Smooya and Spinx to trial for c0ntact gaming

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c0ntact gaming are set to trial Owen “⁠smooya⁠” Butterfield and Lotan “⁠Spinx⁠” Giladi as replacements for ⁠emi⁠ and SHiPZ as reported by DBLTAP and later confirmed by smooya.

The former Chaos and BIG AWPer will be the secondary AWPing alongside ⁠ottoNd⁠.

Smooya’s arrival results his return to active play, when he became a free agent after his release from Chaos in March after he was unable to attain a P-1 visa due to the pandemic.

I will be standing in for @c0ntactCS the next couple of weeks. Excited to get back into official matches with a dedicated team, thank you for the chance @NeiL_Mcs?

I will be joining as 2nd AWP along side the beast @SpinxCSGO, super pumped to see what we can achieve pic.twitter.com/u2YrtuNv3d
— Owen Butterfield (@smooyacs) August 24, 2020

Two months later after his release, it was reported that smooya and Snappi⁠ were to join the Mongolian side of TIGER, but the org backtracked on their plans.

As their current roster gained renewed faith from management following a victory over TYLOO to secure the ESL One: Road to Rio Asia title.

Spinx is a product from the FPL scene, last taking part in the second Nine to Five tournament with Tikitakan.

He averaged a 1.17 rating against the likes of Syman, Illuminar, and ALTERNATE aTTaX.

I'm happy for the opportunity I got to trial in @c0ntactcs , Let's destroy ❤️
— Spinx (@SpinxCS2) August 24, 2020

He currently leads the August leaderboard in FPL, becoming the latest talent to join a team partially based on his achievements on the platform.

Sources: c0ntact to Trial Smooya and Spinxhttps://t.co/tGtpa9mdzg
— DBLTAP Gaming (@DBLTAPesports) August 24, 2020

c0ntact gaming have struggled to find their form in recent months, exiting Flashpoint 1 in 9th place at the start of the year.

Also failing to qualify for cs_summit 6 EU after being knocked out of the Regional Qualifier.

After another shocking placements in two Home Sweet Home Cups and the FunSpark ULTI EU qualifier.

The team decided the changes with the addition of two new players.

C0ntact’s Roster:

Rokas “⁠EspiranTo⁠” Milasauskas
Otto “⁠ottoNd⁠” Sihvo
Marco “⁠Snappi⁠” Pfeiffer
Owen “⁠smooya⁠” Butterfield (trial)
Lotan “⁠Spinx⁠” Giladi (trial)

Neil “⁠NeiL_M⁠” Murphy (head coach)
Daniel “⁠djL⁠” Narancic (coach)