lauNX departs BLEED; VLDN joins on trial

8-3-2024 18:09

BLEED enacted their first roster change three months after entering Counter-Strike.

lauNX lasted just 20 maps in BLEED

BLEED have announced the removal of Laurențiu "⁠lauNX⁠" Țârlea from their active roster to make their first change since putting the team together at the start of the year, with Vladan "⁠VLDN⁠" Radević replacing the Romanian on a trial basis, HLTV has learned.

BLEED completed their roster just days before the Copenhagen Major qualification cycle got underway, and the team failed to make it through the open qualifiers in what was a rough start for the roster.

Results failed to pick up and the team exited the European Pro League Season 13 in 9-12th place after a loss to Into the Breach, which prompted coach Aleksandar "⁠kassad⁠" Trifunović to state that "changes are coming" on Twitter.

lauNX was the casualty of those changes. The 18-year-old joined the team on loan from Falcons, though BLEED had the first option to buy him out on a pre-agreed price after the Shanghai Major. His tenure on the team lasted just 20 maps, however, and he now returns to his parent organization.

His replacement, VLDN, has been playing with BLEED in recent weeks and helped the team finish second in the RES Regional Series 1 Europe in what was their biggest success to date.

kassad recently appeared on the Talk to Thorin podcast and talked about VLDN's trial addition. "He's now trialing with us. He has a couple of more teams that he's going to trial with as well because we are not signing him yet. He needs to try them on as well and see what the best fit is."

BLEED are now:

Hampus "⁠hampus⁠" Poser
Tsvetelin "⁠CeRq⁠" Dimitrov
Josef "⁠faveN⁠" Baumann
Cai "⁠CYPHER⁠" Watson
Vladan "⁠VLDN⁠" Radević (trial)

Aleksandar "⁠kassad⁠" Trifunović (coach)

LOL

2024-03-08 18:10

20 replies

Loan terminated. They couldn't use softer words? It sounds like he got the Blogg1s treatment.

2024-03-08 18:36

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Blogg1s treatment?

2024-03-08 19:06

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Blogg1s got signed by Chinese team Wings Up but got no money at all reportedly, he also paid for all his flights and accommodation to China etc. hltv.org/news/38177/blogg1s-wings-up-owe..

2024-03-09 02:21

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Yeah, I'm aware just wondering how exactly op came to the conclusion that this is in any way similar) lol

2024-03-09 02:41

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hes talking about the wording of the article specifically i think, not the overall situation

2024-03-09 03:09

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based aussie

2024-03-09 21:57

What softer words "We are really sad to announce, that launx has decided to not continue with Bleed and left on mutual agreement and is returning to falcons' bench." ???? 🗿🗿🗿🗿

2024-03-08 19:32

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probably they want to practice with him again and try their options

2024-03-08 19:36

Launx is gone, vldn is on trial, nobody is signed. I'm just confused how #49 wanted the article headline to look like. (No idea what "blogg1s treatment" means)

2024-03-08 20:08

we found kassad's burner lmao

2024-03-08 20:51

Yeah you got me, maybe explain your take before i block you, okay? #fanlogic 🗿🗿

2024-03-08 21:39

bro do your research maybe before hating on people #199

2024-03-09 02:23

Blogg1s treatment? Do you even know what did the org do to those players lmao? Chinese scam org

2024-03-08 21:55

Everyone know it should have been -kassad who can’t even sign in his team to qualifier in time lmao

2024-03-08 21:21

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+1.

2024-03-08 21:49

bs, "open" qualifier having limited number of spots lmfaoo

2024-03-08 22:31

Leaving something to do last second is sign of bad management no matter the circumstances

2024-03-12 13:31

Why did you wait 4 days to come here and call me out on my entire life

2024-03-12 14:31

What part is calling out YOUR entire life? Your comment wasn’t worth my time when I first noticed it. Today I have unexpected day off and I’m kinda bored, so there you go.

2024-03-12 16:23

Jaaa

2024-03-12 13:12

great decision by BLEED, they instantly got better as we saw. next one should be iM at NaVi, maybe volt in GL, we have to see, but romanians are just struggling too much in tier1.

2024-03-08 18:11

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how is it in blast?

2024-03-08 18:13

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Major Legends my friend, we do not car.

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what are you even saying btw flag flair name checks out, coL cant even beat og lmao

2024-03-08 18:26

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complexity is already qualified to the legends stage at the next major, hope this helps <3

2024-03-08 18:27

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cant even beat furia

2024-03-08 18:29

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DOESNT CHANGE THE FACT TAHT THEY ARE LEGENDS AT MAJOR ALREADY LOL

2024-03-08 18:47

you can stop talking now little 13 year old

2024-03-08 18:51

ok and?

2024-03-08 19:02

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and so its completely undeserved for them to be legends stage also why is an aussie even defending coL

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you are so hurt xd, i'm just stating facts not defending anyone

2024-03-08 19:37

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how am i hurt lol also one can state facts and defend someone at the same time which is what youre doing..

2024-03-08 19:39

i stated a fact, did not give any opinion and you are really pressed over this for no reason

2024-03-08 19:49

tell me why youre stating those facts then pressed for sure

2024-03-08 19:53

i was helping you out since you couldn't figure out what he was saying idk why you are mad ;p

2024-03-08 19:57

you did not explain to me what he was saying

2024-03-08 20:12

and im not mad wdym

2024-03-08 20:13

like i know that coL made the legends stage wow dude great insight and explanation my dude

2024-03-08 20:52

even c9 or ence would be better

for sure

lucky qualify on america,in europe they would warm the bench

2024-03-08 22:41

who would you choose instead of iM-?

major legends because NA spot otherwise it sucks so bad seeing coL play lmfao get meds

2024-03-08 18:33

major legends baby we do not car

2024-03-08 18:35

agree with kickin fraudx but u should stop being this salty when your team is pure shit tbf

if you read all my replies, there is not a single salty one, even though I got attacked from multiple sides.

2024-03-08 18:37

wait, you attacked two players for no reason but "i kept my cool even if i was attacked" lmfao. what are your pronouns?

2024-03-08 18:41

i am cdn.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/9..

2024-03-08 18:49

#35 smartass

2024-03-08 19:41

Your dog water region is getting blasted by our inexistent scene. Also name.

2024-03-08 18:40

Major Legends baby, we do not care, enjoy 0-3 challenger stage 😂😂

non existent*

2024-03-08 20:48

btw navi better than complexity , call me when they get better

2024-03-08 22:35

Volt is carrying GL, are you ill?

2024-03-08 18:19

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1.04 carry in good roles lul

'good roles' lol Compared to isak and keoz 0.97, 0.90, yes, he is carrying. Acor has better rating but he's inconsistent a.f.

2024-03-08 18:22

0/8

name checks out

2024-03-08 18:23

whenever he has nothing to say he says: 0/8 or flag. the classics. lol

2024-03-08 20:04

btw, regali kicked your flair in the teeth yesterday :P NA got kicked out in the first round lol

lmao na in shables as expected

hes the 2nd best rated player gamerlegion just have a low rating as a team, always around 1.03 combined

2024-03-08 18:24

i wonder if it was a romanian chad who took the girl you wanted or was it a romanian girl who paid no mind to your desires either way, this is fkd up

we don't have romanians where I live, I don't think they could afford to live here unfortunately.

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2024-03-08 18:39

It's true, even if it's unfair.

My guy, a lot of people in central and eastern Europe are working in IT on US >average salaries -15/20%, myself included. Here I don't pay for healthcare or education, rent is $400/month in a nice apartment with a parking spot, food is cheaper and healthier, clean green cities. I get to put aside 80% of my salary while living a great life. WHY would someone cross an ocean to live where you live? =))))

2024-03-08 23:09

IM second rating on team?:)) mate, i think you have some problems, i mean, show me some good US players that was stars from the beggining.

2024-03-08 18:30

You guys were nowhere to be seen to defend xellow after his sprout stint.

2024-03-08 20:09

he was just unluky in his career.He refused to manny good oportunities to play for Romania.And we respect and love that.

2024-03-08 22:49

hi I'm the XELLOW defender, Sprout was a shitshow and a complete mess when he joined. He never got a proper chance to play in an actual functional team, not AZR with 1 week of prep and BERRY standing in for 80% of the matches. The only people who looked good during that dark period in Sprout were Zyphon because he would just bait his entire team (would literally use XELLOW as a personal stool and ask him to boost and throw util for him on rounds that he had the AWP) and Staehr who just shoots hard despite the environment (e.i. Astralis).

2024-03-09 03:52

Thank you for defending Xellow and Romanian mafia Nexus. Regards.

2024-03-09 16:39

iM is the biggest issue for NaVi. He has clearly struggled adapting from T2 (GL) to T1, and that's fine as not everyone can play at that level. He is very inconsistent and yes, his results as of late have slightly improved but you never know which version will show. I'd say if they make a change he is first to go for sure.

2024-03-09 11:47

1/10 bait lol

2024-03-08 18:44

adamS best romanian player

2024-03-08 18:45

volts been looking good for gl

2024-03-08 19:07

Hahahahahaha

2024-03-08 19:42

I think iM it's the best player at Navi rn, what are u yapping about

2024-03-08 20:53

Wonderful has been head and shoulders above everyone else on that team.

2024-03-09 11:48

agree

2024-03-08 22:02

haha, americans talking about any sports or e-sports are so funny

2024-03-09 00:59

we actually dominate sports buddy, E-Sports are irrelevant so it's understandable.

2024-03-09 01:00

you dominate mlb, nba, nhl, nfl yes. Have you ever seen footbal in america in mls ? Sorry but Europe ist above America when we talk sports.

2024-03-09 01:06

Unfortunately not, in male soccer, yes, female soccer, the US has the most world cups. But then we come to Ahletics (we dominate olympics), Swimming, Boxing, Wrestling, MMA, Golf and of course Basketball and Baseball as you already mentioned. We dominate sports, yes we are a huge country, but saying Europe is above the US in sports is just wrong.

2024-03-09 01:09

Let's go back to CS, do you still think america is better than europe ?

2024-03-09 01:20

Lmao bro back paddled quick. We suck in E-Sports, it's not a secret, but on the bigger scale, E-Sports are irrelevant.

2024-03-09 01:22

If they are irrelevant why are you saying something that you have no clue about. And trust me, if a good player in tier 1 is getting so much money for quallifing for major it is kinda relevant.

2024-03-09 01:26

Germany is also irrelevant, why are you talking? Don't you think that logic is kinda stupid, or do I have to be from a good country in CS to be able to talk about CS? Please just stop bro, it's getting embarrassing.

2024-03-09 01:27

We have every year in Cologne one of the most important event in CS after major, kiss kiss.

2024-03-10 18:41

iM yeah? still won the major

2024-04-03 16:54

he was the problem

he was mid but dont think he was the problem

Surely he was. It is well known, that launx is a difficult character. Ex Manager of sprout said, that he was the most unprofessional player he ever worked with.

2024-03-08 21:19

where did he say that?

2024-03-11 01:21

cool, they've been doing well recently with vldn

"His replacement, VLDN, has been playing with BLEED in recent weeks and helped the team place finish in the RES Regional Series 1 Europe in what was their biggest success to date." place finish?

2nd place, lost to fnatic in finals

2024-03-08 18:15

2024-03-08 18:16

18 y old and 7 teams already at least he is getting paid by falcons funds

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seems like romanians have bad attitude, or am I wrong?

not romanians in general but launx maybe

iM looks like a humble guy, doesn't he?

not wrong in general, but there are some exceptions lived in germany,italy,romania and now UK for the past 8 years and i can honestly tell u ITS SAME SHIT EVERYWHERE i have friends from all religions, all world, all cultures at the same time so not the whole planet is bad i guess

2024-03-08 19:01

szőröstalpú copium Stealing is central to your country's culture euractiv.com/section/politics/short_news..

2024-03-11 08:34

whats wrong with that? ur just envious u didnt think of it and hypocrite not to admit that u wished u could so ur basically worse than any romanian that ever stole x2, at least they admit it

2024-03-11 15:50

iM is literally a golden retriever

2024-03-08 21:12

It is well known, that launx is a difficult character. Ex Manager of sprout said, that he was the most unprofessional player he ever worked with. But all romanias? Of course not.

2024-03-08 21:24

ROMANIANS =)))) HAVE BAD ATTITUDE.ON PLURAL.He probably have bad atittude ,os still a kid.He is verry talented and he feel himself wasted playing anchor or shitty positions.He wants to shine,kid mentalitty.He have time to grow,the talent is there.

2024-03-08 22:51

“helped the team place finish” what

*Finish second hltv.org/events/7709/res-regional-series..

and now he is top 1 fpl eu

2024-03-08 18:12

Lul

2024-03-08 18:14

Bro is only 18, has a bright future. But bleed just didn't feel like a fit or the right time

BEING YOUNG DOESNT MEAN YOUR FUTURE IS BRIGHT LOL. HE HAS REPEATEDLY FAILED IN PAST TEAMS NOW, NOTHING SUGGESTS HE HAS A BRIGHT FUTURE

What has he failed? Carryed sprout to a major and they "thanked" him by rejecting offers from vitality and ence. He was part of a dysfunctional falcons team who was deemed to fail from the start and then this bleed project has no cs division and with fkt up roles in the team.

2024-03-08 19:25

lauNX was unironically the problem cause BLEED seemingly improved after he was gone.

Quite expected considering that they were already playing better with him

congrats lau, u maked the best decision

so many wrong moves......... what it should be is -kassad

2024-03-08 18:17

until kassad is fired as their coach, this team will continue being shit

2024-03-08 18:18

good move

kassad must be fired ...

2024-03-08 18:31

launx back to tier 10 as expected

top 1 fpl

2024-03-08 20:10

Goodbye and see ya never

2024-03-08 18:38

bleed disband already and start with kasshit

makes sense, not worth the money even if he's not to blame for that dumpsterfire to underperform.

I feel bad for launx, I think it’s more about mental than true level. Hoping for him to bounce back.

2024-03-08 18:46

he looked like a future top 20 player on sprout and ever since he left he looked like a shell of his former self. shame, he could've been a household name in tier 1

You gotta "thank" sprout for refusing to let him go to vitality and ence, he was one of the most influential part of that squad in qualifying that shit org to a major and they "repaid" him with ruining his chances to go to a tier 1 team/org. Damn i hope sprout don't make another major for the rest of their existence.

He talked about Bleed situation some days ago on his stream. Its not about the players, its about coach/org and he felt that its better to leave this team.

2024-03-08 18:57

interesting, this is actually a very important detail, so it's mostly launX leaving rather than BLEED kicking him?

2024-03-08 19:10

he benched himself,told that the enveriment is to toxic for him

2024-03-08 19:19

He was terminated (loan i mean) because of attitude problems

who said that? it looks like launx said he left instead

2024-03-08 22:16

Kassad did, check his interview with Thorin

kassad sneaked his serbian friend kekw

yes... laux was mid but vld did actually worse on individual level ... last or 4th buttom fragger 80% of the times

2024-03-08 21:16

if NIP was the new EG then Bleed is the new NIP

2024-03-08 19:08

hmm

just kick kassad

2024-03-08 19:45

washed in 18, nice

Can someone pls ban meds?

2024-03-08 19:56

welcome to itb

No one wants lauNX 😢

2024-03-08 20:11

he was mid but for real .. this guy vld was 4th 5th buttom frager 80% of the maps after he joined ... they need to remove botsad and a new solid riffle to replace bot VLd....

2024-03-08 21:18

vldn is fine he is a full support, they had too many aggro players in the team, check the last thorin video with kassad he explains the changes

2024-03-08 22:25

they won 95% of matches with vldn and without launx. he was holding the team back, simple as that

2024-03-09 00:21

people still defend launx . dude hasn't played well for some time now , and he didnt show the will to develop in all aspects of the game . Also every time i hear him , he talks about alcohol . typicall degenerate balkan teen . so he has many things against him , depsite his "talent "

Oh fk off you crap head, most of you bots turn to fanboys all the time when he is/was performing good and then turn into full haters during a bad period, worst kind of humans trashcans. From the way you typed that message it looks like you barely leanrt how to use a keyboard, wtf do you even know about cs?

2024-03-08 23:53

Joc cs din 2001 si echipa mea fav din Romania a fost Gameagents cu el in echipa , asa ca mai incearca ... Pe tine din troll doar the legend sau cum il cheama te bate.

2024-03-09 00:31

Dupa cum te exprimi si in felul care scrii pare ca nu prea mai ai multa materie cenusie in creier, cui ii pasa ce crezi tu despre el, il cunosti cumva personal si nu stim noi? Profesionisti din scena de cs precum kassad, zonic il lauda si zic despre el ca e pe drumul cel bun si are sanse sa ajunga jucator bun de tier 1, jucatori pro care au castigat trofee zic despre el ca are skilluri mecanice foarte bune iar dev1ce care este de 4 ori castigator de major l-a ales pe el ca jucator "prevazut pe viitor ca fiind un jucator top 20". In loc sa lasi un mesaj de incurajare sau macar un sfat constructiv iti pierzi timpul lasand mesaje de hate unui copil de 18 ani, asa esti tu si mai multi pe forumul asta dar indata ce launx sau un alt jucator Roman are performante bune deveniti instant mandri ca sunteti Romani.

Playing CS from 2001 and not saying that you are a fan of The Elder Gods, EQ or nextplease is something else.

2024-03-12 16:26

Kassad moves

2024-03-09 00:05

fake it until you make it eh :)

2024-03-09 03:29

Great

2024-03-09 09:14

He is gone as the furniture

2024-03-09 17:12

Competitive maps don't have jump pads

2024-03-10 23:59

changes after 3 months already.. good luck with this kind of management

2024-03-11 17:30

well , it's better for launx and for bleed. launx didn't enjoy bleed the way he thought he would and in the end he even wanted to bench himself if he wasn't getting kicked or replaced , he didn't say exactly why or who but he kinda put the blame on the management for making him worse and fucking up his mental state, he aswell added that he did some mistakes but that doesn't change the fact that the management should be fucking over players mid game instead of helping them out. Now bleed are winning and launx just won the fpl season while being a beast most of the games so good luck to both sides!

2024-03-15 12:35