Illuminar release roster

3/5/2021 - 12:25

Just three months after signing Dominik "⁠GruBy⁠" Swiderski and co., the Polish organization parted ways with their lineup and announced a change in direction for the CS:GO division.

Illuminar have parted ways with their Counter-Strike squad, the Polish organisation announced on Saturday. Fryderyk "Veggie" Kozioł, Illuminar's Head of Esports, cited a "change in strategy and direction" as the reason behind the decision, adding that the players' contracts were terminated by mutual agreement.

"I have no doubts that each of them will find a place in the top team," he said. "The CS: GO division in Illuminar has not been closed, and plans for it will be presented shortly".

GruBy's time in Illuminar was short-lived

The Polish team struggled for success after signing with Illuminar in February, dropping out of the top 100 in the world rankings in mid-April. The team's star AWPer, Kuba "⁠Markoś⁠" Markowski, confirmed on Twitter that the squad will play out the ESL Polish Championship 2021 Spring and the Polish Esports League together, with the future after that left unclear.

The only member of the squad that remains tied to Illuminar is the coach Jędrzej "⁠Bogdan⁠" Rokita, who is expected to take part in building a new roster.

The following players are now free agents:

Dominik "⁠GruBy⁠" Swiderski
Patryk "⁠Sidney⁠" Korab
Piotr "⁠morelz⁠" Taterka
Kuba "⁠Markoś⁠" Markowski
Mikołaj "⁠mouz⁠" Karolewski

2021-05-03 12:25

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Sensei the best "Project X" player, oh wait :D

2021-05-03 18:26

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2021-05-03 19:47

feelsbad for poland scene

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No no anonymo on flashpoint so :)

2021-05-03 12:40

ez last place

2021-05-03 17:19

2021-05-05 11:52

tier 3 max

unlucko

2021-05-03 12:26

shitters

Anolyomo

ez for MINISE

ez4mouz

ez for no plano

2021-05-03 12:27

nah illuminar will go for young unexperienced players

2021-05-03 12:38

im feeling thank you

expected they not been doing anything

This is so sad

yet another hit on the polish scene

2021-05-03 12:28

Finally Tier 6 matchfixing crap have been released

Hyperexpected

2021-05-03 12:29

polish cs kekw

2021-05-03 12:30

It feels like they are releasing their roster over and over again. Maybe it wasnt even them the last time, all these constantly mixed Polish teams blend together.

If a Polish team with potential just stays together for like two years, is there any potential for a top-20 team? Like, the talent has to be there right?

anonymo

2021-05-03 15:55

Yeah that started end January this year. Hopefully they'll stick around for a decent amount of time to keep growing.

2021-05-03 17:24

All depends what they gonna do on flashpoint and next few months... but imho they are no material for top team, maybe solid tier 2 at maximum... Sadly

2021-05-04 07:41

Rip

2021-05-03 12:33

polish scene lul

o plano ? Gorilazzz ? DBL PONEY? EX WINSTRIKE?

Expected

2021-05-03 12:34

This org is a joke honestly

ok???

Oooof

2021-05-03 12:36

lonelymar

Rebuile arou d mhL

illuminati

sad for Gurby

2021-05-03 12:37

said max 2 months kekw

they lasted three months so you underestimated them ahahaha

2021-05-03 12:41

They were bad together

expected

2021-05-03 12:45

nt illuminati

2021-05-03 12:46

markos is relatively okay

2021-05-03 12:47

2021-05-03 13:06

lol

2021-05-03 13:08

2021-05-03 13:22

they should take EPG Family, top21 team, growing pretty fast

2021-05-03 13:25

Winstrike is better then illuminar trash org lol, if c9 were smart they would get them

O PLANO

2021-05-03 13:36

"I have no doubts that each of them will find a place in the top team," Will people stop saying these PR bullshit? Everybody knows it's not true.

2021-05-03 13:40

KEKW

2021-05-03 13:50

French squad incoming

2021-05-03 13:56

2021-05-03 13:57

Rip polish scene. slowly falling apart

2021-05-03 14:03

expected, silver team

2021-05-03 14:17

Ugly noobs

2021-05-03 14:19

2021-05-03 14:23

Behemoth incoming?

2021-05-03 14:29

Rip.

2021-05-03 14:30

2021-05-03 14:49

2021-05-03 14:59

Poland scene is honestly so weird. Makes me wonder how long it'll take for them to actually regain Top 20.

2021-05-03 15:12

sad

2021-05-03 15:18

it feels like every month some polish team disbands and another is created lol

2021-05-03 15:24

who?

2021-05-03 15:28

pick all the average polish players > matchfix>disband>take profit

They all say they’re coming back lol.

2021-05-03 15:37

Now buy EPG please

2021-05-03 16:03

Sign ex-winstrike

2021-05-03 16:19

Who cares

Expected.Illuminar was really bad with this roster.It's just a team build with 5 most famous polish players with no team-zero creativity.The names just can't win u matches.Illuminar is bad org

2021-05-03 16:28

Hopefully they learn from this

2021-05-03 16:58

What should we expect from new roster, just upcoming Players?

2021-05-03 17:00

DBL Poney inc.

2021-05-03 17:23

finally

2021-05-03 18:31

Well, I mean changes were needed, but I think that the core of this lineup consisting of Markoś, mouz and morelz could still build a good team together, I don't think disband was the best option, but the change of strategy seems like a nice idea for iHG. GL boys.

2021-05-03 18:53

oh no anyway

no one in this team is worth picking up

2021-05-03 19:07