Twistzz in talks with FaZe - Report

21/1/2021 - 21:55

The Canadian star is still looking for a new home after ending his association with Liquid.

FaZe have set their sights on Russel "⁠Twistzz⁠" Van Dulken, according to a report from DBLTAP. The 21-year-old stepped down from Liquid's active lineup after the IEM Global Challenge in December and saw the organisation replace him with Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo earlier this month.

FaZe are reportedly looking to rebuild their lineup after selling their former star and captain Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač to G2 in late 2020. Marcelo "⁠coldzera⁠" David recently revealed on the 'Flow Podcast' that the team are looking for at least a captain and that Olof "⁠olofmeister⁠" Kajbjer wants to retire.

Twistzz has been looking for a new team since late December

The new skipper could be Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen, who is not inclined to renew his contract with mousesports and has been linked with a return to FaZe, having led the international team between 2016 and 2018.

Twistzz has been with Liquid for over three-and-a-half years and is the organization's second-longest standing member after Jonathan "⁠EliGE⁠" Jablonowski. The Canadian helped the team to win multiple international titles, the majority of which in 2019, when Liquid also collected the $1 million prize from Intel Grand Slam Season 2. In 2020, however, the North American team struggled for form, winning just one international title, ESL Pro League Season 11 North America.

According to the report, it's unclear if FaZe will be able to thrash out a deal in time for the team's next event, cs_summit 7, which will be held from January 25-31.

Would nice very nice! Good luck!

2021-01-21 21:56

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How tf are you always first? :D

37 replies

Fake news. hltv.org/news/31028/ottond-espiranto-ann..

2021-01-21 21:57

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Nice! Now -kjaerbye +karrigan and we're talking

2021-01-21 22:02

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2021-01-21 22:08

FaZe is now officially the team where you go when your career is over.... so many washed up bots in the same place it is ridiculous !

2021-01-21 22:10

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just wait for it

they will play vertigo maybe

2021-01-21 22:12

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and dust2

2021-01-22 04:16

FaZe is knowing for buying super stars, but seens they are a year late lmao, jokes aside if they actually bring a nice IGL they could even keep Olof and an extended roster and they will be able to achiev great things

2021-01-22 02:28

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Olof doesn't want to play anymore

2021-01-22 08:38

He can coach them

2021-01-22 16:00

Broky washed up bot?

2021-01-22 12:06

broky and niko were only ones that were keeping faze even some of what competitive in games imo

2021-01-23 14:36

truuuuu

2021-01-23 17:59

True

2021-01-22 16:47

kinda true but tho this lineup looks nice on paper ... will see

2021-01-22 22:55

but still i would love to see more like rain cold karrigan twistzz jks

2021-01-22 23:00

i think -olof +karrigan -rain +Twistzz

2021-01-21 22:13

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Imagine thinking Kjaerbiber > rain Lmao

2021-01-21 22:18

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i dont think he is better but they switch him probably :D

2021-01-21 22:19

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No chance because rain played his best cs under Karrigan. Plus Kjearbye has the best roles and is going negative, he’s really bad.

2021-01-21 23:22

Bruh if karrigan is coming back to FaZe it's cause rain is in the team

2021-01-22 02:55

literally lmao +1

karrigan is going to faze to play with Rain he is karrrigans favourite player,karrigan would kick cold,broky,twistzz and all of the reset before kicking rain from team

2021-01-21 22:20

True, rain good team player

2021-01-21 22:34

not just good team player when faze was on a tear with karrigan he made rain best player in the world for that period of tme from 2017 summer to 2018 spring

2021-01-21 22:35

+1+1+1+1 Karri&rain dreamduo

2021-01-22 09:34

Yes shqipe rain was top4 under Karrigans order

2021-01-22 15:11

Who'll entry then?

it's +Twistzz, -olof +Karrigan and then we have Kjaerbye 6th

2021-01-22 00:38

Good move but keep Olof as a coach or kind of big brother

2021-01-22 02:31

olof wants to retire

2021-01-22 03:36

he said he could become a coach in the future. Or analyst.

2021-01-22 09:35

Agree

2021-01-22 02:41

Kjaerbye is 6th player on FaZe trust me bro

2021-01-22 00:24

until he gets benched

2021-01-22 02:17

> karrigan > top 5 team choose one. He's sooooooooooo weak as player. Doesn't matter how good he's as IGL. Ex6tenz number 2

2021-01-22 09:43

I'm shocked

2021-01-21 21:58

2021-01-22 03:43

Pog

Nice

ofc, expected

wow

twistz karigan omg

expected

yep

nice, seems promissing

IGL WHEN? 2222?

Asi_16

cristiaan

2021-01-22 08:08

in march when karrigan's contract expires

2021-01-21 22:01

FaZe making good moves?!

yes and I love it

2021-01-22 07:20

No. I don't know what they talk with him, he was worst in Liquid.

2021-01-22 10:04

LETSGGOO

and with Karrigan faze will be amazing!

sick Karrigan cold rain Twistzz Broky

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sick in valorant LOLOLOL

2021-01-21 22:16

i was gonna say that lol

fair enough

kkkkkkkkkkk

2021-01-21 22:44

ok jerman onliner

2021-01-22 07:21

Trying to reunite Twistzz and Sick like the old team Misfits day

sick af +1

ez +karrigan and unbeatable

gg killed all hopes of faze getting good again

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Name checks out

2021-01-21 22:05

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xd if you think basically -niko +twistzz is a good move you are an idiot

2021-01-21 22:06

-NiKo had nothing to do with +Twistzz

2021-01-21 22:07

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roster before niko rain cold broky kjaerbot roster now twistzz rain cold broky kjaerbot

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they are in talks with karrigan mouz prepared for karrigans potential leave in another news.Targetting dexter(IGL) and acoR that means someone wants karrigan right?

2021-01-21 22:14

karrigan ?

Maaaaaaan it's gonna be - olof; - kjaerbye +TwistZz; +karrigan Tbh it's better to -NiKo because he have strong temperature and it's very hard to find good igl for him, and in g2 he is by the cause of brother

NiKo strong temperature

2021-01-21 22:59

NiKo so hot mens)))

2021-01-21 23:46

He's in cocaine meenss))

2021-01-22 02:35

I'm almost 90% sure it's gonna be a 6 man roster.

2021-01-22 09:40

NiKo was such a bad influence on the team with his massive ego and he played igl like a fucking doughnut. Now faze will have a real igl and a new good rifler

2021-01-22 00:25

2021-01-22 02:05

MAKE IT HAPPEN

Bro trust me when it says "reports" its already confirmed lmao

2021-01-22 01:54

ikr:D

2021-01-22 02:06

Idk even why they call it reports lol

2021-01-22 03:02

cuz its not 100% confirmed just 99%

2021-01-22 04:11

AYYYYY IT'S HAPPENING

OMGMOFGFMGFMFMMFM NOOOO O WWOOO OWWW NO WAYYY OMGGGGG

this is epic

Very interest men.

Twistzz Karrigan ^^

Would be a great move and actually really interesting to see if he can fill up that star player role. I think Karrigan can really make use of a player with such mechanical skill like him (as shown by how he used Ropz)

Agree. Karrigan has a knack of getting the most out of his team these days. Difference being this time he'd be getting a team of experienced players (+ broky)

2021-01-22 00:40

Yeah i hope that rain broky and cold goes off in tournaments not in just like in online but especially lan

2021-01-22 01:56

i really see no weak links in this lineup cold and rain being solid and broky shining with twistzz would be awesome

2021-01-22 05:13

And its ok if karrigan isnt doing do that much he's isnt good in fragging but a very good support role and a fucking excellent igl

2021-01-22 05:51

Fake News

Faze/kinguin always pick such a nice personalities, rain , scream, fox , karrigan, olof, guardian, cold , twitzz , brooky

broky shouldn’t be on this list

2021-01-21 22:33

broky is goat just hasn't hit his prime yet

2021-01-22 00:39

Yeah but with proper igl he'll go off

2021-01-22 02:10

let's goooooo

NoOoOOoOooOoOOooOoOOOo wasted talent

Uhhh wtf 6 man lineup? IMO a bad idea, faze isn’t gonna learn it are they

expected -kjaerbye -olof +twistzz +karrigan and they can become top5

2021-01-21 21:59

Cold said it would be 6th man so kjaerbye is staying

2021-01-22 02:11

THIS BOT LMAO

ok newfag

2021-01-21 22:15

GO TWISTZZ!!!

Karrigan cold rain Twistzz Broky good roster just neeed some time to shine

Kjaerbye in 6th man position

2021-01-22 02:38

Who would kjaerbye replace tho? And what role is it?

2021-01-22 03:55

imo swaps with rain on nuke

2021-01-22 14:18

2021-01-21 22:00

Don't forget EspiranTo

who?

Maybe it would be worth the phase to replace the olofmaster

They need an IGL not this trash tier2 player

2021-01-21 23:00

+1 XDD

2021-01-22 05:38

Expected

How can you say expected?

2021-01-22 02:12

pog

expected tbh

nice predicteable anyways positively surprised another aimstar to the AIM org

Fuckin hell i just realized that they're all good at aiming but not have a proper igl

2021-01-22 02:13

Gettem TWIST

+ Karrigan And this is 2017 Faze back

Would've been great if NiKo was still there. Also lmao, this team only buys aimers, and have won like, what, 3 trophies since 2017? OMEGALUL

🤡🤡🤡 what had nip won since 2018

2021-01-22 00:34

Lmao +1

2021-01-22 02:25

sounds both bad for faze and for twistzz

Why?

imo #271

2021-01-22 11:27

The only good team twistzz could sign is OG and with faze getting karrigan as igl this is the best for him since they will be great and better than OG

2021-01-22 09:50

i totally agree with you

Classic, predictable still top 30 max without IGL

what the fuck

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Lmao what team should twistzz go to?

2021-01-22 02:26

a team that i wont get bullied for liking

2021-01-22 04:02

You care about haters?

2021-01-22 04:13

ofc im young and impressionable

2021-01-22 04:19

Toughen yourself up

2021-01-22 04:54

expected , congrats

How can you expected tho?

2021-01-22 02:53

nice but still need karrigan

2021-01-21 22:03

Lets just wait till march

2021-01-22 02:52

Hoa can you say expected?

Russell cold bestiest!

YOOOOOOO LETS GO

-kjaerbot -olofmeister :'( +twistzz +karrigan

Apparently cold said it would be a 6th man roster except if karrigan bring ropz/frozen

2021-01-22 02:54

+twistzz -shakerBYE +karrigan -olof niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice team

karrigan wont leave mouz ya morron

2021-01-21 22:28

he will ya morron

Yes he will

Idk, i hope not faze is just bad

2021-01-21 23:25

nice move.. as i said before. we need only karrigan and 2021 can start solid. hope everybody have a lovely day/night.

2021-01-21 22:04

+1 broky can show his true skill with good igl

WHY?

lets do the obvious and do -olof -kjaerbye +twistzz +karrigan but lets also do -broky (shit no impact awp abuser) +ottond (awp abuser that will actually have impact)

From all the good AWPers you could have listed you said ottoNd.. bad bait

2021-01-21 23:02

better than broky + faze is a poor org so he needed to be a free agent

2021-01-22 01:09

name checks out

NICE

rain - entry/support twistzz - 2nd rifler cold - lurker/clutcher karrigan - igl/support broky - awper has some serious potential

2021-01-21 22:11

+1 but it will be a 6th man roster

Bye OLOF

Finally!!!!!!!!!

Oh god please nooo!!! Thats a dead team without igl

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I think you miss a new mouz prepared for karrigan leave,they targetted dexter and acoR that means someone wants karrigan and it is surely FaZe

karrigan it's linked with a faze return since december, so yea

2021-01-21 22:29

I dont remember any news in hltv about faze being interested or being in talk

2021-01-21 22:46

talkesport.com/inothernews/karrigan-migh..

2021-01-21 22:50

Lmao hltv is not the only news website for csgo

2021-01-22 02:56

BUt they publish asap and mostly true. If someone said faze is interested in karrigan, why noone posted here? cuz its not confirmed.

2021-01-22 08:18

Karrigan - igl Broky - awp Rain - entry Cold - lurker/2nd awp Kjrb - support Twistzz - support/entry This 6-men roster could work rly well tbh.

no lurker?

2021-01-21 22:17

Ahhh shit, cold could lurk Completely forgot about that role .-.

+99999

2021-01-22 02:57

At least, he stays in an NA org LUL

2021-01-21 22:21

#FaZeUP!

2021-01-21 22:25

+1!

Twistzz and karrygan are not enough to make faze great again. I am pointing at karrygan. no team that intends to be top 5 can allow themselves to have a igl that can't stand out when it's needed and do some fragging (unless you have zywoo)

Who's karrygan?

yes.

2021-01-21 22:26

The best of luck for Twistzz if this materializes. Still think FaZe isn't a good org and team to do it but maybe it's the best he can hope for.

2021-01-21 22:27

no igl only fraggers xD

Didnt you read the whole forum?

2021-01-22 02:58

waste of time, commenting 4 fun

2021-01-22 10:12

Well, they need a real IGL than actually they need Twistzz but I would be on board of getting rid of Kjb and add Twistzz.

Cold said it would be a 6th man roster

Right. Cold is becoming the new NiKo. Making random decision for no reason. Let pay more player and waste more money. Gotta finalize the team first. Not sure what is the point of having a 6th player when the team is broken with no IGL at the moment. Even if karrigan is joining, he needs to work on this 5-man team first.

2021-01-22 03:15

He knows what he's doing let's just trust him at least cold makes a good move picking up an igl

2021-01-22 03:53

yooo nowwayyyyyyyy

- olof -kjearbye then i guess? or who leaves for karrigan

2021-01-21 22:36

But I don't wanna be a faze fan :(

2021-01-21 22:40

2021-01-21 23:31

welcome olof to valorant

Olof :(

I've been posting about this for weeks... He and Karrigan are joining FaZe. Olof is going to retire and Kjearbye is moving to 6th/transfer list.

2021-01-21 22:41

Like anyone who can read would know that but people in this forum still asking shit like why they dont sign an igl and shit :D

2021-01-22 09:46

I'd even add that seeing Rain moved to 6th man and replaced by Ropz would be an additional great move.

2021-01-22 16:08

+karrigan +twistzz That roster will be so sick

2021-01-21 22:49

If FaZe add Twistzz, they are officially Tier 3, they cement their Tier 3 status. Twistzz is awful and will not improve

2021-01-21 22:55

Nice add

2021-01-21 23:05

+twistzz +karrigan -olof -kjb

rain broky coldzera karrigan twistzz kjaerbye going back to North, replace cajunb: gade lekro kjaerbye grux kristou

2021-01-21 23:08

-kjaerbbye -olof + Karrigan + twistzzz

2021-01-21 23:23

2021-01-21 23:32

rain broky coldzera karrigan twistzz insane line up, another really competitive one. what would mouz take to lead tho?

2021-01-21 23:39

they're signing dexter

2021-01-22 00:12

I would have prefered ropz but yeah, still a very skilled LU

2021-01-22 00:18

ropz and coldzera passive baiters so it wont work

2021-01-22 00:36

yep also twistzz tried to play same style but it didn't really work, he was way better as entry/second entry

2021-01-22 01:22

dude twistzz is garbage plz dont pick him up

2021-01-21 23:41

better than kjaerbot

2021-01-22 00:35

He is a beast, I don't know what are you talking about.

2021-01-22 01:06

Kick rain

2021-01-21 23:42

wont happen m8

2021-01-21 23:47

why?

2021-01-22 00:03

you are 🤡

Why would you kick their best player? are you kidding me?

Lmao

2021-01-22 02:59

if faze +twistzz and +karrigan i will change my flair

2021-01-22 00:10

wait if they're gonna add 2 players then who else from faze is getting benched/ retire besides olof I would guess kjaerbye

Nah cold said it would be a 6th man roster so no one is getting benched fellow kaibigan :)

2021-01-22 03:00

NO PLS DONT GO TO FAZE

2021-01-22 00:48

That would be an awesome addition for Faze although they seem to curse everyone that joins

2021-01-22 01:05

Plz dont i want ropz

2021-01-22 01:28

wish they got karrigan+ropz with cold,rain and broky honestly thats the only way to fight for a top1 since they will have enough firepower if broky improves under karrigan would have been better for karrigan to stay in mouz and just kick chrisj for a decent awper they had a chance to try guardian since hes free

2021-01-22 01:38

PLEASE THEY NEED IGL

Didnt you read the whole forum?????

2021-01-22 03:01

yes cold said "they will find a IGL" but they got a aimstar again.

2021-01-22 03:17

probably twistzz + karrigan -olof > retire -kjaerbot

2021-01-22 03:30

i mean kjaerbye was decent being the anchor of site

2021-01-22 03:34

+1 but people can't notice that because they only look at stat sheets

2021-01-22 03:54

Maybe just to replace kjaerbye

career will end in this dead team

KEKW

2021-01-22 02:36

-kjaerbye - olof + karrigan twistzz we could see a faze era if they dont repeat history

2021-01-22 03:42

FIREPOWER (no IGL though ?).

2021-01-22 03:58

Report says karrigan is linked to return to FaZe

2021-01-22 09:03

Oh so they'd kick Olof I see...

2021-01-22 16:41

The report says that olof wants to retire.

2021-01-23 07:16

Oh my...

2021-01-23 07:18

This is going to be a god tier team. FaZe were literally unbeatable in 2017, I think we're going to see that again

2021-01-23 07:19

Possibly. I won't lie I have more hope in this Faze than G2. There's something about Niko who makes a team centered around his performance, idk. He's an amazing player and can win round single-handedly but ever since he came to G2, Hunter isn't playing well. KennyS doesn't improve and remains inconsistent, doesn't find a playstyle of his own, Amanek does a lot of work but often wasted. Nexa to me does always well but I think he gets distracted by mid-round calls from Niko etc. They bootcamped together but I don't see improvements from them. While cold can be reliable, broky is really talented and is one of the best clutcher and will be a great awper. Karrigan can use individuals well, twistzz won't complain and play hard positions like Rain etc. There is potential.

2021-01-23 07:24

No FaZe please, don't do the same mistakes again.

2021-01-22 07:52

good for twistzz he deserves it

2021-01-22 07:59

lul. faze luck of IGL . wtf

2021-01-22 08:49

omg, WHERE IS OUR IGL FFS?????

2021-01-22 09:02

-botymas +GODTwisteee plzzz

2021-01-22 09:59

oh stop it is faze

2021-01-22 10:00

Rip Twistzz 2017-2021

2021-01-22 10:06

Broky Cold Karri Twistzz Rain woah

2021-01-22 10:10

now if Neil_M could have joined as coach this would be great team if karrigan can unleash rain and broky and twistzz somewhat returns to his form from liquid when they were doing great

2021-01-22 11:29

Kjaerbye karrigan Twistzz broky coldzera rain (6)

2021-01-22 11:51

Kjaerbye karrigan (6) Twistzz broky coldzera rain

2021-01-22 14:22

who will call l ? i can call if they need

2021-01-22 11:56

+ Fer - kjaerbye

2021-01-22 14:24

yeah fuck kyaerbye

2021-01-22 14:50

IF Faze also +karrigan then i can I see this becoming a top 5 team

2021-01-22 14:53

they said something about a six man roster I think

2021-01-22 18:28

Lots of rumours/transfer reports that haven’t been confirmed at the moment. Still waiting on extremum to announce their lineup for example (or any report that says any of them have signed)

2021-01-23 04:19

Very interesting I like

2021-01-22 22:50

As much as I want Olof to keep playing, I respect his decision to retire. Hopefully he remains in the scene to share his knowledge and experience with younger players and rising stars.

2021-01-23 14:26