Former BLEED squad part ways*

26-10-2024 23:17

After one event with the UNPAID moniker, the former BLEED players are heading for greener pastures.

UNPAID's players have decided to part ways with one another

Update October 28, 20:20 : Contacted by HLTV, Cai "⁠CYPHER⁠" Watson said the following regarding his future: "My plans are now to wait for offers and gather my thoughts about what I think what would be the right team for me."

Aleksandar "⁠kassad⁠" Trifunović has announced that the players of UNPAID, the roster formerly representing BLEED, have decided to go their separate ways after some received offers to play elsewhere.

kassad's men competed at just one event with the UNPAID tag, grabbing a runners-up finish at RES Regional Champions 2024 having travelled to the event just days after parting ways with BLEED. The team had split from the organization following accusations of late and non-payments, among other claims.

BLEED roster cuts ties with organization over alleged non-payment, BLEED respond*

In his announcement of the team's disbandment, kassad stated that he would be open to another head coach position and shared his interest in potentially becoming a GM or returning to event broadcasts.

When reached for comment, Nemanja "⁠nexa⁠" Isaković told HLTV that he is a free agent and open to any offers, primarily as an in-game leader.

"The future is uncertain for now," Vladan "⁠VLDN⁠" Radević told HLTV. "My plan will be to take a few days off now because last month was exhausting as hell due to problems with the org and preparation for RES LAN finals then try to come back even stronger and grind and patiently wait for my new opportunity."

UNPAID were:

Joakim "⁠jkaem⁠" Myrbostad
Nemanja "⁠nexa⁠" Isaković
Cai "⁠CYPHER⁠" Watson
Vladan "⁠VLDN⁠" Radević

Aleksandar "⁠kassad⁠" Trifunović (coach)

2024-10-26 23:17

gl nexa!!1

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nt dona

2024-10-26 23:28

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Expected result for them

2024-10-26 23:18

No news here, jkaem basically confirmed it way back, and missing out on Thunderpick was the last nail in the coffin.

I think not getting paid was the nail in the coffin...

2024-10-27 22:29

EU Peacemaker Kassad :)

I will always remember March-May 2024. Best team in the world fly high

sad

Falcons : Kassad and NEXA duo are the next names to join after -prey completes his signing with cousin Nikola NiKo Kovac

2024-10-26 23:20

Omg who would've guessed Any way finally Nexa and Kassad to G2? Like c'mon we all know that you can pair any two random players with the trio of hunter niko and monesy and they will carry the former to trophy, so why not go for synergy? why not go for vibes? why not go for mother tongue?, nexa may be individually bad but thats because he is a good iGl, give him his rightful spot back, and As for KAssad with the bleed project he did proved a point that he is a good Coach, As for MAlbs he should go to liquid and mAden or VLDN should be appointed instead

2024-10-26 23:22

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would be complete disaster

2024-10-26 23:47

Another disasterclass from Kassad ofcourse

2024-10-27 19:09

Unfortunate ending to this story, CS lost an org that has resources to do this and haters didn't get their satisfaction of Kassad failing. Cause ultimately he didn't fail here, team was climbing up steadily until alleged lack of paychecks happened. Some people then left, those who stayed obviously played worse. As it's pretty well known that in any field, if paycheck is late productivity goes belly up. Unfortunate for everyone, CS fans and those who are on hatewatch.

2024-10-26 23:24

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Cope, but flag checks out...

2024-10-26 23:55

Your flair has same flag that checks out...

2024-10-27 01:16

Indeed.

2024-10-27 01:22

Well put. The last thing you should have to worry about is if you will get paid or not. I get the average HLTV user has room temp IQ or are simply hate-watchers, but put yourself in the players situation and see how much it would fucking suck. End of the day it's their livelihood. Obvs what both the team and kassad had in mind didn't pan out results wise, but competition in any sport is why we watch and enjoy.

2024-10-27 07:40

I think they did fine for the time they've had and resources they've spent. When Karrigan re-joined Faze they were absolute trash for like a year and a half. Because that's a timeframe when you are building a project from the scratch

2024-10-27 10:35

To be clear - BLEED doesn't have the resources for anything. its a glorified shell company that was based off crypto gambles. It is in the red at least 1 million USD.

2024-10-27 08:10

Not saying you're wrong, but where did you see Bleed's a shell company and crypto owned? From what I could find, they were backed* by a private equity firm in Asia, probably Singapore. It might have been more of a businessman's manic idea, or a way to potentially launder money (not formally accusing, just happens in esports). FWIW, the majority of their financial backing, according to google, came from Asian Venture Capital, who appear to have a lot of resources.

2024-10-28 10:12

Kassad spoke about it in an interview with Richard Lewis, Monte, Thorin. RL had a source approach him about Bleed's shady business practices, which he mentions in the video and says he will be releasing an article on. youtube.com/watch?v=N7FjxNJALDM

2024-10-31 06:27

Everything started when they did -Cerq -VLDN

2024-10-27 16:44

Soon we’ll get kassad sending us his grocery list and decisions in full clarity for the community to know

2024-10-26 23:23

Top 5 hltv comments I have read, thanks for the laugh.

2024-10-27 00:41

nice bleed squad swap every player after 3 weeks worst coach eu

2024-10-26 23:25

NOOOOOOOOOOO 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

2024-10-26 23:31

So cypher and vldn are getting picked. No one wants Nexa and I don't know about Jkaem.

2024-10-26 23:32

Wonder where Cypher goes

2024-10-26 23:40

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-yekindar +cypher

2024-10-27 02:29

I'm manifesting this on god, they even have similar playstyles

2024-10-27 02:36

yeah exactly … except one of them can aim and the other one can’t kek

2024-10-27 02:42

kassad masterclass

2024-10-26 23:43

Sad. They deserved better.

2024-10-26 23:45

jkaem is still a pretty solid player, he may gets picked up for a top30 team

I would like to see him join another project like apeks with young players. I belive je can bring a lot of experience

2024-10-26 23:58

Nah bring back the bois

TOP10 team; PICK UP JKAEM

2024-10-26 23:48

That 'Bleed' was painful....

2024-10-26 23:53

The hemorrhoids finally bled out

2024-10-27 12:49

Falcons 2025 s1mple AWP NiKo IGL/star CYPHER entry Magisk anchor Maden anchor

2024-10-26 23:54

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Kassad coach

2024-10-27 01:47

:DDD

2024-10-27 02:10

s1mple NiKo huNter nexa VLDN coach: Kassad

2024-10-27 09:03

Kassad would find a way to make a roster with s1mple and NiKo look shit

2024-10-27 09:04

Stop coping

2024-10-27 11:20

jkaem will surely find a place elsewhere but let's be honest, this was a shit show most of the time. Most of the players under performed and as a team they did not get even close to decent results. So i wonder if kassad get one more chance. I guess so, let's see...

2024-10-26 23:56

"taking another head coach role" xd

2024-10-27 00:00

well cypher&jkaem most likely are the ones with new offers, VLDN also could be, but nexa man idk

2024-10-27 00:47

vldn to falcons

2024-10-27 00:49

tbh could work, anything might be better than the current squad there

2024-10-27 00:51

So after all nexa would still wanna igl what a clown just get a real job and retire

2024-10-27 01:05

no one gonna be paying for nexa in the year of 2024 DX

2024-10-27 01:07

Cypher come back to UK pls

2024-10-27 01:30

Why would u want him to throw anything out of the window to play with diasabledmax, unfortunately real and smooya Let him have success so UK scene grows hopefully

2024-10-27 12:51