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Published: November 14, 2023

Written by: Stefan Velikov

  • The Kosovar team finally has a supporting organization
  • The players will be trained by two assistant coaches, apart from the main one
  • Bad News Eagles already have a couple of big events under their belts

After staying without an organization since its inception back in early 2022, the Kosovar CS2 team Bad News Eagles has been signed by a UK-based group and will play under the name of Guild Eagles.

Guild Brings Aboard Kosovar Roster

UK-based esports organization Guild entered competitive Counter-Strike earlier this year when they fielded an all-female team in March. However, Guild is not expanding its presence on the professional scene by bringing aboard the ex-Bad News Eagles roster, which will now play under the name of Guild Eagles.

This also marks the beginning of a new era for the Kosovar team, which has been without a parent organization for the past two years. In fact, the roster has been running solo ever since its inception in February of 2022, so the signing by the UK-based organization is a big step for the players.

“With the release of CS2, we realized that there was no better time for us to increase our presence in Counter-Strike,” said the CEO of Guild Esports Jasmine Skee. “The trajectory of the Bad News Eagles roster has been inspirational, and embodies the attitude that we value here at Guild Esports – we can’t wait to support them on their journey in CS2.”

Despite not having the backing of an organization behind them, Bad News Eagles still managed to achieve several impressive feats before being signed by Guild. The Kosovar team had previously won several online events, such as the Tipsport Cup Prague 2022. They have also participated in a couple of S-tier tournaments, such as the Intel Extreme Masters Rio Major 2022 and the BLAST Paris Major 2023, although they finished both in low places.

However, this should all change for the Counter-Strike 2 team as the players will now have the support of a proper coach and his two assistants. Swede Jonatan “⁠Devilwalk⁠” Lundberg will act as the team’s head coach and he will be helped by Kevin “⁠kRYSTAL⁠” Amend who also made the switch to the team recently. The coaching staff is rounded off by 27-year-old Canadian Kieran “⁠KayJay⁠” Playfair.

“We’ve had offers from multiple organizations during our time as an unsigned team, but ultimately we found that Guild were the most closely aligned with what we want to achieve in CS2,” commented Devilwalk about Guild Eagles’ current setup. “With what we have already seen from meeting the staff and seeing the facilities, we have no doubt this is where we belong to reach the next level.”

The newly-signed roster will have its debut against Preasy on Wednesday in the upper-bracket quarter-final of the CCT 2023 Online Finals 4 and will field the following players:

  • Flatron “⁠juanflatroo⁠” Halimi
  • Sener “⁠SENER1⁠” Mahmuti
  • Dionis “⁠sinnopsyy⁠” Budeci
  • Genc “⁠gxx-⁠” Kolgeci
  • Rigon “⁠rigoN⁠” Gashi
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