FORZE complete new roster with tN1R

Following their recent LAN victory, the Russian squad have signed a fifth player to complete the roster.

FORZE have announced the signing of Andrey "⁠tN1R⁠" Tatarinovich, the Belarusian completing the team’s roster after they dropped three players in an off-season revamp.

tN1R is a 22-year-old rifler who made his first HLTV appearance in 2021, and since has played for squads like Trasko and Nemiga.

Most recently the Belarusian was featuring for Websterz, participating in tournaments like CCT series events and ESEA Advanced, but without making much headway. tN1R was the team’s second-best player, posting a 1.08 rating over his nine-month tenure.

tN1R's arrival in FORZE marks the end of a rebuild that began in the mid-season break, when FORZE opted to part ways with long-time team captain Andrey "⁠Jerry⁠" Mekhryakov and star AWPer Aleksandr "⁠zorte⁠" Zagodyrenko, and bench Vladislav "⁠Krad⁠" Kravchenko.

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The changes were surprising as FORZE had impressed with the aforementioned trio prior to the moves, going deep in events like ESL Pro League Season 17, BetBoom Playlist Urbanistic and Betboom Playlist Freedom, and they won CCT Online Finals 1 in May.

As part of their announcement of the signing, FORZE mentioned that tN1R is a graduate of FORZE School, an in-house coaching service offered by the organization.

FORZE will be thoroughly familiar with their new teammate, having faced off against him recently in the Russian Cybersport League Finals. tN1R impressed in their first matchup, scoring a 1.18-rated performance as his team stole a 2-1 victory, but was far more subdued as his team lost 0-2 in the grand final rematch.

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New FORZE squad win Russian Cybersport League Finals

FORZE are now:

Aleksandr "⁠shalfey⁠" Marenov
Evgeny "⁠r3salt⁠" Frolov
Aleksei "⁠El1an⁠" Gusev
Dmitry "⁠sstiNiX⁠" Khlebnikov
Andrey "⁠tN1R⁠" Tatarinovich

Artem "⁠Fierce⁠" Ivanov (coach)