After 5 years of silence, considered one of CS:GO’s basic orgs is eyeing a CS2 re-entry.
Envy, the North American-backed group with a tenured historical past in CS:GO, is making a return to Counter-Strike in CS2 in response to proprietor Mike “hastr0” Rufail after a 5 yr break from the sport.
Envy, beforehand referred to as EnVyUs, has seen either side of the Counter-Strike coin; from probably the most formidable orgs fielding a Main-winning French squad, to complete capitulation after transferring to North America. Now, Envy is reportedly shaping to start out over in CS2.
Envy eyes CS2 entry within the close to future
Hastr0 made his intentions clear on April 15, posting on X/Twitter that Envy will make a transfer again to Counter-Strike in CS2, presumably as early as this yr. “Now we have to get Envy again into Counter-Strike. Now we have begun to discover all alternatives and can leap on the proper one after we discover it,” hastr0 mentioned, including each he and CEO Dean “DerangedNative” Duro are eager.
He adopted up with a submit that includes photographs of an EnVyUs sticker and the DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca trophy, which hasbr0 says continues to be sitting in his eating room. “We’re critically in rebuild mode.”
Envy’s historical past in Counter-Strike is a mixture of the best highs and the bottom lows. As EnVyUs, they grew to become a powerhouse of European CS:GO, pushing French superstars like Richard “shox” Papillon, Vincent “Completely happy” Schopenhauer and Kenny “kennyS” Schrub into the historical past books with quite a few tier one wins.
The height got here in 2015 with EnVyUs taking house France’s second Main win at DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca, however the crew’s kind started dropping off after a number of failed roster adjustments. With EnVyUs working out of Dallas, Texas, and outcomes slipping away, hastr0 made the powerful resolution in 2018 to chop off the French division and switching to an American roster.
EnVyUs would by no means make it to a different main, petering out in the course of the COVID shutdown and recording only a few officers in 2020. The ultimate lineup noticed a world mix-squad, led by AWPer Noah “Nifty” Francis and Turkish participant Buğra “Calyx” Arkın, crash out of 2020’s Flashpoint Season 2.
Who might debut subsequent season with Envy?
s1mple is a not possible prospect, however who is aware of within the wild west of a post-Main roster shuffle? (Photograph through PGL & Good World)
The query, then; who might Envy purchase? Timing is a bit of poor with most groups already locked for the BLAST Austin Main. However we regularly see mass roster adjustments occurring after a significant, and oftentimes we see entire squads accessible to choose up.
As a lot as a French reunion could be welcomed with the pick-up of a high crew like 3DMAX, its extra probably Envy would take one thing nearer to house. With distance a key issue of their exit from French CS, eyes would in all probability be on groups difficult for the North American MRQ this week.
It is also doable a squad of free brokers could possibly be fashioned to signify the org, however on this period of the VRS, it is a lengthy street to tier one competitors from the underside, not to mention an look at a significant.
However, as of now, we are able to solely speculate. We’ll probably see extra of what Envy plans for a CS return after the Austin Main.
