faveN allowed to explore options outside of BIG

3-10-2023 21:42

The German player is seeking new opportunities after being away from competition since April.

faveN is looking for new opportunities

Josef "⁠faveN⁠" Baumann has been allowed to explore options on the market after over three months on BIG's bench. The player clarified that there is still a buyout involved, meaning he remains contracted to the German organization.

faveN has been away from active play since June when BIG did a major overhaul to their roster by swapping out three players.

He has been with the German organization since December 2021, but was sidelined from the team for a three-month period from September - November 2022 due to illness and then took time off in April to celebrate his wedding, after which he didn't return to the active roster.

BIG sign mantuu; promote s1n, prosus in major roster overhaul

During his stints with BIG, faveN averaged a 1.05 rating over 245 maps, and generally maintained that level offline (1.02 rating over 132 maps). He recorded his last official event with BIG at IEM Rio 2023, where the team made playoffs before falling to eventual champions Vitality in the quarter-finals.

falcons inc

2023-10-03 21:42

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2023-10-03 21:48

29 replies

i would never

28 replies

lmao i thought u already switch and wont respond that fast. my bad

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im always ready

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expected from u

2023-10-03 21:49

25 replies

yeah now go sleep

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no thanks

23 replies

wtf more betting i guess

22 replies

no. more films at night coming... u know me i am night stalker

2023-10-03 21:50

21 replies

are u finally watching fallenzera documentary

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nt jontyzera but not. films with Jason stetham

2023-10-03 21:51

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jason midtham more like

18 replies

expected cringe take. ok i go watching wish u nice switching at night

2023-10-03 21:52

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ok sleep well

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0/8

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cya on your doctorhej alt

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hltv doesnt allow alts, nt again

2023-10-03 21:53

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nt try alter

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says u? guy who have 90% of hltv alt accounts?

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this is my only acc jon e knows that

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9/8

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hehe

2023-10-03 21:54

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ok go sleep jonty

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cya in 4 hours

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who r u guys and why do u know each other so well

2023-10-04 10:07

I've never seen answers get so thin. wow

2023-10-04 03:58

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Big enough if you can still see them

2023-10-04 06:49

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2023-10-04 06:56

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heh

2023-10-04 11:21

Huh

2023-10-04 13:26

they dont need him tho

2023-10-03 23:08

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He'd literally be like the second best player there after boros

2023-10-03 23:26

Naaah magisk dupreeh zonic to falcons imo

2023-10-04 08:36

I don't think magisk will leave tbh

2023-10-04 19:41

they will sign magisk and boros & launx are way better than faven

2023-10-04 09:57

#91 and faven > launx

Nip inc

2023-10-03 21:45

Hes a liability, cant stay healthy even if god promised him $2m

2023-10-05 11:58

I actually forgot about him :(

2023-10-03 21:46

Yeah, thats the destiny of mediocre players. You only remember the best and the worst.

Maybe because he was sick and absent most of the time he was on BIG?

2023-10-04 03:09

I think he got a child too

2023-10-05 09:41

He did. It's reasonable absence, i just think for some people he would be easy to forget

2023-10-06 14:32

Could be a decent target for these international teams with no vision, like 00Nation, TSM, OG, etc. Maybe Sangal?

OG faveN actually good instead of FASHR

2023-10-03 22:06

fnatic

2023-10-03 22:12

nip

2023-10-04 05:00

Just add him to Entropiq to play with tiziaN hah And kick oxygeN

2023-10-04 10:43

Why? He was always solid when he played, what the hell is going on with BIG?

When he played

2023-10-03 22:04

you dumb? the reason he dont play is bc big doesnt want him to play bc he was sick too much

2023-10-03 22:10

His health is nobodies responsibility but his own. I haven’t caught a cold in years

2023-10-04 00:14

Yeah cuz you don't go outside

2023-10-04 01:04

Ahahah

2023-10-04 03:53

AXAXAXAXAXA

2023-10-04 05:04

Ba ba ba burnnn

2023-10-04 05:17

Shrekt

2023-10-04 05:56

Didn't need to burn hin that badly.

2023-10-04 07:23

wouldn’t being active a lot outside will improve immunity?

2023-10-04 09:24

Well yeah but your immunity system gets more resilient the more diseases you get, as it builds up receptors to kill off the viruses of common diseases. That's how vaccines work aswell, they either inject receptors versus the virus and you're immediately immune Or they inject a dead virus cell into your body and your immunity system builds receptors to kill off future examples The latter is more effective long-term, but it takes around 2 weeks until it takes full effect

2023-10-04 16:25

lol

2023-10-04 10:39

kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

2023-10-04 17:32

That just shows how stupid you are, just because u have bad health, doesnt mean its you own fault, and it s not always just a cold lol

2023-10-04 15:02

Have you seen how BIG look right now with those youngsters instead of him? They are finally starting to become a threat again!

2023-10-04 01:18

Ig after EPL they decided to commit to the current roster instead of throwing a lot out the window just to implement faven back in the team.

2023-10-04 06:02

Heroic

allowed to explore options outside sick leave you mean

2023-10-03 22:03

He need to broke up with his gf if he want to be a decent tier 2 player

break up with his girlfriend, leave his child and focus 100% of his time on CS. 100% agree!

2023-10-03 22:13

Xd, exactly like he has different priorities, and that's ok

2023-10-04 05:02

WWWW

Send him to Liquid

2023-10-03 22:45

Sucks for him; he really wasn't a bad player on BIG... despite how unstable the roster with him was

2023-10-03 22:51

he was definitely better than both s1n and prosus

2023-10-04 00:26

The roster with him was unstable, because he was in and out with a sickness every second tournament. BIG just needs a stable roster for a few months, and I hope they are finally getting it. Also, prosus might be worse, but s1n definitely has the potential to be a star.

2023-10-04 01:21

s1n has been on BIG's main roster for less than half a year and averaged a hardly-positive rating. prosus was in theory a better player than s1n coming into the main BIG roster. He's just been cucked by the inherent structure of the team. Similar situation with faveN when he was on BIG. faveN was just a superstar caliber player, which prosus isn't quite there yet. Just cause s1n performs fairly well with a supporting cast of tabseN and a superstar rifler such as krimbo doesn't make him better than faveN. Considering the longevity of time faveN was on BIG and the shit positions he had been dealt, he's head and shoulders above s1n and prosus on a fundamental level. Stop being so bitter lmfao

2023-10-04 02:19

complete bot. Say krimbo faze or someone.

2023-10-03 23:04

attax faven slaxz spiidi tizian kyuubii/awzek Wont happen, but would be awesome :)

2023-10-03 23:05

faveN W

2023-10-03 23:11

Full german: syrson jdc spiidi faven k1to

2023-10-03 23:44

So much this. Would be a Top20 team and be a great challenger for BIG.

2023-10-04 09:03

not too big on spiidi tbh also faven basically spent most of his time in BIG on the bench, he is a great player but if he continues to be sick etc. all the time he's of no value for a team

2023-10-04 10:31

sad, some of the best german players are now outside of BIG (syrson, k1to, JDC, faveN). this is not what the org stands for

2023-10-04 00:25

They all have their fair share of problems - syrson is not comfortable on LAN, k1to disappears against top level opposition, JDC is inconsistent, faven is always sick. The organisation stands for developing and implementing the best German players, and I think they are doing exactly this right now ;)

2023-10-04 01:24

FaveN was mid at best on BIG and at ESWIC on that German lineup in world finals he did fairly well...maybe he could go to Liquid

2023-10-04 04:00

Tabsen is super polite.

2023-10-04 03:21

What if they went -Mantuu and then S1n IGL and Tabsen back to AWP he did it in earlier days of big and they keep faven/.

2023-10-04 05:48

tabsen wasnt an amazing awp tbh. he just did it because noone else could. i think BIG should play with its current team for the rest of the year. i feel like they could realistically reach top 10 with that squad once they gained some more experience together

2023-10-04 10:32