kUcheR joins Empire

12-4-2016 04:15

Former HellRaisers player Emil 'kUcheR' Akhundov has officially joined up with the CIS region Team Empire, replacing Ilya 'fix' Golovko.

Alongside longtime teammate Kyrylo "⁠ANGE1⁠" Karasiow, Emil "⁠kUcheR⁠" Akhundov was the longest standing member of the HellRaisers team until the 27-year-old Ukrainian player (with previous stints on the likes of Virtus.pro and Astana Dragons in the past) recently decided to depart from the organisation altogether.

It has now been announced that Team Empire, who signed the Rebels team in late January that were runners-up at the CIS Minor and who featured a CIS region mix of mostly up-and-coming players, is the newfound berth for kUcheR as the player will step into the active five man lineup effective immediately.


kUcheR back to active play

Going out in kUcheR's stead is Ukrainian and eighteen year old Ilya "⁠fix⁠" Golovko. The reason for the roster change is related to the team's apparent worsening of results lately, with a few losses in the past few days having particularly bleak scorelines.

An approximately translated statement from the team's manager Maxim "nirvana_sf" Zalilov sheds some light on the change:

"Today, we have had to make a substitution. We will be swapping out Ilya [fix] - a great player, and a fine, decent man - since, unfortunately, our results have not progressed recently. Various methods that we used did not help. We was decided to strengthen the structure of the team with an experienced player, Emil [kUcheR]. I want to say many thanks to Ilya for everything he has done for us and I wish him luck in the future," Zalilov said.

Empire's roster is now:

Belarus Roman "⁠CyberFocus⁠" Dergach
Belarus Sergey "⁠spaz⁠" Skrypchik
Russia Alexander "⁠spiker⁠" Ivanov
Russia Denis "⁠electroNic⁠" Sharipov
Ukraine Emil "⁠kUcheR⁠" Akhundov

Russia Maxim "nirvana_sf" Zalilov

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Ukraine Kyrylo 'ANGE1' Karasiow
Kyrylo 'ANGE1' Karasiow
Age:
26
Team:
HellRaisers
Rating 1.0:
1.01
Maps played:
867
KPR:
0.71
DPR:
0.70
Ukraine Ilya 'fix' Golovko
Ilya 'fix' Golovko
Age:
18
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.89
Maps played:
191
KPR:
0.61
DPR:
0.71
Russia Alexander 'spiker' Ivanov
Alexander 'spiker' Ivanov
Age:
21
Team:
Empire
Rating 1.0:
0.87
Maps played:
255
KPR:
0.61
DPR:
0.72
Russia Denis 'electroNic' Sharipov
Denis 'electroNic' Sharipov
Age:
17
Team:
Empire
Rating 1.0:
1.08
Maps played:
111
KPR:
0.77
DPR:
0.71
Belarus Sergey 'spaz' Skrypchik
Sergey 'spaz' Skrypchik
Age:
24
Team:
Empire
Rating 1.0:
1.04
Maps played:
206
KPR:
0.73
DPR:
0.70
Russia Emil 'kUcheR' Akhundov
Emil 'kUcheR' Akhundov
Age:
27
Team:
Empire
Rating 1.0:
0.97
Maps played:
735
KPR:
0.67
DPR:
0.68
Belarus Roman 'CyberFocus' Dergach
Roman 'CyberFocus' Dergach
Age:
21
Team:
Empire
Rating 1.0:
1.02
Maps played:
224
KPR:
0.72
DPR:
0.70
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WE has had a good performance, but not a great one. They also usually place him in those situations to pick up the most frags, which would explain the high rating a bit. But sure, like I said, it might be blade.
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Kucher - man who missed 20/20 bullets from the M4a1-s spray vs Liquid's mid to B split on dust2 up 13-7
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GL!
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2016-04-12 08:46
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2016-04-12 09:08
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Low tier team, RIP Kucher
2016-04-12 09:13
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-spiker +fix
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Gl kucher borsch :)
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that's pretty cool
2016-04-12 10:20
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let'g go kUcheR
2016-04-12 10:33
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Ye. Better kick fix than fucking noob spiker with 0.7 rating, gj!
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They're both bad.
2016-04-12 16:25
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Nice GL Emil
2016-04-12 12:05
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2016-04-12 12:27
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2016-04-12 13:57
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Finally -bot fix!
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Unexpected but gl kucher:)
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Empire top1 now?
2016-04-12 23:30
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WB V-V
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