G2 UNVEIL SNAX SIGNING
G2 have unveiled the signing of Janusz "Snax" Pogorzelski to their Counter-Strike roster. The Polish veteran takes over in-game leadership in the squad from Rasmus "HooXi" Nielsen, who was benched from the team on Monday.
The new addition is part of a larger overhaul of the G2 team and comes on the coattails of former M80 star Mario "malbsMd" Samayoa replacing Nemanja "nexa" Isaković on the roster.
The two arrivals will make roles inside the new roster difficult to solve. Snax could be seen as a one-to-one replacement for HooXi in many ways, but he has been used to more rotator roles as CT and was much less of a pure entry on T side compared to the man he's replacing, while malbsMd's positions from his former team clash with either Nemanja "huNter-" Kovač or Nikola "NiKo" Kovač on most maps.
There isn't a lot of time for G2 to solve that puzzle by the time they make their debut in the new season. That is just two weeks away, taking place at the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from July 17-21.
Snax joins G2 on a transfer from GamerLegion , with whom he made a return to tier-one play last September and further honed his craft as a leader, a role he also previously took up on and off as part of the legendary Virtus.pro roster.
This transfer marks a reunion between Snax and Wiktor "TaZ" Wojtas, who have a longstanding relationship dating back to when they played together from 2013 to 2018 from that same Virtus.pro team.
Their relationship was rumored to be fraught towards the end of their time together, but the duo won a dozen titles — including the EMS One Katowice Major on home soil in 2014 — marking a golden era for Polish Counter-Strike.
G2's new roster looks as follows:
Nemanja "huNter-" Kovač Nikola "NiKo" Kovač
Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov
Mario "malbsMd" Samayoa
Janusz "Snax" Pogorzelski
Wiktor "TaZ" Wojtas (coach)