On Thursday, January 4, 2023, Complexity announced contract extensions with Ricky “floppy” Kemery, Johnny “JT” Theodosiou, Michael “Grim” Wince, and head coach Tiaan “T.c” Coertzen.<\/p>\n
The specific details of the deal have not been revealed.<\/p>\n
The new deals tie the founding members of Complexity’s current Counter-Strike<\/a> line-up together for years to come.<\/p>\n While Complexity hasn’t shared the exact details, the new contracts cover multiple years.<\/p>\n The announcement did not mention the remaining two players on Complexity’s roster, H\u00e5kon “hallzerk” Fj\u00e6rli and Jonathan “EliGE” Jablonowski. <\/p>\n However, both have time remaining on their contracts, having joined the team in July 2022 and June 2023, respectively.<\/p>\n The contract extensions come amid a turbulent period for the North American esports team, which found itself in a tricky situation following GameSquare’s intentions to acquire FaZe Clan.<\/p>\n While the deal has yet to be finalised, GameSquare’s purchase of FaZe could prevent one of the two teams from competing in some of the biggest CS events.<\/p>\n The contract extensions might indicate that GameSquare would retain the Complexity roster over FaZe Clan’s.<\/p>\n However, there’s a chance Complexity might also get a new (old) owner.<\/p>\n According to recent reports, the former owner of Complexity, Jason Lake, is searching for investors to reacquire the team he sold to GameSquare in 2021 as a part of an all-stock deal worth US $27 million.<\/p>\n Lake has yet to confirm his intentions; however, he has been on a roadshow to attract investors to finance the deal.<\/p>\n Initially, GameSquare planned to close the acquisition of FaZe Clan in Q4 of 2023; however, the deal will take months to complete, extending the saga, which puts the future of FaZe Clan and Complexity under a huge question mark.<\/p>\n While FaZe Clan accomplished much more in 2023, winning three of the five Counter-Strike 2 tournaments, Complexity has also undergone a massive resurgence.<\/p>\n Following a rough start to the year, Complexity claimed a gold medal from BLAST Premier: Fall American Showdown 2023<\/a>, made the finals of Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023<\/a>, and reached the semi-finals of BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023<\/a> in November.<\/p>\n With Team Liquid forming a majority-European Counter-Strike roster featuring Casper “cadiaN” M\u00f8ller and Russel “Twistzz” Van Dulken, Complexity took over the top spot in the North American CS scene, 179 points clear of M80 in second.<\/p>\n Complexity will return to action next week at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: North American Qualifier, set to begin on January 12, 2024.<\/p>\n Still committed to NA Counter-Strike after 20 years \ud83e\udd1d pic.twitter.com\/7pmhxlke3E<\/a><\/p>\n — Complexity \u272d (@Complexity) January 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \n