Swole Patrol seek organisation ahead of ESL Pro League S9

21-3-2019 11:02

Swole Patrol are on the lookout for an organisation to represent at ESL Pro League Season 9 Americas and beyond, Jordan "⁠Zellsis⁠" Montemurro has announced.

Zellsis and Braxton "⁠swag⁠" Pierce are the only remaining members of the Swole Patrol squad that qualified for EPL after winning the ESEA MDL S29 Finals, with the former having returned to the team after his brief trial with Cloud9 at the start of the year.

The duo will be joined by Michael "⁠dapr⁠" Gulino and Gage "⁠Infinite⁠" Green, both of whom have been playing for the team in recent weeks. On Wednesday, Swole Patrol took part in the North American open qualifier for DreamHack Masters Dallas, losing to Luminosity in the quarter-finals with Will "⁠dazzLe⁠" Loafman acting as a stand-in.

Swole Patrol will attend the EPL Americas event, next month

Rounding out the roster is Yassine "⁠Subroza⁠" Taoufik, who has been on the lookout for a new team since being replaced by Ryan "⁠freakazoid⁠" Abadir in Ghost in January. After filling in for eUnited in the IEM Sydney qualifiers, the Canadian player attended the WESG Finals with WARDELL N Friends, averaging a team-high 1.27 rating.

Swole Patrol will be competing in ESL Pro League Season 9 Americas, kicking off April 12, with the following roster:

Jordan "⁠Zellsis⁠" Montemurro
Braxton "⁠swag⁠" Pierce
Michael "⁠dapr⁠" Gulino
Gage "⁠Infinite⁠" Green
Yassine "⁠Subroza⁠" Taoufik

Danny "⁠fRoD⁠" Montaner (coach)

2019-03-21 11:04

22 replies

I was worried the roster would suck but it doesn't seem so bad on paper

2019-03-21 12:04

21 replies

ofc it sucks, tier 3 is the cap for these guys

2019-03-21 12:39

20 replies

t3 is enough for NA Pro League

2019-03-21 13:20

Is it neccessary to be toxic? Just because Ence had 1 good run doesnt mean they're T1. Everyone has to start somewhere and grind. T3 is better than your MM dmg rank / Faceit lvl 5 , right? Also they have salary , meanwhile you play just to waste time.

2019-03-21 13:48

18 replies

dont care, they play in no namer scene. I could move to america with my dmg mm rank, train for week and get same salary and results than these guys. Scene is joke. Couple good teams but they cant reach the top

2019-03-21 13:58

15 replies

You are delusional

2019-03-21 14:06

14 replies

its joke yes but doesnt change the fact that na scene is overrated. EU >>> CIS > NA > ASIA > AUS

2019-03-21 14:09

13 replies

I agree with your ranking, but no one overrates NA other than people with natural biases,which is fine,I overrated Big probably as well due to my bias.

2019-03-21 14:16

3 replies

Sensible response, i'm idiot but it's hltv. Have a good day

2019-03-21 14:19

2 replies

u 2

2019-03-21 14:51

NA scene is definitely underdeveloped but slowly it is gaining on EU and CIS

2019-03-21 16:26

I mean if you look at this way EU is up top but CIs isn’t much of any better... NA has more top players than the CIS region does auti, elige, twistzz, NAF, stew, nitro, nahtE, Tarik, nitr0, Brehze, and rush. Thats a good scene with a lot of potential and don’t forget two up and comers s0m and Tenz

2019-03-21 15:41

4 replies

In reality CIS is about as good as NA if being honest. Dont agree with rush maybe but I would add stanislaw, one of the better IGL's for sure

2019-03-21 16:09

+1 to all of this

2019-03-21 16:27

No one thinks NA CS is good so it can't be overrate. What are you talking about

Tottaly disagreeing with your statement ; The whole point is that CIS is filled with talents that unlike NA don’t get appreciated as much, lower salaries; difficault leagues to get to the major and mafia. As a matter of fact a team like Gambit would have been very successful with Zeus and Kane; however for some dumb reason they decided to move to NaVi again and not improve the youth of the scene. This is very popular in CIS scene, dumb moves by the organizations that destroys the young generation stepping into the scene.

2019-03-21 17:15

Saying NA is overrated != NA is bad.

2019-03-21 20:51

It should be better considering the resources pumped into it.

2019-03-21 20:58

So you're saying that the NA scene is inefficient, not bad?

2019-03-22 00:55

1 reply

Its inefficient and pretty bad.

2019-03-22 05:39

Subroza and dapr just dont seem to be going anywhere. They change teams all the time with little to no results and get kicked But the other 3 have potential imo

2019-03-21 14:21

Definitely. Unfortunately Swag can't participate on majors so no bright future there. 70% of the NA teams can't even reach the minor yet don't sign him because of this.. sad story

2019-03-21 21:09

Good luck

GL zellsis was a good trial in c9. I dont think that this team will get some tiers like 3,4... lets wait

2019-03-21 11:08

2019-03-21 11:47

Nice

Cool

you can play for me

Cryest

2019-03-21 12:29

Yes

omegalul

Ook

woo

2019-03-21 11:05

Good luck boiss

TSM hallo

2019-03-21 11:06

wippie >> subroza

no wippie no win

wippie is your flair

2019-03-21 14:22

Free brax?

who will want them? better retire

2019-03-21 11:09

2019-03-21 11:10

I hope they get something.

2019-03-21 11:12

Not TSM.

2019-03-21 11:14

Good luck finding an org, also #freebrax

2019-03-21 11:16

Ok tsm or echo fox

2019-03-21 11:20

match fixer wants org LOL

2019-03-21 11:21

5 years ago btw

2019-03-21 19:49

Team Secret please

2019-03-21 11:23

new virtus pro roster

2019-03-21 11:24

subroza cheater

2019-03-21 11:26

100Thieves ???

2019-03-21 11:32

of any of the big orgs, 100T is the most likely to sign an org this controversial, since they did sign mr “prove it or I’ll kill you”

Aint so 'swole' anymore are they..

2019-03-21 11:33

American CSGO Stars without organization.

2019-03-21 11:35

I see the TSM coming

2019-03-21 11:43

gl to find org when u have racist in your team

2019-03-21 11:44

6 replies

+banned player

2019-03-21 11:45

who's the racist tho? and why?

2019-03-21 12:14

infinite

2019-03-21 12:47

racist because he said the most forbidden word of the forbidden words aaah. and who has the proof of it? oh, a very toxic asshole player that drags down every team, Ryx, who got mad at Infinite after Infinite was invited to C9, not him. Yup, complete racist to me.

2019-03-21 14:18

I'm tired of this "he is toxic, doesn't deserve a spot in a good team". Bunch of fags

2019-03-21 16:49

Infinite said the n word and ryx snitched on him because bonehead ryx has a low IQ and can't find himself on a good team for more than a week.

2019-03-21 15:07

lmao bots looking for sponsor Zellsis LUL

I’d like to see Swag and Zellsis join Envy with Nifty, s0m, and Fugly Not gonna happen, but I’d like to see it

2019-03-21 11:51

IMMORTALS

2019-03-21 11:56

splyce or evil geniuses

2019-03-21 12:00

TSM Pog

Lmao playing with a racist

2019-03-21 12:18

hopefuly these ones aint snakes..

2019-03-21 12:24

Echo Fox POGGERS

2019-03-21 12:44

Can someone tell me who the Swole player is on this team? More like skeleton patrol.

2019-03-21 12:51

swag's neck

2019-03-21 16:39

#freebrax

2019-03-21 13:02

#FREEBRAX

2019-03-21 13:12

well, he has been freed from having a contract and an org it seems, so there you go, wish granted.

2019-03-21 14:41

Well not completely free till he and the others are unban from valve sponsored events.

true that

2019-03-21 17:11

New TSM lineup? but can they afford them

2019-03-21 13:13

ahahahha washed up bot lineup that can't attend major yes they get payed with m&m:s

2019-03-21 13:22

They can compete at ESL, Dreamhacks etc. Still a lot of money to win ;)

2019-03-21 13:51

+1 they can still win a decent amount of money if a team is willing to sign them

2019-03-21 20:19

NA tier 2=EU tier 6

2019-03-21 13:23

unfortunate

this ain’t even tier 2 my guy

2019-03-21 16:46

who??

2019-03-21 14:20

This is #Lowkey an issue.. #StayLowkey

2019-03-21 15:57

ew Subroza

maybe better than SNG,but tsm won't sign this dead roster

2019-03-21 16:32

pretty decent lineup, Infinite may be an issue for orgs but if they can find one that doesn't care about that whole thing, then good on 'em

2019-03-21 16:38

Swole is better than eUnited

2019-03-21 16:50

2019-03-22 04:29

Represent a former cheater in Subroza who shows it every time he has to make a decision in a game without the cheats... Great for any organisation's branding.

2019-03-21 17:05

Im pretty sure taco bell willing to organize and sponsor for them not expecting won any match just for the marketing

2019-03-21 17:25

No wippie no party

2019-03-21 17:30

-Subroza +wippie

They pretty stupid right expecting some organization willing to organize and sponsor them for any tournament just by posting porpose on the twitter . Arent they should work it out lol

2019-03-21 17:35

100 Thieves should sign them :D

2019-03-21 18:17

Cmonnn u guys coulda done better then infinite tho, try to get laski on, he’s n fpl god lowkey

2019-03-21 18:39

no support for fucking matchfixers stay banned you lowlife SWAGSHIT

why u gotta hate man

2019-03-26 01:51

hate ????? he should be in jail where he belongs fucking matchfixing cunt

2019-03-26 03:12

I don't think he would've been put in jail anyways he was a minor when it happened

2019-03-26 20:36

the us puts anyone in jail :D

2019-03-26 21:10

Lost to luminosity. Childish unprofessional players. Nah dude.

2019-03-21 18:45

2019-03-21 21:22

TSM? EG? PandaGlobal? 100Thieves? Help these guys out. also kys to anyone who isn't rooting for em

2019-03-21 23:11

love this line up but please cut former cheating onliner Subroza pls

2019-03-22 04:26

Very unsure what to make of this. There's obvious pluses and negatives to this... They need to get rid of Infinite... After the incident which cost Infinite his spot on C9, this could also be detrimental to them getting picked up by any [reputable] organization. Definitely a misstep on their part to jump right into things. Not much they can do about Brax in order to circumvent his ban from Majors, which, again, is a major setback to a good org picking them up - because there's 0 potential for a Major advertisement potential. With an EPL spot, this is HUGE for orgs to take interest in. That said, their best chance would be to survive this EPL season, drop brax and infinite (while maintaining a new core) and pick up two solid players and I'm sure they'll pick up a decent org. Obviously I could be completely wrong, and I hope I am, but only time will tell. Pluses: - Skill potential to compete - ESL ProLeague spot. Downside: - Infinite's outlandish and quite frankly, blacklisting behavior. - Brax's VALVE ban. My two cents.

2019-03-22 05:52

Not gunna get a very nice org between Infinite and Swag, even if Infinite promises to behave still gotta try for majors somehow. Even if it doesn't end well

2019-03-22 16:12