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OpTic to attend ESL Pro League with kwezz

6/10/2019 - 23:40

Oliver "kwezz" Rasmussen will step in for OpTic in the first group stage of ESL Pro League Season 10, team coach Casper "ruggah" Due has revealed.

The 19-year-old will step into the shoes of René "cajunb" Borg, who has left the team amidst reports that he will return to North to replace OG-bound Valdemar "valde" Bjørn Vangså.

On Twitter, team member Mathias "MSL" Lauridsen lamented the situation his team have been in since June, when the Immortals Gaming Club (IGC), owner of MIBR, announced the acquisition of Infinite Esports & Entertainment, OpTic Gaming's parent company. This has put the Danish squad up for sale and made it impossible for players to be added unless they arrive for nothing.

kwezz will fill in for OpTic in ESL Pro League

kwezz burst onto the competitive scene in 2017, when he played several King of Nordic tournaments and attended his first big LAN, Cross Border Esport, alongside current Tricked member Fredrik "roeJ" Jørgensen. This year, he has played for teams like Ambush, ImmuNe and maquinas, averaging a 0.91 rating across all competitions.

OpTic will face BIG, FaZe and mousesports in the first group stage of ESL Pro League, kicking off on Tuesday. cajunb's departure came just days after the team crashed out of DreamHack Masters Malmö 2019 in 9th-12th place after beating Liquid and losing to Natus Vincere and mousesports.

This means that OpTic will attend the tournament with:

Denmark Kristian "k0nfig" Wienecke
Denmark Mathias "MSL" Lauridsen
Denmark Nikolaj "niko" Kristensen
Denmark Rene "TeSeS" Madsen
Denmark Oliver "kwezz" Rasmussen

Denmark Casper "ruggah" Due (coach)

Denmark René 'cajunb' Borg
René 'cajunb' Borg
Age:
29
Team:
North
Rating 1.0:
1.07
Maps played:
1424
KPR:
0.71
DPR:
0.63
APR:
0.13
Denmark Valdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangså
Valdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangså
Age:
24
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.10
Maps played:
832
KPR:
0.75
DPR:
0.66
APR:
0.14
Denmark Casper 'ruggah' Due
Casper 'ruggah' Due
Age:
-
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.92
Maps played:
68
KPR:
0.60
DPR:
0.67
APR:
0.03
Denmark Rene 'TeSeS' Madsen
Rene 'TeSeS' Madsen
Age:
18
Team:
Copenhagen Flames
Rating 1.0:
1.05
Maps played:
256
KPR:
0.72
DPR:
0.68
APR:
0.13
Denmark Oliver 'kwezz' Rasmussen
Oliver 'kwezz' Rasmussen
Age:
19
Team:
maquinas
Rating 1.0:
0.92
Maps played:
122
KPR:
0.63
DPR:
0.70
APR:
0.12
Denmark Fredrik 'roeJ' Jørgensen
Fredrik 'roeJ' Jørgensen
Age:
25
Team:
Tricked
Rating 1.0:
1.07
Maps played:
293
KPR:
0.76
DPR:
0.70
APR:
0.14
Denmark Mathias 'MSL' Lauridsen
Mathias 'MSL' Lauridsen
Age:
24
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.91
Maps played:
1530
KPR:
0.64
DPR:
0.72
APR:
0.15
Denmark Kristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke
Kristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke
Age:
22
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.08
Maps played:
1051
KPR:
0.75
DPR:
0.69
APR:
0.13
Denmark Nikolaj 'niko' Kristensen
Nikolaj 'niko' Kristensen
Age:
21
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.03
Maps played:
850
KPR:
0.70
DPR:
0.66
APR:
0.13
#1
OK | 
Peru TheJuan 
Nice
2019-10-06 23:41
#5
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North America ProudNAfan 
Who
2019-10-06 23:41
#26
smooya | 
Austria shaakeh 
here we go -valde +cajunb
2019-10-06 23:46
#58
YEKINDAR | 
China YEKINDARisUnderrated 
ok
2019-10-07 00:09
#61
OK | 
Peru TheJuan 
+100
2019-10-07 00:20
#2
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Argentina Chief02 
f
2019-10-06 23:41
#31
tarik | 
Canada dengbruh 
N♿️RTH
2019-10-06 23:47
#62
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Portugal ItsAvenn 
ahahahhahaa nice
2019-10-07 00:20
#4
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Portugal B1az3d 
Who?
2019-10-06 23:41
#6
HUNDEN | 
Denmark Martin - HLTV.org 
Good to see they aint scared of using young talent.
2019-10-06 23:42
#11
New Zealand Smeagoll 
nt hunden
2019-10-06 23:42
#19
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Venezuela anx420 
all the young talent they picking up seems underwhelming af
2019-10-06 23:44
#23
Brazil Friendly_Brazilian_User 
+1
2019-10-06 23:45
#29
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Poland rude_wredne 
yea, a huge decision. Play in a tournament with "young talent" or don't attend at all. Hmm, yea. Bery Big Decision definetly shows they "ain't" scared.
2019-10-06 23:47
#88
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Australia g00sey 
Why you highlight ain't when you can't spell definitely correctly?
2019-10-07 03:17
#113
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Poland rude_wredne 
why are you a grammar nazi? Just because i responded to a hltv staff? Riding that D?
2019-10-07 11:13
#115
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Australia g00sey 
i thought you were grammar nazi yaself cos ain't isn't a word. kinda ironic to misspell something while critiquing english yeah? idc if its martin or not bro
2019-10-07 12:05
#120
DaneJoris | 
Hungary Gubipe 
but ain't is a word...
2019-10-07 14:08
#132
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Poland rude_wredne 
im not a grammar nazi, mr kangaroo men)) I highlighted "ain't" because optic decision is probably the only one they had (obviously apart from not attending). And im pretty sure that "ain't" is a word. Or maybe its not? I only heard it in memes or some shit. I dont know anymore. People keep saying "your" instead "you're" unironically or then instead than. Shits weird af.
2019-10-08 08:54
#133
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Australia g00sey 
The English language is retarded. I was wrong ain't is a word but I thought it wasn't (nor should it be imo). Fair enough bro, have a good night/day
2019-10-08 11:13
#134
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Poland rude_wredne 
Good day mate
2019-10-08 16:36
#34
Estonia Fukaka 
>0,94 kd >young talent
2019-10-06 23:52
#86
BOOBIE | 
United States lybrel 
wtf does K/D have to do with age? etsy logic LUL
2019-10-07 02:44
#104
Estonia Fukaka 
burger brain strikes again
2019-10-07 07:51
#105
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United States Butterwithtoast 
It's his rating across the 116 maps he's played. A true shit talent they picked up.
2019-10-07 08:31
#51
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Myanmar CSGO_players_work_for_CIA 
-kwezz +martin
2019-10-07 00:03
#57
YEKINDAR | 
China YEKINDARisUnderrated 
+1
2019-10-07 00:09
#63
HUNDEN | 
Denmark Martin - HLTV.org 
+1337
2019-10-07 00:22
#53
Sweden anluk0 
are you baiting, admin?
2019-10-07 00:04
#64
HUNDEN | 
Denmark Martin - HLTV.org 
Thats admen to you)))
2019-10-07 00:22
#65
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Canada SYMAN_NEVER_LOST_TO_VITALITY 
martin when did you become part of the mens)))) gang))))) also GODHUNDEN TOP 1
2019-10-07 00:24
#67
HUNDEN | 
Denmark Martin - HLTV.org 
It's the best 😎
2019-10-07 00:35
#69
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Canada SYMAN_NEVER_LOST_TO_VITALITY 
Very nice mens)))) can you hire me to help make top 20 pls mens)))) i have been doing many research
2019-10-07 00:41
#76
HUNDEN | 
Denmark Martin - HLTV.org 
What's your current list.
2019-10-07 00:45
#77
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Canada SYMAN_NEVER_LOST_TO_VITALITY 
i made a top 10 here, and planning on doing a top 20 later hltv.org/forums/threads/2159497/top-10-p..
2019-10-07 00:52
#97
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China Rynaki 
+rep, this guy is legit, good research
2019-10-07 07:05
#56
Finland em8 
isn't baiting against the rules
2019-10-07 00:09
#75
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Sweden FlushaFANBOY 
I see, it's a Martin bait. 3/8
2019-10-07 00:45
#78
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Austria I_love_Hltv 
2/8
2019-10-07 00:57
#85
BOOBIE | 
United States lybrel 
reported for baiting oh wait... :(
2019-10-07 02:43
#90
s1mple | 
Europe el1teman 
do they have a choice lol
2019-10-07 03:32
#117
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Sweden New@ac@low@id 
0.88 rating
2019-10-07 12:28
#7
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Costa Rica KiNGa_DiAmEndz 
0-3
2019-10-06 23:42
#10
jOELZ | 
United Kingdom joelz_0_major 
0.9 rating in tier 5 = 0.7 rating in tier 2
2019-10-06 23:42
#13
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United States EZ_FOR_NINJAS 
0.91
2019-10-06 23:42
#15
twist | 
Poland Gervush 
RIP OpTic :(
2019-10-06 23:43
#18
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Denmark oskarsports 
who
2019-10-06 23:44
#20
Vertigo | 
United States burNout_ 
"team coach René "cajunb" Borg has revealed." nice typo Also hopefully this young, unknown guy actually can show some promise. This is quite possibly the biggest chance he will ever get to prove himself.
2019-10-06 23:44
#106
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United Kingdom Cryaosic 
0.9 rating while playing tier 3 max , yeah I don't think much will happen.
2019-10-07 09:04
#21
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United States TorrN_ 
THEY GOT RID OF MY #8 Sad face
2019-10-06 23:44
#22
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France OM_BETTER_THAN_PSG 
I knewzz it
2019-10-06 23:45
#25
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Switzerland x676 
hahhaah luuuuuul 0.88
2019-10-06 23:46
#27
k0nfig | 
Denmark QDouble 
Thats sad to see. Rip k0nfig wasted talent.
2019-10-06 23:46
#33
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Poland Julka 
What about kwezz? Is he a good player?
2019-10-06 23:52
#40
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Sri Lanka kvezee 
yeah, im good
2019-10-06 23:55
#135
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Denmark grindz 
Could be decent in the future. Could have done better in Optic for this ESL group but it’s hard to say. They did put up reasonable numbers in the group.
2019-10-11 02:02
#28
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Turkey MusTRelax 
Is this kid dupreeh's brother or something like nephew?
2019-10-06 23:46
#96
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Serbia Aleksandar_Cosa 
Yeah I was waiting for a comment like this one , sadly I don't have an answer.
2019-10-07 06:25
#30
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India stiwa5k 
Why do they even exist?
2019-10-06 23:47
#32
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Sri Lanka kvezee 
ITS ME MAN SUPERSTITUM WE HAAAAAWT
2019-10-06 23:48
#37
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United States jeonseol 
cringe
2019-10-06 23:53
#38
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Sri Lanka kvezee 
u
2019-10-06 23:55
#35
rugrat | 
Hungary Therealkabumm 
WHO
2019-10-06 23:53
#36
Europe FURIA_IS_BIGGEST_FLUKE 
poor MSL
2019-10-06 23:53
#39
REASTEN | 
United Kingdom reastenissexyboi 
Who
2019-10-06 23:55
#41
f0rest | 
Spain shrimpony 
doesnt make sense.. optic is better than North so why would he leave for them
2019-10-06 23:55
#43
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Spain akproxx 
pretty much same lv optic is death org north moneyzzzz
2019-10-06 23:57
#89
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United States gtmaniacmda 
North- "We will buy cajunB" Optic- "OK" Optic- "cajunB you go to North again" cajunB- "wtf mens((("
2019-10-07 03:27
#107
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United Kingdom foxize 
optic shut down i dont even know if these players still get salary
2019-10-07 10:28
#42
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Spain akproxx 
msl go to fazed pls :D
2019-10-06 23:57
#44
Chile chrishansenwithdatelinenbc 
who?
2019-10-06 23:58
#45
GuardiaN | 
Montenegro MARK0N1 
Rasmussen is he dupreeh's brother or something ?
2019-10-06 23:58
#46
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Brazil onZk 
now -JUGi +k0nfig on north
2019-10-06 23:59
#47
ZywOo | 
Europe |TheDarkKnight| 
Any relation to dupreeh or is that a common surname in denmark?
2019-10-06 23:59
#52
Denmark Dabeito 
very common surname
2019-10-07 00:03
#48
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Brazil NahT_ 
snakeb
2019-10-07 00:00
#49
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Poland Blindilek 
Who? WHOOOO? OMEGA LUL
2019-10-07 00:00
#50
Chile chrishansenwithdatelinenbc 
0.94 rating lmaooooooooooooo
2019-10-07 00:01
#54
hardstyle | 
Germany NitczkaCS 
Feels bad I hope they will make it in pro league
2019-10-07 00:07
#55
Philippines roosterick 
dupreeh brother?
2019-10-07 00:08
#59
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France IGC_Ray 
Canjunb is the biggest bitch that CS:GO scene ever had, he just did Optic --> C9 --> Optic --> North in less than a year. Everytime he sees a place in a team, he just goes and does shit for 3 months before leaving
2019-10-07 00:10
#98
France Eddie_Nahui 
Hey dumbass he was a free agent on OpTic : no salary. Playing for free. The team is dying so they didn't sign him. He came to help and qualify for tournaments. Now he has a chance to go to North, sign a CONTRACT and get a SALARY. No bouyout. Months have passed since OpTic said they were willing to sell the team. He is going to wait forever ? Stfu.
2019-10-07 07:14
#60
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Germany grabke 
North Cajunbot ??? They need better Players for sure losing Valde already is huge now they bring in this Journeyman ?
2019-10-07 00:12
#66
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Russia WOCAONIMANIMASILE 
hahaha this bot
2019-10-07 00:28
#68
mimi | 
Russia BIG_NEW_era 
Who? Mb 4+bot better?
2019-10-07 00:36
#70
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Sweden Hampzuka 
Ouch... Obviously a rushed decision sadly.
2019-10-07 00:42
#71
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Netherlands itsm 
Cojonesb
2019-10-07 00:43
#72
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World LeviathaNz 
North needs a competent IGL, gade is not. Simple as that. And who do they bring ? cajunb. I'm surprised cajunb is joining this dead team, they struggle so much with roles and they lack structure...
2019-10-07 00:43
#87
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Australia oce 
Picking up Jugi was a huge mistake and allowing Gade to IGL is even worse.
2019-10-07 02:53
#92
JaCkz | 
Serbia berkowitz 
Well gade might be better as an IGL since he doesnt bring firepower anyways
2019-10-07 03:57
#94
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Australia oce 
IMO he's useless in North Valde was the IGL and they seemed to be doing fine under him. Replace Jugi with Nato and Gade with k0nfig and you have a good team
2019-10-07 04:46
#116
France duboisGOD 
You have no fucking clue if he is useless or not? You are just guessing.
2019-10-07 12:25
#118
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Australia oce 
Who? Gade? mate ever since they added gade everything has been going downhill just look at the fucking results mate. Both Jugi and Gade are terrible fucking players. period.
2019-10-07 12:30
#127
France duboisGOD 
So the random noname hltv silver 2 can spot Gade is useless but somehow the professional players from North can't? Like are you for real mentally challenged? You have no clue how he acts in teamspeak or anything else, and you probably don't even know what a good player is. You just look at stats. You have no clue so stop acting like you know anything lmao
2019-10-07 19:00
#129
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Australia oce 
"So the random noname hltv silver 2" And who are you to make this judgement? LMAO. Am I not allowed to have an opinion? or are people only allowed to have an opinion which you agree with? And if you watch the fucking games you can see how Jugi is useless and how gades call are fucking rubbish. Maybe you should actually watch cs?? LMAOOOO typical arrogant French boi. Go raise your white flag m8
2019-10-08 00:28
#130
France duboisGOD 
I can really just tell you suck at the game :D Just an assumption, and you've yet to prove otherwise. Yeah you're allowed to have an opinion, but if you want to voice your opinion on a forum then be ready for someone to challenge it????? Jugi has been really underwhelming. But you have no clue if Gade is a good caller or not. "How gades call are fucking rubbish." Okay, give me one example, should be easy, right? Not even French, nt.
2019-10-08 00:47
#131
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Australia oce 
"I can really just tell you suck at the game :D " aight gamer I maintain a +1kd on HLTV but whatever. Fake flagging so reported lmao Gade won't work as an IGL IMO it's not in him I just don't see it working at all. I suppose future results will tell.
2019-10-08 00:48
#73
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Australia oce 
Who? you have players such as nato, cadian and refezh but u choose this no namer?....... MSL wat doink
2019-10-07 00:43
#81
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Poland Astoner55 
+9999999
2019-10-07 01:21
#74
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Ukraine Its_okay_to_be_Gade 
The first paragraph is more interesting than an actual topic Pog
2019-10-07 00:44
#79
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Denmark QBE_ 
Cajun leaving for N♿rth rlly?
2019-10-07 01:01
#80
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Ukraine ksay 
cajun why snek? PepeHands
2019-10-07 01:04
#82
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Poland Astoner55 
North wants CajunB instead of K0nfig, Niko, Stavn, Bubzkji? WELL DONE NORTH REPLACE YOUR YOUNG STARPLAYER WITH OLD MEDIOCRE PLAYER!
2019-10-07 01:23
#95
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Norway SlimeThug 
Not to mention refrezh...
2019-10-07 05:34
#99
BnTeT | 
Indonesia csRIOTgo 
CajunB might not be flashy, but he plays decent structured CS. Stable, consistenly performing on average (not excellent), but you need thse kind of guy in your team.
2019-10-07 07:16
#124
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Poland Astoner55 
Of course you do, That's why they have Gade and Aizy! JuGi is pretty flashy, Kjaerbye is gonna be the star now, but they North now has 3 potential support players... why? Aizy and Gade are enough of a support, they need someone young that can develop, at least in my opinion.
2019-10-07 16:28
#128
BnTeT | 
Indonesia csRIOTgo 
errr... I thought aizy was meant to be one of the stars? Since he was one of the up and coming talents...
2019-10-07 23:15
#83
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Germany PeKay 
Msl is trolling
2019-10-07 02:16
#84
BOOBIE | 
United States lybrel 
MSL is 24 years old? WTF no way.
2019-10-07 02:42
#108
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Finland rolezK1 
Lmao ikr
2019-10-07 10:50
#91
Jame | 
Norway pagant 
MSL IS 24 NNNNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
2019-10-07 03:32
#93
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United States mmoji 
He looks like an anime character imo
2019-10-07 04:23
#100
Jamppi | 
Finland Jamppi_top_20_2021 
OG confirmed
2019-10-07 07:21
#101
France Eddie_Nahui 
Cajunb is a free agent, that's probably why they are getting him. If you think the decision comes from Optic you don't understand anything. North should also bring k0nfig & MSL FFS, remove Jugi and Gade (or Aizy, depending on roles).
2019-10-07 07:21
#102
Other TheAwakening 
+1.
2019-10-07 07:41
#103
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Ukraine 1mpossible1 
Lol kwez who are you?
2019-10-07 07:48
#109
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Finland rolezK1 
Tier 3 dane
2019-10-07 10:50
#111
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United Kingdom iambetterthancoldzera 
0.94 rating against tier 47372 teams, nice
2019-10-07 11:07
#112
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Lithuania aels 
cmon -gade -jugi +msl +k0nfig now
2019-10-07 11:10
#114
JW | 
Denmark limsaitama 
Save g0dfig
2019-10-07 11:24
#119
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France JBzOo 
They kick refrezh for this .... CajunB two face
2019-10-07 12:42
#121
k0nfig | 
Denmark k00nfig 
cajunb retard why no natosaphix msl??
2019-10-07 14:09
#122
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Russia Ilyichee 
Who?
2019-10-07 15:30
#123
FalleN | 
France Miiiiiiighty 
cajun b then soon k0nfig will join him
2019-10-07 16:02
#125
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Germany FreakingPikachu 
XD!
2019-10-07 17:25
#126
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Denmark Menterx 
God damnit, why not a danish team in each group, if so a smaall chance of a all danish playoff! :)
2019-10-07 17:54
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