starix steps down from Spirit

4-10-2017 15:33

Sergey "starix" Ischuk is no longer a part of Spirit's roster, the organization has announced today. Vladyslav "arch" Svistov will be stepping in for the time being as a temporary replacement.

A five-month-long playing stint with Spirit has come to an end for Sergey "⁠starix⁠" Ischuk, who joined the side after leaving the position of Natus Vincere's head coach in March.

starix will no longer be a part of Spirit's roster, but is still tied to the organization

Spirit pointed out a "lack of progress and the results over the past few weeks" as the reason for the change, with their recent results being failed qualification attempts for events such as DreamHack Open Denver, where they went out to HellRaisers, and WCA 2017, where they were eliminated in the closed qualifier by AVANGAR.

The last match starix played for the side was against Binary Dragons, with the Serbian side picking up a 2-0 victory over Spirit to eliminate them from Hellcase Cup 6.

In the official announcement, Spirit point out that the decision to depart the active roster was a mutual one, with the team manager Ruslan Bugrin stating that, even though he is no longer a player, starix is still a part of the organization:

"The decision was not easy, but Sergei and I talked and came to the conclusion that [leaving the roster] would be better for the team and for his personal growth. Sergei is still in the organization, we offered him several options for further cooperation. Now everything depends only on Sergei, he needs some time to make a decision. "

To fill in for starix, Spirit will be using Vladyslav "⁠arch⁠" Svistov, who was recently released by Prophecy after a season of Gfinity Elite Series.

Spirit are now:

Pavlo "⁠COLDYY1⁠" Veklenko
Dmitry "⁠S0tF1k⁠" Forostyanko
Vadim "⁠DavCost⁠" Vasilyev
Dmitriy "⁠Dimaoneshot⁠" Bandurka
Vladyslav "⁠arch⁠" Svistov (stand-in)

Sergey "⁠starix⁠" Ischuk (benched)

Rip

2017-10-04 15:33

10 replies

RIp Starix LUL

2017-10-04 15:34

2 replies

Na'Vi starix

2017-10-04 15:35

Should have gone to china

2017-10-04 15:36

DavCost is russian

3 replies

pikachu is japanese

2017-10-04 15:47

stalin is american

2017-10-04 16:12

1 reply

Hitler is arabic

2017-10-04 16:38

rest in peperoni

2017-10-04 16:05

Still a better team than navi.

2017-10-04 16:29

nope

2017-10-04 17:08

hehe, rip starix but i think its good for the team

2017-10-04 17:53

2017-10-04 18:02

why

2017-10-04 18:14

First

2017-10-04 18:28

NICE

rip

Lul

wtf why ? he performed good

he was like Niko is mouz(not like aimer but like strategy point) Anyway it's my position

2017-10-04 16:40

Davcost ukrainian?xd

Navi

finally

starix: im done

sad D:

Very sad

-seized +starix

BibleThump

gl arch

about time

NOOOOOOO

del.

2017-10-04 15:38

Starix needs some more time to improve his CS

lol he wants to ruin this team so Spirit doesn't knock out Na'Vi in the WESG qualifier, starix to na'vi confirmed.

yeh rip starix

-seized +starix plsss

5 replies

seized>starix

joke pls ?

2017-10-04 15:37

Poor navi-boy thinking that Seized is only problem lol

2017-10-05 15:51

-simple -seized -flamie +starix +ceh9 +markeloff

2017-10-04 16:13

and tier15 navi again

2017-10-04 16:19

Unexpected(

Starix and Gambit. New history of CIS:GO.

Delete seized starix from csgo

What a giant waste of time.

All ukrainians? I was dont know this detail

Goodbye starix. You are forever in our hearts.

2017-10-04 15:45

He will go to NA. Thooorin said in one of his videos that he had multiple offers in English speaking teams and NA, and he declined because he wanted to stick with the CIS scene

2017-10-04 15:44

4 replies

Thanks for information

No problem fam

2017-10-04 15:51

so another CIS player to liquid again ez major Kappa

2017-10-04 19:08

kappa. Thorin has a fetish for ukrainian boys so he'll be happy

2017-10-04 19:19

okay dimitri

:( :( legend

2017-10-04 15:39

inb4 Starix Electronic s1mple mou flamie (andi) zeus flamie adren markeloff hobbit (kane)

2017-10-04 15:40

flamie 2 teams at the same time PogChamp what a god

2017-10-04 15:50

ofc it was intentional KappaPride

2017-10-04 20:38

Flamie in both teams?

2017-10-04 16:23

hahaha fuck me

He's washed up and didn't realize it. Sad.

expected, spirit did better without him

2017-10-04 15:41

Starix to Gambit

expected , gl arch and ebash

2017-10-04 15:42

from star player in navi to navi coach to make a completely delusional decision to play actively again in spirit and just get kicked after not even half a year rip legend

ne poshlo u Serogo s igroy( pohody vse/ mb kak trener kuda to idti

norm on igral, zrya kicknuli

2017-10-04 15:46

Flamie inc

2017-10-04 15:43

Sergei or sergey?

sergay

2017-10-04 15:48

just gay

2017-10-04 15:49

just ser

2017-10-04 15:52

:D alright.

2017-10-04 16:03

-seized -flamie +starix +markeloff Old Na'Vi ftw

- s1mple + ceh9

arch LUL

Starix back to NAVI head coach

IGL that has no eagle eye is not worth paying for. haha

2017-10-04 15:53

Expected

rip starix

2017-10-04 15:57

kicked from t4 team, gg

This is the end.

RIP Asterix and Obelix

2017-10-04 15:58

Still LEGEND

2017-10-04 16:04

Seems like player scene end for starix, maybe he can be like coach.

again *

he used to be Na`Vi's coach

2017-10-04 17:09

sad story!

2017-10-04 16:07

-flamie +starix lul

starix to Gambit please as a coach

Thx LMAO

2017-10-04 16:14

Starix to Gambit coach position. As Adren said, team wanted for their potential coach to actually have CS experience in moderately high level.

2017-10-04 16:17

bench Dosia for 6 months and let him go for a honeymoon. haha

2017-10-04 16:21

Whats the difference between dosias ass and his face? You wont find a dick at the back of his head.

2017-10-05 22:11

NaVi Starix.. one of the best players i've seen on cs 1.6. Miss the old times..

2017-10-04 16:25

2017-10-04 16:27

Na'Vi starix? hmm

-simple +starix GO!!!

Now starix to coach a NA team.

2017-10-04 16:33

Is he playing bad? Or what might be the reason for the "kick"?

2017-10-04 16:34

he is tired to play with noobs, probably going to be their coach.

navi easy.. back to 1.6 days

2017-10-04 16:47

would be sickkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

2017-10-04 17:03

Starix to F3 inside

2017-10-04 16:51

WOOOW

2017-10-04 17:01

WOWOWOWW

2017-10-04 17:06

ex-God

navi got zeus back, navi gonna get starix back too :^)

2017-10-04 17:10

-edward +starix <3

2017-10-04 17:55

No starix no win

2017-10-04 18:32

Immortals Starix the only one way tbh

2017-10-04 18:46

senya :((

2017-10-04 18:47

pro100 starix

2017-10-04 19:09

-s1mple -seized -flamie +starix +markeloff +ceh9 lets get that legendary lineup bacc ez major Kappa

2017-10-04 19:12

2017-10-04 23:11

rip ceh9 hes fulltime streamer like shroud

2017-10-04 19:17

Na'Vi coach again?

2017-10-04 19:32

Being kicked from tier 10 team sucks for such a legend. He had some opportunities in Na'Vi, so he's not gonna stay with Spirit I guess.

2017-10-04 20:57

he had many opportunities even from NA. at least it was when he got kicked from Na`Vi organisation.

2017-10-05 09:00

Starix is very good player.And they use sucker arch.GG Spirit

2017-10-04 22:56

well wheres starix gonna go lol, he could try shaping up F3 but then again, their contracts are supposed to expire in 2 years so he wouldnt be there for a long time

2017-10-04 23:17