According to a recent report by HLTV, team Windigo has finally received their share of the prize pool from the WESG 2018 Finals. The finals for the WESG event took place in March 2019 and the prize pool amounted to $500,000.
Artur Yermolay, one of the founders of the team that disbanded in late 2019 reportedly due to monetary problems has expressed his happiness after they were given their prize money after waiting for a year.
The former Windigo team that won the tournament consisted of the following players:
- Valentin “poizon” Vasilev
- Georgi “SHiPZ” Grigorov
- Kamen “bubble” Kostadinov
- Yanko “blocker” Panov
- Viktor “v1c7oR” Dyankov
All of the former Windigo players went their separate ways after the team disbanded. SHiPZ and poizon were picked up by CR4ZY and compLexity Gaming respectively. Poizon was later sold to c0ntact gaming. Bubble now plays for SMASH while blocker plays for BLUEJAYS.
According to the HLTV report, WESG claims the delay in payment of the team was due to bank regulations and the current global pandemic. A representative of WESG has reportedly stayed “in constant communication with Windigo” during the period of delay to solve the payment problems that aroused.
However, the intent of WESG on the 2019 World Finals are still blurry as they have not released an update on the situation since January. The last statement released on January 22 said that the Asia-Pacific finals which was scheduled for mid-February wouldn’t go on as planned due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Several well-known teams in the competitive CSGO scene like Heroic, Chaos, North, and Spirit have already qualified for the finals.
