A new wave of harsh public criticism has erupted around Falcons. This time, OverDrive took aim at the roster, directly stating that the team should part ways with NiKo and zonic, and that, in his view, the project still does not provide a proper environment for its two biggest talents — m0NESY and kyousuke. Earlier, OverDrive had already pushed the idea that Falcons would only start truly winning after changing exactly that duo.
The roster is already in a new phase
All of this comes against the backdrop that Falcons have already gone through major changes: in April, karrigan officially joined the team, replacing kyxsan in the IGL role. So the roster has already entered a new phase, but even after that, the public doubts around the team’s overall construction have not gone anywhere.
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OverDrive believes Falcons need to break things down even further
OverDrive’s main point has not changed: he believes NiKo and zonic are not the foundation around which Falcons should build their future. Earlier, he had already put it as directly as possible — saying that Falcons would start winning consistently only when they changed those two specifically, and that the game should be built around m0NESY, kyousuke, and “a strong supportive player without ego.”
In his latest round of comments, he only radicalized that idea. Essentially, OverDrive paints a picture in which Falcons do not just have isolated issues with roles or map pool, but are stuck in a structure that simply does not unlock the most valuable players on the roster.
In his view, m0NESY and kyousuke are wasting time
The strongest part of his comments is the argument about the young stars. OverDrive makes it clear that he feels bad for m0NESY and kyousuke because, in his opinion, they ended up in a system that does not allow them to squeeze the maximum out of their own level.
This continues an older line he had already voiced before: that without the current managerial and in-game framework, those players could be winning far more. In his eyes, then, the Falcons problem is not a lack of talent, but how that talent is packaged and who surrounds it.
He also took aim at the new captain
OverDrive’s words about the new captain sounded even harsher. From the way he put it, his respect for him only drops with every tournament and every new piece of information. At the same time, he does not deny that the player understands CS, but he also paints the image of a person who, in his view, values personal comfort more than honesty and directness within the team.
This is no longer just criticism of in-game decisions, but an attack on the leader’s personal image. And that is exactly why the statement sounds especially toxic: it targets not statistics or results, but a person’s character and reputation.
Against the backdrop of Falcons’ transfers, all of this sounds even louder
The problem for Falcons is that words like these now attach very easily to the team’s overall narrative. After replacing kyxsan with karrigan, every new tournament for this lineup is automatically read as a test: is the rebuild really working, or was the problem deeper than just the IGL position.
And this is exactly where takes like OverDrive’s gain extra weight. Because it is no longer just “another hot take,” but an attempt to say that even after a major replacement, the root of the problem has not gone anywhere.
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A top team
OverDrive keeps hitting the same point: in his view, Falcons will not become a full-fledged top team until they reconsider the very foundation of the project — first and foremost the role of NiKo, the influence of zonic, and the overall roster architecture around m0NESY and kyousuke.
For now, this is only harsh outside opinion, not insider information about real replacements. But in public space, words like these always work the same way: the longer Falcons go without delivering a big result, the more this kind of criticism starts to look not like noise, but like a substantive accusation.
