Karrigan insists olofmeister is a \u201cpermanent solution\u201d for FaZe ELEAGUEFaZe in-game leader Finn \u2018karrigan\u2019 Andersen has rejected the notion that Olof \u2018olofmeister\u2019 Kajbjer is a band-aid solution until the team figure out what to do. Olofmeister is currently in his fifth stint with FaZe after returning to the team in June to fill the slot of then benched player Marcelo \u2018coldzera\u2019 David. A two-time Major winner, olofmeister has occasionally struggled for form in recent years, but his reliability remains a constant. Former FaZe member Nikola \u2018NiKo\u2019 Kova\u010d explained in January how olofmeister\u2019s impact transcends mere numbers as the Swedish player has the ability to make those around him better. With olofmeister back on the roster, FaZe reached the semi-finals at IEM Cologne, cementing their status as a LAN team after a long period of online struggle. And karrigan, who returned to FaZe in February after two years with mousesports, has no doubt that olofmeister\u2019s addition and the deep run in Cologne have given the team much-needed stability. \u201cIt\u2019s hard, coming into a lineup, to know what\u2019s missing to be number one in the world,\u201d karrigan told Dexerto. \u201cWhen I came in, Twistzz had just joined, the synergy had changed, and I could see olof\u2019s return making sense, in that he could improve everyone and help other players to perform. \u201cHe is a permanent solution. When we took him in, we knew it wasn\u2019t like a two-month thing, but rather something like, \u2018Let\u2019s see where we can go with this\u2019. \u201cWe know olof, we know what he is capable of and what we can bring to the team. It was not the right time to make a huge gamble before we could see what we were missing. \u201cWe\u2019ve been playing together for three months and being ranked top 4 [top 6 now] in the world is a pretty good showing from the team, which lacked confidence for a long time.\u201d A \u2018tough\u2019 task FaZe are about to enter a crucial stage of the tournament season. At the end of September, they will attend IEM Fall, the final Regional Major Ranking (RMR) tournament in Europe. A lot is riding on the outcome of that event as FaZe are currently outside of the qualification zone for PGL Major Stockholm. Read more: CS:GO legend Xizt announces retirement – But before that tournament, FaZe will first have to play in the BLAST Premier Fall Groups. Complexity will be their first opponent in a group that also includes NAVI and OG, with question marks hanging all over the \u2018Juggernaut\u2019 as they make their first appearance with coldzera, who is replacing the injured Kristian \u2018k0nfig\u2019 Wienecke. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be tough, for sure, we\u2019re playing a team we cannot prepare for,\u201d karrigan explained. \u201ccoldzera is a great player, he knows a lot about us and how I think about the game. \u201cI think Complexity have had a tough time lately with stand-ins and now with this unfortunate situation with k0nfig, who is a really important player for the team. \u201cI don\u2019t really know what to expect from them. They have a few passive players now, they\u2019re missing k0nfig, who is a really aggressive player.\u201d Big setback Karrigan is one of the high-profile players who have commented on the alleged complicity of Heroic\u2019s players in the spectator bug use by former team coach Nicolai \u2018HUNDEN\u2019 Petersen. On Twitter, the Danish tactician said that, if HUNDEN\u2019s claims are confirmed, he will feel \u201cdisgusted\u201d by the players\u2019 role in the scandal and that it will be \u201ca pure disgrace\u201d to the game. If this true about players helping the coach get into the bug, then it is a pure disgrace to what I have been part of for 20 years. I feel so disgusted if all this is true. \u2014 karrigan (@karriganCSGO) September 3, 2021 Asked about the impact of this scandal on the Danish CS:GO scene, which for years has been at the highest level in the game, karrigan admitted to being worried. \u201cI don\u2019t want to talk too much about it before there\u2019s a decision,\u201d he said. \u201cI just feel sad. A lot of people have been working hard for the team, have helped these players become what they are today, because they are great players. \u201cIt\u2019s bad for Danish CS, which has been a top-three nation in CS:GO for the last seven or eight years. Heroic is the new generation, with young players, and they\u2019ve been fighting to dethrone Astralis. \u201cI\u2019m just sad that this might be true. I feel sad for the players and for everybody in the Danish scene. Some might think I\u2019m happy, but I just think it\u2019s disrespectful that this might have been happening. \u201cIf this really is true, it\u2019s a disgrace to what I\u2019ve been a part of for 20 years.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Karrigan insists olofmeister is a \u201cpermanent solution\u201d for FaZe ELEAGUEFaZe in-game leader Finn \u2018karrigan\u2019 Andersen has rejected the notion that Olof \u2018olofmeister\u2019 Kajbjer is a band-aid solution until the team figure out what to do. Olofmeister is currently in his fifth stint with FaZe after returning to the team in June to fill the slot […]<\/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-38541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38541","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=38541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38541\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}