Spirit’s academy team is about to face off against the German-side from ALTERNATE aTTaX in a thrilling elimination match at BLAST Rising 2021.

The winner will face of against MAD Lions in the Group C decider match at 15:00 (CET).

ALTERNATE aTTaX

Spirit

ALTERNATE aTTaX has announced two new players to complete their roster for the upcoming 2023 season. Timo "Spiidi" Richter and Fritz "slaxz-" Dietrich will be joining the German organization on a permanent deal going forward. 

The 27-year-old rifler Timo "Spiidi" Richter has played for Sprout, cowana, Seed, MOUZ, and now ALTERNATE aTTaX. During his time in Sprout Spiidi helped the team reach new heights on the German CS:GO scene. Despite Spiidi being 27-year-old has the rifle in recent months been playing his best Counter-Strike. The German is currently averaging 1.25 Rating / 1.32 Impact / 89.8 ADR / 0.82 KPR during the past three months playing for cowana. 

Fritz "slaxz-" Dietrich is a former ALTERNATE aTTaX but has most recently played for Sprout. The 24-year-old AWPer is looking to regain his form from the 2019-2020 season where he dominated the German scene playing under the ALTERNATE aTTaX banner. slaxz- were a part of the Sprout team that went all the way to the group stages of IEM Rio Major 2022, a historical event for the small organization. While playing for Sprout slaxz- was averaging 1.07 Rating / 1.03 Impact / 69.4 ADR / 0.66 KPR.

- With Spiidi and slaxz we were able to sign two German veterans who bring not only experience but also a new perspective to the game into the team. ALTERNATE aTTaX Project director said to [link:{"url":"https://www.hltv.org/news/35359/alternate-attax-sign-spiidi-slaxz","isNewTab":true,"text":"HLTV"}].

ALTERNATE aTTaX looks as follows after Spiidi and slaxz- addition. 

{cflag:GR} Michalis "⁠awzek⁠" Napoloni

{cflag:DE} Paul "⁠PerX⁠" von Erdmannsdorff

Spiidi

slaxz-

ALTERNATE aTTaX needs a win against their fellow Germans from Sprout, if they want to stay in the race for a spot in the playoffs at ESEA Premier Season 36.

Sprout is 6-1 before the match, and is already through to the playoffs.

There is $20.000 on the line and a ticket to ESL Pro League Season 14 for first place in the tournament.

Sprout

There is a first prize of $18.000 and a ticket to the DreamHack Open January 2021 on the line for both ALTERNATE aTTaX and Sprout in the Semi-Final.

The winner will face BIG in the Grand Final later tonight.

With only two days left until the start of this year's first big event, we still have some minor regional action on the cards.

In Germany, the best teams clash in the ESL Meisterschaft Autumn 2020 tournament.

Both Semi-Finals and the Grand Finals will be played today.

Rhein Neckar

Sprout has secured a spot in the UNITED Pro Series Winter 2020 Grand Final after defeating kRYSTAL and company 2-1 on Dust2 (16-6) and Inferno (16-11) in the upper bracket-final. While Sprout now have some time to prepare and practice before the grand final, ALTERNATE aTTaX will have to fight for survival in the Consolidation final where they will face the winner of NLG vs. ttc.

Fritz “slaxz-“ Dietrich finished on top of the scoreboard with an impressive 69-37 score and a rating of 1.44, while ALTERNATE aTTaX’s Kevin “kRYSTAL” Amend finished on the bottom with a rating of 0.72.

kRYSTAL

Sprout take upon their countrymen from ALTERNATE aTTaX in an exciting upper bracket-final matchup at the UNITED Pro Series Winter 2020 event. The winner of the match will advance directly and secure a spot in the Grand final while the looser will have a second chance on Saturday in the consolidation final.

ALTERNATE aTTaX take upon their countrymen from Unicorn of Love in an exciting semi-final at the UNITED Pro Series Winter 2020 event. Which team will take home the victory and grab a slot for the Upper Bracket Final? 

Unicorns of Love

Kevin "kRYSTAL" Amend has parted ways with the organization and team he, for the last year, has represented. He leaves GODSENT's bench and joins his former team ALTERNATE aTTaX instead. "kRYSTAL" was benched at GODSENT mid-November 2020 due to a lack of results from the European roster. Instead of "kRYSTAL" the organization brought in Luka "emi" Vuković as their in-game leader. The team began to show greater results and "kRYSTAL" was therefore never brought back into the roster. 

Whilst not managing the best of results at GODSENT, "kRYSTAL" now head home to familiar territories in the German organization ALTERNATE aTTaX, where he will try his best to show his capabilities as an in-game leader. This will mark the third time that "kRYSTAL" joins ALTERNATE aTTaX where he, this time, will be joining forces with a former student of his in Max "PANIX" Hangebruch as well as a former teammate in Stefan "stfN" Seier. 

The 27-year-old German seems eager and ready to begin a new journey in his career as well as to take on the responsibilities of bringing up young talent in the scene. When playing under ALTERNATE aTTaX from 2012-2014 he was a much younger and more inexperienced player than he currently is. 

PANIX

stfN

GODSENT

One of the best things about the new year is all the incredible highlight reels, that are made to celebrate the year.

This time it is the German team Alternate aTTaX, that has supplied us with a frag movie.

ALTERNATE aTTaX have secured the likes of two former BIG Academy players, Karim “Krimbo” Moussa and Max “PANIX” Hangebruch, who will debut for their new organization on January 17 in the ESL Meisterschaft Autumn semi-finals.

18-year-old Krimbo was BIG Academy’s highest-rated player in 2020, averaging a 1.11 rating over 62 maps, while PANIX averaged a 1.05 rating over the same period, with the team most notably winning the 99Liga Season 15 and placing fourth in Season 16.

The signing marks the end of the first iteration of the BIG Academy project as all of their former players have signed pro contracts with teams around the world. The organization have announced that they will start scouting a new lineup heading into the 2021 circiut.

ALTERNATE aTTaX got two weeks to complete the roster with a fifth player as they are set to face off Sprout in the semi-final of ESL Meisterschaft Autumn on January 17. The squad also holds a spot in ESEA MDL Season 36 EU, set to kick off on January 18.

Krimbo

BIG Academy

The German organization announced on Twitter, that they have parted ways with Michał "⁠snatchie⁠" Rudzki.

Both "snatchie" and "dycha" were placed on the transfer list early in December. Rumours have speculated in a pure German lineup for the future with two ALTERNATE aTTaX players as replacements. Marko "⁠kressy⁠" Đorđević and Fritz "⁠slaxz-⁠" Dietrich have both rejected a renewal of their contract at ALTERNATE aTTax and seems to be the top priority at Sprout.

snatchie

dycha

kressy

Last week Sabit "mirbit" Coktasar announced that he was not going to renew his contract with ALTERNATE aTTaX. Yesterday Marko "⁠kressy⁠" Đorđević did the same.

Today a third player from the roster has announced his departure. This time it is Fritz "⁠slaxz-⁠" Dietrich.

- I won't renew my contract with Alternate aTTaX - but I‘m looking back at two really beautiful years in CS and my life. I couldn't have asked for a better team to start my professional career with and I will be forever grateful that Alternate made this possible for me - after only one season in the first division of Germany, where they bought me out of a difficult contract. I wish them nothing but the best for the future and I am sure, we will meet again on our upcoming paths to success. I also wish all my teammates success in whatever comes next for them, I really love all of you, the German player writes in a TwitLonger post.

ALTERNATE aTTax are down to two players at the end of the month.

mirbit

Marko "kressy" Đorđević won't be extending his contract with the organization as he seeks to leave in order to pursue his goals elsewhere. The 24-year-old was the second player to announce their leave from the roster, as Sabit "mirbit" Coktasar said his goodbyes with the organization and roster last week. "Kressy" announced his departure in a post on Twitter: 

Whilst he has not yet confirmed a new roster, he is reportedly on Sprouts' wishlist. According to dbltap.com both "kressy" and his former teammate Fritz "slaxz-" Dietrich is being regarded as possible replacements for Paweł "dycha" Dycha and Michał "snatchie" Rudzki who have parted way with the German organization. 

Whether or not this transfer will happen is uncertain, but they are seemingly a great fit for the lacking roster of Sprout. 

Sabit ”mirbit” Coktasar has announced that he will leave ALTERNATE aTTax at the end of 2020, and will therefore not extend his contract with the German team. mirbit has on Twitter stated that the reason to the parting was due to changes inside the team.

“Due to major changes in the team I decided not to extend my contract with ALTERNATE aTTaX and be part of the rebuild.”

mirbit joined ALTERNATE aTTx in early January this year, with the victory at Eden Arena Malta Vibes Week 2 against Endpoint as the biggest triumph in his short career at the team. The 24-year old rifler has formerly played for the more prominent German Sprout and also a short trial at Windigo.

The German international declares that he’s open for new possibilities and also can hold several roles, as well as in-game leading.  

“I‘m currently open for new offers. I‘m fluent in English, German and Turkish and can play several roles. In addition, I‘m open to leading a team as an IGL.”

The Germans from ALTERNATE aTTaX took down Heretics in confident style. A strong performance from the German duo in Fritz “slaxz” Dietrich and Stefan “stFN” Seier helped ALTERNATE aTTaX to take home a 2-0 victory.

K23 was just as dominant in their matchup against Project X. The former Syman Gaming team dismantled a tame Project X side beating them 2-0 through solid showings on both Nuke (16-9) and Overpass (16-10).

16-10 (Dust2) slaxz- 24-14 k/d, 101.3 ADR, 1.64 rating

16-11 (Inferno) stFN 23-13 k/d, 88.7 ADR, 1.37 rating

16 – 9 (Nuke) neaLaN 18-13 k/d, 68.3 ADR, 1.22 rating

16-10 (Overpass) n0rb3r7 22-17 k/d, 103.2 ADR, 1.41 rating.

You can see the full score at Nine to Five 6 down below.

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