{"id":22574,"date":"2025-03-07T19:41:16","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T19:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/?p=22574"},"modified":"2025-03-07T19:41:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T19:41:18","slug":"organization-talon-takes-a-break-from-cs2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/news\/cs-2\/organization-talon-takes-a-break-from-cs2\/","title":{"rendered":"Organization TALON Takes a Break From CS2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Hong Kong organization <strong>TALON <\/strong>has declared that it is releasing its entire <strong>CS <\/strong>roster, ending its relationship with the current team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcement follows shortly after <strong>TALON <\/strong>was substituted at the <strong>MESA Asian Masters <\/strong>by <strong>HOTU<\/strong>, with <strong>TALON <\/strong>player Christian <strong>&#8216;\u2060ADDICT\u2060&#8217; <\/strong>Pendleton stating it was due to the team&#8217;s &#8220;flights not being arranged ahead of time.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>TALON&#8217;s <\/strong>team first joined the organization in 2024, combining a touch of European influence with an Oceanic foundation to attempt to qualify for the<strong> Perfect World Shanghai Major<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The team accomplished very little during their brief time together, not securing a spot in the <strong>Perfect World Shanghai Major<\/strong> and having minimal success in competing in the lower-tier events of Europe&#8217;s online scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The team recently implemented two changes in a bid to enhance their performance, releasing Aaron <strong>&#8216;\u2060AZR&#8217; <\/strong>Ward and Mi\u0142osz <strong>&#8216;\u2060mhL&#8217; <\/strong>Knasiak while bringing in Liam <strong>&#8216;\u2060malta&#8217; <\/strong>Schembri and Euan &#8216;\u2060sterling\u2060&#8217; Moore. However, they currently lack an organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TALON Statement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Statement regarding our CS2 Roster.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SOARWITHTALON?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#SOARWITHTALON<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ggUFflJGgb\">pic.twitter.com\/ggUFflJGgb<\/a><\/p>&mdash; TALON (@TALON_ESPORTS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TALON_ESPORTS\/status\/1897950365649453506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 7, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TALON roster was as follows:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Christian <strong>&#8216;\u2060ADDICT\u2060&#8217; <\/strong>Pendleton<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jared <strong>&#8216;hazr\u2060&#8217; <\/strong>O&#8217;Bree<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Corey <strong>&#8216;nettik\u2060&#8217; <\/strong>Browne<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Liam <strong>&#8216;malta\u2060&#8217; <\/strong>Schembri<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Euan <strong>&#8216;sterling\u2060&#8217; <\/strong>Moore<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Daniel <strong>&#8216;\u2060djL\u2060&#8217; <\/strong>Narancic (coach)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aaron <strong>&#8216;AZR\u2060&#8217; <\/strong>Ward (benched)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mi\u0142osz <strong>&#8216;mhL\u2060&#8217; <\/strong>Knasiak (benched)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Keep up with our coverage for more insights on the latest esports news and updates.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hong Kong organization TALON has declared that it is releasing its entire CS roster, ending its relationship with the current team. 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