Nadeshot says he wishes 100 Thieves still competed in CSGO 100 Thieves100 Thieves founder and CEO Matthew \u2018Nadeshot\u2019 Haag has revealed that, if it were up to him, the organization would still be competing in CS:GO. The Los Angeles-based organization pulled out of the CS:GO scene in October 2020 during a dark period for the game because of the global health crisis, which halted in-person events and saw tournaments shift to an online-only format. At the time, Nadeshot cited the \u201cambiguity, vagueness and uncertainty\u201d in the CS:GO scene as reasons for 100 Thieves to walk away from the game despite being a partner in ESL Pro League and BLAST Premier. In an August 29 stream, Nadeshot said that, while he is \u201cpretty happy\u201d with the roster of games in which 100 Thieves currently compete, he would \u201clove\u201d to see the organization\u2019s banner still fly in CS:GO competitions. \u201cIt\u2019s a really hard game to manage and build a winning team,\u201d he told viewers. \u201cIf I had it my way, we would have a CS:GO team today. I love the game, the community, the rivalry, [and] the history of the game. I think it\u2019s incredible to watch, even if you don\u2019t play it. \u201cBut it\u2019s very expensive, it\u2019s really hard to build a winning team, it takes a lot of time, it takes the right combination of players. There are a lot of hurdles there. That\u2019s why I have a ton of respect for other organizations that have made it work. It\u2019s not easy.\u201d A mixed record 100 Thieves entered the CS:GO scene in December 2017 with the signing of a Brazilian roster featuring the core of the Immortals team that had reached the grand final at PGL Major Krakow earlier that year. The team ended up missing ELEAGUE Major Boston due to immigration issues, with Vito \u2018kNgV-\u2019 Giuseppe and then the rest of the squad being released without making a single appearance for 100 Thieves. It took over a year for 100 Thieves to make another move in the space. It returned to the game only in October 2019, when it signed Renegades\u2019 Australian lineup, which was fresh off a semi-final run at StarLadder Major Berlin. Under the new organization, the team reached its first-ever tier-one LAN final at IEM Beijing and broke into the top 5 in the world rankings, only to lose steam when tournaments moved to an online format and teams could only compete within their region. Justin \u2018jks\u2019 Savage, the team\u2019s star player, was sold to Complexity Gaming, while Joakim \u2018jkaem\u2019 Myrbostad was transferred to Apeks before reuniting with Aaron \u2018AZR\u2019 Ward, Sean \u2018Gratisfaction\u2019 Kaiwai, and Jay \u2018Liazz\u2019 Tregillgas under the banner of Russian organization EXTREMUM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nadeshot says he wishes 100 Thieves still competed in CSGO 100 Thieves100 Thieves founder and CEO Matthew \u2018Nadeshot\u2019 Haag has revealed that, if it were up to him, the organization would still be competing in CS:GO. The Los Angeles-based organization pulled out of the CS:GO scene in October 2020 during a dark period for the […]<\/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-38659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38659","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=38659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38659\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}