Cloud9 set to sign buster

2-1-2023 22:56

Cloud9 chose their replacement for Timofey "⁠interz⁠" Yakushin after weeks of trials and talks.

Cloud9 are slated to enter the 2023 season with a new lineup, as they are set to sign Timur "⁠buster⁠" Tulepov, multiple sources have revealed to HLTV.org.

The team had been looking into finding a replacement for interz for at least a month following the end of their 2022 campaign at the IEM Rio Major. buster was among the biggest candidates from the start, but several other players were considered.

buster should make his debut with Cloud9 at IEM Katowice

buster's first tournament back on the server should be IEM Katowice. Cloud9 have been invited to start the event in the Play-in stage, which kicks off on January 31 and has eight spots in the group stage on offer.

With the move to Cloud9, buster will end a six-month stint on the sidelines after he was benched in Outsiders following the end of the PGL Major Antwerp in late May. He and Mareks "⁠YEKINDAR⁠" Gaļinskis was replaced in the team by David "⁠n0rb3r7⁠" Danielyan and Petr "⁠fame⁠" Bolyshev, but while the Latvian was quick to find a new home in Liquid, the wait was much longer for the 23-year-old Kazakhstani rifler.

Should buster's signing come to completion, Cloud9's lineup at IEM Katowice will be:

Vladislav "⁠nafany⁠" Gorshkov
Dmitry "⁠sh1ro⁠" Sokolov
Sergey "⁠Ax1Le⁠" Rykhtorov
Abay "⁠HObbit⁠" Khassenov
Timur "⁠buster⁠" Tulepov

Konstantin "⁠groove⁠" Pikiner (coach)

Pog

2023-01-02 22:57

1 reply

good move

2023-01-07 22:56

booooo

12 replies

interz got busted

2023-01-02 23:00

8 replies

fr poor guy

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interz >>> buster

2023-01-03 04:18

yes(

2023-01-03 06:36

Sanji flashbacks

2023-01-03 00:44

feels bad

2023-01-03 01:58

Interz got buster

2023-01-03 10:29

he got busted on hard fr fr

2023-01-03 12:10

nafany is the problem

2023-01-03 13:29

That was my first reaction, but i have faith. Maybe they changed some roles and nafany can shine now, or he is just the optimal mix of energy that c9 needs. We'll see.

2023-01-02 23:06

very bad move. so cringe holy shit.

2023-01-02 23:12

agreed. lan & online, dude's never been a good player. your average faceit 10

2023-01-03 02:40

bad move, who is gonna pick up interz?

31 replies

nobody youve heard of, prob back to tier 3

2023-01-02 22:58

TSM

2023-01-02 23:08

TSM TSM TSM!!!

2023-01-03 07:00

any t2 cis team would benefit tbf he might help teams like 1win, forze, etc to get back on track especially since he's a yes-man

2023-01-02 22:59

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nemiga +interz and sdy

2023-01-02 23:17

sdy blocked his way to any normal Russian and Belarusian team with his mega patriotism and interz will most likely receive an offer from forz or 1win which will be better

2023-01-02 23:31

11 replies

Yeah he has sounded extremely russophobic lately

2023-01-03 01:11

4 replies

Tell me more

2023-01-03 01:38

Calling Russians terrorists and other that type of nonsense

2023-01-03 12:12

Tell me mote

2023-01-03 04:51

#151

2023-01-03 06:05

As if he'd be willing to sign for one lol

2023-01-03 02:16

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well, C9, Spirit and VP are among the best teams in EU region. It's not impossible for him to join at some point. But joining a team of same caliber outside of CIS? very unlikely (we are talking about G2, FaZe, Vitality, Heroic) Spirit is a great choice, actually, since they went full anti-putin

2023-01-03 03:06

idk, spirit seemed set to me,theyre filled with young guys on the rise and sdy benched himself from them back then, dunno how will it affect moral or relation to the orgs (twitlonger.com/show/n_1srse4v)

2023-01-03 04:58

Yeah, not sure he'll get a chance at T1 right away, but I feel like if he joined a T2-T3 Ukrainian team like Ikla or join Woro2k in Monte that would boost his morale a lot and he might jump back to T1. Well anyways, sdy is a super nice dude and judging by his social media he deserves more

2023-01-03 08:29

Never saw spirit going “full anti Putin” Wtf are u talking about?

2023-01-03 14:16

Idk, staying away from him and anything related to the war and relocating to Serbia? also caring about their ukrainian players and constantly mentioning that peace and love are their main priorities? basically saying that they dont support the war and dont wanna have any kind of relation to that now tell what the hell are you talking about

2023-01-03 23:46

nemiga

2023-01-02 23:15

faze will take him for katowice

2023-01-02 23:25

who is not playing at katowice on faze?

2023-01-03 10:41

rain

2023-01-03 13:53

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Did they state why? Seems I missed this news

2023-01-03 16:50

theclutch.com.br/csgo/rain-fara-pausa-di.. in the news it says that rain will take a break, I don't know if it's true or not

2023-01-03 19:25

the baby was born, the rain went on maternity leave

2023-01-04 09:11

a lot of teams will b interested in him, he's a really good support player even tho hes not a great fragger

2023-01-03 00:12

Know it's a bit of a stretch, but maybe Spirit if Magisk goes international? Magisk's English seems solid and a lot of press folks seem to like him 🤷

2023-01-03 01:40

They speak Russian interz is in a Russian lineup why would spirit go international

2023-01-03 04:27

I think his suggestion was magixx going international and spirit finding another russian speaker to replace him (I don't really see magixx going international or any international team that would look like a step up for him right now)

2023-01-03 05:15

FaZe instead of rain

2023-01-03 09:11

1win since they need 1 more player

2023-01-03 04:20

wtff

why lol

interesting choice

Probably one of cheapest and impactful (hopefully) choice for c9. Without any problem too

2023-01-04 15:25

HEYO

god buster

LETS GO BUSTER WELCOME BACK TO TIER 1

Give Forester a team ffs

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Forester for Interz would have been third dumbest move ever

2023-01-02 23:13

First two?

Removing Aleksib from Ence will always be my no1 HEN1 leaving Furia is the second

what about nexa to G2 or neaLaN to EG

2023-01-02 23:45

nealan to EG bad? The team was already shit nealan was pretty fine compared to the rest

2023-01-03 00:01

+1 for igl hes pretty good in NA

2023-01-03 00:34

+11111 Best NA star right now

2023-01-03 00:42

neaLan to EG made them less bad

2023-01-03 07:31

You listen to Kassad too much

2023-01-03 11:37

G2 signing m0nesy instead of me (much better AWPer with more swag)

2023-01-02 23:49

Agreed loved your 3k awp vs Bot Mark, Bot Gabe and Bot Biden truly a talent sign him faze. Kick gambky and +Pootisbird01

2023-01-03 00:03

Snax for styko after aleksi

2023-01-03 00:52

Not that bad

2023-01-03 04:28

ruined a team. they did fluke one tournament tho

2023-01-04 00:35

1.13 rating last year against top 20 teams, compared to Buster’s 0.79. Dumbest roster move ever.

2023-01-03 16:29

And both are not an upgrade over interz

2023-01-03 16:56

Could be a big move, will be interesting to see how it plays out

I want to be proven wrong but this feels like the biggest roster mistake of 2023 honestly

people said the same about hobbit

2023-01-02 23:03

They didn't say it was one of the "biggest roster mistakes", gambit youngsters was a relatively unknown team and were still t2-t3

2023-01-02 23:21

yeah, just unknown top 30 team with 19/20 wins for every month

2023-01-02 23:24

How would anyone interpret adding a major winning veteran to a developing team as a mistake

2023-01-03 03:39

Because supra was great as well and they had win streak 19 in a row with him

2023-01-03 09:13

2023-01-02 23:11

2023-01-02 23:54

I don’t think it will be

2023-01-03 00:48

2023-01-03 03:17

npl is biggest mistake

2023-01-03 04:00

2023-01-03 05:48

2023-01-03 11:39

strange

HObbit adding his Kazakh friend... this will not end good

They're not real friends; just buddies

2023-01-02 23:48

WHERE ADREN

2023-01-03 09:33

tier 2 now

Well, he was pretty bad in 2022. I am worried that it won't work out the way they want.

L move

He an yekindar were* replaced

Nice, best option between sanji and forester

2023-01-02 23:01

Unreal bullshit move

It says they had weeks of trials and talks. I guess after all that they were just standing there so they decided, Buster move!

2023-01-03 04:43

wow

2023-01-03 06:15

2023-01-03 09:14

Fat L

CJ you're a straigh busta

interesting

I found someone of my kind nice name and flair

2023-01-03 04:29

brotha from anotha motha 💯

2023-01-03 20:41

W but also L

I like buster but there was nothing wrong with C9 roster...

2023-01-02 23:02

Haha mate surely u are baiting xd

2023-01-02 23:09

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hes right. if you look at c9 they only t sides because nafany would die in without a trade. essentially hes like yekindar but isnt peeking for kills but for info. when nafany does play with his team he gets like an impossible 3k entry.

2023-01-03 01:06

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> there was nothing wrong with C9 roster > goes on to talk about what was wrong with C9

2023-01-03 01:18

my point is that it c9s problems can be fixed without changing the roster. so no, the roster is fine.

2023-01-03 01:36

The roster is far from fine. Similar to what happens in football, in the end you need to freshen things up and changes need to be made.

2023-01-03 04:16

exactly there's no problem with the roster there's a problem with how their rounds are played out

2023-01-03 15:24

aarh that makes so much more sense. Quickly, you should get in touch with c9's cs division to tell them about your findings. I bet they are dying to know what's going wrong, but surely only an expert of hltv can find out that nafany dies without trades on T side. I bet if they knew that important little factor, interz would still be on c9. What's the next crazy mystery u guys are gonna solve? Jame's DPR is extremely low due to his passive awping style?

2023-01-03 17:08

lol

2023-01-05 13:02

W but L

hurts to see -interz, however, they had to change something... :s

Interesting

interz to betboom Good luck to buster, hltv has forgot that he used to be very good at a certain point. May as well be again

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yea buster underrated, always thought he looked like a better player than qikert. he was very good in clutches iirc

It's nice to see understanding people

2023-01-02 23:34

You're right. At the end, he was the support/bitch of the team. Jame's team is really rely on one full support player. (Sanji, buster, qikert and now norbert

2023-01-03 00:10

Could be the last piece for them actually

2023-01-02 23:04

who are the other pieces besides sdy?

2023-01-03 09:34

Betboom? Rumours are Boombl4, Forrester, Nickelback, Kairon and some awper.

2023-01-03 12:23

thanks. wasnt it rumoured that sdy would be on betboom as well?

2023-01-03 12:24

I don't remember about sdy. Since T1 CIS teams are very stable at the moment, everyone else is potentially linked to next best teams - 1win, forZe and possibly BetBoom.

2023-01-03 12:51

Sdy is better than buster? nahh i dont think so

2023-01-03 16:41

LOL, wonder if they'll make to playoffs now

sad for interz, didnt feel like a needed change. but happy for buster. not sure if it will make c9 better though

C9 boombl4, buster, hobbit, sh1ro, and ax1le that's a championship team

2023-01-02 23:18

But C9 don't want to make all of their players drug addict...

2023-01-03 05:09

everyone who write its a L move wrong he is better player than interz in firepower.

unspoken rizz:

toxic dwarf hobbit took his buddy from kaz hahahaahah

2023-01-02 23:05

He actually looks like a hobbit

what an awful move

I actually really hate this, especially since interz had like a 1.1 rating in a couple events this year. Unless he's like hard to work with

2023-01-02 23:07

WHYYYYYYY I actually don't care if it works, because C9 with Interz still hasn't peaked and would work anyway with more experience They've been together a long time, but they've not been in T1 a long time

2023-01-02 23:10

Not t1 ? They were t1 at the end of the year (rio major) they just haven't been playing a lot because they're not a partnered team

2023-01-02 23:39

I didn't say they're not T1, I was pre-empting people saying "Not experienced enough???" by saying that just because they've had the same 5 for a long time doesn't mean they're experienced and won't crack under pressure Especially since they've only had a year on LAN, and as you said haven't been playing a lot

2023-01-02 23:46

ooh my bad i read «they haven't been T1 for a long time», and understood it as in they haven't been T1 recently and since a while. Yeah i agree about the pressure, Ax1le tends to underperfom under pressure and it sometimes feels like nafany doesn't igl as well either

2023-01-02 23:55

scary...tho whoever is saying "downgrade" is just straight lying. the roles will be wonky but something had to change

interz is literally so much better

HUGE L but honestly something was needed :(

boombl4 instead of nafany

I can just hope it will work🙏🙏🙏

could be a good fit buster is a pretty versatile player he can also second AWP

0.79 rating against top 20 last year, compared to Forrester’s 1.13, Interz was 0.73 so I fail to see how this is a real upgrade.

2023-01-03 16:32

twitch chat will be in 'interz was not a problem' mode this year...

"interz was the problem" Thats what they always write

2023-01-02 23:23

wdym c9 not partnered team, they barely play))))

2023-01-03 15:25

Go buster!

2023-01-02 23:20

dude

its a bust

Interz to Big Booms team

nemiga add interz and sdy +1 young grinder

2023-01-02 23:29

as anchor he is better than interz, will see how it goes.

2023-01-02 23:26

buster will be a bust no pun intended

Good luck Buster

this does look bad but they seem to have spent a long time trialling him instead of interz so hopefully that means I will be proven wrong.

High risk, mid reward ngl

2023-01-02 23:35

lol he was great supporter

Should've kept interz and gone for -nafany +Booml4, Hopefully boom interz and sdy can form a good core for a new cis roster

2023-01-02 23:36

glhf

2023-01-02 23:38

Way better than navi

2023-01-02 23:42

U S A U S A no wait...

hobbit just invited his buddy )))

2023-01-02 23:47

interz hasnt been looking bad recently and hes support player

what a tragedy

2023-01-02 23:50

he gonna have the same rating as interz bet

2023-01-02 23:51

based

2023-01-02 23:52

2 kazaks and 3 russians >>>>>>> 1 kazak and 4 russians

2023-01-02 23:57

Big downgrade in terms of roles, but upgrade in terms of firepower, if they can make the roles work, good for them, if not, Big L

Good

2023-01-03 00:06

nice

2023-01-03 00:07

Personally I think this is a downgrade but we'll see how Buster does under Nafany.

2023-01-03 00:14

Talk about downgrade, sheesh

2023-01-03 00:15

I like the idea of changing something in C9. But I’m not sure if Interz really was „the Problem“. I think they lack of creativity in rounds, so I would liked more a IGL or coach change. Coach might be easier + Hooch or maybe Jerry as IGL. But just getting more firepower isn’t the deal for me. Maybe I’m wrong.

2023-01-03 00:18

Buster has quite some experience of being an igl tell, surely he wouldn't mind helping Nafany with that

2023-01-03 00:21

IDRK

2023-01-03 00:19

2023-01-03 00:20

Absolutely deserved, Buster has a lot, hell of a lot experience, great anchor player and clearly more firepower in the right hands

Good upgrade

2023-01-03 00:30

interz with boombl4 kairon and forester

2023-01-03 00:32

Huge L

Lol this is a downgrade, they should have aimed for forester, otherwise keep interz

2023-01-03 00:36

Interz was not the problem

2023-01-03 00:37

Thats propably h0bbit's call on buster. Kinda risky since he was AFK for long and had no motivaton. I dont belive it will work out, interz was not a problem.

2023-01-03 00:40

bad move

2023-01-03 00:45

kio.. i mean interz is not the problem

2023-01-03 06:09

Interz is a solid all around player. I think c9 will regret this change.

2023-01-03 00:50

Nice, good move as buster brings more experience and is a wall

2023-01-03 00:54

Uprage skillwise, huge downgrade rolewise

2023-01-03 01:02

fuck that shit time to go international furia -drop +interz

-drop +s1mple

2023-01-06 05:12

2023-01-03 01:04

I hope Groove knows what it's doing. The only reason I see reasonable this move is to bring new blood and mentality.

interesting breaking up the boys. seemed like a foregone conclusion but i think if they just had more stage time maybe some better overall achievements.

2023-01-03 01:12

no what the hell

2023-01-03 01:15

sleeper pick bring magixx

2023-01-03 01:21

The worst thing is, even if C9 should get better by this, teams like G2 and Heroic, potentially Vitality and OG seem to also get better, so maybe they won't even get more succes by doing this move, and we will never know if it was a good decision or not. With that said I hope they start winning, because they have so much potential to be a number one team, even with interz. I feel like their mentally is a bigger problem than their actual teamwork/skill. Gonna be an exciting season we have coming up. Almost ALL old school players are out of tier1, and we are finally seeing the younger players being the dominating factors. Karrigan, Apex and krimz are more or less the only players in tier1 who played other iterations of cs on top level. Correct me if I'm wrong.

2023-01-03 01:44

Snappi too!

2023-01-03 03:26

He was never one of the best in 1.6, and has never been consistently playing top tier cs go before Ence, but sure :)

2023-01-03 03:33

maybe they will remove nafany for forester idk havent followed been overdrive's leaks

2023-01-03 02:04

why does C9 continuously disappointment me

Because clown9.

2023-01-03 13:21

i blame you

2023-01-04 00:29

2023-01-04 03:28

pretty big downgrade from the sources i've read

2023-01-03 02:36

I hope it’s an improvement

2023-01-03 03:21

another Huge L for another russian team, no way buster is better than interz

We'll see

2023-01-03 11:07

lmao anything besides forester would be a downgrade, gl to gambit in top10

2023-01-03 03:28

What happened to C9 academy anyway? they hyped it up like it was some kind of big project and then just dipped

2023-01-03 03:42

nafany or a coach change is required imo. I dont see how changing a support player with a different player who was once a star but dropped in form when he became a support under Jame. tho Jame does really fuck over the 5th man on those teams as shown by SANJI and buster.

i think that in terms of pure skill interz is > than buster but c9’s issue was not lack of skill but chemistry. hope buster will fill them mentally and they will finally upgrade so gl both, hope c9 will dominate 2023! gl c9 gl interz

2023-01-03 04:39

Lol You've got to be kidding me

2023-01-03 11:06

downgrade lol

2023-01-03 05:10

- nafany + mvp major AdreN as igl and cloud9 with kz flag will be weirdest thing in the world

2023-01-03 05:28

nah AdreN is old now +neaLaN as an IGL would be cool

2023-01-03 10:51

I'm one of his best fans around but AdreN is washed AF

ChrisJ would be better imo

2023-01-03 05:40

Top left Busta

2023-01-03 05:42

dont think that interz was the problem

2023-01-03 05:54

gg busted

2023-01-03 06:01

What did interz do that meant he had to be replaced? I mean his stats weren't great, but that's why you've got ax1le and sh1ro.

2023-01-03 06:16

Well better average stats = better potential Also buster can sometime carry maps if needs be

2023-01-03 11:05

GL buster

2023-01-03 06:24

2023-01-03 06:33

+1, the only 2 options to swap out of this roster were either internz or Hobbit. Of course they could have gone with a more interesting pickup than buster but considering the CIS player market that probably isn't a feasible option.

2023-01-03 09:02

Yep , ridiculous to say it's the same, let alone a downgrade. Buster when on form is on qikert level stat wise and Can easily carry maps. I just think people are disappointed because it's not the most logical/best choice

2023-01-03 11:04

Cool

2023-01-03 06:58

Very nice

2023-01-03 08:02

2023-01-03 08:10

I don‘t see how this is an upgrade. Also, Outsiders won the major after replacing buster…

2023-01-03 08:13

They just got lucky, final against heroic is a free final.

2023-01-03 10:27

Big L,

2023-01-03 08:47

Expected. IMO interz is better player but they need a shakeup.

2023-01-03 08:55

Yeah I agree, kinda sad to see interz go but they needed to change something up

2023-01-03 09:17

Why.....?(

2023-01-03 09:08

not bad

Shittest move I’ve ever seen

2023-01-03 09:28

GO BUSTER!

Bringing big INSIDER info from the OUTSIDERS

2023-01-03 09:42

it hurts

2023-01-03 10:37

is buster anime pfp? plz tell me this is not the end of nafany's anime team

Kazakh cs evolving lets go

2023-01-03 11:02

Out of the potential prospects it's not the one I would have chosen. He still brings tons of improvement though : better aim, experience, second awp...

Probably not going to fix anything

2023-01-03 11:09

Maaaaaan……

2023-01-03 11:32

So, buster will play support?

2023-01-03 11:58

Wasn't he already support?

2023-01-03 14:07

He was, and he wasn't a good one.

2023-01-03 17:01

Worst signing of all time.

2023-01-03 12:07

interz busted

Weird decision. Not like interz was that bad or something.

2023-01-03 12:39

Hobbit will takeover interz roles

2023-01-03 12:40

I mean out of all the choices available ?

2023-01-03 12:42

Don't see an improvement over interz.

2023-01-03 12:43

A nice upgrade. Buster can awp as well.

2023-01-03 12:52

Trash9 expected

2023-01-03 13:23

Name doesn't check out

2023-01-03 14:06

Changes for the sake of changes ain‘t gonna work

2023-01-03 14:13

Buster has definitely got better mechanics than Interz, he should be a good support as well. What other change u think they should have done?

2023-01-03 16:10

Most of the games Interz has negative kd and he is not even the igl. U should atleast be able to pull ur own weight, even if ur support.

2023-01-03 16:14

boombl4 better

2023-01-03 13:42

busta, straight busta

2023-01-03 14:25

HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

OMEGALUL

2023-01-03 15:26

"interz 0.9 rating kick him already he's ruining this team" "nooo why did you replace him broo he wasn't the problem"

2023-01-03 15:27

nice upgrade

2023-01-03 15:29

i can't imagine this team doing that much better with buster

2023-01-03 16:36

interz was the problem (no)

2023-01-03 16:59

2023-01-03 17:51

2023-01-04 02:16

As a big fan of Gambit I must admit that Interz was playing much more aggressively & was still very good at staying alive. He'll be a major asset to whoever he ends up playing for. RIP.

2023-01-04 03:35

Super cool! 2023 is starting with incredibly great news! Go C9!

2023-01-04 09:10

r u sure you want this guy in this team? youtube.com/watch?v=le_DgyewwzQ&t=2003s

2023-01-04 13:05

God move

2023-01-04 19:51

I feel like NaVi should pick up interz. For real, they need a support player, and Interz imo is one of the best support players out there. He's gained a ton of experience over the past 3 years. This is their key

2023-01-07 16:53