lollipop21k and 1WIN part ways

20-12-2022 20:34

The Belarusian had been with the squad since June.

1win have announced that 26-year-old Igor "⁠lollipop21k⁠" Solodkov has left the team, the news coming mere days after the team's final match of the season. The announcement ends the rifler's six-month stint in the squad.

lollipop21k joined the team in June to replace the outgoing Stanislav "⁠fostar⁠" Ostashevskiy and immediately set about helping make the squad a success, placing second in the ESL Challenger League Season 41 in his first outing.

1WIN were one of the most successful squads in tier-two this year

The season continued in this vein for much of the rest of 2022, with 1win taking top placings in tier-two events such as a second-place finish in CCT Central Europe Series 1, third in the very next iteration of Challenger League, and second in CCT North Europe Series 1.

An appearance at the IEM Road to Rio Europe RMR was the roster's shot at top-tier Counter-Strike for the year, and despite failing to qualify for the Major they did pick up impressive victories over FORZE and G2.

Results dropped off somewhat towards the very end of the year, albeit against tough opposition, with the team finishing joint-last in ESL Challenger League Season 43 after losses to Bad News Eagles and Sprout, and suffering elimination from CCT Central Europe Series 4 in 5-8th after a loss to Astralis. They did however ensure their presence in Challenger League Season 44 by defeating LDLC and IKLA in the relegation tournament.

lollipop21k was not a star player during his time with the squad, being their second-lowest rated player over the last six months, but stated during an interview at the RMR that he was a source of motivation and hype within the team, going on to say that "this team really needed a person like this."

Via his own Twitter account lollipop21k announced he is looking for opportunities, whilst also confirming that he is a free agent and thus not subject to a buyout.

NaVi lollipop please

2022-12-20 20:34

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2022-12-20 20:38

4 replies

1win then benched

2022-12-20 20:44

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Kek

2022-12-20 20:56

he left

2022-12-20 21:03

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Joke flew right over you my good man

2022-12-20 23:19

Dont do drugs.

2022-12-20 21:13

2022-12-21 11:48

looks interesting for both sides, but what to do with sdy and npl?)

2022-12-21 15:45

navi junior

2022-12-21 16:00

obviously but I was asking about the strategic thinking and decision-making - it'll be quite strange to change the approach and forget about the 6-men roster and all this stuff after months of its implementation)

2022-12-21 16:17

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>months of implementation >been a few weeks at best

2022-12-21 16:19

They were training for a few weeks at least + blast event itself. They announced it in December but were thinking about it in November and maybe earlier (even summer, just after the first rumors about sdy's departure appeared). All the staff and players did some work in this direction. But this is some kind of lyrics since Lolli can join the team and perform worse than sdy, and it'll be even harder hit on the management

2022-12-21 16:25

Okay, he's irrelevant nowadays anyway

2022-12-20 20:37

wtf men lollipop is cracked, most underrated player in CIS

2022-12-21 13:45

deko <3

2022-12-20 20:36

Good player. But he didn’t do too well with the 1Win roster

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no one can do well with flamie on the team. 1win could be so much more if they find a food replacement for him and kept that roster.. even deko is still amazing but not on the same level as prior flamie.

2022-12-20 20:40

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that's a fantastic typo lol

2022-12-20 20:42

axax indeed

2022-12-20 23:29

Who could be the best food replacement? Boombl4

2022-12-20 20:48

LMAO

2022-12-20 21:04

Big Russian streamer says Boombl4 will soon announce his new team. Let' see if that's 1Win

2022-12-22 04:28

I thought replacing him was a inevitable whether alternative player is food or noot

2022-12-21 00:54

How do you know?

2022-12-21 05:50

lol

+bumbla

damn hope he saved those big cheques

what big cheques? 1800 rubles a month? gtfo

2022-12-20 22:13

look its walking talking clueless this dude flew to the major on a private jet lmao

2022-12-20 23:36

and flamie still on there lol

2022-12-20 20:41

what about flamie

Best friend of the manager so no kick

2022-12-20 20:55

really noob player haha

2022-12-20 20:49

What's that thing tattooed above his elbow? :o

2022-12-20 20:50

Pipi

2022-12-20 21:11

movistar lollipop POG

2022-12-20 20:51

hltv.org/news/34736/lollipop21k-i-really..

2022-12-20 20:53

Top 8 in the cis region. Remember junior and his 50 / 50 with liquid.

2022-12-21 03:46

electronic welcome

1WIN would like to welcome electronic to it's main rooster

2022-12-20 21:00

Decent spanish ? Get this guy on Movistar Riders

2022-12-20 21:06

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-bot dav1g and movistar riders back to top 20

2022-12-20 21:12

-dav1g +malbsMd

2022-12-20 21:15

I wouldn't believe him that easily, he's said about fluent English as well, but the tweet itself make sme doubt his English level for sure

2022-12-21 02:24

Sí sì, priveta, moy durgita. Togeta Igrita cs go a Profesionalia. Influenza y Spanisha Pasha tambien

2022-12-21 03:59

huh, didn't even need a translator for this one, I guess my Spanish is decent as well

2022-12-21 13:49

Please -flamie

2022-12-20 21:09

Decent Spanish? Damn, that'd be one crazy move I'd love to see

This guy is a beast, if he joins a stable team he can take it to a higher level

2022-12-20 21:19

this does not seem like fluent english

That's what I was thinking, but I guess he means spoken not written!

2022-12-20 21:30

Yeah, maybe. Although for me as a foreign speaker, writing is easier than speaking

2022-12-20 22:27

I guess Fpl & yekindar educated him a lot

2022-12-21 00:57

yeah, that was a little funny, not gonna lie

2022-12-21 00:40

2022-12-20 21:24

Would be interesting to see him on a NA or SA team lol

2022-12-20 21:25

Gamer Legion Lolipop2K

2022-12-20 21:31

Movistars instead of sausol/mopoz

2022-12-20 21:36

I doubt his Spanish is good considering his English is clearly not fluent

2022-12-20 21:45

His english is very decent He knows spanish so playing in a spanish team wouldnt be impossible since some players like JackZ or ZywOo couldnt speak english at all, yet played or still playing in international rosters or someone like Xantares who couldnt speak any english german while being in BIG

2022-12-20 22:46

true

2022-12-21 01:15

Honestly, English is easy to learn. He said that he is fluent in English, imagine his Spanish. sì sì, priveta, moi durgita. Togeta Igrita cs go a Profesionalia t

2022-12-21 03:56

Xantares comms was pretty bad and he didn't understand much in any language. I won't call that a good example.

2022-12-21 03:55

Thats what I say. He coldnt speak at all. While lolli has decent english to give comms in CS. And english is not easy to learn, it hardly depends on whats your first language. If its swedish or norwegian - yeah. If its mandarin or arabic - definitely not.

2022-12-22 10:23

come to brazil mens

2022-12-20 21:51

"fluent english" I arent think so

2022-12-20 22:11

fluent CS english I hope you are happy now

i is speaking fluent england

2022-12-21 01:16

you probably have a better englando than lollipop

2022-12-21 09:46

You england fluendo speak is :)

2022-12-21 13:12

+kensi

Decent Spanish aka take me to Movistar Riders

2022-12-20 22:47

aka he just mentioned the languages he speak

2022-12-22 10:25

If he stays in CIS I can see forZe going after him.

2022-12-20 23:10

IM SO LOLIPOP 25k

2022-12-20 23:17

Hasn't been the same since he left Nemiga

2022-12-20 23:22

on a mirage, he has the same role as sdy so...

got tired of playing with Botmie

2022-12-20 23:39

how many teams is this guy gonna get kicked/leave

2022-12-20 23:54

lollidropped

2022-12-20 23:59

Fnatic confirmed

2022-12-21 00:11

Big Boom is back

2022-12-21 00:26

1win +nickelback, source: trust me br0

Actually makes sense. 1win and ForZe are the best T2 CIS teams right now

2022-12-21 11:03

Sadly he's not the same player he was in Nemiga, he's still okay but not elite. However, this team will never take the next step until Flamie is kicked. -Flamie + any 2 of: Forester (probably has better offers tbh), Buster, Norwi, KaiR0N, Interz, Nickelback. Also bring in Hooch as a coach Depending on who they bring in they could become a high tier 2/low tier 1 team

2022-12-21 01:17

low tier1? LUL

2022-12-21 05:16

Yeah? CIS teams with talent can blow through the ranks quick. Deko is legit and tier 1 quality, he just has attitude issues and a fat buyout. 0 question that the skill is there. Forester is also a tier 1 quality player, theirs a reason C9 are looking at him, honestly Na'Vi should be too. TRAVIS and glowiing are solid but untested, glowiing is IGL anyways so you're not looking at him for firepower unless you bring in another IGL to take over. If you remove bot Flamie and add another solid player with tier 1 experience like Buster or a talented youngster they can easily become high tier 2/low tier 1.

2022-12-24 06:20

npc gamer

2022-12-21 01:19

Pain

2022-12-21 01:21

Nemiga +1 again?) btw it's sad, I remember how good he was in GoodJob, Nemiga

2022-12-21 02:47

Kensi forsure

2022-12-21 03:31

+ BOOMBl4 POG

2022-12-21 04:05

LOLLIPOP21K AND 1WIN PART WAYS irrelevant overrated cis trash AND match fixing team owned by scam website PARY WAYS fixed.

2022-12-21 05:15

+ boombla ez top 1

2022-12-21 05:18

deko+4

2022-12-21 05:59

So they decided to drop him after all that news comes out. Unbelievable. Shocking. How could they do him like this.

2022-12-21 06:32

Good luck

2022-12-21 06:50

+Boombl4 please

2022-12-21 07:03

But why??

2022-12-21 08:20

Am I the only one who thinks he is the best shot NaVi can get right now?

2022-12-21 10:44

he can express himself, give calls and speak good enough to understand him. fluent enough for cs i would say. and he will improve if he's in english speaking environment. same goes for spanish ig

2022-12-21 11:14