Official: Complexity sign Extra Salt roster with Grim, junior

18-1-2022 19:00

The team will debut for the organization on Wednesday in the Funspark ULTI Finals.

Complexity have announced the signing of Johnny "⁠JT⁠" Theodosiou, Justin "⁠FaNg⁠" Coakley, Ricky "⁠floppy⁠" Kemery, and coach Tiaan "⁠T.c⁠" Coertzen from Extra Salt, and simultaneously completed the transfer of Michael "⁠Grim⁠" Wince and Paytyn "⁠junior⁠" Johnson from Liquid and FURIA, respectively, to create their lineup for 2022.

The announcement confirms a December report from HLTV.org that indicated the above roster had become the frontrunner to be signed by the Dallas-based organization after a deal with Copenhagen Flames fell through.

Grim will play against Gambit in his first match for Complexity

"Early on in our off season it became clear that we would be moving towards a full rebuild of the CS:GO roster as our old team went their separate ways," Graham Pitt, Complexity's CS:GO General Manager told HLTV.org.

"We had many different projects and possibilities on the table from across the globe to consider and we took our time to figure out what direction we wanted to take for the next roster.

"With the core of JT, FaNg and floppy complimented by two experienced pieces in Grim and junior, we not only found a roster with great chemistry together, but also a perfect fit for Complexity to return fully to North America. All of the players are still very much in the early phases of their careers, aged 19-22, so we forsaw a great future ahead of them where they will compete for titles regionally and internationally.

"Counter-Strike in NA took a real beating over the past few years and there was definitely a desire to return to Complexity's roots as a major player in the region if we could find a suitable roster.

"It's good to remember that previous roster was meant to be based in NA, but obviously complications with the pandemic meant it wasn't a viable option for the past few years. So this isn't really a change in direction as much as it is a re-confirmation of Complexity's dedication and love of North American CS."

The making of junior: How NA's young star caught FURIA's eye

The move to Complexity offers the players consistent opportunities to compete in top tournaments as the organization is both a BLAST partner and a Louvre Agreement team. However, the core of the lineup will first have to recover from the loss of Josh "⁠oSee⁠" Ohm to Liquid, which came as a heavy blow at the end of the year.

The lineup have a difficult debut ahead of them as they are set to take on Gambit in their opening match for Funspark ULTI Finals at 15:00 on Wednesday, a match that will give us a first glimpse at how the team fares with their new additions.

Complexity are now:

Johnny "⁠JT⁠" Theodosiou
Justin "⁠FaNg⁠" Coakley
Ricky "⁠floppy⁠" Kemery
Paytyn "⁠junior⁠" Johnson
Michael "⁠Grim⁠" Wince

Tiaan "⁠T.c⁠" Coertzen (coach)

Pog. NA most teams in top 30 by March

2022-01-18 19:01

49 replies

LETS GO NA HOOOOOO

2022-01-18 19:04

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Back to tier 3

2022-01-19 09:50

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young hungry to succeed talented

2022-01-19 12:03

This team won't be much higher than top 20 I think

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Perhaps, but still will be a top 30 team. Don’t think they’ll be clear Tier 1 for a while, but very solid Tier 2 for sure.

2022-01-18 19:11

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-Floppy +JKS (Floppy good but JKS better) -FaNg +oBo Depending on how Grim performs i think those 2 changes would make them go from a top 30 team to a top 10 team honestly

2022-01-18 19:16

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floppy>jks all day long

2022-01-18 19:18

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JKS top 20 player in 2019, 2020 Carried Renegades / 100T for several years, Made playoffs in both majors in 2019, One of the best riflers in the world when playing his normal roles VS Floppy ... Only accomplishments are in NA

2022-01-18 19:21

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JasonRacism

2022-01-18 19:46

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lowercasename

2022-01-18 22:00

skrekc

2022-01-19 03:00

leeneptune

2022-01-19 09:40

Fang is better than obo and has been for the past 6 months

2022-01-18 20:06

0/8 lmfao

2022-01-18 20:49

hltv.org/stats/players/compare/14614/obo.. and you'll say that obo has been playing better competition which is true, but not enough to explain that stats disparity. Also I said the past 6 months. At the beginning of the year obo was playing better, but he dropped off as the the team started slipping in the summer

2022-01-18 21:01

+1 Incredibly smart decision.

2022-01-18 20:47

Horrible decision actually

2022-01-18 20:56

Floppy > JKS Jks is washed af, hasn’t had a good performance since 2020

2022-01-18 21:24

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if you compared everyone that was in complexity they all dropped off last year.

2022-01-18 22:10

BlameF and Konfig were both good in complexity

2022-01-18 22:12

They still didn’t do as good as 2020. Look now they are in probably a better team and still top scoring in a team that’s joking. Maybe they are the problem.

2022-01-18 22:20

konfig's performance took a hit in astralis also they are top scoring in Astralis because all of astralis's high scoring players left xyp9x and gla1ve were never the firepower of astralis

2022-01-18 22:34

JKS was arguably better than BlameF ever since k0nfig left while continuously getting baited by both BlameF and Coldzera hltv.org/stats/lineup/players?lineup=921..

2022-01-19 09:43

You're so fucking stupid if you actually think that

2022-01-19 09:34

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When was the last time jks dropped 34 on gambit?

2022-01-19 17:00

He dropped 55 kills if you want to get technical hltv.org/matches/2349010/complexity-vs-g.. When did Floppy get 15th best player in the world? When did Floppy get 19th best player in the world? Did Floppy ever drop 57 kills in the SEMI FINAL of a major? hltv.org/matches/2335651/renegades-vs-av.. How about 2.50 rating vs Zywoo? hltv.org/matches/2337460/vitality-vs-100.. Like shut the fuck up

2022-01-19 17:07

When did JKS do anything recently? Also I meant in one map moron 54 kills is like 18 kills per map, almost half of floppy’s performance Stop living in the past delusional jks fanboy

2022-01-19 17:08

JKS hasn't had the opportunities, He joined a broken Complexity where he had to play bitch roles and get baited by BlameF every round (And Coldzera later on) JKS going 28-4 vs Vitality with a 2.50 rating at IEM Beijing 2019 LAN is a lot more impressive How young are you? 1 year isn't that long (Unless you're a child i suppose)

2022-01-19 17:12

3 years is a long time in esports I will bet you 50 bucks jks never makes it back into the top 20

2022-01-19 17:17

I mean he had 1.16 (with 1.12 vs top 5 and top 10) through 2020 while on 100T. Then swapped to a support role in CoL and played decently at it. You can't really compare his stats on CoL because he was playing the exact same role as someone like Perfecto or Interz

2022-01-20 00:45

ffs people like you are honestly a disgrace to north america, so fucking biased and stupid

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2022-01-19 16:59

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#225

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Nice matches from 3 years ago Delusional fanboy celebrating washed up player You’re worse than Fallen fans

2022-01-19 17:09

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1 year ago when JKS was playing his normal roles ... Also i don't take much stock into online era, LAN is where the kings come to play

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Lame excuse

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Maybe for uneducated users like yourself who don't understand the importance of actual roles Oh and the crazy amount of stand ins didn't help ...

2022-01-19 17:21

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Other top players were able to adjust to online, jks couldn’t Also floppy dealt with plenty of stand-ins with the EU C9 roster

2022-01-19 17:24

Ironically you are wrong because the only player roster move EU C9 made was -Woxic +Xeppaa hltv.org/stats/teams/5752/cloud9?startDa.. Nobody on Complexity played well, JKS was the best player on Complexity ever since k0nfig left, The entire team was in shambles hltv.org/stats/lineup/players?lineup=921..

2022-01-19 17:28

Bookmark this thread I will cashapp you 50 dollars if jks ever makes it back into the top 20

2022-01-19 17:30

look at grim for example, he was fucking shit on liquid because he had shit roles, now he is playing well vs gambit

2022-01-19 17:45

Grim isn’t a 26 year old baiter

2022-01-19 17:48

grim also hasn't achieved anything close to what jks has but i guess you want to spin anything to help your shitty american biased, whats next? you gonna tell me shroud is a tactical genius?

2022-01-19 17:52

Shroud is a washed onliner that’s been retired for years

2022-01-19 17:59

Fang is the best in this line-up.

2022-01-18 21:31

No he isn't

2022-01-19 09:33

Ahahahaha no

2022-01-19 01:12

maybe, could compete for top 15 now that they have support from a larger org than ES

2022-01-18 20:58

interesting, let's see what they come up with.

2022-01-18 23:15

Nice

2022-01-18 19:00

m.youtube.com/watch?v=gimeRpdqWQw Grim should do this workout

2022-01-18 22:37

interesting

juggernaut

pogg

gonna lose to pain without saffee

cool

another useless team bought by complexity :/

better buy promising t2 team than building THE "juggernaut"

2022-01-18 19:38

Would you have preferred Copenhagen Flames (had they not priced themselves out)?

2022-01-18 20:15

no, cph is shit and was just lucky. if jason really want to compete at the highest level then buy T1 proven players not some promising team

2022-01-18 20:18

True but now expectations will be not as h8gh as in c9 collosus lmao so i think after gaining expierence as a team they are promising and have a chance to climb while c9 no expierence players amd later no awp and was playimg against moatly tier 1 teams from start and the expectations was yo be immediately one of best in world thanks to henryg

2022-01-19 00:19

Why not just comment ‘I have no idea how the scene works’?

2022-01-19 03:53

announced a couple days after Dallas Cowboys lost to the 49ers :D

Pogchamp

2022-01-18 21:02

very nice

rip extra mald

2022-01-18 19:03

based NA CS

good for them!

Can't wait for this team to be top 20-30, Jason Lake, and making a good move when it comes to the CS scene? Nope, that's not happening, I'll give a year and a half, and this roster going to get disbanded.

2022-01-18 19:05

what

xlol

NICE

but will they play as extra salt tomorrow?

yes, only for that event.

2022-01-18 19:12

no marKE no win

Another L to Jason Lake. Jesus, this guy can't build a tier 1 team...

imagine YOU running an esports org - disband and laughing stock by end of the week

2022-01-18 19:19

Who can you possibly get? Another million for es3tag?

2022-01-18 19:55

expected

good that they are investing in their own region. This will be good for NA scene in the long term

worse than the juggernaut

already washed KEKW

What happens to Extra Salt now?

JUGGERNAUT

1. EG 2. Extra Salt 3. Liquid

LETS GO

kinda weak and yet probably the strongest NA roster, shows the NA level

top 1 team grim top 1 2022

2022-01-18 19:06

Lol

All depends on how fang and junior will do. I think others will "do their job" quite well. We will be much smarter 2-3 months from now. I just hope they beat EG in any heads up.

2022-01-18 19:07

Wtf

2022-01-18 19:51

nice!

The boys have a lot of people to prove wrong, this is such a strong team I can’t wait to see what they can do.

+1 severely underrated

2022-01-18 19:14

nice

nice move from them! sad for cphf(

2022-01-18 19:08

Most exciting roster out of NA so far. Not recycling old pros, building up a squad of new talent. Lets go COL

Nice roster

Happy for ES, they deserved a good org!

Happy for NA :D

2022-01-18 19:09

It’s coming home if only someone could sign pa

Pa?

2022-01-18 19:10

Party Astronauts

Es can

2022-01-18 19:24

ES are gonna be daps orgless roster

2022-01-18 19:52

Good for NA CS Now who do es sign

What was the Louvre Agreement again? This roster has some potential and a lot of opportunities to develop when they 're able to play at the best tournaments.

The pro league one

Thank you, my friend

pog

More promising than Liquid and EG combined

#77 would be

2022-01-18 19:17

Very true!

2022-01-18 20:48

ahahha, nice

i love complex and jakson more than 12 years ! Go go go

Actually, not bad at all. All the best! A Top20 team, with some consistency.

great team, better than liquid and eg NA is back next year GUYS! be careful EU and CIS GODSENT COL. EXTRA SALT LIQUID EG LAST DANCE

extra salt just lost their roster according to this very news page bro

2022-01-18 19:30

they are rebuilding

rebuilding based on what?

2022-01-18 20:24

you count BR teams but not Furia? for shame

2022-01-18 19:33

i forgot about furia, sorry

2022-01-18 19:15

deserved..! they have been grinding during covid and finally paid off. Enjoy the paychecks boys. Floppy is damn lucky to get tier 1 teams in short amount of time in the span of two years.

Second best NA team for sure And if grim junior and floppy get better and have sinergy y could be the best NA team

Stuck in Tier2 (NA) it supposed

another tier2 na squad and waste of money by Jason LULake

Top 2 NA most likely.

As others have said, it's great to see coL investing back into the NA scene. Maybe these guys won't compete with Liquid or EG out of the gates but it's easy to see a path to them being the top team in the region. This lineup has tons of potential. I'm really looking forward to seeing if they live up to it.

2022-01-18 19:54

this squad is strong enough

Love seeing Junior and Grim back together and on an actual competitive team too!

super stokked about this new roster - hope they do well

2022-01-18 19:20

huge! GL MENS

Let’s gooooo!!! Great decision for Complexity

2022-01-18 19:22

Huge respect for extra salt who saved NA scene

All very nice guys but not top 30 sadly, I don't make the rules

2022-01-18 19:26

i think they can be top 30 extra salt as it was was top 30 and i think while osee to junior is a downgrade, marke to grim is a upgrade and now they have better backing and facilities plus guaranteed invites to better tournaments thanks to complexity. I think this will lead to the whole team overall getting better much faster

2022-01-19 00:55

Sadge JKS

Good signing, now they can finally use CoL facilities :O

2022-01-18 19:27

I still think this was the move for Complexity. There's a los of potential to develop in young players here, and also the team can be one of the consistent NA contenders. #WeAreCOL

Interesting lineup

2022-01-18 19:29

first col roster i can get behind in like 2-3 years so thats something

You bow have a 3 team rivalry in NA POG

The real juggernaut

Nice.

2022-01-18 19:31

Prove them all wrong Grim, you gout this man kill it.

Sick announcement Hopefully that start of a revival for NA CS

ZA CS BEST CS, thanks you Extra Salt for Saving the EX-C9 team

More exciting than the juggernaut, good luck grimothy!

Not impressive but could be good, some new and fresh blood from NA here.

2022-01-18 19:35

sad day

Complexity staying NA centric is GOOD NEWS, they almost went full Danish... Luckily the CF gang were too greedy to get signed. Hope for the best for these guys and lots of love to Jason to sticking with CSGO despite the fuckin bullshit he's been putting up with in this space.

2022-01-18 19:37

man I just hope extra salt stay around all the good orgs can never compete finacially :) hope they get daps

2022-01-18 19:39

never gonna do shits !!! just paycheck stealers

2022-01-18 19:36

OMEGA

thank you for helping NA CS, best of luck col

poor jason lake: from "making a juggernaut" to making a tier 5 team

this team will 16-0 last dance and 00wins everytime

2022-01-18 19:44

GOAT floppy ready to dominate for a new org

Looks like mini shroud 🤪

2022-01-18 19:45

floppy will go down as better than shroud by the time his CS career is over

2022-01-18 21:27

Niceeee, good roster

Fucking CLEAN. I'm loving the NACS teams coming out this year.

2022-01-18 19:41

Forgot to add jks is still on the bench

Where he belongs...imagine blowing it as hard as he did.

He’s not bad, good player but I think complexity roster was a team just waiting to fail. Too many roles clash. Cold, blame, and jks All play the same roles. Least he’s still getting paid on the bench.

2022-01-18 20:02

Complextra Salt

LESGOOO NA CS BABYYYYY

SHEEEESH

NA CS are dead

2022-01-18 19:47

Hopefully grim will play the star role

tasty roster i repeat myself but this roster - on paper - is 100000 times better than EG and at least on par with Liquid, great deal IMO

Nice!

2022-01-18 19:49

It's so nice to see coL back to having an American core. I know this roster can do great things. How far they go solely depends on how badly they want it.

Lets goooo dude. I think these lads will likely be the best NA team in a year.

2022-01-18 20:05

2022-01-18 20:14

Finally I can change my flair back, fuck LGD, imagine lose to TS

CONGRATZZZZ JASON LAKE FOR WINNING PINNACLE CUP 6 WITH YOUR FCKIN JUGGERNAUT WELL PLAYED

2022-01-18 20:27

On paper they could become a solid team in the first 10-15.

2022-01-18 20:29

Let's GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

2022-01-18 20:32

NA CS BACK

2022-01-18 20:42

Excellent to see Complexity going this direction with the new team. I don't think Mr Lake will be disappointed in the trajectory of this team

2022-01-18 20:45

Tier 3

2022-01-18 20:50

This will be the best team in NA by the end of the year.

exciting to see col as NA again, lets see what they can do!

2022-01-18 20:59

very good hiring! now -Fang +oBo and COL will have the last 4 young stars of the NA scene together with a consistent IGL! could be leaf too, if he came back from valorant.

Why underrating fang?

2022-01-19 03:24

i'm not hater for him, just oBo was a NA young star in the last age with floppy and grim.

2022-01-21 04:04

FaNg 1 MVP 2021 btw

2022-01-19 06:59

Last Dance best in NA, but who is next?

2022-01-18 21:15

LMAO Liquid > EG > Complexity > Extra Salt > Pain > Party Astronauts > Last Dance

FURIA > Liquid > EG > Complexity > Extra Salt > Pain > Party Astronauts > Last Dance

I forgot about furia tbh I’m excited to see how good they’ll be with saffee

2022-01-19 18:06

Sprout will move up to the epl as a result

Grim letssss gooo !! prove to Liquid how bad they were xDDD

2022-01-18 21:36

Sadly they won't achieve anything

2022-01-18 21:53

ok cool

2022-01-18 22:17

Wish them well but my personal feeling is that this is gonna be another meh team from COL. There isn't any unknown new talents nor star players that will scream success anytime soon.

2022-01-18 22:25

2022-01-18 22:32

NA Era inc

2022-01-18 23:31

Welcome back NA

2022-01-19 00:51

Signing GRIM XDD

2022-01-19 01:19

2022-01-19 01:45

NA lookin good

2022-01-19 02:06

best complexity team in org history

2022-01-19 03:39

looks great! all the players deserve to compete in T1

2022-01-19 08:54

I hope this doesn't flop (py)

2022-01-19 11:45

South Africa is in North America?

2022-01-19 12:00

KEKW

2022-01-19 12:13

Bad extra salt link. It states they have CoL's lineup

2022-01-19 15:48

how's JT?

2022-01-19 23:19

Still in Dallas for Visa issues probably, hopefully he gets them sorted for BLAST next week

2022-01-21 04:06

Is he good player/igl or he's next to be changed if chings won't work?

2022-01-21 15:56

He is a good IGL and player, great understanding of the game. He has played with floppy and been coached under T.c. since the ATK days, I don't see him leaving.

2022-01-21 20:36

cool, thanks for insights

2022-01-21 21:11