A new CS:GO team has seen the light of day. 

Team Undefined will be coached by the former GODSENT in-game leader Kevin "kRYSTAL" Amend. The four-man core has already played a handful of official matches together but has now decided to make the team official.

- We practice seven days a week, so the announcement was made to make it clear to the rest of the world (including potential sponsors), that we are not just a happy-go-lucky project, but we are taking it very seriously, Niels Christian "NaToSaphiX" Sillassen tells Pley.gg.

The first goal for the new team is to reach the top 50 on the world rankings. Currently, Grzegorz "jedqr" Jędras is only on trial on the team as the Polish player is still under contract with AGO but a permanent move could be a possibility when the contract expires in a short while. 

Team Undefined has already beaten teams such as ECSTATIC and Astralis Talent and has qualified for the CCT South Europe Series 3 tournament, which is set to start today.

{cflag:DK} Niels Christian "NaToSaphiX" Sillassen

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Apeks will be on the hunt for a new in-game leader after the team today announced, that they will be spending the summer break chasing two new players to their team.

- It is a pity that we ended up here, but together with the players we have decided that changes are necessary. We simply ended up having the wrong composition of players, Head of Esports, Anders Kjær explains in the press release.

Asger "AcilioN" Larsen was the longest-standing member of the current roster, while Hugo "Chawzyyy" Günther joined the team at the start of the year. Apeks came close at the start of the year to winning Pinnacle Winter Series but lost out in the Grand Final to K23. The team won Tipsport Bratislava Cup 2022 in April but has failed to qualify for several of the bigger tournaments on the circuit including the PGL Major in Antwerp.

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Apeks have signed the 16-year-old Swede to their roster, and with the recent signing of Joakim "jkaem" Myrbostad, Apeks’ roster comes one step closer to completion. The last player is still unknown.

Apeks are very happy to get another piece of the puzzle.

Also, chawzyyy are happy about what this opportunity means to him;

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The Norwegians from Apeks has finalized their new roster with the fresh signing of Martin “STYKO” Styk, the organization announced Sunday evening. The former FunPlus Phoenix player will be the only non-Scandinavian on the team sheet, which is led by the Danish in-game leader Asger "⁠AcilioN⁠" Larsen.

After having sealed all five players for Apeks 2.0, Head of Esports, Anders Kjær has high goals for the which is starred by Joakim "⁠jkaem⁠" Myrbostad and Tim "⁠nawwk⁠" Jonasson.

- With this team, I have one big goal, and that is reaching the Majors. We have never had a team as good as this, and we know they can do even more than they have done before. With the final addition of STYKO we are now ready to take on any challenge 2022 will bring us, Kjær said and continued:

- Martin with his experience and knowledge of the game is a master of CS. He will bring the stability and know-how that we need in this new lineup.» «STYKO will be a big resource to the team. He knows so much about the game, and he has experience from several international lineups.

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STYKO is beginning to be an experienced veteran on the CS:GO scene, with the 25-year-old Slovakian having played for several big organizations in the past as HellRaisers, mousesports, Cloud9 and most recently FunPlus Phoenix. At Apeks, he will once play in an international lineup, where especially one individual has caught his eye.  

-The most important points for me were definitely the vision of the project as well as the line-up that I will be working with. Despite having a lot of known and proven players around me, I’m most excited about working with our young-gun chawzyyy.

- He is the talent I would like to work with and help him develop into a star. And that is partly what I will bring to the team. Guidance, experience, and general approach are all something I can aid the team with. Let’s make it all work and steadily grow as a team to challenge the higher ranks, STYKO stated in an official [link:{"url":"https://apeks.gg/welcome-to-apeks-styko/","isNewTab":true,"text":"statement"}].

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{cflag:NO} Pål "⁠Polly⁠" Kammen (coach)

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Apeks have announced the signing of former NiP player Tim “nawwk” Jonasson, who had been sitting on the bench ever since the Ninjas made the shock signing of Nicolai “device” Reedtz from Astralis in late April. The 24-year-old Swedish AWPer joins Apeks on a transfer from NiP and will be teaming up with Asger “AcilioN” Larsen in a rebuild of Apeks' roster after the organization decided to part ways with four of their players in November. 

Since he parted ways with Ninjas in Pyjamas, nawwk’s only officials have been from the Calyx Dune Cup Fall event back in August when he helped POGGERZ claim the title and qualify for BLAST Premier Showdown. 

“I’m looking forward to starting playing again. It’s been about 8 months since I played my last official game with NiP and sitting on the bench has both been a good and bad learning experience,” the Swedish AWPer said in a statement to Apeks. 

“Starting from scratch will be a great feeling. It sure does mean we need to work a lot harder to get where we want to be, but it also brings a ton of motivation from every possible angle.” 

Players with contracts set to expire December 31: 

Martin “Nasty” Garvik (loaned to FOXED) 

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ProUnite Esports AS, the organization behind the Norwegian Counter-Strike team Apeks have raised no more than 32 million NOK, equivalent to +$3.5 million dollars in a "private placement to existing owners". With the capital injection, the org wishes to bring its's CS:GO team to the very top of the game and to make its brand more internationally.

- We are seeing an exciting market for e-sports in Norway and internationally, and are therefore working to strengthen the company financially in order to realise our vision of becoming an internationally recognised e-sports club.

We see it as a natural part of our efforts that we should have the best players at all times, and we might look into the possibility of raising additional capital at some point in the future, including from external investors, CEO of ProUnite Esport AS, Brit Denise Anfinnsen states.

The strengthening of their financial base comes with great timing as Apeks’ CS:GO division right now is in a major rebuilding phase. Last week the organization decided to cut their roster down to only one man, leaving Asger “AcilioN” Larsen all alone.

The decision means that the quartet of Sander "⁠Grusarn⁠" Iversen, Dennis "⁠dennis⁠" Edman, Fredrik "⁠FREDDyFROG⁠" Gustafsson, and Joakim "⁠Relaxa⁠" Gustafsson all will leave the team at the end of the year.

- The main team in Counter-Strike is also being restructured now – and the goal here is of course to be on the biggest stages in all our games, says Head of Esports, Anders Kjær.

(…) we will always work hard to achieve our goals. We will help professionalise e-sports in Norway, and to this end, we’ll build the club by drawing on the good structure found in Norwegian sports. In the last couple of years, Apeks has performed well in both Norwegian and foreign tournaments, Kjær concludes.

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Apeks' future CS:GO team will be build around the the Danish in-game leader AcilioN

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Valve recently dropped one of its most significant and impactful updates to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive in a long time. The new update called Operation Riptide proved quickly that the innovative and reworked aspects of the update would have a huge influence on how CS:GO is going to be played in the future. 

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Arguably, the biggest thing among the patch notes was a completely new grenade function that allows every player to drop each grenade to their teammates. Something, which already has been tested and demonstrated in both competitive matches and matchmaking. It surely looks like, a new grenade meta has been born. Watch it for yourself right here.

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Apeks announced the signing of Asger “AcilioN” Larsen as their new in-game leader. The Swedish Rasmus “kreaz” Johansson has been removed from the active roster to make place for the Dane.

The in-game leader was benched by Copenhagen Flames three weeks ago, and he has already found himself a new team.

The coach of Apeks Pål “Polly” Kammen stated the following after the signing:

- This means that dennis will get to focus on the things he does best, and the roles in the team will be much more natural

The Scandinavian roster will have their new Dane ready for the Spring Sweet Spring 3 Regionals, which starts on June 7th.

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The Danish in-game leader Asger “AcilioN” Larsen has decided to start looking for a new team, as Copenhagen Flames is in a rebuilding phase, the Danish organization announces on Twitter.

The former Heroic and MAD Lions captain and the org has agreed to a deal where he continues to play for the team, however, in the meantime, he will look for a new CS:GO project to represent.

AcilioN explains the decision with the following statement:

- I’ve been really happy with my stay in Copenhagen Flames, and I’ve had a great working relationship with everyone in the club. I’m sad that this ended up being the outcome – I felt like everyone really wanted to make this work and grow together. I think the roster overall had a lot of potential and we were all looking forward to working towards our common goals together. However, we weren’t able to find a good fit for a fifth player. Because of this, I think it’s best for both me and Flames if we look at other options.

The 24-year-old IGL may not be the only player leaving Copenhagen Flames, as some of the remaining players also have shown concern regarding the future of the team. Head of Esports, Daniel Vorborg states that they have trust in their current roster, however, he also explains that..

"there is a bigger puzzle that needs to work out in terms of roles and personalities in the team. As such, while it is not certain that the players’ future lies outside of Copenhagen Flames, they are welcome to look at options while we lock in what the future of our roster looks like"

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When we started the year in January, not many would have believed that MAD Lions would be the most profitable CS:GO team of 2020, regarding prize earnings. Nonetheless, the facts are clear, and the Spanish organization with its Danish roster sits at the throne, as the most successful team of the entire 2020 season.

The promising Lions have managed to collect an impressive $643.500 of prize money throughout the year, with Virtus.pro only $2000 behind. The Danish team tops the ranking even though, they only hold one single title in 2020. However, their sole triumph was at Flashpoint 1 back in April which gave them a staggering $500.000 prize earning. Besides the 1st place at Flashpoint 1, MAD Lions took home a 3rd place at ICE Challenge and a 5th-6th place at the second season at Flashpoint.

MAD Lions joints an elite company with CS:GO titans Liquid, Astralis and SK Gaming as the most winning teams the last three years.

It was this MAD Lions roster that brought home the highest prize earning from a single event at 2020 - (From left acoR, roej, AcilioN, Bubzkji, and sjuush)

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Top 10 highest prize money earnings of 2020:

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There was handed out a total of $16.591.445 throughout the entire 2020, the lowest since 2015. It's, of course, a clear consequence of Covid-19 and it's entry on the CS:GO scene. The global pandemic has meant that big LAN-events as we know them, have been impossible to hold and organize without the possibility of mass infection. That has resulted in the cancellations of every major and other notable events that offered a big prize pool. 

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The newly acquisition Asger “AcilioN” Larsen has made an immediate impact on his new team Copenhagen Flames. In today’s match against K23, the Danish IGL displayed his clever game sense and his sick knife abilities.

In the pistol round on Nuke, AcillioN decidesd to position himself in the vents waiting for enemies to drop down, and that was exactly what they did. Three opposing players dropped down the vents just to realize AcilioN and his polished knife. They tried to escape his blade, but it was too late, and AcilioN managed to kill them all with his knife racking up a stellar $4500 bonus into next round.

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The Danish CS:GO team Copenhagen Flames has announced that they have signed AcilioN from their Danish rivals at Mad Lions.

AcillioN has previously played for Copenhagen Flames in 2019, with great success to follow, resulting in the team’s first presence at the top 30 on HLTV world ranking, just five months after AcilioN’s arrival. After his great success and a positive display, Mad Lions decided to acquire him, but AcilioN did not manage to produce the same level as he showed in 2019.

AcilioN reunites with Copenhagen Flames and completes the roster by being the fifth and last member joining Basso, Daffu, Nicoodoz and Jabbi.

“He fits well into our goals, visions, values and the community that we would like to build in and around our club. This move should definitely be seen as our first step towards wanting more. We want Copenhagen Flames to be a consistent factor in international CS:GO and I believe that our investment in Asger shows that” says a very pleased Daniel Vorborg, director of esports at Copenhagen Flames.

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