Thorin on makazze: “He’s been terrible in recent months. His slump began at the Major and hasn’t ended yet.”

I think the only player currently safe from being replaced at Natus Vincere is w0nderful, who recently proved his worth. The club could move the rest of the players to the bench. Of course, makazze is one of B1ad3’s biggest transfer successes, but even he has been terrible in recent months. His slump began at the Major and hasn’t ended yet.

No one can say for sure just how good or bad Team Falcons is. I don’t think even karrigan, when he logs onto the server, knows whether his team will crush their opponent or lose 0-13. Everyone criticized the Falcons before the start of the IEM Cologne Major 2026, but after it ended, they were talking about a new era dawning. I’ll note that they barely scraped by in every match of the Major, except for the final, where their stars put on a true masterclass. This is perhaps the most enigmatic team in CS history.

Team Falcons could have started dominating the pro scene. Everyone has already forgotten, but right before the start of the Astralis era, Cobblestone—their permanent ban—was removed from the map pool. Now the Falcons find themselves in the same position—Cache has replaced Overpass. The team was supposed to get even stronger, since NiKo was considered one of the best players on this map in CS:GO. However, in the first tournaments of the season, the Falcons banned Cache—which is very strange, given the firepower of their roster. Perhaps something will change in the future.