Buğra “Calyx” Arkın is once again an official member of Eternal Fire, the organization announced Monday on its Twitter account. That marks the return of the former Space Soldiers profile, who previously represented the team from August 2021 to July this year, where he later on played together with Owen "smooya" Butterfield on Benched Heroes. 

The transfer of Calyx comes in a period of changes within Eternal Fire, as we’ve seen the organization say goodbye to Engin “MAJ3R” Küpeli, Ahmet “paz” Karahoca, and the profiled AWPer Özgür “woxic” Eker with the latter only being transfer-listed.

Yasin “xfl0ud” Koç has in the meantime been reinstated on the active roster, which means Eternal Fire still have to find one new player to fill out the team sheet.

{cflag:TR} Ismailcan "⁠XANTARES⁠" Dörtkardeş

{cflag:TR} Özgür "⁠woxic⁠" Eker (transfer-listed)

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The CS:GO roster of Benched Heroes with MICHU, Calyx, smooya, Aunkere, and fear in the lineup will unfortunately be missing the RMR due to visa issues that has left the team without any possibility of attending the event.

In a Twitter post, 23-year-old UK AWP’er, smooya, announced the unfortunate situation.

The RMR would have been a good opportunity for the roster to show their potential against the top teams in CS:GO, which might have helped them get the backing of an organization.

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The European mix called Benched Heroes, which features Owen “Smooya” Butterfield on the AWP, may soon play under a new banner and with an organization as backing.

Because according to team member Evgeniy "Aunkere" Karyat, the roster has received an offer from an unidentified British organization to represent them going forward, Aunkere recently said.

- Smooya got contacted by [a] British organization. He and fear talked with them about signing us. In theory, if we will come to an agreement on price, we will be competing under their tag instead of Benched Heroes. They gave us a really good offer, we are still thinking about it. If it will not work out, I will definitely share or at least hint at how much we got offered, but the sum is very good. I'm glad me and fear decided to make this team and such guys got interested in us - Transcript by [link:{"url":"https://escorenews.com/en/csgo/news/37946-smooya-and-aunkere-stack-benched-heroes-is-in-talks-with-british-organization","isNewTab":true,"text":"EscoreNews.com"}].

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With a five-man side of Smooya, Aunkere, fear, Michu, and Calyx, Benched Heroes managed to qualify for the European RMR tournament in Malta next month. Here they will compete against the CS:GO elite for a spot at the prestigious IEM Rio Major taking place in October-November this year. 

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Whilst they didn't make it past the Quarter-finals stage, Eternal Fire proved to everyone how dangerous it can be when you take five incredible aimers and put them together on a roster. Testing every opponent they met on the way to the just-finished Roobet Cup 2022 event, Eternal Fire made sure that everybody knew that they are a force to be reckoned with. 

After failing to get further at the event than the Quarter-finals, Eternal Fire have decided to make some changes to the active roster. Announced today is the departure of the 23-year-old Buğra "Calyx" Arkın. 

In the official announcement from Eternal Fire, it is explained that both parties had come to a mutual agreement and that "Calyx" would be joining free agency with immediate effect. Furthermore, it seems as if both parties said their goodbyes with no hard feelings: 

The current four-member roster that is Eternal Fire, after the departure of "Calyx" looks as follows: 

{cflag:TR} Ismailcan "XANTARES" Dörtkardeş

Robin “flusha” Rönnquist will not play under the GORILLAZ-banner going into next year, the Swede has confirmed on Monday via his [link:{"url":"https://twitter.com/flusha/status/1467886099838210053","isNewTab":true,"text":"Twitter"}]. In the announcement, flusha affirms that he’s still committed to playing competitive esports as he states “Looking for new opportunities next year”.  

The former Fnatic profile and three-time Major winner is therefore set to leave the CS:GO project, which he co-founded with Miikka "⁠suNny⁠" Kemppi back in April this year. The experienced duo joined forces with suNny’s countryman and former ENCE star Jere "⁠sergej⁠" Salo alongside the likes of Buğra “Calyx” Arkın and Rokas “EspiranTo” Milasauskas. However, the international mix didn’t manage to find a consistent level or any particular success in the tier-2 scene.  

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Since its creation, GORILLAZ hasn’t had a stable lineup where multiple players have been in and out of the team, either on trial or as stand-ins. Some of the most renowned names are Jesper "JW" Wecksell, Niels Christian "NaToSaphiX" Sillassen, and Yasin "xfl0ud" Koç.

{cflag:EE} Anton "⁠supra⁠" Tšernobai (trial)

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Eternal Fire who became official just a week ago is ready to fight for the battle of Turkey. Eternal Fire defeated Sangal in three maps before they could rejoice in being in the finals in the ESA Supremes Vestel Cup 2021.

Eternal Fire was the better team on the first map Vertigo and took the lead 16-5. On Mirage the playing field was much more even and Sangal made a comeback after trailing 14-11. It was tight until the end, but Sangal went all the way and got 5 rounds in a row.

On the last map inferno, it was pretty tight. The first half ended 9-6 in Eternal Fire favor. Issa "ISSAA" Murad was absolutely ruthless and dropped 28 kills during the fight on the upper final that ended 16-12.

MVP: {cflag:JO} ISSAA 67-49 K-D / 88.0 ADR / 1.31 rating

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On Friday, it was announced that woxic and XANTARES will be representing a new, player-created organization, also joined by Calyx, imoRR, and ISSAA. They are all some of the most renowned Turkish players and will compete together as Eternal Fire in the future. The Turkish Superteam will be coached by Timur “bishop” Sengül, while the in-game leading duties will be taken by XANATRES.

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The oldest player in the lineup, 26-year-old XANTARES, has released a fragmovie with some insane plays by each of the players in the squad. Watch it right here:

With Ismailcan "⁠XANTARES⁠" Dörtkardeş being officially released by BIG earlier this day, the road was paved for a new Turkish Superteam.

For a long time the rumours had linked XANTARES with the other Turkish CS:GO Superstar Özgür "⁠woxic⁠" Eker. Today the rumors turned into reality.

- Hulk is real! We are coming to breathe new life into Turkey and the world, the team announced on its Twitter account.

Former OG player Issa "⁠ISSAA⁠" Murad will join as the team's fifth man. The other two spots are filled by the two Turkish players Buğra "⁠Calyx⁠" Arkın and Ömer "⁠imoRR⁠" Karataş.

The in-game leader role will fall on Ismailcan "⁠XANTARES⁠" Dörtkardeş. 

You can watch a video with the new team here.

Since the start of the year, discussions and rumors about a new roster featuring Robin "flusha" Rönnquist and Miikka "suNny" Kemppi have been floating around. Due to a lack of interest from organizations the project was delayed. Today, however, it has been confirmed by "flusha" that the line-up has been finalized for now and that an organization is ready to bring them back on to the professional Counter-Strike scene. 

In conversation with HLTV the 26-year-old "sunNy" confirms the newly founded team, as well as the fact that four out of the five players have signed with the organization: 

"Today we can finally confirm that this project is actually happening and we have started to practice. It will be a long road ahead but happy to work with these players,"  He continues by stating: "Four of us have signed and we will be starting with flusha, sergej, EspiranTo, me, and trialing Calyx as our last piece of the puzzle."

The newly shaped European roster looks as follows: 

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In January this year, the legendary Swede Robin "flusha" Rönnquist were removed from fnatic’s active roster, as the Counter-Strike veteran wished to start a new adventure with a completely new roster. The 27-year old rifler stated that he had talks with Miikka "suNny" Kemppi, and that they will partner each other in a new potential top CS:GO team.

After some months without any concrete news regarding their plans, players, and organization, several rumours can tell that they have found their complete roster. flusha and suNny have allegedly managed to sign the profiled and promising Finn Jere "sergej" Salo, who is most known for his remarkable tenure at ENCE.

It’s the website GAMEINSIDE.UA that has published a report stating that the Russian team 1win has practised and played against the newly established roster.

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If the rumours are true, the roster possesses these players:

Buğra "Calyx" Arkın is no longer on contract with Team Envy, the Turkish player has announced on his Twitter. Calyx will therefore enter free agency, after having represented the NA-based organization since January 2020.

The 22-year old rifler is ready for a new CS:GO adventure, as he states that he’s “very excited to find a new team and reach higher goals and get back to pracc and officials. I am open to offers from EU/NA”

Calyx’s 13-month tenure at Team Envy wasn’t very successful with the team lacking both silverware and deep tournament runs, but also a functional and solid organization behind them. The Turkish international was the highest rated player for the team in 2020, presenting an impressive 1.14 Rating.

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Team Envy at Flashpoint 2 - Calyx and co. managed only to win one match at the $1 Million event

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Despite the fact that the current constellation of Envy has only participated in one tournament since its construction, Envy now decides to take a step back from Counter-Strike. 

The players who have been placed on the transfer market are: 

Whilst it is sad that we will not get to experience more from this interesting and talented line-up, it makes the transfer market ever so interesting going into a new year of Counter-Strike. Especially Noah "Nifty" Francis, who supposedly was set up to be the rosters star player will be interesting to follow, as he seeks to continue his career elsewhere. 

The news of Envy stepping down from the Counter-Strike scene is to many surprising as co-owner and Chief Gaming officer Mike "hastr0" Rufail stated in November 2020 that they had reserved more funds towards their Counter-Strike team and that they were ready for the 2021-season. 

Having a Major win under their belt after winning DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca, it is sad to see Envy as an organization give up on their Counter-Strike team, but hopefully, the talented players from their roster will find a new and more ambitious place to prove their skillsets. At least, it seems as if "Nifty" is ready for a new journey elsewhere. 

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