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FaZe Clan, the Cinderella team at Dreamhack Cluj-Napoca, will be making their major debut with their new roster and their new organization. Since Cluj-Napoca, they lost their then IGL Dennis “dennis” Edman, who went onto greener pastures in the #1 team, fnatic. Still retaining four of their five, they would replace the swede with Team Dignitas’ danish superstar Philip “aizy” Aistrup. Around this time, they would also leave their organization, G2.Kinguin, and join the cultural icons of Call of Duty “FaZe Clan.” Making their debut in IEM San Jose as G2.Kinguin , they beat a weakened Counter Logic Gaming in the quarterfinals, only to be toppled by Astralis in the semifinals, taking home a 3-4th placing along with prize money. Since then, the FaZe lineup has weakened, barely making it out of the Starladder i-League LAN group stage against Chinese underdogs CyberZen. Only then, though, would FaZe be obliterated and demolished by a fnatic roster featuring Cluj-Napoca teammate dennis. During this, they also failed to qualify for the E-League Road to Vegas LAN (which CSGL won), dropped out of the Acer Predator Masters LAN, went out of the group stages at Dreamhack Leipzig against Luminosity Gaming, and went out of the group stages at IEM Katowice in a barn burner to Virtus.Pro. To add to the fire, FaZe also stands 3-10 in the 3rd rendition of the ESL/ESEA Pro League, attributed to DDoS issues and a recent morale-destroying comeback by mousesports after being up 3-12 on T side cache.



With ESL ESEA Pro League Season 3 and the MLG Columbus Major being the only two tournaments the FaZe penta are confirmed in, the lineup is as follows:



Philip “aizy” Aistrup

Håvaard “rain” Nygaard

Mikail “Maikelele” Bill

Joakim “jkaem” Myrbostad

Ricardo “fox” Pacheco



FaZe Clan, the Cinderella team at Dreamhack Cluj-Napoca, will be making their major debut with their new roster and their new organization. Since Cluj-Napoca, they lost their then IGLDennis “dennis” Edman, who went onto greener pastures in the #1 team,fnatic. Still retaining four of their five, they would replace the swede withTeam Dignitas’ danish superstarPhilip “aizy” Aistrup. Around this time, they would also leave their organization, G2.Kinguin, and join the cultural icons of Call of Duty “FaZe Clan.” Making their debut in IEM San Jose as G2.Kinguin , they beat a weakenedCounter Logic Gaming in the quarterfinals, only to be toppled byAstralis in the semifinals, taking home a 3-4th placing along with prize money. Since then, the FaZe lineup has weakened, barely making it out of the Starladder i-League LAN group stage against Chinese underdogsCyberZen. Only then, though, would FaZe be obliterated and demolished by a fnatic roster featuring Cluj-Napoca teammate dennis. During this, they also failed to qualify for the E-League Road to Vegas LAN (whichCSGL won), dropped out of the Acer Predator Masters LAN, went out of the group stages at Dreamhack Leipzig againstLuminosity Gaming, and went out of the group stages at IEM Katowice in a barn burner toVirtus.Pro. To add to the fire, FaZe also stands 3-10 in the 3rd rendition of the ESL/ESEA Pro League, attributed to DDoS issues and a recent morale-destroying comeback bymousesports after being up 3-12 on T side cache.With ESL ESEA Pro League Season 3 and the MLG Columbus Major being the only two tournaments the FaZe penta are confirmed in, the lineup is as follows:Philip “aizy” AistrupHåvaard “rain” NygaardMikail “Maikelele” BillJoakim “jkaem” MyrbostadRicardo “fox” Pacheco Old Wolves



Since the loss of dennis, the team has tried to soften the blow with the addition of former 1.6 and SK Gaming player Robert “RobbaN” Dahlström to try and reach the Cinderella form they had at Dreamhack Cluj-Napoca. Unfortunately, the situation has faltered even worse as the team continues to fall from their prime showing. With language barriers, horrendous coordination, and inconsistent play, the team looks to try to steal the award from Cloud9 as “the biggest bust of 2016”. Much like C9, both of the teams are at a loss on how to utilize their players, and heavily rely on aiming. Rather than approaching a tactical side, both these teams throw fail smokes, fail to consistently show up game-by-game, and have no set structure in the team to guarantee the “key to success.” A prime example is aizy, who was an arguable top player on Dignitas, but has failed to bring his star/prime play into FaZe. Attributing to this could be the fact that Dignitas IGL Mathias “MSL” Lauridsen and co. set aizy up to be the “star” of the team. There’s a lot of relation to the old Luminosity Gaming lineup, where Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo set the team structure so that Fernando “fer” Alvarenga could shine on that team.



Much like aizy, though, all of these players seem to have washed up from their prime years. jkaem has yet to show similar performances to that of his Dreamhack London Open LAN showing, and constant DDoS issues online doesn’t help either. fox, who is currently 29 years old, is past the average gamer retirement age for a game like CS:GO (average is usually around 27-28, but current Polish team Virtus.Pro has proven otherwise). In addition to his age, he is arguably the worst performing player on the team. When you are set in the main AWPer role, you are at least meant to perform near the top for your team, open up and hold down sites on the map. That isn’t the case for fox, who has yet to show his reminiscent glory days from k1ck in FaZe. rain, the hyped up star from the 2.0 LGB eSports days, was in a small slump in the aftermath of their horrendous Starladder LAN, but seems to be the only consistent player showing up in recent online/LAN games for FaZe. Last, but not least, is Maikelele. Maikelele, much like fox, seems to be getting worse as months come by. Showing up for one day then blowing the rest on occasion, the former Ninjas in Pyjamas player has been in a huge slump, only having 8 +1.00 matches out of his last 25 matches.



Since the loss of dennis, the team has tried to soften the blow with the addition of former 1.6 and SK Gaming playerRobert “RobbaN” Dahlström to try and reach the Cinderella form they had at Dreamhack Cluj-Napoca. Unfortunately, the situation has faltered even worse as the team continues to fall from their prime showing. With language barriers, horrendous coordination, and inconsistent play, the team looks to try to steal the award fromCloud9 as “the biggest bust of 2016”. Much like C9, both of the teams are at a loss on how to utilize their players, and heavily rely on aiming. Rather than approaching a tactical side, both these teams throw fail smokes, fail to consistently show up game-by-game, and have no set structure in the team to guarantee the “key to success.” A prime example is aizy, who was an arguable top player on Dignitas, but has failed to bring his star/prime play into FaZe. Attributing to this could be the fact that Dignitas IGLMathias “MSL” Lauridsen and co. set aizy up to be the “star” of the team. There’s a lot of relation to the old Luminosity Gaming lineup, whereGabriel “FalleN” Toledo set the team structure so thatFernando “fer” Alvarenga could shine on that team.Much like aizy, though, all of these players seem to have washed up from their prime years. jkaem has yet to show similar performances to that of his Dreamhack London Open LAN showing, and constant DDoS issues online doesn’t help either. fox, who is currently 29 years old, is past the average gamer retirement age for a game like CS:GO (average is usually around 27-28, but current Polish team Virtus.Pro has proven otherwise). In addition to his age, he is arguably the worst performing player on the team. When you are set in the main AWPer role, you are at least meant to perform near the top for your team, open up and hold down sites on the map. That isn’t the case for fox, who has yet to show his reminiscent glory days fromk1ck in FaZe. rain, the hyped up star from the 2.0LGB eSports days, was in a small slump in the aftermath of their horrendous Starladder LAN, but seems to be the only consistent player showing up in recent online/LAN games for FaZe. Last, but not least, is Maikelele. Maikelele, much like fox, seems to be getting worse as months come by. Showing up for one day then blowing the rest on occasion, the formerNinjas in Pyjamas player has been in a huge slump, only having 8 +1.00 matches out of his last 25 matches. Foretelling of the Group



I foresee that they will make it out; they will make it out 2nd in Group B, getting crushed by the #1 team in CS:GO, fnatic. While they are weaker than they were in the closing stages of 2015, they are the favorites to beat an unstructured Team Liquid, led by newly crowned IGL Spencer “Hiko” Martin and former IGL and backup Eric “adreN” Hoag. En route will be SPLYCE, a team who should have never even made it to the major qualifiers in the first place. The individual skill FaZe still retains will definitely overcome the two North American teams in their group, even if they are not as structured and strategic as any other “Legend status” team in the MLG Columbus major. Will they repeat their Cluj-Napoca performance remains in question. Unless they get the lucky draw of facing Virtus.pro from Group C, I do not see them making it out of the quarterfinals. They will most likely be facing Natus Vincere, who I rank as the #1 seed in Group C. Due to the fact that Na`Vi are a top 3 team currently and are looking to redeem themselves from their grand final choke in Cluj-Napoca, I can see a quick ending to FaZe’s major run. I do not think RobbaN’s “Coaching” will have a huge positive impact on FaZe, as it will take a longer time than the time FaZe currently have to refine themselves into the team they were envisioned to be: the best team in CS:GO.







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I foresee that they will make it out; they will make it out 2nd in Group B, getting crushed by the #1 team in CS:GO, fnatic. While they are weaker than they were in the closing stages of 2015, they are the favorites to beat an unstructuredTeam Liquid, led by newly crowned IGLSpencer “Hiko” Martin and former IGL and backupEric “adreN” Hoag. En route will beSPLYCE, a team who should have never even made it to the major qualifiers in the first place. The individual skill FaZe still retains will definitely overcome the two North American teams in their group, even if they are not as structured and strategic as any other “Legend status” team in the MLG Columbus major. Will they repeat their Cluj-Napoca performance remains in question. Unless they get the lucky draw of facing Virtus.pro from Group C, I do not see them making it out of the quarterfinals. They will most likely be facingNatus Vincere, who I rank as the #1 seed in Group C. Due to the fact that Na`Vi are a top 3 team currently and are looking to redeem themselves from their grand final choke in Cluj-Napoca, I can see a quick ending to FaZe’s major run. I do not think RobbaN’s “Coaching” will have a huge positive impact on FaZe, as it will take a longer time than the time FaZe currently have to refine themselves into the team they were envisioned to be: the best team in CS:GO.Writer: DinKleBeRG Editor: Amazingxkcd CSS: FO-nTTaX Graphics: DearDave

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