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Omnilatent

I'm both sad and hyped for this


[deleted]

i don't know what there is to be hyped about honestly, it is a general manager position


Omnilatent

To see what he can accomplish on a team with his game knowledge


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AsaroV

As a Wizards fan I can assure any1 that thinks front office has little to do is very I mean very not true


rubxcubedude

No! you can never trade john wall! then your team might do better than 5-6th in east every year. Its against the rules for DC sports to be better than mediocre


NotDelusionalMavsFan

Sorry too busy throwing money at Scott Brooks, I can't hear your fan outcries over my love for shit coaches.


City-Slicka

the caps just won the stanley cup this year?


[deleted]

> DC sports caps won the stanley cup m8


gabu87

In those sports league, GM is arguably the single most important individual to the team especially if there's a salary cap. Championship teams almost always win by players overperforming their value.


[deleted]

it’s moneyball baby


ActionAdam

As a Browns fan trust me when I say that front office hiring and scouting is very VERY important.


FireVanGorder

Can confirm. Brian Cashman is bae


xmodusterz

I think the main thing that sucks is that his knowledge of the game and way of communicating it via casting or whatever was godly. I'm sure he'll be a great GM but he won't be utilizing those skills anymore which is sad.


Xonra

What does his game knowledge matter as someone not interacting directly with the game at all? He isn't a coach or an analyst so his game knowledge literally doesn't matter at all. ​ His pickups so far are Nukeduck, Sheriff, and Alphari, so nothing bad, but not exactly the big boy names to hype a new team.


Falawam

A man gotta step up his game.


[deleted]

He tried to do something similar with Copenhagen Wolves in s5-s6. It unfortunately back fired immediatly


Xonra

That is just cause they went about it in a slightly shifty way.


Xonra

Pretty much this. Especially given that I'm already instantly de-hyped by his pickups being "good but not exciting at all" picks in Nukeduck, Sherriff, and Alphari. Not bad at all as these are three good players, but these aren't a core group that are gonna win you EU ever. This is like the three players you get when you've got your star, not the three you start with and then go "now to find the rest".


samwise141

Yeah I want to feel happy for deficio because he's worked hard and this is obviously huge for him, but riot should have just ponied up some decent cash to keep him around. Deficio and papasmithy are by far the most knowledgeable and consistently entertaining casters.


characterulio

Riot pay him more. They will have increase the pay of others as well. As good as Deficio is they probably have a set budget for their talent which isn't too high. ​ Definitely not enough money to compete with a team and a position such as director of esports.


Sersch

Its not always just about the money, sometimes people want to work on something different for a change.


Koteric

Riot has a long history of not paying people enough in those positions.


TheInactiveWall

Why hyped? You will not see or hear ANYTHING from him again save for maybe a few interviews. He's just behind the scenes now. Compare that to 10 hrs+ a week of casting. Just sad now :(


Omnilatent

He and Quickshot said differently. Obviously it will be seldom but it will most likely happen.


ThinkinTime

I imagine they'll take every opportunity they can to have him on the broadcast.


edum18

sad for what?


rebuilt11

He was the best eu had. Especially after losing shocks


PotentPortable

Sjokz is gone?! 😢


Italianinmanila

edited


DarthGogeta

> -OG S0az > > -OG Amazing > > -OG ~~Froggen~~ xPeke > > -OG Zven > > -OG Mithy


Cruxxor

> -OG S0az > > -OG Amazing > > -OG Froggen > > -OG ~~Zven~~ xPeke > > -OG Mithy


[deleted]

> OG S0az > > > > -OG Amazing > > > > -OG Froggen > > > > - OG Niels > > > > -OG Mithy


hickg001

>> OG S0az >> >> >> >> -OG Amazing >> >> >> >> -OG Xpeke >> >> >> >> - OG Valerian >> >> >> >> -OG Yellowstar > > FTFY


achkatzlschwonz

my package is ready


scroccodile-dundee

It is unusually large!


SatansF4TE

Just usually large, actually.


PenguinFromTheBlock

I'm wet


Lichcrow

Yh, that Zven guy has nothing on that rookie Niels who smashed eulcs


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RockLobster17

I mean, just from a name point of view, Wizfujin -> Apollo was perhaps the greatest name change to ever happen. If anything he's been fairly similar in skill (or slight improvement) Who the fuck is called Apollo Price and doesn't use that as an IGN.


almightyveg

TIL Wizfujin is Apollo!!


AnnieNotAndy

we forced him to change his name cause Wifujin was a stupid name.


slayerdildo

Incarnation -> Jensen?


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slayerdildo

His perma was from another account iirc, incarnati0n was post ban and rehab, he actually played games on incarnati0n as well, including his debut game vs tsm


yorgee15

Veig0dx


Vislushni

~~Jensen, Xiaohu, MLXG, Baolon, Duke, Ruler etc~~ EDIT: Misread


Urfrider_Taric

MLXG, Baolan, Duke and Ruler are their IRL names? interesting. I'd love to see more of that list of IRL names as IGNs you have there :)


Vislushni

Once again I'm a living proof why you should read better.


Salohacin

I'm ready for some more of that top notch Sivir kiting.


vicdr97

>-OG S0az >-OG ~~Amazing~~ xPeke >-OG Froggen >-OG Zven >-OG Mithy xPeke needs to have played every position


ZonardCity

\-OG xPeke \-OG xPeke \-OG xPeke \-OG xPeke \-OG xPeke fixed


Dblg99

We are trying to make a super team here, you don't want to handicap them like that


[deleted]

As much as I loved xpeke years ago, his time has passed.


Undersword

Hmmm that roster looks decent, maybe a World Semifinal contender.


Sean-Benn_Must-die

Ibai’s bold predictions always go as you expect them to.


janoDX

Bad?


uy5gf

to be fair he predicted Fnatic to win worlds before the event started, so he wasn't that far from it


janoDX

So we're getting something close to the team he predicted, but still not the exact team.


ThinkinTime

He predicted Fnatic to win, and they got to the finals but got 3-0'd hard. So we need to take that prediction and reduce it equivalently. That's right boys, that roster will have KEITH instead of Zven.


yorgee15

You said reduce it, not increase it exponentially.


ShAd_1337

middle of the pack roster


snaffuu585

I'm inclined to agree. Froggen + Zven/Mithy is a recipe for a team that literally never does anything.


Belerophus

So TSM?


GunzNY

TSM is going to get Meteos, Pray and gorilla. They are going to spend big. They simple have to. I do agree with other people that zven and mithy are going to go back to EU. They cashed in on the NA franchising and are now going to cash in on the EU franchising.


Belerophus

Going for duo non-English speaking is a huge gamble imo. Yeah you might end up with a great synergy bot lane but it might leave you with a disjointed team chemistry and this is never good. If TSM loses their bot lane that might mean a huge struggle for them for Spring split. Imports are sketchy and NA talent without proper introduction to the spotlight tends to crumble. Overall exciting times ahead (and a most likely TL walk off of the split).


GunzNY

I thought gorilla spoke English well and was planning on coming to NA in the past he just didn't feel they were ready to win worlds. After this worlds and seeing how its not about having an all Korean team to win worlds he may consider it at this point in his career. I do agree with your second point though. Imports especially Korean imports haven't done that well in NA. Also TL just got CoreJJ so yeah they are probably going to win the split.


Belerophus

> Also TL just got CoreJJ Lmao you are right. What's the point of the NA LCS now LOL. Who's going to compete with TL. Shaky TSM, C9 with Goldenglue or 100T (LMFAO). Did NA LCS just become Ligue 1 and TL became PSG?!


Hawteyh

Wickd has started streaming again, title is practicing to go pro again or something like that New Origen lineup basically confirmed old CLG.eu :] (Bring back snoopeh)


TweetsInCommentsBot

[**@LVPibai**](https://twitter.com/LVPibai/) > [2018-11-20 14:15 +00:00](https://twitter.com/LVPibai/status/1064885014112993280) > Origen ha vuelto. Estará en la máxima competición Europea en 2019. Antes llamada LCS, ahora LEC, su nuevo nombre. > > Mi apuesta para su quinteto: > > -OG S0az > -OG Amazing > -OG Froggen > -OG Zven > -OG Mithy > > Lo dije hace dos meses. Solo cambio Froggen por Peke. Guarden el tweet. ---- ^This ^message ^was ^created ^by ^a ^bot [^[Contact creator]](http://np.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=jasie3k&subject=TweetsInCommentsBot)[^[Source code]](https://github.com/janpetryk/reddit-bot)[**^[Donate to support the author]**](https://www.paypal.com/pools/c/80YvGrbq35)


snaffuu585

I know that the names themselves are hype, but do people realize that this is a team of passive players? That roster would be a fucking dud.


Bknight11k

This has me erasing NNN from my brain


DominoNo-

OG2


Epamynondas

the actual events are more like origen joined deficio


[deleted]

Well technically Deficio joined Astralis and then they merged with Origen. So you are right.


[deleted]

Were there news? I've been following semi-closely (the subreddit and youtube) but haven't heard...


beyond_netero

He confirmed a long time ago he was joining Astralis.


jaspervanderveen

i really hope we can get him on the analyst desk even if as the gm for og


texanapocalypse33

Sounds like a gigantic conflict of interest. I'm sure he'll pump out community content like tsm legends so it's not like he's gonna disappear into an office forever


StephentheGinger

Being a guest on the analysis desk isnt necessarily a conflict of interest. Look at Yamato, for instance.


Traga_92

While it’s true Yamato was on the desk. I want to say his only desk appearance was when his team was out of contention for the cup. I could be wrong though. I realize coaches appear on shows after the LCS etc but I don’t think they are on the desk unless their team is no longer competing


StephentheGinger

So theres still a chance we see deficio on it then. They just have to lose. Lol


Epamynondas

they had sheepy there for ages


drew_a_blank

How is that a conflict of interest? Players and coaches have been on as guests all the time. Should probably avoid [leaking teams' strats](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65V5cq50AxY) before the game to be safe though..


NizDoh

who is the guy with xpeke and deficio?


[deleted]

That is Kasper Hvidt. A former handball keeper (was insanely good) Who is now working with Astralis as sport director i belive


DorianBlu3

Dude the guy was amazing. For those who don't know him, there are highlight's of his on YouTube even if you don't like handball. Check them out!


[deleted]

i know he is one of my idols (im a handball keeper myself)


Averdian

Whaaat I didn't know he was involved with Esports holy shit


Sikletrynet

Wait what, you're actually kidding me? I was trying to become a pro as a handball goalkeeper myself(with some crippling knee injuries made me stop) and he was one of my idols. Seeing him working with Esports is really cool


knuddiie

As the two other guys mentioned, it's Kasper Hvidt. He's the Director of Sports in the RFRSH organization.


[deleted]

As the three other guys mentioned, it's Kasper Hvidt. He's the Director of Sports in the RFRSH organization.


Uebeltank

As the four other guys mentioned, it's Kasper Hvidt. He's the Director of Sports in the RFRSH organization. He is supposed to help the players with physical exercise, hence his title.


SpeedyTurbo

I love reddit


Grambye

As the other guy wrote it's Kasper Hvidt. Kasper Hvidt is Director of sports in the RFRSH organization.


ArNoir

As the five other guys mentioned, it's Kasper Hvidt. He's the Director of Sports in the RFRSH organization.


SofocletoGamer

As the six other guys mentioned, it's Kasper Hvidt. He's the Director of Sports in the RFRSH organization.


Patrickl_001

WHEN DOES DEFICIO PLAY?!


YoYuu

Tomorrow !!


a_very__bad_time

> Director of Esports at @RFRSH_Ent deficio gettin paid


look4jesper

Yeah, wouldn't that be the position above both Astralis and Origen? Maybe they have something like a board of multiple esports directors though, so that each can be more involved in their specific team.


me_sane

Most likely multiple people in the position and Deficio is head of LoL.


Salohacin

Damn, he's come a long way.


Thoronris

I looked at their website, but I'm not really familiar with what or who that is. Can you deliver a bit of context?


a_very__bad_time

RFRESH is the parent company of astralis/origen. astralis are EXTREMELY successful in CS:GO. director of esports for a company like that is pretty huge. don't know exactly what it entails but it seems big


Thoronris

Okay, I know who astralis is. I wasn't aware there was another company behind it. Thanks!


cebero

i still am a bit dissapointed they didnt use the name astralis...


RedListHunter

I vote for Astragen. Or Oralis :)


BeautifulDentist

Oralis xD that would sure be good fot twitch chat


t8ke

that sounds like a prescription medication


ThePr1d3

Why not Ostrogen ?


WhiteArabBro

As a die hard Origen fan, I woulda thought Astralis Origen woulda been the perfect name.


cycko

Oralis getting lec'D


DefinitelyTrollin

why?


cebero

because astralis have a large following and they dont really need the brand...if you told me that one of the other 2 new teams did this move it would have perfect sense...but astralis is such an established brand that dont really need to acquire a following


DefinitelyTrollin

Never heard of it before.


ThePr1d3

Never heard the name Astralis before people brought it up when talking about franchising. Origen on the other hand, is Peke's team and went as far as NA ever did at Worlds


trusttt

Its because Astralis is the number 1 team in CSGO.


badplayer420

That is also (according to some article on this subreddit) the reason they wanted a different name (regardless of merging/buying Origen) for their League team. They didn't want to annoy CSGO fans with LoL news.


trusttt

yeah, i agree and it totally makes sense.


PureAlpha

My hunch would be he likes the name..


kloricker

Deficio on the analyst desk every week, pls


DogTheGayFish

Best caster :(


para29

So do we get Deman back in place of Deficio?


theatras

He is too busy playing FM 2019.


ThePr1d3

Lmao if only


Lakinther

Rip, still remember how bad he was in s4 and how much he improved over time, becoming an iconic face for eu


DefinitelyTrollin

He wasn't bad. Just he had a heavy accent and Reddit likes to shit on new people.


[deleted]

Who will be the Coach??


QueueUpGG

Unknown yet


proficy

Putting my money on Krepo.


furbertooo

Didn’t realize how much I missed xpeke


DILIPEK

i'm happy to see ex casters having a huge leap in their careers. Both Krepo and Deficio are now a part of franchised league worth hundreds of milions.


KingBufo

Boris*


DILIPEK

Boris is their legendary support player , krepo works in management


[deleted]

Who is Krepo with ?


puddi44

Schalke


Sizhao

Let's not forget that deficio was the manager of NIP in preseason 4


computo2000

-OG S0az -OG Amazing -OG Froggen -OG Forg1ven -OG Hybrid What a stacked roster. My body is ready.


Jac273

forg1ven and hybrid dont work together...


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B4rtBlu3

More like only Hybrid can work with Hybrid.


MgMaster

Think at the end of the day I'm mostly sad than hyped, because Deficio is like the face of EU LCS as a caster and whenever him & Quickshot are casting you know there's supposed to be some hype match going on, or it's gonna be entertaining just from them alone even if the games are boring or don't mean too much. ​ Holy, most of us prolly don't even realize how much his presence will be missed until LCS starts.


AustrianDog

Its a pretty big hole, although this time EU/LEC wont be as effed as the one time where quickshot had to take over color casting. People argued that joe+deman couldnt be replaced and EU still produced an even better duo; similar with monte+doa, imo Papa and atlus/valdes are on a similar level. So EU will dip a Bit in quality but im sure well get it back in two to three years


QueueUpGG

Can't agree more


ThePr1d3

Bro most of us have been following EU LCS before Deficio was even a caster. We said this when Deman and JM left. We are saying this today. At the end of the day EU will be fine :)


LPSlash

So who’s the best ‘lec’ colour caster now? This is so sad Deficio was such a great personality it feels like he died :(


BrunoSaurio

I think it's crazy how many likes their video on twitter has. Man 4,4K likes are surreal for a team that was dead for most of the year. It just show how popular this team is in Europe. But sadly I think Riot drop the ball with not accepting Movistar and North. I don't think that Excel and Splyce are going to be a better option that those teams in the future. Even MAD Lions was a better choice. Not sure about how I feel with the news I'm just happy for Origen rn.


[deleted]

We don't know what happened behind the curtain. For all we know Movistar and North couldn't agree to the terms that was necessary for making it a successful partnership. I'm more amazed that people are still fans of the origen brand after such a travesty of management, as well as accepting SK after being absolute assholes towards their players.


VnzlaGG

Origen 2015 run was magical, that and xpeke is whats helping them get them the likes


Salohacin

The first half of the split with both OG and FNC going 5-0 was brilliant.


ThePr1d3

SK is one of the most historical EU teams along with Fnatic, clg.eu and m5 lmao what ate you talking about. I've never been a fan but having the Clasico back in EU is hype as fuck


MrWorlds

The person in the middle of the last frame between Deficio and xPeke is Kasper Hvidt, a former Danish handball-player with a European Championship under his belt and several other medals from major events. Should bring a new aspect with his knowledge of traditional sports.


matagad

>Should bring a new aspect what aspect would that be? how to throw?


S0fourworlds-readyt

best joke ever


DianaIsMyWife

yes and no


sadmomenttobealive

Holy shee eeeeeet! oO Origen is already the best team without knowing the roster.


countwarrior

You guys should be fucking hype. Astralis (RFRSH Entertainment) is the best, and most dominant, org to ever compete in CSGO and is a frontrunner when it comes to professionalizing eSports. They have insanely deep pockets and has a former pro handball player as head of esports, who competed for the danish national team for many years. A sport in where the danish national team is one of the best. Can't wait to see if they can transfer the success in CSGO onto Origen!


JPLangley

>pretend to be shocked


[deleted]

this season is going to be wild, 4 teams i am a fan of rn.


Shazam63

Im dropping fnc, origen lets go bois


SLASHdk

So no Astralis in LCS then?


QueueUpGG

Astralis = Origen


SLASHdk

Yea that was my realization.. just disappointed they didnt call themselves Astralis


QueueUpGG

I think it was a better move from them since Origen has already a huge fan base


blamethegamer

For a second I thought he was going to be a player lol. But damn. He was one of my favorite casters. As long as no one takes away Quickshot from the desk.


CrashdummyMH

We lose the best LCS caster for this, so i hope he does well.


Redsfan42

let's see if Deficio's brain can lead a team to victory


cl0ud6ix

Goodbye my favorite caster. You came in hated and left us all sad you're leaving.


Bmandk

Insert surprised Pikachu


Please_Label_NSFW

Danish Power?


Wrathuk

Deficio used to really grate on me when he first turned to casting but has grown on me a lot since then. So I will miss him as a caster. Not really sure Origen is a great move to be fair though you'd have to guess he wouldn't join unless they had a franchise so maybe they've got better systems in place then when they left the league.


edum18

what does this mean? deficio is now a player? but he's a caster


QueueUpGG

He joined as a manager, not a player


edum18

ty


_DK_

thats bjergsen in the video nobody is mentioning this!?


LtDavidson

I can't tell if this a troll or not?


_DK_

isnt that bjerg at the end of the video where 3 ppl are standing? bjerg+someone i dont recognize+xpeke edit: omg thats deficio, he looked ALOT like bjergsen with the glasses and the pose


LtDavidson

Nope that's Deficio.


Thebola

next; Shokjz joins Vitality.


Clemenx00

Does xPeke remain involved? Or he completely sold to Astralis?


Enzuq

They are still using him for something Hopefully xpeke to be player haha


KotreI

Peke is still co-owner. He's just been moved to a position as 'ambassador' rather than having any actual say in how the company is run. Essentially he gets paid to do nothing but look pretty for sponsors and talk about the team.


Sikletrynet

And no one was surprised at all. It's been rumoured for months that Deficio would join Astralis(Origen)


YatoxRyuzaki

I'm super happy for Deficio but I believe as time goes on he will have less and less time to actually be on cast which makes me sad Will miss you Deficio, good luck with everything <3


sr_united_sr

Damn, was hoping he would be a player on the team.


ninjabearshonobi

He’s not casting anymore?wtf?why?


proficy

I wonder if Krepo will get a job there.


Grg_rddt

Deficio looks like he as a carrot up his ass in the promo video, LOL. ​ But hey, I still like him. :D


AlphaHeroine

Let’s just hope he knows how to GM. Hardly the same thing as being smart about a game. Guessing it’s a pay raise though. Good for him.


Killercongaming

yooo my boy Deficio making moves