Perfecto: "I guess I can't make it to Dallas"

16-5-2025 22:00

Visa issues put the Russian anchor's participation at the event in doubt.

Ilya "⁠Perfecto⁠" Zalutskiy is likely to miss IEM Dallas 2025, where he was supposed to play for BC.Game as a stand-in. In an update on Telegram, the former Natus Vincere player revealed he has not been granted a U.S. visa to compete in the tournament, which starts in just three days.

"I guess I can't make it to Dallas," Perfecto wrote. "I have never had problems with other visas, only with this one, but I can't do anything about it."

HLTV has reached out to BC.Game for comment. BC.Game turned to Perfecto after benching Joakim "⁠jkaem⁠" Myrbostad following accusations that the Norwegian owed over $300,000 in gambling debt to several people.

BC.Game bench jkaem following accusations of him owing $300,000 in gambling debt

Perfecto has been registered by Falcons as a substitute for the Austin Major, but his participation in that event is also in doubt.

"They promised to give it [visa] to me before the Major, but I don't believe it, to be honest," he wrote on Telegram.

Perfecto has been out of action since being benched by Cloud9 in April 2024. A year later, the North American organization released him from his contract.

BC.Game will take on MOUZ in their first match at IEM Dallas, which will be the first LAN event in the team's history.

Date	Matches
IEM Dallas 2025
19/05/2025	MOUZ 22:00 BC.Game	Match

rip

2025-05-16 22:00

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5 replies

He doesnt wanna get exposed before falcons pick him up

2025-05-17 03:02

4 replies

Check his stats for the Roller Coaster team

2025-05-17 10:26

2 replies

tier 6 games btw

2025-05-17 12:27

1 reply

Shhh let him stay delusional

2025-05-17 15:09

holy fuck that would be a huge L if falcons took perfecto. Magisk is infinitely better right now and has match rhythm, and well integrated into the team

2025-05-21 05:03

y))

9 replies

perfecto is not very good anymore anyway - in terms of anchors there are much, much better options for stand-ins

2025-05-17 06:33

8 replies

What are you on about. The guy is still sharper than most of the anchors in pro scene. Just because he doesn't have official games doesn't mean he forgot how to play.

2025-05-17 06:53

you will see - next time he plays - he will not do very well.

2025-05-18 05:44

same with axile. he was decent online but otherwise way below average rifler.

2025-06-07 23:33

who exactly?

2025-05-17 09:37

Cacanito. He can match perfecto's impact and production. Im not saying cacanito is great, but the community is overvaluing perfecto -- he was last decent 4 years in a very well structured team with navi. When every1 lost their shit when that c9 squad was announced with perfect ax1le shiro electronic i had said that this team will not win any significant tournaments. And they were not better than amkal overall

2025-05-18 21:28

other potentially available players that would likely be a much better option than perfecto (don't get me wrong, he's a major-winning player, but just over-rated): -- sjuush -- fl1t -- cacanito -- dav1deus -- stewie2k -- hadji -- Staehr -- Tauson -- Zweih

2025-05-21 05:16

Even if you are right, it's BCGame we are talking about. You know, the one that was a core of Bleed before jkaem thing.

2025-05-17 14:00

clueless. how can i downvote this dumbfk ?

2025-05-17 20:18

2025-05-16 22:01

sad day for cs

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blessing in disguise. they shoulnd't even consider perfecto as a stand-in in the first place.

15 replies

What? One of the best anchors in the world.

2025-05-16 22:13

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2 years ago, now he's a bit of an unknown. Still deserves a chance though, #5 is bs

2025-05-16 22:19

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he plays the game alot, even attends some local lans look at hooxi who was "absent" for a year, came back and instantly improved astralis

2025-05-16 22:27

Just because it's happened once recently don't make it a rule, we'll just have to wait and see but I'm cautiously optimistic (also HooXi is replacing... cadiaN, sry but that's a looow bar rn)

2025-05-16 22:53

i mean the bar for perfecto type player isnt high either, even in best team itw he had like what 1.04 rating. and hooxi leveled up astralis from losing quals to making semi finals of t1.5 lan, thats at least worth mentioning

2025-05-16 23:15

It's not like BCGAME is a super team, perfecto is definitely good enough for BCGAME.

2025-05-17 03:08

Any team with SEXA in it is a superteam tyvm (True, but now we'll never know :c)

2025-05-17 10:04

The only person who thinks Nexa is good is his manic girlfriend.

2025-05-17 13:44

interesting take considering that BC.Game is a top 75 team right

2025-05-16 22:25

2025-05-16 22:55

Shouldn't be talking with that flag bud. Wtf LOL.

2025-05-16 23:58

talking about what? That finn is cheering cuz a russian not getting visa, if something goes wrong for russian players finns are the first ones who will be happy about this on hltv. What is your point now?

2025-05-17 10:03

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his point is that you shouldnt be the one talking shit when your country is currently carrying out a genocide towards another country,

2025-05-17 11:41

I didn't ask for this shit. Yeah my president went crazy and that is ... why I should be humble? Fuck off maybe? I'm not the one who is happy that a player of specific country can't visit an event. Is Perfecto a war criminal? That's basically a targeting. Let's play this game. Migration crisis country overflowed by muslims and a citizen of something that isn't even a country anymore but 52/53th state of US are gonna teach where my place is. That's hilarious. Now send a few fucking helmets to Ukraine, show me how you protect the world. As-salamu alaykum, sw*de. How can you protect Ukraine if you can't even protect yourself? None of you have moral highground over me to say any shit.

2025-05-17 12:40

flag + meds

2025-05-17 15:08

actually really sad

not driving distance

Wow

Perfecto wont get to spank mouz noooooo

What a disaster

2025-05-16 22:02

LOLOL 6 more months of "dude Midfecto would improve any team"

Nah he actually did this on purpose. He thinks falcons going to sign him so he doesnt wanna get exposed before he gets that bag. He will stay inactive and live off his status as s1mples ex teammate

2025-05-17 04:25

no matter what it is easy for mouz

2025-05-16 22:03

lol

2025-05-16 22:04

Rip chance of revitalizing career, sad that even when NA gets tournaments they are plagued by this

2025-05-16 22:05

expected from usa, shady gambling company shell company "esport club" ofc not russian getting visa, sad day for perfecto

Hello BC.Game Stewie2k.

2025-05-16 22:06

nice move getting a stand-in that doesn't have a visa lol

welcome back jkaem

2025-05-16 22:09

"on second thought we've decided to give jkaem another chance"

2025-05-16 22:29

they prob play dallas with coach

2025-05-16 23:17

usa useless government. 100% shouldn't try to police the world.

2025-05-16 22:10

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what if perfecto is a russian spy you never know. what has he been doing last 2 years? shady.

those suspicious of others are typically those who'd do the same to others. its no wonder you have NSA; google/fb highly govt regulated; ed. snowdrn calling his/your own govt out. wihle you kill each other within and many innocent beings all round the world. evil nation

2025-05-16 22:41

Cool story bro. I don’t care at all. My life is great.

2025-05-16 23:10

Standart burger take

2025-05-17 08:54

show flag before you speak again @sd0000 my flag has your back buddy … just quit it with the pesky tariffs

2025-05-17 14:19

as long as we got Shake Shack and internet connection, lol

2025-05-21 05:17

So what, will he spy liquid strats and give then to putin? Lmaoo

Yes

It will probably turn out better than whatever Putin's gang came up with in the last 3 years

2025-05-17 02:03

Disregarding any personal opinion of US Visa policy what does controlling who can enter your country have to do with policing the rest of the world

2025-05-16 23:00

they can't figure out who to let into the country. and i probably know why -- money. just apply a few times = $_$ they do everyone dirty. especially policing others. just watch usa police videos, just look at how they treat their own people. with this sort of culture, what sort of policing would you expect towards the rest of the world.

2025-05-16 23:04

huh? 50+ other Russians got Visas no problem....think before you speak

2025-05-18 01:11

LMAO

2025-05-16 22:12

stewie incoming

We Need To Start A Discussion On US Visa Policy Affecting Our Game...

2025-05-16 22:22

we need to stop US events until trump gets his shit together, a us major is a recipe for disaster but i hope it goes smoothly

2025-05-16 22:23

As Much As I Hate Trump, This Has Been A Problem Since Like Forever So Not Sure He's The One To Blame

oh yeah for sure but he did make it even harder

nothing to do with him, every na lan always had this problem for entire csgo, they think everyone is mexican and would do anything to immigrate into their country so visa process is impossibly hard

It's so dumb bro, our country has no concept of people actually visiting for a short period of time. Our immigration system really just be assuming everyone is attempting some elaborate illegal immigration plot

2025-05-17 08:53

If you're not mexican drug dealer and human traficker you must be a filthy red commie right?

2025-05-17 09:00

You guys do realize video game players don't have priority over the other 10,000,000 applicants they receive each year right?

2025-05-16 22:48

So What? The End Result Is What We Care About

2025-05-17 00:07

this is true

2025-05-17 18:35

@statsmaister

2025-05-16 22:24

God bless America

2025-05-16 22:26

congrats to all cs fans who supports trump

2025-05-16 22:30

2025-05-16 22:34

perfecto pfp x account is in shambles

2025-05-16 22:37

2025-05-16 22:38

L USA

Average America moment

2025-05-16 22:49

I think we should stop holding events in the US, just go to other american countries instead

2025-05-16 22:50

Tbf, Blast rivals was supposed to be in Mexico, but they had a host problem. I guess Canada or Brazil at this point.

2025-05-17 00:49

yeah, canada would be fun imo, can't remember a t1 tournament being held there since I've been watching

2025-05-17 02:06

Montreal for a Vitality win in front of Quebec crowd

2025-05-17 08:59

LOL USkies and Russkies

2025-05-16 22:51

Stop hosting tournaments on usa, shit hole country

2025-05-16 22:56

Time to doge all na events

2025-05-16 22:57

From one of the most solid players to ruined career lol good job keep partying in belgrade

2025-05-16 23:05

Land of the free huh

2025-05-16 23:09

fuck visa

2025-05-16 23:14

Yeah it's tough getting a US visa

2025-05-16 23:41

RIP

2025-05-16 23:44

damn, bro really let himself go physically, sad

2025-05-17 00:01

dude just gave up... gotta stay in shape and make time for not becoming a fat tub of shit.

2025-05-17 06:34

Unluko

2025-05-17 00:02

Enjoy your parties and bench time for rest of the time

2025-05-17 00:06

land of the free? whoever told you that is your enemy. sup b*tch!

2025-05-17 00:39

Stewie yeah

2025-05-17 02:10

:( content

2025-05-17 02:19

Looks like he have been making it to the fridge during bench time at least

2025-05-17 05:55

bro got fat

2025-05-17 07:05

orange guy said no

2025-05-17 08:02

need to stop having events in these third world countries or whatever americans like to say

2025-05-17 08:03

he's overrated

2025-05-17 10:23

100%

2025-05-21 05:18

Murica moment

2025-05-17 12:58

Put stewie2k to play dallas again

2025-05-17 14:34

It's time for stewie to shine once again

2025-05-17 14:45

Based

2025-05-17 15:38

I guess that sucks

2025-05-17 15:40

US sucks when it comes to their fkin Visas for pro CS players, yet they allow illegals from SA because that's fine.

2025-05-17 17:07

I'm so sad about that actually, man, Perfecto used to be one of the best anchors in the world, and he has been without a team for a year now, how is it possible that no one wants to pick him up? I'm so surprised and so sad about it, it's incredible to me, he really deserves a shot.

2025-05-18 12:33