HAVU has announced on its official Twitter account that they have secured a full Finnish roster. 

The newly established lineup includes Jussi "Airax" Airaksinen, Sami "xseveN" Laasanen, Matias "Banjo" Kivistö, Jani "Aerial" Jussila, and Otto "ottoNd" Sihvo, with Mikko “xartE” Välima as their coach. The team had been playing together for a bit already but now they have made it official. Despite not having played together for over a month, the team made it to the Round of 16 in the CCT West Europe Series 2, where BIG eliminated them.

Two of their newest signings Matias "Banjo" Kivistö and Jussi "Airax" Airaksinen are motivated and ready to improve as they will be joining the world's number 69 in HAVU.

Feels good to play with a full Finnish roster again. I'm really motivated to improve and play with more experienced players and learn from them, Banjo [link:{"url":"https://havu.gg/blogs/news/welcome-ottond-airax-banjo","isNewTab":true,"text":"said"}] after joining HAVU.

I'm super excited to join HAVU and for getting the opportunity to play with such experienced and good players! There's a lot of work to do but we have one goal in common, and we want to reach it together, Airax said. 

It's the third time that Otto "ottoNd" Sihvo is coming back to his former team HAVU. This time, the 25-year-old reunites with his old friend after a short stint at KOVA. KOVA now is without a lineup and any organization to back them up which is the main reason for ottoNd´s return.

With no upcoming matches for the HAVU side, it's yet to be announced when we get the new lineup in action. However, with minor tournaments coming up in the upcoming weeks, HAVU could be on the list of participants. 

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When thinking about Finnish CS:GO there is probably only one real team that pops into mind, the old ENCE roster. Failing to become a Finnish powerhouse as ENCE once were, HAVU has decided the make some changes to its active CS:GO line-up. Currently ranked as #94 in the world, change was deemed necessary for the CS:GO roster to accomplish what they had set out to do. 

The first change came in the coaching department as Head Coach "disturbed" parted ways with the organization. Following the decision to part ways with "disturbed" a change to the active roster line-up was announced. The worst performing HAVU player with a rating of 0.92 in the past three months was moved to the bench as "sLowi" would have to look forward to becoming a free agent. 

Now HAVU have announced yet another change to their CS:GO roster as Otto "ottoNd" Sihvo has been moved to the bench where he will reside until he also becomes a free agent. 

The decision to bench "ottoNd" might come as a shock to some people, seeing that he has been the best performing HAVU player with a rating of 1.26 in the past three months. Explaining the decision to bench "ottoNd" in an official statement, the CEO of HAVU said the following: 

What the final line-up is going to look like for HAVU, we will have to wait and see. With both "ottoNd" and "sLowi" benched the current HAVU roster looks as follows: 

{cflag:FI} Otto "ottoNd" Sihvo (Benched) 

HAVU has finalized their roster going into the new season with the signing of Otto "ottoNd" Sihvo and Joona "Sm1llee" Holmström. The two Finns will be the last pieces to the lineup after Jemi "jemi" Mäkinen and Lasse "ZOREE" Uronen’s recent departures.

With the transfer, ottoNd is set to initiate his second spell at HAVU, as he represented the Finnish organization in a one-year period from 2017-2018. The 24-year-old AWPer later on transferred to international lineups as CR4ZY and c0ntact Gaming.

- I'm glad to announce ottoNd and Sm1llee have signed with us for next season! After parting ways with ZOREE and Jemi we needed dedicated AWPer and a rifler. Otto "ottoNd" Sihvo was an obvious pick for us as he brings experience and very needed controlling AWP-play to our team. Otto even played for us in 2018 before moving on to international fields.

- For the last spot we have Joona "Sm1llee" Holmström. He's an up and coming 19 year old talent who has raised interest in the Finnish scene, putting up good numbers on the board during his time with hREDS. Joona is a perfect fit for us role-wise and has an incredible aim and communication to work with, Taneli "disturbed" Veikkola, Head Coach of HAVU said.

[link:{"url":"https://havu.gg/blogs/news/welcome-ottond-sm1llee","isNewTab":true,"text":"HAVU statement"}]

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It has almost become a custom for Complexity, to attend huge and prestigious event featuring a stand-in player. Inside the last 4 months, the Juggernauts has fielded the likes of Niels Christian “NaToSaphiX” Sillassen, Otto “ottoNd” Sihvo and also their own coach Jamie "keita" Hall as temporary players, owing to the departure of Owen “oBo” Schlatter and Valentin “poizon” Vasilev being on a sick-leave. The latest addition being the Danish AWPer Jacob "JUGi" Hansen who will stand-in at the $ Million event of BLAST Premier Global Final. 

Read more. "JUGi will stand in for Complexity"

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The CS:GO expert Chad “SPUNJ” Burchill believes that Complexity has to make actions regarding this matter, to prevent a potential destruction of the roster itself. SPUNJ touches on the idea of Complexity replacing the otherwise promising poizon, if the young AWPer won’t be ready for IEM Katowice next month.

“This sounds heartless but if poizon isn't able to play Katowice I think complexity need to find a full-time replacement before having to play event after event with a stand-in. The destruction of morale in the camp having to prepare with someone different each event must suck.”

It just feels like wasted effort. You are in these tournaments, you want to compete at 100% and instead every time you are hamstrung. Considering the type of guy blame is and what Jason Lake set out to achieve, the situation as it stands would be eating the team from the inside.”

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poizon, k0nfig, RUSH and oBo (From left to right)

Read more. "Spotlight on Top 20: Complexity"

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Read more. "Complexity star hospitalised"

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ESL Pro League Season 13: of Niels Christian “NaToSaphiX” Sillassen

IEM New York: of Niels Christian “NaToSaphiX” Sillassen

IEM Global Challenge: Otto “ottoNd” Sihvo

BLAST Premier Global Final: Jacob “JUGi” Hansen

DreamHack Open Fall Open Qualifier: Jamie "keita" Hall (Coach)

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ottoNd and EspiranTo’s time in c0ntact has come to and end and they are both now free agents, the duo announced on Twitter. From the remaining players that played under the c0ntact banner at the end of 2020, reports linked Lotan “Spinx Gliadi and Marco “Snappi” Pfeiffer to ENCE, while Rigon “rigoN” Gashi already had announced his free agency.

On Twitter ottoNd wrote that he is “ready to do whatever it takes”, while EspiranTo mentioned he is “ready to compete and play whatever role needed to achieve success”.

The news of the duo was released exactly a year after c0ntact completed the transfer from their former organization CR4ZY.

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The Danes from Astralis destroyed their fellow countrymen on the Complexity squad and ottoNd’s debut in a dominant 2-0 victory on Dust2 (16-7) and Overpass (16-11). Both teams will play again tomorrow in IEM Global Challenge, where Astralis have set them up to face BIG in the winners’ match, while Complexity will be facing of worlds no. #1 in an elimination game. 

On the first map, Dust2, the Finnish stand-in didn’t manage to find his right footing as device and company multiple times outplayed the Complexity squad who seemed to be on thin ice. Neither on the second map of the series could ottoNd make a difference or truly challenge Astralis because of device completely dominant performance, that saw the Danish squad come out on top. 

device finished the game on top of the scoreboards, delivering a rating of 1.59, 98.9 ADR, and a 47-27 score that led his team to victory and saved them from an elimination game. 

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Complexity has found their fifth player as a sub to wrap up the last tournament of 2020 the organization announced today. The Finnish AWP’er ottoNd joins the squad on a short-term loan from c0ntact, replacing poizon, who couldn’t participate in the tournament due to medical reasons.

ottoNd has been playing under c0ntact’s wings since January when the NA organization completed the signing of CR4ZY’s roster. His immediate future with the team is subject to conjecture after c0ntact decided to place their entire roster on the transfer list, while the organization reevaluates its options for the upcoming year.

Complexity with ottoNd as their newest member will face Astralis on Tuesday in IEM Global Challenge’s Group A, which also includes BIG and Vitality. The tournament will run until Sunday and will have a lion's share of $500.000 up for grabs.

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