Los Ratones’ Baus gives his thoughts on his potential place in the team’s future

Darragh Harbinson, Senior Editor

Last Updated: 23/10/2025

Simon “Baus” Hofverberg has discussed his potential future in Los Ratones as the team discusses its future direction.

The Swede hinted that the direction of the team and his personal preferences may be diverging.

Baus outlines his thoughts on his Los Ratones future

“We’re turning more and more into a ‘professional athlete’ team, and I have no place in that”

The Swedish toplaner’s unique playstyle has made him a fan favourite, with frequent off-meta picks and pushes.

However, Baus reflected on several aspects of the project that had shifted direction throughout the year, notably the increasingly competitive nature of the endeavour.

Baus began by informing his chat that the team had had a meeting about future plans, emphasising his thought process.

“We had a team meeting yesterday with Los Ratones. We were discussing future plans… I’m thinking more from an individual standpoint, what I want to do with my life. It’s a decision I have to make.”

He went on to discuss his experience throughout the year, and how it interacted with his playstyle:

“We’ve had coaches, we’ve had people tell us what to do – meta stuff, new strategies – and they will tell us those strategies, and then it’s up to me as a player, or anyone as a player, to listen or not. I just wanna kind of play my own game, you know?”

The NLC three-time champion went on to stress that he wanted to maintain a good relationship with League of Legends, and preserve happiness inside the game:

“I don’t want to go into a point in my life where I get bored of the game. I don’t want it to turn into this thing where I wake up and play passive under tower for five hours a day. I don’t want that. That’s not what I wanna do, that’s not how I play.”

However, Baus implied that his way of playing was becoming less compatible with the Los Ratones project, which is becoming more competitive in nature:

“Best case scenario is if I can grief and int in pro play. That’s always been a good time, but I think people are kind of done with me doing that. The mood in the team could be better right now. If the enemy toplaner is 10-0 another time, Crownie might lose it, you know? So I think I gotta stop it.”

The streamer went on to discuss the restrictions the team’s practice put on his streaming schedule, and his prioritisation of streaming:

“These last few weeks, when we prepared for EU [EMEA] Masters, there were a lot of offline scrims, and I spent like six hours every day just playing f**king games, just scrimming. Some days, I wasn’t even able to stream because the time schedule was so cooked.

“I’m not going to play pro play if it means I can’t stream. I’d much rather stream than play pro play, obviously, that’s a no-brainer.

“I would never do it how we did now, pretty much, where you spend two days a week streaming. I want to stream.”

While Los Ratones are frequently described as ‘content team,’ the mix of streamers and former pros has scrimmed less and less on stream in order to improve their competitive chances, seemingly shifting away from Baus’ preference:

“That’s why Los Ratones was so good, because Los Ratones gave me the opportunity to stream the scrims, and it was a lot more chill team, a lot more relaxing. It was so perfect for me.”

Baus went on to describe how the philosophy of the team had drifted in the second half of the year, calling into question his position in the context of that direction:

“Especially in the second half of the year, and depending on how next year looks, we’re turning more and more into a ‘professional athlete’ team, and I have no place in that. I’m not gonna give up my streaming career for pro play.

“If the schedule means I need to scrim six hours a day and review three hours a day…”

However, Baus stopped short of making any conclusion, emphasising that nothing was decided:

“I’m not saying anything chat, don’t get me wrong. I’m just saying I’m constantly looking for a solution, and I’m not giving up my streaming career for pro play. If I can do both, that’s great.”

Los Ratones’ 2025 shift shows a trend toward a greater competitive nature

Baus’s words corroborate Caedrel’s words after the team’s loss to Karmine Corp Blue.

The LoL co-streamer and Los Ratones owner stated, “I think our practice got progressively worse. I don’t know if you could tell from the outside, but the vibe slowly deteriorated.

“The fun went into super serious very quickly, and problems festered. Solutions never found.”

The overall picture painted is one of differing opinions on the nature of the team, and whether competitive goals should be prioritised over friendship and content.

However, the trend does seem to be towards LR moving to a highly competitive level as Los Ratones are reported to be playing in LEC Winter 2026, though there is no official announcement as of yet.

Los Ratones have promised an update “soon” regarding the roster, so fans won’t have long to wait to see whether they can solve their differing priorities.

Darragh Harbinson, Senior Editor

Darragh Harbinson is an esports writer specialising in Counter-Strike. He has written for Esports News UK, Esports Insider, UKCSGO, Dexerto, and Rush B Media.

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