tory to miss IEM Katowice Play-In

28-1-2025 16:55

Imperial fe will be without their IGL for the Polish tournament.

tory has been ruled out due to visa issues

Imperial Valkyries will attend IEM Katowice Play-In without their IGL Victoria "⁠tory⁠" Kazieva, the 26-year-old has confirmed in an Instagram story.

The team's coach, Kamen "⁠bubble⁠" Kostadinov, will play for the team in her stead, marking the Bulgarian's return to the server for the first time since 2023.

Imperial Valkyries have been matched up against FURIA in the first round of the Katowice Play-In, with Wildcard and BIG also on their side of the bracket.

Date	Matches
IEM Katowice 2025 Play-in
29/01/2025	Imperial Valkyries 16:15 FURIA	Match

Imperial Valkyries will play the tournament with the following roster:

Ana "⁠ANa⁠" Dumbravă
Alexandra "⁠twenty3⁠" Timonina
Katarína "⁠Kat⁠" Vašková
Zainab "⁠zAAz⁠" Turkie
Kamen "⁠bubble⁠" Kostadinov

Bubble will topfrag

2025-01-28 16:55

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11 replies

Nah, goat ana will drop 0.6 rating like she's used to and everyone else gets 0 kills.

2025-01-28 17:02

8 replies

you nolif3rs hate women dont you?

2025-01-28 22:02

7 replies

Just watch the flag, these... people ... arent really accepting woman as more then object

2025-01-28 23:37

Unfortunately ANa didn't have the best of games against NaVi. Didn't have much impact

2025-01-29 00:16

5 replies

She is used to the util of t3 matches, when I watched the game against navi she takes some spot that even I know just by watching tournaments simply will get flashed off easily, if she wants to preform like a t1 awper she needs to adapt to the t1 playstyle (tbh t2 cs is very close to t1 on this regard, only from t3 teams start losen up on nades)

2025-01-29 00:51

4 replies

This is true, their CT sides weren't great as they weren't used to the higher level of execs and T strats from NaVi. Decent fundamentals, but lack experience against T2 and above I guess They gotta be in those T2/3 leagues and just grind away to improve I think

2025-01-29 01:19

How to adapt to t1 cs, when you dont have an oppurtunity to play it?

2025-01-29 01:27

2 replies

Now they have

2025-01-29 09:44

Real pros have to grind their way into the pro scene, I mean they have better opportunities than 99% of the other pros. But if you are hardstuck in ESEA main then u are maybe just not good enough for T1 CS

2025-01-30 03:42

From 13-4, 13-3 to 13-0, 13-0 rip.

2025-01-28 20:09

bottom fragged in the server

2025-01-29 19:09

Rip

Sadge Bubble the best FE player

2025-01-28 16:56

((( sad

Unlucky

Bubble top fragging every imperial fe match

upgrade ?

2025-01-28 16:57

rare occasion where a standin is an upgrade

13 replies

More like rare ocassion when the coach standing in is an upgrade

2025-01-28 18:02

rare ocassion when the coach standin is match fixer

2025-01-28 19:40

Are you so sure Neo wouldn't drop better numbers than karrigan?

2025-01-28 20:49

9 replies

Might drop better numbers but wont be an uprade as an igl

2025-01-28 23:03

1 reply

In a long run - sure, but as a stand-in with with element of surprise - I'm not so sure.

2025-01-29 00:08

Probably no lol carrygun does big shit when his team sleeps, he may overfrag rain in some CCT garbage tournament

2025-01-28 23:41

6 replies

But the clutch potential is higher with Neo

2025-01-29 00:26

No way if there is 2vX situation carrygun and rain are those 2 players to see... their sinergy is beyond telepathy

2025-01-29 00:31

Bro, Neo can 1v5 :)

2025-01-29 00:42

3 replies

Eva elfie 1v5s better

2025-01-29 11:39

I don't watch whores

2025-01-29 12:24

Lies 😄😄😄😄 u watched one atleast

2025-01-30 09:43

reminds me of when mouz got s1mple to replace styko

2025-01-28 18:13

furia aren't ready for bubble, ez for imperial fe

2025-01-28 16:58

Why no info if she would make it to the main event if they qualify? xD

on first story she mentioned that she doesn't know if just furia game or more as she's still waiting for her visa

2025-01-28 17:51

How the fuck is she supposed to know when she'll get a visa or whatever

bubble g play era event

2025-01-28 17:03

2018 windigo never forget

2025-01-28 17:14

Lmao joke of a roster xd

2025-01-28 18:06

That's sad :(

2025-01-28 17:06

It's over

funnily enough its an upgrade

2025-01-28 17:09

Bubble was in comms during every listen in during blast where the coach should not be able to be heard in those mid round listen ins, tinfoil hat on here but what if he was calling from the coach role and now he can still call for them in the server this way

coach can speak in online matches. The only case they couldn't was rmr/closed qualy for the major.

2025-01-28 17:13

they can speak at every event except the majors and its qualifiers pretty sure

2025-01-28 17:21

It's more like the tournament organizers could allow that if they wanted, but Blast and Esl don't atleast to keep in line with major circuit

2025-01-28 22:03

I've been informed coaches can talk during online matches, so my tinfoil hat has even less stability to it, i hope my hat is wrong

2025-01-28 17:29

Is the first time bubble gonna play Kato?

2025-01-28 17:10

finally big event for bubble

2025-01-28 17:12

bubble fantasy god

If they take a man then why not siuhy? He would be a lot better

Lock

2025-01-28 17:33

Yea sure mouz will help other team playing in the same event xD

2025-01-28 19:19

Well, NaVi "helped" Falcons by loaning s1mple - that's not the reason - as mentioned in #48: it's just roster lock.

2025-01-28 20:52

oh no... anyways

fake info -snax +tory ITS HAPPENING

- malbs + kat seems kinda real to me

2025-01-28 23:49

He is their IGL online. Coaches can't talk on lan, so this is an obvious move

2025-01-28 17:24

Bro, they didn't know that their IGL in particular will have visa problem - they signed him as a substitute before that.

2025-01-28 20:54

Bubble will bring some trouble (c) Babam

2025-01-28 17:28

miss the goat caster babam

2025-01-28 17:55

Nice Imperial female getting invited because they are females taking places from real teams and now they will play the Katowice with a dude. Nothing wrong here

2025-01-28 17:31

Please tell me the rank 40+ "real team" that got ousted for imp fe

2025-01-28 17:56

Every male team getting robbed seeing these woman taking place. The only reason they are 25 at global ranking is because they are the best apparently at the female scen, but what do we have at female scene? They dont even have a female sub so they will play with male bubble.

2025-01-28 18:05

God jesus crist give em chance atleast.... not even asmongold would roach as fast as you just did.... disgusting... Sure you rather see NiP shit their paints for 3 years strait or astralis bombing out with a over 6 mil valued team

2025-01-28 23:52

Give what a chance? Ill give any male team a chance BOSS, NiP. They threw in a female team against the male tier 1 when we talk about it we are bad? Im with Thorin at this, where is the UK teams? Everybody win against Imperial fe but they are the ones that get the chance to play. Let Verdant play. Or do you think the girls can win against Verdant?

2025-01-29 13:34

Perhaps they can they almost beat furia with stand in

2025-01-30 09:44

look at their hltv rank, its their real rank (even it is boosted by blast invites)

2025-01-28 18:49

There is 3000 better randoms on faceit xd

2025-01-28 19:38

Ty Valve for ruining CS with mandatory VRS ranking placement for big tournies. I am sure within the next 10 years a female team will get a map win!

2025-01-28 17:32

well there goes my fantasy team

you can still change

2025-01-28 17:34

Oh didnt realize, thanks man

2025-01-28 18:27

S1mple can do the funniest thing ever

2025-01-28 17:45

Dude id love s1mple coming there to be top 3 on score board

2025-01-28 23:54

Really unfortunate for her, this was a great moment for her individually and for them as a team.

2025-01-28 17:48

upgrade

2025-01-28 17:52

will have better result than with full roster, lol

Imperial can upset, but why this is a new and not a short?

2025-01-28 18:00

Why is she not plYing tho

2025-01-28 18:07

Sad for her, but not a lot of people really care

2025-01-28 18:12

Sad!

2025-01-28 18:51

Great, now we're gonna see more hyping out of nowhere, like "Look they got 5 rounds against FURIA with standing!!" imagine if they had full lineup! we definitely need them every tier1 tournament from now on"

2025-01-28 19:01

Haha very true This is what will happen

2025-01-28 19:20

Farm valve points in FE-only tournaments Get invites base on VRS Play real tournaments without FE team 400 IQ imperial, gg

2025-01-28 19:18

Should be ez for bubble aka player with 3rd most amount of clutches made in cs

2025-01-28 19:31

Bubble is going to be a huge buff for them lol. Even as a coach he will be miles ahead of her. This should give them a sliver of hope

2025-01-28 19:36

+1 mechanically obviously worse as he hasn't grinded in a while but should understand the opposing teams and what play to make 10 times better

2025-01-28 21:48

I’m assuming you meant mechanically worse than his previous self. Because his mechanics certainly will be better than Tory. And that’s not a diss she’s a pretty good female player but bubble is gonna be way better just based on the level of cs he comes from

2025-01-28 22:10

imagine changing ur flag to represent after prolly playin for 15 years as a swede. brainwashed? anyway, cant wait to see the "can play with t1" in the next couple of qualifiers after that glorified showmatch vs navi

2025-01-28 20:06