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 stunned everybody once they turned the first-ever workforce from the Albanian-Kosovar area to succeed in a Main qualifier (RMR) again in 2022, once 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 value $96,000 in 2023 alone.
What is going to now be often called the Guild Eagles workforce shall be joined by a backroom workers of among the most well-respected figures within the Counter-Strike group: 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 workforce’s supervisor) becoming a member of Guild as a guide to assist the org.
From humble origins in Kosovan internet cafes to Paris’ Corridor de la Pinède, this roster has skilled an unimaginable trajectory over the previous three years since their aggressive debut in 2020. They’ve gained a cult following in each their house 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 recent Counter-Strike.
With the backing of holistic teaching companion Floor+Air, Guild Esports will assist this ascension even additional, as Counter-Strike esports takes a step into the long run 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 angle that we worth right here at Guild Esports – we are able to’t wait to assist 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 shall 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 out of doors esports having constructed and delivered Oracle Pink Bull Racing’s Efficiency Accelerator Programme for F1 Esports. Floor+Air brings years of expertise and greatest practices in constructing programmes from different sectors; together with elite skilled soccer, motor racing, leisure, banking, and know-how to construct a programme designed to reinforce in-game efficiency with out-of-game wellbeing.
We’re extremely excited to characterize Guild in CS2. All through our conversations with Guild it’s been abundantly clear that they share our imaginative and prescient, and really need to assist this roster succeed on the highest stage of aggressive Counter-Strike. We’ve had affords from a number of organisations throughout our time as an unsigned workforce, however in the end we discovered that Guild have been essentially the most intently aligned with what we need to obtain in CS2, and have been capable of present us the best stage of holistic assist to assist us compete at our peak potential. With what now we have already seen from assembly the workers and seeing the amenities, now we have little question that is the place we belong to succeed in the following stage in competitors
Jonatan “Devilwalk” Lundberg, Head Coach for Guild Eagles
Guild Esports intends to deploy this programme to each established and developmental groups beneath the Guild Esports banner. The programme will include a mix of one-to-one teaching and workforce growth workshops, delivered by efficiency consultants from throughout the worlds of training, elite sports activities, enterprise, and esports.
