{"id":12737,"date":"2020-08-17T21:47:38","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T01:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=12737"},"modified":"2020-08-17T21:47:38","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T01:47:38","slug":"csgo-pro-radifaction-now-a-free-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/csgo-pro-radifaction-now-a-free-agent\/","title":{"rendered":"CS:GO pro Radifaction now a free agent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Norwegian <a href=\"\/counter-strike\/\" title=\"CS:GO betting sites\">Counter-Strike: Global Offensive<\/a> pro Haakon &#8220;\u2060Radifaction\u2060&#8221; Tholo announced his move into free agency on Monday following his four-month stint as an inactive member of Apeks.<\/p>\n<p>Since joining the team in July 2019, Radifaction\u2060 helped Apeks to a handful of impressive placements in domestic and international tournaments. They include runner-up finishes at ESEA Proving Grounds 2019 Europe and Vestlan Virtual 2020, as well as gold medals from Telialigaen Fall 2019 and Telialigaen Spring 2020. <\/p>\n<p>He also led Apeks to the ESL One Rio Europe Minor Closed Qualifier and ESEA MDL Season 33 Relegations, although the Norwegian squad fell short in both, finishing in 13-16th and fifth-sixth place respectively.<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thanks for everyhing, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/radifaction?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@radifaction<\/a>! It&#39;s been a pleasure having you in our club, and we really hope you find a new suitable home and can keep owning!<\/p>\n<p>You will be missed! ?? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qa1mqyFGVs\">pic.twitter.com\/Qa1mqyFGVs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Apeks (@apeksgg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/apeksgg\/status\/1295037621589221377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Despite his relative success, Radifaction\u2060 was benched in April and soon <a href=\"\/dennis-joins-apeks-csgo-roster-as-full-time-member\/\" title=\"More Apeks CS:GO news\">replaced by former Ninjas in Pyjamas AWPer Dennis &#8220;\u2060dennis\u2060&#8221; Edman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Even after moving to Apeks&#8217; inactive roster, Radifaction\u2060 stayed involved in the scene as a stand-in for Team Secret. He led them to a sixth-eighth finish in the #HomeSweetHome: Week 6 playoffs and third place in the ESEA Season 34: Advanced Division, marking the organisation&#8217;s best result since returning to CS:GO in November 2019.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen where Radifaction\u2060 will continue his CS:GO career, but it&#8217;s likely we will see the 21-year-old Norwegian competing under Team Secret&#8217;s banner alongside Dionis &#8220;sinnopsyy&#8221; Budeci,Guy &#8220;anarkez&#8221; Trachtman, Martin &#8220;PERCY&#8221; Wessel and Danni &#8220;smF&#8221; Dyg for a while longer.<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wish my boys in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/apeksgg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@apeksgg<\/a> the best of luck moving forward ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7Sbi89z8tt\">https:\/\/t.co\/7Sbi89z8tt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Haakon Tholo (@radifaction) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/radifaction\/status\/1295041296608964609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>If that stay turns into a full-time contract, Team Secret will mark Radifaction\u2060&#8217;s eighth stop in a four-year CS:GO career that began in October 2016 with Celestial Gaming. He has also played for BX3 eSports Club, Nordic Warthogs, Zoctai, Nordavind and NoChance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Norwegian Counter-Strike: Global Offensive pro Haakon &#8220;\u2060Radifaction\u2060&#8221; Tholo announced his move into free agency on Monday following his four-month stint as an inactive member of Apeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":4168,"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":[626,4,1359,1358],"class_list":["post-12737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-cs-go","tag-featured","tag-haakon-radifaction-tholo","tag-no"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12737"}],"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\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12737"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12742,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12737\/revisions\/12742"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}