sLip leaves UMX.US
By: lurppis
Time: 2011-12-26 22:24

In what is the first of likely many moves around the new year in the North American Counter-Strike scene, Ricky "sLip" Cohen has left Ultimax Gaming.

Cohen had been a part of the team ever since it was founded in early 2011 and moved to their team house in Southern California. The team faced another roster change about two weeks ago when Daniel "impsta" Whaley joined to replace Ric "iNERTiA" Bundy who decided to go inactive.

The team recently moved out of their house and with the new year approaching it is currently unknown whether or not UMX will renew their contracts for 2012. ESEA's rosters are locking in six days for the season so if they wish to continue competing in the season, they have to add a new player relatively soon.

Ultimax Gaming USA

Kyle "flowsicK" Mendez
 Daniel "impsta" Whaley
Nazar "steno" Vynnytsky
Chris "TRULS" Navratil

It appears that Cohen has teamed up with some of his friends in a lower level US team 21-0 that is currently competing in ESEA Intermediate. HLTV.org was unable to reach Cohen or members of UMX.USA for a comment at this time.

Tags: flowsicK, impsta, steno, truls, sLip, Ultimax Gaming

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bad
2011-12-26 22:24:31
not cool at all
2011-12-26 22:24:40
bad for US.scene :s
2011-12-26 22:25:54
The scene is pretty much dead already, sadly enough
2011-12-27 00:53:03
by: aspi
#56
+1
2011-12-27 04:12:56
its not dead, at the qualify for IEM Kiev it was like 3000 people at one stream at one match. So that pretty much describes thats its not dead.
:)
2011-12-27 10:32:16
yeah , 3k people out of a population of 300+ millions :P

2011-12-27 11:02:17
only five ppls needed to win anything.
2011-12-27 14:38:51
don`t really get your point , 3k spectators in a country as populated as the USA clearly says uber-low activity
2011-12-27 15:45:44
5 players from a country enough to dominate in cs scene in the world.
2011-12-27 16:15:15
You could say that, but these days you need there to be good teams to play against so you can get your teamwork on the same level as the rest of the top teams. Right now the scene here is pretty dead. We dont feel like we have a team that can compete internationally. Im sure a lot of people could make a "dreamteam" but there is no such team in existence for us at the moment that we could put our faith in to win an international tournament. I dont think B2B is at the level yet, although they are starting to look pretty strong. They will probably just perform mediocre like every other US team has the last few years tho.

Post edited 2011-12-28 01:47:48
2011-12-28 01:46:24
true. i got it !:) in 2009 us scene had ma ny good team , like iem III. we r need that again !:)
2012-01-02 22:05:11
sad
2011-12-26 22:26:11
i saw some matchs and he played rly well with big green
gl sLip
2011-12-26 22:26:14
flowsicK <333
2011-12-26 22:27:31
iNERTIA and Slip away? American scene is dead
2011-12-26 22:30:45
not :D + swag.
2011-12-26 22:57:23
swag and semphis
2011-12-27 21:51:25
+3
2011-12-27 22:27:45
+swag

:D
2011-12-26 22:31:26
+1
2011-12-26 22:43:41
+1, or sgares
2011-12-26 22:53:12
+1
2011-12-27 01:30:54
b2b is way better than UMX so it would be a stupid move by him
2011-12-27 15:41:25
gl
2011-12-26 22:32:10
how old is he? omg
2011-12-26 22:37:05
19/20 Im not sure.
2011-12-26 23:16:37
ty :D thought 16 xD
2011-12-26 23:19:24
swag is 14 year old.
2011-12-26 23:21:59
He is 15.

#PoA

http://esea.net/users/270583
2011-12-27 17:09:50
HES BEEN 15 FOR 7 YEARS
2011-12-30 23:01:53
Can any1 tell me wat does being Inactive means in context wid cs?? :|
2011-12-26 22:44:41
Inactive > You quit something for a long time
2011-12-26 22:45:17
In 99% of the cases they will come back after a month or so.
2011-12-26 22:46:07
don't play for some time
2011-12-26 22:46:08
ok thnx :D
2011-12-26 22:47:40
it's easy, just like active but the opposite)
2011-12-26 22:48:44
i knw tht..but i thot tht in CS it means smthing kinda registering ur name in team but dsnt playing fr a long tym...nvr mind, just wanted to be clear frm my side ;]
2011-12-26 22:51:55
ok)
2011-12-26 22:54:25
by: Jonathan E. - HLTV.org
#29
A player stops playing for the team but does not necessarily leave it.
2011-12-26 22:53:24
ok gt it..i was just bit cnfusd tht why a player will go inactive as soon as he joins a team...dsnt tht team will suffer a loss..i mean they might me playing sm tourneys henceforth! -___-

Post edited 2011-12-26 22:59:53
2011-12-26 22:59:15
by: Jonathan E. - HLTV.org
#38
In this case as far as I know iNERTiA did not go inactive after joining the team.

It is true though that sometimes it happens that right after joining a team a given player goes inactive. I presume it is just because you can't predict what will happen in your real life that may interfere with the CS one.
2011-12-26 23:18:31
inertia is back
2011-12-26 22:44:54
It's FODDER's chance!
2011-12-29 08:12:25
SAD
2011-12-26 22:45:29
ok
2011-12-26 22:50:46
inertia gp
2011-12-26 23:02:30
Bad.
2011-12-26 23:11:34
oh noez!
2011-12-26 23:11:39
Sad to see him leave I liked how he played :(
2011-12-26 23:17:20
Like you ever saw him playing :D
2011-12-27 23:30:04
Wanna bet ?

Post edited 2012-01-02 07:43:26
2012-01-02 07:41:03
they go to slip xD
2011-12-26 23:35:48
buskey, intertia, now slip...
very sad for them, they were pretty strong with that lu
2011-12-27 00:06:47
a2z is joinin
2011-12-27 00:19:01
by: mah9
#46
sLiPdiK
2011-12-27 00:22:42
:DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
2011-12-27 00:24:56
flowsick-irukandji-nothing-frod-truls
2011-12-27 00:38:50
irukandji igl?
2011-12-27 05:03:42
dunno why flowsick is there

hes like top 20 in US
2011-12-27 17:41:38
Hes really good actually if you watch his playstyle and the rounds he wons hist team...dissagree and most will.

Post edited 2011-12-27 23:08:49
2011-12-27 23:06:32
well im not saying hes not good.. but if you look on esea theres minimum 10 invite player who are better then him
2011-12-27 23:16:35
Respect opinion:) just many been saying he shoulda been on eg months ago event after event after event. Thenagain we are all just fanboys.
2011-12-27 23:25:41
Umx looking to add some more weight. Look for hostile to join
2011-12-27 01:03:09
by: b!gz
#60
is there supposed to be a double meaning here? cuz there definately is
2011-12-27 05:44:55
Even I, who doesn't have a perfect english, got this :)
2011-12-27 14:27:15
Why they left their house?
2011-12-27 01:48:58
flowsick to EG
2011-12-27 02:04:52
+1
2011-12-27 04:17:31
dunno why people think flowsick is sick after 1 match he went god mode, but flowsick is not a top 10 player in us
2011-12-27 17:42:22
its true, i didnt follow the US scene, but when i saw him playing i realy like that guy, but you are totally right.
2011-12-28 01:11:20
add - Adrenaline
2011-12-27 02:24:48
Who is awper in UMX, is it flowsicK?
2011-12-27 03:46:40
truls
2011-12-27 07:02:23
truls = awper
2011-12-27 04:59:05
Me ready to join the lineup! :) \m/
2011-12-27 06:31:09
by: pren
#62
pauLy is practicing with them atm...
2011-12-27 06:33:13
Swagxd
2011-12-27 07:15:06
Smart decision. If you are a part of USA CS, then it's just about time to hang up your mouse or think about doing it very soon. There is zero justification to do anything but pug with your friends, and doing it in a lower level league means less stress and a higher chance of payout.

Post edited 2011-12-27 07:26:50
2011-12-27 07:25:58

Kyle "flowsicK" Mendez
Daniel "impsta" Whaley
Nazar "steno" Vynnytsky
Chris "TRULS" Navratil

and can add , sgares or Adrenaline :)
2011-12-27 21:48:24
who is slipLMAO
2011-12-27 07:40:29
why they change ppl so fast when steno join? :/
2011-12-27 11:21:23
The changes are not because naz joined; they're because dizzaman left....well, that plus poor results.

Dizza leaving meant the original five were split up, and from then on the whole team wasn't living in one house, which was probably the team's defining characteristic.

He was also one of their better fraggers and igl, and any team losing a player in those roles would drastically affect it. For instance, imagine Lions losing threat.

Throw on top that it took a few months for them to settle on steno, which was only a couple months before the end of their contract with umx, and you have a recipe for change.

I also think their results have been less than impressive, so why would the players want to stay on the team? For instance, IMO, haven't done that great in ESEA. They're 7-4, which seems ok until you look closely at those results. They've lost to:

Sync, who's 3-8
EG 16-10, yet EG doesn't practice
Deja Vu, who's 3-7
B2B (their only acceptable loss IMO)

and only two of their wins were impressive, one against x6 (where they DID look good, though x6 lost both of their matches that week on tuscan) and another against crev (though crev is brand new to invite).

Finally, it's great UMX is willing to send them abroad to lans, but they keep losing qualifiers to get invited, so that's obviously no good.

Post edited 2011-12-27 21:29:12
2011-12-27 21:27:51
sad_face riCky ;(
2011-12-27 12:05:17
Another PRO PLAYER dropout...
2011-12-27 18:39:38
z1d, swag, semphis, n0thing, pauLy (or aZn) = gg
2011-12-27 21:57:44
sad (like I know this guy) ...
2011-12-27 23:28:49
by: juga
#96
FODDER to join
2011-12-28 02:41:23
Not until BiGG removes my 90 year ban from ESEA for calling him morbidly obese (which appearently he can abuse his power to label as malicious activity). ;O
2011-12-28 04:17:49
iNERTiA is back
2011-12-28 06:10:46
If it was flowsicK then I would actually give a shit.
2011-12-29 05:24:59
awp :) +1
2011-12-29 16:20:51
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