After each Major tournament, the players’ dance on the international CS:GO scene begins. Usually, it is common for the first changes to occur during these dates. However, this year, the current war in Ukraine has greatly affected the changing parts of different teams. Obviously, the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) organizations had the most problems due to this conflict. Let’s see the most crucial changes happened to such CIS clubs as Virtus.pro, Natus Vincere, Fnatic, and Gambit Esports.
Virtus.pro in Restructuring
The first movements have occurred on Virtus.pro. Confirming the rumors of weeks ago, YEKINDAR leaves the roster and is available to sign for any international team. According to csgo player stats, the 22-year-old Latvian is one of the most desired players on the scene due to his enormous talent and youth.
During his career, Mareks “YEKINDAR” Galinskis was proclaimed as one of the best entry-fraggers, taking the 8th spot on the top 20 CS:GO players list in 2022. Together with Virtus.pro, he has achieved EVP awards, including:
- the cs_summit 7
- the ESL Pro League Season 13
- the IEM in Katowice
- the IEM Fall 2021 CIS
Based on these achievements, YEKINDAR could end up on any team since many organizations are ready to pay for his worth. Virtus.pro has also confirmed the departure of Timur “buster” Tulepov, a 22-year-old shooter from Kazakhstan. In May 2022, the coach of the Russian team mentioned that Virtus. (buy xanax from europe) pro signed contracts with “fame” and “n0rb3r7” players.
The current CS:GO roster consists of:
- Evgeniy “FL1T” Lebedev
- Dzhami “Jame” Ali
- Aleksei “Qikert” Golubev
- David “n0rb3r7” Daniyelyan
- Pyotr “fame” Bolyshev
- Dastan “dastan” Aqbaev (coach)
Natus Vincere Modifications
Natus Vincere has gone through more than important changes in its squad. For several weeks there have been rumors that the Ukrainian organization could make changes due to the war in the country. These could directly affect the Russian players Вoombl4, electronic, and Perfecto.
However, NaVi management had put only one condition, confirming that the club refused to work with players living in Russia. Both electroNic and Perfecto have agreed to relocate, while Вoombl4 would not have accepted the condition. All these have triggered a domino effect for the team, including:
- the departure of Вoobml4
- the arrival of sdy
- the new IGL role of electroNic
- the possible short break of S1mple
All in all, the active player roster of the Ukrainian organization for the upcoming tournaments is as follows:
- Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev
- Valerii “b1t” Vakhovskiy
- Viktor “sdy” Orudzhev
- Ilya “Perfecto” Zalutsky
- Denis “electronic” Sharipov
- Andrii “B1ad3” Gorodensky (coach)
- Vladislav “nafany” Gorshkov
- Dmitry “sh1ro” Sokolov
- Sergey “Ax1Le” Rykhtorov
- Timofey “interz” Yakushin
- Abay “HObbit” Khasenov
- Konstantin “groove” Pikiner (coach)
Fnatic’s interest in Copenhagen Flames
After the departures of Valentin “poizion” Vasilev and Alexander “ALEX” McMeekin from Fnatic, the British organization needed two more players. Fredrik “roeJ” Jørgensen and Nico “nicoodoz” Tamjid have become those two Danish players from Copenhagen Flames. Both of them showed a good performance at the last two Major tournaments, making it even to the playoffs at the PGL Antwerp.
Within acquisition of these players, the active player roster of fnatic is as follows:
- Freddy “KRIMZ” Johansson
- William “mezii” Merriman
- Nico “nicoodoz” Tamjid
- Fredrik “roeJ” Jørgensen
- Jamie “keita” Hall (strategic coach)
Gambit Esports Under the Name of Cloud9
Since the beginning of the war, Gambit Esports, the Russian organization, has been one of the main protagonists and affected by this situation. Gambit sold its roster to Cloud9 to continue playing under the name of the American organization.
The acquisition of this competitive roster makes C9 one of the best teams in the world. Indeed, they were proclaimed champions of the IEM Dallas 2022 tournament two weeks ago. For better understanding, the last time Cloud9 took winning places was the Boston Major in 2018.
The Cloud9 CS:GO roster consists of:
- Vladislav “nafany” Gorshkov
- Dmitry “sh1ro” Sokolov
- Sergey “Ax1Le” Rykhtorov
- Timofey “interz” Yakushin
- Abay “HObbit” Khasenov
- Konstantin “groove” Pikiner (coach)
