Fiend sign VOYVODA roster

23/3/2021 - 13:40

The Bulgarian team had been grinding without an organisation since October 2020.

Fiend, a new esports organisation based in the United States, have announced that they have signed the Bulgarian roster known as VOYVODA. The news comes two weeks after the team upset OG and Cloud9 en route to qualifying for DreamHack Masters Spring, a $250,000 tournament set to kick off on April 29.

The core of Viktor "⁠v1c7oR⁠" Dyankov, Kamen "⁠bubble⁠" Kostadinov, and Hristiyan "⁠REDSTAR⁠" Pironkov has been playing together since October 2020 (initially competing under the MBAPPEEK name) and was joined by Martin "⁠mar⁠" Kuyumdjiev and Simeon "⁠dream3r⁠" Ganev in December. The Bulgarians struggled in their first tournaments before surprising just about everyone in their third-place finish in the DreamHack Masters qualifier, in which they also beat K23.

bubble's troops have finally found an organisation

"Having an organization is pretty great as it gives us more tools to succeed," v1c7oR said in a statement. "Signing with this organization provides us with motivation to keep getting better and to prove that this project will work. It also feels good to have an organization that I can call home! Although we're still a new roster, I'm confident that we can achieve even greater things in 2021."

In a recent interview with HLTV.org, v1c7oR expressed his belief that VOYVODA can become an even better version of the Windigo lineup that won the WESG 2018 World Finals and peaked at No.13 in the world rankings in April 2019. The team ended up disbanding later that year after Windigo ceased operations due to financial issues.

Fiend CEO Aleksandr "fataL" Kharnikov, who has been following the Counter-Strike scene for 20 years, said that he had long wanted to own his own team and that the Bulgarian squad ticks all the boxes for him.

"I feel like the time is right with this roster," he explained. "I've followed them for many years, from their early days in GPlay up until MBAPPEEK. All the five players have the right mentality to rise to new heights, which is the drive to work hard and the will to never give up."

Fiend have the following lineup:

Kamen "⁠bubble⁠" Kostadinov
Viktor "⁠v1c7oR⁠" Dyankov
Hristiyan "⁠REDSTAR⁠" Pironkov
Simeon "⁠dream3r⁠" Ganev
Martin "⁠mar⁠" Kuyumdjiev

okay

2021-03-23 13:40

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cool to see wait "a new esports organisation based in the United States," why are they not signing bad news bears?

2021-03-23 13:42

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They are in the process of being signed by ibp 🤭🤭🤭🤭

2021-03-23 13:43

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that'd be sick honestly

2021-03-23 13:46

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They where hinting at something but nothing yet(((((

2021-03-23 13:54

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IBP just tweeted „CSGO“ and you say that they will buy BNB how the fuck they would get something from NA when all good teams are moving to EU ? BNB would be shit here just like Team One.

2021-03-23 14:49

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It was a joke but if they where actually going to donut maybe trying to save what is left of NA CS and try to rebuild it a bit

2021-03-23 14:54

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Would be better if IBP signed Flusha's project.

2021-03-23 15:03

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IBP has a PLAN

2021-03-23 15:40

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They might have a plan but not including O plano

2021-03-23 15:57

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oh didn't know you were the CEO

2021-03-23 17:15

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Bro didn't you know about Envy and O plano ?

2021-03-23 17:16

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There's all sort of speculations right now, the strongest one is Envy. But there's also Loud and Flamengo (brazilians orgs), IBP and some other minor ones. They can go anywhere, or even nowhere. But we won't know until mid year, when their contracts with current orgs expire.

2021-03-23 17:41

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If IBP wants shit in csgo they would invest in EU not NA.

2021-03-23 17:50

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Yeah, EU is the only hotspot right now. Whoever they sign, they gotta put them in Europe. But that's easier said than done, euro is expensive.

2021-03-23 18:06

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iBP buy furia ez $.

2021-03-23 21:45

o le noob, Why sign 5 washed ups when you can have 5 cheaper washed ups to farm cash cups?

2021-03-25 21:48

You're saying 5 washed up is in flusha project when there will be 3 young ppl 4 if sunny will join fpx.

2021-03-25 21:58

I don't think Optic India and IBP can recover from those hits.

2021-03-23 14:00

their CEO is "Aleksandr "fataL" Kharnikov" so doesn't sound really American for me.

2021-03-23 13:44

looks russian

2021-03-23 13:45

yeah. What's more weird I didn't find anything about him on Twitter or Google. Also the org tweeted the announcement 2 hrs ago and none of the players haven't even retweeted it. Something seems weird here.

that can be also bulgarian name

2021-03-23 13:50

Aleksandr is not a bulgarian name

2021-03-23 14:30

and Kharnikov isn't a Bulgarian last name. either Unkrainian or Russian

2021-03-23 15:24

It is

2021-03-23 16:15

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written as Aleksandr? really? thought it was Aleksandar

2021-03-23 16:41

Aleksandar is in Serbia, we need some bulgarians to confirm this

2021-03-23 17:38

not bulgarian but close alphabeticaly, can confirm

2021-03-23 18:40

I dont trust you to tell me if its alekandr or aleksandar in bg :D

2021-03-23 18:41

bulg,belg, same country

2021-03-23 18:43

damn you are right!

2021-03-23 18:45

It's also Aleksandar in Bulgarian, but with another letter in cyrillic, usually spelled AleksandUr in the latin alphabet with the U sounding like the U in "UP"

Ok so now we know hes not from bg, thank you good sir

2021-03-23 18:44

bulgarian team is probably like 6-7x cheaper than BNB

in an interview swisher literally said all they need is more than 1.5k / a month , i shit you not

2021-03-23 13:51

that's not even half bad

2021-03-23 13:52

Why has nobody signed them

2021-03-23 14:01

Because they suck

2021-03-23 16:16

That's not half bad for a tier 3 team's salary.

2021-03-23 16:47

cuz NA cs sucks ass

i would make a good case that bnb could take a map off OG actually since OG only have 4 players, bnb would currently beat OG

2021-03-23 14:02

meanwhile, finnish cs is carried by a jew and a polak

2021-03-23 14:07

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yeah, the finnish team thats #19 in the world ranking is carried by a jew and a polak oh wait

2021-03-23 14:14

who cars about irrelevant tier 3 team

well you were the one trying to insult finnish cs without making any sense. american brain at its best xd

2021-03-23 14:18

stay mad mongol

2021-03-23 14:21

well that's like your whole scene apart from liquid and eg

2021-03-23 16:20

at least our entire scene didnt move to valulrant

2021-03-23 16:38

Yes but no

2021-03-23 17:07

well talking numbers, more of your players moved to valorant than ours since we only had like 7 to begin with and you can't really blame them when valve didn't put any effort into keeping the kr / sea scene alive

2021-03-23 17:18

racista

2021-03-23 21:19

better than any usa teams

2021-03-23 15:13

Cause they are useless :)

2021-03-23 15:18

I'm sure ptr salary demands by itself can pay for this whole Bulgarian squad, staff, room & board, and a fun e-girl for every night. =) Jokes aside it's because NA scene is dead and Bulgarian aka EU scene is thriving. The smarter investment in this stage of CSGO's life is in a European (EU/CIS) or Brazilian team.

2021-03-23 16:12

#47 legit and also na cs isn't dead, i feel that's a common misconception

2021-03-23 16:29

Seems pretty dead to me Not even 1 tenth of the EU playerbase

2021-03-23 17:17

well the NA playerbase is much smaller therefore there is always goign to be less players at the top of the scene no one goes on about asian cs so bad so dead when in reality their playerbase isn't that much smaller than NA

Asian player base in comparison is a lot larger then NA. I think one China server alone = entire US playerbase. steamdb.info/servers/ And NA is pretty dead when you look at it from a business perspective. 1. Large organizations leaving with no equivalent replacing them. Unless Extra Salt & High Coast = GenG, 100T etc. 2. Top players and players in general leaving in droves. 3. No third party tournament organizers are invested in the scene. etc. etc.

2021-03-23 17:31

Because they're bad??? What kind of question is this bruh

2021-03-23 13:56

thanks man

2021-03-24 11:14

its show time

2021-03-23 13:41

Nice

nice

Who is fiend

An organization that thinks voyvoda can become even better than the mighty windigo

An organization that thinks voyvoda can throw even better than the mighty windigo fixed

2021-03-23 14:03

Lmao

2021-03-23 15:19

well, thank you my good man

2021-03-23 18:31

you're welcome hope they bring you many profit$

2021-03-23 18:49

they usually do

2021-03-23 22:04

First

coool logo

Fiend? sounds like friend

True, pretty shit name.

Friend? sounds like fiend

what is friend

2021-03-23 13:53

Made up construct

never heard of it

That is good, its media propaganda

sounds? Friend like fiend

if someone are alone just reach out to them

I like friend better, sounds like a team papa pasza would own.

2021-03-23 14:23

cool i hope someone will take project x roaster aswell

"a new esports organisation based in the United States" an NA org investing in CSGO but not in an NA team , is this something good for the scene there or no ?

More tournaments in EU = more match fix money

2021-03-23 14:43

Snow Sweet Snow and Pinnacle Cup, here they come!

2021-03-23 20:15

hope they arent another bulgarian matchfixing org. If they are just stop pls bulgaria

new frog spotted

A United States one perhaps???

Smart move but rip COL dream also dreamer idk.

niceeeee

LET ME IN

are they still matchfixing like they used to in bluejays & skinogre ? pls honest answer

funny when kids dont know a shit about cs and blaming ppl for matchfixing xD

yea this was legit tournament for sure liquipedia.net/counterstrike/CyberPRO/Se..

every site odds 2.4 -> 1.1 in 10mins literally legit. U r the one who knows nothing. Ofc flag checks out. Expected

HAHAH yea ok go cry in the steps!

2021-03-23 13:58

hltv.org/matches/2342963/bluejays-vs-sin.. you cant deny the fact that they are matchfixers. Trying to defend ur shit team so hard huh?

The fact that your compare two teams that have different line ups... show how brain death you are and how much you understand about cs!

but you still cant deny the fact that redstar dream3r mar matchfix. Even fate's old member doublemagic confirmed about the FATE's matchfixing on twitter. You can find and read it. Just admit it god damn theres no legit bulgarian team. Why matchfix? instead of play good tryhard and achieve something

2021-03-23 14:05

Couldn have a cuter name? Fluffy bears or something like that...

hltv.org/team/6668/fluffy-gangsters

2021-03-23 13:48

hltv.org/team/7226/bens-anime-team hltv.org/team/7883/trumps-anime

frien)))

while vovyoda's effort to grind in tournament orgless to prove their worth have succeed, o plano sitting around overpricing themselves

O PLANO has the plan!!!

+ lol, what an amazing concept. hey we got dropped by org for being bad now we will make a "team" but we wont actually play and wont prove to anyone we're not bad. awesome

2021-03-23 14:24

O PLANO : " dont worry, wE bEaT AStRaLiS last year. everyone would sign us for 2x c9 salary. just need wait for another henryG"

2021-03-23 14:35

Fitting name for those fiends/ I'm sure they will stop fixing :).

everyone is fixing for those kids bastards that don't acept a lost

Those guys have been a goldmine for more than 6 years, nothing to be salty about ;).

2021-03-23 14:19

so you have proof from what your saying?

I will tell you something: very few teams in this world is responsible for matchfixing. The orders come from above:)))))

dr3mer isn't vac banned?

Voyvoda signed before DBL Poney... bruh

NBK's buying fees alone would cost more than Voyvoda's 1 year salary.

2021-03-23 20:17

buyout is around 350-400k... so we'll see

2021-03-23 20:22

expected as always

top 30 incoming.

Disband in 2 months

Nice, but isnt dream3r vac banned?

2021-03-23 13:55

These braindead fanboys keep defending these matchfixers liquipedia.net/counterstrike/CyberPRO/Se.. liquipedia.net/counterstrike/LEGENDS.BET.. most blatant matchfixing tournaments i've ever watched. Literally on every site odds swing 2.4->1.1 1.9->1.05 on last few mins. Delusional bulgarians lul

youtube.com/watch?v=uJ4ToqMqEDo

cry is free

2021-03-23 14:10

matchfixing is also free

2021-03-23 16:11

true

2021-03-23 20:44

Ye remember Axis cheating in this tournament? Shit was blatantly fixed and nothing has happend

2021-03-23 17:14

nice they have less twitter followers than me tho wtf

how they sign a team with a player with an active VAC ban that is still up? LOL they won't be playing majors and minors for sure. Unluko friends :D

2021-03-23 13:57

Shadow Fiend

good for bulgarian matchfixers

ur telling me these permanent tier 3 players can find an org but chaos couldnt? top teams are over pricing themselves or what?

2021-03-23 14:06

yes, because they are actually better players than these chaos bots

ye cuz they are willing to fix matches 4Head They prolly get minimum salary or smth, can't explain it otherwise

2021-03-23 17:24

They just legalised match-fixing 🤣

and disband after DH XD

2021-03-23 14:09

50 followers org, pretty fishy tbh

2021-03-23 14:11

Nice!

2021-03-23 14:15

Hahahahahahaha they are lacking a R!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello my friend

Gzz menss

2021-03-23 14:22

congrats bulgaria!

gl fiend

Great, an NA organization that goes to Europe while there is Bad News Bears who has won 3/4 of their cash cups, had a strong showing in Dreamhack and have about a 70% win rate and even beat the other tier 2 NA teams pretty consistently. Great to see the help for NA

2021-03-23 14:27

they don't owe buying overpriced tier 3 NA (tier 5 EU) dead region bots to you

2021-03-23 14:33

lmaoooo theyre far from overpriced and n1 being toxic Poland barely has a scene either. I'm sure you'd feel the same way if Poland had a promising team and saw a Polish org pass on them

2021-03-23 20:02

what a horrible name for an organization fiend Learn to pronounce noun 1. an evil spirit or demon. Similar: demon devil evil spirit imp bogie incubus succubus hellhound spook cacodemon 2. INFORMAL an enthusiast or devotee of a particular thing. "a football fiend" Similar: enthusiast fanatic

dream3r? hmmm this guy cheating wtf is this world

2021-03-23 14:29

nice, gl

gl with disgusting cheater+matchfixers lmao

All capable players here, I hope Voyvoda proves top 15 in 2021 is not just a dream!

2021-03-23 14:40

Honestly I feel like this team had one fluke run, and other than that they are trash, I don't think they will achieve anything, but I wish them GL since I've seen dream3r, bubble and v1c7oR competing for a long time already. GL boys.

2021-03-23 14:45

expected

SCAMMED

2021-03-23 15:01

cool

2021-03-23 15:10

it looks like an improved windigo logo.

2021-03-23 15:22

omg, finally

2021-03-23 15:29

Already a better signing than C9 from henryG with way, way less money spent.

2021-03-23 15:31

Nice Good Luck bois

Pog

Now they have an org they dont have to matchfix aha

2021-03-23 16:05

Sad bad bettor is sad bad bettor :(

2021-03-27 15:51

>New org in the States >Don't sign BnB For that, I hope they start to regret this decision in a few months :D

2021-03-23 16:07

And what does that tell you? NA Scene is dead. Yes, they could have signed a T3 team in NA, but, instead they went with a EU team, which was a smart move. Voyvoda can win stuff in EU T3. Its also more money in EU compared with NA tournaments AND on top of that i doubt these Bulgarians gets a huge salary, something BnB would demand lol.

Cool logo. Hope they can qualify for a major, would be really cool to have these stickers.

2021-03-23 16:13

toyoda gets signed by a US org, yet chaos went unsigned?

2021-03-23 16:46

EZ4FIEND only FAIRY better

2021-03-23 16:55

hope theyll play on the same level, or even would improve

2021-03-23 17:06

Bulgarians actually scamming americans, lol

2021-03-23 17:10

is there ANYTHING AT ALL that can backup your words?

2021-03-23 17:19

Mbappek/Voyvoda being a sub par team even in T3 but having a fluke in the dreamhack qualifier. Is the same as when x6tence signed CPH flames without Farling because at that moment they had RMR points...

Lately they had good results under their banner with decent teams (tier 1) so i can't see the bad part here. Yeah obviously they will not be in tier 1 but in tier 2 maybe 3 most likely, time will tell.

2021-03-23 17:47

They literally just lost 2 bo3 against Blink and almost lost to Brugge. They didn't do anything until the dreamhack qualy. They were a fluke that took advantage of OG and Cloud9 situation. Time will prove me right. I just hope the American Org didn't sign them expecting a T1-T2 team because they'll be dissapointed.

2021-03-23 18:14

Cool stickers for major

That's a weird name FIEND. ARE YOU MY FIEND?

Is Bray Wyatt CEO?

2021-03-23 17:57

the name sounds like bad spoken English.. my fiend, USA doesn't think so with Ukrainian/Russian CEO, where we all know that this is pure bs. Another scammy CIS owner with families moneys for few months.

2021-03-23 18:29

hf @ MAJOR

Dreamer is the banned player?

2021-03-23 18:58

yes, thats correct sir banned from playing in valve-sponsored events due to a previous vac ban

2021-03-23 19:47

then what's the point to play with him , wtf? ?!?

2021-03-23 20:50

when was the latest major

2021-03-23 20:54

1 - EU is so stacked atm that it must be very difficult for them to reach the major 2 - some players did not have a regular salary for some time. there is nothing better than some financial stability bubble left smash in jun/2020 v1c7oR left windigo in jul/2019 etc.

2021-03-24 01:48