Krad joins forZe

2-12-2022 13:09

The Russian rifler has found a new home after spending a month in free agency.

FORZE have secured the signing of Vladislav "⁠Krad⁠" Kravchenko on a free transfer. The new arrival fills one of the spots left on the team after Evgeny "⁠Norwi⁠" Ermolin and Aleksandr "⁠KENSI⁠" Gurkin were benched in October.

Internal issues that started at the Major in Antwerp, when Andrey "⁠Jerry⁠" Mekhryakov and his men were eliminated despite starting with a 2-0 record in the Challengers Stage, finally boiled over and FORZE moved both players to the inactive roster when they failed to qualify for the latest Major, IEM Rio.

Krad signed a permanent deal with forZe after leaving Entropiq

Krad had previously been a part of Entropiq for nearly 18 months and averaged a 1.03 rating across his time with the Czech organization. He was not the star player, but his stability helped others such as Aleksei "⁠El1an⁠" Gusev and Igor "⁠Forester⁠" Bezotecheskiy shine. At their highest, the squad even made the Legends Stage of PGL Major Stockholm 2021 and won several online events such as Pinnacle Fall Series 2, Malta Vibes Knockout Series 1, and CCT North Europe Series 1.

Entropiq transfer-listed its main roster in October due to the team's failure to qualify for the last two Majors and visa issues which prevented the roster from attending tournaments. The majority of players were then released in November, leaving only Forester and coach Dmitry "⁠hooch⁠" Bogdanov under contract.

Entropiq transfer list main roster

"Krad is an experienced player who played on biggest tournaments. We believe that he will enforce the team and will please our fans with great highlights," read FORZE's statement on Twitter. "New adventures are coming, let’s do it together forZe," added Krad.

Krad secured one of the two spots open in FORZE after standing in at CCT North Europe Series 2, where several other stand-ins have also participated for the Russian team, namely Timur "⁠clax⁠" Sabirov, Eugene "⁠Aunkere⁠" Karyat and Guy "⁠anarkez⁠" Trachtman.

KENSI and Norwi benched from forZe

FORZE will see action later on Friday at 15:30 against ex-Finest as the two teams compete for a spot in the CCT North Europe Series 2 playoffs. The two sides currently have a 2-2 record, meaning the winner will advance to the next stage and the loser will be eliminated.

FORZE are currently:

Andrey "⁠Jerry⁠" Mekhryakov
Aleksandr "⁠zorte⁠" Zagodyrenko
Aleksandr "⁠shalfey⁠" Marenov
Vladislav "⁠Krad⁠" Kravchenko

Artem "⁠Fierce⁠" Ivanov (coach)

Aleksandr "⁠KENSI⁠" Gurkin (benched)

gl dude

2022-12-02 13:09

1 reply

RIP Faze

2022-12-02 14:38

not navi rip

2022-12-02 13:10

I read it as krad joins FaZe i got heartattack

2022-12-02 13:11

6 replies

L2read

2022-12-02 13:12

ngl me 2

2022-12-02 13:29

Same bro

2022-12-02 13:49

Yep same sht

2022-12-02 13:57

-karrigan

2022-12-02 14:01

-rain/ropz/twistzz, not karrigan. Krad isn't IGl, he's site player

2022-12-02 14:10

good move tbh

Epic name krad

I thought faze for a moment, had to double check lol

3 replies

Me too lol

2022-12-02 13:14

same ahahaha

2022-12-02 13:15

holy shit same hahahaha

2022-12-02 14:37

Who joined what

2 replies

who tf cares about what you have to say?

2022-12-02 13:23

casual bot

2022-12-08 03:33

On paper not really a good change, norwi similar role but star rifler stats, looks like internal problems were massive in previous roster

2022-12-02 13:16

Good luck! Looks like Aunkere will be 5th.

Dead team

2022-12-02 13:42

Lmao at first glance everyone thought its Faze

who cars about tier5 putinians lol

2022-12-02 13:53

who cares about tier-5 nepal doing 322

2022-12-02 14:17

Tier 5? I thiught thry dont exist

2022-12-03 14:10

Main question is where Forester will go. I'd like to see him join C9.

2022-12-02 13:54

20 replies

Honestly he would be an upgrade as an anchor over interz, I think interz plays lurk on T side and forester did that in Entropiq so their roles align perfectly

2022-12-02 14:12

17 replies

Yep would be a good deal

2022-12-02 14:33

Forester is very unlucky with timing. All T1 CIS teams looked quite solid at major and there will be little reshuffling after.

13 replies

Before VP won Major and Esl Challenger Rotterdam I was saying they should -norbert -qikert and +forester +mir, now that for sure isn't going to happen. Idk C9 was kinda expected to win that Rio Major or atleast reach finals and they lost to Mouz (lol). Imo nafany and interz are dragging C9 down a bit, especially interz since nafany is IGL. I think they should start looking for a replacement for that guy

2022-12-02 14:58

12 replies

I'm more of -Hobbit guy but after seeing what chopper and Jame bring to their teams, -nafany could be the way. Lack of strong entry is extremely obvious especially after seeing impact of yekindar, patsi and fame. Interz is really not a problem unless it's +perfecto.

2022-12-02 16:16

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Imo there are better anchors out there than interz. I would take s1ren, forester and perfecto over interz any day of the week. Hobbit played well during the major so I guess he's not on the chopping block yet, maybe in the near future they replace him with someone younger

2022-12-02 16:56

lol wtf did hobbit do to you?

2022-12-02 17:45

7 replies

He is 28 and on decline. And it's either him or nafany. It's much easier to much better rifler than better IGL.

2022-12-03 00:35

he's got 1.11 rating with 1.15 impact for 2022. for comparison, twistz has 1.12 1.04 (nothing against him) there are not that many non star riflers with same rating as him. Old? Sure, but he's still doing fine according to stats

2022-12-03 03:09

Select Big Events filter - his stats drop significantly. #107

2022-12-03 17:31

Hobbit is solid as fuck, furthermore, he always shows up in c9's playoff matches.

2022-12-03 09:37

Bullshit. Big events, 2022 - 0.98 rating against top 5 (same as interz), 1.0 against top 10.

2022-12-03 17:24

If you weren’t dumb and actually manually filtering by top 5 and 10 you’d actually see all the numbers you just stated were wrong.

2022-12-04 17:48

You clearly have no idea how the filter works - numbers are correct!

2022-12-04 17:53

hobbit is the most consistent player on the roster, makes no sense to kick him it would be very hard to find a similar player of his calibre

2022-12-02 19:23

He is not the most consistent, not this year for sure. Unless you mean consistently average. He fell off significantly this year. He is supposed to be the third star. The gap between him and Sh1ro and Ax1Le is massive now. His 2022 rating against top 5 opponents is the same as interz. He had few good games at major but he disappears often too.

2022-12-03 00:34

remove interz lmaoooo

2022-12-02 15:55

I agree with you my friend it’s Stupid moove. Best support player ever. Also you put superstar at his place he will downgrade perf for the other or will be worst rating than interz. If he play his role.

2022-12-02 19:57

Indeed

Navi -sdy +Forester

2022-12-03 23:41

Now bring Forester and -zorte +El1an, the upgraded Entropiq with fragging IGL

2022-12-02 13:55

missread as faze

dead team anyway

2022-12-02 14:06

Good pickup, he played well with them

2022-12-02 14:09

Just a reminder that this man was banned from playing ESL tournaments simply for being born (and continuing to live) in Crimea. It does not make a logical sense: if west believes Russia "annexed" Crimea by force, then this guy is kept like a "hostage" right? So, he should instead be supported in every way, and ideally "saved" from "bad russians"? But ESL knows the truth (it's hard to hide) that local Crimeans actually preferred Russia (whether referendum procedure was poor or not). So ESL did what seemed sensible to them - banned the guy for his choice to side with Russia. Surely, no double standards ;)

2022-12-02 14:15