Team Liquid have signed former OpTic Gaming player Peter "Stanislaw" Jarguz to their CS:GO roster, the organization announced Friday. Stanislaw will serve as Liquid's new in-game leader, a role that is currently held by Spencer "Hiko" Martin, though the team's press release makes no mention of Hiko.

"I'm looking forward to working with Peter for a bunch of reasons," coach Wilton "Zews" Prado said in a press release. "Among those are the fact that he is NA's best IGL, can mid round call for us which is something we've struggled with since the coaching rule changed and not to mention that he is a solid player individually. 2017 is already looking bright for us."

In the press release, Stanislaw said that he left OpTic because of issues with the team's practice regiment, adding that he felt that the organization wasn't able to adapt to the needs of a CS:GO team given their background in Call of Duty. Stanislaw also said that while Will "Rush" Wierzba asked him to stay, he ultimately felt that his best move was to join Liquid.

"Liquid has the resources and tools to allow the CS team to focus solely on the game itself, and I believe that is what it will take to become a consistent world contender," Stanislaw said in the press release. "Aside from difficulties with the OpTic organization itself, I also had some concerns with the underlying problems we've had for the entire duration of the team, such as practice regime and attitudes. I know that all teams have their issues but it's very difficult to accept that some issues cannot be improved on, no matter how hard you try."

Stanislaw left OpTic on Wednesday, shortly after Slingshot Esports' Jarek "DeKay" Lewis reported that OpTic would trade Stanislaw to Liquid in return for Hiko.

He first joined OpTic in January 2016, when the organization signed Conquest. The org then dropped Stanislaw in August, after signing Tarik "tarik" Celic before adding him back to the team in September. In the last few months, Stanislaw helped OpTic place first at ELEAGUE Season 2, second at the ECS Season 2 Finals and 3rd-5th at the ELEAGUE Major Offline Qualifier.

While OpTic has been flourishing in North America, Liquid has been stagnant in the international scene ever since Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev left the team in August. After their second place finish at the ESL Cologne Major, the team fell to 7th-8th at the ESL Pro League Season 4 finals, then 7th-8th at IEM Oakland, and most recently, 9th-11th at the ELEAGUE Major.

"It's not an ideal world, the success will come. It may not come overnight, but we will work as hard as humanly possible to build a foundation of success," Stanislaw said in the press release. "It takes a lot of practice and also it's important to be able to lose as a team before we can win, so I expect some tough times ahead but as long as we learn from them, we will get to where we want to be."

Stanislaw's debut on Team Liquid will be at the IEM Katowice North American qualifiers on Feb. 4.

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