Guild Esports has introduced its latest entry into Counter-Strike esports with the revealing of its new roster, the members of Unhealthy Information Eagles.
Genc ‘gxx-’ Kolgeci, Flatron ‘juanflatroo’ Halimi, Sener ‘SENER1’ Mahuti, Dionis ‘sinnopsyy’ Budeci, and Rigon ‘rigoN’ Gashi shocked everybody after they grew to become the first-ever crew from the Albanian-Kosovar area to achieve a Main qualifier (RMR) again in 2022, after they certified for the PGL Antwerp Main. They’ve since competed at, and certified for the Legends stage in, three Counter-Strike Majors in Antwerp, Rio, and Paris – incomes prize winnings price $96,000 in 2023 alone.
What’s going to now be often known as the Guild Eagles crew will likely be joined by a backroom workers of a few of the most well-respected figures within the Counter-Strike neighborhood: head coach Jonatan ‘Devilwalk’ Lundberg (the one multi-Main winner as each a coach and a participant), assistant coach Kevin ‘Krystal’ Amend, analyst Kieran ‘KayJay’ Playfair, and with James ‘BanKs’ Banks (the crew’s supervisor) becoming a member of Guild as a advisor to help the org.
From humble origins in Kosovan internet cafes to Paris’ Corridor de la Pinède, this roster has skilled an unbelievable trajectory over the previous three years since their aggressive debut in 2020. They’ve gained a cult following in each their dwelling area and the broader world with a mixed Twitter, Twitch, and Instagram followings of over 112,000, 297,000, and 137,000 respectively, and their path to success and worldwide renown has change into a success story of contemporary Counter-Strike.
With the backing of holistic teaching companion Floor+Air, Guild Esports will help this ascension even additional, as Counter-Strike esports takes a step into the longer term with the launch of Counter-Strike 2 (CS2).
With the discharge of CS2, we realised that there was no higher time for us to improve our presence in Counter-Strike. The trajectory of the Unhealthy Information Eagles roster has been inspirational, and embodies the perspective that we worth right here at Guild Esports – we are able to’t wait to help them on their journey in CS2 with the assistance of Floor+Air.
Jasmine Skee, CEO of Guild Esports
Floor+Air is a efficiency and wellbeing consultancy that will likely be delivering a specialist teaching and training programme to Guild Esports’ CS2 roster, designing a tailor-made state-of-the-art ‘Elite Efficiency Programme’. Floor+Air has expertise inside and outdoors esports having constructed and delivered Oracle Pink Bull Racing’s Efficiency Accelerator Programme for F1 Esports. Floor+Air brings years of expertise and finest practices in constructing programmes from different sectors; together with elite skilled soccer, motor racing, leisure, banking, and expertise to construct a programme designed to enhance in-game efficiency with out-of-game wellbeing.
We’re extremely excited to symbolize Guild in CS2. All through our conversations with Guild it’s been abundantly clear that they share our imaginative and prescient, and actually wish to assist this roster succeed on the highest stage of aggressive Counter-Strike. We’ve had gives from a number of organisations throughout our time as an unsigned crew, however in the end we discovered that Guild have been probably the most intently aligned with what we wish to obtain in CS2, and have been in a position to present us the best stage of holistic help to assist us compete at our peak potential. With what we have now already seen from assembly the workers and seeing the services, we have now little doubt that is the place we belong to achieve the subsequent stage in competitors
Jonatan “Devilwalk” Lundberg, Head Coach for Guild Eagles
Guild Esports intends to deploy this programme to each established and developmental groups below the Guild Esports banner. The programme will include a mix of one-to-one teaching and crew improvement workshops, delivered by efficiency consultants from throughout the worlds of training, elite sports activities, enterprise, and esports.
