AZR looks for new IGL challenge as he enters free agency

24/5/2022 - 11:29

The 29-year-old is now open to exploring new opportunities in the market.

Australian In-game leader Aaron "⁠AZR⁠" Ward is now a free agent after finding a mutual agreement with EXTREMUM for the termination of his contract, the player announced on Twitter. This marks the end of the 29-year-old's seven months stint on the bench of the Russian organization following their decision to shift the entire roster in October 2021.

Sean "⁠Gratisfaction⁠" Kaiwai is now the last remaining member of the roster on the organization's book, with everyone else being acquired by different teams or leaving by mutual consent.

Another player has joined the post-Major shuffle

EXTREMUM announced their original roster in January of 2021 after acquiring the core that had previously represented Renegades and 100 Thieves, with the addition of Hansel "⁠BnTeT⁠" Ferdinand. The team failed to get going, having amonths of mediocre results which culminated in their failure to qualify for the PGL Major Stockholm 2021, and the team being benched and transfer-listed.

"As of today and finding a mutual agreement with EXTREMUM, I am now officially a free agent," announced the Australian on Twitter. "My competitive spirit is still at a very high level and I am more hungry than ever to lead a team as IGL to reach new heights," he added.

EXTREMUM are now just:

Sean "⁠Gratisfaction⁠" Kaiwai (benched)

pog

2022-05-24 12:55

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spunj asked for this post

2022-05-24 12:56

Sad, gl in fnatic tho

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no chance they go that low LOL.

2022-05-25 12:10

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Dollar to performance azr is miles ahead of alex

2022-05-25 12:13

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alex is trash, AZR is trash. He was trash since 1.6

2022-05-25 12:18

nah

2022-05-26 00:44

Bye karrigan

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oh u misspelled aleksib

2022-05-24 13:16

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oh u misspelled dexter

2022-05-24 13:39

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guys i think u misspelled nitr0

2022-05-24 14:08

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guys i think u misspelled hooxi

2022-05-24 14:13

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guys i think u misspelled art

2022-05-24 14:22

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guys I think you misspelled snappi

2022-05-24 14:32

I started to think you guys misspelled chopper

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I think you're all insane if you think AZR is a tier 1, hell tier 2 player....

2022-05-24 14:54

Guys I think you misspelled bombla

2022-05-24 15:13

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guys I think you misspelled hampus

2022-05-24 15:39

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2022-05-24 15:40

guys I think you misspelled acilioN

2022-05-24 15:44

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guys I think you misspelled nafany

2022-05-24 16:04

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guys I think you misspelled tabseN

2022-05-24 16:05

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guys I think you misspelled apEX

2022-05-24 17:29

Guys i guess you've meant Fallen

2022-05-24 21:57

guys I think you misspelled cadian

2022-05-24 22:13

guys i think you misspelled stewie2k

2022-05-25 05:32

I'm not going to get banned if I comment a different sentence right?

2022-05-25 14:43

Guys i think you missed glaive

2022-05-24 16:48

AZR the aussie goat is back

dont do it fnatic!!!!!

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+jks +azr?

2022-05-24 13:10

Sign Azr just to get Jks.. POG

2022-05-24 13:15

Actual 300iq move but I think Jks will join OG with Yekindar

2022-05-24 13:32

Yeah as if OG have the type of money for that roster move. People keep talking about OG making these big acquisitions of elite players like the team has G2, C9 or Liquid money. OG is a grassroots org, they aren't getting yekindar as a big org can offer him 5 times as much money.

2022-05-24 13:59

Just from money won they are the second biggest team in esports you dummie esportsearnings.com/teams

2022-05-24 14:07

what do you mean isn't OG one of the richest org after all that TI wins?

They have but that doesnt mean that they gonna spend huge money on CS team, sad but thats true

2022-05-24 15:11

Ti money goes mostly to the players, even if the org collected the entire prize pool they'd still be poor compared to teams like G2, Liquid and C9.

2022-05-24 16:02

OG has way more money than you think

2022-05-24 14:38

No they don't, which VCs are pumping money into them?

2022-05-24 15:59

Maybe you should Google search about notail and OG's Dota 2 winnings and stuff

2022-05-24 17:04

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Lol i figured youd say that. That's nothing and those are personal winnings.. maybe the OG org gets 10% of those winnings so like $5 or $6million which is fuck all. c9, g2 and liquid are literally worth 100 times more. Other big teams like Complexity are backed by billionaires. OG don't have any big VCs backing them. Out of the tier 1 CS orgs OG and Ence are by far the poorest, they can't compete for salaries with other orgs they need to build teams with up and coming talent or experienced players who aren't as expensive. There is no chance that OG can even remotely compete for a free agent like Yekindar, he is the biggest free agent right now and will have serious offers from probably every wealthy team.

2022-05-24 18:41

Yes because you have NA orgs like faze, c9 or liquid, doesn't mean that Yekindar would join some of them, he would probably take a cut to join a promising project maybe on fnatic or whatever team, but built around him not an already established team I will prove to you why -Faze literally has the best roster possible they won't change players for at least 1-2 years, or untill rain/karrigan retires -navi is a good option but do they want to pay Russian orgs? Idk -g2 looking shaky rn, they are literally either finalists or don't make playoffs at all -vitality that team is a dumpster fire it needs a complete revamp but won't happen since most of the players got new contracts and apex and misutaa still have something like half a year left, but if they commit they can make a good roster which is unlikely for the moment since they just made new roster changes like 5 months ago, maybe by the end of the year -c9 is literally finished and doesn't have a spot for him -interz +Yekindar is so dumb since there will be role clashes with ax1le and Yekindar doesn't want to be a support player -liquid needs to drop everyone except NAF and completely rebuild, but won't do it as long as EliGE is there since he is the one who brought back nitro and is the player that needs to be replaced imo the most alongside shox also there will be role clashes and he will probably end up like twistzz, in a bad environment wasting his prime playing support for a t1.5 na team -NIP they still do Swedish rosters even if they could afford something way stronger if they shifted to international -fnatic tbh I wish they would just go back to Swedish, or Danish, their international teams are horrid, if not they could probably afford him and are a good alternative if they build a decent team and not something like they used to have -coL I don't think I need to say anything about this team -mouz never pays for buyouts (similar to astralis) but gives great salaries to keep their players. That's all the big CS orgs that could buy him other than Navi or Vitality I don't think he should join any other, unless some team like fnatic or a completely new org like TSM or 100T or T1 offer him a huge salary and a chance to build a team around himself.

2022-05-24 19:02

bruh you just said og has a lot of money cuz dotka OG team won the international 2x times. Players are rich, not the org.

2022-05-26 00:18

The org gets some of the money also, not sure how much but they do

2022-05-26 04:18

small %. Your logic is still dogtier. Players are rich, not the org. They do have cool sponsors like redbull and bmw but bruh, they are notin compared to c9 or other amerikansky orgs

2022-05-26 11:43

Never said they are richer than American orgs but if you read #135 you would know why no bigger org won't sign Yekindar, except maybe g2

2022-05-26 12:17

"og has way more money than you think" no, they dont.

Yes, the person above mentioned they are grassroot org which they aren't, never said they are the richest org but they aren't broke and that's a fact

2022-05-26 12:19

2022-05-24 14:36

lmao +1

2022-05-25 12:55

Aussie CS axaxaxaxaxaxaxa

flair flag name

2022-05-24 12:59

stfu pepsi

2022-05-24 13:00

Love u too

2022-05-24 13:02

When was the last time a korean team has done anything substantial in csgo? Genuinely curious.

2022-05-24 15:04

Honedtly I’d imagine in 1.6 with wemadefox, MVP.PK had a lot of potential in GO, but didn’t do anything that I’d consider substantial.

2022-05-24 19:40

I remember mvp more for SC/2. But yeh its been a bit, D!E clan in 1.6 was it korean? Thought wNv was but its chinese.

2022-05-25 01:13

XD good one

2022-05-24 14:16

lol where south korean pro scene?

2022-05-24 15:55

So easy to bait you guys))

lol what if he had a danish flag? KEKW or 100% of the danes would never comment something like that?

2022-05-25 06:10

king is back

"Oh yeah, it's all coming together."

2022-05-24 13:36

AZR + jks + 3, then majorrrrrrrrrr!!!!

2022-05-24 12:57

Yesssssirrr

2022-05-24 12:58

Sasha, help this guy youtu.be/7XnU7V7pFuM

Good to see him staying in CS

King!!!

glgl

Couldnt be worse than AleksiB

if anyone could, it would be AZR

Cant get into IGLing any team looking to make changes, Fnatic, EG, OG etc Whats Gratata upto these days ?

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i dont think even aussies care tbh

2022-05-24 13:06

i dont expect Aussies to either, he is Kiwi

2022-05-24 13:17

Mezii Krimz Azr Jks KennyS or Mhl I'd be in for it

Not bad actually unless if KennyS for real. MHL is a good option.

KennyS for merch sells Nicoodoz and I would actually believe in it

2022-05-24 13:20

Nicoodoz not bad either! But it can go down the Acor way in Mouz. Nicoodoz hasnt played out of Danish teams either i think

2022-05-24 13:23

Yea that's true I guess. Kinda was the same with Farlig even if he was decent

2022-05-24 13:33

+1 looks good

2022-05-24 13:45

valorant i think

rip

2022-05-24 13:35

currently he is in australia, no real news about him he's just chilling atm

2022-05-24 13:58

Ah I see. Ty!

AZR

S1mple

2022-05-24 13:01

Its gotta be s1mple, right?

2022-05-24 13:04

Finally!!

-boom +AZR

azr can even learn russian to play with his love.

2022-05-24 13:07

maybe learn ukranian

2022-05-24 13:34

"but bro ukranian is russian :((((((((((((((("

2022-05-24 13:50

lithuanian is latvian

2022-05-25 16:41

i was quoting retards but you didnt get it..

2022-05-25 17:27

go to fnatic brother

Who

2022-05-24 13:03

... really?

2022-05-24 13:05

name checks out…probably watching cs for no more than a year

2022-05-24 13:11

Krimz, Mezii, JKS, AZR, AWP?

deko xD

2022-05-24 13:28

He would honestly be a smart investment for Fnatic, 1Win kinda suck after getting Flamie anyways.

2022-05-24 14:47

Yes it is. And around people like AZR krimz jks he would be a noraml guy being not as we can see him on streams xD

2022-05-24 14:56

awp device

2022-05-24 18:06

fnatic AZR let's go

NAVI AZR+JKS

just get him fnatic

G2 , do not let this chance slip

2022-05-24 13:08

G2 AZR ? :D

2022-05-24 13:09

AZR s1mple s1mple s1mple s1mple

MOUZ +AZR +jks

jks for who? (dont you fucking dare say bymas, hes been looking good)

2022-05-24 13:51

-bymas

2022-05-24 22:43

GL!

2022-05-24 13:12

AZR is 29??? I was sure that he was around 25-26.

2022-05-24 13:13

He do sports so that's why

2022-05-24 15:08

VOX EMINOR

gl, very poor fragging IGL, bad run with EXTREMUM even tho roster was promising 29 years old... I think it is time to hang up the mouse bro

2022-05-24 13:18

he was good fragging igl tho

2022-05-24 14:19

He was a very good fragging igl in RNG/100T

clueless

2022-05-24 16:14

Bot Swede knowing nothing as per usual

2022-05-25 05:21

Krimz Mezii AZR Jks mhL

2022-05-24 13:19

tier 1 ModCheck

2022-05-24 13:27

AZR: s1mpe

imagine he pulls a karrigan and wins a big tourney if he gets picked up by a big org.

2022-05-24 13:24

2022-05-24 13:26

Save EG

OG time

LFG lads, the GOAT is back.

FNATIC AZR DEXTER JKS ACOR? AND LURK MAYBE DAPS OR STEWIE?

Aussie dream: Azr jks Vexite (teach him to entry) w0nderful some random player that can be support with good stats

2022-05-24 13:49

+1 vexite got high potential

2022-05-24 18:15

yeah, and also that lineup would have a good balance between hungry youngsters that finally could show their potential and experienced players

2022-05-24 18:18

Chelleos?

2022-05-24 20:38

i havent actually ever heard about him um, then: Azr Vexite Jks chelleos? someone who can support: mezii (was a support in c9) / valde or jabbi (won't happen sadly) etc.

2022-05-25 12:17

kawaii

2022-05-24 13:57

Wohoo karrigan effect

fnatic, OG or MOUZ pls

2022-05-24 14:00

-dexter +AZR

2022-05-24 14:14

Fnatic dont even

2022-05-24 14:17

-aleksib +AZR

PLEASE SPUNJ BRING US THE AUSTRALIAN LAST DANCE. IT WILL BE BEAUTIFUL. I PROMISE I WILL BUY A JERSEY SPUNJ (fnx of the team, COUPON SPUNJ IN ALL AUSTRALIAS STORES) AZR (igl) JKS (fragger) Grati (awp) jkeam/naf (honorary australians after their time on renegades/100t)

2022-05-24 14:21

Spunj as fnx is a funny concept. I like it LOL

2022-05-25 01:32

i dont think that there would be a team in top 30 that would sign him, its kinda too late

2022-05-24 14:26

EG 100% would and maybe fnatic or mouz aswell

2022-05-24 20:18

FNATIC KRIMZ MEZii jks AZR device

2022-05-24 14:27

Can win Pinnacle cup

2022-05-30 08:09

Rng? Order? Like i dont think Azr is capeable to lead international roster.

2022-05-24 14:28

why not english is his native language

2022-05-24 14:43

azr -extremum +retirement

2022-05-24 15:05

fnatic or mouz?

2022-05-24 15:06

he was washed af in online era, hope he can come back in decent form

Fnatic +AZR +Grat +(one more guy fits their role system) would be nice.

2022-05-24 15:32

azr to fnatic with jks

2022-05-24 15:35

EG AZR

2022-05-24 15:47

please reform another australian team like 100T it would be so nice for the whole cs scene

2022-05-24 15:49

LFG AZR

2022-05-24 16:22

fnatic, mouz, og? lolz

2022-05-24 16:50

2022-05-24 17:17

OG seems like an option

2022-05-24 18:17

aussie cs return to greatness

New EG Roster +AZR +JKS +Nifty +Autimatic +Brehze

2022-05-24 19:57

come to brazil

2022-05-24 19:58

Fnatic (if they decide to leave ALEX 100%) or EG would be good options (tho EG needs more than a new IGL), dunno how likely is fnatic one tho

2022-05-24 20:08

He could coach og academy mby :()

2022-05-24 20:46

he was receiving free paychecks for this long??!?!?!?!?!

2022-05-24 21:09

FNATIC +YEKINDAR +AZR +JKS

2022-05-24 22:15

Krimz rifle mezii rifle AZR igl SHiPZ rifle h4rn awp

2022-05-25 03:43

Cool dude hope he finds a home

2022-05-25 03:51

AZR:s1mple

2022-05-25 12:51

-boombl4 +AZR in the name of love

2022-05-25 14:44

Despite being a massive fan of Swedish CS and FNATIC being my favourite org over the years only for the roster to go to shit... The potential FNATIC: + AZR IGL + jks Rifle + Gratisfaction AWP The thought of that really gets me going... Yeah the boys!

2022-05-25 15:06

Gratisfaction 1v9

2022-05-25 17:29