The CS:GO offseason has all the time been a turbulent interval, with gamers switching groups left and proper, however this 12 months is completely different. That is the 12 months of Counter-Strike 2, which amplifies the switch market insanity as much as eleven. The most recent switch stories counsel that the anticipated transfer of Evil Geniuses to EU won’t materialize earlier than the CS2 launch as their perceived targets are slipping away one after the other.
Regardless of there being at the very least one non-NA participant on the roster always since Evil Geniuses joined the CS:GO scene in 2019, the group has been solely related to the NA area. That’s why the latest stories that EG is looking to abandon North America and form an EU roster have been thought-about an enormous blow to the NA scene.
New supposed developments on this entrance may very well be excellent news for American Counter-Strike followers, although the Evil Geniuses administration is probably much less happy with how their plans forward of CS2 are presently unraveling.
A report by dust2.us claims that EG’s acquisition of Russian AWPer Aleksandr “zorte” Zagodyrenko, presently at FORZE, has collapsed. The deal was believed to be roughly assured, so this consequence comes as a large shock. Moreover, zorte and his AWP prowess have been thought-about the centerpiece of the brand new Evil Geniuses lineup. His signing falling by may very well be the primary domino that may preserve EG in NA, at the very least for the foreseeable future.
The identical supply claims that Jonathan “EliGE” Jablonowski’s switch from Crew Liquid to Evil Geniuses can be “hanging on by a thread”. With two of their major targets apparently out of the image and the BLAST roster lock proper across the nook, EG’s massive plan for CS2’s launch seems to be on the breaking point.
The one constructive snippet of information for EG comes from the NAVI camp. Studies that the CIS crew has already agreed terms with Apeks rifler Justinas “jL” Lekavicius and is very close to doing the same with Finnish IGL Aleksi “Aleksib” Virolainen opens the door for an additional rumored EG goal, Denis “electroNic” Sharipov, to affix the Evil Geniuses CS2 challenge.
In a vacuum, that will be nice information, however electroNic won’t be as tempted if his compatriot zorte shouldn’t be a part of the roster. Constructing a useful CS2 crew isn’t straightforward and it’s wanting increasingly more doubtless that Evil Geniuses must keep put in NA, whether or not they prefer it or not.
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