Two Danes, a Finn, an Estonian and a Czech will soon be announced by an organization.
Sources close to the team has confirmed that MSL, oskar, suNny, supra and Nodios with coach lmbt has signed a contract with an org and is to be announced in the coming weeks. Nodios has hinted at it.
Mathias ‘MSL’ Lauridsen has a storied career but has been missed on the scene since his departure from North in late-November 2020, which has led the Dane without representing an organization since then. The Dane has competed on different mix teams, without success, but is now back with an org backing him and his team. One of the outstanding accomplishments MSL reached, was the victory at Dreamhack Masters Stockholm 2018, where he took the primary AWP role, won the MVP for the whole event, and winning against prime era Astralis.
Joining MSL is Miikka ‘suNny’ Kemppi, who latest competed for the then all-finish ENCE line-up until late December in 2020. A big accomplishment for sunNy was at ESL One: New York 2018, where his Mousesports team ended up victorious and suNny claiming an EVP.
One of suNny’s former teammates at the previously mentioned Mousesports team who also will join this team is Tomáš “oskar” Šťastný. oskar recently represented SINNERS until mid-January, where he was let go, but shortly after joined the mix team called GORILLAZ, where suNny and later MSL also became a part of. oskar is a well-known talent and has proven his skill several times at the highest level. At ESL One: New York 2018, oskar also received an EVP for his performance at their victory at the event.
Joining the three veterans is a young Estonian player; Anton ‘supra’ Tšernobai, who was a part of the former Gambit Youngsters lineup, and latest competed for Nordavind until October 2021. Supra mainly achieved his results during the online-era, where Gambit Youngsters were hard to stop in the online environment, seeing him winning several B-tier tournaments.
The final player is Magnus ‘Nodios’ Brok Olsen, who on several occasions represented Copenhagen Flames, and was a part of the failed AGF Esports experiment. But in AGF, Nodios still showed his talent and was a positive recognizable player in a sinking ship. He has been inactive since closure of the AGF project back in April 2022. Nodios has been a proven player on the Danish scene and is well recognized for his talent, where expectations for him will be high.
The final piece is the coach Sergey ‘lmbt’ Bezhanov, who was the coach for the storied run Mousesports had at ESL One: New York 2018. Furthermore, he has coached teams such as Hellraisers, AVANGAR and forZe.
The ESL One: New York 2018 final saw Russel ‘Twistzz’ Van Dulken show his supreme talent for the world, trying singlehandedly bringing a struggling Team Liquid across the finish line, but was met with a wall that was Mousesports.
Experience is the one word that can describe this veteraned team filled with players who has something to prove. They will have an exciting journey ahead of them. Can they become what they were? Can they live up to the expectations, especially their own? Can the veterans in this line-up prove once-more that age might not be a factor when competing at the highest level and prove that they belong to the finest class of talent we have in Europe. Do they still posses this talent? Only time will tell.
According to the sources, the team will consist of:
Mathias ‘MSL’ Lauridsen
Tomáš “oskar” Šťastný
Miikka ‘suNny’ Kemppi
Anton ‘supra’ Tšernobai
Magnus ‘Nodios’ Brok Olsen
Sergey ‘lmbt’ Bezhanov (Coach)
The team did not reply when asked for a comment
