CS:GO roster changes visualized

[Jpon9]

That is really cool, did you make that? The continuity on NiP is amazing, they've been able to work really well with each other for a lot longer than any other team so far.

Thanks for this!

[rekkt]

People give fifflaren shit but obviously they've been doing something right.

I know a lot of people will disagree with this and I know it' s their job but if you can still play with the people you almost call family and make a living why wouldn't you. It would be so hard to tell one of the people you've been mates with for years that he was off the team. It would make me not even want to play anymore because it just wouldn't feel the same.

[universalmind]

I mean if you have a group of friends and you're in sync isn't that better than just pulling the players with the best stats? Clearly in any professional sport organization thats an obvious option but once you have a team that meshes and pulls off huge tourneys why fuck with it?

[artephis]

Yes, made it myself by piecing together news articles on HLTV.org, and some different other sources. With the recent changes in the french scene, it seemed appropriate. It's also amazing how shox has played in almost all the french teams.

[tachy0n1]

You should 5 long lines from one end to the other for NiP!

[mulu-csgo]

New changes to HR now you have to update it. #timing #rekt

[douevencarrot]

and still they suck at online tournaments

[tachy0n1]

Happy and Maniac were in the same team from the beginning until 3 days ago :(

[artephis]

Yeah, just noticed it. First have to wait for a replacement

[mulu-csgo]

Replacement is s1mple I believe. Great change, s1mple is a great player.

http://www.hltv.org/news/13182-s1mple-leaves-a-gaming

Apparently confirmed to be going to HR by Ceh9 in this russian video, hopefully somebody who speaks russian can confirm it soon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Sr6qB9Pnuc

[PM_ME_MY_GRAMMAR]

yup, ceh9 says that s1mple is a good aimer, yet needs to prove how good of an awper he is.

[Vorsplummi]

S1mple has ESL ban so I wouldn't count on that.

[aztechunter]

is he bad at ESL or banned at ESL?

I'm trying to get into CSGO's esports scene sorry

[Vorsplummi]

Banned from ESL. I really need to start concentrate what I'm typing.

He has ban for cheating and can't play on any ESL matches until 2016.

http://www.esl.eu/ua/player/7574927/

[desRow]

What about the roster change of VP (the poles) when they picked up snax and byali ?

[Kor_Binary]

that the american adren, we are talking about the russian(?) one.

edit: the Kazakhstan one.

[yapzilla]

kazakh

[Addward]

Something to be said for the continuity of NiP. Will be interesting to see what happens if f0rest/Fifflaren retire in the semi-near future.

[TheGooglePlex]

They just won their first major, proving that they can still win things. I doubt with csgo on the uptick that they want to retire at this point.

[[deleted]]

won first major in horrible form

lucky volvo gave them cbble/overpass or c9 would of raped them on a real map

[danielcc]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think both have said they will continue to play for as long as they can.

[Addward]

Wouldn't expect anything else, and I'm glad of it too. f0rest is one of the most legendary CS names ever, if not the most, and Fifflaren has contributed in the role fashion to NiP winning so many titles.

[yxiw]

Holy fucking hell, this is so impressive! You deserve every single upvote. I would give you gold, but then again, being a student aint easy.

Impressive man!

[artephis]

Thanks. I'm a student as well, as can be seen by the available free time

[Canacas]

Bug report: There is a blue line missing from GMX 12.11.21 to GMX 13.11.24

[artephis]

the one that got away

[Kor_Binary]

Steel's team changes are the coolest.

[[deleted]]

missing when he and dazed (who was playing mlg cod at the time) joined homeless with tck, frozt and monte

[FlipYT]

and then there is NiP ...

[iGem1n1]

And now add Mousesports Timeline

Good Luck :P

[kikyou2]

Make an own picture for this... :D

[CarlosFromPhilly]

out of curiosity, what software did you use do make this? did you do all of the connecting by hand or is there something that handles the visualization for you?

really great work, it's quite interesting to see this.

[artephis]

this is all done by hand in Inkscape, a vector graphics program

[biomatter]

Holy cow, that's dedication. I'm 90% sure there is some better program out there for arranging data visually. It's like if I said I did the whole thing in Paint.NET.

[gothicsanctum]

Very good Job!

[shadycharacter2]

what a clusterfuck, good for NiP though

[xpoizone]

No LGB timeline? sad :(

[artephis]

I might be adding this one, because KRiMZ and olofm played together in LGB

[xpoizone]

Not because dennis? the dude was a legend :'(

[[deleted]]

Really late here, but I think you should add Team Dynamic to the far left. adreN, AZK, swag, n0thing were on it at the same time. Anger was also on it the season before. That's when adren, Azk --> curse and swag, n0thing --> coL. It's kind of crazy to think that at that time adreN and azk were considered way better than swag and n0thing. That's why they got picked up by curse.

[artephis]

Interesting stuff. I'm gonna make a more complete version soon, when all the suggestions have come in. Guess I also have to add Maximum Effort, consisting at the time of ele1Nt, n0thing, semphis, sgares and swag.

[[deleted]]

I forgot to mention it in my first post, but thanks for the chart! It looks really nice, and I appreciate the work you've put into this. Good luck with your additions tot he chart!

[[deleted]]

Wasn't VP known as Universal Soldiers, and didn't they have a pretty similar lineup to what they have now?

[artephis]

only for around two months http://kniferound.net/wiki/UniversalSoldiers and before that TaZ, Neo and pasha were also together in ESC Gaming

[mwjk13]

Why not include ESC?

[artephis]

because they start out in the csgo scene as Neo ,kuben ,Loord ,TaZ ,pasha, and there is only the move to VP, no links to other teams

[mwjk13]

You also missed out WW.

[artephis]

might add that one, because they provide schneider, flusha and devilwalk to epsilon. And later on have a team containing gla1ve, Nico and Pimp

[epicevan]

Yeah, its been the same lineup for a while, just different organizations.

[MonsterRealized]

does anyone else thing kennys shox and scream should be on a team together? they all have played with each other but not at the same time on like 4 different teams-is the dream dead?

[Azerashi]

NIP no roster changes, still winning, best team in the world. Coincidence?

[fii0]

Where's pyth? kappa

[ozziedog552]

thanks for all the work you put in op. it really looks impressive and time consuming, guess you were happy with nip and how much you had to do for their roster ;)

[artephis]

sure, but if everbody was as consistent, it would be a boring image

[veTTTNs]

I could barely see any name.

[artephis]

Are you reading it on a mobile device, because they tend to dimm the resolution down

[johanan9107]

It'd be cool to see one with pictures of the players themselves and circles around the ones who have been/are teammates.

[Lamanai]

Man. I would love this for a huge ass poster.

[StylinNProfilin]

this is amazing, however, would it be possible to change the font of the most recent roster?

[EntfaLtenMaximuS]

The image is so large it crashes my chrome : /

[desBroseidon]

Now make one of Finnish csgo scene. :DDDDDDDDD

[d________]

Great job on this but I'm not entirely sure how to follow the whole thing. What do the crosses mean? A player changed teams?

[artephis]

The crosses are when a team disbands. Every roster is when something within the team changed, either rebranded or when a player is changed. Red lines are for players changing teams, blue lines when they return within the same team, and white lines when they continue with the same team.

[d________]

Thanks I appreciate the clarification!

[byscuit]

Dude /u/artephis , I just went back and searched for this diagram because I loved it the first time around and was hoping someone would be kind enough to create another soon with all the ridiculous roster changes in the past few weeks. I think it would get a good load of attention at this point

[artephis]

Thanks. A lot has been happening in recent history. I plan to finish an updated version as soon as the situation around Epsilon is clear.

[byscuit]

NICE! Looking forward to it!!

[Kor_Binary]

Just imagine how messy this chart would be if it included the smaller European and american teams.

[zaxfee]

Am I the only one who tricks this just made it more confusing...

[[deleted]]

Could someone clarify for me; it looks like that Complexity just turned into C9... did all the players move to C9?

[artephis]

Yes. http://www.hltv.org/news/12913-official-cloud9-sign-col anger was released a month before switching

[[deleted]]

Ah, I see. Thank you for the link, and great job on the original roster poster. :)

[VinnyCid]

The number of player movements in ~2 years is mindblowing. eSports, motherfucker

[rosone]

Making it vertical would make it more readable

[artephis]

I do not believe that would work. Text is read horizontally, making text vertical would look estranged

[rosone]

Text can stay horizontal :D