CSGO pro jdm on 2020 goals and reinventing himself as a player ESL \/ Turtle EntertainmentFormer Team Liquid Counter-Strike star Josh \u2018jdm64\u2019 Marzano released a series of tweets about being ready to compete at the highest level in CS:GO again on September 11 \u2013 and he\u2019s also willing to take on an all-new role. jdm, who most recently played for Team Envy, said that he\u2019s \u201cspent the last few months really grinding,\u201d with aims to re-join a competitive team to \u201cget the job done.\u201d \u201cWith the major just ending, I\u2019ve spent these last few months really grinding behind the scenes on developing myself as a more all around player,\u201d said the veteran player from North America. \u201cI\u2019ve seen so much improvement in myself which I know I\u2019ll continue to grow.\u201d With the major just ending, I’ve spent these last few months really grinding behind the scenes on developing myself as a more all around player. I’ve seen so much improvement in myself which I know I’ll continue to grow. I can play any role comfortably now \u2014 Josh Marzano (@jdmarzano) September 9, 2019 Known throughout his career as a primary AWPer, jdm was criticized for a lack of versatility at times during his stints with the likes of CLG and Liquid. However, the 29-year-old has been working hard to develop into a more well rounded player and made it clear in his Twitter posts that he\u2019s willing and able to try new roles. \u201cI\u2019m looking to IGL and be whatever my next team needs me to be whether that being an IGL\/hybrid or their awper,\u201d he said, before revealing that he believes he can become one of the world\u2019s best players. \u201cIt\u2019s safe to say tho, I\u2019ve never had this amount of potential and I know given the chance, come 2020 I will be on HLTV top 20 players list. I could give a shit about that sort of accolade but that’s the sort of goal I’m setting for myself as I know I can reach it, my main goal obviously is to win championships. I’m tweeting this out because no one knows what I do behind the scenes and how hard I work \u2014 Josh Marzano (@jdmarzano) September 9, 2019 \u201cI could give a shit about that sort of accolade but that\u2019s the sort of goal I\u2019m setting for myself as I know I can reach it, my main goal obviously is to win championships. I\u2019m tweeting this out because no one knows what I do behind the scenes and how hard I work.\u201d \u201cWhen I say I will get the job done, trust me it will happen given time. I love challenges and I\u2019m more than ready for any that is thrown my way\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve said this already, but I\u2019m willing to play in EU or NA. I\u2019m fucking hungry to play at a high level again, so get at me!\u201d Read more: CR4ZY hoping to replace Vitality at Moscow – Jdm concluded by saying that he is even willing to move to Europe if the opportunity arises to prove himself in the top flights of Counter-Strike once more: \u201cWhen I say I will get the job done, trust me it will happen given time. I love challenges and I\u2019m more than ready for any that is thrown my way. I\u2019ve said this already but I\u2019m willing to play in EU or NA. I\u2019m fucking hungry to play at a high level again so get at me!\u201d When I say I will get the job done, trust me it will happen given time. I love challenges and I’m more than ready for any that is thrown my way. I’ve said this already but I’m willing to play in EU or NA. I’m fucking hungry to play at a high level again so get at me! \u2014 Josh Marzano (@jdmarzano) September 9, 2019 The first big break for jdm in CS:GO game in June of 2015 when he was picked up by the rapidly improving Counter Logic Gaming roster to be their main AWPer. Playing alongside the likes of Tarik \u2018tarik\u2019 Celik and Pujan \u2018FNS\u2019 Mehta, jdm quickly established himself as one of North America\u2019s best snipers and helped propel CLG up the rankings. However, the team eventually stagnated and struggled to find success internationally. In June of 2016 jdm was part of a swap that saw him move to Team Liquid in place of Kenneth \u2018koosta\u2019 Suen, who in turn took jdm\u2019s spot on CLG. Team Liquid\u2019s skilled roster included Jonathan \u2018EliGE\u2019 Jablonowski, Nick \u2018nitr0\u2019 Cannella and veteran star Spencer \u2018Hiko\u2019 Martin. Also playing for the roster at the time, returning as a stand-in, was Ukrainian phenom Aleksandr \u2018s1mple\u2019 Kostyliev. With Team Liquid, jdm achieved the best results of his career to date, including a second place finish at the ESL One: Cologne 2016 Major just a month after he joined the team. The team would continue to rack up solid placings throughout jdm\u2019s two-year stint with them, but they could never get over the second place hump at international tournaments and, in June of 2018, jdm eventually departed. A few months later, jdm64 returned to activity with a new North American roster under the Team Envy banner. The team included a number of ex-Splyce players \u2013 such as Kory \u2018SEMPHIS\u2019 Friesen and jdm\u2019s former CLG teammate Steven \u2018reltuC\u2019 Cutler \u2013 as well as former Renegades IGL Noah \u2018Nifty\u2019 Francis. Unfortunately, the team never managed to produce solid results, despite a number of roster changes, and jdm announced his free agency on July 1 of 2019. With the Major cycle in full swing at the time, jdm had to watch from the sidelines until the roster lock period came to an end. North America was well represented at the StarLadder Berlin Major \u2013 both Team Liquid and NRG advanced to the playoffs. Team Liquid is currently the number one ranked CS:GO team on the planet and NRG sits in third place, just behind the back-to-back-to-back Major champions, Astralis. However, there are a number of other North American squads and international lineups that could be on the hunt for a new player now that the Major has concluded. With his wealth of experience and new-found versatility, jdm believes he can be a valuable asset to many of them. This article has been updated. When this piece was first published it mistakenly attributed the first Tweet to Joshua \u2018steel\u2019 Nissan when JDM was in fact the originator. This has been corrected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
CSGO pro jdm on 2020 goals and reinventing himself as a player ESL \/ Turtle EntertainmentFormer Team Liquid Counter-Strike star Josh \u2018jdm64\u2019 Marzano released a series of tweets about being ready to compete at the highest level in CS:GO again on September 11 \u2013 and he\u2019s also willing to take on an all-new role. jdm, […]<\/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-39045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39045","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=39045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39045\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}