naSu joins ENCE

22-5-2016 17:45

ENCE have announced that Niko "naSu" Kovanen has joined their team on a try-out basis.

The 25-year-old, who has played for some of the most successful Finnish Counter-Strike teams, both in 1.6 and in CS:GO, will continue representing ENCE after acting as a stand-in at the European Minor Championship, last weekend, due to Tom "⁠stonde⁠" Glad's health issues.

In Tours, ENCE finished in fourth place following defeats against dignitas and HellRaisers in the knockout stages. Despite failing to secure a spot at the offline qualifier for ESL One Cologne, the team "felt a significant boost in chemistry" with Niko "⁠naSu⁠" Kovanen on the roster.

naSu to lead ENCE's roster

The former WinFakt and ROCCAT member will take up the ingame leader role, allowing Aleksi "⁠allu⁠" Jalli to focus on the AWP moving forward.

"I really missed the competition and I am thrilled about the opportunity to represent ENCE again," Kovanen told ENCE's website.

"This time around I will be acting as the in-game leader for the first time. I do not think ENCE lacked any firepower, but proper execution and me being the only Finn left who has ever played under proper leadership I know what it takes, so I am confident you're going to see a whole different ENCE soon."

Making way for naSu to join the team is stonde, who will be released from his contract at the end of the month. ENCE stressed that the decision was not based on individual performances but on the belief that it will benefit the squad by allowing the players to maximise their potential.

ENCE now have:

Aleksi "⁠allu⁠" Jalli
Miikka "⁠suNny⁠" Kemppi
Mikko "⁠xartE⁠" Välimaa
Juho "⁠juho⁠" Lampinen
Niko "⁠naSu⁠" Kovanen

nice, he played well at the minor

2016-05-22 17:45

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ez for ence

11 replies

ez for jews to make 9/11 and brainwash us that osama did that but osama is just an actor hired by you

2016-05-22 19:24

8 replies

wat???

2016-05-22 19:30

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2016-05-23 04:36

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2016-05-23 13:50

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2016-05-23 18:51

2016-05-22 20:37

I didn't expect to read that today.

2016-05-22 21:48

2016-05-22 23:16

FIRST COMMENT WASN'T "EZ FOR ENCE" I'M DISSAPOINTED

2016-05-23 14:28

2016-05-22 20:45

2016-05-24 16:32

ence for ez

gl nasu! NASULLE 4Head

2016-05-22 17:46

ez4ence

2016-05-22 17:47

if nasu is the IGL now, no need for xartE so -xartE +anyone who isn't shit ez top 10

2016-05-22 18:10

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According to "The former WinFakt and ROCCAT member will take up the ingame leader role, allowing Aleksi "allu" Jalli to focus on the AWP moving forward" Allu was igl

2016-05-22 18:32

i think that meant that stonde left, so allu awp because stonde was main awp before

2016-05-22 18:34

Ohh I was just assuming that allu was awping already. Thanks for info

2016-05-22 22:41

At the start at least they had allu and sunny to call strats and i believe later on xarte for a while

2016-05-22 18:43

-xarte +zehn top10 ez.

2016-05-22 23:01

Välimaan Mikko Mikko Mikko Mikko

2016-05-23 07:15

no he didnt he was the worst performer for ence other than xarte so either -xarte or it was a bad pick up and they will not have as much fire power as before

2016-05-22 19:44

But can he beat canada in ice hockey?

2016-05-23 05:34

nice

Ez for ENCE

fak

2016-05-22 17:44

EZ 4 ENCE

ez ence

rip joelz

asd

EZ FOR ENCE!

ENEC

rip stonde -xarte +stonde

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-xarte +joelz, kidnap him and force him to play lan

2ez4ence than

2016-05-22 18:33

2016-05-22 20:18

+1 easy top 1 team ez ence

2016-05-23 18:53

Weird, I would have guessed that XartE was the one to be removed

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well he SHOULD get kicked, if nasu is the IGL now. no need for xarte now

2016-05-22 18:12

I guess they wanted allu to be the awper, and xartE>stonde in rifling.

2016-05-22 18:20

It's not weird considering stonde is silver with rifle. FeelsBadMan but true.

2016-05-22 20:06

they should get disturbed back

2016-05-22 20:23

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_retired_

2016-05-23 06:58

so was nasu

2016-05-23 16:10

no he wasnt:Ddd

2016-05-23 16:11

he's been on and off since first departure from ence

2016-05-23 16:14

not being on ence doesnt mean retiring

2016-05-23 16:55

Hello Finnish brethren, do you have time to hear about our lord and savior Allu?

2016-05-22 21:32

nt man :D

wef

wat

r.i.p stonde

n1 gl nasu

ez for ENCE

EZ FOR ENCE

expected

EZ for ence

Congratzz Man

Kello on niin paljon kun sinä tätä videota katsot NI!

2016-05-22 23:03

allu main awp ezz

Easy for Ence

EZ FOR ENCE ESPORT

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hmm

rip, best player Stonde left

He was so inconsistent tho..

2016-05-22 19:35

i love his awp

2016-05-22 21:36

EZ MAJOR 4 ENCE

i'm retired i'm back i'm retired i'm back

Ez 4 ence

top3 inc

God Allu

rofl all the 1s

rip ence this guy cant frag

STONDE > NASU IMHO DISTURBED >>>>>>>>>>>> NASU & STONDE

disturbed retired..

2016-05-22 17:55

what is mean RETIRED?

2016-05-22 17:58

that he doesnt play it anymore for career.

2016-05-22 18:05

oh jesus, rip gooodFinish player :(

2016-05-22 18:06

re. tired. he got tired AGAIN?

nice b8 m8

2016-05-22 19:15

EZ FOR ENCE ESPORTS FROM FINLAND

stonde awp > allu awp

xdxd

2016-05-22 18:23

ez pz ence

lel

Unexpected :o

ez for professional eSports organization ENCE E-sports containing of AWPer Aleksi "Allu" Jalli, ingame leader Mikko "xartE" Välimaa, rifler Miikka "suNny" Kemppi, allround player Juho "Juhob" Lampinen & the mad fragger Niko "naSu" Kovanen from the finnish eSports organization ENCE e-sports from the nordic country Finland.

2016-05-22 17:48

2016-05-24 14:48

downgrade

NikoS. gl

Your reply was not posted, reason: You posted less than 30 seconds ago, please do not spam the forums. fal.

ALLU Main AWP !!! Nice ez for ENCE eSports from FINLAND

GL! now everyone has to modify the "ez 4 ence a finnish csgo organization...." bind :D

"This time around I will be acting as the in-game leader for the first time."

2016-05-22 17:49

RIP ENCE -naSu +jOELZ

Now to replace xarte with joelz or even like saggerton or twist from rctic

maybe. but since nasu is igl now, we need to wait and see if xarte can start fragging again

2016-05-22 17:50

xarte didn't frag when sunny was calling, he didn't frag when natu was calling in 3dmax, he didn't frag when lurppis was calling for them as a coach IGL, why would he start fragging now? xarte and juho are the only players in the team with a sub 1.0 LAN rating in 2016. To make it worse, they're both around 0.8. Stats don't mean everything, of course, but this lineup change barely affects Juho's and Xarte's play. It only affects Allu, who is their best player even when rifling, and stonde who was their second best player until sunny started stepping up. Unless all these years nasu happened to be a godtier IGL who can find a way to make Juho and xarte play better, I don't know how this is going to change anything for the better. If anything this change only puts more pressure on Allu and Sunny.

2016-05-22 17:59

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you have good points. the difference between juho and xarte is that juho can perform great, but he hasn't done that on lan. but he will, i hope. xarte doesn't have that potential. stonde was very inconsistent. he could win rounds that were basically lost, but mostly he would miss easy shots and make dumb decisions.

2016-05-22 19:04

TBH xartE brings ENCE power in LAN-matches... As you may know he is one experienced player so just making things up just because you go with the flow and h8 xarte is just sad.. Juho is a talented player, but he still needs a hell of a lot experience to power himself up more consistently. Stonde was a player who couldnt rifle, only AWP. And knowing Allu is a good awper -> removing stonde is the right call at this hour.

2016-05-22 20:13

i'm by no means a xarte hater. and i don't need anyone else's opinion to form my very own. i have eyes and knowledge to see when someone is not performing well enough. frags are not everything. but xarte's play is often painful to watch.

2016-05-22 20:24

Well you are right about that one, and my apologies if I seemed pushy with my own opinion. But as you may know -> most of our countrymen know so little of the depht of the game and blame the lowest fragging one for the defeat. But it's an undeniable fact that xarte was the experienced one alongside allu, now that nsub is in the steering wheel things have turned radically to a lot better. Now every single player can pick up an ak

2016-05-25 01:49

tbh juho is waaay worse the xarte on lan where it matters. hes the most inconsistent pro player when u compare online performances to lan.

2016-05-22 19:46

I think Juho has more room for growth.

2016-05-22 21:25

Juhos lows are lower and highs are higher than xartes , tho Juho still can develop as a player and has more potential than xarte.Before this move I always thought ence should remove stonde while everybody was complaining about xarte even tho he never was the MAIN problem , yeah I've seen xarte frag worse than usual oftenly , but I have seen Juho tilt and have 0.3 k/d ratio half as many games and I've seen stonde miss shots consitantly that Xarte could hit consitantly.

2016-05-23 08:29

If u knew anything about those players as people you would get rid of juho in a heartbeat. He has a problem with his temper and obviously with his nerves. You dont just fix things like that with practice.

2016-05-23 13:39

how much

2016-05-23 16:05

EZ FOR ENCE!!

Now -xartE +stonde

They need to +joelz

Allu back to main awp

Maybe now they will finaly qualify for some T2 $10,000 LAN. GL!

NASULLE 4Head NASULLE 4Head NASULLE 4Head

4Head NASULLE EleGiggle

is this guy lurppi's brother, right?

2016-05-22 18:21

EZ for lurppis

imo -allu +FalleN (if he learn finnish)

ez top100

4Head NASULLE 4Head

Wannabe natu

n1 lurppis

2016-05-22 17:52

RIP stonde was a sick awper P.S get this thread to 1000 comments cuz ez for ence

2016-05-22 17:53

ez for Pansy

2016-05-22 17:54

WHO join in WHAT? jk, Some Finnish could tell me if "WinFakt organization" still exists?

now just +lurppis +aslak +BASiC -xartE -juho -allu I think they should rename themselves to WinFakt as well

2016-05-22 17:56

where did all the good players go?

2016-05-22 17:57

feel bad for stonde, well rip

finally allu can fuckin awp... my god.

lurppis?

It's his brother.

2016-05-22 18:19

I know, was just joking about him looking a bit like lurpiss :D

Lahti psytrance... :D

natu nasu allu fins dont have a fantasy?

I have a fantasy that has your mom in it. That's fine because she is most likely as old as I am.

2016-05-23 18:54

they need joelz

2016-05-22 18:00

EZFORENCE EZFORENCe EZFORENce EZFOREnce EZFORence EZFOrence EZForence EZforence Ezforence ezforence

now its easier 4 ENCE

2016-05-22 18:01

EZ for professional exHLTV writer's lurppis brother.

2016-05-22 18:02

RIP ENCE, nasu is shit

2016-05-22 18:03

ENCE 4 EZ

YEA BABY EZ 4 ENCE

MINILURPPIS I N I L U R P P I S

2016-05-22 18:07

for ence ez

2016-05-22 18:09

stonde getting cut and allu back to awping who would've guessed......

2016-05-22 18:13

Expected

2016-05-22 18:14

No reason to have xarte in the roster anymore.

2016-05-22 18:15

pretty solid move, stonde just lacks some things as a player

2016-05-22 18:16

gl nasu.. ence really needs a new IGL i hope this will work.. Now let's see how xarte will do.. if he dont do well.. its time for comeback disturbed..

2016-05-22 18:25

wtf stonde released is this a joke

-xarte +joelz

Tbh, they played the best CS in the minor we've seen from them yet, even with minimal practice, so it kind of makes sense

this one right here. nasu surely needs to play more and get used to his role in the team but this might be really good if it works out. Time will tell.

2016-05-23 00:40

This dude looks like karrigan lmao

ez 4 ence esports

2016-05-22 18:24

-Xarte +pirttiss

2016-05-22 18:26

KOVASEN NIKO NIKO NIKO NIKO NIKO NIKO KOVASEN NIKO NIKO NIKO NIKO NIKO NIKO

2016-05-22 18:27

stonde :'O

2016-05-22 18:29

Aleksi ”allu” Jalli, Captain of the CS:GO team ENCE eSports had this to say: It is great to have more experience on the team so that I will not be the only one who has been on the biggest stages of competition anymore. Niko is a player who doesn't shy away from taking a role in the team which is what we needed. This change also means that I will get to go back playing on the AWP role which I'm looking forward to. These changes will bring more balance to the team and we are confident this is what we need to take the next step!

NASULLE NASULLE NASULLE NASULLE

ECNE ROF ZE

2016-05-22 18:35

Wherer is lurppis these dayz....

stonde definitely has a talent for awp and I hope he will not be lost forever now

2016-05-22 18:36

kicked best player LUL

2016-05-22 18:41

lost their best player. n1

ez 4 ence #godallu #encetop1 #ez4winland

2016-05-22 18:46

nice but where lurrpis? =)

2016-05-22 18:47

what an honor, join the best team/org ez4ence

2016-05-22 18:50

n1, gl to NewENCE :)

2016-05-22 18:51

Rip stonde's career, lets light a candle for him [*]

2016-05-22 18:53

Stonde better than NaSu all the ways ...

2016-05-22 18:54

hahahahaha

2016-05-22 18:55

cuz I won 300$ on lounge with stonde's clutchs

2016-05-22 19:05

if you disagree you are literally brain dead.

He is so inconsistent tho...

2016-05-23 15:33

2016-05-22 18:56

NT fake lurrpis kappa

2016-05-22 18:57

He is lurppi`s brother acctually

That's why i wrote the kappa...

2016-05-22 20:10

LIL LURRPIS

2016-05-22 19:02

Tier 3 player to Tier 3 Team Who cares?

2016-05-22 19:03

Well you cared enough to comment

even with 2 sentences, wow what a dog

2016-05-22 23:45

hope stonde will be okay... anyway.. ez4ence

2016-05-22 19:08

This team will suck, lurppis always plays favorites in those situations he marketed allu to NiP and look what happened now his desperately trying to prove a point by making a tier 3 team.

Now its too ez for ence

2016-05-22 19:18

2016-05-22 19:19

Expected. Stonde was good at his prime, just had those primegames too rarely. Allu awping will be much more effective, finally he can win some maps alone for ENCE eSports =)) Too bad naSus aim is rather terrible but he can surely get better if he DMs 4hours a day + teampraccs. Ez 4 Ence? I aren't think that

2016-05-22 19:21

EZ ENCE

2016-05-22 19:23

Ok, I don't get this. Nasu joins as an IGL, fine, he ain't the best rifler but fine. But why on earth would they sack Stonde?!? I guess the only reason is that Allu really wanted to AWP and not rifle, so Stonde had to go. For the team it would have been better to get rid of Xarte (as no need for IGL now), keep allu as a rifler / secondary AWP and keep Stonde as a main AWP. They would have had a really strong 2 AWP set up, and better riflers than now, as Allu is better than Nasu or Xarte.

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Team chemistry felt really good with -stonde +nasu at the minor. Plus they had two awp players: allu and stonde. Maybe those are the main reasons. Team chemistry, too many awp players

2016-05-22 19:29

"team chemistry" = got couple of map wins. This lineup is doomed from the get go. I bet my left nut that this lineup is dead before year changes.

2016-05-22 19:43

U gonna take part in painolympics?

2016-05-22 23:21

sorry i dont speak retardese

2016-05-22 23:44

Allu is a great rifler also. He could be a solid rifler and pick up the AWP when team needs for two. Now they have Xarte and Nasu, who are both mediocre riflers. I'm quite sure this is just a power play from Allu, to be the main AWP again. He has strike me as a person who doesn't really play well with others. Not in a toxic way as s1mple, but more for a selfish player.

2016-05-22 19:53

You forgot juho. He's not even medicore on lan. Idk if he has a problem with his nerves or what but he just vanishes in every single lan.

having a level10 awp and level 5 rifler is even better than having a level9 awp and level 8 rifler

2016-05-22 23:46

Old ence coming back. few years ago they changed 8 players in six month >D

2016-05-22 19:25

damn ez4ence

good luck!

2016-05-22 19:27

NASULLE

2016-05-22 19:28

Ez ence

NaȘu'

2016-05-22 19:34

Well, stonde was their best online player. =>

2016-05-22 19:38

what kind of health issues?

2016-05-22 19:39

Lmao Lets drop our hard carry, replace him with a has been awp player who's going to play rifle and keep the "problem players" in the lineup instead! Im sorry but what the fuck is natu, lurppis and co. doing in the management? :D

2016-05-22 19:41

You mean replacing "hard carry" who usually misses easy shots and luckily hits some flickshots. Most inconsistent player Finland ever produced (if we leave Juho_the_lan_god out of the calculations)

2016-05-22 20:14

natu lol

2016-05-22 19:51

2016-05-22 19:54

''me being the only Finn left who has ever played under proper leadership'' lol?? Shots fired at NiP

2016-05-22 20:01

Shouldve kicked juho, not stonde.

2016-05-22 20:05

nice, nasu was sick in 1.6

2016-05-22 20:34

and awful in GO :E

2016-05-22 20:59

im sure that his brother being in management had nothing to do with this.. :PPPPP

2016-05-22 22:03

Not much to choose from when it comes to the finnish scene

2016-05-22 20:46

Good news. Gl naSu

2016-05-22 21:14

2016-05-22 21:26

But guys, where is jOELZ?

2016-05-22 21:28

lurppis is proud

2016-05-22 21:29

Lolz not gonna take long after we see an another roster change.

2016-05-22 22:44

-xarte +jOELZ Ez top10

2016-05-22 23:17

ez for niko "nasu" kovanen the finnish finn of esports ence team of finland nation

2016-05-23 00:31

ez 5 ence xd

2016-05-23 00:43

joining a sinking ship, such a mistake..

2016-05-23 01:00

Mr EGO joins ENCE

2016-05-23 04:53

i didnt expect this but its still nice move. stonde didnt really shine with awp, he had some mad reflexes but team like ence they need more like star awper. allu is much more capable to fill that hole. nasu could be the brains in team if that spirit runs in the family.

2016-05-23 05:15

Will be interesting to see how it works out!

2016-05-23 12:08

2016-05-23 12:42

2016-05-23 13:23

They need god jOELZ now.

2016-05-23 13:30

nasu is bronze player, ence top15 now

2016-05-23 13:41

Ez for ence, a finnish esports organisation from finland.

2016-05-23 13:52

2016-05-23 14:32

wow

2016-05-23 14:36

2016-05-23 16:15

imo naSu is pretty trash

naSu is only 25 years old? So he plays professionally since he was, Idk 8, 9?

2016-05-23 18:36

Since he was 14 :D

2016-05-24 07:47

Gg kick out best awper in world for a noob just move xartE to coach holy FUCK

2016-05-23 18:39

Honestly I feel this move was needed, I don't think they had suitable person for IGL role, stonde had some mad skillz but especially on lan seemed to be too uneven, allu is definitely more solid overall awp so maybe better have him rather than hope things start to work out, also allu's impact on riffle wasn't as good as they had hoped probably which also affected to this move...

2016-05-23 18:52

I think this is great change to their lineup. Stonde wasn't reliable enough with the awp and allu couldn't quite be the star player that he was in NIP while being a rifler. I don't know if nasu is a good IGL or not, but he has played with natu and lurppis who are both good IGLs so he might have picked something up.

2016-05-23 21:32

N1 fat lurppis! EZ ENCE

2016-05-24 06:46

Im have wachtes its streamer..he is good playerer and fynny guy.. ez ence

2016-05-24 15:15

2016-05-25 01:51