After nearly a year without any roster moves, MOUZ announced the benching of Jon "JDC" de Castro last night.

The 23-year-old German had a disastrous Major in Paris with a 0.63 rating, which probably has been tipping the scale in favor of finding a replacement despite JDC's performance at the last event of the season at IEM Dallas, where the support player delivered a 1.12 rating in MOUZ' run to the Grand Final.

Jon "JDC" de Castro commented on the news on his own Twitter.

- I can openly say that after the horrible showing in Paris, I kinda knew that I'm on the verge of getting benched, JDC stated before he gave his thoughts on the future, where he will try and use the way he approached the tournament in Dallas.

- I found out what's the best setup to create my own peak performance and I will continue to lock that routine up for my future.

MOUZ has not yet announced the replacement for JDC, but Kamil "⁠siuhy⁠" Szkaradek has been mentioned as a possible candidate. 

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The disappointment was evident on the face of MOUZ's rifler Jon "JDC" de Castro after their 2-1 loss against NAVI. The newest member of the MOUZ squad could look back at a game, where the German-based Organization lost their own map before winning NAVI's which only added to the annoyance of losing Nuke.

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For MOUZ this was the third match in a row against a top 10 team, where the roster lost on the decider map. A tough loss but also matches that are going to improve the team in the long run according to JDC.

You can see the full interview with "JDC" de Castro, where he also speaks about facing NAVI and s1mple for the first time.

MOUZ will face Heroic tomorrow, where they will need to win to stay alive.

The two-timer Major winner, Nathan "NBK-" Schmitt stay on MOUZ only lasted two months. Today the German Organization announced the change of roster on their Twitter.

Jon "⁠JDC⁠" de Castro joins the roster. The German has been a part of the successful academy team MOUZ NXT, and has already had experience playing on the main roster at IEM Katowice, where he played as a stand-in for Aurimas "Bymas" Pipiras, who was sidelined due to Covid-19.

The roster change occurred after a disappointing run for MOUZ at ESL Pro League, where they crashed out in the group stage only winning two matches.

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Jon "JDC" de Castro is the stand-in for "Bymas" on MOUZ, but despite that, he is putting up big numbers. He was instrumental today when MOUZ took down Entropiq and was even the top-fragger in both games. The 21-year old Belgian rifler showed that he can go toe-to-toe with the elite of CS:GO, and he will have to continue in this fashion as MOUZ move on to the IEM Katowice main stage. 

26-20 K-D | 80.3 ADR | 76.7% KAST | 1.24 Rating

27-13 K-D | 100.0 ADR | 68.2% KAST | 1.55 Rating

The last two matches of the day and the last two chances to secure a spot at IEM Katowice had MOUZ going up against Entropiq, while NIP took on Movistar Riders.

The Bo3 started on MOUZ’s pick of Vertigo and saw the European squad take an early lead of 3-1 on their T-side. The Russians of Entropiq answered back fast, and soon the score was tied at 4-4. The rest of the half was extremely one-sided as stand-in “JDC”, and IGL “dexter” kept finding opening frags, which resulted in a satisfying 10-5 lead at halftime for MOUZ.

Entropiq torpedoed their way back into the map as soon as they hit the T-side, seven of the first eight rounds after the break, thereby taking back the lead. MOUZ threw a couple of different looks at the Russians, which netted them some early map control and frags, which saw them secure map point at 15-14. Entropiq weren’t able to push the map into overtime, and MOUZ take the map win after thirty rounds.

Down 0-1 in maps, Entropiq got off to a great 3-0 start on their map pick of Ancient. But the CT-side of Ancient can sometimes be very dominant, and that’s what MOUZ started showing after their bad start. It was once again “JDC” and “dexter” leading the way, with solid B-site holds, while “torzsi” also had a great performance on the AWP. This resulted in a ten-round win streak for MOUZ before the Russians were able to stop the streak and take the last two rounds for themselves.

The European squad continued their dominance in the second half and quickly found themselves at map- and match point, with nine rounds to close it out. Entropiq weren’t able to make the miracle comeback, and MOUZ steal the Russians’ map pick at 16-6.

MOUZ thereby secure their spot at IEM Katowice, while Entropiq will have to watch from the sidelines.

Vertigo: 16-14 | dexter – 25/21 K-D | 98.3 ADR | 86.7% KAST | 1.41 Rating 

Ancient: 16-6 | torzsi – 26/9 K-D | 118.7 ADR | 77.3% KAST | 1.85 Rating

 David “frozen” Čerňanský – 41/25 K-D | 94.1 ADR | 78.8% KAST | 1.38 Rating

On the b-stream, we had NIP playing versus Movistar Riders, and it was the Swedes that came out on top after taking down the Spaniards in two maps. 

The action began on Movistar's pick of Vertigo where NIP were able to secure the win at 16-9. The stand-out performer was the always consistent IGL Hampus "hampus" Poser who greatly influenced the game with his impact. The score was dead-even at halftime at 8-7, but as soon as NIP hit the T-side they blew away the competition.

The second map of Overpass was even more lopsided than the first one, as the Swedes were able to win that at 16-6. Movistar Riders did start out best taking the lead 2-0 and 3-1, but after that, it was all downhill for them as the Ninjas mowed them down. Especially Patrick "es3tag" Hansen and Nicolas "Plopski" Gonzalez Zamora had a great game, which facilitated the extremely dominating win for the Swedes.

NIP thereby secured their spot at IEM Katowice, while Movistar Riders had to leave empty-handed.

Vertigo: 16-9 | hampus – 24/16 K-D | 110.6 ADR | 80% KAST | 1.59 Rating 

Overpass: 16-6 | es3tag – 22/12 K-D | 97 ADR | 90.9% KAST | 1.65 Rating

 Hampus "hampus" Poser – 41/30 K-D | 96.5 ADR | 78.7% KAST | 1.44 Rating

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For the third time in just as many tries, MOUZ NXT has captured the title at the WePlay Academy League.

In the tournament that displays the academy teams from a number of top-tier CS:GO teams around the world, MOUZ NXT has been a dominant force since day 1.

In the Grand Final of the third iteration of the tournament, it was this time BIG Academy, that was the last hurdle for MOUZ NXT. The two teams started the fight for the title (and the $45,000) on BIG's map pick, Vertigo.

Here the now Polish-dominated MOUZ NXT team had no problems taking down BIG Academy, despite some good performances from the BIG duo Karim 'Krimbo' Moussa and Marcel 'hyped' Köhn.

The match continued on Ancient. A map where BIG Academy had a 0% (out of three maps played) win record on. That didn't change today, as MOUZ just continued to swing the rounds in their favor. This time around it was the AWP'er Miłosz 'mhL' Knasiak, who had several big impact rounds to help his team to win another WePlay Academy trophy, as MOUZ won 16-9.

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16-12 (Vertigo) | {cflag:DE} JDC – 1.32 Rating / 22-17 K-D / 85.6 ADR

mhL – 1.63 Rating / 26-15 K-D / 98.2 ADR

MVP: {cflag:PL} Miłosz 'mhL' Knasiak - 1.29 Rating / 43-36 K-D / 90.3 ADR

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Aurimas "Bymas" Pipiras will have to watch IEM Katowice home from the sofa after testing positive for Covid-19.

It will be the 21-year-old German, Jon "JDC" de Castro, who will act as a stand-in during the entire event. The rifler has been part of the successful MOUZ NXT since June 2021, and will now get the chance to shine on the main team for the first time. Here he will be united with the Hungarian sniper, Ádám 'torzsi' Torzsás, who was a part of MOUZ NXT last year.

MOUZ plays GODSENT in the first round of the play-in on Tuesday at IEM Katowice.

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mousesports has just announced the establishment of a completely new academy team called mouz NXT, which will play under the iconic mousesports banner. The German organization has already signed five youngsters to represent them, with the most significant and notable player being the promising Ádám "torzsi" Torzsás, who has been a profiled figure for Budapest Five in 2021. 

- We're happy to finally share our latest project with you. We will provide the most promising talents in CS:GO with the same resources, technology and know-how as our main roster, and challenge them to become the stars of tomorrow. 

Supporting and developing young players has always been in our DNA. We had this program in our mind for a long time – This is mouz NXT! - 

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