bodyy signs with Falcons

24/1/2023 - 19:06

The 26-year-old reunites with former G2 teammates Kenny "⁠kennyS⁠" Schrub and Nathan "⁠NBK-⁠" Schmitt.

Alexandre "⁠bodyy⁠" Pianaro has officially signed for Falcons, the news coming a week after the Frenchman parted ways with HEET. He will not be carrying over his in-game leadership duties to his new squad.

This move is the latest in a relatively extensive French shuffle which has HEET mid-way through entirely revamping their squad, has already seen Aurélien "⁠afro⁠" Drapier join LDLC, and also the creation of a new team spearheaded by legendary rifler Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon.

bodyy joins legendary names NBK- and kennyS in Falcons

The wholesale changes in the French scene have been spurred by the upcoming BLAST.tv Paris Major, with bodyy directly referencing his desire to hear fans cheering in Paris in his tweet announcing his arrival in Falcons, while shox's new side was explicitly created with the goal of qualifying for said competition.

bodyy leaves behind a HEET squad that achieved success in the tier-two scene, winning tournaments like Elisa Invitational Spring and ESL Challenger League Season 40, but also one that struggled to kick on in tournaments of a higher caliber, such as ESL Pro League and the Antwerp and Rio RMRs last year.

HEET part ways with afro and bodyy *

The Falcons team he joins went through 2022 in a similar vein, managing some solid results in tier-two and the French regional scene, but rarely making headway against higher-tier opposition.

Originally it was reported that Jordan "⁠Python⁠" Munck-Foehrle would be the player to make way in Falcons, but according to a tweet from 1pv.fr's neL, incompatibility between bodyy and Ali "⁠hAdji⁠" Haïnouss may have resulted in the latter being moved to the bench instead.

Falcons are set to debut their new roster on January 25 at 11:00 , when they take on PROSPECTS in the Elisa Invitational Winter 2023 Contenders. The action from that match can be viewed on the Elisa Esports Twitch channel.

Falcons are now:

Kenny "⁠kennyS⁠" Schrub
Nathan "⁠NBK-⁠" Schmitt
Alexandre "⁠bodyy⁠" Pianaro
Kévin "⁠misutaaa⁠" Rabier
Jordan "⁠Python⁠" Munck-Foehrle

Steeve "⁠Ozstrik3r⁠" Flavigni (coach)

Fr shuffle

2023-01-24 19:06

1 reply

meanwhile MISUTAA stealin paychecks xDD 😋

2023-01-24 23:48

Excepted

2023-01-24 19:07

Nice

wtf dropping hadji their best player everyone from the 2020 LDLC core got benched xd

2023-01-24 19:08

9 replies

hadji was horrible last 6 month tbh, no impact frags and a lot of baiting + according to KRL ( biggest french streamer ) Hadji wasnt on the same page with Bodyy soo ...

2023-01-24 19:10

8 replies

Neal said the same one Twitter. Why can’t French players just get along they would be so good if they could

2023-01-24 19:17

7 replies

rn french scene look more like a Reality show than a scene who wants to win the next major (even participate)

2023-01-24 19:29

4 replies

also djoko and exercise didnt want jackz kkkkkkk

2023-01-24 20:01

3 replies

mf Jackz bought himself his buyout (100k)to play with his "closest friend" to get kicked 5 month after by those "friends", cant believe this is real lmao

2023-01-24 20:07

2 replies

french shuffle even funnier than the polish shuffle

2023-01-24 20:08

atleast french shuffle can make a teir 2 team

2023-01-24 21:01

nbk happy apex shox give u a thumb up

2023-01-24 21:07

True

2023-01-24 21:15

lol

2023-01-24 19:09

2023-01-24 19:13

oh yeah, 2017 G2 is all coming back together

2023-01-24 19:16

without apex

2023-01-24 19:33

That’s an upgrade though haha

2023-01-24 20:35

I mean.. Still a solid team, high hopes but hadji and maka were literally their two best players, fr.

2023-01-24 19:18

solid team

2023-01-24 19:26

true

2023-01-24 22:22

this team wont make it anywhere. kennyS is tier 5 awper and core is washed

2023-01-25 16:42

Top20 is very possible, break into tier1..zero chance unless kennyS become tier1 awper again.

2023-01-25 17:18

-python +jackz i would love too see this guys taking top1 FR and top30 hltv

2023-01-24 19:24

-misutaaa +apex date back to 2017

2023-01-25 08:58

Matt Watson is back baby

my body is telling me yeaaahh

2023-01-24 19:25

Disband washout players

2023-01-24 19:32

Best french riffler here

Have fun losing

Huge win, everybody saying Hadji is their best player doest whath the game since Rio rmr.

2023-01-24 19:34

+ shox + Scream

2023-01-24 19:37

2023-01-24 21:12

python > hadji?!

2023-01-24 19:41

I’d say: yes. But -hAdji isnt about the skull level in this case

2023-01-24 20:36

Youngster, not a baiter, can get along with bodyy.

2023-01-24 22:53

France joins Brazil and Poland in weekly shuffles

2023-01-24 19:44

Godyy

2023-01-24 19:48

french roster without shox big W

Cool

2023-01-24 20:11

What a weird roster, they think Kenny will just solo frag everyone now or what?

2023-01-24 20:14

Bodyy >>> Hadji

Get shox and we reboot g2 2018

2023-01-24 20:30

+ScreaM

2023-01-24 20:43

The young prodigy! GL Falconers

Good to see some of the G2 boys back together. One of my favorite memories is the 2017 ESL event in Dallas. Hopefully they can keep on improving :D

2023-01-24 21:11

Good signing

2023-01-24 21:13

So the point of this team is the qualify for the Paris major. Beyond that?

2023-01-24 21:21

great move from falcons bodyy is monster

2023-01-24 22:46

My body is ready

2023-01-24 23:00

Decent looking roster will have to watch their games now

2023-01-24 23:34

+shox +apEX

i think this change doesn't make bigger diffrence

2023-01-24 23:55

This is the last French shuffle before Paris major

2023-01-25 02:21

Has a region switched out players more often than the French? What ever happened to SIXER he's like NA's Cooper both have the talent but no one ever took the chance on them to make it to the next level now their old AF.

2023-01-25 04:16