Another North American Counter-Strike Team bites the dust. Gen.G have reportedly allowed the remaining players on their roster to explore options in 2021.
According to a report by Rush B the organization is re-evaluating their investment into the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive scene and have subsequently allowed their players to go searching for other opportunities.
Gen.G place roster on transfer list https://t.co/7WjYwwPgkF
— HLTVorg (@HLTVorg) December 15, 2020
“It isn’t VALORANT over CS”
In a statement to Rush B the management stressed the fact that their decision was not made due to the performance of the team. They said that the “players aren’t benched and it isn’t VALORANT over CS.” The organization had only entered CS:GO in December 2019 by acquiring the old core of Cloud 9 featuring koosta, autimatic and daps. While Gen.G saw initial successes including a trophy at DreamHack Open Anaheim 2020, the roster struggled to perform consistently and also had to struggle with fielding a stable roster after s0m and daps retired from Counter-Strike.
The same spokesperson also said that Gen.G would facilitate the future moves of their players by being willing to waive the buyout fees: “In the meantime, we wanted to make sure to minimize the impact on players, so we have allowed them to keep their options open while still under contract with us.”
The current Gen.G roster
- Timothy “autimatic” Ta
- Kenneth “koosta” Suen
- Hansel “BnTeT” Ferdinand
- Chris “Elmapuddy” Tebbit (Coach)
This leaves the North American scene in even more of a dry spell as more and more organizations seem to either abandon Counter-Strike or move on to VALORANT as their Tactical Shooter of choice.
FLASHPOINT in jeopardy?
Gen.G were also a founding member of the FLASHPOINT league and it remains unclear what will happen to their spot. Together with FunPlusPhoenix’ inability to field a roster for Season 2 and c0ntact Gaming’s recent decision to put their roster on the transfer list, Gen.G would be the third founding member without a roster. The league has had a very rocky start despite the required buy-in costing teams $2 million US-Dollar and has not yet announced details for Season 3.
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