Clearly, talks between the two parties have been going on for some time, as the announcement came shortly after GamerLegion, Snax’s previous team, announced that they had parted ways with their in-game leader, making way for the move to G2.

HE'S SAVING G2 CS

WELCOME @cios_snax pic.twitter.com/1UKQnLK9ra

— G2 CS (@G2CSGO) July 3, 2024

Snax is well-known in the Counter-Strike scene due to his very successful time with Virtus.pro, who won 10 titles as an organisation between 2014 and 2016, including a Major, EMS ONE Katowice 2014.

Interestingly, Snax will now reconnect with his ex-Virtus.pro teammate, Wiktor “TaZ” Wojtas, who is the coach of G2, which should make the transition much easier for the new IGL.

After leaving Virtus.pro, Snax joined MOUZ and continued his winning ways by leading them to the ESL One New York 2018 title, which would turn out to be the last trophy that he lifted at the top level.

In 2023, Snax signed with GamerLegion, returning to a top-tier team for the first time since 2019, and he was tasked with leading their young core of players into several tournaments, with the best result being their third-fourth-place finish at the CCT Global Finals 2024 in May.

Now that Snax has signed with G2 Esports, he will complete their CS2 roster, joining Nikola “NiKo’ Kovac, Ilya “M0NESY” Osipov, Nemanja “?huNter-?” Kova, and new addition Mario “?malbsMd?” Samayoa.

G2’s new additions will debut at the Esports World Cup Counter-Strike 2 tournament, and plenty of spectators will watch closely to see how this powerhouse kicks off a new era under the leadership of Snax.

The Esports World Cup CS2 tournament will begin on July 17 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where the world number six is marked an +700 chance with esports betting sites to claim the title and take home the US$400,000 winners cheque.

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On Tuesday, the team’s official Twitter handle shared the names of the players that have been signed to the team. The Romanian player Alexandru “sound” ?tefan, the 21-year-old Danish in-game leader Mikkel “Maze” Sparvath, the 20-year-old Polish AWPer Sebastian “fr3nd” Ku?mierz and the 22-year-old Romanian rifler Raul “Blytz” Gligor.

“Gordon Ramsay would be jealous Introducing the best cooks who ever touched Counter Strike: @cios_snax @MazeCSGO @s0undcs @fr3ndovsk @BlytzCS Coach: @bogdan_rakieta #LetUsCook,” the team tweeted.

This initiative was born out of Snax’s unwillingness to keep looking for a franchise to take him off the free agency market. However, by creating a team, that search is not completely over, as he is currently looking for an organization to sign the team.

Snax is a 29-year-old in-game leader and rifler who has always strived hard to make success in the CS:GO scene. He announced his career as early as 2013, although he had been playing Counter-Strike since 2010. The Polish player has represented countless esports outfits, which include GF-Gaming, AGAiN, mousesports, Illuminar Gaming, Universal Soldiers, Anonymo Esports, Virtus.pro, and more recently, MONKEsports, which he joined in January 2022 and left in March. Hence, the rifler has been off the competitive scene for a while, which has given him ample time to pull off an entire roster build up.

In his long career, he has won a long list of tournaments and awards, which he hopes to replicate with Let Us Cook. While with Virtus.pro, he won the 2014 ESL Major Series One ESL Major Series One Katowice, the 2015 ESEA Season 18: Global Invite Division, the 2015 ESL ESEA Pro League Invitational, the 2016 StarLadder i-League Invitational #1, the 2016 ELEAGUE Season 1, the 2016 DreamHack Open DreamHack Open Bucharest, and the 2017 DreamHack Masters Las Vegas.

The Polish prodigy has been named by HLTV as the 2017 MVP of DreamHack Masters Las Vegas, MVP of ELEAGUE Season 1, MVP of StarLadder i-League Invitational #1, MVP of ESL ESEA Pro League Invitational, and MVP of ESEA Season 18: Global Invite Division. He has also been ranked the 4th best player of 2014 and 2015 by HLTV. Hopefully, alongside the players signed with Snax, they will be able to bag back-to-back awards in the CS:GO tournaments ahead.

There is also the potential for this team to last through several seasons; although no stipulated time was announced for the team’s elasticity, it is likely because they are leaving that to be decided by any organization that might acquire the team in the future. Snax, however, is one of the players in history who has spent the longest time with a team. He spent 4 years, 5 months, and a day with Virtus.pro, which shows that he is a committed player.

The team will be making their debut on January 26 at the CCT North Europe Series 3, an online tournament. The CS:GO team will face off against French esports team GenOne, with odds placed at $2.14 and the latter at $1.53 with the top online Esport betting sites.
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