AMKAL bench NickelBack, Sdaim joins as stand-in

The Russian organization has made a change after their Copenhagen Major campaign.

NickelBack has been sidelined by AMKAL

AMKAL have moved in-game leader Aleksei "⁠NickelBack⁠" Trofimov to the bench and announced the temporary addition of Daniil "⁠Sdaim⁠" Tupov as a stand-in.

The 26-year-old captain was a part of AMKAL since they entered Counter-Strike at the end of 2023 by signing the ex-1win trio, which awarded them a spot at the RMR Closed Qualifier.

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The team achieved their primary goal of qualifying for the Major by traversing the RMR with a 3-2 record and notably eliminated Falcons in the 1-2 clash. At the Major, however, they ended their campaign in the Opening Stage without a victory against GamerLegion, Apeks, and The MongolZ, which prompted the organization to look elsewhere.

NickelBack averaged a 0.91 rating across 39 maps of play and was the lowest-rated player on his team, as he recorded just two 1+-rated events during his tenure.

His temporary replacement, Sdaim, joins AMKAL after a short stint at Sprout, which ended after the organization shut down in March. Sdaim's addition will provide the team with a boost in firepower, with the 18-year-old averaging a 1.13 rating during 2024.

AMKAL are currently making their debut with the Ukrainian at the Thunderpick World Championship EU Closed Qualifier, where they have been matched up against ALTERNATE aTTaX in the first round.

Date Matches
Thunderpick World Championship 2024 EU Closed Qualifier 1
02/04/2024
11:30
Match
Ukraine Daniil 'Sdaim' Tupov
Daniil 'Sdaim' Tupov
Age:
18
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.98
Maps played:
129
KPR:
0.68
DPR:
0.69
Russia Aleksei 'NickelBack' Trofimov
Aleksei 'NickelBack' Trofimov
Age:
26
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.97
Maps played:
1688
KPR:
0.65
DPR:
0.67
Wtf
2024-04-02 12:10
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#3
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United Kingdom nastery
ICY easy katka
2024-04-02 12:10
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Thank god now please let ICY go he deserves better :)
2024-04-02 12:11
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#5
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Sweden skorpan
Long overdue
2024-04-02 12:11
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#7
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Armenia VirtusNo
-Nickelback +3 doors down
2024-04-02 12:14
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3 replies
#15
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Belarus Azy_421
W post
2024-04-02 12:21
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#45
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Greece spreyyy
I'm here without you baby...
2024-04-02 14:03
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#63
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Europe dip6o
Nothing more to add, gj
2024-04-02 17:18
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#8
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Germany toadyyy
"CS:GO roster" kkkkk
2024-04-02 12:14
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2 replies
#61
jemi | 
Finland FISHEY
Shure 🤝
2024-04-02 16:48
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#65
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Armenia VirtusNo
theyre competing in Lobas league 👀
2024-04-02 17:36
0
Sdaim in 3 years is the best Ukrainian player mark my words this kid is insane
2024-04-02 12:15
1
19 replies
He's Russian bro
2024-04-02 12:27
0
18 replies
he is Ukrainian blud
2024-04-02 12:35
0
17 replies
Both, he lives in Crimea.
2024-04-02 12:39
0
16 replies
Makes him Ukrainian
2024-04-02 12:52
1
15 replies
He has a Russian passport, so he's both in a way. If he wants to identify as a Ukrainian, that's okay.
2024-04-02 12:56
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13 replies
Fear asked him to change to ua flag
2024-04-02 12:57
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2 replies
is he a ukrainian citizen tho? can a person that was born in crimea before 2014, but wasn't 14+ yo at the time, go to ukrainian-controlled territory and be considered a citizen there?
2024-04-02 13:01
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1 reply
i believe there is a procedure to restore citizenship or smth
2024-04-02 13:23
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#47
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Sweden lefflan
What is the genetic difference between a "Ukrainian" and a "Russian"?
2024-04-02 14:37
0
9 replies
#54
Jorko | 
Russia X1QHD
What is a difference between Swedish and Norwegian?
2024-04-02 15:10
0
1 reply
#56
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Sweden lefflan
Pretty much nothing really
2024-04-02 15:37
0
Broadly speaking, there's no huge difference between Russians and Poles even, let alone Ukrainian and Belarusians. It depends on how you view it, because within the Russian super-ethnos there are Northern Russians (like Pomors who are very close genetically to e.g. Norwegians and Finno-Ugric people), Southern Russians, including Cossacks, and Siberians whose old-settlers also share Northern ancestry of present-day Pomors, unless they mixed with aborigen people or they're Siberians whose ancestors came later from other parts of the Russian Empire. So even "Russians" aren't as united as many people think, Ukrainians have even more ethnographic groups inside their country who also differ, and if you give a close look you could find different clusters, haplogroups that are common for a specific sub-ethnos, but simple answer is that it's pretty much like Swedes, Norwegians and Danes I think.
2024-04-02 16:41
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6 replies
#59
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Sweden lefflan
Yeah when I personally talk about ethnic Russians or Ukrainians, I mean white Russians and white Ukrainians. I realise in todays multicultural world it's problematic to talk about "Russians" and "Swedes" as white, when there are many many non-white people living in our countries being called "Swedes" or "Russians" just by the fact that they live in our countries. So when talking about Russians and Ukrainians (from my POV) it's kinda weird to see people on both sides, especially on the Ukrainian side, calling each other scum when they are literally the same people on the opposite side of the fence.
2024-04-02 16:46
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3 replies
well there's more to it than genetic differences and we're at war so hate can be justified more or less especially for those who suffer from shellings daily, but i can see what you mean, all this should end
2024-04-02 16:48
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1 reply
#64
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Sweden lefflan
Yeah I guess my point is I find the conflict just sad and really unnecessary
2024-04-02 17:22
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#70
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Russia i0n1x
ironically your point is close to the putins: "we are the same people so we should be together (with russia at the helm of course)".
2024-04-02 22:30
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#68
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Russia i0n1x
omg a smart person on hltv. a rare occasion. balanovskiy has very good articles on that (rip)
2024-04-02 22:13
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#73
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Denmark Not_Dane
+1, great comment
2024-04-30 05:31
0
he only has Russian citizenship, he spoke this on the stream
2024-04-02 13:00
0
Bro, puns were the only reason to watch AMKAL. It's so over.
2024-04-02 12:17
0
#11
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Belarus Azy_421
W move
2024-04-02 12:19
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#12
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Russia Donkimuz
Waiting for UA flags to call him traitor
2024-04-02 12:19
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2 replies
#38
Faceit level 10  | 
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Ukraine Xe0m
+1
2024-04-02 13:23
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But he is Russian as comments says
2024-04-02 15:30
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#13
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Germany PuzbiBig
Who is IGL in AMKAL now?
2024-04-02 12:20
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4 replies
#16
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Belarus Azy_421
krad
2024-04-02 12:21
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3 replies
this cant work out
2024-04-02 12:23
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#19
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Germany PuzbiBig
Okey then AMKAL is a done roster.
2024-04-02 12:25
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1 reply
+1
2024-04-02 12:32
0
-krad +igl
2024-04-02 12:20
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#18
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Poland BAN_ANIME
wait... wasn't he igling? are they going finnish ence route?
2024-04-02 12:23
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1 reply
yes sdaim is just a stand in, goat sunny is the real replacement
2024-04-02 13:25
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sdaim still hiding face.
2024-04-02 12:25
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1 reply
? he streams with a cam
2024-04-02 13:06
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Krad isnt known for his IGLing, but i guess this works? This team defo lacks IGLing unless they just plan to wing it.
2024-04-02 12:27
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1 reply
krad is a vocal player, this could work
2024-04-02 12:40
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holy shit, thank god we got his stickers
2024-04-02 12:36
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I feel like sdaim deserves a better team
2024-04-02 12:50
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2 replies
he'd be an idiot if he's gonna permanently sign for AMKAL.
2024-04-02 13:13
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1 reply
Why?
2024-04-02 13:43
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#41
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Moldova salkoay
Never made it as a wise man…
2024-04-02 13:37
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1 reply
#44
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Greece spreyyy
Was going to say the exact same thing hahah
2024-04-02 14:00
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#48
Faceit level 10  | 
senka | 
Poland szlajmer
step in the right direction, nickelback is terrible now -krad -svyat +igl and this roster is saved
2024-04-02 14:39
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1 reply
#53
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Russia ScaTTer
8/8
2024-04-02 15:05
0
Didn't sdaim join Sprout not that long ago at least he got out of Smooya's sphere of influence
2024-04-02 14:40
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he'll find a way to remind them of who he really is
2024-04-02 14:57
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Look at this photograph
2024-04-02 16:03
0
L as fuck
2024-04-02 16:47
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Wtf they said they are new roster and they will do better next major
2024-04-02 18:21
0
Rip Matt Damon
2024-04-02 18:41
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#69
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Ukraine QarEd
its zrada, ogyda
2024-04-02 22:12
0
Its funny that hltv didnt show a roster cuz of flags XDDD
2024-04-03 04:45
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