After months of a number of rumours and stories, Staff Falcons has formally introduced the signing of Ilya ‘m0NESY’ Osipov, a day after G2 Esports CEO confirmed his switch.
He will likely be changing Abdulkhalik ‘degster’ Gasanov, the PGL Bucharest MVP, who was benched by the Saudi Arabian organisation simply hours earlier than m0NESY’s transfer was made public.
“In a recreation of milliseconds, the place each flick could make historical past, velocity isn’t simply a bonus, it’s a weapon. And nobody controls it like him,” the official announcement video acknowledged.
“They name him the Yellow Flash. The sport slows down for him. The remainder are simply attempting to maintain up. The Child Goat, certain, however don’t let the identify idiot you. He’s not right here to develop. He’s right here to dominate.”
m0NESY is about to make his Staff Falcons debut at BLAST Rivals Spring 2025, scheduled to happen at BLAST Studios in Copenhagen ranging from April thirtieth, making PGL Bucharest his last match underneath G2’s banner.
Mentioned m0NESY when requested about becoming a member of Staff Falcons by Jonatan ‘Devilwalk’ Lundberg and James Banks: “Yeah, I had a number of provides from groups and decisions. I can’t say which of them, however I did have them. However after I regarded on the different groups, there was just one crew I wished to hitch i.e. Falcons.
Simply because, , after I regarded on the others, I didn’t actually have that a lot perception. I actually wished to play with NiKo. And yeah, I consider we are able to win a number of tournaments and a number of trophies collectively.”
With m0NESY’s arrival, right here’s the entire Staff Falcons roster:
Emil ‘Magisk’ Reif
Nikola ‘NiKo’ Kovač
Damjan ‘kyxsan’ Stoilkovski
René ‘TeSeS’ Madsen
Ilya ‘m0NESY’ Osipov
Danny ‘zonic’ Sørensen (Coach)
In keeping with Aleksey ‘OverDrive’ Biryukov, the commerce price Staff Falcons between $2m and $2.5m, which is a record-breaking quantity paid for a single participant in CS2 historical past.
m0NESY served G2 Esports for over two years, serving to the German group safe six Counter-Strike trophies throughout his tenure.
