Ben "ben1337" Smith has been a fixture of North American Counter Strike since 2017, building his career across more than fifteen teams and a Fragadelphia 17 title with Evil Geniuses. For much of that span he was the IGL and co-founder of Party Astronauts, the storied orgless squad he helped build from 2020 onward. He joined BOSS as their IGL in mid-2025, moved into coaching with the team in early 2026, came back to the server once when his roster needed a fifth, then put the mouse down for good and joined Marsborne as Assistant Coach to LUCID. He is the second set of eyes on the film and the coach who brought WUMBO and marekiew with him from BOSS. Asked why he made the move, his answer was simple: he loves teaching young players more than he loves fragging.

Hunter "Lucid" Tucker, born and raised in North Georgia, discovered Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) in early 2017. Initially, his passion and commitment to baseball prevented him from taking the game seriously. However, a shoulder injury during his junior year of high school forced him to seek a new competitive outlet, igniting a deep lovefor esports and CS:GO in particular. After several years of dedicated study, Hunter began creating content and building a reputation for his insightful game analysis and understanding of team strategies. His professional career started in 2019, during hisfreshman year of college, when he joined the international team FunPlus Phoenix as an analyst. This launched a rapid ascent, with successful stints alongside Team Liquid, FaZe Clan, and FURIA, leading to his current position as head coach for Marsborne. While he primarily focuses on CS:GO, Hunter also enjoys various other games, such as FromSoftware titles and Minecraft, providing alternative creative and strategic outlets outside of competitive Counter-Strike

Chance "WUMBO" Boyer arrived on the North American Counter Strike scene in March 2026 and made himself impossible to ignore. After signing with BOSS with only two HLTV maps to his name, he posted a 1.26 rating across his first thirty days as a professional, a debut explosive enough that scene chatter quickly turned to accusations that he had to be cheating. He answered them on LAN, farming opponents at FRAG York and again at FRAG 20 in Las Vegas while earning #2 on HLTV's North American Prospects list. On Marsborne, WUMBO is a rifler, the youngest gun on the roster and arguably the next Donk in the making. The questions have been answered. The career has begun.

Bogdan "ogwizard" Savula chose America. After years grinding the North American circuit through Party Astronauts and LAG Gaming, the Ukrainian-born clutch specialist raised his right hand in March 2026 and took the Oath of Allegiance, becoming a United States citizen. He plays his best when the round is already on fire: a 1.11 career rating and a reputation built on impossible 1v2s when everyone else has run out of plans. Off the server he is the loudest voice in the room. A natural on stream, a natural on podcast, the kind of teammate whose energy fills the practice block. On Marsborne, ogwizard represents hope. On the server, death.

Adam "Grizz" Golden was born in Dallas, Texas and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana. He picked Counter Strike back up in 2020 after a five-year break, hit FACEIT level 10 inside twelve months, and tore through ESEA from Open to Advanced in a single year. He won ESEA Main with Rectify, made ECL with Limitless, and earned a second place ECL run subbing for Wildcard that qualified the team to ESL Pro League Season 20, after which Marsborne signed him as one of the first additions to its new project. Now HLTV's top-ranked North American prospect, Grizz has been lighting up the scoreboard, most recently carrying the team to wins over M80, Imperial, Bestia, Red Canids, and Voca. Off the server he spends his free time with his beloved cat, Maggie.

Mark "marekiew" Petrov is the loudest player in North American Counter Strike. He has just never mentioned it. Schooled in music, and hardened through the grind of Immigrants Peek, Outfit 49, and regain, the 22-year-old anchor arrived on Marsborne in April 2026 with a 1.10 career rating and a vow of silence so committed his only documented verbal communication remains the single word "nice" after a teammate's clutch. On the server, marekiew is the lurker, the site holder, the player who shows up on the killfeed and nowhere else. He has won rounds without uttering a syllable. He has frustrated entire teams from the shadows of B site. He is, in every measurable sense, present. We assume he is doing fine.

Adam "freshie" Paterson hails from the frozen north of Canada and brings the cold with him to every server he steps on. The 23-year-old has played for eleven teams across his career, watched most of them dissolve into the air, picked up his keyboard, and walked to the next one. He has buried more lineups than he has trophies. On Marsborne he serves as in-game leader and captain, the voice on comms calling rounds, reading rotations, and quietly deciding which side of the bracket goes home. He is the closing argument in your headphones. Opposing teams around freshie tend to die. freshie remains.