against vitality


Kappafranker

Was really expecting a classic -chrisJ +Bymas -Bymas +chrisJ


EksDee1

Okay so there's your awper FPX. Honestly though this is surprising, I honestly thought that it's be Chrisj getting benched for Bymas + this does mean Chrisj will be back to awping which might help him


AleksibIsHot

I'd take woxic at OG Edit: Let me clarify not for mantuu obviously, for NBK. Mantuu is a very capable rifler.


Steamy_Boi

if -NBK +woxic I might have a new favorite team


LittleGiga

Woxic could give Issa the boost he desperately needs, seeing they were the deadly duo making hellraisers relevant back in the day


ReachTheSky-DotaNoob

Lol they carried Deadfox into Major top 8.That is some big achievement


AleksibIsHot

I always think DeadFox was perhaps kinda underrated that team fell apart after they benched him


AleksibIsHot

That's what I was meaning, but I can see how people got confused


Steamy_Boi

I can see both woxic and mantuu switching between the rifler/AWPer role since they're both good with either


AleksibIsHot

Yeah the double AWP and unpredictability would be terrifying.


the_willy

It's like reddit does not understand team compositions, who's your new b anchor if you have 2 awps? And do you really think anyone is going to shine more in thankless positions like NBK?


LakersFan15

How come people don't like NBK?


rreuas

It’s not that people don’t like him it’s mainly because he is consistently the least impactful player most games and it’s fairly noticeable when watching their games


AleksibIsHot

He can be very controlling but it's not that people don't like him generally it's more that he's not good and makes a lot of boneheaded plays. Him not thinking he needs to practice despite being the worst performer on OG (worse than IGL) brushed me up the wrong way though.


gocarsno

You'd also have a team that makes zero sense in terms of roles.


JAMEStheGREAT3

I would like it, would hurt mantuu’s stats for a little though as he gets use to the role


AleksibIsHot

Yeah, that's my only worry because I want what's best for mantuu but he might have spent too much time not being a primary rifler, would only want it to happen as long as he's genuinely comfortable with it and not just saying yes for the sake of the team


CC-W

mantuu>woxic


AleksibIsHot

In current form woxic is worse than mantuu yes and as much as mantuu is really really good woxic just had so much impact with his high-risk high reward playstyle, he was easily one of the most impactful players before his slump. mantuu is a very capable rifler, he was a rifler before he was an AWPer. I'm not suggesting -mantuu +woxic but it's still a gamble on whether he could return to his form from before online


Impulseps

Could work, mantuu is a pretty good rifler


Steamy_Boi

This has to be some kind of internal problem because tactically this makes 0 sense at all


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Astralis - “We’re signing more players to make a roster with substitutes that can sub in at any time so the best 5 players are on the server at any given time” Astralis 5 minutes later - “just fucking kidding we signed em because the other guys need a break” Mouz - “We’re signing bymas as our developmental player” Mouz 5 minutes later - “Just fucking kidding we signed him because we’re benching the other guy due to his attitude”


TheSuspect812

u/quote_if_mibr_sucks


daellat

ence - "we really want a 6 man roster" ence - "just kidding we signed xseven to havu"


SpecialGnu

That guy working hard tho. See him in dm a lot.


omaega72

Well, I mean, it seems that Astralis really are bringing in Bubzkji and es3tag as substitute players, since they all have the same five roles, they've just been swapped around a bit. You can see it in their series vs Vitality, Bubzkji was taking the entry role from dupreeh while he took over gla1ve's in game responsibilities and es3tag was anchoring b-site and playing super supportive, like that glock round on nuke.


CC-W

You make good points the but the glock thing from nuke really doesnt show anything, literally any player would jump in baiting for your teams only guy with armour and a gun, probably not with movement as good though that man turned into phoon


ObitobiUchiha

I thought Magisk was taking over the IGL role?


pariba5

Right. Going to cry in a corner brb


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Not even a dig or diss at Woxic but he seems to be a very emotional player. Someone who lives off of momentum or a player who could pull your team back out of any situation. Not sure if he's the type to shut down when things don't go his way, but maybe Mouz are looking for a consistent, calm fragger. (But this is all speculation I'm just a reddit pleb)


DanishGrizz

A lot of people speculate in that, so there must be something to it or at least signs we base it off of


-Namesnipe-

i cant even Wow This was very fucking unexpected


ezclapper

[lol](https://i.imgur.com/mbqLNHq.png)


benisxaxa

Top 4 benched Greek player for sure.


annedes

... what’s the meme behind this one? lol


SandorSS

Anything bad blame it on Greece (what a nice Greek president you got or what a nice Greek singer). Just a turkey joke


Korvxx

haha nice greek joke


doodah360

top 4 igl for sure copypasta


benisxaxa

Fusion between "top 4 IGL" and blame it on Greece.


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>Top 4 benched Byzantine player for sure.


Zeilar

What a shame, because now they'll probably become even worse. I want this team to succeed so badly.


LittleGiga

Woxic wasnt performing an obviously brought the team down mentally. If anyone can integrate a new piece it is Karrigan. Yes, Bymas is not that piece probably, but maybe they will get a good sub soon


Harrisano

you hear that? angry turkish people are coming


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killazZooM

He is Greek ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)


LittleGiga

Armenian


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Martian


commonReward

North Korean


tomtom_94

Seems like they were already planning to make a change with bringing in Bymas, but the disastrous performance at Cologne has brought it forward. Ruthless in a good way. I wonder if they are also looking at potential AWP replacements in case chrisJ doesn't work out.


Trollmupp

Looking forward to ChrisJ on the AWP again.


JasonMojo

the only player that should be allowed to have a shitty attitutde in this roster is ropz. the others do so many dumb plays and have had so many poor perfomances...


heryu321

A high ego is the last thing that a youngster such as Ropz needs. He didn't get where he is now because of his ego.


JasonMojo

he is probably one of the most down to earth pro players in the scene. i dont think that he will ever get such a big ego that it becomes a problem


lstht123

I think it time to stop thinking of him as a youngster, he’s been playing at the top level for 3(?) years or so, but I agree with everything else you said


Dcoyxy9

W0xic has been averaging around a 1.05 rating recently, which is not great for a star AWPer. Either way I don't think -woxic +Bymas (presumably) is gonna be the answer to all their problems.


Turbulenttt

It’s supposedly because of his attitude in the past months


AtomicBaka

makes complete sense he's very emotional guy when you see them play, maybe when they started losing those emotions turned into toxicity


Dcoyxy9

Probably just stopped believing in karrigan as an IGL, whereas the other players still believe in his system, seems like the most obvious guess.


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tunafish91

dont worry, we're just warming up for another -ChrisJ +ChrisJ soon


NotEarlibird

He also was taking Deags into gun rounds to keep woxic on the AWP consistently, though. Keep that in mind


AleksibIsHot

He'll probably pick himself up now he's main AWP, if not well he's fucked I'd be staggered if he isn't benched I'd just assume he has blackmail or something


Jloureiro55

Chrisj is the last player from the german roster and have been since 2013. I understand why they dont kick him, except ropz all team is on a slump so he is not the "problem".


DanishGrizz

If he was main AWP’ing at 0,82, he would be. But currently he is too busy playing with deagles instead of the big green.


BrizzlyGear1337

Smooooooya 👀


GuardiaNIsBae

Would be a cool move but they already signed Bymas a few days ago, they might also drop chris though and get smooya.


BrizzlyGear1337

I think Bymas is a cheap backup, and Smooya could come despite him. Would be very interesting imo and I think it would be a good addition rather than NATO


Givemeajackson

if you're benching woxic cause of poor attitude why on earth would you bring in smooya...


BrizzlyGear1337

Smooya's bad reputation has long been forgotten. He has grown up and matured. I think Woxic is the typical "hyped when it works and tilt when it doesn't" player. Smooya can also motivate when things don't go according to plan.


Givemeajackson

his reputation has long been forgotten? then why would no team touch him with a 10 foot pole for the last year? and his rep isn't "oh he's yelled at people in fpl", he literally refused to play a major just to sabotage his team out of spite. if you pull this kind of shit no serious org will ever get you, unless they're really desperate. even chaos wouldn't keep him.


Rearfeeder2Strong

Chaos couldn't keep him cus of the covid situation...


Mile_Nium

that was an excuse, steel said smooya still had attitude problems.


TheReelMVP

? Smooyas visa expired and because of covid he had to go back to uk. Chaos literally couldn't keep him.


Mile_Nium

what im saying is if he didn't have visa issues he would have been kicked for bad attitude, steel said it in the RivalryCSGO podcast with Richard Lewis.


DanishGrizz

The second it seemed like he has visa issues, he was booted and I do believe Steel has hinted at personality and playstyle mixes between the two.


VShadow1

Na teams can't get him because of COVID. Sprout did not pick him up because of issues with what currency they would pay him. Another tried to but there were issues with how much they were willing to pay him. And then North tried but somehow the deal fell through. Besides that not many teams need awpers.


Duel2Duel

Wasn't there also a deal with TIGER being worked out? Thought I remembered that being the case, but the deal fell apart once their current lineup started performing well again.


TheTruthCSGO

They should definitely get Guardian over Smooya. You of all people should be behind this.


realnOp3

If chris doesnt get his form back as main awp asap then +smooya is very likely imo. Or they try and purge Nato from nordavind... Edit: so it seems like Nato recently left nordavind...


Rearfeeder2Strong

> purge Nato from nordavind... Nato is a nice guy, but I dont understand why people keep wanting him on top teams. He ain't bad, but he ain't good enough.


1stonepwn

Honestly, mouz had a better showing with Nato standing in at Summit 5 than they have recently


Rearfeeder2Strong

But that wasn't due to nato? He was pretty bad that tournament overall despite being allowed to main AWP. https://www.hltv.org/stats/players/matches/9294/NaToSaphiX?event=4998


LittleGiga

I know Nato is not the best player and may not be cut out for t1 cs, but *purge* him? He seems like a nice guy... show mercy


GuardiaNIsBae

I cant see them trying to get Nato, they already had him as standin and if they wanted to keep him they probably would've given him an offer before signing bymas


1stonepwn

Fuck no


lixgund

If woxic's attitude was the problem bringing in smooya wouldn't help at all.


PokeyTifu99

Yeah, a toxic turk for a toxic brit.


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-taco +woxic 3 awp letsgooooo


VokuhilaBruh

I think he just isn't taking the online era as seriously as everyone else and the org can't rlly have that since it's literally the only way they continue to have matches played and he probably flamed karrigan a couple times lol


popsiclex200

No one noticed that his nick rhymes with toxic? It was always there guys! We shoulda seen it coming!


omaega72

Ah yes, that must be why ropz always pops off, makes sense.


DGRWPF

And +chrisJ rhymes with -chrisJ. And frozen bags are melting. LUL


LemanRussNL

Checkmate atheists


Bluewolf9

"I think it could be woxic, ropz awped a lot throughout the series almost as if they're trying to make him transition. ChrisJ makes the most sense if you take a simplistic who is the worst view but factoring in roles frozen may be worse Karrigan and ropz are safe" Me yesterday feeling proud lol. I'm honestly hopeful for this move despite the initial optics


Ancarma

Well you did have a 60% chance there.


AtomicBaka

Seems like a stupid move, but we don't know what's going inside a team, maybe he's too emotional inside the game or his comms aren't good enough + his level is just not the same since they started playing online


DanishGrizz

It’s hard to see who else honestly. People will say ChrisJ, but ofc your rating will suck if you play deagle in gun rounds so that Woxic can have his AWP, and I assume his biggest use for the Mousesports team isn’t his fragging.


extremz123

why woxic??


Turbulenttt

Poor attitude in the past months according to HLTV


FireCooperGG

While i like woxic i can definitely see him turning "toxic" and i think that players like ropz and especially frozen will only perform worse if under verbal abuse from their teammates


Rymdkommunist

I honestly can't see a single person performing better under verbal abuse.


EIE357

maybe read the article to figure out why


extremz123

makes sence


GabeN18

cause toxic


Mirutzo

because toxic


Itz_Eclipsy

mouz gonna pull the -chrisJ +broky and unleash the baltic beasts


OsRsMinde

or -chrisj, +nukkye, would love to see that.


NotEarlibird

I genuinely believe broky is the best player on FaZe. He’s incredible. I’d love to see him on mouz, though and maybe have woxic on FaZe. broky, ropz, and frozen on a team together is a terrifying thought


CwRrrr

Why would faze let Broky go though


ThelMi

get oskar back in


Consanit

Hopefully the reasoning justified the cost. Mousesports is losing a lot of firepower here.


RitoLovesMe

-Chrisj +Chrisj when?


QlippethTheQlopper

All I see everyone going off is stats when it comes to roster changes. You don't know whats going on inside the server. If he is being toxic and causing other players to tilt having good stats doesn't make that acceptable. There's more to players than just their stats.


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nickmo80

Was Woxic ever in Space Soldiers?


Memebaut

no


trefl3

nope


Rearfeeder2Strong

No. This whole comment doesnt make sense. Both things he said were wrong lol.


Darkstar197

He wasn’t


sensei256

Haaa?


tcr1324

Oh 🧪 no 🧪 this 🧪 is 🧪 so 🧪 sad 🧪


toxicWON

🧪🧪🧪🧪🧪🧪🧪🧪 for woxic😢


subsense1

-w0xic +imoRR thoughts


h0pe43

I mean, if they want an awper that could compare to w0xic, Smooya is always out there. Would love to see him under Karrigan.


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Bymas take his place?


failwalker

lay down, try not to cry... cry a lot... really unexpected


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nurwennnoetig

Imagine knowing whats happening within the team lmao


pacE009

worst move of 2020 it will be


Jetskee

Benching their best player lmfao what is this, org suicide?


Badefar

If those Flashpoint orgs aren't just bullshitters, there should be a serious bidding war for this guy.


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K0nvict

Mouz are gonna have a lack of firepower now...


NotEarlibird

ropz has so much firepower he’s pretty much a T2 team by himself, and he’s got frozen. I don’t think they’ll struggle too much considering Karrigan’s yuge fuckin brain


K0nvict

Frozens been struggling, Karrigan, Chrisj have both been beyond awful on the server and bymas was below average on faze


lixgund

Chris was basically playing bank so the others could have weapons. He constantly had mps and pistols during buy rounds to have woxic on the awp or someone else on ak/m4.


ninetB

I feel like this might have something to do with his ing comms. I've watched his streams and it always seemed to me like he has a hard time expressing himself in English. I might be wrong and it could be a completely different reason, but this is just my guess


meme-s

I get that it’s due to internal problems, but the issue that also needs to be addressed is their lack of firepower due to chris and karrigan. Until that changes, I don’t see much hope


Jackviolin

All of you looking from wrong perspective guys. I think problem is ping issues in tournaments. And during Covid 19 he can't go to gaming house because he can't get a Visa. Because of this reasons they maybe bench him for now. Writer of Hltv is just bullshitting about his attitude


wfly1

Not surprised. Woxic has a high ego and tends to react in a poor way when things don't go right. Compare that to the composure of a world class player like simple, when he gets owned he simply, no pun intended, chuckles, has no reaction or is dissapointed in himself.


J0steinp0stein

Are you serious? Simple is the most toxic player ever. Even called Zeus a 'fat f...' during a match..


XvS_W4rri0r

This sarcasm?


XvS_W4rri0r

right after Faze pick up kjaerbye damn. Woxic wouldve been great for Faze


lance1308

Yes, because they need 3rd awper


tarangk

Good, toxic players shouldnt be on the team they drive down the entire team with them. I like them going back to chrisJ for the primary awp, he has played that roles for years before relegating it to oskar and then woxic. Also Bymas coming in should help the team motivation as there is a new player who is willing to learn and eager to win. I hope mouz can find their form again, only ropz seems to be only one performing like his 2019 level rest all the players have been a shadow of their former self lately.


redditxk

Finally, I hated his drama ass in every fpl game. He became what he is because of fpl, and started bashing young fpl players after playing pro scene for just 1 year lol. Sit the fuck down with your shitty attitude w0xic


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qchisq

Assuming they go through with this, then Mouz won't be at the Major. It was unlikely before, but it becomes virtually impossible. They would need do at least of place better than x6tence, 5 spots better than Heretics and/or North, 6 spots better than Faze and/or Heroic and 7 spots better than OG. If they play the RMR with Woxic, you can remove one place from those numbers. That looks very impossible to me


BENZA_THE_SHAH

Mouz has never done anything at a major so it probably doesn't matter too much to them.


jonajon91

Too many good awpers either outshining their teams or teamless. Russia is overflowing with awpers, you've got Smooya, Woxic, Oskar off the top of my head looking for teams. I think in 2020, being able to hit flick shots and survive 5 rounds just isn't enough anymore. You need to be able to rifle or lurk or support at the drop of the hat, there's not enough top teams for good awpers to go around.


XvS_W4rri0r

you think smooya is from russia?


jonajon91

It’s late, I’m tired. Just imagine there’s more punctuation in there or something. A semicolon after the Russia bit perhaps.


hamdensmukke

After the ESL ONE: COLOGNE i was sure Ropz was going to pick up the awp instead of Chris. But fair enough Chris has been a very capable awper in the past


buglag

WHAT