degster to miss HEROIC's BLAST Groups opener

29-7-2024 12:05

The Russian AWPer will sit out the team's opening match in Copenhagen at the very least.

degster to miss Complexity match due to travel issues

Abdul "⁠degster⁠" Gasanov will miss HEROIC's opening match at the BLAST Premier Fall Groups due to "travel issues," it has been announced. Replacing the Russian AWPer against Complexity will be the team's head coach, Eetu "⁠sAw⁠" Saha.

It is unclear at this point if degster can travel to Copenhagen in time for HEROIC's remaining matches. On X, the organization said only that sAw "will be subbing in for the time being."

"I feel really sorry for my teammates, but this is not something that we can control," degster wrote on X. "It feels really bad to miss the first game after the break when we were working really hard for that."

This is not the first time that degster has been forced to miss LAN matches for HEROIC because of travel issues. In May, he was ruled out of IEM Dallas after being denied a visa, with then-benched player Nico "⁠nicoodoz⁠" Tamjidi filling in for him.

Date	Matches
BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2024
29/07/2024	Complexity 14:00 HEROIC	Match

The Danish AWPer was recently transferred to Gaimin Gladiators, leaving sAw as the team's only available substitute.

The BLAST Premier Fall Groups is HEROIC's first post-break tournament. The international team ended the season with a group-stage exit at YaLLa Compass after losing to Astralis, Ninjas in Pyjamas and The MongolZ.

HEROIC will take on Complexity with the following lineup:

René "⁠TeSeS⁠" Madsen
Rasmus "⁠sjuush⁠" Beck
Guy "⁠NertZ⁠" Iluz
Damjan "⁠kyxsan⁠" Stoilkovski
Eetu "⁠sAw⁠" Saha (stand-in)

Ahhh lovely announcement 1 hour before the game 💓 They should lose their partnership, how is this ok ?

2024-07-29 12:05

5 replies

bro col might win now you should be happy

2024-07-29 13:01

3 replies

2024-07-29 13:38

lmao

2024-07-29 16:10

1 reply

like i said might

2024-07-29 16:12

It didn't change the outcome, so it's fine)

2024-07-29 16:11

2024-07-29 12:06

Paycheck Stealer of the Year

2024-07-29 12:09

bro skips every event with heroic

Inb4 everyone blames the danish government again...

2024-07-29 12:07

4 replies

it is quite tempting

2024-07-29 12:42

definitely danish government's fault for invading other countries

2024-07-29 13:35

2 replies

I LOVE "COLLECTIVE" GUILT !!!

2024-07-29 18:23

ironic given blaming danish government is collectively guiltshaming individuals for acts of others (russians)

2024-07-29 19:29

Travel Issues meaning Visa Issues again? Bro is the record holder for most Visa Issues. His name Abdul Gasanov and being from Russia is not the greatest combo for travelling abroad

10 replies

lol

2024-07-29 12:14

fr bro has to pass 20 security checks at the airport

2024-07-29 12:18

fr I m slavic russian and traveling with my russian friend who is not so white with name “Abdurahman” is painful every passport control he is sitting in special room and giving biography and life details😡

2024-07-29 12:36

2024-07-29 12:37

Poor guy I think he really deserves his comeback and annoying to see stuff like that harms him so much He gotta drop 20k in Malta to become EU citizen haha

2024-07-29 12:41

"drop 20k in Malta" you mean on the server, yea? Am I right....?

2024-07-29 14:55

Surely no Russians ever did that so it's totally believable that u get it mixed up ^^

2024-07-29 16:00

I got this mood after reading replies under #7 haha

2024-07-29 16:29

Hopefully we will have peace again so that won't be as much of a problem Crazy to think that u are not able to travel the world because of ur passport. With a German passport there is rarely a country where u have issues to get a visa or temporary residency

2024-07-29 16:37

Yeah man no shit, you are absolutely right.

2024-07-29 16:41

He does not want to be there clearly

2024-07-29 12:08

At least last time they had nicodooz, now they got fucking Saw xd There should be new predictions, "Will degster play" :D

It would make sense to sign some tier 2/3 awper as stand in if degster cant play

2024-07-29 13:22

yes +loom1

2024-07-29 13:51

awesome, thanks for ruining my fantasy squad then!

2024-07-29 12:10

16 replies

and ppl who bet on heroic

2024-07-29 12:12

15 replies

surely there is no way they didn't know this at least a couple hours ago, wtf..

2024-07-29 12:17

I made my bets on July 27th, unlucky

2024-07-29 12:20

well, there is still aa chance. complexity suck these days

2024-07-29 12:22

I mean maybe i could cashout after Spirit win, but nah i'll let it go If it wins, its gonna be big

2024-07-29 12:29

bro, they will win even with saw

2024-07-29 12:32

im not so sure about that...

2024-07-29 12:33

9 replies

never trust bots on col

2024-07-29 12:34

8 replies

okay bro if my mix is successfull i will you send you a small skin of my withdrawn

7 replies

thanks but nvm) i have enough money and skins) nertz gonna have a lifegame

6 replies

1-0 wtf is it actually happening?

2024-07-29 14:46

coach isnt a problem, sometimes coaches do very well, remember when 9z used to play with coach,he was better than 50% of team, lmao

2024-07-29 14:49

nah but heroic almost threw at 6-6

2024-07-29 14:50

i bet on heroic 3.9 and +1.5 @ 1.9 lmao

btw i feel like Vertigo is almost unwinnable for Heroic so lets make it a 1-1 I'm pretty sure we are going to decider

2024-07-29 14:51

ez 490$

2024-07-29 16:05

visa officer: flag, checks out

ffs degster do you just not want to play

2024-07-29 12:15

C'mon Eetu, we win these

sAw masterclass inc

Again russian player has visa troubles.

2024-07-29 12:19

Euros scared by mother Russia

2024-07-29 16:13

Exactly

2024-07-29 16:33

Thanks for letting us know so early instead of fucking our bets 🤠

Stop playing events in Denmark

stop playing in international teams and play tournaments in russia

expect a sAw masterclass, 2.37 rating at minimum

2024-07-29 12:21

Denmark tripping as allways. Think they will stop the war if they dont let 1 gamer in the country.

Well well well

2024-07-29 12:27

so, why did they hire him in the first place if he doesnt play a single event anyways? xD might as well bench him and hire someone who is allowed to travel

2024-07-29 12:39

Heroic already knew this from yesterday, praccing in faceit with saw

2024-07-29 12:49

saw on the server pog

2024-07-29 12:51

so fucking sad actually, felt like there is a finally time to heroic prove that they can play

2024-07-29 12:58

always missing events..

2024-07-29 13:02

So he will be there from second game onwards? How are CS players/teams so incompetent at arranging flights/visas?

2024-07-29 13:07

Depends on danish embassy in Russia, I guess. That embassy previously fucked over 9Pandas for Major and even Spirit at previous Blast in Copenhagen. Him being "Abdul" probably also does not help with all the potencial checks.

2024-07-29 13:57

From: rusland.um.dk/en/travel-and-residence/ho.. "The Danish Embassy in Moscow does not, until further notice, receive applications for visas and residence permits for Denmark, except e.g. official visas. In the interim, we regret that visa and residence permits applicants are referred to Danish application centres in other countries" Looks like you need to apply in another country like Belarus/Serbia/Turkey, which is a ball-ache in and of itself. Perhaps HLTV should do a detailed article on the difficulties with visas since they cause so much troubles for events. Talk to orgs and get first-hand info on what went down, etc.

2024-07-29 14:08

what about people that picked degster in fantasy? I've picked 2 betboom players in SkyEsports and now have degster.. so unlucky

2024-07-29 13:50

There goes my fantasy :((

We can hope sAw goes atleast 0.9, and other picks carry, but yea RIP.

2024-07-29 14:02

there goes my money

2024-07-29 14:03

Im no degster or Heroic fan, but I’m not sure why people wanna badtalk degster for these incidents. I’m pretty sure the org or his manager (if he has one) should be the ones handling these things, no?

2024-07-29 14:22