BIG Academy undergo core changes ahead of WePlay League kick-off

3/1/2022 - 14:02

Only two members from the 2021 BIG Academy have remained as the new team is set to kick off the campaign in WePlay Academy League S3.

BIG Academy have undergone core changes heading into 2022, the German organization has announced. Nico "⁠Aqua⁠" Kembitzky and David "⁠prosus⁠" Hesse are the only players to keep their spot from the previous roster, as Alexander "⁠glaVed⁠" Pletz, Luca "⁠pr1metapz⁠" Voigt, and Niklas "⁠NIKZEj⁠" Burmeister have exited the team.

Karim "⁠Krimbo⁠" Moussa is making his return to the organization, having represented BIG Academy in one of their earlier iterations before making a move to ALTERNATE aTTaX in 2021.

Rounding out the team are Elias "⁠s1n⁠" Stein and Marcel "⁠hyped⁠" Köhn, who have been making the rounds in local and regional competitions over the past year, coming from NLG and SSP, respectively.

The organization has also signed a new coach in Markus "⁠Anhuin⁠" Paeseler, a former in-game leader of the academy division and ex-teammate of prosus and Krimbo.

With the new roster, BIG Academy will look to improve their track record in the WePlay Academy League after placing fourth in both of the previous seasons. Season 3 kicks off on January 3, with the German side placed in Group A and facing an entirely new iteration of NAVI Junior in the opening match of the round robin.

BIG Academy now boast the following squad:

Nico "⁠Aqua⁠" Kembitzky
David "⁠prosus⁠" Hesse
Marcel "⁠hyped⁠" Köhn
Elias "⁠s1n⁠" Stein
Karim "⁠Krimbo⁠" Moussa

Markus "⁠Anhuin⁠" Paeseler (coach)

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2022-01-03 14:03

Wow really unexpected

Oof

wow actually looks pretty strong

2022-01-03 14:04

Let's hope they work on the real BIG as well.

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wat, they announced faven a few days ago, thats enough change for now

2022-01-03 14:05

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Wat

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edited #9

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Yeah let's hope he works like XANTARES, BIG was amazing to watch with him

2022-01-03 14:27

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i think BIGs problem wasnt really -xantares (although +gade honestly did not help) but -tow b so i'm still a tiny bit skeptical but i obviously hope for the best

2022-01-03 15:10

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+krystaL as a coach Easy #1

2022-01-03 16:16

2022-01-03 14:54

lineup is looking insane for an academy team

are these kids famous or wot? or you made this statement based on the looks

2022-01-03 14:10

Krimbo for the main team would probably be every BIG fan‘s dream choice After xantares left, if faven wouldn’t exist s1n is a great player as well, although lacking international experience I don’t know much about hyped but at least his stats speak for him

2022-01-03 14:46

dunno why glaived got kicked, he seemed pretty interesting i think

2022-01-03 14:11

good rifle, but he had to play AWP last season and he got a nice team offer

2022-01-03 14:50

lul

Very good changes imo, Krimbo is probably the best talent in Germany at the moment

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+1 hopefully he does well and replaces K1to or tizian

2022-01-03 14:09

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Yeah, I like k1to and tiziaN but if they don’t step up their game in a massive way they can’t stay on the roster anymore

2022-01-03 14:12

K1to needs better roles to succeed IMO maybe in a slightly worse team

2022-01-03 14:19

Yeah I think K1to would absolutely tear in Sprout instead of faveN, maybe this can happen if he ends up getting replaced

2022-01-03 14:21

Yeah I agree

2022-01-03 14:47

2022-01-03 14:49

I heard krimbo likes to smell his own farts

Okay bro

2022-01-03 14:29

I like also to smell my own farts

mobile.twitter.com/KrimboCS/status/14780..

2022-01-03 15:53

Twitter confirmed

2022-01-03 16:02

told you :)

2022-01-03 16:30

cool, im excited

2022-01-03 14:06

wow now they announce it.... after bet

exciting!

Mouz is on another level, but I think BIG AC and the NIP roster are the only serious contenders

2022-01-03 14:07

Mouz aca is going to lose a few players to the main team so NIP is prob the strongest lineup (as this squad will take time as will the new NAVI Junior squad) Meanwhile Astralis still sucks...

2022-01-03 15:49

Krimbo could be in Sprout already

All academy teams buffing their roster it seems to compete with Mous NXT

while mouz nxt sending their academy roster to main

they change max 2 players, maybe after this tournament...

It’s a very good thing imo, Mouz really created an incentive to put effort into your academy team

2022-01-03 14:16

Navi junior is really succesfull academy project as well.

2022-01-04 08:02

Well it's hard to beat non-academy team for academy teams

0/4 in groups disband

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krimbo will tear this academy tournament, man even deserve to play on the main team and replace k1to

+1 unless some unknown new player comes out of nowhere, Krimbo is probably the best player outside of Mouz NXT

2022-01-03 14:15

Regali?

2022-01-03 14:44

Regali is a beast as well, no doubt, but I feel like Krimbo is a bit more experienced and would come out on top in a head-to-head

Nice! Good luck!

This is a pretty good roster, they can win it this time

why did they keep bot aqua

2022-01-03 14:17

I have been waiting for this announcement. Very exciting news

2022-01-03 14:18

Well, now it's a opponent for mouz tbh. s1n kr1mbo and hyped are very good players

prosus instead tiziaN plz

2022-01-03 14:25

Anhuin sounds like an elf in LOTR

ANHUIN COACH?!

2022-01-03 14:28

Of course, Aqua is their best player lmao. He's got the skills.

good team, very talented players. skyye is another great talent in german cs.

2022-01-03 14:31

At this level better players make a big difference but still need time to jell. Rush B I guess.

2022-01-03 14:37

nice nice

2022-01-03 14:48

Sad abt glaved tbh, thought he looked pretty good

2022-01-03 14:53

EF coach Tugux

2022-01-03 14:55

expect big things from Krimbo

2022-01-03 15:00

nice

2022-01-03 15:18

nice 5 hours before their academy league match :D

2022-01-03 15:22

rip cowana((

2022-01-03 15:28

looking strong

2022-01-03 15:32

Krimbo has been tearing shit up for some time now, I'm surprised Sprout didnt try to pick him up

2022-01-03 15:36

I'm suprised he went back to Academy.What a waste of his time.

2022-01-03 16:04

Krimbo and prosus The great career route: from big academy in 2020 to big academy in 2021 and 2022

2022-01-03 15:59

Oh and anhuin from big academy in 2020 to big academy coach in 2022

2022-01-03 16:00

Krimbo i don't understand u man.U could played easly in Sprout or other tier 2 tea m but u rather struggle with others in Academy....

Thats cool, hyped!

2022-01-03 16:49

gl boys

2022-01-03 16:51

skyye is missing but strong roster! :) Gl

2022-01-03 17:41

Really the German cs scene is a joke

2022-01-03 17:54

Let's go baby. German CS = Elite CS

2022-01-03 18:43

2022-01-03 19:07

Sucks betting on a team only for the team to get totally overhauled hours before their match :P

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