NickelBack steps down from EPG

6/3/2018 - 18:40

Alexey "NickelBack" Trofimov is no longer part of Elements Pro Gaming, the organisation has announced on VK.

The 20-year-old leaves EPG after spending the last five months tied to the organisation, who had brought him from Spirit Academy into their roster alongside Russian duo Aleksey "⁠El1an⁠" Gusev and Ivan "⁠spaze⁠" Obrezhan, and Latvian player Mareks "⁠YEKINDAR⁠" Gaļinskis.

Aleksey "⁠NickelBack⁠" Trofimov is the second player to depart EPG since the start of the year, following spaze's removal from the active roster in January.

NickelBack departs EPG following a five-month stint with the team

The news came just shortly before EPG's first match in the ECS Season 5 Challenger Cup, in which they will face Natus Vincere with coach Andrey "⁠Xoma⁠" Mironenko as a stand-in.

With NickelBack on the roster, EPG recently placed third at the Cybersport Festival Defender, where they finished above ELEAGUE Major participants AVANGAR and Quantum Bellator Fire.

EPG's roster currently looks as follows:

Dmitry "⁠hooch⁠" Bogdanov
Aleksey "⁠El1an⁠" Gusev
Kristaps "⁠krii⁠" Bricis
Mareks "⁠YEKINDAR⁠" Gaļinskis

Andrey "⁠Xoma⁠" Mironenko (coach)

maybe now they can add someone more experienced

2018-03-06 18:41

2 replies

+ BAS when?

2018-03-06 18:42

unfortunate name

I want my Nickel back :(

look at this photograph :(

6 replies

xDDDDDDDDDDD

2018-03-06 18:44

2018-03-06 18:49

lol

2018-03-06 20:03

Rofl

2018-03-06 22:06

good one

2018-03-06 23:20

Best Band RIP

LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH

1 reply

Hahahahaha

Who cares?

Who?

they r playing match hw cn u step down in between match so unprof

Ego?

sad

Who steps down from What?

Shit music

who stands down from what?

True dat wHo TF is that and who TF is this team. BREAKING NEWS Sht player in ESEA Open leaves 0-10 team.

2018-03-07 16:03

wtf

This is how you remind me..

One of the best CS nicks in history

YOU TALK SHIT ABOUT NICKELBACK BITCH? - Idubbbz

+1 if you care about irrelevant CIS scene

-1

2018-03-06 18:43

oh no, they are my favorite band!

Insert your beat Nickelback memes here | | V

2018-03-06 19:19

rip my favourite band

2018-03-06 18:46

Overrated band LUL

look at this photograph

2018-03-06 18:48

FEELAS FAKIN BAD

add another latvian

2018-03-06 18:50

>ayriks says that LV players are hidden talents and we should think about adding them >Nickelback steps down from EPG

2018-03-07 05:18

Nickelback is cool. I like the latest album.

2018-03-06 18:51

shame, he was pretty decent player before he joined spirit academy

2018-03-06 18:52

Sad, but he wasn't such a great player

2018-03-06 18:54

disband during game wut *kick

2018-03-06 18:55

2018-03-06 18:56

I'm through with standing in line To clubs we'll never get in It's like the bottom of the ninth And I'm never going to win This life hasn't turned out Quite the way I want it to be

WAOW nobody cares actually

2018-03-06 18:58

It's because he can't play csgo cuz has to attend his own concert in Moscow

2018-03-06 18:59

cuz we all just wanna be big rockstars livin in hilltop houses, drivin fifteen cars lul

2018-03-06 19:00

Best nickname

2018-03-06 19:15

girls came easy and the drugs came cheap, now he only wants to live like fnx

2018-03-06 19:22

NOOOOOOOOOO

2018-03-06 19:31

hahahahhahahaha what a nick

2018-03-06 19:39

What a nick-elback

2018-03-06 21:17

Next Contestant

2018-03-06 19:40

back to music i guess

2018-03-06 19:50

who, from where?:D

2018-03-06 19:58

never made it as a wise man~

2018-03-06 19:59

2018-03-06 21:16

who??

2018-03-06 20:01

kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

2018-03-06 20:08

noooo :(

2018-03-06 20:12

nice band

2018-03-06 20:13

who

2018-03-06 21:13

he'll never make it as a wise man

2018-03-06 21:15

Whomst'd've

rip canada [*]

2018-03-06 21:18

Look at this photograaaaaaaphhhh

2018-03-06 21:48

best headline yet @2018

2018-03-06 22:41

Did he really named himself after the band nickelback?lol Must be a really stupid move after he realise the band is the most hated band in Rock genre.

2018-03-06 22:57