Author: Andrei "TheCaryJellyFish" Marculescu
Max âMarixâ Kugener is an 18-year-old rifler that signed with Sprout in January 2022. It’s not unusual for Sprout to get young German-speaking talent like him. They are what some might call a feeder team for the bigger German org BIG; no pun intended. Although the signing is not out of the ordinary, what might have caught peopleâs attention is Marixâs nationality.Kugener is of Luxembourgian and Ukrainian descent. With its around 600,000 inhabitants, Luxembourg is one of Europeâs smallest countries. This also makes Marix the first Luxembourgian in the CS:GO limelight. Touted as one of the best talents the German…
One question worries many novice players: Do CS:GO skins wear out?The short answer would be no, CS:GO skins do not wear out over time. However, a new player might think that because every skin has one of 5 types of wear. But how does that work exactly?Types of wearThere are five types of wear for skins in CS:GO. Going from best to worst, these are:Factory NewMinimal WearField-TestedWell-WornBattle-ScarredThese are purely cosmetic and donât, for instance, cause your gun to jam.Because CS:GO has a skin market, Factory New skins are usually more valuable than Battle-Scarred skins. But what determines the type of…
On Monday, the 21st of February, there was outrage in the CS:GO community as reports started coming out that Fnatic benched their AWPer smooya. Even though smooya is a polarizing player, to say the least, Fnatic fans were baffled about the decision to bench him. After an excellent start to his career with Fnatic, the brits performances started to worsen, ending in a 9th – 12th finish at IEM Katowice.Who is the AWPer replacing smooya?Fnatic decided to replace smooya in-house, bringing Iulian âregaliâ HarjÄu from their academy team. I have been following regali since his days in the Romanian CS:GO…
After a great start to 2021, including two second place finishes at IEM Katowice 2021 and the EPIC League CIS RMR, things were looking good for Virtus Pro. The Team had an attractive play style and their best player YEKINDAR looked destined for stardom. The 22-year-old Latvian put up a 1.20 rating between December 2020 and May 2021. There was genuine hype surrounding the team.Around September 2021 the team had some bad showings. First was a poor finish at REPUBLEAGUE Season 2, where they got eliminated in the round of 16 in an arguably close game against Eternal Fire.Next was…