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The official Twitter account of one of the oldest and most famed multigaming esports organizations, headquartered in Dallas, United States and known as Complexity Gaming, has recently released an official statement regarding its yet another roster change, which came in right in ten days after the previous one already happened:
Thank you @poizonCSGO for being a part of our journey.
We appreciate all you have done for us and wish you the best on your future endeavors.#WeAreCOL pic.twitter.com/cf7c1XAk75
— Complexity Gaming (@Complexity) October 17, 2021
In short, we previously reported some of the details on the complicated situation regarding the recent Complexity Gaming’s CS: GO roster changes, when Complexity team signed one of the best players in the world — Marcelo “coldzera” David, who was filling the shoes of Kristian “k0nfig” Wienecke on the team’s lineup.
k0nfig’s injury
The somewhat emergency substitution in the originally North American CS team needed to be made because of the k0nfig’s injury and his further inability to effectively scrim with the team and play official CS: GO matches.
The main reason for the swap was that Wienecke managed to seriously hurt his arm. The 24-year-old Danish professional player competing on the CS: GO scene broke his wrist during the trip in August 2021.
k0nfig became inactive in Summer due to his injury, and then, we already wrote about how one of the best Danish CS: GO players officially left the roster of the American multigaming esports organization in October 2021.
There were also rumors that he was afterwards immediately signed by one of the best Danish CS:GO teams — the legendary Astralis.
The addition of poizon
k0nfig was one of the two players who joined Complexity in November 2019, along with the other Bulgarian CS: GO player — Valentin “poizon” Vasilev.
Before he was picked up by NA’s Complexity Gaming, the 22-year-old talented AWP player used to compete for the Windigo Gaming esports organization, originating from Ukraine, since October 2018.
Vasilev has been active on the professional CS: GO scene since 2015. He started competing for Bulgarian CS: GO team titled BPro Gaming in February 2017.
Despite his young age and the lack of serious competitive experience, poizon managed to already win more than $300,000 of total prize money during his esports career.
One of the Bulgarian AWPer’s biggest professional achievements was placing first at the WESG series event in March 2019, during his time with the Windigo Gaming team.
poizon’s World Electronic Sports Games 2018 $900,000 tournament win with the Ukrainian esports organization
poizon’s Windigo Gaming squad managed to win the World Electronic Sports Games 2018 offline esports event, which was held in Chongqing, China at the two different locations — the Athestel Hotel Chongqing venue, and also the Chongqing Olympic Sports Center.
One of the big CS: GO tournaments, the Chinese event included 27 teams who were fighting for the total $900,000 prize pool. The Bulgarian CS: GO squad started strong and placed first in their respective group E of the event.
In the playoffs of the Chinese championship, the Ukrainian team was better than the Furious Gaming squad, one of the best CS: GO teams coming from Argentina, who won first place at the New World’s WESG 2018 South America — Open Qualifier event.
In the quarterfinals of the WESG event held in China, poizon’s squad managed to beat with the 2:1 score the invited MIBR roster of the Brazilian champions. One of the best and star Brazil’s CS: GO squads then featured big names such as Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo and Marcelo “coldzera” David.
The Windigo Gaming vs G2 Esports matchup in the semifinals of the World Electronic Sports Games 2018 finished 2:0 in favor of the rampaging Bulgarian boys, with the first Cache map interestingly ending 19:17 only during the overtime.
In the finals Windigo team faced one of the top Polish CS: GO teams known as AGO Esports, who on their way to the semis managed to beat other teams on the event, such as Sweden‘s strong Fnatic with well-known top players like Freddy “KRIMZ” Johansson and Jesper “JW” Wecksell. The Bo3 finals of the WESG tournament ended 2:1 in favor of the Windigo team, who grabbed a solid $500,000 prize for their first place finisher.
The move to Complexity Gaming and first place finish at the BLAST Premier: Spring 2020 European Finals
The other big result was achieved already with the Complexity Gaming team, when poizon’s squad finished first at BLAST Premier: Spring 2020 European Finals in June. The BLAST Premier series online event featured eight teams with the total $500,000 prize pool.
During the BLAST Spring 2020 European Finals event, the Complexity Gaming’s CS: GO roster, then featuring strong performers such as Will “RUSH” Wierzba and Kristian “k0nfig” Wienecke, were able to win the entire event in four matches.
It is worth mentioning here that the North American CS: GO team first got their slot for this event after finishing 4th-6th at the previous stage during the BLAST Premier: Spring 2020 Regular Season.
First, Complexity were stronger than EU CS: GO team named OG originating from Denmark, with France‘s Nathan “NBK-” Schmitt, who played for EU giants G2 Esports and Team Vitality, and also Aleksi “Aleksib” Virolainen previously from Finland‘s best CS: GO team — ENCE.
The Complexity Gaming vs OG back and forth match finished 2:1 in favor of the COL team.
Moving forward through the BLAST Spring tournament’s upper bracket, the North American organization were set to play against Na’Vi. The Complexity Gaming vs Natus Vincere Bo3 finished 2:1 with the COL squad comfortably picking up two of the final maps in the match.
In the upper bracket finals, the Complexity roster faced US’ FaZe Clan, featuring the elite fraggers with names like Havard “rain” Nygaard and also Nikola “NiKo” Kovac. The Complexity Gaming vs FaZe Clan games finished with the 2:0 on the scoreboard, and the second Dust2 map ending in favor of poizon’s team with the tight 16:14 score.
Team Vitality from France were the final opponents already waiting for the COL squad in the grand finals of the BLAST Premier: Spring 2020 European Finals championship.
The Complexity Gaming vs Team Vitality match started with the 2:16 loss for the American multigaming esports organization on the first map — Vertigo. The COL team then managed to pick two of the subsequent maps for themselves and win the entire CS: GO championship.
The second map, which was Mirage, finished 19:16 during the overtime, and the American team tied the series 1:1. The third and final map was Nuke, where COL managed to end the game in their favor — 16:12.
At the end of the day, by defeating Team Vitality in the finals of the BLAST Spring Europe 2020 event, the Complexity Gaming’s roster managed to pick up $335,000 of prize money for their win, and the poizon’s team were also seeded to one of the 2021 year’s first big CS: GO championships — the $1,000,000 BLAST Premier: Global Final 2020 tournament.
poizon’s kick and Complexity Gaming’s current state
One of the many possible reasons for poizon leaving Complexity roster and becoming free agent is that the North American esports organization, due to the lack of the needed RMR points, were not able to attend the 2021 year’s main CS: GO championship and the first Valve’s Major since Berlin’s StarLadder 2019 championship — the PGL Major Stockholm 2021, which will be held from October 26 till November 7 in Sweden.
The COL team recently were able to finish only 17-20 place at the IEM Fall Europe 2021 event, where in their group they won against United Kingdom’s team Endpoint, but lost against the likes of other teams such as Sinners Esports coming from Czech Republic, team Movistar Riders from Spain, also Astralis and Heroic.
Moreover, at the recently completed BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2021 championship, poizon’s Complexity Gaming team first managed to overcome the MIBR squad, as the Complexity Gaming vs MIBR match score was 2:1, but then COL were smashed by the OG squad, and the first Mirage map finishing with the quick 0-16 score.
As a replacement for poizon, Complexity Gaming recently brought in one of the best Finnish talents — Aleksi “allu” Jalli, who took the role of a temporary stand-in for the NA team during their last matches, which happened at the Intel Extreme Masters Season XVI — Winter: European closed qualifications.
There were many questions that had to be raised, for example, is allu’s current shape even good enough to help solve all of Complexity’s team issues?
Well, it seems that at least not right now, as with the famed 29-year-old sniper from Finland on board, who played for teams such as OpTic Gaming, ENCE, and FaZe Clan, and also previously was part of Ninjas in Pyjamas, the COL team quickly dropped out of the latest IEM tournament by losing both of their starting games against the Fnatic and ENCE teams.
The Complexity Gaming vs Fnatic match and also the Complexity Gaming vs ENCE in the lower bracket of the qualification tournament for the main IEM Winter 2021 event both finished with the 0:2 losses for the NA squad.
Representing the Complexity Gaming’s CS: GO roster for the Intel Extreme Masters Season XVI — Winter: European closed qualifications were the following players:
- Luis “peacemaker” Tadeu (Coach)
- Benjamin “blameF” Bremer
- Justin “jks” Savage
- Patrick “es3tag” Hansen
- Marcelo “coldzera” David
- Aleksi “allu” Jalli (Stand-in)