One Of The Oldest Counter-Strike Teams To Exist Admits Defeat
An esports organisation known as eEriness has parted ways with their Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) roster after competing for nearly seven years. The team was originally founded in the Czech Republic as a multi-gaming team for Counter-Strike Source. While they didn’t earn a lot of money, eEriness was committed to perfecting their craft as a CS:GO team. They had multiple sponsors and stood out due to their independent roster, which constantly rotated through rookie players. After testing out five different squads, eEriness realised that it was time to call it quits. They had a huge impact on European Counter-Strike and will forever be known as a pillar in the esports community.
ROOKIE RENDITION
In 2013, the young Czechs set out to dominate events in their hometown. On January 30 of that year, eEriness signed their very first roster. On top of that, they even formed an academy team to participate in smaller tournaments and act as substitutes. After a terrible finish in the Prague Challenge, the main eEriness roster left the org to pursue their own parent team. While the ex-eEriness players moved onto a team called SlowVirus, a new arrival of players joined the Czech based org. After testing out a total of nine trial players, eEriness signed up for their first qualifier of 2014. They got absolutely slammed in the ESL One Qualifier which led to eEriness dropping the ball and leaving competitive CS:GO.
Fast track to 2015, eEriness signed a brand new roster which included Sebastian "beastik" Daňo. Before becoming a star rifler on SINNERS Esports, beastik had a humble beginning with eEriness. That year, eEriness only participated in one event which was the Mistrovství Czech Championship. Just like their previous tournaments, eEriness earned themselves a beating. Due to a lack of earnings, Jindřich "ZEDKO" Chyba joined the team in an attempt to rebuild their image. Just like beastik, ZEDKO has also moved onto SINNERS Esports. Before his time in the spotlight, ZEDKO was busy in the C-Tier scene with eEriness, where they took part in ASUS RoG Masters 10 and 11 with two top-five placements. What they didn’t know at the time was how successful their 2017 season would be. For eEriness, it was hands down their best year of all time.
After signing a lineup from GUNRUNNER in April of 2017, eEriness was starting to look better and better every single day. They earned roughly six thousand dollars that year, which was a ninety-three percent increase from their previous year. Those earnings came with three first-place finishes including Predator League, Tiger Masters, and HITPOINT Masters. Just like they wished for, eEriness began to look like a really good team. Previous opponents such as Majestic Lions, ESuba, and Team Universe became winnable matchups. With all of that confidence, eEriness was expected to dominate in 2018.
CONSTANT LOSSES
After three major upsets, eEriness was back in their previous role as a team that couldn’t win an event. They proceeded to drop their entire roster which led to a new lineup in April of 2019. As per usual, eEriness wasn’t going down without a fight. They put up the funding for another team and set out for their 2019 season. PLAYzone became their go-to tournament organiser due to their constant cycle of monthly events. While the event planning was great, eEriness just wasn’t ready to compete. They lost every single monthly wager and didn’t earn a single dollar that year. It was truly unfortunate despite the orgs liberal spending with their yearly budget.
Click to enlargeLAST DANCE IN CS:GO
After two years in a row without tournament earnings, eEriness had one last chance to earn some top three placements. Once they parted ways with their original roster, a brand new group of players joined the org. They were all independent players from the Czech Republic looking to find a career in competitive gaming. Compared to their previous seasons, 2020 was the most action-packed year for eEriness. While it wasn’t their most achievable year, they played in more tournaments than ever before. Their team played through nearly twelve events before realising the amount of competition in CS:GO. Since their B-Tier debut in 2013, eEriness had only played in C-Tier events since.
Besides a few local investors, eEriness had an entire website dedicated to selling everything from merchandise to computer accessories. To help fund their team, they offered mice, keyboards, headsets, speakers, gaming chairs, and controllers. This org dedicated their existence to helping out up and coming players earn their debut earnings. They never backed out of an event due to roster changes or internal issues and always pulled through for the events and group matches. The amount of money they earned hardly did them justice, somehow a small team from the Czech Republic managed to fund seven seasons of competitive CS:GO. That alone is an achievement that eEriness should be grateful for.
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