Bwills joins Triumph as moose announces retirement

23/11/2020 - 23:30

The IEM Beijing-Haidian runners-up were forced to make a move after losing the Canadian to VALORANT.

Kaleb "?moose?" Jayne has taken a step back from Counter-Strike in order to pursue a career in VALORANT, the North American organisation has revealed. The former eUnited and Envy player has been replaced by Brendan "?Bwills?" Williams, a standout performer for New England Whalers during his brief tenure with the team.

The announcement comes just one day after Triumph finished in second place in IEM Beijing-Haidian, in which they pulled off a major upset by beating Liquid in the semi-finals. According to Triumph, moose notified the organisation prior to the tournament of his wish to leave the team due to a "loss of passion for CS".

moose makes the switch to VALORANT

Bwills spent only two months with New England Whalers, who announced on Sunday that their players had been allowed to explore free agency due to the financial impact of the pandemic on the organisation's parent company, Greenhouse Agency. He averaged a 1.14 rating in all competitions for the team, who were one victory away from qualifying for ESL Pro League Season 13.

"We’re excited to have Bwills join the team," Shawn Bischoff, Triumph's General Manager, said in a statement. "It’s always a pleasure to bring on hungry new talent like Brendan and we believe that he will be an important piece in our team’s future. We are thankful for Moose’s time with our team. His experience and consistency have led us to many victories. We wish him the best of luck in his move to compete in VALORANT."

Triumph's first test with Bwills will be in DreamHack Masters Winter, which will run from November 30 through to December 6, with the team facing Rebirth in their opening match.

With these changes, Triumph will field the following roster:

Alan "?Shakezullah?" Hardeman
Ryan "?ryann?" Welsh
Paytyn "?junior?" Johnson
Erik "?penny?" Penny
Brendan "?Bwills?" Williams

Marcos "?tacitus?" Castilho (coach)

Shocking

2020-11-23 23:32

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Indeed good player.

2020-11-23 23:35

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if only the person who photoshopped Bwills hltv picture had a brain

2020-11-23 23:40

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Bruce Willis is a beast

2020-11-25 08:45

2020-11-23 23:52

why

2020-11-24 01:35

Because Chupete Suazo just scored his 100 goal sooo Chupete better than Bwills

2020-11-24 12:16

chupete my religion ????

2020-11-24 17:52

2020-11-23 23:33

who could've expected that wtf bro

say it with me valorant is shitty

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Flag doesn't check out

2020-11-23 23:38

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why would it not? valorant is destroying na cs

2020-11-23 23:47

If you actually take a look at the stats, valorant is going down in numbers and been like since the launch. No gross in popularity even with the pros moving to it. While cs has been blowing up in numbers. No clue where this thing comes from where people say CS is dying is valorant is growing. Valorant is not growing. It's going downhill and I fucking love it. The game is horrible.

2020-11-24 10:34

Then na cs is not stable, and it's easy to destroy it

2020-11-24 10:35

That's been a well known fact for years... NA CS is not stable and 2018 and 2019 are some of the best years we could have had for the scene its just going back a little but it's not nearly the worst it has ever been..

2020-11-24 21:53

No its not lol. Look which players move to valorant, the bad ones who cant achieve anything and failed at csgo.

2020-11-24 11:31

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but nitro

2020-11-24 11:47

Look which players move to valorant, the bad ones who cant achieve anything and failed at csgo.

2020-11-25 08:43

2020-11-25 13:53

valorant is shitty

2020-11-23 23:49

2020-11-23 23:54

Shit how its affecting cs but ngl is fun to play.

2020-11-24 00:03

I go between the 2...but I find it funny how amazing I feel on the awp, and how badly I have ruined my spray patterns in CS after a few games of Val. Just a personal experience.

2020-11-24 01:29

Val??rant

2020-11-24 00:07

Valorant is shitty but cs needs competition so its good.

2020-11-24 12:52

va LUL rant suck lol

2020-11-24 14:10

Another NA player to valulrant

NA Scene in free fall

"Loss of passion for the game" no you just want money like the rest of NA scene OMEGALUL

2020-11-23 23:37

hey something's gotta pay the bills

2020-11-23 23:39

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sucks NA scene revolves around $$$ and people can't chase what they love because they need to drop it and do other stuff just to survive. The "American Dream" for sure. Good thing it's not as frowned upon to aim high in EU or cs would be dead.

2020-11-23 23:43

to be fair in the us it’s almost impossible to live on minimum wage which is what a lot of these pros make eu tier 3 pros make around the same amount but they have a stronger safety net iirc oh and there’s only like 4 orgs rn, if ur lucky enough to be signed to one you’d make like 1k a month at most

2020-11-23 23:50

that's what I mean, the support isn't there so not many people are willing to take the chance in csgo. I'm criticizing the system, it was probably a tough thing to decide on for him individually.

some colleges are actually giving scholarships to play competitive cs for them but i don’t think that’s enough

2020-11-23 23:51

From what I’ve followed over the years, moose was always a great performer. Very consistent but never got any good offers for some reason. I imagine not getting any good offers for all the hard work plus the dying NA scene has taken its toll...

2020-11-24 02:40

Yo le noob, Obviously if you cannot be retributed while doing what you envision as a work the passion cools off.

2020-11-24 07:42

poor moose, his career would’ve blown up if it wasn’t for Nifty

And another one bites the dust...

God damnit

must be tough to be you :(

2020-11-23 23:48

NA scene dead. Bad for the game.

2020-11-23 23:41

he only 22 come on bro...

Irrelevant new

2020-11-23 23:42

valorant lul

Bye.

the Valorant scene is just MDL from 2018... shows just how "good" you need to be

2020-11-23 23:46

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Ahhh to be fair CSGO & Val have similar gun mechanics so, the skill set transitions better then other games. BUT, Overwatch, Apex, PUBG, CrossFire and surprisingly Fortnite pros are in some teams. But, talent will naturally form it was just a gold rush scenario, Check these teams out some names might surprise you if you're into other esports. liquipedia.net/valorant/First_Strike/Nor.. liquipedia.net/valorant/First_Strike/Eur..

2020-11-24 00:01

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I thought you were joking but no, Im legitimately surprised by some of the names I see xajdish? ANGE1?

2020-11-24 00:10

ange1 was playing competitive cs for longer than I’ve been alive and he didn’t accomplish shit

2020-11-24 00:21

I watch NA CS so my standards for what an accomplishment is are way lower than yours

i watch na cs too but 18 years...?

2020-11-24 00:23

Yo le noob, So you reach Major playoffs on a daily basis huh?

2020-11-24 07:45

NA teams are mostly the MDL guys, europe is a bit weird tbh. Didnt expect nukkye to switch to valorant

2020-11-24 01:47

Yo le noob, Why are you not dominating the Valorant scene then?

2020-11-24 07:43

Because I don’t wanna play that trash game with stupid abilities ?

2020-11-24 08:18

Retired at 22 omegalul

na scene

2020-11-24 09:13

Bruce Willis

KEKW joining semi tier valulrant team kkk

from 2 disband and 1 crap team to 1 that can be top3 in NA :D Xeppa leaf junior penny / or who was igl in one of these teams vanity / bwills / or who was igl in one of these teams

2020-11-23 23:57

Triumph staying together and if Junior leaves hes probably going to Furia lol

2020-11-24 01:17

in your dreams

2020-11-24 01:37

inyourdream is dota player men,wrong scene

2020-11-24 17:20

Second place in INTEL MASTER and go to retirement in 22 years old and them have coach 20 years old.. wtf ? :D

2020-11-23 23:58

who cars about vaLULrant shitters

2020-11-24 00:00

val LUL rant

Triumph can't catch a break.

well they just beat Liquid a team for years with a player not motivated just helping them after selling their top preformer to Liquid :) what does that say about Liquid ?

2020-11-24 00:26

No AWPER no proper IGL LULquid

2020-11-24 01:18

he is trash in the last 2 years played for eUnited just because of some deagle crazy plays the rest player garbage, overrated af he will not be missed tbh

Braindead American,its too late to move to valulrant! Its already dying!

2020-11-24 00:31

sounds weird hearing bout retirement when it comes to someone who is not really a known person with no achievements....

2020-11-24 00:39

Moose is back in the woods

2020-11-24 00:51

wait 3 months when he comes crawling back to NA CS

2020-11-24 01:10

bye bye

All these garbage tier 5 NA players moving thinking they will be the valorant s1mple LUL

cant blame him tbh, gl

2020-11-24 01:58

Bwills is really good; excited to see him play

2020-11-24 02:18

Whats funny is that all the people who hate on Valorant are simply just too dumb to know how to play it, otherwise they would agree that it is a good game just like csgo. Valorant is extremely fun once you know how to play it and this is coming from a csgo lover of the past 10+ years

2020-11-24 02:36

An arguable point. Everyone is different, I know even if I learnt everything about Valorant I would still dislike it. Not hate, just a lack of accessibility and fixed roles in a game aren't my forte. It's poor to watch, though, I don't think that point can be argued. I hope they can improve viewership experience soon!

2020-11-24 02:45

No. It's actually great to watch, the reason the viewership is so low is because most people are too stupid to know whats going on when they're watching so they don't watch. Also lan tournaments havn't been introduced yet either in Valo.

2020-11-24 12:35

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ah yes, thats why other games with multiple different roles such as dota 2 and LoL have such a low viewership

2020-11-24 13:48

those games are legendary and have been around forever lmao

2020-11-24 13:49

i just find it funny you think everyone who doesn't watch Valorant is automatically stupid lmao. Like it can't be possible to just not like watching the game even if you know everything that's going on. Hate to break it to you but Valorant is not that complex to understand.

2020-11-24 13:54

I just find it funny that you havn't learned it and already admitted that which pretty much puts u in the dumb category like said and therefore can't really have an opinion on the matter

2020-11-24 13:56

I played in the beta, I know the different characters and abilities. I didn't say anything about not knowing it. Wow Jett can zoom around and Raze has bombs. It takes a lot of time to learn totally! Valorant is just not fun to watch for a lot of people and that's it. Is it that hard to understand? I know I'm not the only one lmao. Like I said everyone is different and if you enjoy it good for you. Not everyone has to share the same sentiment as you.

2020-11-24 14:41

Valorant is horrible. Unwatchable and unplayable. Chu smoking?

2020-11-24 10:56

Valorant stays winning

2020-11-24 02:48

vaLULrant

2020-11-24 03:04

Sad

2020-11-24 04:46

mens((((((((

2020-11-24 06:07

who cars about murica

2020-11-24 06:50

I mean Bwills is really good, I think he is on the similiar level to moose, I don't think it's that big of a loss for Triumph. GL to moose in VALORANT.

2020-11-24 07:55

NA scene lmao

2020-11-24 08:00