GamerLegion unveil new CSGO roster. Finally. WePlayIn an announcement that wasn\u2019t the least bit surprising, GamerLegion confirmed their new CSGO lineup, which has been playing for the German organization for several weeks already. GamerLegion confirmed on September 16 the signings of Frederik \u2018acoR\u2019 Gyldstrand, Kamil \u2018siuhy\u2019 Szkaradek and Nicolas \u2018Keoz\u2019 Dgus to its CS:GO team, rounded out by longtime members Mihai \u2018iM\u2019 Ivan and Isak \u2018isak\u2019 Fahl\u00e9n. The timing of the announcement feels long overdue. The trio began playing for GamerLegion in August in the IEM Road to Rio open qualifiers, with the team booking one of the final spots in the upcoming European RMR A tournament \u2014 a qualifying event for the IEM Rio Major. That success was unexpected to many, including the GamerLegion organization itself, which couldn\u2019t help but poke fun at the lateness of an announcement that already feels like old news. The new team is the result of a long rebuilding process that began in June, when GamerLegion benched Sean \u2018eraa\u2019 Knutsson. The Berlin-based organization then also moved on from Alfred \u2018RuStY\u2019 Karlsson and Patrik \u2018Zero\u2019 \u017d\u00fadel, having felt that the roster had peaked when it reached the European RMR leading to PGL Major Antwerp. \u201cFor us, it was always clear that we wanted to be better than that,\u201d Julian \u2018morxzas\u2019 Miculcy, Head of Operations at GamerLegion, told Dexerto. \u201cWe want progress. A big goal for us will always be [reaching] a Major.\u201d GamerLegion landed on the current roster after talking to \u2014 and testing \u2014 \u201ca lot of players\u201d over a number of weeks, morxzas said. Some of their targets ended up being snatched by other teams, but he is happy with how the squad has shaped up. \u201cI would say now, after the trials and everything, that it would have been bad if we had got anyone else,\u201d he said. Putting the pieces together GamerLegion\u2019s new squad feels like a clear improvement on the previous roster, even if it still does not generate the type of frenzy that came with the organization\u2019s first team in 2019, which featured K\u00e9vin \u2018Ex6TenZ\u2019 Droolans, Adil \u2018ScreaM\u2019 Benrlitom, and Hampus \u2018hampus\u2019 Poser. morxzas explained that GamerLegion refrained from signing a swath of big names as they sought to preserve their identity. This means continuing to support young talent, and no one represents this better than siuhy, who earned a reputation as an in-game leader on the rise during his time with MOUZ\u2019s academy team, the winner of four of the first five editions of the WePlay Academy League. \u201cHe hasn\u2019t played at the highest level but he already has a lot of the qualities a leader should have,\u201d morxzas said of the Polish player. \u201cI don\u2019t think this [lack of experience] is going to be a problem. You can quote me later if I\u2019m wrong, but I think he can be the next karrigan.\u201d Keoz, who hails from Belgium, will be hoping to reignite a career that has stalled in recent years after he was part of the Syman team that surprisingly reached the StarLadder Berlin Major in 2019. But probably the biggest question marks revolve around acoR and whether he can be a difference-maker for GamerLegion. His year on MOUZ was punctuated by uninspiring performances, which led to his removal from the team at the start of 2022 and a seven-month journey on the bench. The early signs seem to be positive, with the Danish AWPer averaging a 1.29 HLTV rating and a 1.38 Impact. (though the low level of some of the opposition provides a contextual element to these numbers.) morxzas believes that acoR is rediscovering himself with the team and can once again be the AWPer that shined during his time with MAD Lions in 2020. \u201cacoR has a lot of drive,\u201d he said. \u201cHe was out of the game for a long time, and now he has got this new chance. He has a lot to show and a lot to prove. \u201cI feel like he is the right guy for this. I have a good feeling about him.\u201d With the RMR less than three weeks away, preparations for the tournament in Malta are in full swing with a bootcamp in GamerLegion\u2019s facilities in Berlin. The team will have a baptism of fire on LAN against the world No.1 and reigning Major champions FaZe. It\u2019s hard not to view this matchup as a David vs. Goliath affair, but there could also be a little bit of destiny at play here, if siuhy goes on, as morxzas expects, to build the sort of reputation that FaZe\u2019s Finn \u2018karrigan\u2019 Andersen enjoys. When they put this roster together, GamerLegion did not expect the team to deliver results instantly, hence the self-deprecating joke about how the organization managed to qualify for the RMR without even officially having a full roster. The CS:GO community at large is also bound to feel unmoved by today\u2019s announcement. Such criticism aside, one thing is clear: GamerLegion built this team with an eye on the future, hoping that it will succeed where the others \u2014 some laden with marquee names, others not so much \u2014 failed. \u201cI want these five players to succeed,\u201d morxzas said. \u201cI think we are going to be top 30. But in the future, I want us to be top 20, top 15, and play in the big tournaments. \u201cWe are going to have a good start playing against FaZe. This will be one of our biggest matches.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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