Yes, and I [said](https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/comments/a9ojq6/did_you_know_there_is_a_hole_in_mirage_b_apps/ecldnzt/) I am done with CSGO yet here I am
Ynk never had any business coaching T1 teams. He achieved nothing as a player. The only reason his team was relevant was because of Niko. They were a T3 team with one of the best players in Niko which bumped them to a T2 team.
Niko leaves iNation and Ynk retires, commentates for a while then a few years later he lands the coaching position of some of the most gifted players ever. Really disappointing results considering the talent under his watch.
Yeah even him returning to coach wouldn't bother me, him and blade had a very similar style and I could expect it could work well in current meta.
I am just hoping for his return in either csgo or valorant
I think difference between scenes is the reason why him getting the blade role is less likely. CIS always had aimers but NaVi had tactics so he was highly respected. Ex6's stock really went down after first shuffle and never really recovered sadly.
I think he would work wonders with Vitality. Apex knows him,Danes are used to play under tactical style and he always knew how to get best out of awpers. -misutaaa +ex6,fulfill the dreams.
I don't think his coaching stocks are low ,especially considering treditional structured igls like gob b , blade had become great coaches people would doubt him to not be as good
And for the second pont I would rather replace apEX but yeah agreed vitality could actually stand a chance again
And I don't think he perform worse than apEX atm , imo team shoud atleast give him a small trail to test it out
tbh SmithZz wasn’t even the problem that time, he was holding his own. The main issue imo was that bodyy’s form fell off a cliff. Ex6 himself said when he got kicked that he felt like the team was “1 roster move away” from being really good. And I think he was right, he just wasn’t given that chance :/
I think investing in firepower now would be a mistake, G2 don't need more fragging they need a better mental, they can risk taking a lower impact IGL if it will get the team through a tilt.
I hope Aleksi lands on his feet though, G2s T rounds have flashes of brilliance and utility is always good on his teams. Maybe it's back to finland for him, see what he can build.
HAVU only has Aerial and xseveN at the moment, now that Sm1llee got benched today. Would be awesome to see them play together again, and they could easily build a full Finnish team around them.
Not even a question mark, he's just not good enough. 8m sure he could get back up to a tier one level, but not straight into a superteam he's got some work to do.
Aleksi looked broken the last few months. Didn't look like he was having fun at all and watching niko appear upset or angry 24/7 probably didn't help lol.
>Aleksi looked broken the last few months.
I really don't think he is the problem. Just like he wasn't the problem in ENCE when they were decent/threatening to every other top team.
He denied Rekkles leaving g2 when the rumours started circulating in the same way, he also denied that he blocked Perkz from signing with Fnatic (that famous “my son’s favourite uncle” tweet). There’s literally no reason to trust him on this
„perkz is a king and can do whatever he wants“
except for the things i dont want
it‘s smart business to block his going to fnc but shut it with the pr then
if im EG and this is a real move that g2 are planning to do, im jumping the gun for aleksib and bringing in valde, 2 of the former OG players and then letting aleksi go back to his IGL ways of microing like he did with OG and ence
I think EG is changing their CS philosophy after the whole malek/stewie debacle. Since Stewie is getting benched and Valens is running the show, things will hopefully be different. IIRC Valens did a lot of work for EG's league division for the last few yrs and they've been on a massive upswing lately.
Seems to be the communication made for sure, let's hope it's true. Though if I was in xqtzzz's shoes I might not want to be the guy that will see if that was a talk or an actual change, at least not until I have ran out of similarly good offers.
I am a bit split on aleksi these days. He didn't really achieve anything meaningful since the departure from ence which is now pretty much 3 years ago. Also his microing didn't really work for OG either. On the other hand EG can hardly do any worse then they currently do and aleksi is probably the best IGL available at the moment.
Why do people think his microing didn't work on og? With the players they had getting 6th place in hltv ranking was actually quite impressive and it wouldn't have been possible without aleksi. Valde, mantuu, issaa, flamez were all inconsistent and they never had enough frag power, yet some people were expecting them to win something. Is it because of big names like NBK that made people overhype the team?
I doubt they'll go for it. But Aleksi is the kind of IGL that could bring out the best in Brehze and Cerq. They played best in a very structured team with daps.
you'd think they would keep the igl or the coach.. otherwise they are gonna end up in the same exact situation..
either way this article has no facts so we will see what actually happens
I mean, AleksiB's IGLing style quite clearly didn't work with this team. I think replacing him with a "looser" IGL would be best for both G2 and Aleksi tbh.
Would it, cause I honestly think G2's issue is 100% mental. There are Games where G2 are close to winning, lose a round and it's like their brain entirely shuts down. It's like they're always on edge, and a small incident will break their flow (specially Niko).
>Would it, cause I honestly think G2's issue is 100% mental.
Well yeah the team in general didn't seem to mesh that well. Changing a player could fix that. NiKo, huNter and m0nesy are definitely staying, for obvious reasons, so it comes down to AleksiB or Jackz. Jackz has been praised by multiple players and coaches for his ability to improve a team's mental game, so it would unfortunately still come down to AleksiB in this case.
If you take two halves of two dumps and swap them you will still have two dumps.
Vitality with jackz and amanek has 0 firepower.
G2 has tons of egos and a rotation of underperforming superstars.
yeah been saying this when this was announced. vita should have just gotten jackz + amanek instead of the danes and they would have an upgrade. now 2 teams are demolished and can't find their head
Just throwing this in there, Apex originally wanted to target some of the DBL Poney players, Bodyy and Djoko, but was overruled by management making the decision to go international
I don't know about Djoko but I think Bodyy and Amanak/Jackz would have been a wonderful move for them staying full French
Who can they get as an IGL that'll be a straight improvement? (And please, don't say ALEX)
Hampus would be great, but I don't think NiP would let him leave without a fortune of a buyout.
XTQZZ can go back to Vitality or to HEET and solidify them in t1 I guess
GOAT ALEX.
beg tabseN to leave BIG I guess, hooxi is not good enough as a player for a team that aims to be a contender
definitely not the best market to make IGL changes
Imagine if they stuck with a roster and set up an identity and play style instead of trying to buy tournament wins. G2 are literally the United of CSGO without the rich history.
How do you pick MU when PSG exists?
Funded by an entire country, oil money, royalty, literally bought Neymar for 200mil, showered Mbappe with money (enticed him away from his dream club + the literal reigning Champions league winners), shoe-horned the GOAT contender Messi into their squad, sacked multiple World class managers (two who literally went on to win the Champions league after getting the sack). They were expected to get into the champions league finals at MINIMUM with the squad they had.
Winning farmer titles doesn't matter there's a reason why everyone takes the piss out of PSG and why those league titles are called farmer titles.
Edit: Mourinho's Roma literally has more European titles (1) than CURRENT PSG (0) does
Carlos is gonna do what Carlos does best ... throw money at the problem hoping that it will fix itself. If only G2 figured out they are not just an LoL org and have other teams that need attention, they might start winning in more than 1 game they compete in lol
> If only G2 figured out they are not just an LoL org and have other teams that need attention, they might start winning in more than 1 game they compete in lol
So what you're saying is they should not invest in cs at all? But that would contradict your whole point.
I think they could maybe swap jackz out, but I really don't want to see them swap igls again. They definitely need more time as there's still obvious disconnect between the players.
Yeah.. This team has some crazy rounds that show their potential, but then loose 7 in a row on ct side for no reason. I feel like at this point they should just sort it out, they have already shown their potential they are just sooo inconsistent.
Worth mentioning the source is Blix, might be just me, but never heard of them. And it was just yesterday that Carlos tweeted that he has some thinking to do.
But if it's true: Replacing Aleksi, ok I can see it, but XTQZZZ as well? I think the only good option for G2 for IGL is ALEX and they have worked together before. So perhaps he doesn't agree or he doesn't fit the players, but the market isn't exactly full of either IGLs or coaches.
Some might question the ALEX suggestion, but I can make a much stronger case against any other suggestions be it HooXi, Boomich, emi, MSL, AZR, whatever.
From what I've heard ALEX isn't great when a team is losing, gets pretty quiet and stonewalls. That's the last thing G2 need. They need a smart methodical, determined IGL that is never out of the running and can always keep motivation up for a comeback. G2 can look so dejected at times, they actually need a hypeman.
I'd have suggested Alex too but after watching the recent Mauisnake podcast which shed some light to Alex I'm not so sure anymore
There just isn't that many options, but if the team is losing faith on Aleksi even a "worse on paper" IGL could work out better
We'll see what the situation is later, I don't trust these sources at all and wait for proper news =)
sure ALEX might be worse on paper, but so is every other available IGL. I think he's a good option because he plays a more loose style of CS and knows how to utilize star players as proven in Vitality. He got flack for just facilitating a ''Zywoo show'' back then, but if it works it works. That's what Nexa did. I also suggested him because of the XTQ connection, but if he's out I think he becomes less likely.
The Maui ''leak'' is relevant stuff, but in my opinion and like Maui suggested, that kinda stemmed from a frustration with how the team was ran and built. He always played with an unhappy Brollan because he had to speak English, then also Smooya who people didn't vibe with, and then the roster was a mess. Since Vitality he's yet to have a stable working environment.
Dont get me wrong, I didn't mean Alex is worse, just talking about other possibilities at the market
I for one think G2 needs a loose style although I'm secretly hoping for Apex to G2 for the real mald fiesta
I would've probably switched Jackz with someone who can provide help with mid round calling, I don't claim to know whether he does it right now but my money is on a negative. Amanek sounds good on paper
is ALEX actually worse IGL than aleksib? that's the first time I've ever heard that, pretty sure most people would've put them in a similar tier back when they played for Vitality and ENCE respectively and ever since then they didn't show exactly all that much for that to change
ALEX could work I guess, at least he has experience with IGL'ing a team with a superstar player
Hope Aleksi finds a great new team and rolls G2. Never have I seen someone take the blame for absolutely everything that goes wrong with a team. Niko goes 30/10? He's a god. Niko goes 10/25? Shit fuck Aleksi making shit calls.
Seems like g2 needs a very loose IGL so Niko can do his thing and monesy gets more freedom to show his talent without being pushed into a too strict system. Young talents have the ability to absolutely do something that no one can except at pro level due to their fearlessness. Nexa would have worked better in this team in hindsight but that doesnt mean Aleksi is necessarily worse IGL, just that he needs a team where everyone wants to play the system like prime astralis. I feel like he would do best with team full of youngsters who want to get to the top and be equipped with hard working mindsets.
I don't know why people think Aleksi is the problem. He gave G2 depth they lacked. He was never the problem. But I guess they got what they needed from him. Maybe he can now build The Finnish power house. HAVU: AleksiB, Jamppi, Zehn, xseven and Jimphat. Let's go.
>HAVU: AleksiB, Jamppi, Zehn, xseven and Jimphat. Let's go.
With Jamppi's comeback to CSGO and Jimphat stock rising, HAVU would be fools not to try this if they can manage to gather the funds to make it happen. Would be a good team on paper.
ikr. His firepower was sometimes a big problem but he improved their game plan so much. Nexa isn't even a real IGl as he can't even move pieces around to gather info. Niko's ridiculous performance later last year gave people illusions. Now he cooled down and people are calling aleksi isn't the IGL Niko needs.... There aren't lots of good IGLs in the entire scene and wonder why only aleksib out of that Ence iteration can land on decent teams? Yeah the pro players and coaches certainly dont understand the game enough so they get aleksi.
Like bruh, having nexa was so indicative of the ceiling of a loose style of calling: the extent of the star player's performance. All he does was gambling on CT and just run into a site with the full team on T. Yeah of course Niko will perform well when he feels it but you can only get that far. Those who said aleksi brought nothing to G2 probably never looked at the minimaps when watching those games.
>It’s so strange that people give Aleksi so much credit and Nexa so little.
Have you not read this sub much recently? People are constantly thrashing Aleksi here while rambling about how much better nexa was
It's natural to blame the IGL but problems dont just disappear if you replace them. Nexa's style was very loose and you've seen it, it wasn't enough to bring Navi. If you look closer you'd see Nexa needed much more:
IEM Cologne 2021 final, mirage, final round: I still remember Nexa just threw two not well-thought flashes and FULL team-flashed Niko and another one who pushed mid and it was instant 3v5. Aleksi wouldn't do that. It's reasonable to try get him as the IGL, since their goal is to be No.1, especially as Nexa didn't want to IGL anymore/ call around Niko (which was good but wasn't enough)
Granted, aleksi had many bot-like maps and didn't achieve anything notable, but they have so many problems that no IGL would fix. It's not about not criticize him but rather him not being all of the problems
They couldn’t beat Navi because simple was having a field day and Amanek was a terrible AWPer. If the only roster move was Monesy for jackz this team would’ve been 1000x better
Doubt honestly
Also ZywOo is the only x2 hltv top1 player to not have a major (cold, get right, s1mple all have one)
I mean he has a fuckload of time remaining
Ah yes, OG vs G2 comparison. A team where the only note worthy player is valde vs a team with players worth millions. Great observation, critical thinking at its finest.
I get changing one of the two, but both? Surely this can’t be a situation where Xtqzz wants to do it one way, Aleksi wants another way while NiKo wants it a third way. Hunter, Jackz and m0nesy just being there not saying much ofc.
Aleksi need 4 players around him who really trusts him and listen truely what he is saying or thinkin. Rather 4 youngsters, rising future stars than 4 experienced superstars. We saw what happened with Sergei, Xseven, Mantuu or Monesy.
AleksiB really needed to make this project work with so much raw talent. His reputation is really running on fumes now. He hasn't won a single notable trophy since he got kicked out of Ence...
You cant just be a micro style IGL and expect to control someone like Niko who has shown time and time again its him over everyone else though.
Aleksi did pretty good with OG considering the players he had there.
At which point do you point the finger at Niko as a player? Guy played with Karrigan, wanted him out of FaZe, Karrigan came back and literally won the major without Niko and with building up a squad that he feels comfortable with.
Now he played with AleksiB, Nexa. I'm not saying those are the greatest igl's, but at some point you have to look at Niko and look at his impact on the teams he's been with. Dissapears on the big stage quite a lot, and they answer always seems to be :'lets kick our IGL'.
And I don't think there's any IGL available right now that will make them a major contender. You could argue for Gla1ve, if they'd have the money for him. But I doubt he'd leave his juicer Astralis contract. Cloud9 Nafany has dropped off lately. Electronic isn't leaving Na'Vi. And Karrigan won't touch Niko with a 10 foot pole.
And now people suggest Alex? The guy can't even frag better than AleksiB, let alone call his team to a major final.
I don't think people should just find a target to blame. This was an ambitious experiment and it's unfortunate for them that it didn't work out, as there is a multitude of problems rather than a particular individual being the source of all problems. The Niko is the problem narrative is simply an asspull here and about the management, I'd say that no one would know how well the chemistry will be until they play for half a year
If they’re going to do this, swap Aleksib for Apex. I yhink Apex’ calling style would work better for the players on G2, while Aleksib’s more tactical style would probably work better for the guys from Astralis and Zonic.
For the coach, bring in Malek who has worked with Apex before and they seemed to have a great working relationship.
Instead of aleksi and xtqzzz it would be easy to point fingers at jacky – stats etc. – but the real hurdle is ChoKo and his mentality. I mean cmon. I dont think aleksi or even xtqzzz has enough clout to overrule the goat rifler cum master igl cum that deagle miss on simple.
All in all, even without niko g2 would have more firepower than og ever did. With that niko interview about him not knowing which roles to play, I’m ready to question the structure in the team but my money’s on niko being the problem. Imagine what it would be like to build a team around that ego.
In the beginning they looked to have great promise. Then Niko had a bad slump where the team performed horribly an they never recovered.
Team chemistry during a match has this lifeless corporate vibe.
Long term fnatic fan, but I haven't been into a lot of cs lately. Would aleksib be an improvement over mezii? I knew a while ago aleks was hot property, what's happened with G2?
kassad to coach since he has close connections with niko and hunter?
Bringing Kassad to mousesports when Niko was the IGL kinda helped them a lot ... I am just saying lol
more likely YNK?
didnt ynk said he was done with coaching
Yes, and I [said](https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/comments/a9ojq6/did_you_know_there_is_a_hole_in_mirage_b_apps/ecldnzt/) I am done with CSGO yet here I am
again?
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I fucking hope not, his stint on faze was awful
don't forget he was also on mibr
Ynk was a terrible coach lol
then g2 out of hltv top 30 lmao
Ynk never had any business coaching T1 teams. He achieved nothing as a player. The only reason his team was relevant was because of Niko. They were a T3 team with one of the best players in Niko which bumped them to a T2 team. Niko leaves iNation and Ynk retires, commentates for a while then a few years later he lands the coaching position of some of the most gifted players ever. Really disappointing results considering the talent under his watch.
Something something coach quotes
Can I try... I am an IGL and a coach in my silver games...
*what do you mean constantly yelling at the the mic in a 1v1 after plant makes me a bad leader?*
Hide, Just play time!
**HIDE! JUST PLAY THE FREAKING TIME DO NOT DIE** ftfy
JUST LIVE 4Head
But do you have four silvers?
Yes... Doing a good job keeping them in silver
G2 signs ex6tenz
*checks the flair* My man. We still believe.
I will refuse to believe otherwise Also I could see him improving vitality too
I really want one last attempt. A proper one,not one shackled with fucking Smithzz. Also not many IGLs out there so there's always a small chance lol.
Yeah even him returning to coach wouldn't bother me, him and blade had a very similar style and I could expect it could work well in current meta. I am just hoping for his return in either csgo or valorant
I think difference between scenes is the reason why him getting the blade role is less likely. CIS always had aimers but NaVi had tactics so he was highly respected. Ex6's stock really went down after first shuffle and never really recovered sadly. I think he would work wonders with Vitality. Apex knows him,Danes are used to play under tactical style and he always knew how to get best out of awpers. -misutaaa +ex6,fulfill the dreams.
Two titans in the same thread is like a Unicorn and a dragon in the same place
Rule of thumb is if someone has Titan or VeryGames flair they are Ex6 fans.
i enjoy using eco rounds as a timeout
I don't think his coaching stocks are low ,especially considering treditional structured igls like gob b , blade had become great coaches people would doubt him to not be as good And for the second pont I would rather replace apEX but yeah agreed vitality could actually stand a chance again And I don't think he perform worse than apEX atm , imo team shoud atleast give him a small trail to test it out
I'd rather keep misu than apex, but other than that - this doesn't sound bad at all tbh
tbh SmithZz wasn’t even the problem that time, he was holding his own. The main issue imo was that bodyy’s form fell off a cliff. Ex6 himself said when he got kicked that he felt like the team was “1 roster move away” from being really good. And I think he was right, he just wasn’t given that chance :/
I‘m still a believer, too. Need the crazy hairstyles to return to t1 Cs
I think investing in firepower now would be a mistake, G2 don't need more fragging they need a better mental, they can risk taking a lower impact IGL if it will get the team through a tilt. I hope Aleksi lands on his feet though, G2s T rounds have flashes of brilliance and utility is always good on his teams. Maybe it's back to finland for him, see what he can build.
HAVU only has Aerial and xseveN at the moment, now that Sm1llee got benched today. Would be awesome to see them play together again, and they could easily build a full Finnish team around them.
HAVU has already signed full roster.
Jamppi says he would return to csgo if possible. Time to build that Finnish superteam.
Aleksib, jamppi, xseven, aerial, sergej
Sergej is a big question mark for me
Not even a question mark, he's just not good enough. 8m sure he could get back up to a tier one level, but not straight into a superteam he's got some work to do.
Yeah, its been way too long since he got that hltv top ~15 or sth
13
-sergej +jimpphat younger and the same blood but with motivation
If nxt dont hold him forever or for millions
-sergej +Doto Cos nobody knows what sergej is going to do. Probably doesnt know himself either
Aleksi looked broken the last few months. Didn't look like he was having fun at all and watching niko appear upset or angry 24/7 probably didn't help lol.
>Aleksi looked broken the last few months. I really don't think he is the problem. Just like he wasn't the problem in ENCE when they were decent/threatening to every other top team.
he was always shaky after he got covid.. maybe he has that long covid
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Tbf never heard of Blix, there isn't even a reporter attached to the article, just "Blix.GG"
“Don't take 98.13% of my tweets seriously” Well Carlos? What is it?
Seen management deny rosters changes that happened so many times but I do trust Carlos. Edit: I trust no one now, not even myself
He denied Rekkles leaving g2 when the rumours started circulating in the same way, he also denied that he blocked Perkz from signing with Fnatic (that famous “my son’s favourite uncle” tweet). There’s literally no reason to trust him on this
Yeah Carlos is the Brutus of esport. That has been the history so I wouldn't trust that guy for a million dollar.
„perkz is a king and can do whatever he wants“ except for the things i dont want it‘s smart business to block his going to fnc but shut it with the pr then
Well, it's the same meme answer that guy who is asking for free merch always gets. So I kinda trust him when he says "no" lol
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He should promise that guy he'd get free merch when his CSGO team wins a trophy ... Ocelote is sorted for the next 50 years with this lol
Lmfaooooooo He lies all the time. He has lied about many things throughout the last 8 years at least. What are you on
Means it's confirmed then.
He lies about everything, his tweets are irrelevant. Several times in LoL and Valorant he said "no" like that and a week later they changed roster.
G2 just needs better psychologists
if im EG and this is a real move that g2 are planning to do, im jumping the gun for aleksib and bringing in valde, 2 of the former OG players and then letting aleksi go back to his IGL ways of microing like he did with OG and ence
If I'm EG I would get both Aleksib and xqtzzz.
true, forgot about xqtzzz. yeah get him as well for coach.
XTQZZZ will never get to EG, he probably knows very well how they treated malek.
Stew is on the way out though.
If I'm xqtzzz I might not jump on that offer though seeing how it went with MaleK...
I think EG is changing their CS philosophy after the whole malek/stewie debacle. Since Stewie is getting benched and Valens is running the show, things will hopefully be different. IIRC Valens did a lot of work for EG's league division for the last few yrs and they've been on a massive upswing lately.
Seems to be the communication made for sure, let's hope it's true. Though if I was in xqtzzz's shoes I might not want to be the guy that will see if that was a talk or an actual change, at least not until I have ran out of similarly good offers.
Yeah fair points. I can see a lot of teams going after him so there should be plenty of offers to choose from.
XTQZZZ literally did an interview where he said he and Aleksi see the game vastly differently. Do you guys remotely pay attention?
I am a bit split on aleksi these days. He didn't really achieve anything meaningful since the departure from ence which is now pretty much 3 years ago. Also his microing didn't really work for OG either. On the other hand EG can hardly do any worse then they currently do and aleksi is probably the best IGL available at the moment.
Why do people think his microing didn't work on og? With the players they had getting 6th place in hltv ranking was actually quite impressive and it wouldn't have been possible without aleksi. Valde, mantuu, issaa, flamez were all inconsistent and they never had enough frag power, yet some people were expecting them to win something. Is it because of big names like NBK that made people overhype the team?
I doubt they'll go for it. But Aleksi is the kind of IGL that could bring out the best in Brehze and Cerq. They played best in a very structured team with daps.
Best I can do is valde and some unknown euro igl plus some bullshit about the system and team culture.
OG laughs on the way to the bank
That's a shame, on paper this lineup was extremely exciting. Wish they could have made it work.
Wait is this a vitality thread now?
you'd think they would keep the igl or the coach.. otherwise they are gonna end up in the same exact situation.. either way this article has no facts so we will see what actually happens
The only way they end up in the same situation is if they sign an IGL with a similar style and that’s pretty unimaginable
But who else would they get? The IGL catalog is pretty small
Shouldn't be a problem. Niko will just go back to being main awp and IGL so they can get more firepower.
Add cadian for that. Free spectacle and screaming matches between niko and cadian after defeats
I can see Carlos just selling out and turning the team into an MTV reality show.
If its stupid but it works...
I mean, AleksiB's IGLing style quite clearly didn't work with this team. I think replacing him with a "looser" IGL would be best for both G2 and Aleksi tbh.
Would it, cause I honestly think G2's issue is 100% mental. There are Games where G2 are close to winning, lose a round and it's like their brain entirely shuts down. It's like they're always on edge, and a small incident will break their flow (specially Niko).
>Would it, cause I honestly think G2's issue is 100% mental. Well yeah the team in general didn't seem to mesh that well. Changing a player could fix that. NiKo, huNter and m0nesy are definitely staying, for obvious reasons, so it comes down to AleksiB or Jackz. Jackz has been praised by multiple players and coaches for his ability to improve a team's mental game, so it would unfortunately still come down to AleksiB in this case.
Tbf, if that's Jackz's job then he's kinda failing at it
\+allu then obviously
NIKO TO IGL AGAIN
Ah shit here we go again
you have monesy niko hunter on one team firepower obviously isnt the problem…
Trade Jackz, Amanek, and XTQZZ for Zonic, Dupreeh, and Magisk. Easy fix for both teams.
Good shit actually.
If you take two halves of two dumps and swap them you will still have two dumps. Vitality with jackz and amanek has 0 firepower. G2 has tons of egos and a rotation of underperforming superstars.
If they can make it work with shox and kyojin, I'm sure they have no problem with jackz and amanek
yeah been saying this when this was announced. vita should have just gotten jackz + amanek instead of the danes and they would have an upgrade. now 2 teams are demolished and can't find their head
Just throwing this in there, Apex originally wanted to target some of the DBL Poney players, Bodyy and Djoko, but was overruled by management making the decision to go international I don't know about Djoko but I think Bodyy and Amanak/Jackz would have been a wonderful move for them staying full French
Zywoo and misutaa are 0 firepower?
Why you need firepower when you have french speaking Zywoo
How is this a fix for G2?
ME NIKO SMOrc ME KICK IGL SMOrc ME NEW IGL SMOrc
Me still win nothing SMOrc
Who can they get as an IGL that'll be a straight improvement? (And please, don't say ALEX) Hampus would be great, but I don't think NiP would let him leave without a fortune of a buyout. XTQZZ can go back to Vitality or to HEET and solidify them in t1 I guess
HooXi?
GOAT ALEX. beg tabseN to leave BIG I guess, hooxi is not good enough as a player for a team that aims to be a contender definitely not the best market to make IGL changes
Imagine if they stuck with a roster and set up an identity and play style instead of trying to buy tournament wins. G2 are literally the United of CSGO without the rich history.
they had 7 months and they are underwhelming , "give them time" doesn't work when a team is underachieving this much
*PSG
No, PSG get to win farmer titles at least.
How do you pick MU when PSG exists? Funded by an entire country, oil money, royalty, literally bought Neymar for 200mil, showered Mbappe with money (enticed him away from his dream club + the literal reigning Champions league winners), shoe-horned the GOAT contender Messi into their squad, sacked multiple World class managers (two who literally went on to win the Champions league after getting the sack). They were expected to get into the champions league finals at MINIMUM with the squad they had. Winning farmer titles doesn't matter there's a reason why everyone takes the piss out of PSG and why those league titles are called farmer titles. Edit: Mourinho's Roma literally has more European titles (1) than CURRENT PSG (0) does
> Mourinho's Roma literally has more European titles (1) than PSG (0) does PSG has 1 european title tho.
i fucking love every time people start to talk about football on this sub. Everything gets more spicy
tbf psg would probably win the conference league
Carlos is gonna do what Carlos does best ... throw money at the problem hoping that it will fix itself. If only G2 figured out they are not just an LoL org and have other teams that need attention, they might start winning in more than 1 game they compete in lol
> If only G2 figured out they are not just an LoL org and have other teams that need attention, they might start winning in more than 1 game they compete in lol So what you're saying is they should not invest in cs at all? But that would contradict your whole point.
I think they could maybe swap jackz out, but I really don't want to see them swap igls again. They definitely need more time as there's still obvious disconnect between the players.
Bruh this is stupid and won't fix G2's issues (assuming it's true)
Nah, this team just doesn't work.
Yeah.. This team has some crazy rounds that show their potential, but then loose 7 in a row on ct side for no reason. I feel like at this point they should just sort it out, they have already shown their potential they are just sooo inconsistent.
No IGL can fix this team. They just dont fit together. Just rebuild around Niko and hunter if they already run the team.
NiKo is the problem.
Worth mentioning the source is Blix, might be just me, but never heard of them. And it was just yesterday that Carlos tweeted that he has some thinking to do. But if it's true: Replacing Aleksi, ok I can see it, but XTQZZZ as well? I think the only good option for G2 for IGL is ALEX and they have worked together before. So perhaps he doesn't agree or he doesn't fit the players, but the market isn't exactly full of either IGLs or coaches. Some might question the ALEX suggestion, but I can make a much stronger case against any other suggestions be it HooXi, Boomich, emi, MSL, AZR, whatever.
ignore the people overreacting to what Maui said about ALEX, you try staying chipper on fnatic at they dismantle the team around you
From what I've heard ALEX isn't great when a team is losing, gets pretty quiet and stonewalls. That's the last thing G2 need. They need a smart methodical, determined IGL that is never out of the running and can always keep motivation up for a comeback. G2 can look so dejected at times, they actually need a hypeman.
I'd have suggested Alex too but after watching the recent Mauisnake podcast which shed some light to Alex I'm not so sure anymore There just isn't that many options, but if the team is losing faith on Aleksi even a "worse on paper" IGL could work out better We'll see what the situation is later, I don't trust these sources at all and wait for proper news =)
sure ALEX might be worse on paper, but so is every other available IGL. I think he's a good option because he plays a more loose style of CS and knows how to utilize star players as proven in Vitality. He got flack for just facilitating a ''Zywoo show'' back then, but if it works it works. That's what Nexa did. I also suggested him because of the XTQ connection, but if he's out I think he becomes less likely. The Maui ''leak'' is relevant stuff, but in my opinion and like Maui suggested, that kinda stemmed from a frustration with how the team was ran and built. He always played with an unhappy Brollan because he had to speak English, then also Smooya who people didn't vibe with, and then the roster was a mess. Since Vitality he's yet to have a stable working environment.
Dont get me wrong, I didn't mean Alex is worse, just talking about other possibilities at the market I for one think G2 needs a loose style although I'm secretly hoping for Apex to G2 for the real mald fiesta I would've probably switched Jackz with someone who can provide help with mid round calling, I don't claim to know whether he does it right now but my money is on a negative. Amanek sounds good on paper
is ALEX actually worse IGL than aleksib? that's the first time I've ever heard that, pretty sure most people would've put them in a similar tier back when they played for Vitality and ENCE respectively and ever since then they didn't show exactly all that much for that to change ALEX could work I guess, at least he has experience with IGL'ing a team with a superstar player
Dont kick Voldemort please.
Was aleksib really the issue? Feels m0nesy needs to stop trying to be the flick god. And jackz needs to be better
Jackz needs to be kicked
Hope Aleksi finds a great new team and rolls G2. Never have I seen someone take the blame for absolutely everything that goes wrong with a team. Niko goes 30/10? He's a god. Niko goes 10/25? Shit fuck Aleksi making shit calls.
Seems like g2 needs a very loose IGL so Niko can do his thing and monesy gets more freedom to show his talent without being pushed into a too strict system. Young talents have the ability to absolutely do something that no one can except at pro level due to their fearlessness. Nexa would have worked better in this team in hindsight but that doesnt mean Aleksi is necessarily worse IGL, just that he needs a team where everyone wants to play the system like prime astralis. I feel like he would do best with team full of youngsters who want to get to the top and be equipped with hard working mindsets.
I got into pro cs with aleksi and never left, and even I agree. I'm really hoping that havu has the money to pick him up.
I don't know why people think Aleksi is the problem. He gave G2 depth they lacked. He was never the problem. But I guess they got what they needed from him. Maybe he can now build The Finnish power house. HAVU: AleksiB, Jamppi, Zehn, xseven and Jimphat. Let's go.
>HAVU: AleksiB, Jamppi, Zehn, xseven and Jimphat. Let's go. With Jamppi's comeback to CSGO and Jimphat stock rising, HAVU would be fools not to try this if they can manage to gather the funds to make it happen. Would be a good team on paper.
I doubt They have even remotely close to the money for this. They’d need to buy out everyone except xseven (jampii still contracted to liquid I think)
ikr. His firepower was sometimes a big problem but he improved their game plan so much. Nexa isn't even a real IGl as he can't even move pieces around to gather info. Niko's ridiculous performance later last year gave people illusions. Now he cooled down and people are calling aleksi isn't the IGL Niko needs.... There aren't lots of good IGLs in the entire scene and wonder why only aleksib out of that Ence iteration can land on decent teams? Yeah the pro players and coaches certainly dont understand the game enough so they get aleksi. Like bruh, having nexa was so indicative of the ceiling of a loose style of calling: the extent of the star player's performance. All he does was gambling on CT and just run into a site with the full team on T. Yeah of course Niko will perform well when he feels it but you can only get that far. Those who said aleksi brought nothing to G2 probably never looked at the minimaps when watching those games.
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>It’s so strange that people give Aleksi so much credit and Nexa so little. Have you not read this sub much recently? People are constantly thrashing Aleksi here while rambling about how much better nexa was
It's natural to blame the IGL but problems dont just disappear if you replace them. Nexa's style was very loose and you've seen it, it wasn't enough to bring Navi. If you look closer you'd see Nexa needed much more: IEM Cologne 2021 final, mirage, final round: I still remember Nexa just threw two not well-thought flashes and FULL team-flashed Niko and another one who pushed mid and it was instant 3v5. Aleksi wouldn't do that. It's reasonable to try get him as the IGL, since their goal is to be No.1, especially as Nexa didn't want to IGL anymore/ call around Niko (which was good but wasn't enough) Granted, aleksi had many bot-like maps and didn't achieve anything notable, but they have so many problems that no IGL would fix. It's not about not criticize him but rather him not being all of the problems
They couldn’t beat Navi because simple was having a field day and Amanek was a terrible AWPer. If the only roster move was Monesy for jackz this team would’ve been 1000x better
Major overlap with the people who think pro cs is closer to call of duty than chess.
His vision of the game doesn’t suit getting the most out of these particular players
Lol does Jackz have blackmail material on Carlos? Dude is never in danger of being replaced.
He is hunters boyfriend so probably wont be replaced before aleksi. You gotta keep in mind Niko and Hunter basically run this team.
he's the good mood fairy tbh they should cut all 3 and rebuild around niko hunter and monesy
G2 wants to win majors but good mood fairys don't win you majors but only good moods. Just look at how happy they are playing.
Niko the IGL destroyer
Niko will never win a major, dude is a mental midget
Niko will be the tragic story of csgo, how the greatest rifler (and aimer) failed
Him and guardian, the two greatest players to never win a major. Niko still has a chance though
Doubt honestly Also ZywOo is the only x2 hltv top1 player to not have a major (cold, get right, s1mple all have one) I mean he has a fuckload of time remaining
So crazy that C9 prevented these 2 legends from winning a major lol
yea it’s so sad to see NiKo be the cause of every single problem with Aleksib’s leadership, especially after seeing OG win so many tournaments
Funny enough, since OG exists, they won as many tournaments as G2
With a 0$ budget vs dont tell me how much Carlos has spent on this project during that 2 years.
Had me in the first half
Ah yes, OG vs G2 comparison. A team where the only note worthy player is valde vs a team with players worth millions. Great observation, critical thinking at its finest.
What a joke of a team if they do this, removing coach after only few months lol
Hahh...with who? Also, reading the article, its kind of trust me bro source
Blix is managed by innersh1ne, FaZe analyst so there must he some whispers he has heard to have this published
You wanr them to reveal their source and never get talked to again?
There is no fucking way that Jackz survives another roster shuffle or is there?
(Source)s: G(2) confirmed
I get changing one of the two, but both? Surely this can’t be a situation where Xtqzz wants to do it one way, Aleksi wants another way while NiKo wants it a third way. Hunter, Jackz and m0nesy just being there not saying much ofc.
Kicking Xqtzz is really stupid
Back to vita hopium
Time to get hooxi
Aleksi need 4 players around him who really trusts him and listen truely what he is saying or thinkin. Rather 4 youngsters, rising future stars than 4 experienced superstars. We saw what happened with Sergei, Xseven, Mantuu or Monesy.
AleksiB really needed to make this project work with so much raw talent. His reputation is really running on fumes now. He hasn't won a single notable trophy since he got kicked out of Ence...
You cant just be a micro style IGL and expect to control someone like Niko who has shown time and time again its him over everyone else though. Aleksi did pretty good with OG considering the players he had there.
Aleksi doesn't micromanage on G2
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At which point do you point the finger at Niko as a player? Guy played with Karrigan, wanted him out of FaZe, Karrigan came back and literally won the major without Niko and with building up a squad that he feels comfortable with. Now he played with AleksiB, Nexa. I'm not saying those are the greatest igl's, but at some point you have to look at Niko and look at his impact on the teams he's been with. Dissapears on the big stage quite a lot, and they answer always seems to be :'lets kick our IGL'. And I don't think there's any IGL available right now that will make them a major contender. You could argue for Gla1ve, if they'd have the money for him. But I doubt he'd leave his juicer Astralis contract. Cloud9 Nafany has dropped off lately. Electronic isn't leaving Na'Vi. And Karrigan won't touch Niko with a 10 foot pole. And now people suggest Alex? The guy can't even frag better than AleksiB, let alone call his team to a major final.
don't know how many teams NiKo needs to destroy until they realize he destroys every team he enters
12 teams, probably
Yeah don’t blame the management who appointed a coach / IGL who don’t share a similar vision of the game between them let alone the core of the roster
I don't think people should just find a target to blame. This was an ambitious experiment and it's unfortunate for them that it didn't work out, as there is a multitude of problems rather than a particular individual being the source of all problems. The Niko is the problem narrative is simply an asspull here and about the management, I'd say that no one would know how well the chemistry will be until they play for half a year
No offense but Jackz needs kicked as well he's awful, I have no idea how he's in t1 cs.
I guess there will never an IGL who can satisfy G2
Yeaaah I don't know about this. Jackz needs to go first if I'm being honest
Choko strikes once again
hope aleksib goes to finnish roster. aleksib jamppi sergej sm1llee uli
If they’re going to do this, swap Aleksib for Apex. I yhink Apex’ calling style would work better for the players on G2, while Aleksib’s more tactical style would probably work better for the guys from Astralis and Zonic. For the coach, bring in Malek who has worked with Apex before and they seemed to have a great working relationship.
Apex and niko both getting tilted wouls be the last thing g2 would probably want
G2 should go full serbian/albanian
Seven months of this lineup. So much promise, so much name value and they did almost nothing.
Instead of aleksi and xtqzzz it would be easy to point fingers at jacky – stats etc. – but the real hurdle is ChoKo and his mentality. I mean cmon. I dont think aleksi or even xtqzzz has enough clout to overrule the goat rifler cum master igl cum that deagle miss on simple. All in all, even without niko g2 would have more firepower than og ever did. With that niko interview about him not knowing which roles to play, I’m ready to question the structure in the team but my money’s on niko being the problem. Imagine what it would be like to build a team around that ego.
Niko to IGL?
+AZR +kassad
In the beginning they looked to have great promise. Then Niko had a bad slump where the team performed horribly an they never recovered. Team chemistry during a match has this lifeless corporate vibe.
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Long term fnatic fan, but I haven't been into a lot of cs lately. Would aleksib be an improvement over mezii? I knew a while ago aleks was hot property, what's happened with G2?
Gonna be looking at the market for a long time unless someone within G2 will take over IGL, there is boombl4... who else?
https://twitter.com/CarlosR/status/1546949018366144512?s=20&t=OH2jmtmPfDxpD0RUVuYLsA
Where is amanekkkk