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Copenhagen Flames owner: Our dream is not only to be a talent factory

The Danes' stunning showing at IEM Fall and a potential spot in the PGL Major could be a massive game-changer for the organization.

Copenhagen Flames has been a hot topic in Counter-Strike for the last week or two. The Danish team is currently playing at the prominent IEM Fall, where the underdog team, against all odds, managed to go 5-0 in the group stage, taking down top-tier teams like G2, BIG, and mousesports.

The promising team with the blazing banner may not be known for winning big titles on top of CS:GO – however, the organization has for a long time been renowned as a successful and strong provider of new Danish talents.

In recent years, Copenhagen Flames has brought up promising names like Asger “Farlig” Jensen and Rene “TeSeS” Madsen, who they sold to huge teams in GODSENT and Heroic. The current Heroic profile, Ismail “refrezh” Ali has also been around the team before his big breakthrough.

Copenhagen Flames roster in Feb 2020 - TeSeS, Farlig, Acilion, Nodios, and TMB (From left to right)

We talked with the Co-owner of Copenhagen Flames, Daniel Vorborg about the structure of the organization and how committed they are to this current roster. In an ESL press session, Vorborg explains that Flames might change their approach and perception of how to run their org going forward.

- Our dream is not to keep producing talents and then selling them to other organizations. We, of course, also dream of attending Majors, winning Majors, and competing against the best teams in the world. For us, the only path forward right now, is to keep doing more with less, and just stretch that as far we can – That sometimes means we’re selling rosters, but then we will have more capital for the next rebuild, Vorborg stated and added:

- There’s nothing more I would like in this world than to keep this roster. But when teams evolve this fast there’s always a disconnect because the market value and the fair salary for the roster is a lot higher than it was six weeks ago. And in this period, we can’t execute and capitalize on this, in terms of being able to pay twice as much in salary – But yeah, the players are probably worth twice the salary they were worth six weeks ago.

We try our best to keep providing the best resources and salaries for the team – but sometimes it’s not possible to keep up with the evolution of the roster, Vorborg said.

Hear Daniel Vorborg elaborate his thoughts in the video down below.

In the same press session held by ESL, we got the opportunity to speak with Rasmus “HooXi” Nielsen, CPH Flames’ in-game leader about the org and why he decided to re-join the team 5-months ago.

- It was a no-brainer for me to work with Copenhagen Flames again because they are by far the best organization I have ever played for. I also think its better than Astralis, Heroic, and whoever. I just feel like Flames are doing a way better job with the amount of money and resources they have.  

I do feel like this project and organization is driven entirely by passion. It sounds like a cliché, but it feels like it’s a family to some extent, where everyone is cheering for each other inside the organization.

Copenhagen Flames' masterclass performance and their playoff spot at IEM Fall has meant that the underdog team suddenly are a real contender to grab a ticket for the upcoming Major later this month, even though they entered the last RMR event without a single point in the bank.

Their next game at IEM Fall will be against the French superstars from Vitality in the quarterfinals. The match is set to be played Thursday at 20.15 (CET).

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