{"id":35194,"date":"2026-03-18T11:22:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T11:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/?p=35194"},"modified":"2026-03-19T13:50:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T13:50:37","slug":"esc-acquired-in-its-ex-polish-cs2-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/news\/cs-2\/esc-acquired-in-its-ex-polish-cs2-roster\/","title":{"rendered":"ESC Gaming Re-Signs Its Former Polish CS2 Roster Led by olimp"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>ESC Gaming has re-signed its former Polish CS2 roster led by Patryk \u201colimp\u201d Wo\u017aniak, bringing the lineup back under the ESC banner in March 2026.<\/strong> The team previously left on <strong>November 11, 2025<\/strong> to compete as <strong>Friendly Campers<\/strong>, but the project stalled\u2014prompting a return as ESC targets a busy 2026 schedule in the <strong>Tier 2 European scene<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Before the split, this core was one of ESC\u2019s most productive lineups, winning multiple regional events across Winline Insight, CCT, and the ESL Challenger League cups.<\/strong> Those results are why this move matters: ESC isn\u2019t just signing \u201cnew players,\u201d it\u2019s <strong>reuniting a proven roster<\/strong> that already has recent trophies together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why ESC Gaming re-signed the ex-Polish CS2 roster (olimp returns)<\/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\">Couldn\u2019t handle them. We can.<br><br>They bought them. We got them back because greatness always returns home. <br>ESC Gaming \u2026 no pretenders, just champions.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FEARTHEBEAST?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#FEARTHEBEAST<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3h31WhVx9r\">pic.twitter.com\/3h31WhVx9r<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ESC Gaming (@ESCGaming) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESCGaming\/status\/2034019296251130234?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 17, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ESCGaming\/status\/2034019296251130234\">As stated on X<\/a>, ESC Gaming got the roster back because \u201cgreatness always returns home\u201d. After trying t<strong>o experiment with several players<\/strong>, the organization failed to achieve its former successes. The current roster actually left on November 11, 2025 because the players decided to compete for Friendly Campers. Sadly for them, it did not work out, which is why the roster is back where it belongs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ESC Gaming CS2 roster (March 2026): full player list<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking of ESC Gaming, here is what its <strong>current CS2 roster<\/strong> looks like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wojciech \u201cbajmi\u201d Strzelczyk<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dawid \u201cSaMey\u201d Stanczak<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kamil \u201creiko\u201d Cegielko<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Patryk \u201colimp\u201d Wozniak<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bartosz \u201cmoonwalk\u201d Mikolajczyk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ESC Gaming CS2 results with the returning roster (2025 Tier 2 wins)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"s1mple thinks they&#039;re cheating... - BC.Game vs ESC - ESL Challenger League\" width=\"788\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XUq5z84S6_g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">s1mple thinks they&#8217;re cheating&#8230; &#8211; BC.Game vs ESC &#8211; ESL Challenger League<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Before departing the team, ESC Gaming was actually in an <strong>excellent streak.<\/strong> In fact, we can safely say the team dominated the Tier 2 CS2 tournaments. If we take a look at the results, we can see that the <strong>squad finished first<\/strong> in the following events:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Winline Insight Season 7<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CCT Season 3 European Series #6<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Winline Insight Season 8<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ESL Challenger League Season 50: Europe &#8211; Cup #3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that the legendary CS2 organization is back, we<strong> expect it to keep dominating throughout 2026<\/strong>. There are loads of tournaments ahead and fans can\u2019t wait to see the squad in action. We really wish we had seen the team at the BC.Game Masters Championship, but it seems like ESC Gaming did not have enough time to prepare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This roster change happened just a few hours before <a href=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/news\/cs-2\/teamvoca-adds-jeorge-and-junior\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/news\/cs-2\/teamvoca-adds-jeorge-and-junior\/\">TeamVoca added Jeorge and junior<\/a>. Who knows, we might see the two new CS2 rosters go head to head really soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESC Gaming has re-signed its former Polish CS2 roster led by Patryk \u201colimp\u201d Wo\u017aniak, bringing the lineup back under the ESC banner in March 2026. The team previously left on November 11, 2025 to compete as Friendly Campers, but the project stalled\u2014prompting a return as ESC targets a busy 2026 schedule in the Tier 2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":35197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5,11],"class_list":{"0":"post-35194","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cs-2","8":"tag-cs2","9":"tag-cs2-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35194"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35251,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35194\/revisions\/35251"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}