EPG part ways with spaze

24-1-2018 17:37

Ivan "spaze" Obrezhan is no longer a part of EPG, the organization has announced today.

EPG, the Russian team led by Dmitry "⁠hooch⁠" Bogdanov, is currently in the 77th place of our world ranking, with their regional standing not looking too hot either, sitting in the 12th spot on our CIS list. In an attempt to turn things around, EPG have decided for a roster change.

krii will replace spaze for the time being

Leaving the active lineup is Ivan "⁠spaze⁠" Obrezhan, who was a part of Gambit in 2016 alongside his EPG teammate hooch. The Russian player is most likely removed due to his in-game performances—with a 0.97 rating over the last three months, during which EPG mostly played lower tier opposition, spaze is one of the worst rated players on the team.

A full-time replacement for spaze hasn't been announced yet. However, starting with EPG's match against Spirit in the QIWI TEAM PLAY WINTER 2018 and continuing in their game against HEROIC in the IEM Katowice 2018 Qualifier, the team will play with Kristaps "⁠krii⁠" Bricis, formerly of Preparation and NokSuKao.

EPG are now:

Russia Dmitry "⁠hooch⁠" Bogdanov
Russia Aleksei "⁠NickelBack⁠" Trofimov
Russia Aleksei "⁠El1an⁠" Gusev
Latvia Mareks "⁠YEKINDAR⁠" Gaļinskis
Latvia Kristaps "⁠krii⁠" Bricis (standin)

Russia Aleksei 'El1an' Gusev
Aleksei 'El1an' Gusev
Age:
18
Team:
EPG
Rating 1.0:
1.11
Maps played:
146
KPR:
0.76
DPR:
0.67
Russia Dmitry 'hooch' Bogdanov
Dmitry 'hooch' Bogdanov
Age:
30
Team:
EPG
Rating 1.0:
0.92
Maps played:
603
KPR:
0.63
DPR:
0.69
Russia Ivan 'spaze' Obrezhan
Ivan 'spaze' Obrezhan
Age:
20
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.03
Maps played:
408
KPR:
0.74
DPR:
0.72
Russia Aleksei 'NickelBack' Trofimov
Aleksei 'NickelBack' Trofimov
Age:
20
Team:
EPG
Rating 1.0:
0.98
Maps played:
255
KPR:
0.67
DPR:
0.68
Latvia Mareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis
Mareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis
Age:
18
Team:
EPG
Rating 1.0:
1.07
Maps played:
107
KPR:
0.75
DPR:
0.69
Latvia Kristaps 'krii' Bricis
Kristaps 'krii' Bricis
Age:
19
Team:
EPG
Rating 1.0:
1.07
Maps played:
124
KPR:
0.72
DPR:
0.66
#2
karrigan | 
Greece knk74
why
2018-01-24 17:38
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1 reply
#25
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Other TheAwakening
Probably he's going to join Flipsid3. xD
2018-01-24 17:43
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#5
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Ukraine WhiteREP
Gl
2018-01-24 17:38
0
#13
Faceit level 9  | 
nafany | 
Russia Siskamyon
+kibaken pls
2018-01-24 17:39
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2 replies
#69
YEKINDAR | 
Russia space_button_broken
lol kstati mojno on vrode znaet hooch'a
2018-01-24 21:15
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#79
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Dosia | 
Russia Octans
lol naher tam nujen etot zatupok?
2018-01-25 09:31
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#14
Latvia XYPyra
Okay.
2018-01-24 17:39
0
#15
Finland LazeB
expected
2018-01-24 17:39
0
#18
Russia imtegion
Spaze for f3, sorry for inside, btw fister than isniders <3
2018-01-24 17:39
0
#22
chrisJ | 
Netherlands El_CaPiTaN
Who and who and why do you write about this?
2018-01-24 17:40
0
3 replies
#73
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
World hoobik
Same reason they wrote about chrisj when he was an unknown random that happened to get a pistol ace vs the golden 5. Brings eyes on new talent, no need to be a fkn pleb about it.
2018-01-24 22:54
0
1 reply
#75
chrisJ | 
Netherlands El_CaPiTaN
Nah nah chrisj was born a legend, not the same
2018-01-24 23:44
0
#77
Australia aew3
spaze played Cologne 2016 (a major) along with hooch for gambit and made playoffs. He might be shit but he is hardly an unknown.. playing at a pretty recent major (and even getting out of groups) is something lots of much better known players haven't done, even if they might be better than him.
2018-01-25 02:25
0
#23
Ukraine manuellx
gl actually
2018-01-24 17:41
0
#26
Latvia kcipe
krii? HOLY SHIT
2018-01-24 17:43
0
#27
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Israel HLTVAC
Kristaps? Nice
2018-01-24 17:44
0
#28
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Malta 74c00
ewww
2018-01-24 17:46
0
#29
touch_my_body | 
Lithuania ZendeRRR
Whoa, this guy's still alive.
2018-01-24 17:47
0
#30
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United States low_quality_baits
Alexey "NickelBack" Trofimov the fuck?
2018-01-24 17:48
0
1 reply
#49
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
f0rest | 
Argentina evilized
HAHA I thought the same. He likes the good music :palmface:
2018-01-24 19:00
0
#33
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Estonia BlameS
why does this need to be reported on HLTV tho? This team has no achievements, they're irrelevant.
2018-01-24 17:53
0
2 replies
#44
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Estonia bigrabit
So why they made news about fejtz joining denial?
2018-01-24 18:43
0
#56
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Australia vamped
Because hooch is in the team they get news probably. Most of the time an old 1.6/css pro joins a team or has a roster change in their team it makes news
2018-01-24 19:39
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#34
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Germany kick_friberg_ffs
spaze getting kicked from hooch again 4Head
2018-01-24 17:56
0
#36
Faceit premium user Faceit level 9  | 
steel | 
Armenia Imissexoptic
lol this guy was "legend major" in 2016
2018-01-24 18:05
0
#37
iM | 
Austria Romedbaumann
krii <3
2018-01-24 18:05
0
#47
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Latvia t0m1kS
#kriifaktors
2018-01-24 18:47
0
#50
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Kazakhstan tomik0
Lol nobody didn't want poor spaze
2018-01-24 19:02
0
#51
B1ad3 | 
Romania csf
Why Does Elian's name is "Aleksey" and NickelBlack's name is "Alexey"?
2018-01-24 19:08
0
1 reply
#64
YEKINDAR | 
Russia space_button_broken
dunno maybe they are responsible to set their names on hltv and they did it like that they have the same name AJIEKCEU
2018-01-24 21:12
0
#57
Germany MisterKanisteR
hooch is crazy
2018-01-24 19:39
0
#58
Germany lullulul
cool
2018-01-24 20:18
0
#60
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Europe vivabelarus1514
Nemiga part ways with CyberFocus rip Nemiga.
2018-01-24 20:45
0
#61
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Russia t1murjkee
Spaze join to flipside
2018-01-24 20:51
0
#74
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Europe dip6o
Next is awful Nickelback, right?
2018-01-24 23:21
0
#76
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Ukraine Kracken[oN]
wtf? why spaze?
2018-01-25 00:10
0
1 reply
#78
Russia duckedd
spaze threw a bad flash on train when played with hooch at faceit pug. hooch said he told him 20 times how to throw it but spaze still fails.
2018-01-25 03:25
0
#80
Malaysia MakKauHijau
spaze soldier?
2018-01-25 10:24
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