Vladislav "Krad" Kravchenko is the third player this summer to be transfer-listed by FORZE.

Andrey "⁠Jerry⁠" Mekhryakov and Aleksandr "⁠zorte⁠" Zagodyrenko have also been listed with the same message, that "they remain on our main roster and will continue to practice and play official matches with FORZE".

It is unsure why FORZE is actively trying to sell off three of its players. The roster has shown some promising signs during the last four months they have been together since the signing of Evgeniy "r3salt" Frolov. At BLAST.tv Paris the quintet was one win away from qualifying for the Legends Stage, while the roster recently won the grand prize of $100,000 at the CCT 2023 Online Finals.

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Krad

forZe

Vladislav “Krad” Kravchenko who recently became a free agent after leaving Entropiq, has officially signed under with forZe and will continue his career under their banner. Krad spent the last year and a half on the Entropiq roster but will now look to build a strong team alongside Jerry, zorte, and shalfey at forZe.

forZe are currently rebuilding their roster after Evgeny “Norwi” Ermolin and Aleksandr “KENSI” Gurkin left the squad. With Krad now signed to the organization, there’s only one spot left to be filled out on the roster.

Entropiq

It's not often Entropiq's Vladislav "Krad" Kravchenko is equipped with an AWP in hand. However, in this clip, the 23-year-old Russian seems to have quite a good understanding of how the powerful sniper works.

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The last match of the day had CIS-squad Entropiq going up against fnatic, where Entropiq took their fourth victory in group A with a 2-0 win. 

fnatic got off to a hot start on their map pick of Overpass, four kills from ALEX in the forcebuy round, helping to provide momentum for a 5-1 start. The European team quickly hit a stumbling block when Entropiq began to find their right footing to tie the score 7-7 and narrowly pull ahead 8-7 at the break. The CIS team kept their momentum on the T side, winning four rounds in a row before fnatic found their way to stabilize their defense and turned things upside down. It went back-and-forth before Entropiq closed out the first map of the series 16-13.

The match continued on Entropiq’s map pick of Vertigo, where the boys in black-and-orange took the pistol and quickly created a 3-0 advantage thanks to an inspiring William "mezii" Merriman performance. Entropiq fought back and ended up winning the half by making up for a 0-3 start, taking nine rounds in a row for a strong lead at halftime 10-5. Fnatic won the pistol in the second half, taking it to a 9-10 scoreline, but once the economy came up for the CIS squad, they began to retake control of the game up to match point. ALEX managed to keep fnatic alive with a 1v4 clutch and get them to 13, but it wasn’t enough as Entropiq closed the game 16-13 and the series 2-0.

fnatic - Entropiq 0-2 | ESL Pro League Season 15 (Group A)

13-16 (Overpass) | {cflag:GB} mezii – 1.39 Rating / 24-18 K-D / 102.8 ADR

13-16 (Vertigo) | {cflag:RU} Krad – 1.40 Rating / 24-19 K-D / 107.2 ADR

MVP: {cflag:RU} Vladislav "Krad" Kravchenko – 1.37 Rating / 50-38 K-D / 103.2 ADR

mezii

Fnatic

Entropiq had the first pick of maps, and with it, they chose Overpass where they would start on the T-side. It started out well for Entropiq who were able to take the first two rounds. The rest of the half was a convincing display from ECSTATIC who were able to take ten rounds in the first half, by way of multiple great retakes and amazing reads that forced Entropiq to save. And if they had none of those there was always "FASHR" who had a great CT-side performance and almost single-handedly won several rounds.

The second half turned things up and down. The CIS-squad was now on the more comfortable CT-side, and they took a dominating nine rounds in a row to start the half, two of which featured two huge quad-kills from "Krad". ECSTATIC were finally able to break the Entropiq's hot streak after removing star AWP'er "El1an" early on. The ECSTATIC side were not allowed more than that, and Entropiq took map one of Overpass at 16-11.

With their map pick, Ecstatic chose Vertigo, the same pick they made when the teams played against each other on day one of the tournament. Back then Entropiq took the win in double overtime, but that did not deter “birdfromsky” and his team.

Ecstatic started the out dominating on the T-side, taking a fast 6-0 lead. Entropiq were able to answer back taking four of the next five rounds, looking to at least go positive on their CT-side, but a well-coordinated Ecstatic team made sure that did not happen. The halftime score was 10-5 in favor of Ecstatic.

ECSTATIC continued their dominance on the CT-side, showing why they picked this map, even though they lost it the last time. Entropiq only managed to win one round in the second half, and the well-oiled Vertigo-machine of ECSTATIC took the victory at 16-6.

The map left over as the decider was Ancient, and after a knife-round win ECSTATIC chose to start on the CT-side.

The map started out very gritty with the teams trading close rounds back and forth. Entropiq carried by consistently great entries from “Lack1”, and ECSTATIC led by crazy plays from IGL “birdfromsky”. The Danish org. were able to break the economy of Entropiq halfway through the first half and strung together seven rounds in a row to take a 10-2 lead. Entropiq were able to take one more round but had to go to halftime with a disappointing 12-3 scoreline.

It looked like ECSTATIC would close it out fast as they went up 14-3, but that is when Entropiq woke up. Led by magnificent holds from “Lack1” and great reads from “NickelBack”, Entropiq were able to come all the way back and pull the game into overtime.

Entropiq were able to complete the comeback, and took the win in overtime at 19-17, thus eliminating ECSTATIC from Funspark ULTI 2021 Finals.

Ecstatic - Entropiq (1-2) | Funspark ULTI Finals

11-16 (Overpass) | {cflag:KZ} Lack1 - 1.24 Rating / 17-16 K-D / 78.2 ADR

16-6 (Vertigo) | {cflag:NL} FASHR - 1.55 Rating / 21-15 K-D / 103.3 ADR

17-19 (Ancient) | {cflag:KZ} Lack1 - 1.77 Rating / 42-26 K-D / 120.6 ADR

MVP: {cflag:KZ} Viktor "Lack1" Boldyrev - 1.42 Rating / 74-59 K-D / 101.9 ADR

FASHR

El1an

birdfromsky

Lack1

ECSTATIC

The Grand Final started on Vertigo, which was picked by Gambit despite this being the battleground upon which they last fell against Entropiq at the PGL Major Stockholm.

It looked great for Entropiq early on as they took the first four rounds of the map, but as soon as the rifles came out for Gambit it was clear why they picked this map. The Nafany-led squad was very map-dominant especially towards the ramp, denying a lot of space and information for Entropiq, and taking the half 9-6.

The second half was very similar to the first. Entropiq secured the pistol and converted the following two, but when sh1ro and his soldiers got their favorite firearms, it was game over for Entropiq. Gambit secured the map at 16-10.

To try to even the score at 1-1 Entropiq had picked Ancient, a map that they have embraced from the start and are undefeated on at the V4 Future Sports Festival.

Unfortunately for Entropiq, Gambit are also very well versed on this map, which was apparent right from the get-go. Gambit dictated the pace of the first half completely and looked very prepared for exactly the style of Ancient that Entropiq wanted to play. Entropiq was down 11-4 at the break.

The second half started poorly for Entropiq as they soon found themselves down 14-5. Through great effort from “Forester” and “El1an”, the Entropiq-side was able to make a comeback look doable as they clawed their way back to 15-12. It was just barely not enough as “Ax1Le” put the final nail in the Entropiq coffin after a 1v2 clutch, which concluded the map at 16-12 in favor of Gambit.

The third map of Overpass was do-or-die for Entropiq if they wanted to keep hopes of a Grand Final win alive. And they really went out and did. “NickelBack” and his squad made Gambit look like a tier 3 team in the first half as they did whatever they wanted, with Gambit having no answers. Especially “Krad” looked like a man with a mission, and that mission was to humiliate Gambit. He ended the half with 24 frags, which fueled Entropiq to a 13-2 half.

But the second half showed us that Gambit had been playing possum in the first 15 rounds. It was now their turn to make Entropiq look stumped. The comeback was on, and Gambit crept closer and closer to their opponents, and for a moment it looked like we might have overtime on the cards. But at the scoreline 15-13 Entropiq executed a classic B-rush and removed the Gambit defense swiftly. The map concluded at 16-13 in favor of Entropiq who were now looking for the reverse sweep.

The next map up was Mirage. The last time the two sides faced each other on this map Gambit steamrolled Entropiq in flawless 16-0 fashion. This was not happening again as Entropiq secured the first round of the game and could breathe a sigh of relief. They took advantage of the pistol win, and the momentum from winning Overpass and got ahead 5-1. Gambit pushed back, and it looked like the luck might have run out for the Entropiq side. But they kept their chin up and went to break with a commanding 10-5 lead.

Gambit had to strap on their hard hats and really go to work to make this comeback a reality. Taking the pistol win and converting it was a step in the right direction for them, but as soon as the rifles came out Entropiq had their number. “NickelBack” and co. took the map 16-7 and are going into the decider map Dust2 with extreme momentum.

The decider was the most iconic map in Counter-Strike history: Dust2. After a knife round win Gambit chose to start on the CT-side where they showed us why they are the world's #3. They picked up the first seven rounds giving up only half a dozen frags in the process. The rest of the half wasn’t much better for Entropiq as they only managed to pick up three rounds before the break. 

Entropiq only managed one round on their CT-side before Gambit was able to close the map at 16-4.

Gambit is therefore the winners of the V4 Future Sports Festival!

Gambit – Entropiq 3-2 | V4 Future Sports Festival

16-10 (Vertigo) | {cflag:RU} sh1ro – 1.43 Rating / 22-13 K-D / 90.4 ADR

16-12 (Ancient) | {cflag:RU} Ax1Le – 1.56 Rating / 29-15 K-D / 96.5 ADR

13-16 (Overpass) | {cflag:RU} Krad – 1.57 Rating / 33-20 K-D / 112.3 ADR

7-16 (Mirage) | {cflag:RU} NickelBack – 1.76 Rating / 26-12 K-D / 113.8 ADR

16-4 (Dust2) | {cflag:KZ} Hobbit – 2.05 Rating / 26-10 K-D / 139.9 ADR

{cflag:KZ} Abay "Hobbit" Khasenov | 1.27 Rating / 102-86 K-D / 96.9 ADR

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sh1ro

Ax1Le

Forester

NickelBack

Hobbit

Gambit Esports

Entropiq’s Vladislav “Krad” Kravchenko is our Player of the Day!

The 22-year-old Russian stepped up huge in both of Entropiq’s matches today to help his team march on to the 2-0 pool.

First off, Krad and co. convincingly beat the North Americans from Team Liquid 16-9 on Vertigo, sending them to the 0-1 pool. Even though Krad didn’t finish on top of the scoreboard or delivered some outrageous plays, the 22-year-old Entropiq player still played a huge part in the victory, especially in many of their successful retakes.

After a couple of hours away from the stage, Krad and the rest of his team then went on to upset Gambit in the Legends stage. Here, Krad once again stepped up massively for his team, powering his side to a flawless 10-0 CT side half, and closing out the map with a 16-9 scoreline. This time, Krad finished on top of the scoreboard with an impressive 1.59 rating and 23-13 K/D.

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El1an and company from Entropiq continues to impress at the PGL Major Stockholm, where they have managed to take down Gambit 16-9 on Vertigo this time. The Russian side will march on to the 2-0 pool, alongside nexa’s troops from G2 who handed FaZe their first loss in the Legends stage.

Entropiq found themselves down 6-9 after the first half on Vertigo, but as soon as the two teams switched sides, Krad and company began dominating Gambit out of the server, not allowing them to grab a single round before closing out the action with an excellent 9-16 scoreline.

Gambit – Entropiq 0-1 | PGL Major Stockholm 2021

9-16 (Vertigo) | {cflag:RU} Krad – 1.59 Rating / 23-13 / 107.4 ADR

On the other Stream, Liquid got their first win on the board to go 1-1 after handing ENCE their second loss in the Legends stage. The matchup was played on Dust2, where Liquid’s Stewie2k stepped up huge and delivered 27 frags to help his squad take down ENCE 16-8. Snappi and company from ENCE will be fighting for survival on Sunday.

Liquid – ENCE 1-0 | PGL Major Stockholm 2021

16-8 (Dust2) | {cflag:US} Stewie2k – 1.74 Rating / 27-14 / 100.4 ADR

Stewie2K

Team Liquid

ENCE

The first map was on Mirage, which was picked by Entropiq.

And the Russian organization got themselves a fantastic start as they were leading 7-3 after the first ten rounds as the T side.

But the Flames came back in the game and were only down by one after the first half on Mirage.

In the second half, the map became a thriller as Copenhagen Flames played a great T side, and after the first twenty-eight round the score was 14-14, and you had the feeling that the Flames had some sort of momentum with them after a great comeback.

But Entropiq were too strong in the last two rounds, and ended up winning the first map 16-14, but with a more competitive game than was expected.

The fifty-first floor was where the next game would be played, and the Danes came out very strong.

They were leading 8-0 and they seemed unbeatable with nicoodoz with his AWP, who provided fantastic kills, especially in the first ten rounds.

Then Entropiq woke up from sleep, but the Flames were too strong and the first half on Vertigo ended 11-4 to the Flames, and a big comeback was required if they didn’t want to play the deciding map on Nuke.

And they did very well as the T side, as they won the second half 10-5, but it wasn’t enough for Entropiq, therefore a third map was required after the 16-14 win for the Flames on Vertigo.

The third map became the decider, and the Flames got the best start again with 7-0 this time before Entropiq woke up from their sleep, when they were down 1-9. A big comeback was required, and that was what we got from Entropiq.

Entropiq was 15-1 after they were down 1-9, which means that they won the map with an impressive 16-10 after the perfect comeback!

Entropiq – Copenhagen Flames 2-1 | Spring Sweet Spring 2

16-14 (Mirage) | NickelBack – 1.55 Rating / 31-17 K-D / 101.9 ADR

14-16 (Vertigo) |Krad – 1.43 Rating / 29-23 K-D / 107.4 ADR

16-10 (Nuke) | Lack1 – 1.52 Rating / 25-16 K-D / 98.3 ADR

Aleksey ”NickelBack” Trofimov – 1.33 Rating / 73-53 K-D / 92.9 ADR

Copenhagen Flames

The former ex-Winstrike Team showed that they were strong in April, where the roster won the ESEA Premier Season 36 Europe and the Dell Gaming League Season 2. They came second in the Snow Sweet Snow 3 after a defeat against mousesports in the final.

The roster signed with Entropiq on May 10th, where they have won three out of their first four games for the new organization, with one of the wins being against s1mple´s troops from Natus Vincere.

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The new Entropiq roster is going to compete in two events today in the REPUBLEAGUE TIPOS Season 1 and EPIC League CIS 2021.

Alexey ”NickelBack” Trofimov (In-Game leader)

Andrey “XomA” Mironenko (Assistant coach)

hooch

Xoma

ex-Winstrike

The ex-Winstrike roster has been without an organization for over a month now, after the Russians left the Winstrike organization on the 31st of March, owing to a disputed controversy concerning “constant breaches of contractual obligations”.

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However, the promising star AWPer Aleksey "⁠El1an⁠" Gusev and the rest of the roster has finally found a new org, as the Czech’s from Entropiq has decided to acquire the entire roster, they confirm on Twitter.  

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- In the last few days, we had very intense talks about assembling a new international CS:GO team. I believe that this roster, comprised of CIS players, will excel in representing us at major global events.

At Entropiq, we have the highest goals, and one of them is to celebrate major success on the international level. We keep growing and expanding, and I am very pleased that, while still a young organization, we have already been able to land such a high-profile team. 

- Entropiq's Managing Director, Ondřej Drebota quotes after the signing.

Fnatic, ENCE, FURIA, and Team Spirit had all been eliminated along the way to the Grand Final for forZe and EPG Family.

The two teams had undoubtedly been the strongest at the tournament, and it was therefore only fitting, that the two CIS teams gave each other a brawl of a Grand Final at Spring Sweet Spring.

RPG Family was off to the best start. The ex-Winstrike team managed to break free from forZe at 13-13 in the second half. Good teamplay from Aleksey 'NickelBack' Trofimov set his teammates up to several kills at the end of Overpass to secure the map 16-13.

On Mirage the story was reversed. After an 8-7 lead at the break, it was this time forZe who managed to distance themselves on the scoreboard to win the map and force the Grand Final to Dust2 to be decided.

The last map of the tournament did not disappoint. Both teams had to rely on their snipers to make the difference. Aleksandr 'zorte' Zagodyrenko from forZe had the upperhand on the majority of the map. But when it mattered the most, Aleksey 'El1an' Gusev stepped up to keep EPG Family alive until 15-14! Here a direct AWP-duel between the two of them fell out to zorte and forZe, who went on to secure the victory, $40.000, and a spot at the LAN tournament next year.

EPG Family - forZe (1-2) | Spring Sweet Spring 1

16-13 (Overpass) | {cflag:RU} Krad – 1.56 Rating / 30-20 K-D / 101.8 ADR

10-16 (Mirage) | {cflag:RU} Jerry – 1.47 Rating / 22-14 K-D / 97 ADR

14-16 (Dust2) | {cflag:RU}  zorte – 1.39 Rating / 26-16 K-D / 96.2 ADR

{cflag:RU} Evgeny 'FL1T' Lebedev - 1.18 rating / 70-59 K-D / 85.5 ADR

zorte

Jerry

FL1T

EPG Family

The EPG Family squad is ready for the Grand final at Spring Sweet Spring 1 following a confident 2-0 victory over the Swedes from fnatic. Their opponent for the Grand final will be found at 15:00 (CET) when FURIA clashes with forZe in an exciting matchup.

Dust2: 16-9 | {cflag:RU} Krad – 1.52 Rating – 87.9 ADR – 23-13 K/D 

Train: 16-8 | {cflag:RU} Krad – 1.53 Rating – 100.7 ADR – 20-12 K/D

EPG Family went into the bo3 semi-final with confidence high after a fairly routine journey through the stages in the tournament that included a 2-0 victory ENCE. This time around, EPG Family once again proved that they’re not to be messed with as they confidently took down the strong Swedish-side on Dust2 and Train without any problems.

Vladislav “Krad” Kravchenko played a massive role on both maps and finished off as the MVP with an overall rating of 1.52 and 94.2 ADR to help his team secure the Grand final spot.

MVP: {cflag:RU} Vladislav “Krad” Kravchenko – 1.52 Rating – 94.2 ADR – 45-25 K/D

Winstrike is 1-0 at Snow Sweet Snow 1 after the Russian team defeated PACT 2-1, at the opening round of the event. One of Winstrike’s best players was the new-comer Vladislav "Krad" Kravchenko, who joined the team two weeks ago.

In the match, the former Hard Legion rifler showed the Poles from PACT, that pushing him on the A-ramp on Vertigo, is a very bad idea.

Watch Krad and his CZ-75 take down the entire PACT team.

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Winstrike

PACT

The Russian organization Winstrike Team have just announced the signing of Igor "Forester" Bezotecheskiy and Vladislav "Krad" Kravchenko. The promising duo arrives at Winstrike after having spent over a year at Hard Legion, where the 21-and 22-year old has been significant profiles and shown great potential.

The coach of Winstrike, Dmitry “Hooch” Bogdanov says in a statement that he’s pleased with the acquisitions of Krad and Forester and can’t wait to start the new season.

“I am very glad that we managed to sign Vlad and Igor. I’ve followed their successes at DreamEaters / HardLegion, where they have proved themselves as very good players who can take the most challenging tasks. We have a lot of work ahead and I am looking forward to the start of the new season with a renewed roster!”

Pavel‘ Dart ’Chuvashev, General Manager at Winstrike states that they already in December, tried to sign Krad and Forester but how they couldn’t do to contract complications. Chuvashev continues the praise of the young duo and says that the deal is for “long-term cooperation.

"In December we decided that we wanted to work with Krad and Forester, but we had to wait for the end date of their contracts with the previous team. Vlad and Igor are young, flexible players who played at the highest level. We are very happy that we managed to come to an agreement with them and look forward to long-term cooperation. We are confident that their main esports successes are yet to come. We have a tight schedule, and there is not a lot of time for getting into shape, but now we are looking to the future with enthusiasm"

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The roster of Winstrike will be as follow:

	30 days	90 days
Fixture count	5	13
Maps count	12	34

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