Back in early February, BIG´s star AWPer sidelined himself due to personal reasons. Since then, the Young Academy AWPer Marcel 'hyped' Köhn has been the main AWPer for the German first team. But how well has the young gun actually played during his first month as a BIG player, and did BIG play better with or without him?

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Hayped played his first top-tier tournament as a BIG player when the Germans participated in the ESL Pro League S17. Starting the event of great was hyped as BIG managed to take down Complexity in a 2-1 thriller. The young AWPer was the man who led his team to victory producing an impressive stat line 65-53 K/D / +12 +/- / 83.9 ADR / 1.25 Rating. 

Despite BIG falling short in their following game against Heroic, cadiaN is convinced that BIG should not be worried about losing their highest-rated player Florian “syrsoN” Rische. In a post-match interview, Casper "cadiaN" Møller and Rasmus "sjuush" Beck sat down and talked with the ESL panel about the recent roster change on BIG.

- Let me say something controversial here. BIG will be better with hyped than with syrsoN. I don’t want to judge anyone, I’m just giving my perception. When you have a player syrsoN that gets three kills or his teammate gets three kills and he’s still just sitting with no emotions giving no energy and no hype. I don’t see him talking ever - like in these BLAST videos where they are recording, I never see him talk.

A great motivational speech from candiaN towards the BIG players and all of their fans weren't enough for them to make it through the ESL Pro League S17. In yesterday's elimination match against Movistar Riders, BIG couldn't keep up with the Spanish team who secured themselves a spot in the playoffs over the Germans. Despite Hyped didn't manage to produce the same stunning numbers as syrsoN normally does, there is still hope for BIG with their new academy player on the roster. 

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After the disappointing loss over Movistar Riders, Krimbo took his time to talk with the ESL panel about hyped stepping in as the new main AWPer. 

- I think our team chemistry is on point, and no one is having any trouble with each other. 

Watch the entire segment with Krimbo here:

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The next time we get to see BIG in action is in the ELISA Invitational Winter 2023 when the Germans take upon the winner of 9INE/Monte. 

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The Germans from BIG should not be worried about losing their highest-rated player Florian “syrsoN” Rische according to Casper “cadiaN” Møller. In fact, the Heroic captain is sure that BIG are better suited with the younger Marcel “hyped” Köhn than with the star AWPer.

In a post-match segment after Heroic’ 2-1 victory over BIG yesterday, cadiaN and Rasmus “sjuush” Beck sat down with ESL for a chat about Counter-Strike, where he also touched on the recent roster change on BIG.

- Let me say something controversial here. BIG will be better [with hyped] than with syrsoN. I don’t want to judge anyone… I’m just giving my perception, cadiaN said and elaborated:

- When you have a player [syrsoN] that gets three kills or his teammate gets three kills and he’s still just sitting with no emotions giving no energy and no hype. I don’t see him talking ever - like in these BLAST videos where they are recording, I never see him talk.

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The Danish veteran then explained what he sees as key ingredients in a teammate and how he believes a CS:GO team should function.

- For me at least and how we play Counter-Strike, is five people who constantly have to communicate and hype each other up, and when you’re dead you have to supervise the other guys. So a young guy who’s hungry, who wants to work and be more of a part of the BIG philosophy, I believe in that. 

You can watch the entire segment down below.

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BIG has announced on their Twitter that Marcel "hyped" Köhn will be promoted from the academy roster to the main team. Back in early February, 26-year-old Florian "syrsoN" Rische decided to beach himself with immediate effect after some disappointing results from the German roster. 

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BIG´s new AWPer hyped, has already played with the active lineup of the BIG first team. The 21-year-old stepped in as a stand-in for the German side when they attended the European closed qualifier for IEM Brazil 2023. Going through the lower bracket hyped stood tall against their opponents and secured BIG their qualifier spot. The young AWPer averaged a 1.25 rating across the 12 maps that the German team played throughout the qualifier. 

BIG play their next tournament 1st of Match 2023 when they take upon the North American team Complexity at the ESL Pro League Season 17. 

It will be BIG Academy, which will be tasked with the mission to dethrone MOUZ NXT at WePlay Academy League Season 3.

After two closely fought maps on Nuke and Inferno, it was BIG Academy who proved to be the best team against Astralis Talent. Marcel 'hyped' Köhn from BIG Academy had a feast on Inferno with multiple opening kills and a solid 30 bomb to seal the deal for BIG in the match.

BIG will play the Grand Final later tonight against MOUZ NXT, where the two teams fight for the $45,000 in first prize.

Astralis Talent is out on third place, which is their best finish in the three seasons of WePlay Academy League.

BIG Academy – Astralis Talent (2-0) | WePlay Academy League Season 3

16-13 (Nuke) | {cflag:DE} Krimbo – 1.28 Rating / 20-18 K-D / 95.2 ADR

hyped – 1.86 Rating / 34-14 K-D / 111.6 ADR

MVP: {cflag:DE} Marcel 'hyped' Köhn - 1.50 Rating / 58-33 K-D / 90.3 ADR

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