BEHOLD! It’s that time of the year again! No, it’s not Christmas, but the pro shuffle season is back. For the past few days, the whole professional CS: GO scene has been in chaos, as reports of multiple shuffles have flooded the websites. Without further ado, let’s have a look at some of the biggest transfers that have brought both joy and shock to the fans around the world.

North

After a 0–3 finish in the new legends stage of the ELEAGUE Major Boston, a Danish shuffle was inevitable. The first player in the organization to feel the wrath was ‘cajunb’, who was benched to be replaced by 19-year-old upcoming talent ‘mertz’. Soon enough, ‘k0nfig’ was benched as well, leaving North with a four-man squad. What followed left the whole community in shock, as ‘Kjaerbye’ left Astralis to be a part of North. The North squad now consists of ‘MSL’, ‘aizy’, ‘valde’, ‘mertz’ and ‘Kjaerbye’.

North’s new additions, ‘Kjaerbye’ and ‘mertz’

EnVyUs

After a string of below average results, another French shuffle was on the cards. Team EnVyUs have now employed ‘kioShiMa’, the French superstar who was benched by Faze Clan after being replaced by Swedish legend ‘olofmeister’. Interestingly, ‘kioSHiMa’ joined Team EnVyUs from LDLC at relatively the same time of the year in 2015.

The French team also replaced their awper ‘sixer’, with their academy star ‘hAdji’. The current lineup of Team EnVyUs is ‘Happy ‘, ‘RpK’, ‘ScreaM’, ‘kioShiMa’ and ‘hAdji’.

EnVyUs ‘kioShiMa’ and ‘hAdji’

BIG

Following a 1–3 finish in the ELEAGUE Boston Major, the German organization decided to shuffle things up a bit, which meant ‘LEGIJA’ had to step down from the active roster and move to a less active role as BIG’s head of CS: GO, while ‘keev’ had to be moved to the bench, leaving the organization with only 3 active players. While the organization has not yet confirmed any signings, the positions are being filled by ‘luckeRRR’ and ‘ayken’ as temporary stand-ins. The current roster of BIG includes ‘nex’, ‘gob b’ and ‘tabseN’.

BIG

Liquid

In another shocking move, Team Liquid decided to acquire ‘NAF’ from Renegades to replace the lounging superstar ‘jdm64’. The move came forward as surprising due to the fact that Team Liquid had a decent result in ELEAGUE Major Boston 2018 with a top 16 finish, considering they had to field in their coach ‘zews’, due to roster locks which made ‘steel’ unavailable to play. The current roster of Team Liquid is ‘nitr0’, ‘steel’, Elige’, ‘Twistzz’ and ‘NAF’.

Liquid ‘NAF’

Virtus Pro

Putting an end to all the rumors, Virtus Pro decided to bench the 31-year-old Polish superstar ‘Taz’, putting a barrier to the longest running CS: GO roster, after pitiful results across the last twelve months. ‘Taz’ was replaced by the 21-year-old ‘MICHU”, who has had experience playing with ‘Snax’ and ‘byali’ back in 2013, in the team known as GF-Gaming. Virtus Pro currently comprises of ‘Snax’, ‘byali’, ‘pashaBiceps’, ‘MICHU’ and ‘NEO’.

Virtus Pro ‘MICHU’

Gambit Gaming

In the six months after winning PGL Major Krakow, Gambit has had a mixed share of results, which were far from convincing. ‘fitch’, who joined the team after ‘Zeus’ left the roster just after winning the major, failed to live up to the expectations. After standing in for Gambit in ESEA MDL, ‘seized’ was roped in by the organization while ‘fitch’ has been placed on the transfer list. The Gambit squad now consists of ‘AdreN’, ‘Dosia’, ‘mou’, ‘Hobbit’ and ‘seized’.

Gambit ‘seized’

Optic Gaming

OpTic Gaming took the shuffle very seriously and decided to shuffle their whole roster. Firstly, ‘mixwell’ and ‘Magisk’ parted ways with the team, which was followed by talks of ‘HS’ leaving as well. The chatter stopped when OpTic Gaming unveiled their new roster, which also meant the departure of ‘HS’, ‘allu’ and ‘friberg’. The new roster of OpTic Gaming consists of ‘stanislaw’, ‘ShahZaM’, ‘k0nfig’, ‘gade’ and ‘cajunb’.

OpTic Gaming’s new roster

Astralis

After the departure of ‘Kjaerbye’, Astralis was left with a lot of shocks and a four-man squad. After a lot of teasing posts on social media by Astralis and rumors going on around with the names of certain prominent players joining, Astralis added ‘Magisk’, who just recently left OpTic Gaming. The complete roster of Astralis is made up of ‘Xyp9x’, ‘dupreeh’, ‘gla1ve’, ‘device’ and ‘Magisk’.

Astralis ‘Magisk’

Renegades

After a string of poor results, including the loss at the ELEAGUE Major Boston qualifiers, where a loss to Vega Squadron in the fifth round crushed their hopes of qualifying. Following the major, ‘NAF’ surprised everyone by leaving the squad to play for Team Liquid, leaving the Australian team a man short. To fill in the spot for the near future, Renegades have brought in ‘jkaem’ as a stand-in. The current roster of Renegades consists of ‘AZR’, ‘jks’, ‘USTILO’, ‘Nifty’ and ‘jkaem’.

Renegades ‘jkaem’

Dignitas

Weeks after Dignitas disbanded their CS: GO roster, the organization announced their return to the professional scene by signing the former SoaR roster. The current squad of Dignitas consists of ‘Grim’, ‘Voltage’, ‘xCeeD’, ‘mCe’ and ‘mitch’.

Dignitas new roster

Other transfers included LDLC departing ‘Ex6TenZ’ to be replaced by ‘LOGAN’, while ‘Koosta’ replaced ‘witmer’ on GX squad, with the new roster playing in Cs_Summit 2. There are also reports of ‘RUBINO’ joining Heroic, where he will replace ‘es3tag’.

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