F_1N returns to activity as PARIVISION coach

21-6-2024 14:05

This will be the Russian's first coaching stint in 2024.

F_1N takes charge of PARIVISION's quad

PARIVISION have installed Ivan "⁠F_1N⁠" Kochugov as the new head coach of their Counter-Strike team, the Russian organization announced on Thursday. The 40-year-old will fill a void that has been left vacant since Gregory "⁠balblna⁠" Oleinick stepped down from the role in September 2023.

A former Counter-Strike player who was part of the Virtus.pro squad that finished third at ESWC 2004, F_1N took up coaching in 2017 and worked with players like Dmitry "⁠sh1ro⁠" Sokolov, Sergey "⁠Ax1Le⁠" Rykhtorov and Vladislav "⁠nafany⁠" Gorshkov in CS:GO on Gambit Youngsters and later on Gambit.

He has been out of a job since December, when Cloud9 shut down their academy squad after only four months.

"PARIVISION put a lot of trust in me and offered the role of their head coach, despite my background," he said, seemingly referring to his 8.75-month ban in 2020 for using the coach bug.

"Also the roster is good and capable."

F_1N inherits a squad that has been depleted to four players since in-game leader Andrey "⁠Jerry⁠" Mekhryakov stepped down due to personal reasons, citing burnout.

Jerry benched in PARIVISION

With PARIVISION currently ranked 47th in Europe in Valve's Regional Standings, F_1N says that the team will have to grind to have a shot at qualifying for the Shanghai Major.

"We haven't worked much together so far, but the team's weakness is the lack of system and structure," he said. "And the team's strength is that it has young, individually strong players alongside very experienced Qikert.

"Our goal is to add to our map pool, start playing structured CS, and attend events because the team needs to qualify for the Major in Shanghai. There won't be open qualifiers, according to the new Valve ranking rules, so for this to happen we need to play, participate in events.

"Our main goal is to compete and try to qualify for the Major. It's the main goal for the players. We will have a shorter break, but we are doing it for the Major."

PARIVISION's squad looks as follows:

Artem "⁠ArtFr0st⁠" Kharitonov
Andrey "⁠BELCHONOKK⁠" Yasinskiy
Robert "⁠Patsi⁠" Isyanov
Aleksei "⁠Qikert⁠" Golubev

Ivan "⁠F_1N⁠" Kochugov (coach)

Andrey "⁠Jerry⁠" Mekhryakov (benched)

Remeber your 3 deag on catwalk boost of dust2 back in 1.6 days like 15 years ago or less or more:)

2024-06-21 14:06

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cant find a clip or video despite remembering it lol

2024-06-21 14:40

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youtu.be/Hg-I1B8Z3i8?si=cG6KxZZgcudbbSZ9 0:50 is this it?

2024-06-21 20:01

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yes thanks for finding it the way the shots land is very nostalgic

2024-06-21 20:03

bros washed

>try to qualify for the major yeah you aint even gonna get past the CQs lmao

2024-06-21 14:07

isn’t f1n perma banned if i remember correctly

2024-06-21 15:03

he is, the man can't even attend majors or anything Valve sponsored.

2024-06-21 15:04

Good luck, maybe you can reanimate this strange roster

2024-06-21 14:08

mid team

2024-06-21 14:10

+Hobb1t on IGL and they probably will have some chances for Major

+hobbit would be insane

2024-06-21 14:48

Good for Parivision. If someone knows how to build structure, it's the guy who built it for Gambit Youngsters.

2024-06-21 14:20

Personally i've seen this guy called shg, hes making a big statement of himself in the tier 2 scene. When his team is loosing a match he is always the one performing great, and when they win hes just very consistant not going for over aggressive peeks, i feel like overall he's making the team play better, so being a huge booster to the team. I could imagine shg being in the tier 1 scene somewhere in the future.

2024-06-21 14:24