HEET players announce free agency

HEET were not exactly a tier-1 CS:GO team but they were good enough to be in the top 50 and give a hard time to the other top teams in qualifiers.

Unfortunately for the ex-HEET players, they never managed to qualify together for an S-tier tournament, with one exception: ESL Pro League S16. But even there they finished 21st-24th, clearly proving that at the highest competitive level, they were not strong enough to beat the other teams.

HEET’s former players and results

HEET’s best players in the last 12 months were Audric “JACKZ” Jug, who joined after leaving G2 Esports but left after just five months, Alexandre “bodyy” Pianaro, who had played for teams like G2 Esports and LDLC, and Lucas “Lucky” Chastang, who former teams included G2 and 3DMAX.

Unfortunately, none of these players managed to perform well enough to compensate for the fact that the team lacked in other departments. For a while, they didn’t have a strong IGL, which is crucial in high-level CS:GO if you want to qualify for big tournaments.

And even when they did have someone experienced to lead them, HEET’s players didn’t really give the impression that they were working well together or enjoying each other’s company. This was a team built hastily in 2021 with no prior history or at least sufficient funding to attract formidable players.

Like other CS:GO teams that were created in this manner, HEET tried their best to succeed but failed numerous times before calling it quits. The entire adventure lasted for less than 30 months, which is still something considering that many teams disband after just one year.

In some cases, even top organizations decide to quit after just a few seasons, realizing that the level of competition is so high that even with an investment of millions of dollars, top results would still not be guaranteed.

CS:GO is no longer the game it was seven years ago, when people were still trying to figure it out and improve. It’s been more than a decade since it was launched and the S-tier players are so far ahead of the A-tier and B-tier ones that the odds of succeeding with such players are grim.

The reason why HEET lost their roster, apart from the lack of spectacular results and probably caused some tensions between the players and the management, has to do with the org’s inability to pay its players’ salaries.

This had been an issue for months, something that the team’s manager, Vivien “GoY” Goyon, had openly admitted in a press conference.

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