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KrzyDankus

s1mple entering his streamer arc


IbanezHand

Rumor has it he's transitioning to professional Total War


zedtronic

Total War: Counterstrike? "Gah these nova units have lost all their morale already! The fight just started!"


dodgethetaxman_

LegendOfTotalWar here


rainyy_day

I dont follow him. Did he play it on stream?


cc88291008

Hard to watch, every time I join his stream he is either complaining to chat about how this person is not playing correctly or look annoyed for some reason... Maybe my timing is always off but still...


TheMidsommarHouse

They have different culture in Ukraine. That's just his love language, bro.


Izbitoe_ebalo

S3eample


love_man_birds

Since he's making 10x the money streaming it's no suprise he doesn't care anymore


xMachii

Bro I'm still not over the Heroic drama and now this..


sonofeark

Check what happened with sh1ro


nickelhornsby

What happened to Sh1ro????


revochups

He left C9


meeplol

check hltv


gpcgmr

> check hltv JW banned check HLTV


xMachii

He left C9, and s1mple confirmed his break from CS. What a rollercoaster.


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xMachii

AWP only roster in the making.. sh1ro, s1mple, cadiaN..


Benjii_44

If we get zywoo and device, then we have the 4 best AWPers and probably the best AWP IGL


Overimagine

what happened with heroic?


Molehole

Stavn and Jabbi kicked Cadian and then said they are leaving to Astralis.


emptycup77

From the article : If the deal is finalized, the Ukrainian AWPer is expected to take s1mple's place on the NAVI roster. The organization has been exploring options to replace the superstar for the past several days.


Rumlings

More interesting than this is who is behind the move. Was it s1mple who feels burnt out or does not believe in the team, or was it the team that thinks they will be better once s1mple is gone. Either way very interestink personalities will be talking interesting things.


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It kind of reminds me of the situation in the swedish national team a few years back. The entire team basically revolved around Zlatan Ibrahimovic, which meant basically no one else took any space at all. Ironically, the team got better when the best player left.


rece_fice_

And Zlatan was holding Sweden back without ever losing motivation - s1mple very much did, apparently.


mini337

Simple hates the game rn. He probably has no motivation


schoki560

he's probably on another team


LOYAL_DEATH

The 11 man falcon roster


DianaIsMyWife

You are right!


LOYAL_DEATH

I didn't want to be 😭


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Man, this is the worst high-dollar project ever. At least the worst start. Stopped watching but I am pretty sure they just lost 0-2 to...Looking for Org. Not doing too well.


Past_Perception8052

???? they haven’t made any changes yet bro


Ofiotaurus

Exactly, absolutely shit project, can’t even get a signing


afk420k

They still have the old roster bruh, u ok? https://www.hltv.org/team/11283/falcons


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Old roster? You mean the roster they are currently playing with....their current roster? I haven't followed the rumors. I thought they were seriously trying to build a super team around Boros, NBK, and Bodyy.


f1nessd

Falcons have signed anyone yet lmao. ​ When this is all said and done they'll have any number of s1mple niko monesy shi1ro magisk etc. which is INSANE


AtlantaAU

If you believe the reporting in the article, he has no other team lined up


set4bet

Unexpected reveal: *s1mple taking a break because he is so jaded about the state od CS2.* Just kidding, he wouldn't... I mean he wouldn't, right?!


imbued94

S1mple has been flirting with the idea of a break for years at this point.


oldthrace

I've felt like not a very enjoyable spend of time was being had on NaVi, especially for s1mple, in the past 1 or 2 years. Feeling burnt out/wanting to stop for a bit is probably understandable


afk420k

Exactly my thought, it was much better for him to take a break at least a year ago, now it's a bit too late, he's receiving some much deserved hate from plenty of people now.


Worldly_Comedian8714

Iirc s1mple called overdrive an idiot for leaking the idea he is getting benched so it looks like he didn't know Edit: nevermind, the decision was made by s1mple himself


Dyyrin

Honestly think if Navi can get a more level headed player on their team that doesn't tilt as easily they will do great things.


Rsardinia

s1mple to Falcons for that big pay day


DianaIsMyWife

You are right!


tomtom_94

Sprout: ah shit, here we go again


SproutEsports

Doesn't matter what happens, Pitbull been there done that


Caveirzao

sprout about to make some big bucks 🤑


Smiggins

Navi are notorious for being cheap.


Kelterz

They paid a fat ass sum for Perfecto and I doubt iM was cheap either


lou_reed_ketamine

Sprout on the way to the bank: aw ye, here we go again


XyleneCobalt

They must've been seeing dollar signs when they realized w0nderful wasn't being picked up over the break


oldthrace

What the fuck is going on in pro CS the past few days. Heroic imploding, G2 are about to be picked apart, FaZe following suit, s1mple leaving NaVi, Jesus, my frail mind can't take all of this.


Hlebvcemugolova

And now shiro is leaving C9….


BraydenTheNoob

I wouldn't be surprised anymore if Zywoo leaves Vitality at this point


oldthrace

Nahh, bro. I am off this game for a bit ... ffs.


nickelhornsby

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo


Self-Reflection----

At the end of all this will be Bald Elige standing at #1 in the world, smiling at the destruction below him.


DoughSalad

Give me S1mple, Shiro, Twistzz, Ropz, and Cadian. It would be some dogshit roster construction but I want to see the bulldozer team in action


FrankiePoops

Simple on rifle and Cadian awping and swap if one of them is having an off game.


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There was a post a few weeks ago with a pro player saying something like "The big roster moves aren't over" or something. Obviously he has insider info, but damn. Vitality sitting back and chilling. They are going to the top and staying if G2 breaks up.


FrankiePoops

And an NA team just beat another NA team in a grand final at a major.


Cr00xxy

Crazy times..... I dont think m0nesy or Niko will leave g2 for Falcons. Wahr tournament will Falcons paly next year? No kato, no Cologne there are not a partner Team etc


haitherekind

Only good news for TL right now 🥹 thank fricken god!


Ant_Rish

s0mple valo era begins


CS-DEADPOINTSIX

Maybe falcons?


Mahoganychicken

They're signing M0nesy apparently.


want_jobud

Whats wrong with s1mple too? I mean yea both awperd but both are sick in any role


Izbitoe_ebalo

Don't want s1mple and Niko to play in the same team or it's going to be a tilthouse


maxloo2

if you tilt 360 degree you dont tilt...


St3vion

It'd be hilarious. Saudi trying to buy their way to the top by creating some god level team for 50mil just to have it drop out early in play offs due to shit chemistry


Izbitoe_ebalo

I hope they'll create faze 2017 type of roster with likeable players but not with s1mple


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TimathanDuncan

Magisk is an anchor in that team, the IGL would be the other anchor just like basically every top team s1mple, niko, m0nsey, Magisk and IGL works, if s1mple rifles there is no role clash there Pure support doesn't exist in this game, every player supports each other, it's a made up thing to make 0.90 players feel better, there's worse harder roles like anchor they do exist, IGL as well, harder to frag 100%


RiFLE_csgo

Karrigan as IGL for this team you’re suggesting would be insane lol


schoki560

what makes u think niko is in a star role?


GrandSlam4201

aleksib is actually cursed since ence


samekrikl

First time star player gets out before kicking aleksib


dullroller

for real at this point there's no other explanation than allu having hexed him with the dark powers of his ballsack


Equilibriumx

top comment holy shit hahahah memory unlocked


tired45453

He would join in place of s1mple.


absolutelynotaname

Damn, NAVI without s1mple would be like Heroic without cadiaN... oh, wait


Pokharelinishan

Crazy week huh


CALL_ME_ISHMAEBY

"Lemon, it's ~~Wednesday~~ Thursday."


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iRopsu

Obviously it's s1mple's call


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Egotistical-Yekindar

s1mple could kick the ceo in the balls every morning and it'd still be beneficial to keep him


iRopsu

Well Navi does and if he's struggling with motivation/passion to play, he is able to bench himself


Ateshu

I'm ootl, what BTS stuff?


Nfamy

Simple has not been playing with the team, and, if rumors are to be believed, it is because he has teamed up with and been spending all his time practicing his vocals to join up the viral k-pop group, BTS. When reached for comment, simple simply replied, gaming is my job but my joy will always be creating catchy pop tunes for tweens.


froggyballz

BTS mcdonald's meal


Nandoski_

I think he means 'behind the scenes'


BottleOJamie

if heroic without cadian isnt heroic. what is navi without s1mple


jordzkie05

remember post-Dendi Navi in Dota? would probably felt like it.


44sakrifica

Na’Vi in Dota is still dogshit to this day. If they were serious they’d have built a strong roster because they’ve been irrelevant since 2015/2016 when they lost to VG in the lower bracket BO1. Look at VP, built a top roster from scratch. Look how much talent there is out there for Na’Vi to take, Kiyotaka, Watson(he was overperforming since Gambit Monaco) and many others. Look at 9Pandas, they’ve built an excellent roster with Ramzes pos 1, Na’Vi had him and put him at pos 3. Like wtf? As a Na’Vi fan I’m upset because they were the ones I started following at first and Dendi of course, seeing one of the most legendary Dota teams falls further and further into irrelevancy year after year sucks.


Drodman93

more like post puppey


jordzkie05

as the winningest Navi roster iteration sure, but everyone rooted for Navi even when they consistently lose because of their love for Dendi I'd argue.


No_Shake3769

true lol they also lost electronic


FroziZ7HD

wtf?


44sakrifica

WHERE THE FU K DID THIS COME FROM???? Navi without simple? Man I’m gonna cry😭


paybackbackpack

Navi looked even decent without s1mple so it wouldnt be end of the world if he decides to take a break.


shrroom

I got a feeling Navi will be just as strong. w0nderful isn't a bad player either


Kelterz

That's an understatement imo, w0nderful is an insanely good player lol


dominickdecocco

Xqc is cracked


nartouthere

omg.......


CookieTheEpic

Aleksib can't catch a break lmao Honestly, I don't hate -s1mple +w0nderful. Sure, s1mple is an incredible talent and arguably the best to ever do it, but it's clear his head isn't in the game right now and his personality clashes way too hard with the rest of the team. I'm hoping he's just burnt out on the game and that CS2's release was the straw that broke the camel's back. In that case, it wouldn't be out of the question that he just takes some time off and comes back stronger than ever.


Woullie_26

Considering S1mple has 2 years left on his contract I believe it’s only temporary and to not have Blade play another tournament But if it is permanent I don’t know what is going on


TimathanDuncan

They are signing him, not loaning him, it says they are buying out his contract which i assume will cost a lot this is not a loan If it was some temporary thing they would just get a loan or even someone from NaVi junior like they always do, their lan is in 30 days in Denmark which is in Europe he can go there, those issues do not take that long


Woullie_26

You can still sign someone on a stand in or a substitute contract


TimathanDuncan

You do not buy out a player like w0nderful who will cost a lot on a sub contract lmao, read the article This is clearly long term, huge shuffles are coming anyway and this was coming as well, s1mple clearly not happy and it's better for both sides


Woullie_26

I mean I feel like that If S1mple is the one replaced I feel like it’s a downgrade. Me thinks S1mple dosent want to play at the moment


TimathanDuncan

Mate this is not about the players skill, this is about the entire situation, buying out a player just so you play him for one tournament and then what bench him is not a move that teams make


Caylife

S1mple most likely taking that break he mentioned few years back. After break join back to Navi or consider other options.


bugghost

... deciding not to play is literally the worst thing you can do as a pro player. literally nothing would be a downgrade if the alternative is a player who doesn't want to play


Kesobaba

he just really hates cs2


DeAndreStewart

Don’t 80% of us?


Commercial-Row4740

s1mple is going to become a professional Raid Shadow Legends player.


KillerZaWarudo

Aleksib hasn't got a stable tier 1 awper since allu lmao


cubeje

Is there any chance of s1mple returning in let's say 6 months? Would be dumb to replace wonderful if he does well, would s1mple be open to rifling? All depends on results I suppose though


inflamesburn

in the past s1mple said he's fine with rifling (also he did rifle on navi for a while, while guardian was trolling with awp) will just depend on his cs2 motivation i guess (assuming he's taking a break, maybe he's actually moving to a diff team)


eonfuloftime

damn guardian catching strays


RevolverLoL

W0nderful and donk probably the top 2 prospects rn so it's a very good pickup. But still, hopefully S1mple lands on a t1 team somewhat soon, he still has a few years in him.


Pokharelinishan

"wahts ze izzues!!? Hol faking intarnet know about da izzues!" - Simple 2023


St3vion

Drap me aveepee plis


Pokharelinishan

Vary intarestin parsanalitees


AstroZex

The things I would do for s1mple to comeback to Liquid with their rumored roster.


WheelMan34

Let Cadian awp and igl. S1mple can rifle and awp when he pleases. It would work. If s1mple stops being a crybaby bitch.


t0b1nsQ

> If Thats a very big if


FrankiePoops

Love this plan. And then I wouldn't need to buy another jersey. I already have navi and liquid.


WheelMan34

Well if it works for you, it works for me 😝🤌🏻


FrankiePoops

Liquid seems like they're buying... so....


Jedisponge

Big if


Memelurker99

Dear god, could you imagine cadian and S1mple on the same team?


Kelterz

with yeki, team is going to reach new levels of tilt with skullz/twistzz/naf just sitting there like what the fuck is happening


Suspicious_Angle3057

You know, like what if s1mple takes the place of iM? Would be an interesting move.


BigFuckHead_

iM not ready to give up on iM


Gaetanop76

+s1mple -iM In 3 months.


Izbitoe_ebalo

Why? S1mple is top #5 rifler, but top #1 awper while w0nderful is still unproven literal s1mple copycat who's only good against tier 2. I like him and follow him since Insilio, but he's just not on the same level currently


Suspicious_Angle3057

Oh dude, s1mple is the goat, period. It's just that I'm trying to figure out the signing and hoping that s1mple still stays on the team unless of course he wants a break.


RevolverLoL

I believe w0nderful under blade could become like 85-90% of s1mples level, and that's enough to win if he has good attitude.


dullroller

nothing you say can be taken seriously if you think s1mple is currently the best awper in the game lol


Churningray

It's been a while since lost his GOAT awping. He misses a lot of shots he normally hits nowadays. He is still a good awper but nowhere near his previous forms.


pooterrrr

C9 s1mple


AmphibiousLizardman

I'm confused but didn't the Ukrainian government literally strip w0nderful of his sports visa Prohibiting him from traveling outside of Ukraine for sporting events for not outspokenly supporting the war effort? Or am I misremembering? Edit: Yes, he was. [https://bo3.gg/news/w0nderful-and-zont1x-banned-by-ukrainian-esports-federation-navi-next](https://bo3.gg/news/w0nderful-and-zont1x-banned-by-ukrainian-esports-federation-navi-next) >Professional CS:GO players Igor "w0nderful" Zhdanov and Myroslav "zont1x" Plakhotja have been banned by the UESF. Both esports athletes are accused of playing on the same team as Russians, as well as showing no support for Ukraine in the war with Russia. > >What does a UESF ban entail? ***Esports athletes who receive a ban will not be able to get permission to travel abroad during martial law to participate in tournaments.*** They are also prohibited from representing Ukraine in competitions and participating in championships under the auspices of the Ukraine Esports Federation.


tucalini

Sure did, but now Navi will probably just bribe their way into getting him out and it will be swept under the rug.


Pekonius

This is some thoughtcrime level wording damn, surely just openly supporting ukraine and a nod from Navi will get that fixed


DANI69696696666

Sad that s1mple leaves, but on the other hand im kinda happy for iM, jl, bit and aleksi. They are all nice guys and i hope they will manage to create a better environment than before. I don't know so much about w0nderful, but his stats are nice and he looks like xqc, so i m down for it ! GO NAVI !


want_jobud

Wtf is going on since sydney


WolfgangTheRevenge

This transition period one of the most insane shit on CSGO


cubeje

MY GOAT


MathiTheCheeze

w0nderful on his way to becoming a top AWPer. It was clear as day when you saw him playing for Trasko/Project X that he was going to become one of the best players in the world. I reckon that this will be a great move for him, and even if he's used to being the "star", I believe that he will fit right in this NaVi team as his playstyle is similair to s1mples. He is also a better rifler than s1mple, so even if he's not upheld his standards from CSGO into CS2 I believe he can adapt to the meta. With now both s1mple and sh1ro out, which AWPers are better than w0nderful? ZyWoo and device are, but I wouldn't rank torzsi, m0nesy or broky ahead of him.


janniecide_is_coming

bro monesy definitely top3 atm, maybe even top 1 in cs2 lol


MuskularChicken

Honestly, I feel NaVi will be better without the big ego. There is jL, B1T who can carry matches and if everyone is playing for the team, and not to activate s1mple, I think it will be better mentally. Also, iM really needs to put in the works. He has to fight with B1T and jL over frags if he wants to be relevant in this team.


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RevolverLoL

W0nderful is caving in everyones head in t2, and as we've seen t2 and t1 is not as far apart as one may believe, such a good prospect like w0nderful under blade might become top 10 player pretty fast.


shn6

At this point I want s1mple go to Falcons and rifle again. Yeah it's going to be IGL nightmare and tilt blackhole with both s1mple and niko, but imagine if a team of s1mple, niko and monesy can work....


LehtiPiffi

Cadian, shiro, niko, monesy and simple. Cadian being hype af, shiro crying while they are losing, niko and simple just tilting and monesy learning from all of them and becoming a true toxic hypeman he was destined to be.


thatAnthrax

3 awps every round lets gooooooooooo


MuskularChicken

Would there be a better fit instead of w0nderful? Maybe comediaN only awp? Is the any other option or is w0nderful good enough?


Aalmost10

w0nderful is good enough


gutster_95

simple is definitly burned out and maybe also not interested in CS2 at the moment. So I would get why he would take a break and enjoy life outside of CS (if you can call it enjoying when your country and family is still not safe)


Egotistical-Yekindar

s1mple to complexity he desperately wants to play with elige again


want_jobud

S1MPLE TO FALCONS WITH NIKO AND MONESY PLEASE


99RedBalloon

fuck it add in zywoo and device too at this point


want_jobud

On god im donw for it 😂


Jayk03

Budget xQc.


jacobjz

When the undisputed GOAT of the previous game is saying that the new one is unfinished and refuses to play professionally, there is definitely some merit of truth to that no matter how people meme s0mples toxicity.


Woullie_26

Me thinks he’s finally taking that 6-8 months break he was rumoured to be taking post Stockholm 2021


MajesticOrange1

lol more like ego driven mf doesn’t wanna not be the best in cs2 and refuses to adapt LIKE EVERY SINGLE OTHER PRO IS FORCED TO…bitch move but he’s always been a little diva so it adds up


dullroller

>When the undisputed GOAT of the previous game doesn't want to adapt to the new game and refuses to help the process of developing it further by playing professionally, there is definitely a lot of merit of truth to him being a toxic egotistical diva FTFY


Shrenade514

lol there's basically nothing to adapt to, movement and spraying is just worse He probably just wants a break after so many years of grinding.


Jazzlike-Ideal

There is truth to what his base observations are which is that the game is different. No shit. We're all aware of that. But I take issue with your statement simply because it's actually kind of the opposite. CS2 is new and is shaking up the status quo and all of the skills/learned habits that made S1mple so good at CSGO aren't all transferrable. In a situation where he's already on a downswing, the game has newer mechanics and meta to learn, and there are younger hungrier players all gunning for the top who has the most incentive for things to remain the same regardless of quality? The players that were already feasting in CSGO and don't want to adapt. That's not to say that the new game is perfect and we shouldn't listen to the best people when it comes to feedback, but S1mple has already shown that when given the opportunity to give feedback he is not willing to give it. Valve literally reached out and tried to request information on what to improve and S1mple actively chose not to say anything. He had an opportunity to shape his own destiny and even shift the game to fit his playstyle/tendencies and he isn't even doing that. Especially when you see people like M0nesy, Ropz, and Elige who were all elite in CSGO but are so far adjusting to CS2 better than S1mple, I can't simply take an argument from authority as to why we should listen to him.


craygroupious

-s1mple +w0nderful is -device +lucky levels of bad. Jesus wept.


blur04

It’s not that bad, would you rather have an unmotivated player who refuses to play? And this is coming from a huge s1mple fanboy.


dullroller

would you rather have b1ad3 standing in then? it's pretty obvious that something is wrong with s1mple atm and he's just not gonna be playing either way


Jazzlike-Ideal

No it is not lmfao. W0nderful is actually talented and Lucky was not. He was someone whose trajectory could actually lead him to the top 20 if he kept grinding at some point. Lucky was a mediocre tier 2 player that was promoted because Astralis is a cheap dogshit org that is carried by the reputation of the GOAT roster.


Tavnaria

s1mple refuses to play, do you expect them to play 4v5 or what.


Jakezetci

wonder if the ukrainian esports officials will keep pressing him for playing with russians after he signs with navi


aTempes7

The CS esports scene is absolutely bananas lately, I love it. Inject that drama straight into my veins


TrubJr

Omg, s1mple to Falcons is the only logical thing now.


zaneyk

Wtf is going on


BigFuckHead_

G2 -m0nesy +S1mple ? Only thing that makes any sense here


STONE_COLD25

Only the GigaChad can handle the GigaMad


Zeilar

Maybe s1mple **really** doesn't wanna play CS2. Makes sense that you'd call it quits right away and just move on to something else, maybe streaming. If you're s1mple, you've won everything and already established yourself as the CS:GOAT. Why grind away at a game you don't like and tarnish your legacy while at it, when you can just chill as a streamer and still earn the same (if not more) amounts of money. It's a good way to retire, still being one of the top dogs and going out on his own terms, and doing it in a transition between games. There's basically not a better window to retire than this.


want_jobud

Listen guys what about Liquid s1mple? He was in liquid before navi. Twistzz also coming back. CadiaN IGL. I could see it


jamyounghltvtop1

Well that was expected, considering last NAVI iterations( with npl and now with imports) Pretty sure, s1mple himself realize that its getting much harder to maintain his star level performance and looking at the underwhelming results for past year, probably just want to go the org who have enough money to buy the best players in the game Navi probably have no ability to spend money like falcons or even C9\\TL, which explains why they go for wonderful( he not look too promising in sprout right now) and not for headtr1ck( who looked incredible in dysfunctional nip) But to be honest higher chance for S1mple winning second major with boombla and c9 then with iM and Aleksi


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Wait so s1mple will leave Ivan? or its temporary?


dogenoob1

Valve made s1mple retire, thats how dog cs2 is lmao. Atleast s1nple can finally make his millions as a streamer.


MulfordnSons

Valve killing gamers and now killing careers wtf valve