Entropiq place El1an on transfer list

15-9-2022 18:48

Dmytro "⁠SENSEi⁠" Shvorak will play the coming ESL Challenger Rotterdam Closed Qualifier with Entropiq.

Entropiq's longtime AWPer Aleksei "⁠El1an⁠" Gusev will no longer start for the team and has been made transferable by the Czech organization. The 23-year-old and Entropiq agreed mutually that the best way forward is to make changes, and the AWPer has been moved to the bench ahead of the upcoming ESL Challenger Rotterdam closed qualifier.

Entropiq will field a stand-in for the closed qualifier, Ukraine's SENSEi. The 23-year-old that has been showing promising performances with Iron Branch, averaging a 1.26 rating in the lower echelons of European competition.

El1an's future is bound to be outside of Entropiq

El1an's benching comes three months after the squad's latest change in June, when Viktor "⁠Lack1⁠" Boldyrev was let go to bring on Nikolay "⁠mir⁠" Bityukov. Victory has been elusive since then, however, Entropiq's most recent outing at ESL Challenger Melbourne ending in the semi-finals at the hands of Imperial.

Entropiq also struggled before bringing on mir, they went home early at ESL Pro League Season 15 and the PGL Major Antwerp Europe RMR in the second half of 2021. El1an has long been one of Russian's most promising snipers, but his 1.10 rating in 2022 is a far cry from his 2020 and 2021 form, when he posted 1.20 and 1.22 ratings, respectively. His three-month average shows that it hasn't been smooth sailing of late, dipping down to 1.04.

"El1an is undoubtedly a world-class player who has been an integral part of the many successes we have achieved together," Entropiq's CEO, Daniel Kloud, told HLTV.

"We always listen to our players and their wishes. When Aleksei came to us with the suggestion of a new challenge, we ourselves felt that it was the right time to take this step. We wish Aleksei the best of luck and hope to find the right club for him. It was truly a pleasure working with him."

The Russian squad will start their ESL Challenger Rotterdam Closed Qualifier run on Friday, September 16, with a best-of-three opening match against fnatic Rising in the double-elimination bracket.

Entropiq's ESL Challenger Rotterdam closed qualifier lineup is:

Aleksei "⁠NickelBack⁠" Trofimov
Vladislav "⁠Krad⁠" Kravchenko
Nikolay "⁠mir⁠" Bityukov
Igor "⁠Forester⁠" Bezotecheskiy
Dmytro "⁠SENSEi⁠" Shvorak (stand-in)

Dmitry "⁠hooch⁠" Bogdanov (coach)

Aleksei "⁠El1an⁠" Gusev (benched)

oh wow

2022-09-15 18:48

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unluko

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ahhahahahahhaahaha

2022-09-15 19:19

they knew they needed to make changes when they lost to tier 3 washed fallen

2022-09-15 21:14

forze el1an

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Zorte is way better

2022-09-15 18:56

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same level

2022-09-15 18:59

and zorte younger. so ez zorte.

2022-09-15 23:20

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Zorte actually older though. He's still better, but yea.

2022-09-20 05:54

2022-09-16 18:21

Wtf zorte is good for forze still, i like both but no need to change forze

2022-09-15 19:01

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I think zorte deserves better than forze anyway + el1an would fit their playstyle better in my opinion

2022-09-15 19:58

No team would pick up zorte lol Alsp forze is a decent enough team

2022-09-16 01:41

Nothing better really looking for awper though, sprout only place but imo mantuu would be best fit there

2022-09-16 04:14

nip perhaps

2022-09-16 09:48

He was in a slump in entropiq, elian is good but not good enough to gamble on him all of a sudden doing well again

2022-09-16 18:04

Pog

rip

unexpected tbh

2022-09-15 18:49

Rip

what

SENSEI GOAT HATERS GONNA HATE

Ti huli govorish, esli doma molchat bzdum

2022-09-15 19:48

2022-09-15 20:20

+1 ( no idea what he said though)

2022-09-20 06:13

Theres your new awper NIP.

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literally worse than es3tag

2022-09-15 18:55

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Nah

2022-09-15 18:57

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bro barely speaks english and has a 0.99 against top20 this year

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REZ is awping now, not es3tag

2022-09-15 19:04

yes, i know

Rez awp literaly 1 and half of a game

2022-09-16 04:07

Es3tag speaks amazing English

2022-09-16 10:05

I dont understand how a country fails so bad that even young ppl dont speak english. SOurce?

2022-09-15 20:53

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Ryssä going to ryssiä

2022-09-15 21:52

who created Ryssä?) Finland?

2022-09-16 16:17

Well, it's generally harder for most slavs to learn English because of different alphabet and the entire language structure (not that I defend them or anything, russia is even a different situation cuz of their bs mentality and politics, but I can take it as one of be of the possible explanations)

2022-09-16 01:38

I think it's more due to the fact that a lot of people speak Russian and, accordingly, we have a lot of our own content as well as good dubbing in films, the only reason to learn English is to raise your salary maybe

2022-09-16 07:11

Watching movies in English feels so much better tbh, regardless of "how good your dubbing is" (we also have some decent dubbing, but still I definitely prefer original versions. Maybe only watching some cartoons is better in our language cuz sometimes they even add some local jokes lmao) And speaking english at least on A2 level is a basic education

2022-09-16 09:29

Hahahaha dubbing is never even close to good

2022-09-16 11:39

Russian is actually easier than you think, the alphabet may be a bit confusing at times but really it's easy. If you know English and German, Russian is a very simple language. Now chinese on the other hand, that shit is difficult

2022-09-19 06:10

CS:source

2022-09-16 09:18

a lot of it could have been internal issues in the team, we already know he can play good against tier 1 from 2021 he just needs new motivation and NIP honestly just needs an awper that can collect easy frags

2022-09-27 04:07

He's Russian

+headtrick

I doubt Navi will sell to Russian org. if they aren't good move

2022-09-15 19:05

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Entropiq are a czech org

2022-09-15 19:09

Org isnt russian

2022-09-15 19:20

Entropiq not russian

2022-09-15 19:21

Bruh even the article says it's a Czech org...

2022-09-15 19:35

2022-09-15 20:30

Czechia is not in Russia... We share a border with you god dammit

2022-09-15 20:37

German education xdd

2022-09-15 22:09

fake flagger

2022-09-15 22:15

Nice ,,Russian" Org XD

2022-09-16 01:23

Good choice but probably too expensive for Entropiq.

2022-09-16 05:13

expected from a bot

Should've never benched lack1

2022-09-15 18:50

2022-09-15 21:17

sensei going to prove that he was not cheating

expected

ez4radarhack senpai

I had a feeling this was coming...

Entropiq never was the same after that VINI 1x3 clutch who eliminated them from Stockholm Major Change my mind

yea, since this they are doing bad

2022-09-15 18:51

Right? They were a legit force back then, consistently beating top 10 teams The same thing happened to Spirit a bit earlier in 2021, thy looked like the next CIS for and then proceeded to suck

Yeah sure it was a singular clutch from your favorite brazilian player, it has nothing to do with them changing lack1 or the war that is killing tens of thousands of Russians and Ukrainians

2022-09-15 23:13

bb alien

It's sensei time! Been saying this for long , that guy deserves a chance . From the infamous Hakuma squad , that guy was legit for sure. Hope he can perform !

2022-09-15 18:52

"for sure" I can't say, but I agree that he deserves a chance. I'd much rather see him on this team than deko any day.

isnt he their best player

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yeah but surely adding a cheater will improve any team

2022-09-15 18:53

**isnt he their best player online ? or **isnt he their best inconsistent player ? or ***isn't he their best player to choke on crucial rounds ?

i thought the same, he used to be their be player

forester is way better

2022-09-15 19:15

i always thought he was overrated, super inconsistent, dude plays out of his mind 1 game then bottom frags the next 7 games

2022-09-15 21:46

Maybe a year ago, he's been getting worse and worse. His rating is very low given that they mostly play tier 2-3 and below.

2022-09-16 05:18

Krad trembling rn

They won't kick him

2022-09-16 09:05

Great now -Cerq +El1an

2022-09-15 20:28

Good idea

2022-09-16 01:24

Anyome deserves more chamce then xera that bulharian paycheck stealer bad ever since NRG times. Eveven i nonamer deserve chance and would do better

2022-09-16 03:32

Ig in hindsight it's not very surprising...elian was always on and off...mostly off but when on guy just became mad

2022-09-15 18:54

hahaha

kinda expected...he's not consistent enough

rip bozo

Thought for sure krad would go before him

Replacing El1an with a radar hacker who plays in tier 4 cs is ridiculous, I'm sure he left on his own considering he has family related issues. Best of luck to Aleksey, hopefully he bounces back better than ever, there will be good oportunities for him surely. Rip og Winstrike lineup I became a fan of, I'm afraid this is an end of an era.

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What’s the deal with El1an? He looked so good last year and since Stockholm he’s being pretty average

2022-09-15 18:58

Idk man, all I can tell you is that he has family issues since the war started so his recent performances are affected by that surely

"radar hacker" 0 evidence of that other than some schizotheories of ppl like u

2022-09-15 19:00

pls shut up already

who hurt you

2022-09-15 19:44

0 evidence lol xD

2022-09-15 19:07

well there is none otherwise they would have been banned

2022-09-15 19:37

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They dont ban players anymore no one really cares if someone is cheating

2022-09-15 19:41

source: xcxc

2022-09-15 19:42

There are none because it was on tournament where ESIC isn't responsible to conduct any investigation for malicious activities

2022-09-15 22:07

so then? no proof no case

If you are that interested in truth, make your own investigation. For everyone else the truth is already known

2022-09-15 22:21

truth is they are clean

2022-09-15 22:24

No, they are just lucky for using cheats on this specific event. If it happened in some IEM RMR for example, they would've been banned a long ago

2022-09-15 22:26

The evidence is not there cauae the TO didnt recordvoice comms ir anything. Even s1mple said they cheated he knows better bevauae as a kid he got vac

2022-09-16 03:34

they were 100% cheaters, everyone knows it

2022-09-15 22:47

"everyone" yeah every schizo

2022-09-15 22:57

lmao, it was obv just look at clips and their games after that rmr

2022-09-15 23:16

First avangar (buster), now this core. Well, they will get back to their old level in lower tiers for sure. New teams will come out, cis has plenty upcoming youngsters as well. In 2 years some new lineups will be within the top20, who knows who’s gonna be in there. Example : current c9 who needed +hobbit as an experienced guy helping the youngsters, Elian, buster, Krad for example aren’t veterans but they have some experience at least.. that can do wonders. While I’m happy for Yekindar being a part of liquid I really wanted to see him play with Elian again at some point

2022-09-15 22:14

isnt that like 2 weeks old news lol

-xiter +radarxiter Gj

Entropiq got a lot of vision now

+anarkez

anarkez flopped last time speaking russian in hellraisers

he still speaks good cuz his gf is russian

2022-09-15 20:22

Bro he knows Russian only because his parents are Russian speakers or at least the mother or the father.

2022-09-15 21:29

his mom and gf are russian and he speaks very well on the stream

2022-09-15 22:42

Because Hellraisers were already failing as a whole even before the inclusion of anarkez

no god please no nooooooo (c) use radar-hacker from the botkuma -respect for entropiq

expected, from 1.25 rating to 1.05, he was a god and turn to a bot

2022-09-15 19:02

Why not change -nickleback +headtrick

Frankenstein*

2022-09-16 03:36

Radar.exe

2022-09-15 19:03

axaxaxaxaxxaxaxa hooch and sensei toegether in one team, zemlya betonom

El1an is 23?damn! Btw I remember people putting him over broky

2022-09-15 19:06

+ i thought he is like 19-20

2022-09-15 19:08

is this sensei a hacker?

yes, surprised they give him a chance after the Akuma bullshit

2022-09-15 19:11

Meanwhile: Literal top-1 player: S1mple Aka well known banned cheater in the past Oh boy the irony

2022-09-15 22:16

Cheating in mm game as a kid is not same as cheating in official tournament as adult qhere its yoir job nd u get paid big money. Dumb example u given.

2022-09-16 03:38

you're just biased as usual. if it's suddenly a celebrity you like then their past behaviour is ok and to be excused. just twist everything around so you can still defend your celeb crush. but for every newcomer / nonamer besides that its ''once a cheater, always a cheater'' with the fun fact of sensei not even being one, actually if you compare s1mple to sensei, s1mple is even worse BECAUSE he got caught and banned whereas sensei to this day.. never was and that all at a time with a lot of investigative groups being on the scene currently but yeah go spread your fairytailes and let your negativity of your sad life out on others

2022-09-16 15:34

Not my fault u dumb

2022-09-17 11:00

Fuck this scene, team adds proven cheater to line-up

#144

#168

2022-09-16 07:17

#191

#193

2022-09-16 16:41

Expected

he was really bad the last few months

2022-09-15 19:12

Remove lack1 was a mistake

Looks strange, i hope hooch knows what to do with it

Bruh mfs bringing in a cheater

2022-09-15 19:17

Old cheaters from hard legion meet new cheaters from akuma A match made in heaven LMAO

Actually the real cheater was zoner while akuma used radarhack and not help from coach

2022-09-15 19:30

All cheaters in my book. Dont tell me the players didnt know what the coach was doing

2022-09-15 20:02

Imagine sign radar hacker and matchfixer

2022-09-15 19:27

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2022-09-15 22:18

no need for an igl anymore since sensei can just call everyones positions anyways

2022-09-15 19:22

Lmao nickelback can sit back and relax

cheater as stand in, easy win

2022-09-15 19:24

Wow

2022-09-15 19:26

Cheater got offer lmao what a shame for scene

#144 ????

2022-09-15 22:17

How do you know? Elian could leave cuz he saw that the team went downhill since April and decided to leave

2022-09-15 19:43

vk.com/wall-115650904_5764 "There is no surprise here. Maybe it should have been done earlier. Even before Melbourne, right after RMR quals, I wrote to my team that I'll be leaving after Australia. So everyone knew everything, just waiting for the anouncement." It must have happened: El1an obviously talked about leaving with CEO and others

2022-09-16 08:17

Good catch, looks like it's a real deal. He benched himself because he lost confidence.

2022-09-16 16:28

He talks about both his confidence in himself and his team's confidence in him. so yeah, EIQ had some mental problems inside. The post is not negative in any way tho, El1an left on good terms and is planning on returning next season

2022-09-16 19:13

Who tf is sensei

2022-09-15 19:31

kid from akuma

Any comments from hooch?

Only from El1an himself

2022-09-16 08:09

I’m replacing a good awper with a good awper

2022-09-15 19:55

expected, called it a while ago :)

2022-09-15 20:15

+SENSEi

2022-09-15 20:27

expected but not expected. he was insane since joining entropiq but he fell of hard after adding mir

2022-09-15 20:31

Aurora El1an

2022-09-15 20:45

would be cool

2022-09-15 21:00

I considered him the most handsome cs go pro, until i figured out that he supports Ukraine, since then he doesnt exist for me

2022-09-15 20:51

Wow, SENSEi - people certainly have a short memory. Most obvious cheater I've ever seen. Maybe he doesn't any more and is good without it - but I will never forget those videos

2022-09-15 21:03

you're delusional, bro, he never cheated

2022-09-15 21:05

Watch this video and then tell me who is delusional youtube.com/watch?v=t_UaP_y35w0 There is no reason for a player to look at his radar as much as this during a gunfight, and definitely not in a 1on1. If you watch this video and tell me they are not using a radar hack or a second screen, then you are clueless.

2022-09-16 08:24

he's a cheater because he looked away from the screen? what next? he's a cheater because he scratched his ass? do you realize how ridiculous it sounds? half of teams in that tournament, including Gambit, played without face cams at all. Could've been looking off-screen the entire time for all we know,

2022-09-16 10:49