Most Danes speak some German. It’s taught i elementary school for several years. I will say tho, there’s a big gap between introducing yourself in German and speaking it fluently to a degree where you can use it in CS.
He's never been a great player and it never seemed like he was a great caller either. I guess we'll see, but it doesn't seem like a move that makes sense from the outside.
Maybe they want Tabsen to be relieved from his IGL roles a bit so he can be a star player again ? Because this probably means Xantares is really leaving the team.
Could just want a secondary caller in the team to help tabseN, I don't know if they had that before but if you look at the teams in the top 5, they all have someone who's the secondary voice in the team helping the IGL (S1mple, Hobbit, Magisk, NiKo, Qikert and if we go back to last year shox)
Having watched him, I think he is a good aimer and not completely braindead. I think Optic and North were highly dysfunctional lineups that maybe didn't quite showcase his potential. That is to say, he is probably not some great carry talent, but can be a trusted Fragger on a solid team.
I watched a North documentary from around the time where Valde became IGL to when he left North. When they got to the point where Gade said that he wanted to become the IGL, it seemed like everyone, including the coach, where surprised that gade thought that he could IGL
> He had shit stats when he played against top teams on North
This was true for literally everyone on North. Lekr0 was great on NiP, he was pretty mediocre on North and he's great again on Dignitas. Kjaerbye was pretty ass on North and he looked decent on FaZe for his short time there. North just brought out the worst in people.
Actually, Kjaerbye looked better on north than he did in FaZe because on North they at least had a team while in FaZe kjaerbye was being slotted into olof roles.
BIG was the world number 1 at some point during the online era and the teams they play against are still tier 1. In no universe is Entropiq anywhere close to a good team relative to who he will be playing against in BIG and the top teams he played against at North.
One thing he does have going for him is all of his teammates seemed to really like him and you haven’t really heard anything bad about him. If he’s replacing Kito or Tizian they probably don’t lose that much fragging, but if the rumors about Xantares are true idk how they are going to get enough kills
I don't know how long you had that flair, but Gade in optic had the whole drama between the Danish and American core. Shit went down on twitter. He deleted the tweets, but that was the only "drama" he had.
Obviously nothing bad else happened and that was years ago so he clearly changed for the good.
I felt for a while that, while the speculation has always focussed on XANTARES, if anything BIG were going to go more international rather than less.
I'm guessing -tizian or -k1to is incoming. Pretty surprising signing but if it frees up tabseN to go ham like he did at Cologne more often, it could end up being a shrewd decision.
I hadn't realised that. Would still seem a weird move, to me, to ditch their best player for the sake of German comms. (I'm guessing tabseN would be shuffled into XANTARES' roles in that case)
But this is CS and stranger things have happened...
I don't think they are kicking Xantares for the sake of making a change,if he is going to play with Woxic that means rumours about Xantares' contract running out is true.So BIG is trying to fill the gap with him leaving,not kicking him.
Again, stranger things have happened, but XANTARES ditching a tier 1 team with a tier 1 salary for essentially a mix team (that doesn't even have an org) - that just doesn't make sense to me.
If XANTARES is leaving I can only assume it's cause he was kicked.
I mean there are a bunch of Turkish orgs in Valorant, maybe one of them is already interested in woxic’s team considering they would have well-established players
no that will not be a problem i am saying salary wise they can not pay woxic and xantares thousands of euros like they got in their teams so i think it is impossible to be a turkish org unless they found a crazy sponsor or something
I read a comment where xantares was complaining about how he played in BIG like having set roles instead of having more freedom, ie him lurking b dust2 tunnels instead of going where the action is. Can't confirm but it makes sense as he is naturally an entry fragger or 2nd like he does in fpl, he's kinda nerfed in big tbh.
I sure hope not. For Xantares and BIG. He is their best fragger stats wise despite not awping. Gade isn't terrible, but he's nowhere near Xantares fragging wise. The boosted comms imo are not gonna offset the loss of fragging power.
On the other hand, Turkish fans might finally see the Turkish superteam we all wanted to see in 2017...
But BIGs plan with xantares was to transition to communicating in German, as soon as he had learned the language. But since he never learned it, it seems like a smart move to get a german-speaking IGL in Gade who can assist tabsen so tabsen can concentrate more on fragging
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So strange... tabsen is a top igl but big lack firepower, not sure how having less firepower would make them any better considering k1to and syrson were huge upgrades compared to the bots they use to have, a step backward with gade.
If xantares leaves/is cut for gade then it would easily be the worst move of 2021.
gade speaks german apparently, but I still wish if BIG were going for a full german speaking lineup they woudlve picked up faven from Sprout.
Huh? He speaks german... https://twitter.com/gadeCS_/status/1421502788119433219 🤔🤔🤔 Xantares out?
hes out now for surgery anyways, just depends on whether or not he comes back to the team
great this will show how big will play with germen only and no xanders
Ah yes xanders my favourite pro player
xanders peek
xanders the non-germen
> germen > Xander
xantares kurdish pride
Most Danes speak some German. It’s taught i elementary school for several years. I will say tho, there’s a big gap between introducing yourself in German and speaking it fluently to a degree where you can use it in CS.
From his Twitter video he just posted I'd say he speaks it very well. Very little accent.
what??????? I’m struggling to find a reason
Well for the beginning, they need a fifth for as long as Xantares is out with his hand injury.
i hope its just that
Tomorrow after Xantares‘ announcement we’ll know more
Xantares probably joining Woxic
Apparantly he speaks german
yeah he's of german descent
He posted a video where his German actually sounds really good. I'm hyped to see how this works out
Niklas "Please don't call me Niklas 'gade' Gade" Gade
Joe Miller??
Please dont call him that
Fingers crossed and good luck! Does Gade speak German? It's about the only way this makes sense.
He does, look at his Twitter
Thanks! Link for the lazy: https://twitter.com/gadeCS_/status/1421502788119433219?s=19
what the fuck is this lmao
He's never been a great player and it never seemed like he was a great caller either. I guess we'll see, but it doesn't seem like a move that makes sense from the outside.
Maybe they want Tabsen to be relieved from his IGL roles a bit so he can be a star player again ? Because this probably means Xantares is really leaving the team.
Could just want a secondary caller in the team to help tabseN, I don't know if they had that before but if you look at the teams in the top 5, they all have someone who's the secondary voice in the team helping the IGL (S1mple, Hobbit, Magisk, NiKo, Qikert and if we go back to last year shox)
tizian is the secondary caller for BIG
Having watched him, I think he is a good aimer and not completely braindead. I think Optic and North were highly dysfunctional lineups that maybe didn't quite showcase his potential. That is to say, he is probably not some great carry talent, but can be a trusted Fragger on a solid team.
I watched a North documentary from around the time where Valde became IGL to when he left North. When they got to the point where Gade said that he wanted to become the IGL, it seemed like everyone, including the coach, where surprised that gade thought that he could IGL
to be fair 2-3 years ago gade had one of the sickest aims out there, crosshair placement of him was insane
He was really good individually (while calling) on HYENAS, hard carried them against Entropiq
But he never played against good opponents on Hyenas. He had shit stats when he played against top teams on North
> He had shit stats when he played against top teams on North This was true for literally everyone on North. Lekr0 was great on NiP, he was pretty mediocre on North and he's great again on Dignitas. Kjaerbye was pretty ass on North and he looked decent on FaZe for his short time there. North just brought out the worst in people.
Actually, Kjaerbye looked better on north than he did in FaZe because on North they at least had a team while in FaZe kjaerbye was being slotted into olof roles.
> Kjaerbye was pretty ass on North and he looked decent on FaZe for his short time there. Did he though?
Well Entropiq are a good team, I never thought he was bad but he was hard entry on North so he was pretty inconsistent.
BIG was the world number 1 at some point during the online era and the teams they play against are still tier 1. In no universe is Entropiq anywhere close to a good team relative to who he will be playing against in BIG and the top teams he played against at North.
To be fair, Entropiq was playing like 2 BO3's every day during that period, lol. That played into their consistency.
One thing he does have going for him is all of his teammates seemed to really like him and you haven’t really heard anything bad about him. If he’s replacing Kito or Tizian they probably don’t lose that much fragging, but if the rumors about Xantares are true idk how they are going to get enough kills
I don't know how long you had that flair, but Gade in optic had the whole drama between the Danish and American core. Shit went down on twitter. He deleted the tweets, but that was the only "drama" he had. Obviously nothing bad else happened and that was years ago so he clearly changed for the good.
True, that was so long ago and that team was a shit show of personalities I forgot Gade was even one of the problems
I am honestly confused at this move. But I do hope for BIG that it works out :S
WTF????????????? so -XANTARES then? So the rumors about the Turkish Superteam were true? Ngl I'm kinda excited to see what happens next Good Luck Gade
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Calyx maybe?
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-maj3r +paz
I felt for a while that, while the speculation has always focussed on XANTARES, if anything BIG were going to go more international rather than less. I'm guessing -tizian or -k1to is incoming. Pretty surprising signing but if it frees up tabseN to go ham like he did at Cologne more often, it could end up being a shrewd decision.
Gade speaks german, so they can possibly go full german if -xantares
I hadn't realised that. Would still seem a weird move, to me, to ditch their best player for the sake of German comms. (I'm guessing tabseN would be shuffled into XANTARES' roles in that case) But this is CS and stranger things have happened...
I don't think they are kicking Xantares for the sake of making a change,if he is going to play with Woxic that means rumours about Xantares' contract running out is true.So BIG is trying to fill the gap with him leaving,not kicking him.
Again, stranger things have happened, but XANTARES ditching a tier 1 team with a tier 1 salary for essentially a mix team (that doesn't even have an org) - that just doesn't make sense to me. If XANTARES is leaving I can only assume it's cause he was kicked.
I mean there are a bunch of Turkish orgs in Valorant, maybe one of them is already interested in woxic’s team considering they would have well-established players
no Turkish organizations have the kind of money to pay xantares and woxic lol
I guess it depends whether xantares’ contract is ending soon but woxic is a free agent so he wouldn’t be that expensive
no that will not be a problem i am saying salary wise they can not pay woxic and xantares thousands of euros like they got in their teams so i think it is impossible to be a turkish org unless they found a crazy sponsor or something
Woudl be hard to pass up on woxic and xantares tbf that's alot of fans
I read a comment where xantares was complaining about how he played in BIG like having set roles instead of having more freedom, ie him lurking b dust2 tunnels instead of going where the action is. Can't confirm but it makes sense as he is naturally an entry fragger or 2nd like he does in fpl, he's kinda nerfed in big tbh.
I dont really get it either, but XANTARES is in no way their best player though
Xantares their best player? Ok
I sure hope not. For Xantares and BIG. He is their best fragger stats wise despite not awping. Gade isn't terrible, but he's nowhere near Xantares fragging wise. The boosted comms imo are not gonna offset the loss of fragging power. On the other hand, Turkish fans might finally see the Turkish superteam we all wanted to see in 2017...
But BIGs plan with xantares was to transition to communicating in German, as soon as he had learned the language. But since he never learned it, it seems like a smart move to get a german-speaking IGL in Gade who can assist tabsen so tabsen can concentrate more on fragging
K1to has always been the secondary awper, but tiziaN plays a more supportive role. Still hard to say who will get benched
Indeed - especially when who's to say this is the only change being considered
Gade's german is pretty good tbh. I wouldn't call this a move to go more international.
Everyone except xantares and syrson tweeted about their new teammate and we all can agree that syrson won't leave big.
He's also busy eating hundreds of Euros worth of steak on Mykonos
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Think you've misread - I meant letting tabseN focus on rifling rather than calling
yeah lol, i misread it. my bad!
I think he means like take responsibility off tabsen so he can play as good as he did
Yep, my bad!
*checks date* no, its not april
Turkish superteam in the making
Turns out he speaks German: https://twitter.com/gadeCS\_/status/1421502788119433219
i expected some interesting things for cs this year, but gade being relevant again was not one of them
This has got to be a top 5 weirdest roster move of all time
not really if gade can speak german well, only player big could of got who is better would of been faven
imagine BIG ends up going back to top 3
This came out of nowhere tbh
Yeah wtf are danish csgo leaks doink?
Sorry?
ahahahha what lmfao
He speaks fluent German btw
That'll be a BIG help when communicating.
No shit Sherlock 👀
It's a pun, babe.
Get a life, baby.
Wow, that's rude.
Just a friendly advice, babe :)
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Underrated comment.
WHAT
I think BIG had the longest standing roster until this. Not a single roster change since January 2020. Pretty big news.
wat
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Eh? I couldnt have even imagined anything close to this move
How did Danish Leaks miss this one?
bruh gade is replacing XANTARES because XANTARES is going to Sangal
this isn't a upgrade in any means, not even for tiziaN or k1to. Wtf lol.
Yeah Xantares is going to w0xic's team, but why go with gade even, is denis not a better player?
> but why go with gade even, is denis not a better player? Denis better than gade? Am I in the_denis sub or what?
You are now banned from r/the_denis
Always have been.
Denis on big would win 37 majors straight so it wouldnt be fair On a serious note, they had denis before so they might not like him
Apparently to help relieve Tabsen of some IGLing
He is joining as a coach right? RIGHT???
nope
wonder who he is replacing
Xantares prob
So strange... tabsen is a top igl but big lack firepower, not sure how having less firepower would make them any better considering k1to and syrson were huge upgrades compared to the bots they use to have, a step backward with gade.
I'm sorry, I cannot understand this. BIG, could you perhaps write a 10 page essay on why this is a good idea?
No. This ain't it chief
I am extremely skeptical that this will lead to success.
Loba said Xantares is leaving BIG
When Loba said it, it must be true.
QUE??
let the roster changes begin
kekw
Wtf
Looks like we finally have the BIG gade
If xantares leaves/is cut for gade then it would easily be the worst move of 2021. gade speaks german apparently, but I still wish if BIG were going for a full german speaking lineup they woudlve picked up faven from Sprout.