headtr1ck set on B8 move

5-4-2024 20:45

Following r1nkle's transfer to NIP, headtr1ck is set on a move the other way.

headtr1ck has opted to join his countrymen on B8

B8 have announced the addition of Daniil "⁠headtr1ck⁠" Valitov and Oleg "⁠baz⁠" Kulynych to their roster on Twitter.

The transfer of the former from Ninjas in Pyjamas is yet to be finalized, HLTV has learned. Once it is inked it will see the 19-year-old Ukrainian formally switch places with his countryman Artem "⁠r1nkle⁠" Moroz, whose signing was announced by the Swedish organization on Tuesday.

NIP confirm r1nkle signing

B8 did not specify who out of their four other players would make space for the addition of baz, but a source with knowledge of the move has told HLTV that it will be Mykhailo "⁠OWNER⁠" Lymar. The Ukrainian organization has not responded to inquiry from HLTV.

headtr1ck joins B8 after a turbulent 18 months with Ninjas in Pyjamas, during which time the Ukrainian played on multiple iterations of the roster and under several different in-game leaders.

The rifler-turned-AWPer posted a respectable 1.08 rating during his tenure but struggled for consistency, and was benched as part of Ninjas in Pyjamas's revamp following their disastrous PGL Major Copenhagen qualification campaign.

baz arrives after spending most of the last two years averaging a 1.00 rating whilst playing for Spirit Academy, although he stood in for the main team on two occasions. The latest occasion came during BLAST Spring Groups, where Spirit were also forced to play with Sergey "⁠hally⁠" Shavaev as a result of visa issues, and baz struggled as the team crashed out with back-to-back losses.

Recently baz has already turned out several times for B8 and posted some promising performances, including topping the scoreboard for his team in a win over Rebels and in a hard-fought loss to Metizport, both coming during B8's failed attempt at qualifying for ESL Challenger Jönköping.

B8's roster moving forward should be:

Arseniy "⁠cptkurtka023⁠" Derevinskiy
Andrii "⁠npl⁠" Kukharskyi
Dmytro "⁠esenthial⁠" Tsvir
Daniil "⁠headtr1ck⁠" Valitov
Oleg "⁠baz⁠" Kulynych

Ivan "⁠maddened⁠" Iordanidi (coach)

nice

2024-04-05 20:45

Somehow still better then playing for NIP

wasn't really doing anything at all on NiP so honestly this is fine

2024-04-05 20:46

Good luck, must be such a relief

2024-04-05 20:47

Nice, chance to prove he is capable of playing well

already behind in the ukrainian/russian awper arms race to R1NKLE

2024-04-05 20:48

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Leaving NIP actually put him ahead

2024-04-05 21:20

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+1000

2024-04-06 21:07

2024-04-07 03:36

Good luck , interesting roster for B8. but -OWNER, while keeping the esenthial is interesting move from B8.

esenthial was ass so far, but i've waited for owners kick a long time and finally this happened

2024-04-05 21:06

Yea idk why they would remove OWNER over esenthial. OWNER has been lacking for a while but... seems obvious to keep him over .89 rating esenthial?

2024-04-05 21:11

yeah but even then OWNER>>>> esenthial.

2024-04-05 21:29

OWNER was their IGL. Getting rid of IGL seems weird. who's gonna call, Captain Kurtka?

2024-04-05 20:50

their IGL is actually npl. OWNER stopped IGLing for some time.

2024-04-05 20:54

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i didnt know this info, tyvm

2024-04-05 20:55

npl already capitan few months for sure. Owner not delivery

2024-04-05 20:56

blameF should transfer to B8

2024-04-05 20:52

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why should they downgrade?

2024-04-05 23:52

cos it would be funny

2024-04-06 00:04

2024-04-06 21:09

Finally a team really centered around his playstyle

2024-04-07 17:46

B8F to B8?

2024-04-06 02:10

would be B8/8

2024-04-06 02:11

npl igl

W upgrade

2024-04-05 20:53

When is "The downfall of Ninjas in Pyjamas" documentary coming out?

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Brought to you by The Score esports. “The downfall of ninjas in pyjamas can be summarized by two words: olof boost”

2024-04-05 21:46

👌 Okay!

2024-04-06 07:16

There was already some version of it last week when Hampus was roasting on Nip on Thorins stream for one and half hour straight.

2024-04-06 00:23

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What were the main takeaways

2024-04-07 17:47

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That Jonas "calc" Gundersen is piece of thrash of human being and the main reason of majority of the bs decisions Nip has done in past four years. And it got so bad that players were pretty much only working there, not really trying to win because they were bypassed regarding all the decisions. Apparently Device refused to return to play for Nip because of that guy. Its very interesting episode, can recommend if you are any interested about Nips downfall

2024-04-07 18:16

Thx bro sounds kinda interesting

2024-04-07 18:20

I want to add that while Thorin can be quite cringe sometimes if you don't like the guy, he luckily does not speak that much in this episode but rather lets Hampus to do the majority of talking.

2024-04-07 18:32

I dislike Thorin but i might watch it for the story behind NIP as it seemes so evident that something out of game drags them down

2024-04-07 18:33

bro washed at 19

was he ever even good like m0nesy or w0nderful?

2024-04-06 09:40

Good move tbh, I think he will find his level and shine there, alike npl he just needs more time on a decent level

Will be interesting to see if NiP was holding back his potential, or if he's just a mediocre player.

They definitely held him back. I watched nip barely but every time it was apparent that he was 1-2 level above the rest imo

2024-04-06 16:20

bro got gatekept by nip just to end to another gatekeep scenario

He can relaunch his career in B8, he was doomed in NiP

wasn't baz the awper of mouz nxt? headtrick to rifle?

baz is from Spirit Academy. And he's a rifler.

2024-04-05 21:07

no, baz was in Team Spirit academy- rifler

B8 is like navi academy’s trashbin

thats what i am thinking of lmao so funny Navi's recycling center

2024-04-05 22:12

1win : -deko +lattyk aurora: -lattyk +deko nip: -headtrick +r1nkle b8: +headtrick -r1nkle

2024-04-05 20:59

ripperino his career is deadstuck in tier2/3 now

what a shame. fnatic, COL, and GamerLegion could not get him??

2024-04-05 21:10

more like they didnt want him.

2024-04-05 21:23

Why though? He seems to be shooting well and has game sense during clutches. Ego?

2024-04-06 16:21

from what i understand that headtr1ck and R1nkle were a trade , aka r1nke->nip and headtr1ck->b8

2024-04-06 18:43

Too bad, he deserves better. But he'll be fine, still young and plenty of time to get the call up.

2024-04-05 21:15

buh

B8 just got a huge awper downgrade

2024-04-05 21:19

headtrick is better than rinkle. It was just Nip magic holding him back as it did with brollan.

thats actually promising line up

2024-04-05 21:22

Agreed

2024-04-05 21:44

gl daniil

2024-04-05 21:28

2024-04-05 21:31

Everything is better then nip

2024-04-05 21:34

wtf

2024-04-05 21:39

Navi laughing to the bank

They got so damn rich man, Major + Stickers + selling Electro + Perfecto + Headtrick + NPL. Bossman is sleeping among his dollar bills.

2024-04-05 21:54

This could actually have some potential if the team chemistry is right

2024-04-05 21:43

Look - dont even... how would this have potential chemistry? what is this? I don't even...

2024-04-06 11:15

Congrats Headtrick, he needed a reset.

2024-04-05 21:56

Anything is better than the chaos that was NIP a few months ago. Team had no direction

wait who is B8 coach?

2024-04-05 22:02

Maddened

2024-04-05 22:09

They said u should stick to fragmovies and stop walking behind then

2024-04-07 17:52

your message would be perfect if it didn't exist

2024-04-07 17:55

Wow why so mad it was just a joke mate Just recognised ur name

2024-04-07 17:57

Good lineup, would be surprised if they dont make the RMR

2024-04-05 22:11

Hey at least it's better than NIP

2024-04-05 22:13

good for him

Such a waste

2024-04-05 22:17

8/8

B8 looking like top20 team suddenly tbh

2024-04-05 22:20

RIP

2024-04-05 22:22

He will perform better here

2024-04-05 22:24

b8 new ukrainian superteam Pog

2024-04-05 22:32

He preformed well considering how NiP was being handled. But I'm really enjoying watching r1nkle play

2024-04-05 22:34

actually better than NiP so

2024-04-05 22:43

how many Trophies do Canada have in cs?

2024-04-05 22:45

2024-04-05 22:49

You can see on their haircuts that one deserves tier 2 and the other tier 3

2024-04-05 22:54

bad Rebels guys

2024-04-05 23:04

Probably be better than NIP though ngl

Tier 9

2024-04-05 23:06

B8 > NiP lmao

2024-04-05 23:11

Rip nip and head trick really went from tier 1 to tier 5 kek

2024-04-05 23:13

better team than nip

2024-04-05 23:38

R.I.P career

2024-04-06 00:37

Looking decent

2024-04-06 00:49

Anything is better than NIP

2024-04-06 01:21

thats a cool move

2024-04-06 01:49

wasted talent

2024-04-06 02:01

Npl and headtrick, GL guys looks good ig

upgrade

2024-04-06 02:59

Fucking really? Keeping esenthial and kicking OWNER? Almost worse than Apeks keeing sense. B8 would be a good team if -esenthial +baz

2024-04-06 04:29

finally! hes back on his real lvl

2024-04-06 05:44

Fun fact: they linked the wrong Rebels

2024-04-06 06:49

honestly, probably the best place for him after NiP

2024-04-06 07:56

back to 1.27 rating

2024-04-06 08:14

good to b8

2024-04-06 08:45

downgrade more and more :)

2024-04-06 08:58

5 ukrainians and coach from russia? WTF?

2024-04-06 09:08

Welcome to b8. That's gr8 m8. I r8 8/8.

2024-04-06 09:15

His career got rippeded once alwksib was kicked

2024-04-06 10:26

hes level to be honest, well maybe hes a 10% better than this but not more

2024-04-06 12:18

forsenLevel

2024-04-06 14:18

I mean sure, it didn't work out for him i NiP but at least it gave him as a player exposure. Unless this team becomes insanely good for some reason he'll soon be forgotten.

2024-04-06 12:23