After G2's loss in the opening round against NAVI, NiKo and the rest of the star-studded roster had their eyes set on Imperial to turn their luck around. 

It started as expected with a 6-1 lead to G2. But FalleN and the rest of the Imperial roster quickly caught up on the action and started to cause G2 a lot of problems. And despite an insane 1vs4 clutch from Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov (see video below), it was not enough to distance Imperial who instead took the lead at 12-11. 

Suddenly the realization began to sink in, that G2 could actually be going 0-2 and be on the brink of elimination in the very early parts of the Legends Stage. On the Livestream Nikola "NiKo" Kovač could be seen shaking his head and talking intensely during a tactical timeout. From here on G2 stepped up and won the dramatic match.

For Imperial, the match was a reminder, that the Brazilians are not done yet at the Legends Stage. It will require a flawless run from here on though to keep FalleN's Last Dance going.

G2 - Imperial 1-0 | PGL Major Antwerp Legends Stage

16-12 (Mirage) | {cflag:RU} Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov - 1.68 rating / 28-13 K-D / 99.8 ADR

m0NESY

FalleN

G2 Esports

Imperial

The lowest ranked team at the PGL Major 2022 in Antwerp is Imperial. Currently ranked as the #32 best team in the world, the Brazilians are not only the underdogs of the prestigious event but are averaging the oldest roster out all teams. With an average age of 28.4, the iconic Brazilians will have to draw upon their experience and abbility to remain calm and collected in pressured situations, to make it far at the event. 

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Two of the oldest, and perhaps most iconic, players within the Imperial line-up, "FalleN" and "fnx" proved just how necessary experience and the ability to remain calm and collected in high-pressure situations is when facing forZe yesterday. After finding themselves left alone against five standing opponents, "fnx" and "FalleN" had to do everything between the two of them to secure the round for their team. 

Finding the perfect opportunities for them to fight and pick apart the five forZe members one by one, the two Brazilians executed a masterclass in remaining composed and clutching a round that seemed impossible otherwise. Thanks to the great synergy between the two and a huge 4K from "FalleN", Imperial managed to put another round on the board thanks to just "fnx" and "FalleN" - take a look: 

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That is the statement, that made Twitter blow up this night.

Duncan "Thorin" Shields, the self-proclaimed Esports Historian, wrote out the tweet after the Brazilian managed to qualify for the Legends Stage at PGL Antwerp with his team Imperial. 

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The tweet immediately caught the attention of the perhaps best player in history, Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev, who responded.

The two of them continued the discussion with Thorin calling s1mple a "midwit", while s1mple returned by calling the Britt a piece of shit and a moron.

The heated discussion ended with Thorin blocking s1mple, while Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo also chimed in with an appreciation tweet to s1mple.

s1mple

Natus Vincere

Imperial defied all expectations through the Challengers Stage, defeating forZe 2-0. Their first game of the day was against IHC, where FalleN showed up with 62 frags and ended on the top of the scoreboard on both Mirage and Inferno. 

On the second matchup against forZe, imperial secured their spot at the Legends Stage. The 30-year-old professor led his team Imperial to a 2-0 win against forZe. He was a big part of their win on both maps, and especially on Overpass, he did some great work. The Brazilian godfather seems to have found a bit of the firepower for his new team.

62-46 K-D | 79.5 ADR | 70.4% KAST | 1.22 Rating

39-16 K-D | 93.7 ADR | 85.7% KAST | 1.62 Rating

Imperial has secured a spot in the Legends Stage of the PGL Major Antwerp after defeating forZe 2-0. The series began on Overpass with a comfortable 5-16 victory on their map pick, and then the Brazilians closed out things on Mirage.

The action started on Overpass, the pick of Imperial, and came out fired up. Starting on the offense, FalleN’s troops went on a seven-round winning streak, with forZe struggling on their defense, and it seemed like Imperial were bullying their opponents. A performance that pushed Imperial to a stellar first half that left forZe with a mountain to climb going down 11-4. Imperial won the pistol on the second half to make the result almost a conclusion. forZe managed to grab one round before FalleN and company closed out the first map of the series.

The series continued on Mirage, the pick of forZe, but the Russian squad simply couldn't find their level. forZe started on the defense but once again had a slow start, losing the pistol and falling to a 1-5 deficit. They managed to come alive to grab a handful of rounds, but Imperial kept the advantage throughout the whole half 10-5. In the second half, the Brazilians didn’t let a single round slip as they closed the series and qualified for the Legends Stage.

forZe - imperial 2-0 | PGL Major Antwerp Challengers Stage

5-16 (Overpass) | {cflag:BR} FalleN - 1.72 Rating / 17-8 K-D / 95.3 ADR

5-16 (Mirage) | {cflag:BR} FalleN - 1.51 Rating / 21-8 K-D / 92.0 ADR

MVP: {cflag:BR} Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo - 1.61 Rating / 39-16 K-D / 93.7 ADR

In yesterday's elimination match between Imperial and IHC at the Major, the Mongolian underdogs managed to push Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo and his men to the very edge. In the decider on Inferno, the Brazilians were forced to bring their very A-game to secure the victory - including this splendid round on Inferno, where FalleN and fnx brought out two scouts. 

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The first elimination match of the day was set to feature the Brazilian superstars from Imperial take on IHC from Mongolia, where FalleN and co. just barely dodged an upset loss.

The Bo3 series was set to commence on Mirage. Despite it being IHC’s map pick, it was Imperial that was in control in the beginning, quickly getting a 7-3 lead under the leadership of Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo.

The great start didn’t last long as IHC began to crawl back round after round with the Brazilians starting to struggle on CT side. The underdogs ended up turning the 3-7 score into a favorable 13-8 lead, which they eventually also converted to a 1-0 map lead.

With one foot out of the Major, Imperial stood with their backs to the wall on Overpass. However, if there is one person who isn’t ready to leave the tournament, it’s Ricardo “boltz” Prass. On the second map, the Brazilian rifler took the entire Imperial roster on his back by averaging a stellar 1.70 Rating, sending the series to Inferno with a 16-10 victory.

The distinction of experience and routine between the two sides, especially at the Majors, couldn’t be bigger with Imperial having no more than six Major titles under their belt, while none of the IHC players have attended a single Major prior to this. Something, which ended up being quite a decisive factor on the last map of Inferno. Here FalleN and his men took the overall victory through an utterly important 16-12 win

The result means IHC is being eliminated, while Imperial is set to play for a Legends Stage spot tomorrow against another 2-2 team from the Swiss group.

Imperial – IHC 2-1 | PGL Major Antwerp Challengers Stage

11-16 (Mirage) | {cflag:MN} sk0R – 1.68 Rating / K-D / ADR

16-10 (Overpass) | {cflag:BR} boltz – 1.70 Rating / 26-13 K-D / 110.7 ADR

16-12 (Inferno) | {cflag:BR} FalleN - 1.47 Rating / 23-13 K-D / 84.0 ADR

MVP: {cflag:BR} Ricardo 'boltz' Prass - 1.35 Rating / 66-44 K-D / 87.4 ADR

With an average age of 28.4, the Brazilians of Imperial is the oldest roster at the major. But age is just a number, right?

Lincoln "fnx" Lau, 32, started his career all the way back in Counter-Strike 1.6 where he was played for household organizations such as mibr, compLexity, and paiN. In 2016 the rifler was hailed as the 19th best player in the world. The veteran has not been competing at the top level for a long time but has now come back to show that he still has what it takes.

Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo aka. The Godfather of Brazilian Counter-Strike, 30, is one of the most tenured IGLs in all of CS:GO. At the height of his career, he led the best players in the game, including his current teammates "fnx" and "fer" to many S-tier events wins, including two majors. His individual prowess with the AWP has also yielded him two top 6 spots on HLTV's top 20.

Fernando "fer" Alvarenga, 30, is known for his ability to always catch his opponents off-guard with his excellent aggressive maneuvers. With an opening kill rating of 1.12 versus top30 teams, he is ranked as the 11th best player of all time in opening duels. The impact he has on a team has earned him two spots on the HLTV top20, one as #3.

Ricardo "boltz" Prass, 25, the 18th best player of 2017 has been a part of the professional Brazilian CS:GO scene since 2014. He has been a valuable component of a large number of the biggest Brazilian rosters throughout the last eight years. He placed second at the PGL Major Kraków 2017 as a part of Immortals and won ESL Pro League Season 6 as a part of SK Gaming.

The last player on the Imperial squad is Vinicius "VINI" Figueiredo. The 22-year-old is most known for his supportive work in FURIA, where he played for more than four years and was an integral part of the meteoric rise they had in 2018/2019. "VINI" is by far the youngest player on the team, but what he lacks in wisdom he makes up for in skill.

Between them, these five men, who have not been playing together for much more than three months, have six MVPs, countless trophies, and more than 60 years of professional Counter-Strike experience between them.

The team is currently sitting at a 72.7% win rate, and are up 9-5 in maps versus other teams attending the major. The Brazilians have yet to test the waters on the other side of the Atlantic though, as they have only been playing against North- and South American teams since they came together as a squad and were picked up by Imperial.

Imperial will be without their coach Luis "peacemaker" Tadeu, who just a few days ago was banned from the event due to use of the free-roam spectator bug in 2018.

It has been a long time since many of these players have been at the absolute top, but now they once again have to show what they are made of!

boltz

VINI

We are only 3 days away from kick-off at the PGL Antwerp Major in Belgium. To ease the waiting time, we have created a countdown series, where we dive into the history of all of the 16 Majors.

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 Cache, Cobblestone, Dust2, Mirage, Nuke, Overpass, Train.

ESL One: Cologne 2016 was the ninth CS:GO tournament in the history of the game and was held from July 5 – July 10, 2016 in the Lanxess-Arena in Cologne Germany. Like the previous Major, this one also featured 16 teams and a total prize pool of $1,000,000!

The previous two events in Cologne were all about the Swedish giants from fnatic and NiP. But by the time ESL One: Cologne 2016 came around, the Counter-Strike landscape had changed. The Ninjas had fallen off drastically, while fnatic were still among the world’s top four teams. The previous event marked the definite end of a dynasty. For the first time in CS:GO Major history, Ninjas in Pyjamas failed to get past the group stage and weren’t even able to qualify for the following two Majors.

New teams were on top, and none of them from Sweden.

2016 was the year of the Brazilian nation. While the team won their first Major as massive underdogs under the Luminosity banner, by the time of Cologne 2016 SK Gaming were undisputed best team in the world. The famous and proud Brazilian winners were FalleN, fer, coldzera, fnx, and TACO.

All the focus was on the Brazilians squad going into ESL One: Cologne 2016. The Brazilian godfather, Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo literally took his team from the depths of irrelevancy to Counter-Strike world champions within one year.

If a professional CS:GO player gets his own graffiti on a map, he’s clearly done something extraordinary. Only few players received this special honor by Valve and one of them is Aleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev, who achieved immortality at ESL One: Cologne 2016.

Those were the words from the renowned caster, James Bardolph when he witnessed s1mple’s outrageous play in the semi-final of ESL One: Cologne, where Liquid took upon the Swedish side from fnatic. The Ukrainian beast outdid himself by presenting a completely ridiculous double no-scope on the B-site of Cache. The iconic play perfectly illustrated his inhuman skills and mechanical capabilities, and the sequence will forever be a part of Counter-Strike history.

Watch the iconic play from s1mple right here:

On their way to the Grand final, the Brazilians from SK Gaming had to overcome some of the biggest names at the time including FaZe Clan, G2, FlipSid3, and Virtus.pro, while Liquid took down teams such as Envy, MOUZ, NAVI, and fnatic to secure their spot in the final.

It is July 10, 2016, and the Lanxess Arena in Cologne Germany is filled to the brim. Nearly 14.000 spectators are ready to watch a nerve-racking Grand final at the tournament between SK Gaming and Team Liquid.

The action of the Grand final began on SK Gaming’s pick of Train, where the Brazilians started off things on the offensive side, storming to a 3-0 lead. It looked like the first gun round between the two teams would go SK’s way, but the Brazilians couldn’t hold down the site and Liquid grabbed their first round. However, the Brazilians would immediately hit back in the following round, resetting Liquid’s economy. SK Gaming were full of momentum, especially coldzera who went huge and delivered a clutch to give his team an even more substantial lead. Down 1-6, Liquid started to wake up and managed to climb back one the scoreboard, thanks to praiseworthy performances from Hiko and s1mple who helped their team add seven rounds to the scoreline, before the second half.

Liquid was on the verge of securing the second pistol round and turn the tide in their favor, but their hopes were crushed by fer, and instead, SK Gaming went on to win all the remaining rounds to draw the first blood to the series.

Map two was Cobblestone, on which both teams had incredible moments throughout the entire tournament. But the map was especially one of Liquid’s favorite picks and the North American squad with s1mple tried their best to live up to that billing as they got out to an early lead after securing the pistol round. coldzera and SK Gaming were able to steal away the third round against the odds, winning an eco and eventually running away with the lead. From there on, the Brazilians showed no signs of slowing down, with the scoreline blooming to a 10-5 advantage. In the second half, SK Gaming only allowed s1mple and company to grab one single round before locking down Cobblestone 16-6 and securing another Major title.

SK Gaming became the second team in CS:GO after fnatic to win back-to-back Majors. They proved their critics they can win no matter what.

Highest rated players at ESL One: Cologne 2016:

1. {cflag:BR} Marcelo “coldzera” David (SK Gaming) – 1.37 Rating 

2. {cflag:DK} Nicolai “device” Reedtz (Astralis) – 1.28 Rating 

3. {cflag:BR} Epitacio “TACO” de Melo (SK Gaming) – 1.25 Rating 

4. {cflag:SE} Freddy “KRIMZ” Johansson (fnatic) – 1.22 Rating 

5. {cflag:BR} Gabriel ”FalleN” Toledo (SK Gaming) – 1.19 Rating 

6. {cflag:ES} Oscar ”mixwell” Canellas (OpTic) – 1.19 Rating 

7. {cflag:BR} Lincoln “fnx” Lau (SK Gaming) – 1.19 Rating 

8. {cflag:UA} Aleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev (Liquid) – 1.18 Rating 

9. {cflag:RU} Georgi “WorldEdit” Yaskin (FlipSid3) – 1.17 Rating 

10. {cflag:UA} Ioann “Edward” Sukhariev (NAVI) – 1.16 Rating

Tomorrow we take a look at the ELEAGUE Major: Atlanta 2017

TACO

coldzera

After the first three rounds of the Swiss Stage, it's time to commence the fierce elimination and progression matches at the Americas RMR event, featuring the best North and South American CS:GO teams. FURIA and MIBR have already clinched a spot, so there are only four PGL Major Antwerpen tickets left. 

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Today's first matchups will kick off at 11:00 (CET) and will feature FalleN's Imperial in one game, while coldzera and 00Nation take on 9z on the B stream. You can watch the schedule and all the matches down below. 

PGL Major Antwerp RMR Americas | Wednesday 13/4

The Brazilians from Imperial have qualified for the upcoming PGL Major in Antwerpen after defeating Party Astronauts at the Americas RMR this Wednesday. A quite remarkable achievement by Imperial with the event only being their fourth together as a roster.

Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo and the rest of Imperial got things done by re-sweeping the NA side through strong two wins on Dust2 (16-11) and Inferno (16-12) after losing the opening map on Overpass.

Imperial – Party Astronauts 2-1 | PGL Major Antwerpen RMR Americas

9-16 (Nuke) | {cflag:US} PwnAlone – 1.38 Rating / 23-15 K-D / 91.5 ADR

16-11 (Dust2) | {cflag:BR} FalleN – 1.53 Rating / 24-13 K-D / 85.0 ADR

16-12 (Inferno) | {cflag:BR} boltz – 1.43 Rating / 24-17 K-D / 104.2 ADR

MVP: {cflag:BR} Ricardo “botlz” Prass | 1.29 Rating / 61-50 K-D / 92.5 ADR

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Today's Pley of the Day features one of the most legendary players in the game. Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo is back on the International scene with his "Last Dance" project, Imperial Esport. The team qualified for the American RMR event Saturday, and therefore there is a chance to see the Brazilian "Professor" at the PGL Antwerpen Major in May.

Yesterday FalleN was back on the online grind, where he produced this stellar 1vs3 clutch.

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A dream for many Brazilian Counter-Strike fans became a reality last night, when Imperial announced, that they had signed Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo and four other Brazilian stars to their new team.

The news broke out after a long time of rumors about the project. Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo is joined by Vinicius "⁠VINI⁠" Figueiredo, Ricardo "⁠boltz⁠" Prass, Fernando "⁠fer⁠" Alvarenga, and Lincoln "⁠fnx⁠" Lau on the project with the two latter being part of the biggest success in Brazilian CS:GO history with two Major victories back in 2016 together with FalleN.

In December 2021, we talked with Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo about the project, which did not seem like a possibility at the time.

The reason why "The Professor" talked the project down is unknown, but according to a Brazilian journalist, Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo had received an offer from a "top 3" team in the world.

As a coach on the project, the experienced Luis "

" Tadeu has been brought in to support the new roster.

The legendary Team Liquid rifler Jake “Stewie2K” Yip has officially parted ways with the North American organization. The confirmation comes after a series of departures at Liquid, with Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo and Michael “Grim” Wince both having been released of their duties.

With his exit, Stewie2K closes the door on a spectacular three-year tenure with Liquid, where the dubbed “Smoke Criminal” alongside the likes of  Jonathan “EliGE” Jablonowski and Keith “NAF” Markovic won their iconic Intel Grand Slam in 2019.

A victory, Liquid’s CEO, Victor Goosens also remembers very fondly.

- My favourite Stewie memory is unquestionably when he jumped up the desk when we won the Intel Grand Slam. Winning a Grand Slam as a North American roster in Counter-Strike is beyond my wildest dreams, and Stewie has played a huge part in that. I’m grateful for everything that he has done for Team Liquid and we will always remember and honour that, Goosens said in a tribute video to Stewie2K.

Despite the last year ended up being a bit dramatic filled with internal problems in the roster and with a lot of lacklustre results, Stewie2K looks back at his time with Team Liquid with joy.

- I just want to say thank you to the fans for supporting me over the years on Team Liquid. We had a lot of success here, and we also had some failures that we couldn’t overcome. However, throughout my time here, I feel like we created a lot of good memories together, Stewie2K stated.

Stewie2K has reportedly already found himself a new CS:GO home for the upcoming season, as heavy rumours of him joining Evil Geniuses has circulated the past weeks. Last week, the CEO of EG wrote a Tweet, which looks like a near-confirmation of the transfer. 

If the rumours are true, Stewie2K is set to join forces with his former teammates Timothy "⁠autimatic⁠" Ta and William "⁠RUSH⁠" Wierzba, with who he won the ELEAGUE Boston Major in 2018 at Cloud9. The trio will be accompanied by Vincent “Brehze” Cayonte and Tsvetelin “CeRq” Dimitrov.

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Team Liquid will field the following lineup following their recent roster moves:

{cflag:US} Jonathan "⁠EliGE⁠" Jablonowski 

{cflag:FR} Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon 

{cflag:US} Eric "⁠adreN⁠" Hoag (coach)

Stewie2K

Grim

EliGE

Team Liquid

Loads of speculation began to rise once it was clear that Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo had no future within the Team Liquid roster. Many thought that the 30-year-old AWP'er would perhaps hang up his mouse and retire from the professional scene of Counter-Strike. It wasn't long, however, until rumors began to circulate that the Brazilian godfather in "FalleN" would re-embark on a journey with his previous teammates from Luminosity Gaming and SK. 

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Now it has finally been confirmed that "FalleN" will in fact be linking back up with his previous teammates from the iconic SK roster in Fernando "fer" Alvarenga and Lincoln "fnx" Lau, as well as Ricardo "boltz" Prass and ex-FURIA player Vinicius "VINI" Figueiredo. The official announcement confirmed the new Brazilian roster and was made by "FalleN" on his own Twitter page. 

Whether or not the 'Last Dance' project and its star-studded roster has what it takes to compete in the top tier of the CS:GO scene we will have to wait and see. One thing is for sure, if you ask "FalleN", it is going to be a difficult challenge: 

The new Last Dance roster looks as follows: 

Luis "peacemaker" Tadeu (Coach) {cflag:BR}

The superstar core behind SK Gaming and Luminosity’s Major victories in 2016 and 2017 could soon be reunited under a completely new banner.

A report by [link:{"url":"https://ge.globo.com/esports/csgo/noticia/csgo-imperial-faz-proposta-pelo-last-dance.ghtml?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter","isNewTab":true,"text":"Globo Esporte"}] and Roque Marques, state that the profiled trio of Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo, Fernando "fer" Alvarenga, and Lincoln " fnx " Lau has been presented an offer from Imperial, together with their countrymen Ricardo "boltz" Prass and Vinicius "VINI" Figueiredo. 

The Brazilian media outlet state that the roster already has met with Imperial’s CEO, Felippe "felippe1" Martins, where negotiations for a potential signing happened. One of the things which could delay or cause problems is the fact that FalleN, VINI, and boltz all are contracted with Liquid, FURIA, and MIBR respectively - That means Imperial is required to negotiate with the aforementioned teams for a buyout. 

{cflag:BR} Luis " peacemaker " Tadeu (Coach)

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Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo, the Brazilian legend, has been a part of the competitive CS:GO, Counter-Strike Source and Counter-strike for almost 16 years. He is referred to as one of the best Brazilian players of all time. With two major titles, trophies, and four MVPs, FalleN is one of the most beloved men in the business.

In a video from Betway Esports, the Brazilian legend tries the exciting quiz called 'Whose Frag is That?', where he's guessing different clips and whose behind them.

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There will always be discussions within the Counter-Strike community about different players and their level of skill, experience, and impact. A question that has been raised multiple times is who the best Brazilian player of all time is and why. RivalryCSGO sat down with various CS:GO pros and asked them who they would put as their number one Brazilian player of all time. 

Whilst many different factors can be weighed very differently when choosing the better player, for Australian "AZR" the answer to the question was quite straightforward: 

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Whilst many pros seem to agree with "AZR" there are also a few who argue that the incredible impact "FalleN" has had, both within the Brazilian and international scene, should grant him the respect of being the best Brazilian player of all time. Whilst it is clear that both "coldzera" and "FalleN" will go down as legends of the Counter-Strike scene it is still up to debate what weighs heavier, the individual skill or general impact in its entirety. 

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To hear what the other pros had to say about the debate you can watch the series of interviews in the video linked down below: 

Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo is a man known for his insane plays and highlights with his beloved AWP throughout his long career in competitive Counter-Strike. Despite having turned 30, the Brazilian mastermind still continues to mesmerize his audience with stellar plays and genius moves.

Something he displayed in a stream yesterday, where he lined up an outstanding wall-bang on Train, hitting an opponent without having any visual of him. 

Jonathan “EliGE” Jablonkowski – An Intel Gram Slam Winner and arguably one of North America’s most profiled CS:GO players in history. However, 2021 wasn’t as giving and successful for the superstar and the rest of Team Liquid.

The lacklustre year meant that Liquid felt needed to initiate a substantial rebuild of the roster this off-season, with Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo, Michael “Grim” Vince and Jake “Stewie2K” Yip all leaving the team.

Before BLAST Premier Fall Final, we spoke to EliGE who explained that the Liquid “wasn’t getting along” and there were internal problems not being fixed within the team.

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In a [link:{"url":"https://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sru0uh","isNewTab":true,"text":"Twitlonger"}], EliGE has decided to open up about the troublesome year for Liquid but especially also for him personally.

- To begin with, I wanted to say that this year was a really big disappointment for me; not only results-wise, but personally as well. Every year you want to always feel like you're moving forward and improving and I think that throughout my career it has been a constant progression of that (…) This year, however, was the year where it has very clearly been steps backwards, and that has been really difficult for me. 

The 24-year-old star rifler also touches on the environment within the roster, where he openly takes some of the blame on his shoulders.

- It was a year of many ups and downs and looking back, it was easily the hardest year of my professional career. I wish that I handled things better and I wish that I could say that I was a positive mental factor for my teammates during it. However, I can't say that and it was a big disappointment for me to not be able to rise to that standard.

(…) There's no secret the team environment wasn't perfect throughout the year and I definitely was a big part of that. I learned a lot last year from the experiences on the team and how I could've handled it better.

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- I learned a lot during the year, especially from Fallen, on how he handled the year himself. He was always positive, affecting the team in a positive way no matter what was happening. All in all, he is a role model and he is the teammate I am striving to become for the team in 2022 and going forward, EliGE wrote.

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