B8 replace cptkurtka023 with kensizor

The Ukrainian team heads into the new year with a modified lineup.

B8 has bid farewell to Arseniy "⁠cptkurtka023⁠" Derevinskiy and announced the addition of Artem "⁠kensizor⁠" Kapran in his place.

The 18-year-old rifler joins the Ukrainian organization from kONO, with whom he averaged a 1.22 rating, 1.15 KPRW, and 119 DPRW over 143 maps in 2024. He recorded a 1.40 rating at his sole LAN with the team in 2024, IESF World Championship, where they went out in groups with a 2-3 round-robin record.

The change is the first to B8's lineup since the organization added Alexey "⁠alex666⁠" Yarmoshchuk and Daniil "⁠headtr1ck⁠" Valitov in April, and comes after the team failed to qualify for the Perfect World Shanghai Major through the Europe RMR.

The Ukrainian lineup experienced an upswing in 2024 spurred on by the addition of headtr1ck, finishing as runners-up at ESL Challenger Katowice, semifinalists at Elisa Masters Espoo, and winning a handful of online CCT events.

However, their failure to break their RMR curse has seemingly brought about a change ahead of the team's BLAST Bounty Season 1 campaign, where the team will debut its new lineup in the online tournament stage from January 13-18.

B8's new lineup is:

Ukraine Andrii "⁠npl⁠" Kukharskyi
Ukraine Dmytro "⁠esenthial⁠" Tsvir
Ukraine Daniil "⁠headtr1ck⁠" Valitov
Ukraine Alexey "⁠alex666⁠" Yarmoshchuk
Ukraine Artem "⁠kensizor⁠" Kapran

Russia Ivan "⁠maddened⁠" Iordanidi (coach)

Ukraine Alexey 'alex666' Yarmoshchuk
Alexey 'alex666' Yarmoshchuk
Age:
23
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.01
Maps played:
462
KPR:
0.69
DPR:
0.67
Ukraine Arseniy 'cptkurtka023' Derevinskiy
Arseniy 'cptkurtka023' Derevinskiy
Age:
25
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.96
Maps played:
670
KPR:
0.66
DPR:
0.70
Ukraine Daniil 'headtr1ck' Valitov
Daniil 'headtr1ck' Valitov
Age:
20
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.11
Maps played:
570
KPR:
0.73
DPR:
0.60
Ukraine Artem 'kensizor' Kapran
Artem 'kensizor' Kapran
Age:
18
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.09
Maps played:
294
KPR:
0.76
DPR:
0.69
Ukraine Dmytro 'esenthial' Tsvir
Dmytro 'esenthial' Tsvir
Age:
18
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.90
Maps played:
318
KPR:
0.60
DPR:
0.67
Ukraine Andrii 'npl' Kukharskyi
Andrii 'npl' Kukharskyi
Age:
19
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.04
Maps played:
576
KPR:
0.71
DPR:
0.68
#1
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Poland KUTER
noway
2024-12-28 19:09
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Noway plays for imperial eSports Hope this helps Regards
2024-12-28 19:10
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expected
2024-12-28 19:09
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cptkurtka023 welcome to Falcons
2024-12-28 19:09
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falcons new roster Magisk cptkurtka emi Maden some hesburger employee
2024-12-28 20:32
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GL young gun!!
2024-12-28 19:09
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rip best nickname career
2024-12-28 19:10
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#11
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France Nanynoodle
Trucklover still here
2024-12-28 19:13
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"nut nut" and "disco doplan" are also still here
2024-12-29 09:35
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#58
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Russia Xcuse
So... What about Crazy_Gamer?
2024-12-29 13:06
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nipple still there
2024-12-28 21:16
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#45
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Yugoslavia yike$
2024-12-28 21:30
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long live the craziest gamer <3
2024-12-28 22:17
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DickStacy is up there too
2024-12-29 19:31
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Literally who replaced with literally who in a top 50 team, worthy of news.
2024-12-28 19:10
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San Marino twovetti
fan of Jame bro they play in same tier teams
2024-12-28 19:17
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Unluko
2024-12-28 19:12
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Poland l1m4k
0/8
2024-12-28 19:13
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#12
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Sweden ChiperoG
This team is lowkey cracked now.
2024-12-28 19:14
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So essentially B8 has all the best 20 year old and under ukrainians not already in tier 1. The team has all the potential, it comes down to develop that potential into good players that can go up the ranks and start proving themselves on LAN. If B8 can do what EndPoint does and develops these players to be ready for LAN, they'll make a major this year.
2024-12-28 19:15
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do they? Passion looks stronger at the moment
2024-12-28 19:31
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B8 are top 5 in terms of online tournaments last year. They actually won a lot and headtrick and npl have a lot more potential in my opinion, however, they are older than most of that passion squad. Right this moment, B8 is the better UA team, based on actual wins this year. Passion mightve qualified for the Major, but didnt even win a CCT this year, unlike B8.
2024-12-28 20:03
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Jambo>headtrick, also that 17yo passion ua guy with crazy aim impressed during major more than anyone from B8
2024-12-29 02:08
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Jackasmo is elite Kenz is a really good pickup though. A ton of firepower
2024-12-29 09:27
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Ukraine adtec2
passion have a crazy rifling core of jackasmo s-chilla and zerrofix + jambo as their best player, they have more potential atm. On the other side with B8 addition of kenz, it makes them alot more competetive in terms of firepower
2024-12-29 17:45
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#38
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Ukraine zhvchnskiy
i guess the big qustion is whether Passion will be able to keep their players
2024-12-28 20:44
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#49
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Australia hoangii
You just follow narratives. Hltv beeen trying to hype these guys up for 1 year They even released a long article about how headtrick and npl going to carry these guys with their experience to the major Only for them to go 0-3 at the rmr They are overrated but get so much attention and now hltv users think b8 is the next big thing
2024-12-29 00:59
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hltv.org/events/7700/elisa-invitational-.. hltv.org/events/7795/cct-season-2-europe.. hltv.org/events/7852/cct-season-2-europe.. hltv.org/events/8011/cct-season-2-europe.. hltv.org/events/8020/cct-season-2-europe.. hltv.org/events/7603/esl-challenger-kato.. Ah yes B8 did nothing this year, they even made a LAN final, beating out EF and Pain, only losing to SAW in the Final. Meanwhile, looking at Passion, heres their list of finals. hltv.org/events/7843/european-pro-league.. hltv.org/events/7950/res-regional-series.. hltv.org/events/7941/european-pro-league.. hltv.org/events/8099/european-pro-league.. hltv.org/events/8086/cct-season-2-europe.. Passion made many finals of their own, but in smaller league tournaments like European Pro League rather than in CCT. When it comes to head to head this year, the maps are 3-0 in favour of B8, they only faced off twice. Passion made it through the RMR and managed to qualify for the Major, but the only other LANs they participated in this tournament hltv.org/events/8131/rtv-euro-agd-game-z.. B8 has ESL Challenger Katowice, and Eilsa Masters Espoo, which both they made deep playoff runs. Their RMR curse is rough, but is no indication of how well they played this year. They fully deserve the hype they have around them, and with 2025, they will have their LAN chances thanks to their high VRS ranking.
2024-12-29 03:07
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San Marino twovetti
huge
2024-12-28 19:16
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who is gonna igl?
2024-12-28 19:17
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npl was already IGL
2024-12-28 19:20
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Lithuania onthemoon
if npl is the igl it really begs the question of what the fuck is esenthial doing on this team
2024-12-29 01:54
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I thought he would be the one to go tbh
2024-12-29 09:28
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Brings vibes like nexa
2024-12-29 15:20
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Sweden matte90
Npl?
2024-12-28 19:20
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bro npl is the igl ahah
2024-12-28 19:32
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#17
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Sweden skorpan
Should’ve been esenthial? Cptkurtka was their igl right? Kensizor isnt? Esenthial is the worst player by far at this level.
2024-12-28 19:18
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Sweden matte90
i think Npl is IGL.
2024-12-28 19:20
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Sweden skorpan
Did not know that. Feels weird if he is
2024-12-28 19:21
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#21
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Russia shoras
This means cptkurtka is definitely getting promoted to a better team. Welcome, NaVi cptkurtka!
2024-12-28 19:21
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#23
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Latvia Bouncy2370
kurtka is their entryfragger
2024-12-28 19:25
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#31
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Korea syjeon
esenthial is their support/second caller, and no, he is not worse than kurtka
2024-12-28 19:48
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Finally the worst nickname is gone
2024-12-28 19:31
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#28
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Israel mcnamaras_EEEdiots
casters saying cptkurka023 during game = world peace
2024-12-28 19:34
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#29
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Latvia Bouncy2370
reported + meds in mailbox
2024-12-28 19:43
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name + I work at pharmacy in my dreams
2024-12-28 19:45
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good luck
2024-12-28 19:33
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Nooooooooo!
2024-12-28 20:10
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#34
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well there goes my budget CCT pick. Great. Kensizor better be mid with pop off games like kurt or my fantasy meta is cooked.
2024-12-28 20:12
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Why do they keep esenthial? He doesn't even know how to type 'essential'....
2024-12-28 20:58
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Ok
2024-12-28 21:05
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#44
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Latvia fenzyster
upgrade
2024-12-28 21:29
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rip my goat cryptokurtka
2024-12-28 22:37
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good
2024-12-28 22:56
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#53
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Europe PipyLonTeZ
great move
2024-12-29 04:28
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Esenthial lives to fight another day…
2024-12-29 09:29
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