NAVI recruiting to find next CS stars ahead of Counter-Strike 2 release Michal Konkol\/BLASTUkrainian esports organization NAVI has invited CS:GO players to apply for spots in its academy teams as it looks to revamp its youth ranks for Counter-Strike 2. NAVI have set up a dedicated page called \u2018ROAD TO NAVI\u2019 outlining the requirements that candidates must satisfy in order to be part of the organization\u2019s academy project. The Ukrainian organization is looking for players aged between 16 and 19, with a minimum 4000 FACEIT ELO of 4000 and no ties to any other organization. Additionally, interested players must submit a 30- to 60-second video explaining what makes them the perfect candidate to join NAVI. NAVI added that it will prioritize applications from candidates with a player profile on HLTV.org and with a social media presence and a fanbase on platforms like Twitch, Instagram, and YouTube. NAVI rebuilds Counter-Strike academy For the first time in NAVI\u2019s history, the academy\u2019s doors will be open to players from outside of Eastern Europe. Previously, all players who came through the academy were from either Ukraine or Russia. Last month, NAVI hired David \u2018Kairi\u2019 de Miguel, a former Counter-Strike pro with almost two decades of experience, to guide NAVI Junior. NAVI Youth, the organization\u2019s tertiary squad, currently features only Ukrainian players, who could be promoted to the Junior squad in the future. The overhaul of NAVI\u2019s academy project is part of the organization\u2019s restructuring of its Counter-Strike division. In July, NAVI\u2019s main CS:GO team also became international following the signings of Aleksi \u2018Aleksib\u2019 Virolainen, Mihai \u2018iM\u2019 Ivan, and Justinas \u2018jL\u2019 Lekavicius. NAVI CEO Yevhen Zolotarov told Dexerto in February that shifting away from its Ukrainian roots and building international teams will be vital for the organization\u2019s expansion plans. \u201cWe will always be a Ukrainian club,\u201d Zolotarov said. \u201cBut at the same time, we want to be a global brand.\u201d NAVI\u2019s academy project is one of the most successful ones in the CS:GO scene, developing players like Valeriy \u2018b1t\u2019 Vakhovskiy, Ilya \u2018m0NESY\u2019 Osipov, and Daniil \u2018headtr1ck\u2019 Valitov. The first is part of NAVI\u2019s main team, while the latter two were sold to G2 Esports and NIP, respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
NAVI recruiting to find next CS stars ahead of Counter-Strike 2 release Michal Konkol\/BLASTUkrainian esports organization NAVI has invited CS:GO players to apply for spots in its academy teams as it looks to revamp its youth ranks for Counter-Strike 2. NAVI have set up a dedicated page called \u2018ROAD TO NAVI\u2019 outlining the requirements that […]<\/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-38682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38682","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=38682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38682\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}