Triumph to replace curry with penny - Report

24/7/2020 - 22:43

The Canadian player will make his first appearance for the team in Sunday's Mythic Summer Cup.

Triumph are set to enlist the services of former OCG member Erik "⁠penny⁠" Penny, sources tell HLTV.org. The 18-year-old upcoming talent would replace Rahul "⁠curry⁠" Nemani, who will be headed to college in the fall.

Sources said that although curry's short-term college schedule would be viable for him to remain in the team, any increase in activity in the future as well as a return to offline play would force him to drop out, an option that is off the table for the player for multiple reasons.

During his three-month-long tenure on Triumph, curry has averaged a 1.05 rating as the team's entry fragger, achieving runner-up finishes in WINNERS League Season 4 and Mythic Invite League Season 1. He also helped them make an impression in BLAST Premier Spring, where the team tied against 100 Thieves and Evil Geniuses and defeated Cloud9 before narrowly conceding a loss to Gen.G in the quarter-finals.

curry is set to be replaced on Triumph

penny has been a talent on the rise in North America for the past two years, being one of the four names alongside curry, Erick "⁠Xeppaa⁠" Bach, and Nathan "⁠leaf⁠" Orf that Anthony "⁠vanity⁠" Malaspina mentioned had the potential to go pro in an interview with Dust2.us at Fragadelphia 14.

He made his MDL debut in Season 32 at the age of seventeen, where he averaged a 1.09 rating over 27 maps and achieved a fourth place finish in playoffs. His performance exponentially improved over the course of the next two seasons, where he managed 1.17 and 1.22 ratings as a part of Rugratz and OCG, respectively.

penny will make his first appearance for Triumph on Sunday in Mythic Summer Series Cup 2, where the likes of Ze Pug Godz and Yeah will also compete. Practice with their new member will be critical for the team as a chance to earn a spot in ESL Pro League Season 12 awaits them in the first week of August.

With the change, Triumph's roster would consist of:

Alan "⁠Shakezullah⁠" Hardeman
Michael "⁠Grim⁠" Wince
Gabe "⁠Spongey⁠" Greiner
Paytyn "⁠junior⁠" Johnson
Erik "⁠penny⁠" Penny

Marcos "⁠tacitus⁠" Castilho (coach)

RIP

2020-07-24 22:44

Look at curry man :(

2020-07-24 22:45

2 replies

so inspirational

2020-07-24 22:51

RIPPP

2020-07-25 05:05

RIP Triumph

pennyS

XDDDDD

2020-07-25 09:56

finnaly we got pennyS in CS scene! <3 xD

2020-07-26 04:44

wtf should have kicked junior

2020-07-24 22:46

11 replies

Spongey*

7 replies

no junior hes a shit awp

5 replies

isn’t he their second best player?

2020-07-24 23:13

4 replies

He is, kicking Junior would be a terrible decision

2020-07-24 23:50

bruh u got baited

2020-07-25 00:48

gotcha

2020-07-25 01:02

1 reply

2020-07-25 07:55

2020-07-26 01:49

they didn't kick anyone, curry decided to focus on college, read the news first before commenting

2020-07-24 22:56

doesnt even read the article

2020-07-24 22:58

He can't read not bis fault

2020-07-25 18:29

F. Curry was a little inconsistent but played almost as good as Grim on his good days. Never heard of Penny so I hope he’s decent.

2020-07-24 22:47

College > CS GL Curry!

facts

2020-07-25 13:49

i guess even being in top 50 is not enough money

2020-07-24 22:49

Or he wants to or family wants him to.

2020-07-25 06:36

TRUMP 2020! 😎👍

2020-07-24 22:50

From bad to worse.

2020-07-24 22:52

curry couldve had it all he was so inspirational :((((, gl in college or go play valorant like vice

2020-07-24 22:54

wtf, i didn't knew triumph's coach was brazuka. now i cheer even more for them :D

imagine going to college when u have a chance to make in in virgin-sports lol

PENNY my boi

2020-07-24 22:57

smart move tbh, it's really hard nowadays to move from t2 na cs to t1 na cs

2020-07-24 23:00

6 replies

Should’ve replaced their worst player

2020-07-24 23:05

If triumph is your Tier2.... rip

2020-07-24 23:10

yea triumph is considered t2 na

2020-07-24 23:11

Triumph is clearly t2, NA has a huge gap between their top5-6 and the rest of the scene.

2020-07-24 23:19

Previously Triumph would have been considered t4.

2020-07-25 21:13

tier 2 NA, tier 4 globally

2020-07-26 01:35

Sad to see curry move on, he's the reason I started getting into it because he was a friend of a friend, but wish him the best. He was exciting to watch play and Triumph was getting good.

2020-07-24 23:03

Switching one big bang theory character for another

kkkkkkkkk

2020-07-25 15:09

17 going to college?

turns 18 next month

2020-07-24 23:54

2020-07-25 00:21

look at his race man indian lol probably skipped 3 grades

2020-07-25 05:40

3 replies

but college first year and 18 y/o is normal right

2020-07-25 08:57

Ye it’s normal

2020-07-25 16:35

first off i assume he's either taking a summer session or is 1-year in, since the article mentions his short-term college schedule second, unless his birthday is coming up in the next month he missed the cutoff date for freshman year, so he's 1 year ahead

2020-07-25 17:53

Expected trading sauce for money

2020-07-24 23:12

look at curry man so inspirational

2020-07-24 23:20

Lmfao that headline

2020-07-24 23:29

nice naming yourself after penis.

2020-07-24 23:31

ez 4 pennis

2020-07-24 23:33

Lol

2020-07-24 23:59

Penny averaged 1.11 rating while playing for Rugratz, since mid 2019. I think those are fairly better stats than Curry's. Will he do better because of it, though?

2020-07-24 23:39

When junior and curry joined Triumph, I read a lot of comments saying penny was a better option. Didn't really pay much attention to him after it, but I think this was the best addition for Triumph

2020-07-25 00:19

Surely it is, not gonna blame the boys

you gotta keep getting young prospects, right? I like this Triumph roster a lot, specially Grim

2020-07-25 00:23

That's right, Grim is a god btw.

2020-07-25 00:26

expected

2020-07-24 23:44

penny will do no better than curry and the weak link is spongey....

2020-07-24 23:47

Agree with your comment about Spongey. Curry was inconsistent. When he was bad, he was really bad.

2020-07-25 21:18

2020-07-24 23:56

curry suace

2020-07-24 23:57

Bot curry, no Durant no win

2020-07-24 23:58

carry-d

2020-07-25 00:31

Pennis? Cu? Wtf

br wtf

2020-07-25 03:34

Triumph can be a solid team at a T5 level, however I don't think they will go higher with this roster. curry is enough for me, he isn't anything special but he is ok. I have no idea who is penny. I don't think this change will be good for Triumph, and I don't think it's needed.

2020-07-25 00:02

Nickel next

2020-07-25 00:04

RIP Indian CS scene

2020-07-25 00:09

Actually smart decision. +Respect

2020-07-25 00:10

WHEERE WILL GOD CURRY GO ?!?!?!

2020-07-25 00:16

He is going too get his college dictation done not another team.

2020-07-25 03:51

penny finally getting the chance he deserves. Absolutely balled out on Oceanus/Rugratz, now gets to show what he's made of on a better team!

2020-07-25 00:49

The kid is more than right. College over an uncertain career in CS anyday

2020-07-25 01:04

Save Grim

2020-07-25 01:40

Now kick Shakezulla and maybe spongey and their team is gonna be 100 times better

2020-07-25 01:48

yes kick IGL make perfect sense

2020-07-25 11:43

Shakezulla and spongey are horrible players

2020-07-27 07:23

but shakezullah is good igl, if they kicked spongey for marke now they would have a pretty good team shakezulla junior grim penny marke

2020-07-27 13:45

Agree ... I Just don't like Shakezulla's aim ... He can't kill 2 ... He always kill one and dies or kill no one ... Marke is super good

2020-07-27 14:45

penny legend youtube.com/watch?v=mTbLP9VeC8A

2020-07-25 03:06

Save Grim from this team pls

2020-07-25 03:14

so curry is going to college instead of Valorant. RIP NA CS

2020-07-25 05:13

no more 3 pointers for triumph now, that's sad

2020-07-25 05:26

COACH NAMEd TACTICUS LMAO 😂

2020-07-25 06:18

tfw cant take gap year to focus on trying to make it big cause indian parents pressure

2020-07-25 06:21

why? Why Triumph wants 3rd awper? :DD Curry is fine I think

2020-07-25 07:27

2020-07-25 10:06

Who to replace who with who?

2020-07-25 11:22

It's a recipe, it has nothing to do with csgo

2020-07-25 11:39

makes sense now

2020-07-25 13:32

Great move. I too stopped buying curry and have saved a lot of pennies because of that.

2020-07-25 11:42

Great to see pennywise playing csgo

2020-07-25 12:16

Curry is more worth than a penny at least 5€. But it is a triumph for all the poor people

2020-07-25 12:48

why curry leave gsw?

2020-07-25 13:09

look at curry man

2020-07-25 14:40

na really has the best names

2020-07-25 15:08

good move curry is trash

2020-07-25 15:43

cool move

2020-07-25 15:52

Steph Curry so good at aim, why replace?

2020-07-25 15:54

who with who?

2020-07-25 16:05

Forsaken?

2020-07-25 16:11

Good idea to focus first on studies, I wish more people did that

2020-07-25 16:12

- curry + lebron

2020-07-25 16:17

wat

2020-07-25 16:22

Yo les noobs, Sad to hear because I really believed he was a hot prospect alongside Junior, but understandable choice from him, probably what's best for his future.

2020-07-25 16:57