Na`Vi add seized and kibaken

20-8-2013 13:52

Natus Vincere have completed their roster with the additions of two former Begrip Russia members Denis "seized" Kostin and Anton "kibaken" Kolesnikov.

Kostin actually stood in for Na`Vi earlier in the year during the now departed Yegor "markeloff" Markelov's vacation, helping the Ukrainians place 3-4th at RC EMS One Summer Cup #2 after wins over VeryGames and Absolute Legends.

Early on after switching to CS:GO Kostin played for daT team followed up by zNation, prior to teaming up with former Counter-Strike 1.6 Virtus.pro member Kolesnikov in Begrip.

kibaken joins Na`Vi with seized

The two are now joining forces together with the three remaining Natus Vincere members to fill the holes left by Markelov's and Ioann "Edward" Sukhariev's departures for Astana Dragons.

Natus Vincere had been steadily improving and managed to take three maps away from NiP at SLTV StarSeries VI finals, but a loss to Nostalgie at Prague Challenge led to roster changes in the Ukrainian powerhouse.

Natus Vincere:

Arseny "ceh9" Trynozhenko
Anton "kibaken" Kolesnikov
Denis "seized" Kostin
Sergey "starix" Ischuk
Danilo "Zeus" Teslenko

We caught one of Na`Vi's founding members Trynozhenko, who gave us the following statement to explain their decision to recruit Kostin and Kolesnikov:

"Well, a lot of our fans were waiting to see some huge and famous players in the new Na`Vi squad. But we thought about it a lot, and made what I hope to be the best decision that we could", Trynozhenko told HLTV.org.

"I am glad to introduce you two to very talented and nice guys from ex-zNation team - seized and kibaken. I hope that the power of motivation plus experience of "Na`Vi trinity" will blow the CS:GO scene away and we will show our best game again."

Both Kostin and Kolesnikov also shared their statements at navi-gaming.com. Below are Kostin's thoughts regarding his new opportunity in Natus Vincere:

"Hello everyone, I am incredibly happy to have a chance to play for Na` Vi, as this is the world's best organization and one of the best teams in the history of Counter-Strike. I believe in success of the new lineup and I will do my best for us to achieve it. Hard work is waiting for us", Kostin told navi-gaming.com

The new Na`Vi roster will participate in SLTV StarSeries VII and fnatic FragOut League Season 3 online. Their LAN debut will be DreamHack Bucharest on September 14-15th.

top10

2013-08-20 13:53

n1ce

worm

5 replies

yes? :D

2013-08-20 14:06

4 replies

\o/

2013-08-20 15:57

Don't test me ..I'll go hard on you.

2013-08-20 16:33

youtube.com/watch?v=iW1Nff6jgjo

2013-08-20 22:16

1 reply

lol

2013-08-20 23:18

low

we will see we will see^^

Top -5

3 replies

-5

2013-08-20 13:55

2 replies

I don't get your point, you just wrote what I wrote :x

2013-08-20 13:56

But now I do get you xD

2013-08-20 13:57

whaaaaaat?

2013-08-20 13:54

not bad

:( why russians into ukrainian team :(

Russia + Ukraine = Serbia

2013-08-21 03:25

loled :D

2013-08-21 09:57

LOL HAHAHAHAHAHA

2013-08-26 05:14

Has this lineup been under the way for a long time or?

awp?

starix

seized,no?

seized, yes.

2013-08-20 14:09

zeus, no

2013-08-20 16:55

fuuuuuuuuu .Navi shit

It will be something like ex Imaginary , top 50

no GuardiaN, no win hehe

2013-08-20 14:30

+1 .. they are so weak.

2013-08-20 16:37

>AD

good joke i love`d navi in 1.6 budet scince markeloff and edward went to AD Na`Vi is to low and these two players just crap

2013-08-20 15:50

AD it's Arctic Division, it's legal patent licence name of my cs 1.6 clan since 2003 :D so - Astana Dragons no AD! :D

2013-08-20 16:42

ohh shit..:(

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

who is the AWPer?

starix ofcourse

2013-08-20 14:18

Starix played a lot of awp in 1.6, I can only assume he's their go to guy for that weapon. I have no idea about the two new guys tho...

2013-08-20 15:17

did u watched the games when marik was not there?? Seized will be awping.

2013-08-20 16:11

seized,zeus

2013-08-20 22:46

very skilled team joke.^^

Knew it. This is the best option for Na`Vi, definitely the best. All of them is playing together since the start. Best of luck!

looooooooooooooool

SAME

seized

good luck

they will win against AD so dont talk :)

OK OK

2013-08-20 14:27

NaVi failed, im sorry

Yegor Markelov ‏@YegorMarkeloff Wish you good luck with your new lineup mates @cehebu4 @Zeus4430 @natusvincere

2013-08-20 13:59

Cheeky

2013-08-20 14:16

not bad /join #fnatic.play @Qnet

No!3 month maximum((

2013-08-20 14:00

who?

2013-08-20 14:01

oh no.

2013-08-20 14:02

lol wtf?

2013-08-20 14:03

Best Of Luck for the match... :)

2013-08-20 15:48

2013-08-20 21:58

well what to say? good luck guys. if you can beat AD this will be best thing in CS:GO :P

bb navi

both players have potential to play for a top team, so can't wait to see how they play! HF

^this for all ya bitching faggots

2013-08-20 14:07

where worldedit?

Not asked 'cause of that un-creative nick

2013-08-20 14:08

Aha

2013-08-20 14:17

meh

shit team anyway top10 max

fresh young blood

kibaken & seized was damn good in 1.6. we'll see their perfomance in GO

2013-08-20 14:11

top15

blah

2013-08-20 14:13

Wasnt kibaken kicked from virtus.pro 1.6 team cz of lack of skill on pro level?

Seized seems like a really good player, but I'm not sold yet on Kibaken, if he disproves me I will be mighty impressed!

Expected. Hope this team will rock.

everyone flaming, seized and kibaken are good players

2013-08-20 14:14

NaVi sick, so sad :(

top 2131237812414

2013-08-20 14:15

Always good to see some fresh blood. GL Navi!

top1000000

Good luck

2013-08-20 14:21

Good Luck Navi !!!

2013-08-20 14:23

i don't know why so much bad comment, kiba and seized are two young player and motivated,young blood. i know that everyone expected some huge name but i think that this is right chose, maybe they dont be top5 in first two moths but this team have potential

2013-08-20 14:25

thank you !

2013-08-20 14:26

Kamooon Naaa`Viii !!!

good luck guys! hope you will win vs astana

good

2013-08-20 14:28

I dont know much about kibaken, but i know that seized is very very good player, so dont hate with your comments, lets see what gonna be and than u can say "top -5" or "low" or somethink like that, of course if there is a reason for that.

2013-08-20 14:29

FAIL !!!

naizzzz

2013-08-20 14:32

bad lineup/

2013-08-20 14:35

not even top 20

2013-08-20 14:36

+ guardian -kibaken

2013-08-20 14:38

top 29

top 5?

now top10 but after 2-3 months mb top 5

2013-08-20 14:40

-1

2013-08-20 14:41

have fun guys, i hope u will have . and very good luck im holding fingers crossed for you...!

understand

2013-08-20 14:42

hahaahaha

gl navi

2013-08-20 14:43

not what I was expecting but best of luck fellas hope u prove community wrong.

bEd

2013-08-20 14:44

ROFLMAO

gl russian guys

2013-08-20 14:45

Best of luck.

2013-08-20 14:47

SO EXPECTED. but they will achieve nothing with those two, there are no teamless players in CIS scene who can fill those 2 places in navi.

yes there are

2013-08-20 14:48

kucher

lol low rofl kick

2013-08-20 14:49

Two new talents! Nice.

can't wait for an Astana Dragons Na'Vi match :D

2013-08-20 15:00

Navi did very well with seized previously..if kibaken can fill edwards shoes, they could be a really strong team.

2013-08-20 15:02

Gl guys :o)

2013-08-20 15:03

n111

2013-08-20 15:04

GL NAVI

2013-08-20 15:05

good i liked how seized played for navi before, lets hope kibaken can do edwards job well!

2013-08-20 15:06

gl seized and kibaken, GO NAVI, i'm sure that zeus will teach them well

As far as Zeus is in \o/

2013-08-20 15:09

top10 max

2013-08-20 15:12

they are less than 10 pro teams in cs go, so...

2013-08-20 18:05

worldedit guardian kucher ...

2013-08-20 15:13

2013-08-20 15:18

H@H@H@H@@H@H@H@H@H@H@HH@

2013-08-20 15:22

they will fail , i think

2013-08-20 15:23

interesting.... lol

2013-08-20 15:30

always good to see new blood gl to them hope they practice just as much as 2009navi and rape everyone again

2013-08-20 15:34

i hope they be beated from top 10 teams in europe sure as possible :) fail line up

2013-08-20 15:35

Good luck NaVi but I think if they didnt make it with markeloff and Edward they wont success with these 2, so it would be just another team for the community

2013-08-20 15:37

omg Navi )) Gl zeus , starix , ceh9

2013-08-20 15:46

Seized is a truly great player, don't know that much about kibaken though. Best of luck, hope they'll do well!

2013-08-20 15:49

I don't think it's a stretch to think they'll be in the top eight (alongside NIP, VG, fnatic, AD, ex-ESC, Cph Wolves and Complexity), but at least at first they will probably be towards the bottom of that list. And of course, this is excluding any new teams formed from the ruins of LDLC, VP, etc. I always hope to be proven wrong by the underdogs though :)

GO NAVIKI! <3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3

2013-08-20 15:55

tbh unexpected :3

2013-08-20 15:56

gl kibaken and seized !!!

kucheR?

2013-08-20 15:59

2013-08-20 16:01

top 20 maybe

2013-08-20 16:02

n1, gl NAturally VIctorious (Na'Vi)

2013-08-20 16:03

this lineup actually looks very good. good luck and have fun together Na'Vi

Good luck guys.

KIBAKEN

2013-08-20 16:12

release the kibaken!?

2013-08-20 16:49

No, just like his playstyle.

2013-08-20 20:03

ESC NEO TAZ GUARDIAN TBA TBA

Apex and kennys 2 awpers op :D

2013-08-20 22:43

Good Luck! :)

2013-08-20 16:15

Its End. NaVi bb

2013-08-20 16:20

2013-08-20 21:59

wtf kibaken and i think they gonna pick fox and kucher

2013-08-20 16:30

top90

2013-08-20 16:32

old Na`Vi > new Na`Vi

2013-08-20 16:35

old cs > new cs

2013-08-20 16:50

2013-08-20 18:49

no more all 5 cute yellow flags :/

\(o.o)/ raise your kibaken \(o.o)/ \(o.o)/ raise your seized \(o.o)/

2013-08-20 16:53

kibaken ? never heard of this guy Oo

2013-08-20 16:56

youtube.com/watch?v=3B_KaUJj4E8 youtube.com/watch?v=gatlPUoZgQ0 youtube.com/watch?v=fP1InEmBU_0 now you heard:)

2013-08-20 17:00

You must be new here. Welcome.

2013-08-20 19:32

1.6 player

2013-08-20 20:05

Markeloff and Edward out, Kibaken and Seized in. I expect that Na'Vi cs:go squad will shut down really fast. RIP Na'Vi

2013-08-20 17:01

...... Couple of semi-pro old cs1.6 players. They might be above average level in CS:GO but they are still not the type of players to give such a burden aka filling the shoes of Markeloff and Edward. I haven't seen either of them play since 1.6 days i do hope they have improved but i highly doubt it. Good luck anyway Na'Vi you will need it big time.

2013-08-20 17:02

why not WorldEdit? seized awper

2013-08-20 17:07

sadly i can predict 3 or 4 very hard months for them.. ceh9 is gonna be a lot more quiet on lan

2013-08-20 17:17

Obviously when you compare them side by side, anyone in their right mind would choose markeloff + edward over seized and kibaken. With that said, I don't think seized and kibaken were chosen by the 3 remaining members as "mere replacements" for the two previously departed players, as that is nearly impossible to do given markeloff and edward's skill levels and experience. Rather, I think they are trying to forge a new identity and team structure that will be quite different from what we saw when the two aforementioned players were on the team. While most people are quick to suggest that this lineup has no chance, I think it's possible (emphasis on possible) that they can be as good as the previous lineup or better. We all know that NaVi wasn't nearly as good as they were in their 1.6 days and while they were improving, they still didn't play like a regular top 3 or even top 5 team. And it was easy to blame the three remaining members as the issue. Perhaps change was needed for both sides and this will propel NaVi closer to the top. I think it would certainly be surprising to most of us, but I do think it's possible. This is a different team, not just a poorer version of their previous lineup.

2013-08-20 17:18

not bad gl navi!!

2013-08-20 17:31

Seized was to be expected very good player. kibaken good pistolier. Hope they integrate well gl

2013-08-20 17:32

huge n1 :)

2013-08-20 17:46

GL WF

2013-08-20 17:48

easy TOP 20 )) ofc gl !

2013-08-20 18:12

pfffffffffffffffffffffffffff

2013-08-20 18:21

Top100. Navi will fail with these noobs

2013-08-20 18:26

gl na`vi :3

both 17 years old? :D

2013-08-20 18:38

nice actually, i watched them in 1.6 they very big talents and sick aim on both

2013-08-20 18:51

twitch.tv/beatttt stream sltv pro series TWG vs TROOPAZ ; 19 00 CET

2013-08-20 18:53

I like it, fresh blood to boost their motivation.

2013-08-20 19:00

after one event people will either say kick kibaken or kibaken is a cs god. should be fun to watch.

2013-08-20 19:05

NAVI out of top10. No chance.

2013-08-20 19:06

............ guardian and kucher in go in 1.6: bondik & z1 rip navi .....

2013-08-20 19:09

This is the worst day FOR EVER EVER. WHERE IS KUCHER?

2013-08-20 19:18

Interesting, hope they don't give up after a phew poor results. GL.

2013-08-20 19:21

soo esc ?

2013-08-20 19:26

top 10 faroes island

2013-08-20 19:33

pops, xaoc, krutoi, craft1k,z1 and shara are playing GO ?

2013-08-20 19:41

pops, xaoc, craft1k, shara - NO z1 - seldom Krutoi - KerchNET

2013-08-21 00:15

thx

2013-08-21 03:13

kutcher, guardian, worldedit, fox and I. WE CREATE NEW TEAM

kutcher 0_o

2013-08-21 17:20

Rofl....

2013-08-20 20:22

when they play first offcial match?

2013-08-20 20:59

StarLadder

2013-08-21 10:20

stupid Lineup

2013-08-20 21:17

agree with you

2013-08-20 21:57

promising with those fresh motivated guys, gl NaVi

2013-08-20 21:22

Markeloff Edward Neo TaZ pasha/starix = top1

Markeloff Edward Neo TaZ Dosia IMO, this team would be insane.

2013-08-21 19:40

they'd need worldedit

2013-08-20 22:19

gl navi, seized and kibaken are better than marki&uspmaster. everything will be better. just #believe

2013-08-20 22:22

lets see what they can do.

2013-08-20 22:24

gl Na'Vi

2013-08-20 22:32

expected, gl anyways

2013-08-20 23:25

gl guys :)

2013-08-21 00:11

gl, cant wait for navi vs AD

2013-08-21 00:13

HAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA shit:(

2013-08-21 00:31

They have potential which makes it very good choice in long term because Na'vi isn't a kind of team that changes player everyday

2013-08-21 02:07

i see these people are talking shit while looking into surnames. wait. time is running. and it can surprise. good luck, Na`Vi

2013-08-21 02:29

NAVI > AD

2013-08-21 02:37

with the motivation this players got right now.. im sure they will suprise us!

2013-08-21 06:21

gl guys

2013-08-21 07:14

I'm not sure if kibaken is up to the challenge. Hope he proves me wrong.

2013-08-21 07:45

2013-08-21 15:07

hahaha.....This is embarrassing. Exchange legendary, scaring two aimers for these "KIDS", who don't even know taste of victory? Na`Vi will get more female fans, cuz they have 2 two pretty pussys in da team.