The team’s new roster is a European mixture, with a headline signing of one of the top Polish players in the game, Michal “snatchie” Rudzki. The signing of snatchie, which comes after he recently left AGO Esports, is considered a major coup for Entropiq.

The AWPer starred during his six-month stint at AGO, boasting a 1.10 average rating over 72 maps and consistently delivering above-average performances. His impressive record has made him a highly sought-after player in the competitive CS:GO scene.

Snatchie is accompanied by another Pole, Mariusz “Loord” Cybulski, who will be leading the team as head coach. With a background of serving as the captain of Kinguin and Wisla Krakow, Loord brings a significant amount of experience to the team. Despite the fact that he is currently under a five-major ban due to his involvement in the controversial coaching bug, this is unlikely to hinder his capability to guide the team toward success.

The Czech Republic continues to be a dominant force in the new Entropiq roster with the inclusion of Filip “AJTT” Dolensky and Josef “MoriiSko” Maurenc. These two riflers have been essential in the team’s past domestic and regional successes and will play a vital role again in the 2023 season.

Completing the lineup are Rudolf “Rutk0” Kovalcik from Slovakia and Christoph “red” Hinrichs from Germany. Rutk0 is a bit of a wildcard addition to the team, as he has only played in five HLTV-featured series throughout 2022. Red, meanwhile, joins Entropiq after previously playing for NLG, where he had a 1.09 rating over 91 maps and participated in several local LAN events.

2023 Entropiq CS:GO roster:

• Filip “AJTT” Dolensky
• Josef “MoriiSko” Maurenc
• Michal “snatchie” Rudzki
• Rudolf “Rutk0” Kovalcik
• Christoph “red” Hinrichs (in-game leader)
• Mariusz “Loord” Cybulski (head coach)

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The franchise took to its Twitter page to announce his departure, describing him as one of the important people in the franchise’s CS:GO history. Entropiq also thanked him for his contributions to the team and wished him the very best life has to offer.

“Today marks the end of our journey together with
@hoochR,” Entropiq announced.

“Dmitriy has been one of the most of the important people in our CS:GO history, a person who will forever remain our friend. We wish you the very best in your future endeavors.”

The departure of the Russian coach marks the end of a partnership that began in May 2021 with the signing of EPG Family.

Under hooch’s coaching, the team, led by Aleksei “NickelBack” Trofimov, reached a high of No. 9 in the world rankings. The team had a number of notable accomplishments such as finishing as the runner-up in ESEA Premier Season 39 Europe, Funspark ULTI 2021, winning Pinnacle Fall Series 2 and CCT North Europe Series 1, and impressing with a 9-11th place showing at PGL Major Stockholm 2021. The team and coach had a successful start, but the results fell off soon after.

In October 2022, Entropiq decided to place the entire roster on the transfer list. The team struggled to qualify for PGL Major Antwerp and the IEM Rio Major and faced difficulties in fulfilling business goals associated with the Russian roster following the war in Ukraine. These factors were cited as the primary reasons for the decision to let go of the team.

Owing to the decision to move all players to the inactive roster, five members of the team, including its analyst, became free agents just one month later, while hooch and Igor “Forester” Bezotecheskiy remained contracted through the end of 2022. Now, hooch has become a free agent, while Forester remains tied to the Czech franchise.

The departure of hooch from Entropiq is a significant development for the franchise and the CS:GO scene. As one of the most experienced and respected coaches in the scene, hooch has a proven track record of success, and his absence will be felt by the team. With hooch now a free agent, it is uncertain where he will end up next, but there have been rumors that he may be connected to Kirill “Boombl4” Mikhailov’s rumored new project.

It is still not clear who the possible replacement would be for the 35-year old as Entropiq is yet to announce one. With the season kickoff fast approaching, the franchise will look to fill that position and recruit skillful players in a bit to complete its roster.

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The Chief Executive Officer of Entropiq, Daniel Kloud, stated that the squad was unable to meet their objectives in 2022 and that the Russian invasion of Ukraine was detrimental to Entropiq’s operations; hence, their reason for the mass transfer. He also added that how the visa impediment has also resulted in the teams’ current predicament.

“Due to visa issues, our players couldn��t attend IEM Dallas for which they qualified through tough competition. This resulted in our absence at IEM Cologne as well. Fortunately, there was no such a visa situation with ESL Challenger in Melbourne, where we finished in a tied third place,” Kloud said in an interview.

“Nevertheless, we didn��t achieve our goals this year for various reasons. We especially regret the unsuccessful qualifications for the last two Majors. At the same time, since the beginning of the war [in Ukraine], it has been impossible to fulfill business goals associated with our CIS roster. For these reasons we decided to place the team on a transfer list.”

Since May 2021, when Entropiq first entered the CS:GO scene, Aleksey “NickelBack” Trofimov, Vladislav “Krad” Kravchenko, Igor “Forester” Bezotecheskiy, and Dmitriy “hooch” Bogdanov, the team’s head coach, have all been members of Entropiq. The team qualified for the PGL Stockholm Major the previous year.

However, the Russian team did not qualify for the PGL Antwerp Major in May this year, which resulted in Viktor “Lack1” Boldyrev being replaced by Nikolay “mir” Bityukov and the team’s elimination from the competition. Nonetheless, the change they made was not sufficient to qualify them for the IEM Rio competition.

Presently, it is unknown if the players of Entropiq will continue to work together through the year 2023 or whether each of them will look for opportunities on their own. Due to the proximity to the upcoming IEM Rio Major and the conclusion of the current season, it is quite doubtful that another organization will sign them up at this time.

Entropiq continues to have two competitive CS:GO teams: one based in the Balkans, known as Entropiq Prague, and one based in Poland, known as Entropiq Queens.
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OG were no CS: Go esports match for FaZe Clan on Wednesday, but despite losing 0-2 and managing just eight rounds on Dust II (8-16), OG nearly won on Overpass (14-16), which is quite impressive. Still, you can’t really count on winning against the current no.1 team if you have just one player (Shahar “flameZ” Shushan) with a positive rating (1.33).

Entropiq had a much more forgiving start to the tournament, yet they couldn’t deliver and lost against BIG (1-2), who reverse swept them with 16-10 on Dust II and 16-13 on Mirage. With that defeat, Entropiq are now 1-6 across their last seven, with losses against BIG, 1WIN, Eternal Fire, ECSTATIC, K23, and Sprout.

Even though Entropiq had their moment in May when they won the IEM Dallas qualifiers, they’ve not shown much since, and seeing them lose against the likes of K23, ECSTATIC, and 1WIN hardly helps their cause.

OG are not the most consistent team, and there is a world where they drop a map. But at $2.75, we have to take their side to win 2-0!

The Self-proclaimed second-best CS:GO team from North America will clash with Movistar Riders on Saturday in the Roobet Cup Group B elimination match after losing their opener against Cloud9 (0-2). However, even though Complexity lost that match, they forced C9 to overtime on Inferno (16-19), which is nothing to sneeze at.

One good performance doesn’t change the fact that Complexity haven’t won anything this year, but it should make you wonder why Ioannis ‘Johnny’ “JT” Theodosiou and co. are $2.25 underdogs for this match.

Movistar Riders have realistically not accomplished much over the last few months, and even though they’ve shown higher highs than Complexity, their form (2-8) is concerning. This is a complete coin-flip match; therefore, we don’t need to think twice before siding with Complexity at plus money.

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Entropiq are a newly formed Czech esports organisation which made its first appearance in the esports competitive scene in early 2020 with PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds and Hearthstone rosters.

Both of their inaugural rosters have already achieved some success in their competitive endeavours, which ushered Entropiq to further expand their reach with a VALORANT roster that was announced this Thursday on the organisation’s official website.

The newly formed international VALORANT roster will feature three former CS:GO players in NEEX, arch and Micha? “MOLSI” ??cki who have almost 18 combined years of experience playing Valve’s first-person tactical shooter. Joining the three FPS veterans are Mikhail “Duno” Fokin and Egor “chiwawa” Stepanyuk, who have been involved in the VALORANT competitive scene for the past three months while playing together at a Russian VALORANT team Worst Players and most recently at TBD.

NEEX will take over as the captain of the Entropiq’s VALORANT roster as a well-known Polish CS:GO veteran who began his esports career in December 2014 with Black Ravens. Throughout his long and illustrious career, NEEX played for 12 different esports organisations, however, he is mostly known for his 11-month stint with Izako Boars roster in 2019, who he led to a plethora of titles in national and C-tier competitions.

Most recently, NEEX was seen playing with SMASH, before he announced his retirement from the competitive CS:GO scene in April. Shortly after his departure CS:GO scene, NEEX made his debut appearance in VALORANT when he led Bombardiers to a gold medal at CheckMate Gaming Tournament – Europe #1 and later played for several other VALORANT stacks including Team izakooo, Fordon Boars, Team davidp, Team Poland and Team Izak.

His compatriot MOLSI was first spotted in the competitive esports scene in July 2017 with Gdans Lions and while he also enjoyed a relatively long career as a CS:GO pro, it was not until he joined PACT in early 2018 when MOLSI made a name for himself, by winning a handful of C-tier competitions. He later built on that success with AVEZ, with which he won bronze from Polska Liga Esportowa S7 Grupa Mistrzowska – Finals.

Arch as the third and last ex-CS:GO pro is also the most experienced individual on Entropiq’s VALORANT roster, who began his esports career in October 2013 with LAN DODGERS. He later played for 17 esports organisations, most notable of which being Team Spirit, GameZone Esports and K1ck eSports Club.

After retireing from CS:GO in April, he joined Worst Players’ VALORANT roster where he played alongside his new teammates Duno and chiwawa. The trio helped Worst Players to a few notable accolades including a bronze medal at the Take The Throne #7 and gold from Twitch Rivals: VALORANT Launch Showdown – Europe #2.

Entropiq’s VALORANT five-man roster was already seen competing together at the Mandatory.gg Cup earlier this month, where they drew a lot of attention by reaching a top-eight finish after beating prominent VALORANT squads such as FABRIKEN and fish123 while playing under a provisional name TBD.

“We want to be one of the best teams in Europe,” said NEEX in the announcement post on Entropiq’s official website.

“In the short term, we want to build a dominant team with strong personalities and keep working steadfastly. Our long-term ambition is to be the best in Europe-or among the best,” added arch.

With the formation of a VALORANT team, Entropiq now field rosters in four esports titles including PUBG, FIFA 20 and Hearthstone. As revealed on their website, the Czech esports organisation will look to expand to Dota2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive in the near future, however, no dates have been set as of yet.