Since CAZ eSports released their CSGO team last month, there have been no signs of them picking up a new one apart from a brief moment where it looked like BEASTS were going to join them over Infused.
Ben “r0m” Smith returns to the org, along with Jesper “Jesp” Johansson who played with the old lineup during ESEA Season 21, but they have thrown in a curveball, introducing 3 new players that have been seen around the top of the ESEA RWS leaderboards recently.
r0m revealed the lineup on his twitter last month, but with no indication as to the organisation or the team name, with the ESEA team name being just “TBA”:
A notable player in that roster is Owen “sMooYa” Butterfield who, if you looked at ESEA’s premium stats leaderboards any time in February, you will have noticed had both of his ESEA accounts topping the RWS leaderboard, which is no mean feat but, obviously, doesn’t show the true skill of a player.
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Follow my new teammates for 2016 @zetNf @sMooYa__ @Yannickjeuh @JespCSGO
Lets hope for some exciting times 😀 Peace— Ben Smith (@r0mCSGO) February 28, 2016
The full lineup is as follows:
Ben “r0m” Smith
Owen “Smooya” Butterfield
Jesper “Jesp” Johansson
Yannick “ync“ Van Boven
Donovon “zNf” Froid
r0m released the following statement on the CAZ eSports website:
I’m absolutely delighted to be back with CAZ and to be part of what I believe will be a very successful team. I’ve decided to branch out to Europe when choosing players, I feel the overall commitment to Counter Strike from a lot of Europeans tends to be so much higher than that of the average UK player. For the most part they generally have a better understanding of the practice schedules and the play style I want to be adopting. I’m extremely happy with this new lineup and the potential we have is absolutely massive. I really want to thank CAZ and all of our sponsors for this opportunity and most importantly the fans we have and hope to gain over the course of the next 6 months on our journey to success. Hard work will pay off!
This signing also means that long standing member Jake “jakem” McCausland is no longer part of CAZ. He was listed on the site as part of the streaming and entertainment team, but is no longer there. He is currently playing in a team with Daniel “RE1EASE” Mullan on ESEAÂ which could be the start of a new team for him.
