Aleksi "allu" Jalli was once ranked among the best players in the world at the time when the Finnish AWPer represented Organizations such as mousesports, NIP, and ENCE. Now the 30-year-old Finn is back in action with his new team JANO, who made their debut yesterday at the Assembly Summer 2022 games in Helsinki, Finland.

JANO won both matches, where Aleksi "allu" Jalli proved his worth to his new teammates with an incredible 1.45 rating. In the second half pistol round against Conquer, the experienced Finnish AWPer showed his great individual skill with a 1vs3 clutch with just one health point left. See our pick as Pley of the Day down below.

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JANO

30-year-old Aleksi "⁠allu⁠" Jalli is still going strong on the Finnish CS:GO scene. The former mousesports, NIP, and ENCE sniper have teamed up with four of his countrymen and will represent the new Organization JANO. 

Lasse "⁠ZOREE⁠" Uronen, Tony "⁠arvid⁠" Niemelä, Olli "⁠sLowi⁠" Pitkänen, and Otto "⁠ottob⁠" Virtanen will also feature on the team. Tony "⁠arvid⁠" Niemelä will be in-game leading for the roster, who will make its debut today at the Assembly Summer 2022 tournament in Helsinki against Conquer.

- For us, getting an organization around the team is a really big deal. Playing under JANO gives us a good foundation and support network, which is necessary for the optimal development of the team. I look forward to the challenges and possible successes of the coming autumn, Aleksi "allu" Jalli explains in a press statement.

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Under the name "temp" a new Finnish roster has seen the light. The biggest name in the lineup is the prolific Finnish AWP'er Aleksi "

" Jalli, who has had a long career with teams like ENCE, FaZe, NIP, and MOUZ.

The 29-year-old Finn will spearhead the new roster alongside coach Slaava "⁠Twista⁠" Räsänen, who is back in the game after a 15 month ban relating to the Coach-bug incident. Together the two experienced CS:GO veterans have assembled an all-Finnish roster with ex-SJ duo Tuomas "⁠SADDYX⁠" Louhimaa and Tony "⁠arvid⁠" Niemelä also on the team.

The roster is still without an Organization, and will therefore play under the name temp.

{cflag:FI} Tuomas "⁠SADDYX⁠" Louhimaa 

{cflag:FI} Slaava "⁠Twista⁠" Räsänen (coach)

{cflag:FI} Mikko "⁠xartE⁠" Välimaa (assistant coach)

ENCE

With only two matches under his belt during the past six months, things have been quiet around the 29-year-old Aleksi "allu" Jalli. But maybe not for long. According to the Finnish media [link:{"url":"https://yle.fi/urheilu/3-12264387","isNewTab":true,"text":"yle.fi"}] the illustrious AWP'er could be on his way back on to the server.

In a new all Finnish project, Aleksi “allu” Jalli has been linked together with Tuomas “SADDYX” Louhimaa, Lasse “ZOREE” Uronen, Tony “arvid” Niemelä and Olli “oopee” Piispanen. As a coach, the five players will have the former ENCE coach, Slaava "Twista" Räsänen. Twista just recently became available after having served his 15.75-month ban for exploiting the coach spectating bug back in September 2020.

Aleksi "allu" Jalli was part of the very successful 2019 ENCE roster, that made it all the way to the Grand Final at the IEM Katowice Major in 2019.

Valentin “poizon” Vasilev has been released from his duties on the NA-based organization, putting an end to a nearly two-year stint with the “Juggernauts”. The decision to axe the former Windigo AWPer comes after a rather disappointing 2021-season for both him and the team, with the failed qualification for the upcoming PGL Major being their latest lacklustre result.

- Thank you, Complexity and Jason Lake, for the opportunity you gave me and for everything you did for me! Looking forward to 2022. Taking some days off for now and we will see what's coming up next. – Free agent btw, poizon wrote on [link:{"url":"https://twitter.com/poizonCSGO/status/1449871292845502466","isNewTab":true,"text":"Twitter"}].

It has been clear to see that poizon haven’t played up to his full potential at Complexity for a long time. If you look at his statistics and numbers, he’s not moving in the right direction, with the Bulgarian international averaging a 0.99 Rating in 2021, in heavy contrast to his 1.26 Rating in 2018.

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Bringing in a CS:GO legend as replacement 

Complexity's next challenge will be at IEM Winter Closed Qualifier, where they are set to fight for a spot in the $250.000 main event. The organization has already revealed their replacement for poizon, as they add the Finnish icon, Aleksi "allu" Jalli on a temporary loan so he can play as a stand-in for upcoming events. 

The former -ENCE AWPer and the rest of Complexity will play their first match in the closed qualifier today. 

{cflag:DK} Benjamin "⁠blameF⁠" Bremer

{cflag:DK} Patrick "⁠es3tag⁠" Hansen  

{cflag:BR} Marcelo "⁠coldzera⁠" David 

{cflag:FI} Aleksi "⁠allu⁠" Jalli (stand-in)

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compLexity Gaming

Today, it was announced that allu was leaving ENCE for good, after a three-year-long tenure at the Finnish top team. Owing to his farewell, we'll take a look back at one of our old articles about the legendary AWPer. 

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The enigma of CS:GO’s most unpredictable AWPer

The social media events back in December 2020 have focused on Aleksi “allu” Jalli after some of ENCE’s former roster core members took to Twitter to criticize the Finnish veteran because of his conduct as a teammate. 

It was Jere “sergej” Salo and Miikka “sunNy” Kemppi who came forward and called allu out after his controversial interview with HLTV Confirmed as they meant he didn’t speak the whole truth and he “isn’t as simple and harmless persona as it may look,” and that “there’s a reason he’s the only one left in the team from the original roster”.

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In Counter-Strike, most players are remembered for their achievements, but allu isn’t most players.

His legacy in the game is being defined by his strange habit of being incredible one moment and terrible the next.

This is the strange story of allu’s God-Bot complex.

The Finnish e-sports organiztion of ENCE took the world by storm in 2019, when they managed to catapult themselves to the top of the global rankings in Counter-Strike. However, they weren't always a big contender. Whilst the Finnish Counter-Strike scene was filled with players trying to compete with their fellow Scandinavians and their impressive results it seemed as if it was never going to happen.

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After 5,5 years of hard work and determination ENCE finally managed to secure a top-8 finish in a premier event. Thanks to former ENCE player Joona "natu" Leppänen taking on a managerial role and star player Aleksi "allu" Jalli ENCE finally proved to be a real contender in the professional Counter-Strike scene once they announced the launch of their new roster in 2018.

The predominately unknown roster that would become one Counter-Strikes biggest surprises featured the following players: 

At last, it seemed as if ENCE had finally managed to put together a roster that could compete at the top of the professional Counter-Strike scene. And they did. At least until the roster that had proven that the Finnish Counter-Strike scene was more than just a meme fell apart. Just as quickly as they had appeared and started to dominate top teams they started hitting slumps and fell down the rankings once again. 

In December 2020 the core of the Finnish roster fell apart, leaving behind only captain "allu" of the sinking Finnish ship. ENCE is currently trying to rebuild the roster and is sporting a new European look featuring the likes of Marco "Snappi" Pfeiffer and Lotan "Spinx" Giladi. They are currently ranked as the 24th best team in the world. 

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To watch more about how ENCE proved to everyone that they were not just a laughing matter, you can watch the entire video down below: 

Aerial

xseveN

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HAVU

The CS:GO legend Aleksi “allu” Jalli has played his last game for ENCE, as the Finnish organization announces his farewell to the team. The profiled AWPer was sidelined in May this year due to “personal reasons”, however, this time it’s for good for the 29-year-old icon.

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allu will be replaced by the former Wisla Krakow player Olek “hades” Miskiewicz, who has helped the team since allu’s benching. The promising Pole has been playing some great CS and the transfer seems to be a match made in heaven, which his numbers and stats also imply.

- Every story has an ending and today my time with ENCE's CS:GO team has concluded. This is a day that brings me a lot of different emotions when thinking back. The past three years feel like they've gone past so quickly. So many things have happened, both good and not so good. But I want to cherish the positives. It has been an honour to bring a Finnish organization to the top and to have achieved so much here. ... I'm eager to see what the future holds and where it takes me. 

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hades has some big shoes to fill on the ENCE roster 

{cflag:DK} Marco "⁠Snappi⁠" Pfeiffer 

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Wisła Kraków

Aleksi "allu" Jalli has announced that he will be taking a step back from the professional Counter-Strike scene due to personal matters, with immediate effect. The 28-year-old points toward the hectic years and the lack of breaks as a reason for his decision, following up by saying that it left him feeling: "extremely drained and fatigued, inside and outside the server". The news was announced on ENCE's Twitter page.

To take his spot as the team's primary AWP'er is going to be the Polish Olek "hades" Miskiewicz who has recently stepped down from Wisla Krakow. As it currently stands there is no confirmation as to when "allu" will be rejoining his teammates at ENCE. Touching on the subject ENCE expressed the following in a statement regarding the issue: 

"Together with Head Coach Eetu "sAw" Saha, General Manager Niklas "Willkey" Ojalainen, and the rest of the team, we have taken the step to accommodate this, and allu will be sidelined from action for the time being,"

Despite his statement regarding fatigue it is seemingly not the last time we will get to see God "allu" dominate teams with the AWP. He explained his decision further in a tweet responding to the announcement: 

"This feeling inside me has made me realize that a timeout is needed to be able to continue playing and competing in the game I love. My goal is to be back sooner rather than later. Im extremely grateful for people who has supported me through thick & thin See you soon." 

The current ENCE roster, with the "allu" taking a leave of absence, looks as follows: 

Olek "hades" Miskiewicz (stand in) {cflag:PL}

It has been a rough day for ENCE who due to personal issues lost the Finnish AWPer Aleksi “allu” Jalli, and Spinx has been forced to relocate before today’s game, due to bombings in Israel.

The Polish hades will take allu´s place in the roster.

It´s is going to be a tough match for the European side, who has gone through a lot today.

If ENCE can keep their focus on the game, they will have a chance of advancing to the semi-finals.

Spinx

SKADE

Yesterday he made another insane play, where he singlehandedly destroyed NBK-'s Double Poney with an incredible ace. The play happened on Dust2, where ENCE had big problems with Double Poney.

ENCE won the match in the end and qualified for the playoffs at European Development Championships 3.

The profiled AWPer Aleksi "allu" Jalli from ENCE has always presented flashy plays from time to time, with the Finnish international taking down one strong opponent after another. The 28-year old player is still on the top, even though having competed for more than a decade.

In a match yesterday against DBL Poney, allu stepped up huge when things mattered the most to close out the map in overtime, by handing out a crucial quad kill on the ramp defence.

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DBL PONEY

The upcoming Elisa Invitational Spring 2021 will kick-off on April 15 and run to April 18, with eight teams fighting to get a share of the $50.000 prize pool. Tricked, HAVU, Young Ninjas, and Apeks earned their spot by winning the four Elisa Nordic Championships played in each of their country, while the first invite has been handed out to ENCE and three more are to be announced in just couple of days.

The two Finnish top teams from ENCE and HAVU battled each other yesterday, when they met in a fierce battle at Nordic Masters Spring. 

In overtime on Dust2, ENCE's star player Aleksi "allu" Jalli was placed in a tough 1v4 situation on A-short. If there were one player for ENCE who would clutch this, it was him. There was only one problem. Because HAVU and his former teammates in xseveN and Aerial decided to light up the 28-year old AWPer, with what seems to be endless molotov cocktails. 

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allu and company are looking to climb back to the top with their international roster. They have shown incredible form at the ESL Pro League Season 13 event and have won three matches so far to secure playoffs.

ENCE’s 2-0 upset over Team Vitality sees three teams tied at the top of Group B in ESL Pro League. The star of today’s match was Aleksi “allu” Jalli, who was sensational on the second map of the series, pushing his team over the line with a 1.35-rated series.

Nuke: 16-10 | Snappi – 1.29 Rating – 96.5 ADR – 23/19 K-D 

Dust2: 16-9 | allu – 1.73 Rating – 90.9 ADR – 26/12 K-D

It was ZywOo and company who started on the right foot on the opener. The Frenchmen finished off the first half with a 9-6 lead and were looking pretty sharp. But as soon as the teams switched sides, ENCE began to find their footing and grabbed the first three rounds of the second half. Despite picking up crucial rounds in the first half, Vitality failed to shut down the ENCE offence moving forward as allu and company cruised to a 16-10 map win.

Dust 2 saw the Finnish team wrap up the series 2-0, closing out the map 16-9 in a controlled manner. Both teams followed each other in the first half with the score line showing 8-7 in ENCE’s favor. ENCE only allowed the Frenchmen to grab 2 rounds before allu helped his team wrap up the series with a 1.73 rating.

 Aleksi “allu” Jalli – 1.35 Rating – 78.6 ADR – 42-28 K/D

Team Vitality

With both Aleksi "allu" Jalli and Pawel "dycha" Dycha on fire, it was one-way action in the match between ENCE and Sprout.

In the playoff match at Snow Sweet Snow, the Finnish team outplayed Sprout on Nuke winning 16-2. The Germans fought back in the first half on Train, but as soon ENCE started their CT-side it was all over.

The new roster has had an excellent to 2021 with four wins in a row at Snow Sweet Snow. They will now face Portuguese roster sAw tomorrow in the Quarter-Finals.

MVP was Pawel "dycha" Dycha who was dominant against his old teammates from Sprout. The Pole went +24 in K/D and made 113.4 ADR. 

dycha

Sprout

On the 21st of January this year, ENCE revealed their new international roster which will represent the big Finnish organization, in their desire to return to the CS:GO elite. The quartet who joins the veteran AWPer Aleksi “allu” Jalli is led by the Danish in-game leader Marco “Snappi” Pfeiffer.

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Snappi has in an interview with ENCE opened up about the transfer, with the former Heroic captain explaining that he’s very pleased with his new team, not only the organization but especially his new line up.

“I’m really looking forward to show what I’m capable of. And I feel like I have been blessed with this team’s lineup and incredible coach, and to have the possibilities to do so” -

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allu has got new teammates in Snappi, dycha, Spinx and doto

The first big task for Snappi and company will be at the prestigious ESL Pro League, which starts next month. The experienced IGL explains how he hopes that his team will be functional and ready, at that point.

“Our goal is to prepare as good as we can for all the maps and be ready to enter the tournament (ESL Pro League). And I think we have progressed really fast also because we put in extra work the two first weeks. I think we got a head start and with one month left we should be able to get things ready. We should be able to show a really good ENCE team at ESL.”

The newly established ENCE team are in action right now, with the Finns taking on Endpoint at Snow Sweet Snow 1. You can see the match on the following link.

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doto

ENCE has had a flying start at their debut event of Snow Sweet Snow 1, where the Finnish team still stand undefeated by only dropping one map so far. 

Tonight, the newly reshaped team took upon the also unbeaten team Endpoint in a battle for the 1st place. A matchup, where ENCE ended out as the victors owing to an extremely well-playing Pawel “dycha” Dycha, who continued his great form from yesterday. The powerful Pole led his team to a confident 2-0 victory after a strong comeback on Train, with dycha averaging a 1.35 Rating. 

ENCE – Endpoint (2-0) | Snow Sweet Snow 1

22-20 (Train) | dycha – 1.27 Rating / 38-30 K-D / 95.7 ADR

16-11 (Overpass) dycha – 1.47 Rating / 25-19 K-D / 108.2 ADR

ENCE is now 3-0 in the overall standings which means that they are qualified for the playoffs, while Endpoint still has to fight for their advancement.

Endpoint

In the opening round of Snow Sweet Snow 1, we have Ence taking on Izako Boars. Ence will debut with their newly put together roster in the BO3-series and attempt to prove themselves a real contender for the 2021 season.

Will it be the new Ence roster to prove themselves the stronger team or instead Izako Boars to steal a victory in the opening round of Snow Sweet Snow 1?

Izako Boars

The social media events back in December were focused on Aleksi “allu” Jalli after some of ENCE’s former roster core members took to Twitter to criticize the Finnish veteran because of his conduct as a teammate. It was Jere “sergej” Salo and Miikka “sunny” Kemppi who came forward and called allu out after his controversial interview with HLTV as they meant he didn’t speak the whole truth and he “isn’t as simple and harmless persona as it may look,”, and that “there’s a reason he’s the only one left in the team from the original roster”. 

“The events in December put us in a situation where we had to evaluate whether we can continue with allu moving forward as an organization. He hasn’t been a perfect teammate during his time with us and has acknowledged that to us as well. Even if it is true that there has been tension between the players in the team, the allegations made towards allu on social media and singling him out as the sole reason for them, are very far from the truth. It is easy to start pointing fingers at someone, but there are multiple people responsible in a team for the choices and the working conditions” the organization wrote on their official website. 

ENCE’s coach has been made fully responsible for the new playing line-up and has together with the organization and all the new players had a long discussion regarding allu’s future in the team. They all together showed their support for the Finnish veteran and wanted to keep him as a part of the team as they think he can give the newcomers a much-needed perspective on how to improve. 

“allu is a world elite level AWPer who can perform in any given situation. As an experienced player, he can give our newcomers much-needed perspective on how to improve.” Says Eetu “sAw” Saha, Head Coach at ENCE.

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