HEL1 leaves forZe

forZe have confirmed that Aleksey "HEL1" Novikov's time with the team has come to a conclusion.

The former Virtus.pro member had returned to forZe in early April in time for KODE5 Russia, where a disappointing campaign meant they would miss out on the Global Finals.

Last weekend, forZe were on show at DTS-CUP 2009, and despite a convincing start to life, destroying DTS Gaming 16-1, they exited the tournament at the Lower Bracket semi-final stage following a 19-15 defeat to Lemondogs.

Novikov has now parted company with the team to join the ranks of tp.uSports, who fared even worse than forZe at DTS-CUP, for the upcoming ASUS Spring event.

He will fill in for Ruslan "Dober" Shariffylin, who is unable to attend the competition.

"Dober has some problems with his job, so we have added HEL1 for ASUS Cup," Mihail "Dosia" Stolyarov told HLTV.org. "It is early to say if he will stay with the team, I hope Dober's problems are just temporary and he will soon return to the team."

forZe have now a four-man roster that looks the following:

Boris "Snoop" Podvalshikov
Johan "F_1N" Kochugov
Kirill "pohmel" Bobrik
Viktor "Sally" Filimonchenko

*UPDATE*: tp.uSports have confirmed that Shariffylin has solved his problems and is back on the team, who now have six players. The team will soon make a decision on which player will be shown the door.

tp.uSports' line-up is now:

Mihail "Dosia" Stolyarov
Edward "edik" Ivanov
Alexey "OverDrive" Birukov
Sergey "Fox" Stolyarov
Ruslan "Dober" Shariffylin
Aleksey "HEL1" Novikov