Snax joins GamerLegion

29-9-2023 20:30

Janusz "⁠Snax⁠" Pogorzelski makes a return to tier-one competition after three and a half years in the lower echelons.

GamerLegion have announced the addition of Snax to the Counter-Strike roster. The 30-year-old Pole joins the team to take over in-game leadership after the organization parted ways with Sanzhar "⁠neaLaN⁠" Iskhakov on Thursday.

GamerLegion part ways with neaLaN

Best known for playing as part of Poland's most storied and successful team, Virtus.pro, Snax has mostly competed for local teams on the lower echelons of Counter-Strike for the past three and a half years.

Since he departed his long-time home in 2020, the four-time top-20 player's only appearance at a big tournament was at IEM Dallas 2022. Snax stood in for ENCE at the American event and helped them make a surprise run to the grand final.

This earned him praise from Marco "⁠Snappi⁠" Pfeiffer, who not only said ENCE would pick Snax up had they had a permanent spot on the team at the time, but also gave the Pole a serious consideration when they were looking for a replacement for Lotan "⁠Spinx⁠" Giladi a few months later.

Snappi on Snax: "It was close that we picked him"

It has taken over a year for Snax to reappear on the radar, but now he joins a tier-one team again at a time of great change in the scene with the shift to Counter-Strike 2 underway.

The Pole won't have much time to get up to speed with GamerLegion. Their debut at IEM Sydney, the first big LAN to be held in the new game, is just over two weeks away, starting on October 16.

GamerLegion have:

Isak "⁠isak⁠" Fahlén
Frederik "⁠acoR⁠" Gyldstrand
Nicolas "⁠Keoz⁠" Dgus
Sebastian "⁠volt⁠" Maloș
Janusz "⁠Snax⁠" Pogorzelski

Ashley "⁠ash⁠" Battye (coach)

LES GOOOOOOO

2023-09-29 20:30

23 replies

wont fix any of gl's issues,

2023-09-29 20:31

8 replies

what issues? what do people even expect from this roster???? i was surprised that they were able to take maps of really good teams with their roster

2023-09-29 20:35

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+1 do people really expect this team full of T3 rejects to play the same they did in the major? I'm so confused

2023-09-29 20:44

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apparently gamerlegion management thinks acor and keoz are more valuable than nealan, their most important player, what a joke org

2023-09-29 21:15

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Cuz the org has a brain and understands about keeping invite shots for major qualifiers and other tournaments. They need to keep 3 players from Paris. I agree with you would be a better change but that's their thought process.

2023-09-29 22:13

no iM, no siuhy, no party

2023-09-29 21:57

+1 lol

2023-09-29 23:26

+1 -IGL AND AGRO PLAYER +semi-IGL and passive player

2023-09-29 21:52

volt and keoz bring enough aggro +Snax ain't all that passive and has been learning how to IGL +Snax clears your favorite players

2023-10-05 19:27

washed up player.

12 replies

FLAG. LETS GOO JANUSZ

2023-09-29 20:33

Don't you dare disrespect Snax.

2023-09-29 20:41

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2023-09-30 10:57

being realistic = disrespect??

2023-09-30 11:42

well see how realistic you and him are

2023-09-30 13:57

2023-10-04 14:02

Tell me more about Clown9's "IGL"

2023-09-30 10:16

yessirrr

2023-09-30 13:59

2023-10-01 17:57

ABOOOOOOWWWW

14 replies

virtus no back here once again

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as a pillar of the community i feel inclined to comment this, yes

2023-09-29 20:45

you feel like THE pillar

2023-09-29 20:56

7 replies

a pillar amidst thousands of others

2023-09-29 21:10

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virtusno is a legend. there is no other name on hltv thats this recognizable

2023-09-29 23:19

Jonty ghcnvbkn i_play_b_rotation AK47_Is_Albania_Country_God Astralis_6_majors just a few from top of my mind

2023-09-30 10:25

4 replies

And aleksibhairdresser

2023-09-30 13:44

never seen any of them

2023-09-30 13:56

ya_dura_yebanaja is also s tier

2023-10-01 13:58

Jonty +1 The other names you mentioned don't recall anything.

2023-10-02 07:37

abow indeed. also am proud to have only known this word from ski aggu

2023-09-29 20:55

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abow is Turkish also what does it mean ?

2023-09-30 04:43

pretty much wow if you google. allegedly comes from swedish and was spread by tiktok (again i dont use tiktok)

2023-09-30 13:55

its same.. i m suprised now

2023-09-30 16:58

ok COOL

YES

glad to see OG's still stealing pay checks

you should have written "OGs are". the way you wrote it says "OG is" and im sure youre not talking abt the esports team OG. youre welcome.

2023-09-30 14:09

uh. danke schön

2023-09-30 14:58

bittenseer

2023-09-30 15:20

woohoo!!

ueez

Cool addition, hope he can perform still

drop nealan for this ok...

pumpa

tomorrow only headshot

2023-09-29 21:09

I like this. I like it a lot

Let's go

We're going straight out of rmr's with this one

2023-09-29 20:32

rippompa

rare gamerlegion w

idk what to think

He is one of the sneakiest players out there with gigantic game knowledge. GL can only sip from this transfer, Neelan was out of place in their system anyway.

2023-09-29 23:57

t3 confirmed

The Big Apple is so ready for cs2 letsgooooo

GL legend

Snax with new smokes gonna dominate the scene just watch

HUUUUUUUUUUUGE

pog

Group stage exit at Sydney confirmed

Big apple and snax is hungry

2023-09-29 20:34

Who is the IGL now? We were desperately waiting for Snax back on the servers but Snax as IGL is a bad idea.

??? its a very good idea

2023-09-29 20:37

he barely speaks English mate

2023-10-02 10:52

I guess you didn’t read the article

2023-09-29 20:53

Janusz "⁠Snax⁠" Pogorzelski makes a return to tier-one competition GamerLegion IS NOT tier1.

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neither is any team with snax going to be ever again

2023-09-29 20:38

nealan is a trash ..brooo

2023-09-29 20:46

Top 9???? not tier 1? ok ur delusional

2023-09-29 20:54

They aren't tier 1, they couldn't beat any decent team after paris major even tho they had few chances

2023-09-30 08:29

You might have read the article, but you clearly didn't comprehend it lol. You even included it in your quote: return to tier-one *competition* He's literally about to play at a tier-one competition.

2023-09-29 21:47

for it to be tier1 competition, there have to be tier1 teams. GL is NOT one of them, they will play home sweet home and pinnacle cups at best

2023-09-30 09:30

IEM Sydney Elisa Masters also has ENCE and MOUZ

2023-09-30 14:27

"Elisa Masters" This disney bullshit and not a tier1 event

2023-09-30 15:50

competition is ENCE and MOUZ ENCE and MOUZ tier 1

2023-09-30 15:56

I guess the majors aren't tier one events either because T2 teams participate there innit?

2023-10-02 10:54

they have never been since they were expanded to 24 teams

2023-10-02 16:27

lmao you are just merely pretending at this point

2023-10-04 17:08

No, the editor is alluding to the fact that Snax is going to play in tier 1 competition again, giving how GL still plays in tier 1 level competition.

Tier 1 competition. You have trouble reading?

2023-09-30 09:40

Do you have trouble reading? The article itself states GL as a Tier 1 team. Quote: "...but now he joins a tier-one team again...".

2023-10-02 07:41

XD? WHY BUT LETS GOOOO!!!!

good luck

wtf

If he's willing to do the dirty work this can be a good move.

2023-09-29 20:36

he won't be enough but good change!!

rip gl. probably worse than the roster with dobbo

let him cook

If nothing else, it will be interesting to watch how this works out...

What are GL management smoking ???

2023-09-29 20:39

don't feel like its a good choice honestly...

Idk man, Maybe there are no igls available. Snax at least bring some experience to the team. A risk where every team needs now that it’s going to be CS2. Snax is smart and can bring a lot, maybe it’s going to be just for a year max so everyone is on the same page.

2023-09-30 14:10

GL for Snax

the big apple!

2023-09-29 20:40

Lmao

wtf, hes bot for such a long time

neo yes but no snax wtf

2023-09-29 20:49

Snax washed

2023-09-30 03:26

Huge W

2023-09-29 20:42

hes due for another chance

2023-09-29 20:43

this role (being igl for a bunch of nonamers trying to take them into tier 1) is what he's been doing now for over 5 years.

2023-09-30 07:04

Except for the fact thar GL isn't nonamers. This was definitely a downgrade.

2023-09-30 11:52

Big Apple

they kicked nealan for that?

Happy to see a legend coming back to the game

Where pasha ???

les go snax, very nice

Snax is still hungryyyy, gl Janusz

2023-09-29 20:47

Snax calling in English is bound to be a disaster.

interesting how do you know that?

2023-09-29 20:50

"I'm still don't know why HLTV bring me here, because they know I barely speak English." - Janusz "Snax" Pogorzelski, 2023

2023-09-29 20:59

Must go to Pasha London School

2023-09-29 21:42

Unfortunately it's closed due to covid. No word on when it will reopen.

2023-09-29 21:43

Falling for snax baits in 2023 He literally is igling english speaking teams for 1.5 years

2023-09-29 23:09

2023-09-29 20:48

tier-one? gamerlegion? ahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Tier one competition aka IEM Sydney. Read clearly and comprehend the information given to you

"Janusz "⁠Snax⁠" Pogorzelski makes a return to tier-one competition after three and a half years in the lower echelons." I haven’t read further and don’t plan to

2023-09-30 11:45

iem sydney is not tier-one competition?

2023-09-30 12:39

title doesn't say a word about this event, I gave the exact context

2023-09-30 12:49

i dont know how you can uderstand this sentence differently tbh

2023-09-30 13:19

"tier-one competition" you self admittedly read this part. You are just coping now because you fumbled your contrarian comment

2023-10-02 10:55

Yessss! also funny video

xddd those who write that he can't do it, if g2 wanted him, I guess he can do something

He would be a Hooxi 2.0 there

2023-09-30 03:27

nice , but nealan was the least one to expect to get benched

Great video tho

2023-09-29 20:51

SNAX, THE LEGEND IS BACK :) GL!

Is some one going to buy nealan?

2023-09-29 20:52

no need to buy him, they terminated his contract

2023-09-29 21:04

i think he is underrated, deserve a tier 1.5 cis/euro team

2023-09-29 21:17

avangar/k23 nealan hobbit buster icy def1zer

2023-09-29 21:32

Thats a pretty good roster, Coach AdreN this is the kind of team that would make the classic kazakh run in a major

2023-09-30 14:35

FAT W LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Snax is hungry 😎

Pog

HAHAHA, EZ FOR GO POLISH GOAT

Polish GOAT of all time men

2023-09-29 22:06

hes out before christmas

honestly still won't win anything.

YOOO

Finally a good new. Let's go snax

yo what

2023-09-29 20:57

pretty cool tbh

nice snax

snax IGL? very interesting

2023-09-29 21:03

Wtf why

2023-09-29 21:08

better question is why keoz is not kicked yet?

2023-09-29 21:33

Because he is a top3 support player in the world

2023-09-29 23:45

what? hahahha in your dreams man

2023-09-30 02:12

ENCE legend

Interesting move

2023-09-29 21:12

And aren't they trying out shox?? Or does this snax move mean bye-bye shoxiejesus move

2023-09-29 21:25

THE GOAT IS BACKKK

2023-09-29 21:27

hehehe

2023-09-29 21:29

NICE THE GOAT IS BACK!

Nice! good move to bring experience to the team. But when is rare atom and tyloo putting forward their roster? apparently rare atom are getting guardian as coach and tyloo is buying 5yclone?

2023-09-29 21:30

RA already bought Twista as a coach

2023-09-29 21:31

They need to replace keoz now

2023-09-29 21:39

washed snax returning? Gamerlegion and "tier one" ? i aren't think that

30 yo talent

2023-09-29 21:44

Gamerlegion back to CCT n Pineapple wher they trully belong

2023-09-29 21:45

THE BIG APPLE AND SNAX IS HUNGRY HE S GOT ONE MORE.

2023-09-29 21:53

Legend

2023-09-29 21:54

0 expectations but PogU

LESGOOÒ

2023-09-29 22:00

This should be interesting.

2023-09-29 22:01

Well I'm very happy that Snax will get a chance to play at Tier-1 again, but I have to say, I'm kinda out on him. Individually, he is not even a shadow of his former self, and as a leader, he is just not convincing to me. I don't have hope for this GamerLegion, I don't know what kind of leader it would take to make this team work, I think they have a very weak lineup indivdually, like really, I don't think firepower-wise this team shuld be in TOP 20, and I'm afraid this will be a huge drop off from GL and might be the end of Snax career, but I hope for the best, GL Legend!

2023-09-29 22:08

There is a really big difference between hardstucking tier 2 and spamming boring t2-3 teams all day every day and between playing biggest LANs, I have faith him and hopefully he will prove himself once again!

2023-09-29 22:20

I hope so, but I lost my faith unfortunately.

2023-09-29 22:37

Could easily be better than nealan, you never know

2023-09-29 22:16

Nice

2023-09-29 22:25

GOAT

When did gl become a tier 1 team?

One of the biggest legends in cs, period.

2023-09-29 22:26

RIP GL.Going for worse and worse IGL's now.....at this point they can get Sunny as IGL

2023-09-29 22:29

Now just add pasha, neo , taz and byali to activate plow mode

2023-09-29 22:33

this will work good honestly. Contender for next cs2 major

2023-09-30 01:26

What a good pick!

2023-09-29 22:39

unexpected but lets see if it works out

2023-09-29 22:45

pretty decent pickup

2023-09-29 22:46

He will last 6 months tops, mark my words.

2023-09-29 22:48

Your words are marked. If it doesn't work out he can join GL Prism.

2023-09-29 22:52

What a joke

2023-09-29 22:50

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2023-09-29 22:58

happy for him, good guy

2023-09-29 23:01

W move, botLaN was not good enough, even for that team

2023-09-29 23:02

HYPE, w move

2023-09-29 23:08

Tier 3 team, no1 cares lmfao

2023-09-29 23:10

Top 10 of the hltv rankings btw

2023-09-29 23:25

They're still playing more t1 events than big tbh

It's really questionable to sign him instead of nealan, but i am glad he's given a chance after that performance as substitute in ence, overall snax is definitely a legend

2023-09-29 23:20

who puts milk first????

2023-09-29 23:54

How much for the transfer?

2023-09-29 23:59

W roster move. snax is 100% better than bot nealan

2023-09-30 00:02

That's some interesting move

2023-09-30 00:03

F*** yeaaaah!

2023-09-30 00:05

He could have had a much better career by not sticking so long with the old VP guys

2023-09-30 00:26

poG

2023-09-30 00:27

hell yeahhh

Is this a joke xD

2023-09-30 00:36

WHAAAAAAAAAT

2023-09-30 00:47

Rip GL. Imagine signing 30yo player for better results XD

2023-09-30 00:52

Snax still hungry like he was at the big apple

2023-09-30 01:24

apex - 30yo karrigan - 33yo snappi - 33yo and others. stop cry pls

2023-09-30 02:15

oh and i forget. dev1ce 28yo in a moment 30yo lol

2023-09-30 02:16

xaxaxaxaxa that's like comparing signing a 30-year-old Messi to signing some 30-year-old striker who plays in England's 10th tier as the star striker for a prem league team

2023-09-30 06:31

It's funny that he was IGL only for a year XD (when he was IGL before it was a disaster)

2023-09-30 03:32

pompa hahahahaha

2023-09-30 00:56

2023-09-30 00:57

fat man with BIGego... don't waste your chance to come back

2023-09-30 01:02

Bodyshaming snax the legend.... rude

2023-09-30 11:46

I could expect anyone joining this team, but this surprised me.

2023-09-30 01:10

He is HiM. Let HiM cook

2023-09-30 01:12

*Snax joins a team* *Instantly turns into team fan* GO GL!!!

Cant wait to see snax back in action

2023-09-30 01:25

Papa Snax

2023-09-30 01:34

finally nealan gone, such a bot

2023-09-30 01:43

maybe gl wants to get someone with more experience to guide the roster. Because i cant see another reason why they would sign 30yo with 1.04 rating in t4 cs. Well in snax i guess

2023-09-30 02:00

Snax has experience and i think that he can be also 1.04 rating in t1 and same for other tiers. For example im playing worse when im facing bad enemies and its cause i dont respect them and makin stupid mistakes or enemies making moves u cant expect from better players and they can surprise them.

2023-09-30 10:50

rating 1.04 with IGL role its good, hooxi have 0.80 in tier 2

2023-09-30 13:18

hahahha lmfaoooo snax in 2023 kekw

2023-09-30 02:06

They did this because they wanted everyone in GL to have 4 letter names

2023-09-30 02:20

2023-09-30 09:21

worst roster update in decade after Cloud9

2023-09-30 02:30

i hope Snax come back in good form

2023-09-30 03:38

lets gooo!!

2023-09-30 03:39

Looks like pasha - face wise :) GL Snaxy :)

2023-09-30 04:24

Ooo okay

2023-09-30 04:34

huge W

2023-09-30 05:02

Good video and interesting move! Very excited to see Snax

2023-09-30 06:18

SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAX hhhhhhHHHHHHHHHHH SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAX SNAAAAAAAXXNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAX HAAAAAHHH... SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaAaAaAaAaAaksssssssss... h...hhAAAAA SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAX

2023-09-30 06:38

HYPE

2023-09-30 07:19

I dont mind adding snax, but they have literally zero stars even for T2 level. They really were promising team, but turned into... this.

2023-09-30 08:13

when volt and acoR are your star players kkkkkk

hltv.org/stats/players/20358/volt?startD.. Star.... rofl. Acor is pretty much the same.

2023-09-30 08:57

yeah this team is 5 support players xDD

2023-09-30 09:16

Snax was the smartest player while he played in VP. Also the best clutcher, before Xyp9x became)

2023-09-30 08:54

Yeah, he used to be my favourite player

2023-09-30 10:02

Most of us really love Snax for everything he's done in CS, but.. in 2023, is he a good option to GL (a tiee 1 team atm)?

2023-09-30 09:12

Probably not. Are we excited anyway? Yes

2023-09-30 10:18

SNAX IS HUNGRY!!!!!!!!

Snax<Bntet

2023-09-30 09:24

2023-09-30 11:40

less gooo snaxik

2023-09-30 11:02

Cant wait for him to perform and maybe with time to change his role to lurk and maybe with time to replace Hooxi or some else in Tier 1

Weirdo

2023-09-30 12:07

PogU, SNAXU TERMINATORRRRR, LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, NOW I GO TO OPTIONS TO CAHNGE MY FAVOURITES TO SNAX BACK, YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

2023-09-30 12:15

POG gl for legend

2023-09-30 12:22

nealan wasnt a problem snax isnt the solution changes coming in a few monthes

2023-09-30 12:25

POG

2023-09-30 12:35

SNAXIR at major pogg

2023-09-30 13:20

Brooo. You really can do something amazing with Pompa Team and like always you choose a money and a short term contract.. I hope you not regret it

2023-09-30 14:52

YES HE'S BACC HE CLUTCH HE SHOTS HE HUH HE WAN

2023-09-30 14:56

aint no way nealan gets dropped for snax

2023-09-30 16:26

Gamerlegion isnt tier 1 lets get that right. Tier 3 at best

2023-09-30 17:59

Weird. They looked to be gaining in power with neaLaN... C9 - HObbit + neaLaN soon ?

2023-09-30 19:02

weird but cool move.

2023-09-30 20:10

WWWWWWW dropping nealan was still an L tho

2023-09-30 20:31

I still wonder how to save polish counter strike.

2023-09-30 21:31

We had Hope when 9ine did well and become major legends,after that they became T3 team and there is no hope

2023-10-01 23:16

GL organization disbands in less than 1 year

2023-09-30 21:34

+1 might even be a few weeks lol

2023-10-02 09:08

Very deserved

2023-10-01 01:36

2023-10-02 00:28

respect

2023-10-02 01:47

Welcome back mens we missed you snax and big apple

2023-10-02 10:53

Can he even IGL in English?

2023-10-02 10:57

BIG APPLE

2023-10-02 15:35

next major champs

2023-10-03 05:50

Good job gamerlegion

2023-10-04 22:35

lol youtube.com/watch?v=yFGIsRPI00Y

2023-10-05 16:36

this is legendary

2023-10-05 20:20

nice!

2023-10-05 20:04