Richard Lewis: Complexity offered benched ENCE star Aleksib $1m deal StarLadderSources close to the player have revealed that former ENCE in-game leader Aleksi \u201cAleksib\u201d Virolainen turned down a $1 million package over two years to be the new CSGO in-game leader for Dallas-based Complexity Gaming. The deal not only included a salary that would have made him one of the highest paid in-game leaders in world Counter-Strike, but also housing in a luxury apartment. Virolainen made headlines recently when it was reported by journalist Jarek \u201cDekay\u201d Lewis that Complexity\u2019s founder Jason Lake flew to Helsinki to hold talks face-to-face with the player. The same sources told Dexerto that the player turned down the move simply because he doesn\u2019t want to relocate to North America. Virolainen has also been heavily linked with Call of Duty legend Matthew \u201cNadeshot\u201d Haag\u2019s organization 100 Thieves. The Finn\u2019s refusal prompted Lake to approach his next target, Heroic\u2019s 22 year old Danish in-game leader Benjamin \u201cblameF\u201d Bremer, who Lake also held talks with in person. Bremer has now arrived in Dallas where he will continue in an in-game leadership role with whatever roster the team builds around him. The first part of the new-look team included former Cloud9 player Will \u201cRUSH\u201d Wierzba, who was benched this summer after a dip in personal form. The search for a higher calibre team comes after the organization, now owned by the Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and real estate magnate John Goff, were knocked out of the CS:GO Major in Berlin by the Australian organisation Grayhound Gaming. The shock result prompted Lake to tweet: \u201cI love our players as individuals but these results won\u2019t be tolerated. If you\u2019re a Tier 1 player looking for a fresh start at the best facility in the world, HMU. I\u2019ll pay your buyout and give you the world\u2019s highest salaries. Let\u2019s build a juggernaut.\u201d I love our players as individuals but these results won\u2019t be tolerated. If you\u2019re a Tier 1 player looking for a fresh start at the best facility in the world, HMU. I\u2019ll pay your buyout and give you the world\u2019s highest salaries. Let\u2019s build a juggernaut. Spread the word. \u2014 Jason Lake (@JasonBWLake) August 25, 2019 Many criticized the timing of the tweet, but since then the team\u2019s owner has been as good as his word, with several roster rumours linking Complexity with international players and salary offers that would make them one of the highest-paying organisations in the world if confirmed. With so many of the high profile free agents and available players residing in Europe, the only issue seems to be one of geography. We reached out to Jason Lake who declined to comment on this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Richard Lewis: Complexity offered benched ENCE star Aleksib $1m deal StarLadderSources close to the player have revealed that former ENCE in-game leader Aleksi \u201cAleksib\u201d Virolainen turned down a $1 million package over two years to be the new CSGO in-game leader for Dallas-based Complexity Gaming. The deal not only included a salary that would have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37521\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}