The star-studded ex-100 Thieves core suffered their first loss under the new EXTREMUM banner on Tuesday, after losing 2-1 to Winstrike at the Snow Sweet Snow 1 event.

Read more: “EXTREMUM defeated by young Russians” 

[link:{"url":"https://pley.gg/news/extremum-defeated-young-russians/"}]

EXTREMUM is an organization backed by private investors, with the two leading figures of the project being Emir “sngz” Udvincic as Head of Business Development and Evgeniy “aBi” Kuzmin as Sports Director.

The team consist of the Oceanic trio Jay “Liazz” Tregillgas, Aaron “AZR” Ward, and Sean “Gratisfaction” Kaiwai, as well as Joakim “jkaem” Myrbostad from Norway, and former TYLOO player Hansel “BnTeT” Ferdinand.

You have the opportunity to learn more about the players and coach Aleksandar “kassad” Trifunovic in a short interview. The players and coach have to answer on 25 questions and pick between some tough topics for us to meet them.

Liazz

Gratisfaction

jkaem

BnTeT

EXTREMUM

In an interview with Betway, Australian rifler Justin "jks" Savage is asked multiple questions about his opinions on topics regarding Counter-Strike and his personal life. The 25-year-old was signed for Complexity Gaming as a replacement for "oBo" after the young American was removed from the roster. You can read more about "oBo"'s recent release from Complexity Gaming here: 

[link:{"url":"https://pley.gg/news/complexity-part-ways-with-young-american/"}]

When asked about the importance of a good diet when competing on a professional level in Counter-Strike, "jks" answers: 

"For me, it is pretty important. I like having fewer things to worry about when I'm playing so it is nice to have routines, in the morning for example. It is nice to have some things to activate myself and get my body warm." 

Whilst not having found his previous form yet at Complexity, "jks" is by many people considered to be the best Australian player Counter-Strike has to offer. When asked about who his favorite player from Australia is, he points towards his former teammate Jay "Liazz" Tregillgas and explains: 

Nowadays I would say "Liazz". He has the ability to become a really good player. Mechanically he is extremely gifted and he is just really good to watch." 

To learn more about "jks" and his opinions watch the full interview right here: 

100 Thieves

compLexity Gaming

After months of speculation it is finally revealed that the former four players from 100 Thieves in Aaron "AZR" Ward, Joakim "jkaem" Myrbostad, Jay "Liazz" Tregillgas, and Sean "Gratisfaction" Kaiwai once again are going to be reunited, only this time with the addition of Hansel "BnTeT" Ferdinand who replaces Justin "jks" Savage's place. 

Alongside the acquisition of a new roster, Extremum have also announced that the players' former Head Coach Aleksandar "kassad" Trifunović will be joining the organization. In-game, however, it is going to be "AZR" who is calling the shots. The 28-year-old is not without any experience as he was also the in-game leader of the 100 Thieves roster. 

"AZR" explains in a statement regarding the news, how moving to Europe is part of the upcoming plans for the new roster: 

"They offered me the chance to help them put together a team and I accepted the offer. It has already been a great joy working with them and seeing what their vision for the brand is great." 

He furthermore expresses his eagerness to get back into the professional Counter-Strike scene as well as now competing against some of the best teams in the world in Europe: 

"I am so excited to play CS with my good old teammates Liazz, Grats, Jkaem, and kassad, and with our new teammate BnTeT, who will be a great addition to the team. We're looking forward to playing in Europe and grinding against the best in the world. The boys are back!"

Aleksandar "kassad" Trifunović (Head Coach) 

The Russian esports organization Extremum is according to Jarek “DeKay” Lewis and DBLTAP in talks with Aaron "⁠AZR⁠" Ward, Sean "⁠Gratisfaction⁠" Kaiwai, and Jay "⁠Liazz⁠" Tregillgas. The Australian trio has since 100 Thieves’ exit from CS:GO stood without a team.

Extremum is owned by private investors, and do currently not own a CS:GO team, but competes in BNS and Dota 2. The Russian organization is according to sources seeking two European players to round up their roster if they succeed to sign AZRm, Liazz and Gratisfaction.

The Australian trio is at the moment still qualified for the next major event due to prior results, even though the transfer of jks and jkaem has resulted in a 40% reduction of their RMR points. 

	30 days	90 days
Fixture count	0	0
Maps count	0	0

Liazz

Player stats

Articles mentioning Liazz

Video: Meet EXTREMUM CS:GO team – 25 questions

Video: Get to know "jks" better

Extremum announces roster featuring former 100 Thieves core and "BnTeT"

Russian esports organization rumoured to sign prominent Australian trio

Follow Pley