erkaSt returns to Grayhound as coach

13-11-2023 11:02

One of the most experienced players in the Asian region has made the switch to coaching.

erkaSt represented Grayhound as a player at two Majors

Grayhound have announced that Mongolian Erdenetsogt "⁠erkaSt⁠" Gantulga has joined the team as their coach, finally filling the position that was made vacant by the departure of David "⁠Kingfisher⁠" Kingsford in February.

erkaSt had previously been playing with NKT since May 2021, taking a break mid-way through his stint to try his hand at VALORANT.

The 28-year-old is no stranger to the Grayhound organisation, having represented the team as a player from 2017-2019, alongside the likes of Christopher "⁠dexter⁠" Nong. He helped the squad win a plethora of regional tournaments and attend two Majors, IEM Katowice 2019 and StarLadder Major 2019.

The roster he will now coach has been the best team in their region for some time, first as Renegades then as Grayhound, but has struggled to convert that regional dominance to international success.

Most recently, the team attended IEM Cologne Play-In, ESL Pro League and IEM Sydney, grabbing a single series win across the three competitions.

Grayhound are now:

New Zealand Simon "⁠Sico⁠" Williams
Australia Jay "⁠Liazz⁠" Tregillgas
Australia Alistair "⁠aliStair⁠" Johnston
Australia Joshua "⁠INS⁠" Potter
Australia Declan "⁠Vexite⁠" Portelli

Mongolia Erdenetsogt "⁠erkaSt⁠" Gantulga (coach)

Australia Alistair 'aliStair' Johnston
Alistair 'aliStair' Johnston
Age:
25
Team:
Grayhound
Rating 1.0:
1.08
Maps played:
1198
KPR:
0.72
DPR:
0.62
Australia Joshua 'INS' Potter
Joshua 'INS' Potter
Age:
25
Team:
Grayhound
Rating 1.0:
1.12
Maps played:
1097
KPR:
0.76
DPR:
0.65
Australia Declan 'Vexite' Portelli
Declan 'Vexite' Portelli
Age:
19
Team:
Grayhound
Rating 1.0:
1.09
Maps played:
490
KPR:
0.75
DPR:
0.68
Australia Christopher 'dexter' Nong
Christopher 'dexter' Nong
Age:
29
Team:
fnatic
Rating 1.0:
1.05
Maps played:
1168
KPR:
0.72
DPR:
0.67
Australia Jay 'Liazz' Tregillgas
Jay 'Liazz' Tregillgas
Age:
26
Team:
Grayhound
Rating 1.0:
1.07
Maps played:
1117
KPR:
0.70
DPR:
0.62
Australia David 'Kingfisher' Kingsford
David 'Kingfisher' Kingsford
Age:
27
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.78
Maps played:
81
KPR:
0.52
DPR:
0.70
New Zealand Simon 'Sico' Williams
Simon 'Sico' Williams
Age:
29
Team:
Grayhound
Rating 1.0:
1.11
Maps played:
1043
KPR:
0.73
DPR:
0.60
#1
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Korea jin67300
nice fianlly he back to AU But Coach? wtf he can frag
2023-11-13 11:04
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12 replies
#3
jks | 
Australia Dadecum
its possible he is living in mongolia and coaching remotely
2023-11-13 11:06
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11 replies
#6
Russia Robitussin
isnt he banned from australia for that visa violation
2023-11-13 11:07
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9 replies
#12
Australia Besuru
Wasn't it just a expired student visa
2023-11-13 11:23
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8 replies
#15
Russia Robitussin
yeah but it was expired plus he technically worked (was a player for a professional organisation) and did not study, so they deported him iirc
2023-11-13 11:26
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4 replies
#18
Australia Besuru
Ah thanks for the info, I just thought he couldn't secure a living here lol
2023-11-13 11:30
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3 replies
#37
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Brazil PrestusHood
AU gov is the biggest enemy of AU. Why on hell would you deport an athlete that is also representing australia? They are killing their own cs scene with those low iq moves
2023-11-13 14:52
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2 replies
#43
ropz | 
Australia colon_capital_d
lul do u seriously think they would care abt that
2023-11-13 15:36
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#44
anthrax | 
Australia democracymanifest
Our government doesn't care for esports, they're so backwards they probably don't even know what it is. Everything esports related in this country is privately funded and organised by the few people that are generous enough to invest in the scene.
2023-11-13 15:37
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#16
Australia Weagles_fan
You get done for being on the wrong visa, it's something like a 10 year ban. Same thing that Djokovic was facing with that mess around Covid shot exemptions applying or not, which ended up being waived so that he could compete the following year (this year?).
2023-11-13 11:26
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2 replies
#36
Jee | 
Romania Powerhouse69
"it's something like a 10 year ban" does Jonathan E also moderate AU visas?
2023-11-13 14:25
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1 reply
#59
k0nfig | 
Croatia dffg321
He got 10 yeared 💀
2023-11-13 22:50
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#26
Faceit level 10  | 
dexter | 
Mongolia temukkun
He's in Thailand.
2023-11-13 12:13
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#2
churchd0g | 
Australia g00sey
WELCOME BACK
2023-11-13 11:02
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#4
JACKZ | 
Germany RIP_MY_NIP
Dickstacy GM when?
2023-11-13 11:07
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#5
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Norway biggamer69
lmao
2023-11-13 11:07
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#7
Faceit level 10  | 
Skadoodle | 
Europe SiKw0w
GoatKast
2023-11-13 11:07
0
#8
s1mple | 
Singapore hev_suit
Who
2023-11-13 11:08
0
#9
Faceit level 10  | 
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Ukraine Xe0m
let's goooo
2023-11-13 11:15
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#10
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Malaysia Bolehland
Nooo dude wtf... he should be a player in GH not coach .
2023-11-13 11:20
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#11
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Portugal I_was_a_potato
The return of an old face. Quite a pleasant move to see hope he does well. That being said I think they need some changes as I think the current rooster has peaked and needs a refresher (Sico is the obvious player to remove).
2023-11-13 11:21
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2 replies
#28
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Australia mklitty2
honestly they could get rid of alistair and see how sico goes back on the awp
2023-11-13 12:35
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1 reply
#56
Aleksib | 
United Kingdom ShrimpConsumer
= chelleos Awp and igl sorted INS to whatever role he would prefer imo ( or get JKS and Dexter back hahaha )
2023-11-13 20:09
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#14
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Poland csRIOTgo
o.O so what's happening with NKT?
2023-11-13 11:24
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14 replies
#20
Afghanistan FurrytheFury
Deaderthandead
2023-11-13 11:42
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#38
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United States MrNorwood
Gratisfaction stepped down, so it's just XigN, BnTet, and xerolte left right now. I'm not sure if they have a future there or not.
2023-11-13 14:53
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12 replies
#40
United States PsychoLogical25
Is there even any hope for those guys left? BnTeT’s washed, XigN doesn’t exactly have anywhere to go and I think still hasn’t done his mandatory military service(?), and well…
2023-11-13 15:01
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1 reply
#42
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United States MrNorwood
I don't know, I think it may hinge on what NKT tries to do. I don't know if they even intend to stay in CS.
2023-11-13 15:08
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#45
Roninbaby | 
Denmark Dayne6400
xign bntet and xerolte are playing eflare tournament with neorah and marsya (no idea who they are)
2023-11-13 16:07
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3 replies
#47
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United States MrNorwood
Ah, those are former Army Geniuses players from Indonesia.
2023-11-13 16:09
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2 replies
#48
Roninbaby | 
Denmark Dayne6400
ah okay. Thats pretty cool then
2023-11-13 16:44
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1 reply
#55
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United States MrNorwood
Yeah, hopefully that is a promising sign.
2023-11-13 19:50
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#49
Faceit level 8  | 
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Australia Skycap
Wait source for Grat?? I was lowkey seeing AZR step into this team and try again
2023-11-13 18:14
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3 replies
#53
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United States MrNorwood
Well... Liquipedia lists it as an "inside source", so I guess I don't have a source: liquipedia.net/counterstrike/Team_NKT
2023-11-13 19:49
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2 replies
#61
Faceit level 8  | 
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Australia Skycap
Damn I missed that, wonder what's going on
2023-11-14 02:53
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1 reply
#66
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United States MrNorwood
Well as #45 said the core is still together playing in EFLARE. It doesn't look like they are using the NKT name though. EFLARE's Twitter account has them listed as 'Ongeh Warrior'.
2023-11-14 15:00
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#60
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Poland csRIOTgo
How do you know about this? Any source? wanted to follow NKT, but not exactly much information out there
2023-11-14 00:54
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1 reply
#65
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United States MrNorwood
I try to keep an eye on a lot teams on Liquipedia which is usually well sourced, but as I said in #53 they listed it as an inside source, so I'm not sure where that info came from.
2023-11-14 14:56
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#17
Austria ilikemens
add jks
2023-11-13 11:28
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#19
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United States rocklobster324
Maybe they can close out games now
2023-11-13 11:30
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#21
deko | 
Afghanistan CS2MOTMPOV
Best joke
2023-11-13 11:53
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#22
Singapore intelintelintel
K... Grayhound will be doomed for sure... erkaSt is the main and only reason why NKT was so bad. I'm sure you guys have heard about erkast being so toxic and so over-controlling. He was a f-ing drama queen where he almost begged and brainwashed the owner and other guys into removing senzu, nin9 & machinegun. I'm sure he promised things will be much better without them and they'll finally win something if they bring whoever he mentioned. Now look at NKT, disbanded - poor XigN, BnTeT just wasted their year with this super toxic guy. NKT qualified only one A-Tier event which is BLAST EU Showdown where they lost to Heroic in the first round. But guess what it was a time where erkaSt left them to pursue his C9 Valorant career. Things were never good when erkaSt was there... Toxicity officially became his middle name since 2021... I hope Grayhound realizes what kind of garbage they brought there ASAP...
2023-11-13 11:54
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4 replies
#29
MrFuckYou | 
Asia Adrikins
+111111111.CANNOT AGREE MORE TO THIS.NKT'S BEST ERA WAS WHEN THEY HAD IMPRESSION AS AN IGL,IT WAS PROBABLY ERKAST WHO FUCKED SENZU'S CAREER OVER AND BLASTED HIM ON TWITTER AS WELL.THEY DON'T CALL HIM SNAKEST IN AUSTRALIA FOR NOTHING
2023-11-13 12:41
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#31
United States PsychoLogical25
that just means no qualification to PGL Copenhagen then, that’s great
2023-11-13 13:05
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1 reply
#64
MrFuckYou | 
Asia Adrikins
atox and mongolz in pgl copenhagen,GOD DID
2023-11-14 10:25
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#57
mzinho | 
Mongolia sukhee
oh the irony... erkast haters. If they were so good where are they now? they were fucking paycheck stealers
2023-11-13 21:33
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#23
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North America DELUSIONAL_NITR0_FAN
Okay now +ustillo +azr +jkaem +jks +nifty plish
2023-11-13 11:58
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2 replies
#35
Faceit level 10  | 
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Ukraine Xe0m
awful
2023-11-13 13:53
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#41
United States PsychoLogical25
nah fuck Nifty, his career deserved to die after that Envy garbage 3 years ago (which it did but now he’s basically trying to make a comeback with no success)
2023-11-13 15:02
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#24
Faceit level 4  | 
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African Union mikecool
Whoa as coach
2023-11-13 11:59
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#25
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Luxembourg Maurizi0
Article nobody cares. Good job bro congrats for 5$
2023-11-13 12:02
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#27
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Netherlands itsm
Nkt roster?
2023-11-13 12:21
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#32
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Italy CiroDiMarzio
Decent but Grayhound need luck on their side
2023-11-13 13:33
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1 reply
#34
United States PsychoLogical25
what luck lmao They have no real proper events until likely Katowice. Meanwhile teams from the rest of the non-European world have additional international events that they'll be able to attend, providing them needed experience to improve in the long term kekw
2023-11-13 13:47
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#33
Faceit level 4  | 
crow | 
Indonesia ycrows
here comes another nkt rebuild, goodness this team can’t find proper footing :(
2023-11-13 13:41
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2 replies
#39
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United States MrNorwood
It's rough out there, I hope they stick around though and don't give up.
2023-11-13 14:55
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#46
Roninbaby | 
Denmark Dayne6400
Hopefully with the revival of more and more asian tournaments and organizers SEA will get more players and NKT can get an actual roster
2023-11-13 16:09
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#50
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Austria ceo_of_matchfix
Sico is still in the team
2023-11-13 18:29
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#51
Snax | 
Poland AIM_FROM_POLAND
ez for 100% map winrate as coach
2023-11-13 19:38
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#52
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Russia _Mike_Hunt_
Nice
2023-11-13 19:42
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#54
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Malaysia biatche
should replace alistair instead most useless player
2023-11-13 19:49
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#58
Vexite | 
Australia Goonlord
Big for the fellas
2023-11-13 21:56
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#62
NiKo | 
Russia m0NESY_TOP1_2024
Ok
2023-11-14 02:54
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#63
aliStair | 
Sweden Hypovolemic
Now -Sico
2023-11-14 07:14
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#67
Freya | 
Philippines Sicko[melvs]
Tsak
2023-11-15 08:40
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