{"id":36175,"date":"2024-06-10T22:49:15","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T02:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=36175"},"modified":"2024-06-10T22:49:15","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T02:49:15","slug":"taz-will-stand-in-for-m0nesy-at-spring-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/taz-will-stand-in-for-m0nesy-at-spring-final\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;TaZ&#8221; will stand-in for &#8220;m0NESY&#8221; at Spring Final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>G2 Esports has announced that Ilya &#8220;m0NESY&#8221; Osipov will not participate in the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/blast-premier-series\/spring-final\/\" title=\"BLAST Premier Spring Final betting guide\">BLAST Premier Spring Final 2024<\/a>, scheduled for June 12\u201316, due to visa issues.<\/p>\n<p>Wiktor &#8220;\u2060TaZ\u2060&#8221; Wojtas, the team&#8217;s coach, will replace him.<\/p>\n<p>This news is a significant blow to G2, who recently celebrated a victory at <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/g2-esports-claim-iem-dallas-2024-title\/\" title=\"G2 claim IEM Dallas title\">IEM Dallas<\/a> with stand-in Jake &#8220;\u2060Stewie2K\u2060&#8221; Yip.<\/p>\n<p>m0NESY, who was the MVP at the event, expressed his eagerness to share the experience with his teammate Rasmus &#8220;\u2060HooXi\u2060&#8221; Nielsen, but he will now have to wait until after the <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/\" title=\"Counter-Strike betting guide\">Counter-Strike<\/a> player break.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian superstar has been a key player for G2 throughout 2024, earning one MVP and three EVP awards, and averaging a 1.31 rating across 90 maps.<\/p>\n<p>His absence is particularly impactful, given his dominant performance and influence within the team.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Due to wanting to recreate the success from Dallas (VISA issues) m0NESY will not be travelling to London for Blast and so we will be playing with a stand in <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/niP4jWrW5B\">pic.twitter.com\/niP4jWrW5B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; G2 CS (@G2CSGO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/G2CSGO\/status\/1800190113688993836?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Replacing m0NESY is TaZ, a Polish legend who last played professionally in March 2023 under the HONORIS tag before retiring.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his extensive experience, his return to top-tier competition after a significant hiatus will be challenging.<\/p>\n<p>G2, placed in Group B, will face Team Spirit in their opening match on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The team will have to rely heavily on Nemanja &#8220;huNter-&#8221; Kova\u010d and Nikola &#8220;NiKo&#8221; Kova\u010d, both capable secondary snipers, to compensate for the loss of m0NESY&#8217;s firepower.<\/p>\n<p>However, replicating his 1.31 rating will be a daunting task.<\/p>\n<p>Fans had speculated a return for Stewie2K, but the team opted for TaZ, who brings veteran savvy and a calming influence.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, G2&#8217;s path to success has become significantly more challenging, as they will miss the strategic and in-game leadership m0NESY provides.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/news\/\" class=\"contentLinkBtn\">More esports news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to visa issues, Ilya &#8220;m0NESY&#8221; Osipov will not play for G2 Esports at the BLAST Premier Spring Final in London.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":23313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2223,3111,103,2559,3128],"class_list":["post-36175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-blast-premier-spring-final","tag-counter-strike-2","tag-g2-esports","tag-ilya-m0nesy-osipov","tag-wiktor-taz-wojtas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36175"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36175"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36178,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36175\/revisions\/36178"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}