The saga with meaning with the return of 100 Thieves to the shooter from Valve turns into a real thriller — the organization seems to have finally found “fresh blood” for its ambitious comeback. To be honest, insiders have been whispering for a long time about who would close the problematic slots, and now HLTV has rolled out a powerful insider: the club is one step away from signing the 19-year-old Swede. By the way, we are talking about Alex “poiii” Nyholm, who is now listed in the Alliance.
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Prospects for the transfer of poiii to the new 100 Thieves team
To tell the truth, the choice is extremely interesting. Alex burst onto the pro scene only in 2024, but he has already managed to make a splash. Apparently, the Thieves’ scouts appreciated his statistics — the guy holds an average rating of 1.12 per year, which, you must admit, is very solid for a beginner.
In addition, poiii was twice featured in the HLTV young talent lists — the last time he secured the 40th place, significantly improving his position. This is, in fact, an investment in the future, rather than buying a ready-made superstar.
The current puzzle of the roster: Stars and Rumors
The situation with the squad is generally intriguing. At the moment, we have a confirmed backbone that looks so very threatening.
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Howard “rain” Nygaard is a veteran and a killing machine;
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Lucas “gla1ve” Rossander is a brilliant Dane, who, by the way, officially took over the post of head coach.
And here’s the most interesting thing — there is a wild rumor online that Nikolai “device” Ridtz himself may join this bank. If this transfer works out — and there is no smoke without fire — we will get a roster capable of breaking any major.
The history of unsuccessful attempts by 100 Thieves in the CS2 discipline
It is worth considering that this is the third attempt for the organization to gain a foothold in Counter-Strike, and the last two times, to be honest, ended in complete fiasco. Let’s remember how it was — history teaches, doesn’t it?
Reasons for the dissolution of the Brazilian Immortals in 2017
At the end of 2017, the organization bought out the Immortals with great fanfare (phelps, kNgV, and the company). It would seem that success was in the pocket, but everything collapsed instantly. kNgV- apparently forgot about media ethics and got into a scandal with racist statements. The result is sad — after a month and a half, the roster was disbanded. Ambitions have been dashed by discipline, it happens.
Logistics problems and closure of the Australian roster
The second attempt looked smarter — they signed Renegades. The Australians (jks, AZR) played cool: they took silver at IEM Beijing 2019, butted heads with Astralis. But then geography and covid intervened. The team was based in Los Angeles, tournaments were held in Europe, and logistics simply died during the pandemic. The organization did not take out the contents of the train on another continent and in October 2020 it turned down the shop.
Strategy for the development of the esports division in 2026
Now, along the way, Nadeshot and the company (including investor Dan Gilbert) have changed the record. Partnering with Roobet provides a budget, and focusing on a hybrid roaster (experienced Europeans + young talents like poiii) can work. The main thing now is not to step on the rake with logistics and let gla1ve build a structure.
In short, we are waiting for the official announcement — this line-up, if all the puzzles work out, will be very noisy.
