Fnatic and Godsent swap 3 players

In what comes as a surprise move, Swedish organizations Fnatic and Godsent have announced that they will be swapping 3 of their players as we kick off the CS:GO roster shuffling season. Many had predicted a Swedish roster shuffle after mixed results for their top organizations. But contrary to popular opinion, the swap takes place between Fnatic and Godsent rather than Fnatic and NiP.

The Organizations

Fnatic


Fnatic have been a top 3 CS:GO team for a long time now and while their history, achievements and legacy in Counter Strike is unparalleled, recent results haven’t been the kindest. Fnatic were the team to beat in the earlier part of 2016, as their winning run spilled over from 2015. They won some of the bigger tournaments in this time including IEM Katowice, StarLadder iLeague and ESL ESEA Pro League to name a few. But the rise of Luminosity/SK Gaming has proven to be a major deterrence in their growth as they failed to win any of the major tournaments, even losing out to Liquid in the last Majors.

Godsent

Godsent was created by ex-Fnatic captain pronax earlier this year and they competed under the tag of Team Ancient before becoming GODSENT. They started off with a bang, placing 3/4^th in Dreamhack Malmo but their performance since then has been less than satisfactory and they seemed to be a fringe team looking for Swedish glory after NiP and Fnatic.



The Swap
As it stands, JW,KRiMZ and flusha have left Fnatic and have joined GODSENT. 2 members from GODSENT, twist and Lekr0 have moved to Fnatic and wenton who was previously a standin has now moved into the permanent roster. JW has come under heavy criticism after having underperformed recently and will look to regain his stride as he joins ex-teammate and captain pronax with whom, Fnatic won a major in 2015, ESL Katowice. Olofmeister and dennis are the only 2 remaining members from Fnatic as they welcome 3 new players into their roster. Famed captain pronax is now reunited with 3 ex teammates, making it a total of 4 players who won the major together now playing under the GODSENT banner.
 
Let’s break down the facts and speculations that have currently surfaced:

• The famed duo of Olof and KRiMZ seems to have been broken up as a result of this shuffle and it remains to be seen how both of these star players can perform without their partner in crime.
• Olof, dennis and twist have also played together a long time ago in 2013-14 under the LGB banner.
• The Fnatic team which won the major in 2015, are basically playing under the GODSENT banner. The only difference is that instead of Olofmeister, they now have znajder.
• Wenton’s performance during his time as Olof’s replacement in Fnatic was pretty poor but he looks to have secured a permanent spot now. He was their official standin and bumping him up means that Fnatic still have 3 out 5 members, meaning that they can still qualify for most tournaments based on their previous seedings.
• GODSENT is now set to become a player co-owned organization maintained by each member as is the case with Danish team Astralis.

There had been lots of speculation regarding a Swedish roster shuffle involving NiP and Fnatic but as it turns out GODSENT are the organization who seems to have come out on top or at least it would seem so for now. On paper both lineups look fairly strong and with the next major to be played in January 2017, they should have enough time to work out the kinks and be strong contenders for the title. But for now only time will tell how the great Swedish shuffle will affect the fate of big names like Olofmeister and JW.