In just 10 months since acquiring the previous GODSENT CS:GO roster, FPX have pulled out of the CS:GO esports scene completely, stating "limitations and difficulties during their remote management" as one reason for their decision. In those 10 months, FPX have had several ups and downs but ultimately failed to find any footing of success in the tournaments they played in. 

Their best result was a 9th-12th place finish in ESL Pro League Season 13 which netted them $25,000 USD.  Inspecting their other results, they are a mix of different looks in qualifiers, too few games and too many disappointing finishes in vital tournaments. 

This is now the second time that FPX have joined and left the CS:GO scene. Their first time was in 2020 when their signing of then Heroic would fail to materialize. 

It was confirmed in a [link:{"url":"https://youtu.be/rWLJoiHyz84","isNewTab":true,"text":"youtube video"}] uploaded by STYKO that the players are still under contract, but it is possible that one of them may already be on the way out as a report from [link:{"url":"https://draft5.gg/noticia/astralis-tem-interesse-em-farlig-awper-da-funplus-phoenix","isNewTab":true,"text":"Draft5"}] indicates that Astralis may be exploring the possibility of acquiring the 22-year-old Dane, Asger “Farlig” Jensen to their lineup.

You can find their full statement below. 

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The hunt for an in-game leader is over at the Chinese Organization FunPlus Phoenix.

Serbian Luka "⁠emi⁠" Vuković joins the squad after rumors had placed Chris "chrisJ" de Jong in contention for the vacant spot. 

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In a statement to HLTV, Luka "⁠emi⁠" Vuković says.

- I am thrilled to get an opportunity to play for such a big brand as FPX. The atmosphere on TeamSpeak has been amazing and I am really looking forward to playing and competing with my new teammates.

The 27-year-old player has recently played for GODSENT and c0ntact. At FPX he replaces Miikka 'suNny' Kemppi, who was acting as a stand-in during ESL Pro League Season 13.

The new FunPlus Phoenix roster now consists of:

{cflag:SE} Jonatan "⁠Devilwalk⁠" Lundberg (coach)

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. 

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We have sat down with GODSENT’s experienced rifler Jesse “zehN” Linjala, in an interview, where the Finnish player opens up about GODSENT’s ambitions and goals, their impressive run in DreamHack Masters Winter, and also the difference between Kevin “kRYSTAL” Amend and Luka “emi” Vukovic’s leadership style.

GODSENT surprised everyone at DreamHack Masters Winter by putting up an impressive run, even though, coming into the event as the fifth lowest-ranked team out of the 16 attending teams. The underdogs were quickly dubbed as ‘The Danish Destroyer’ after taking down the top trio of Astralis, Heroic and North in strong fashion. 

The 29-year old Finn breaks down their DH Masters Winter campaign by explaining how being huge underdogs and playing with a stand-in IGL helped them to loosen up and establish a mindset where they had nothing to lose.

“When we faced Astralis we knew, that we had nothing to lose being heavy underdogs. However, it’s really easy for us to play as an underdog, because we have no pressure and then basically you can do even the stupidest play and still win a round and get momentum. This is what happened against Astralis, and then we beat North, and then we beat Heroic same way.”

The former HAVU player is confident that the CS:GO world haven’t seen the peak of GODSENT when being asked whether this GODSENT roster can advance and develop into a potential top tier team. The experienced rifler further states that they are looking for a new fifth to improve their chances. 

“Yeah, definitely. We have been talking for the last 6 months, that the next goal for us, is to break into Top 15 and then Top 10. We have defeated Heroic twice in a row, we beat an Astralis team that we never have won a map against, we beat mousesports, G2, fnatic, NiP. The keys for us will be to find to find consistency to actually do this more often. It means, that we have to play more together and have a stable fifth who can also hardcore frag or even carry in some maps if needed.”

I think it’s fair to say that we at moment, are trying out a new fifth for emi. We have agreed that now when we have no more games for the rest of the year, that we want to start off 2021 with a new fresh fifth. The season ends soon and people will bench players and players will be bought out and this is when we strike, so to speak. We are waiting a bit and then we try out a few other options, to see who’s the best fit for us. 

Massive clutch by zehN against mousesports.

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zehN breaks down the signing of emi as a stand-in and explains the difference between him and their former IGL Kevin “kRYSTAL” Amend. 

We had problems signing or buying anyone out of their contract because the season still is ongoing and we needed to have a player within two weeks for DreamHack Masters Winter and BLAST. We had to just take someone who was a free agent and not tied to any organizations, and that’s why we took emi for a few events. emi, didn’t necessarily change a lot, the only thing he did bring, was his own view. We put him on the same spots as kRYSTAL, and emi just adapted and did his own style basically. 

“He’s a different type of leader. He didn’t bring any special, that we haven’t seen before. He’s more strict when it comes to plays and he usually wants to go with his own vision and usually has the last word regarding strategy and ideas. We tried to tell him when a player plays a spot, he gathers a lot of information and where you sometimes can abuse this information doing a game. The difference between them may be that Kevin (kRYSTAL) listen more on what his players are telling him, where emi rather wants to go with the view he has.”

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We asked him which leader style he believes, suits the team the best.

“I think it’s kind of 50-50. Sometimes it’s nice that there’s only one way, but how we have seen this year and where we play the best, is when there is a flow and everyone is listening to each other. Usually, we base our calls on some kind of information or common knowledge of the game. If there is someone having an idea, you just go with it. We have realised this is the best way for us to play since we have beaten really big names. 

GODSENT announced last week that Luka “emi” Vukovic will stand-in after the decision to bench their former IGL kRYSTAL. 

[link:{"url":"https://pley.gg/news/godsent-announces-serbian-stand-in/"}]

And it looks like, that the Serbian player doesn’t need any aim practice going into Blast Premier Fall Showdown. The former CR4ZY player and coach managed to compose this impressive round, winning a tough 1v3 clutch on G2 superstar NiKo's stream.

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Last week GODSENT decided to bench their in-game leader, kRYSTAL. 

Now the organization has found the replacement for the German. It will be Luka "emi" Vukovic, who will be GODSENT's fifth player in BLAST Premier Fall Showdown and DreamHack Winther.

Luka "emi" Vukovic's last competitive match was for C0ntact in August. The Serbian has previously represented CR4ZY, Valience, Binary Dragons, and iNation.

The organization has confirmed the benching of  “kRYSTAL” after been looking into options to replace the IGL in the last month. GODSENT’s have already taken in Luka “emi” Vukovic to test him for a spot on the starting roster.

kRYSTAL departs GODSENT’s lineup at a time with poor results which have taken a hit on the team, as they were unable to qualify for the Flashpoint 2 event and being placed 11th at DreamHack Open Fall.

What will happen to GODSENT? The questions are many about the Swedish organization. The team's in-game leader kRYSTAL is the latest to find his name in the headlines after HLTV today has reported, that the team is looking to replace the in-game leader.

According to HLTV, the Swedes are testing former c0ntact player Luka "emi" Vukovic as the replacement. The Serbian has been without a team since August.

[link:{"url":"https://www.hltv.org/news/30587/godsent-target-emi-as-potential-replacement-for-krystal"}] 

Updated: Kevin "kRYSTAL" Amend posted this tweet a short while ago.

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