Skade has announced that they will be parting ways with the Bulgarian roster after the two sides could not agree on a contract extension. 

The well-known Bulgarian team played under the SKADE banner since 2019. The teams featured players as Aleks "Rainwaker" Petrov, Denislav "dennyslaw" Dimitrov, Georgi "⁠SHiPZ⁠" Grigorov, Kamen "⁠bubble⁠" Kostadinov, and Simeon "⁠dream3r⁠" Ganev. Doing the time in SKADE the Bulgarian squad peaked at the number 17th in the world ranking. They managed to do this back on April 4, as they won Elisa Invitational Winter 2021 and Pinnacle Cup three beating top teams such as Vitality and the old Copenhagen Flames. 

Since the start of SKADE back in 2019 the organization has achieved three lan top 3 placings as well as changed the lineup six times doing their time with a Bulgarian roster. 

Where the Bulgarian roster will be playing in the future is yet to be decided, but for now, they are all free agents.

Rainwaker

dennyslaw

SHiPZ

Drea3er

bubble

SKADE

Despite an early loss in the group stage, SKADE found momentum and made a clean run in the playoffs at the Pinnacle Cup III.

Along the way, SKADE eliminated Team Vitality, MOUZ NXT, and Tricked before they took on Copenhagen Flames in the Grand Final. Here SKADE took the initiative on both maps leading 11-4 on both Overpass and Nuke to set themselves up for a commanding victory leaving only 10 rounds in total for the Danes, who did not stand a chance.

The tournament win came at a good time for the roster, who has had a lot of close calls in 2022 narrowly missing out on the Antwerpen RMR and the qualification for BLAST Premier Spring Showdown.

Highlight of the match: Kamen "bubble" Kostadinov ace on Nuke

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That’s the total number of maps, Kamen "bubble" Kostadinov have played during his long CS:GO career – and it’s actually the most of any player in history.

SKADE’s 2-0 victory over MAD Lions yesterday, meant that the Bulgarian veteran surpassed TAZ on the all-time maps list, featuring some of Counter-Strike's most profiled and famous faces. 

bubble is currently playing for SKADE, however, the 30-year-old IGL is most known for his time at Windigo Gaming. With the Bulgarian team, bubble won his biggest-ever title at World Electronic Games in 2018, where he alongside the likes of poizon, v1c7oR, and SHiPZ took home a massive $500.000 prize win.

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Windigo lifting the WESG 2018 trophy after beating AGO in the Grand Final

After 18 months on the SKADE roster, Viktor "duplicate" Mitev has been put on the transfer list.

In a Twitter post, the 20-year-old Bulgarian explained the situation.

- Unfortunately, I never agreed with how we approached the game, so there were a lot of disagreements between the whole team. I want to thank all of my teammates for all the great moments we had together. I think with bubble coming in they are on the right path and wish them the best of luck. As for me, I am looking for the next challenge. I am hungrier than ever to win and prove myself. I am open for international offers as well as I think my English is very good. Can play any role (I have pretty much played everything now). Will be hard grinding FPL in the meantime.

Kamen "⁠bubble⁠" Kostadinov has been playing with the team lately, but there has not been any official confirmation of him joining the squad on a permanent basis yet.

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Simeon "dream3r" Ganev and Kamen "bubble" Kostadinov has been benched on Team Fiend.

The two players are being replaced after eight months on the team, after a successful 2021, where Team Fiend has broken into the top 20 ranking in the world. They recently defeated Gambit at the V4 Future Sports Festival. 

Kamen "bubble" Kostadinov was the in-game leader on the team, while Simeon "dream3r" Ganev had the role as a rifler.

Team Fiend will play their next match on December 2nd.

dream3r

Fiend

There's a lot at stake when Fiend and Berlin International Gaming (BIG) bump heads at the $325.000 V4 Future Sports Festival 2021 this Thursday. The winner of Group A's Upper Final matchup will progress directly to the semifinal stage, while the loser has to take on Movistar Riders in the quarterfinals. Their last and sole head-to-head match was one month ago at Elisa Invitational, where the Bulgarians underdogs from Fiend succeed to defeat BIG in two maps.

The first map of the grand final would take us to Inferno. When they last faced each other the map carried on for 53 rounds before Copenhagen Flames could claim the victory. This time it was quite a different story. Fiend dominated from the first whistle blew. Copenhagen Flames did not get any breathing room as they were continually being pushed, out-dueled, and rained upon with grenades. Fiend showed the whole world how you can abuse that grenades are now droppable, with a strong early CT economy on Inferno. The score was 14-1 after the first half. The Danes only managed to secure one round on their CT-side, before they were beaten down, and the match concluded at 16-2.

The flames now had to reset mentally before going into the second map Nuke, which can be hard after being battered 16-2, especially for a roster with lesser experience.

And the Danes did look a little bit tired as they started on Nuke - a map which has not been historically great for Fiend. The Bulgarian squad looked composed and took seven of the first nine rounds led by IGL "bubble" who dropped 18 frags in the first half. Unexpectedly they took their foot off the pedal a little bit, which allowed the Flames to take six rounds on their T-side.

It looked as if the Flames was about to even the scoreline as they took the pistol round of the second half, but it was a short-lived success, as they were immediately shut down by the force of Fiend. On the back of that force-buy win, Fiend steamrolled the CT-side of Copenhagen Flames to take the map at 16-8.

The Bulgarians of Fiend are therefore champions of Elisa Invitational Fall 2021, winning $50000. The disappointed Danes on the other hand must settle for runner-up and a prize of $14000.

Fiend – Copenhagen Flames (2-0) | Elisa Invitational Fall 2021

16-2 (Inferno) | {cflag:BG} h4rn – 2.05 Rating / 21-5 K-D / 121.4 ADR

16-8 (Nuke) | {cflag:BG} dream3r – 1.41 Rating / 21-10 K-D / 87.6 ADR

MVP: {cflag:BG} h4rn – 1.61 Rating / 39-17 K-D / 96.8 ADR

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Copenhagen Flames

The Bulgarians from Fiend came very close to making the first upset at DreamHack Masters Spring. After having won Mirage, the two former Windigo players Kamen 'bubble' Kostadinov and Viktor 'v1c7oR' Dyankov had every chance to eliminate Team Spirit on Overpass with their younger teammates on Fiend. At 15-13, they had the chance after having planted the bomb but lost the 3vs4 situation. In overtime, they could see an ignited Abdul 'degster' Gasanov settle the score and force the match to be decided on Nuke.

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Here it felt like, that Fiend had the lost momentum, that had carried them into almost winning the match. On the scoreboard, it translated into a 12-3 lead at the break for Spirit, where mir, magixx, and chopper all were making life tough for the Bulgarians.

Spirit made the last push on their CT-side to win the match and advance in the lower brackets, while Fiend is out after a very fine performance.

Team Spirit - Fiend 2-1 | DreamHack Masters Spring 2021

9-16 (Mirage) | {cflag:BG} bubble – 2.01 Rating / 119.4 ADR / 31-10 K/D

19-17 (Overpass) | {cflag:RU} degster – 1.50 Rating / 92.6 ADR / 38-23 K/D

16-6 (Nuke) | {cflag:RU} chopper – 1.68 Rating / 94.7 ADR / 20-11 K/D

MVP: {cflag:BG} Kamen 'bubble' Kostadinov - 1.20 Rating / 70-50 K-D / 81.3 ADR

degster

chopper

v1c7oR

Spirit

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TENZKI

syrsoN

Twistzz

mantuu

The Bulgarian Viktor “v1c7oR” Dyankov and Kamen “bubble” Kostadinov helped Voyvoda in the DreamHack Masters Spring Europe Qualifiers and the result was fantastic! The team qualified for the main event after victories against OG and Cloud9. The former Windigo superstar Viktor “v1c7oR” Dyankov has talked with HLTV about the new roster, that has big potential.

- To be honest, I think we can become an even better version of the mighty Windigo, he states,

With their performance at DreamHack Masters Spring Europe Qualifiers, the hopes of achieving the same as Windigo became more realistic. The Bulgarian has high hopes for the team and states 

- If we manage to fix some small in-game mistakes and work on everything else, good things will come.

Could they overcome Windigo? We will get the first glimpse at DreamHack Masters Spring at the end of April.

VOYVODA

VOYVODA has just completed a major upset at DreamHack Masters Spring Qualifier, as the Bulgarian non-ranked team took down the superstars from OG this Sunday evening.

Going into the match, everything pointed towards an OG victory with the International top team being among the favourites in the closed qualifier. However, it was clear Aleksi “Aleksib” Virolainen and his troops struggled throughout the match. Something, the underdogs from VOYVODA took advantage of by winning both Inferno and Dust2, to set up a thrilling deciding match against Cloud9 later tonight.  

VOYVODA - OG (2-1) | DH Masters Spring Qualifier

11-16 (Mirage) | mantuu – 1.48 Rating / 24-13 K-D / 101.0 ADR

16-14 (Inferno) | mar – 1.20 Rating / 24-19 K-D / 78.6 ADR

16-13 (Dust2) | dream3r – 1.15 Rating / 22-18 K-D / 75.1 ADR

In the other semifinal, Cloud9 won their matchup vs the Spaniards from Movistar Riders by presenting a confident 2-0 victory, through two strong showings by William “mezii” Merriman and Ricky “floppy” Kemery.

Cloud9 – Movistar Riders (2-0) | DH Masters Spring Qualifier

16-11 (Overpass) | mezii – 1.48 Rating / 25-15 K-D / 83.2 ADR

16-11 (Inferno) | floppy – 1.57 Rating / 26-16 K-D / 101.8 ADR

The results mean that Cloud9 and VOYVODA will meet in the deciding match at the qualifier, to decide which team will grab the last and very important ticket for the main event at DreamHack Masters Spring. 

MBAPPEEK

6/3: Jesper "tenzki" Plougmann Mikalski from Nordavind dismantled SG.pro with only his P250 using good aim and positioning to his advantage. A critical play that inspired his team to come back and claim the victory on Inferno.

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Aleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev has proven time and time again that he’s one of the best players in the world. His mechanical skills and his excellent game sense makes him capable to win every single round in every single situation. 

The Natus Vincere star showcased these skills in this FPL match against pros as NiP’s youngster Plopski, chopper from Spirit, and the one-tap legend ScreaM.

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