daps to replace Patsi in EPL opener

18/9/2023 - 23:26

The Canadian coach will return to the server for the first time in 18 months.

daps will play against Virtus.pro

Liquid have announced that Damian "⁠daps⁠" Steele will replace Robert "⁠Patsi⁠" Isyanov for their ESL Pro League Season 18 opener against Virtus.pro, confirming an earlier report by Dust2.us. The North American organization has also indicated that Patsi is expected to rejoin the team for their subsequent matches in Malta, pending "other factors."

Date	Matches
ESL Pro League Season 18
20/09/2023	Liquid 16:00 Virtus.pro	Match

Patsi will miss Liquid's first match due to visa complications, as the Russian rifler faced travel restrictions to Malta because of extended delays in obtaining a US visa.

Media: Patsi likely to miss EPL; daps to stand in

daps brings a wealth of playing experience to the team despite his absence from the server for the past year and a half. The 30-year-old played in two Majors and is most known for his time as the IGL of NRG, with whom he won cs_summit 3 and IEM Shanghai 2018.

Liquid will play the match against Virtus.pro with the following roster:

Keith "⁠NAF⁠" Markovic
Josh "⁠oSee⁠" Ohm
Mareks "⁠YEKINDAR⁠" Gaļinskis
Aleks "⁠Rainwaker⁠" Petrov
Damian "⁠daps⁠" Steele

Welcome back goat

2023-09-18 23:27

10 replies

honestly daps IGLing and yekindar as back to a star rifler is literally better than current liquid

2023-09-18 23:50

9 replies

Copium

2023-09-19 00:50

4 replies

Overall upgrade tbh

2023-09-19 04:55

he might not be wrong lmao but I doubt they will let daps fully IGL as to not ruin the team's structure

2023-09-19 14:45

No, copium is believing Yekindar is a born IGL. Just go frag mens.

2023-09-19 20:28

1 reply

+1 bring back entry yeki

2023-09-19 20:30

2023-09-19 01:40

Not hard to be better than current liquid tbh , but i agree

2023-09-19 02:01

Yekindar IGL is the most cringe thing in this rosted hope they drop rainwaker or osee for daps as IGL ang get another coach

2023-09-19 03:42

yes for sure

2023-09-19 17:12

Yekindar will carry? Or they are doomed already

Gl :)

vp to win it all

Finally Liquid back to being majorly NA

2023-09-18 23:29

the wisdom brought by the greatest wisest man in NA can destroy epl noobs easy

2023-09-18 23:30

lmao EU TIER2 > ASIA > BR > NA

2023-09-20 06:14

More Canadians than Americans on Liquid LUL

More NA than Europeans on liquid LUL

2023-09-19 00:23

8 replies

2023-09-19 04:09

more who cars than who cars in Liquid. P.S. Who cars?

2023-09-19 04:41

Vroom Vroom?

2023-09-19 09:54

do you mean who cares?

2023-09-19 15:32

No, I mean car like an automobile. Who automobiles?

2023-09-20 05:15

nice car

2023-09-19 17:13

Insane really

2023-09-19 06:42

I think it’s good

2023-09-19 13:58

if daps isnt IGLing then Liquid is still doomed.

NA CS IS SO BACK

2023-09-18 23:35

NA CS BACK?

2023-09-18 23:36

GG marek coutch will dont let you IGL in this match :D

Coutch? Couch? Cooch?

2023-09-19 06:02

Hooch

2023-09-19 08:23

Go to Pasha London School

2023-09-19 09:55

Carutch

2023-09-19 11:25

True NA GOAT

2023-09-18 23:40

should have gotten stanislaw

2023-09-18 23:51

Don’t do that to Daps again bro that was fucked.

2023-09-19 12:34

But who will IGL?

2023-09-18 23:52

If daps is IGL that's actually an upgrade

2023-09-18 23:56

2023-09-19 00:11

+1 if not then rip Liquid, 0-3

2023-09-19 00:16

Unironically true

2023-09-19 00:54

+1 I like this roster more it's just rain woke shouldve been replaced by patsi

2023-09-19 16:17

now kick someone and add twistzz, so it can be a canadian core

2023-09-19 00:01

Name checks out +1

2023-09-19 00:24

Snarik comes back to cs and becomes liquid’s new coach -daps +stanislaw

2023-09-19 00:27

Based, might as well sign Fang also when his contract with CoL is done

2023-09-19 00:53

Imagine in 2019 we had NAF, Twistzz, Steel (igl), Wardell, and FaNg (even tho he wasn’t known at the time) and daps coach.

2023-09-19 07:57

Wasnt steel banned then?

2023-09-19 11:27

3 replies

Yeah but it's a hypothetical man.

2023-09-19 11:36

2 replies

ah i see, we can always dream bro :)

2023-09-19 14:32

True true

2023-09-19 18:59

damn guess they needed some firepower

Well they have an IGL now at least, vp going to loose

2023-09-19 00:17

NA take over begins here

2023-09-19 00:40

upgrade!

2023-09-19 00:47

Goat NA IGL, time to kick Yekindar back to entry

2023-09-19 00:52

What the Patsi US Visa has to do with a russian entering Malta?

2023-09-19 01:11

it's likely for the future. Like with the BLAST Showdown where Liquid got placed in the "Americas" division (by "Americas", I mean not really cause TheMongolz is there) instead of EU due to stupid circumstances.

2023-09-19 01:14

He’s currently getting a visa, so the government has his passport meaning he can’t travel.

2023-09-19 08:59

Ty, that makes sense

2023-09-20 06:12

Liquid is NA again!!!

2023-09-19 01:38

nature is healing

2023-09-19 01:52

Deserved for the org who said fuck their fans

2023-09-19 03:18

EZ L

2023-09-19 04:08

daps igl while yekindar back to entry + majority NA. upgrade in my eyes

2023-09-19 04:54

It's over for this team

2023-09-19 05:02

Ez for Daps

2023-09-19 05:13

Yekindar free uffff Liquid to playoff sure

2023-09-19 05:54

they really didnt find another player?..

2023-09-19 06:43

respect daps

2023-09-19 07:01

on such a short notice? someone who knows their setups, tactics etc?

2023-09-19 07:16

It's fine for just 1 game

2023-09-19 11:57

If that means yucky doesn't igl its good [Clueless emoticon]

2023-09-19 06:50

NA IS BACK BABY!!!!!!!!

2023-09-19 07:13

yeah, love how they depict Malta as an esports friendly place but shit like this still happens

2023-09-19 07:15

It seems like Patsi's passport is in the US embassy at the moment, he physically doesn't have it.

2023-09-19 07:42

nice...

2023-09-19 08:10

1.05 odds for VP now

2023-09-19 07:41

If yekindar dont go cocky with his igl role Liquid will prevail

-patsi +dapz what's the difference?

2023-09-19 09:33

rip in advance

2023-09-19 09:43

ez4vp then

2023-09-19 10:44

Where is Stewie2k

2023-09-19 11:44

Fantasy is dead already

2023-09-19 12:27

Ngl I love me some daps

2023-09-19 13:14

will they add him to tha fantasy at a cheap price?

FFFF lmfao

2023-09-19 15:46

Good thing for liquid that stewie couldn't make it, that guy is a glorified streamer

2023-09-19 16:12

Watch Liquid with a real IGL do better. LET'S GO DAPS my Canadian Captain!

2023-09-19 17:05

Daps will drop 1.91 rating on virtual piss, g0-2, and clown 9 consecutively and go down as bywoo the best in the game

2023-09-19 17:29

Sad that it didnt work with Stewie as it could be.

2023-09-19 23:54

Patsi is playing ? LOL

2023-09-20 18:26

damn what a bait, I was hyped to see daps play and YEKINDAR entry daps IGL, luckily i didn't bet as I was unsure of what the lineup would look like.

2023-09-20 19:24