Guild Esports has introduced its latest access into Counter-Strike esports with the revealing of its new roster, the participants of Unhealthy Information Eagles.
Genc ‘gxx-’ Kolgeci, Flatron ‘juanflatroo’ Halimi, Sener ‘SENER1’ Mahuti, Dionis ‘sinnopsyy’ Budeci, and Rigon ‘rigoN’ Gashi shocked everybody once they was the first-ever crew from the Albanian-Kosovar area to succeed in a Main qualifier (RMR) again in 2022, once they certified for the PGL Antwerp Main. They’ve since competed at, and certified for the Legends level in, 3 Counter-Strike Majors in Antwerp, Rio, and Paris – incomes prize winnings price $96,000 in 2023 on my own.
What is going to now be referred to as the Guild Eagles crew will probably be joined via a backroom body of workers of probably the most maximum well-respected figures within the Counter-Strike neighborhood: head trainer Jonatan ‘Devilwalk’ Lundberg (the one multi-Main winner as each a trainer and a participant), assistant trainer Kevin ‘Krystal’ Amend, analyst Kieran ‘KayJay’ Playfair, and with James ‘BanKs’ Banks (the crew’s supervisor) becoming a member of Guild as a expert to enhance the org.
From humble origins in Kosovan internet cafes to Paris’ Corridor de l. a. Pinède, this roster has skilled a fantastic trajectory during the last 3 years since their aggressive debut in 2020. They’ve won a cult following in each their house area and the broader global with a blended Twitter, Twitch, and Instagram followings of over 112,000, 297,000, and 137,000 respectively, and their trail to luck and world renown has develop into a luck tale of recent Counter-Strike.
With the backing of holistic training spouse Flooring+Air, Guild Esports will enhance this ascension even additional, as Counter-Strike esports takes a step into the long run with the release of Counter-Strike 2 (CS2).
With the discharge of CS2, we realised that there used to be no higher time for us to build up our presence in Counter-Strike. The trajectory of the Unhealthy Information Eagles roster has been inspirational, and embodies the perspective that we price right here at Guild Esports – we will’t wait to enhance them on their adventure in CS2 with the assistance of Flooring+Air.
Jasmine Skee, CEO of Guild Esports
Flooring+Air is a efficiency and wellbeing consultancy that will probably be handing over a consultant training and schooling programme to Guild Esports’ CS2 roster, designing a adapted cutting-edge ‘Elite Efficiency Programme’. Flooring+Air has enjoy outside and inside esports having constructed and delivered Oracle Pink Bull Racing’s Efficiency Accelerator Programme for F1 Esports. Flooring+Air brings years of enjoy and highest practices in construction programmes from different sectors; together with elite skilled soccer, motor racing, leisure, banking, and generation to construct a programme designed to enhance in-game efficiency with out-of-game wellbeing.
We’re extremely excited to constitute Guild in CS2. During our conversations with Guild it’s been abundantly transparent that they percentage our imaginative and prescient, and actually wish to lend a hand this roster prevail on the best stage of aggressive Counter-Strike. We’ve had provides from more than one organisations all through our time as an unsigned crew, however in the long run we discovered that Guild had been essentially the most intently aligned with what we wish to reach in CS2, and had been ready to offer us the best stage of holistic enhance to lend a hand us compete at our top attainable. With what we’ve got already observed from assembly the body of workers and seeing the amenities, we haven’t any doubt that is the place we belong to succeed in the following stage in pageant
Jonatan “Devilwalk” Lundberg, Head Trainer for Guild Eagles
Guild Esports intends to deploy this programme to each established and developmental groups below the Guild Esports banner. The programme will encompass a mix of one-to-one training and crew building workshops, delivered via efficiency mavens from around the worlds of schooling, elite sports activities, trade, and esports.
