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G2 bring back keloqz

January 14, 2022

Following a disappointing Stage 1: Challengers 1 performance, G2 Esports G2 Esports Inactive have brought Cista "keloqz" Wassim back in Oscar "Mixwell" Cañellas' place.

G2 Esports

@G2esports

He's back!

Keloqz will re-join the team as the starting duelist for Monday’s VCT Open Qualifiers in replacement for Mixwell.

keloqz was first picked up in June 2021 as part of a G2 roster overhaul. The young French Duelist shone and helped G2 go from struggling in VCT main events to reaching the grand finals of Stage 3: Challengers 1. G2 would then qualify for Masters: Berlin, where they placed top four. Despite finishing in the semifinals, keloqz was still the sixth best-rated player of the tournament.

G2 ended 2021 on a sour note, failing to qualify for Champions and exiting Red Bull Home Ground #2 in the group stage. These were keloqz' two last tournaments for G2.

To start off 2022, G2 were invited to Stage 1: Challengers 1 closed qualifier. A revamped roster didn't live up to its expectations, as two losses to Vitality and Alliance knocked them out of the qualifier.

Their elimination means keloqz will start for G2 on January 17, when the Stage 1: Challengers 2 open qualifier is set to begin.

G2 Esports G2 Esports Inactive 's next games will be with:

Cista "keloqz" Wassim
Aaro "hoody" Peltokangas
Johan "Meddo" Renbjörk Lundborg
Auni "AvovA" Chahade
Žygimantas "nukkye" Chmieliauskas
Daniil "pipsoN" Mesheryakov (Coach)

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trembolonaRage

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HAHAHAHAHHA

look at the comments on twitter
mixwell fanboys are funny af
its literally a brainwash

as I said yesterday, he should honestly retire and become a influencer/streamer for the org
his fans do nothing but damage to the org's reputation

salty spanish people \/

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Neon74

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Is there a single comment you have posted that has been upvoted?

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ShadowisBAD

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No
There’s the same amount of chance of trembolonarage getting upvotes than me getting good at smth

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EpicWolf

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who r u? oh yeah.. the fucking dick sucker of mwezera 💀💀💀💀💀 keep sucking dick

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unknown_trash

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dont tempt him with a good time

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ottomb3

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mwzera>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>mixwell btw, but he was really disrespectful

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ItsMarc0s18

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He gave everything for the team for a year and a half, and they just get him out for having a bad game. I don't think you have to do that with any player you've just signed for you to do with your captain. It's really sad :(

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Never_Wrong

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Maybe we should stop assuming and cherry-picking.

"He gave everything for the team..."

We could also portray it as:
"G2 has given everything to Mixwell..."

Biased emotional arguments don't really work here

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ItsMarc0s18

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Really changing to the worst role in the game for the good of the team so as not to have to sign a sentinel tier 2 and sign keloqz who helped grow as a player to try to reach the Champions. Doesn't that seem like sacrificing yourself for the team?

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Never_Wrong

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I'm not denying that but you know G2 could've taken absolutely anyone else for that task, don't you?
It's his job at the end and he wants to win as well, what's the big deal?

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ItsMarc0s18

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The problem is that at least you let a player who has given everything for your team prove that he is really worth in that position. Because Keloqz is good, Jett, but to what point in 3 days are you going to be able to prepare the next qualifier with him?

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VirajKnight

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U see G2 win Challenegers and Masters with Mixwell on Jett?

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ItsMarc0s18

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What I am saying is that you give Mixwell the opportunity to prove if he is worth it or not, that you do not do it simply to make a bad game, but if G2 plays as he did against Vitality and Aliance does not win it with Cned or Tenz as Jett

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Fat_Lard

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I hope you realize that G2 only has 1 more chance to make Challengers. They can hang on to Mixwell, who has just been a good player that doesn't really fit in all that well with the team or they can play the cracked duelist player that's on the bench. Mixwell isn't good enough to compete with the other Main Duelists on the top teams in EMEA, let alone the world. Not to mention that hoody and Meddo are better on their respective roles than Mixwell is. If G2 wants to have a successful year of Valorant, they have to move on from Mixwell, even though he has done so much for the team.

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ItsMarc0s18

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The problem is that with Keloqz they may beat Vitality or Aliance but if Keloqz continues with the same mistakes as last year, G2 will not be able to beat the best teams in Europe with only fire power. Hopefully yes and that everything goes well for the team but I'm afraid of all the pressure that there is now on Keloqz will receive a lot of hate. I also think it's a very premature change because Mixwell was already one of the best in Europe with the Jett and can be again.

continue thread →

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Never_Wrong

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Pretty sure every G2 player has "given everything to the team". Does that mean it's enough? No. If he's been so long in the org it's because G2 wanted him. That could've been the case for any other player out there

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well dont want to sound like the bad guy here cause i like mixwell but they ve build a team around him almost 3 times? It just wasnt working tbh...I know they have the early days of valorant and the run to Masters 3 but they were not that stable as a team....G2 didnt not drop him though just benched him for now so he might be back better, sometimes you just need a step back to get some perspective!

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ItsMarc0s18

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I think that after the first roster and the small changes they made, he was the only one who continued to give the level for the team, so I would have liked them to really give him a good opportunity to show his level, but hopefully it is as you say and all ends well for him.

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Realistically they wont even qualify if Mixwell is on duelist

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yungbasel

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Facts. But realistically, they aren't qualifying even without him.

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AeroCha

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I think he's had more than one bad game

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ItsMarc0s18

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Last game of Mixwell Like duelist: https://www.vlr.gg/21681/g2-esports-vs-team-finest-lvp-rising-series-2-european-qualifier-ro16/?game=all&tab=overview
He currently only has two matches as a duelist and only one was bad
187 Acs 35/37/4 Agains Vitality

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connorwalsh

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No me gusta mucho Mixwell pero más allá de eso, Ocelote o quién sea que toma las decisiones es muy ridícul0. Dejar a Mixwell, darle la oportunidad de que entrenara estas semanas y estos días con el nuevo equipo y en su nuevo rol y lo benchea el primer día que juegan? Cuando tampoco es que haya tenido un día terrible, en realidad en kills fue un resultado aceptable. No sé si es que G2 pretende que aún con cambios significativos como volver a Jett, se van a ver resultados de inmediato pero lo único que hacen es perjudicar al equipo y más teniendo en cuenta que pareceeee que Nukkye y Kelloqz no se llevan tan bien (por más que digan que debe ser profesional la relación, eso afecta).

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ItsMarc0s18

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The decision is Pipson's since to sign for G2 he put the condition of directing the team as he wants, but even so it is surprising since according to what they said the scrims were going really well

titanwithpp

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More to come...

Sounds like an amazing cliffhanger lmao.

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Kobel

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Tbh, it's a standard practise to add this caption while posting fresh news - To wait for updates, or have time to write and expand the article

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eutalyx

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there has to be compromise between accurate, quality articles and getting out stuff as soon as we can.

that is the compromise. people get the basic information while a fully-fleshed out article is readied.

number_1_poach_fan

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Not very surprising keloqz just has so much more of an impact on duelists then mixwell

Arisqq

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G2 RN 🤡

Never_Wrong

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You were hating on Mixwell yesterday and calling for Keloqz to replace him

Now that they make a roster change Mixwell himself has probably called for, you call them clowns

Lmfao you're disgusting hypocrites

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no im saying that G2 is a Clown for -keloqz +keloqz bc they playd bad HAHA

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Never_Wrong

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-keloqz wasn't because of performance issues

They've had to figure something out behind the scenes to bring him in again

Thing is you're calling them clowns...after yesterday trashing them for not doing what you're now calling them clowns for? Great vlr user logic

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Arisqq

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ma boy i like g2 as an org ok stop im a fan of the LEC team and vct team ok chill

Never_Wrong

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Niceee

DutchAlligator

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But Mixwell will still play as another agent?

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Never_Wrong

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I think he's stepping down and will be benched. Dunno

trola

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Nukkye 🤝 Keloqz LMAO

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VirajKnight

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Make a photo of them together and post it on G2 twitter and let it go viral

Never_Wrong

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Wrong rep

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LouBag

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Mixwell didn’t even play poorly. He was pretty average, which isn’t enough if you want to be the best.

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VirajKnight

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Yeah. Even if they won the qualifiers, I don't think they could beat top EMEA teams

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PoPanda

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Smart move

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Godson

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poggers

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deathlyclaws

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G2 doing what they are best.....roster changes

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trola

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...roster changes every single time LOL

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deathlyclaws

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Wake up-make roster changes-sleep- repeat

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trola

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G2 is the funniest valorant org i swear

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jade_

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they're actually trolling doing this, it's a TEAM game and you can't have real success with the team constantly changing...

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You should know better than any of us out here that teams bootcamp, trial and play a lot outside officials. We'll never get to know team's environment and let's not act like Mixwell hasn't been there since day 1

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nukkey & keloqz
drama S02😅

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asseater4life

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roster changes and inshallah

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J3ster

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LETS GOO

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KJ_0

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wait what so even before losing they were thinking already to replace mix? not like that G2

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Never_Wrong

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If it's what I think you're referring to, that's the standard and correct move.

Players have their "ultimatum" and last chance. If they don't prove themselves after having the opportunity to do so, that's their mistake

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i know that but it feels so weird cause they cancelled the bootcamp before of the VCT, and Ocelote put a tweet after they lost... its the right move? idk we will see but it still feels weird for me

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If we talk about performance, Meddo was generally worse and should be out. The TEAM didn´t play good yesterday, I don't think it is a one man problem. However I don`t know the situation or what they measure to bench someone. Just my opinion.

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Kobel

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I welcome the change, don't get me wrong, but now we can officially say none of the members of the original G2 Valorant squad that dominated for the most part of 2020 remain.

Kind of shows Carlos doesn't seem to have an idea where to go with the Valo squad

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MrCrespito

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The serious question now is, who IGL? Because if the had mixwell as igl is because he was the best they had for the role

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KJ_0

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I think the IGL is Avova

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MrCrespito

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Is this a bait?

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LuisSpartanX

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He doesn't even talk enough

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neilzinho

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one word. SHAMBOLIC.

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PrinceCharming

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So from an outward point of view this is kind of a mad decision right, not around the move itself, but the timing. Swapping out of rotation a player with a week between qualifier is kind of mad, even for G2, but someone who I could only assume was as embedded as mixwell and return to a position which already had internal conflicts between your 2 star duelest. This will definitely be interesting for such a short turn around for open qually 2

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Noone12

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This team does not know what to do.

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merabv

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how to charge your reputation as an organization in a year, and sink it in a day

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Never_Wrong

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These type of comments get to show you how many bandwagoners G2 has. That only increases their reputation because they stand by their own values and won't give a shit about kids malding, just like with Rekkles or whatnot

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merabv

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I'm talking about valorant, they kept the ignition roster by force, it didn't work, they removed the heretics players, it didn't work, pyth left, they took keloqz, they didn't reach champion, they remove kolda and keloqz, they remove half a team of giants , it doesn't work, now you remove mixwell, MAYBE JUST MAYBE, is that the valorant staff does the job a little bad JUST A LITTLE BAD

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Arisqq

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https://twitter.com/G2esports/status/1482031864130985986 💀💀💀

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Sem1-

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damn man wasnt lying
https://twitter.com/EarlJr7127/status/1481708996675444740/photo/1

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coguyy

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sheeesh carlos showman that's free entertainment

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Daniveus

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nukkye vs keloqz vs G2 who wins?

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trola

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nukkye of course

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yungbasel

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lol, the fuck?

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BossStephen

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i remember Carlos saying he'd bring back Keloqz (which he did) as IGL (which he didn't) if they lost to Alliance in Average Jonas' chat. still cool to see him again!

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Daniveus

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keloqz plays open quals against random teams -> drops 50 bombs -> everyone goes crazy saying keloqz is sooo good -> g2 manages to sell keloqz -> mixwell returns -> ?
the infinite cycle of stupidity

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ArgieGR8ArgieB8ArgieM8

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content creator m1xwell this soon?

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m4ste

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g2 takes less time to change roster than to win games

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arguello1795

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Me chupa un huevo solo no trolles al capi si no lo quieres vendelo pero no lo dejes meses en banquillo

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patuj

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I don't know what to think about this. I think individually Keloqz > Mixwell for sure, but at the same time Keloqz was benched because he and nukkye didn't go well with each other? Like now out of nowhere just before qualifiers they are fine playing with each other again? How does this effect the longevity of this roster? Plus Mixwell seemed to be the IGL even though his tactics or reads didn't look impressive.

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LMFAOOO

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Mik0

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Well change was needed. However changing igls is no joke tho.

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LMFAO such a soap opera screenplay

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pokedyo

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lets goo

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ChronicIncubus

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This soo fuuny xD

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G2 is alive now

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Glycoroldas

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Keeping up with the G2ashians

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-Botwell lets go baby!

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bekodise

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good job

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i don't know how to feel about this
keloqz is probably one of the best duelists in the world right now but him replacing the player that the team was literally built around for seems incredibly risky
we just have to see where they go with this

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Good for mixwell, G2 valorant had a really bad politics on management, they don't build a proyect they try "low" price players hoping build a tier 1 team, besides the weirds desition like not tier1 analyst Lrojo xd

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This made me laugh

The Lrojo Tier1 analyst gave it away lmao

Also didn't he leave himself because he wanted to become a coach? You fanboys don't even know your idols...

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For "not tier1 analyst" i mean he is bad, i believe he never was worth for the team, for sure he was fired

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Kr1zt

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After Mr method acusations OMG, definitely they have management problems, WTF the manager of VAL team

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That wasnt Even a Bad Match of mixwell, that was a regular Match, meddo was out, he was 1 12 and You bench mixwell? idk what is g2 doing, maybe if they Stay more than 4 months with a roster Will he Nice

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Mixwell might be quite liked and the last standing member but its obvious that for him, Jett is not the agent. He can OP for days, but jett doesnt only OP, she gives entries and even in CS mixwell wasnt the entry. People tend to forget that in CS the awper =/ the entry.

I believe that the best role for mixwell would be sentinels(even better with chamber now) but he seriously needs to let his ego go a bit, and just develop his other agents because jett/entry isn't it.

Super excited for Keloqz, dude is an agressive and insane player, also super young, overall its a great change.

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"he seriously needs to let his ego go a bit, and just develop his other agents because jett/entry isn't it." Yes he has a lot of ego, for that reason he played a support role in the last season

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he played support, and for me its his best role, because he is a really smart player but if you see him as a good entry/jett then brother, you are delusional.

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triggered so bad by a 3 week old post that you had to revive the thread, nice.

Mixwell sucks and so do you

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Lenei

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Isn’t mixwell was the igl when they stomping in scrims? I don’t understand this move ngl

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now g2 dominate lmao, just dont put keloqz on other shit roles ty :)

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Thank you ocelote fucking boss. I'm getting tired of the delusional Mixwell fanboys that don't know shit about the org

Good riddance

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haters gonna hate, lets see how g2 play whithout an igl

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Is G2 the TSM of EU with all the madness?

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Mixwell they have tried him in so many potitions and it seems to never work out. Someone else is always the problem, yet one common denominator has alwaysd remained until now. At some point you need to look at your "Superstar player" and ask yourself if hes stepping up and his stats show he hasnt been.
g2 gets rid of zeek, goes on to win the VCT
g2 gets rid of koldamenta, currently in upper bracket final of same bracket as g2 were in.
list could go on!

Guess this was the last straw, and the final change they make before a complete overhall.

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List couldn't go on.
Pyth, Ardiis, DavidP, Ozzy, Patitek...
The only one that succeeded is Zeek

This roster change can FINALLY lead to the start of a new G2 era, because Mixwell has been the remaining part from that 2020 iteration

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DavidP had a resurgence with giants which G2 destroyed just to destiny themselves

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Lol. DavidP without pipsoN x)
Vgia looking better rn anyways

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how can u have pyth on that list when he hasn't even had a chance to prove himself again?

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SoundGardeN

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Omg more cringe stage presence incoming from keloggs

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???

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dude was actin weird on stage ..cringe asf in iceland.

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Gomes255

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he wasn't even in iceland lmao but sure
americans do it = funny banter kekw
young kid i don't know does it = cringe
seems legit

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nematoma

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yeah its kinda hypocritic of these viewers when someone does this to their streamers which makes em angry af but when their streamers do it to others they just call it a healthy competition

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mixwell can get a job

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dinopolly

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Nukkye is gonna leave the team cause he doesn’t like their old teammates just saying …

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Gomes255

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i like turtles

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The definition of insanity is when people are doing the same thing over and over expecting different results.

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k1ng1namo

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Lmfao this has been long overdue

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guyphoe

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nice to see him back

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No surprise there, he shouldn't of been removed.
His legit a goat.

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nematoma

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CARLOS is LEGIT man of his words

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G2 valo managers really pooping in their pants
Kick their igl for meddo and that other guy no sense
Then put mixwell as igl and duelist again this made no sense
Now they stay with meddo and benched mixwell so they have no igl
Also bring back keloqz cuz imo was a big part of g2 last roster falling hard since he is all aim 0 brain

U can see kolda in the upper bracket winning with guild a new team
Also kolda said on twittee that pipson(g2 coach) is lying about his system and he is igling in g2 matches wich is ilegal

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I dont think 2 games as a sample size isnt enough to see if mixwell can still entry. But I do think keloqz is more cracked and Nukkye should play duelist more. Hoody seems to be a solid pick up.

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I hope G2 will not follow OG's path, switching and changing rosters every week. For the topic, Mixwell's performance is not satisfying, I don't see mixwell and rest of the team as a Champions, sometimes these kind of changes may led to trophys.

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yungbasel

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Changes or no changes
G2 will not go far in vct the first part of this year

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G2 sucks with this decision tbh
RIP captain

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arrivederci

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what happened to mixwell?

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benched for the time being

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Amak2k

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Can't wait to see keloqs playing with this new line up ! Mixwell still in the game dont you worry :D

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Soul_Stalker

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cant wait to see Nukkye had to argue with keloqz and destroy whole G2, in official match.. xD

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Glycoroldas

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inject this content straight into my veins please

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