NAVI: No talks for YEKINDAR, electroNic considered for IGL role

31-5-2022 14:49

Comments from the Ukrainian organization provided insight into their roster situation.

Natus Vincere COO Oleksij "⁠xaoc⁠" Kucherov spoke out about the team's future as they find themselves a man down and without an in-game leader following Kirill "⁠Boombl4⁠" Mikhailov's removal due to "high reputational risks".

On May 30, xaoc denied that Natus Vincere are in negotiations for the Latvian star Mareks "⁠YEKINDAR⁠" Gaļinskis via Twitter, and followed it up on May 31 with a comment to Dexerto in which he reaveled that Denis "⁠electroNic⁠" Sharipov could take over Boombl4's role and that they are monitoring Timur "⁠buster⁠" Tulepov as a potential signing.

electroNic could take over the calling for the squad

However, a move for buster would require him to be released from Virtus.pro, as Natus Vincere are not willing to reach any sort of deal with the Russian organization as a consequence of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. While there are no certainties that buster would be released into free agency, the expectations seem to be that the Kazakh player is more likely to get out of his contract than his Latvian teammate YEKINDAR.

Update May 31, 16:34: Virtus.pro rejected the possibility of releasing buster from his contract in a statement to Dexerto. "All of our CS:GO players have long-term contracts. None of them can leave unless a proper fee is paid."

NAVI CEO: "We hope that we are going to keep [the CS:GO] roster and that the Russia-based players are going to relocate"

electroNic taking over the calling would mark the Russian's first attempt to take the reins of a team. He has been a star player for the Black and Yellow since November 2017, placing in the top 10 of the best players list in four consecutive years. At the beginning of 2021, Andrey "⁠B1ad3⁠" Gorodenskiy spoke about electroNic's evolution as a player and noted that he believes the Russian could become a more veteran figure in the team as Valeriy "⁠b1t⁠" Vakhovskiy and Ilya "⁠Perfecto⁠" Zalutskiy grow into stars themselves.

Natus Vincere are currently:

Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev
Denis "⁠electroNic⁠" Sharipov
Ilya "⁠Perfecto⁠" Zalutskiy
Valeriy "⁠b1t⁠" Vakhovskiy

Andrey "⁠B1ad3⁠" Gorodenskiy (coach)

elec stays good news +flamie

2022-05-31 14:51

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Nah. No flamie. Then better some one from academy

2022-05-31 16:18

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+fear mb

2022-05-31 19:23

+zeus lol

2022-05-31 17:31

this is actually a good idea, i thought about this some days ago

2022-05-31 20:05

flamie hasnt been good for like 4 years and he's barely 1 rating in tier 3 cs atm

2022-06-01 00:21

Kind of cool to see if electronic can be a good IGL.

2022-05-31 20:16

flamie hasnt been good for like 4 years and he's barely on 1 rating in tier 3 cs atm

2022-06-01 00:22

G2 Yekindar ???

2022-05-31 14:49

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He would waste his carrer in this team so NO!

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Where else ?

2022-05-31 14:58

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C9 for H0bbit

2022-05-31 15:01

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Role vise it makes no sense. I heard someone say yeki doesn't want to play with Ruskis anymore (prob not true). Hobbit most likely won't suffer any consequenses thus no reason to kick

2022-05-31 15:03

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thats not true

2022-05-31 16:19

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flag checks out

2022-05-31 17:17

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how does my flag affects yekindar's opinion braindead?

2022-05-31 17:19

Because its russian.. isn’t that obvious?

2022-06-14 13:45

Why would c9 remove hobbit?!

2022-05-31 15:57

hobbit :D one of the best players in world like top25 for sure, nice move, yekindar is good but not great, as i wish to say all the best for my country man, but its true, but still hes damn goood, but overall nowhere to fit him, maybe only Vitality still gonna be sh1t

2022-05-31 16:24

wtf ? he's the best entry fragger in the world. lol.

2022-05-31 16:47

not anymore, he's really good tho

2022-05-31 17:59

So is hobbit, plus hobbit is much smarter

2022-05-31 19:25

Top 25?? he was top 5 in 2021 bruh

2022-05-31 23:46

Remove major winner godbit? I aren't think that.

2022-05-31 20:08

he will waste time in other team too not only in g2 bruh

2022-05-31 17:28

2022-05-31 19:26

If -jackz +yekindar happens and g2 fails then aleksib is officially the worst IGL ever or Niko really is the problem

2022-05-31 20:18

2022-06-01 02:05

2022-06-01 21:43

not really

2022-05-31 14:50

No Buster pls

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People are quick to forget how good he was before fl1t joined

2022-05-31 17:24

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Recency bias is a big thing on hltv

2022-05-31 17:41

+1 easily top 5 cis rifler back then

+1 but it also clearly says buster isnt gonna be signed

2022-05-31 19:16

*before yekinder joined

2022-05-31 21:54

nop it was fl1t (when he joined from forze, buster's rating dropped from around 1.10 to 1.00)

2022-06-01 13:50

Sadge

Tolds it

navi is over buster would be kinda cool though i dont want these CIS guys to just disappear, they belong in tier 1 or tier 2 cs for sure

2022-05-31 14:52

0/8

2022-05-31 15:04

i dont see them winning any titles for a while is more what i meant by the first comment

2022-05-31 15:08

İ think u dont watch any new. there were a war between ukraine and russia then navi gambit vp lost to bot teams every tournaments in 2022. also navi was top1 gambit was top2 but they have been eleminated from the katowice 2022 firstly. yea i agree navi was bad in this year but it does not mean navi will be tier2 team.

2022-05-31 15:13

bruh i dont mean navi is gonna tier 2…. im talking about the members of VP like buster, and also jame, qikert and others when they form a new team or whatever i hope they stay in tier 1 or tier 2 at least, im not talking about navi, the first and second part of the comment are completely separate

2022-05-31 15:22

Despite my flair, I can't see buster in navi. Perfecto is already support. Tyhge only thing is that buster can entry too, but still it looks like navi are looking for non-russian players and don't care much about team performance

2022-05-31 15:58

Hey all I’m working on is that he is literally mentioned as being monitored by the org in the article

2022-06-01 00:06

well there is no place for buster for sure in navi but hes not russian...

2022-06-01 10:26

In other words "yeah we are dumb"

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how so?

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If they want electronic to become igl what's the point of bringing in some bad player as a 5th? If elec drops off their firepower will be in shambles so will results and team morale

2022-05-31 16:28

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Was Buster playing supportive roles in VP??

2022-05-31 17:13

After fl1t joined yeah but thing is even before that when sanji and adren were supports buster hasn't been great either, average player at best

2022-05-31 19:32

he was decent

2022-06-01 09:28

he was bad and i thought that he would be kicked before sanji

2022-06-01 10:27

+1 I just don't get the move at all, he as the COO basically says "electronic has to IGL no other chances at this current moment" literally forcing a top5 rifler to (potentially) give up his whole identity.. if this goes wrong and they sign buster which is big question mark of a signing for a major winning squad (and what roles could he potentially fill in for navi that are empty??), then its only the org once again to blame for..

I'm guessing buster would be used as entry on t side (previously boombl4) and b anchor on ct (previously perfecto) while perfecto move onto rotator role. Ngl rather give headtr1ck a chance

2022-05-31 19:36

so when Perf becomes rotator he is gonna have more chances to clutch the rounds when all mates die))? Poggers

2022-06-01 16:27

wdym niko best igl

2022-06-01 10:28

LUL

then who if not buster and yeki?

SANJI

2022-05-31 15:09

+111111111111111111 GOAT SANJI must comeback

2022-05-31 15:12

+11111 definitely sanji must comeback and bring victories to a different org

2022-05-31 15:59

Why do people keep naming VP players? first yekindar then buster now sanji none of these players are going to navi

2022-05-31 19:17

1. You think I’m serious about SANJI? 2. How could you possibly know what Navi is thinking, buster is literally mentioned in the article as being ‘monitored by navi as a potential signing’

2022-06-01 00:02

However, a move for buster would require him to be released from Virtus.pro, as Natus Vincere are not willing to reach any sort of deal with the Russian organization Update May 31, 16:34: Virtus.pro rejected the possibility of releasing buster from his contract in a statement to Dexerto. "All of our CS:GO players have long-term contracts. None of them can leave unless a proper fee is paid."

2022-06-01 00:45

I don’t know, VP have let their players play as Outsiders which in itself is a nice gesture instead of just locking them out from competition. At least for Buster’s case hopefully they will release him knowing they are capable of treating their players right. Cause VP have already tried selling the whole roster I believe so they might realise that the potential for sale is very very unlikely for Buster. YEKINDAR is a different story though, I could see him being picked up by a European org or something who dont mind as much paying. But you are right, with the contracts being in the way NAVI would probably look for an easier, more concrete potential signing if thats even possible. Who could they sign from the CIS region who isnt Russian and who might actually be able to compete at t1 level? Tough call for them especially considering BLAST is coming soon, maybe they play with a standin

2022-06-01 01:03

probably just get a navi junior player. Even if its just temporary headtr1ck or something. Otherwise idk

2022-06-01 01:12

Any one else. Just because someone is good in CS does not mean that they have what it takes to be an IGL

2022-05-31 15:11

Gg boys :/

rip electronics stats then

Yes

Is Electronic not tied to Russia anylonger like Perfecto or are NaVi favoring him over Boombl4 ? If the case is later , NaVi org are being hypocrite Buster isnt a big fragger and NaVI are still not paying VP for him , VP would need to do him a favor for this Overall , Yekindar would make the most sense

2022-05-31 15:00

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YEKINDAR IS STILL CONTRACTED AS WELL

2022-05-31 14:53

yea that is the case but i am saying it with respect to what suits the NaVI best

2022-05-31 14:54

elec doesn't have pornstar-wife who post herself with russian tanks and praising russian army

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yea but Elec still has a wife and family that live and pay taxes to Russia which NaVI org have opposed to too. Hasnt her wife posted or supported something about war too ?

2022-05-31 14:55

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she liked some post from kirkorov/baskov or something like that, this is bad ofc, but still maybe elec was able to negotiate with NAVI or maybe he even agreed to leave russia. who knows

2022-05-31 14:57

yea this better be the case or NaVI would be going against their own words while screwing over Boom all the same time

they are literally doing it already, if there are no reports of elctronic leaving russia WITH his family or are in the plans then WE HAVE to assume that they are screwing BoombI4 over because the situation just requires them to do so while his IGL impact and individual form was always in question and BOOM they clap 2 flies with a single fly-swatter as we like to say here in jermany Btw these are not ur usual "don't speculate on HLTV" NaVi needed to clear both of the cases in BoombI4 AND electroNic to the public at the same time if they wanna keep their face imhO

2022-05-31 18:18

Hear hear, absolutely summed it perfectly Mr. Jerman. NaVi would be loosing more fans and getting bad rep with these changes in name of nationalism if they aren't consistent

2022-05-31 18:47

thanks friend, I think our discussion here is the most rational take u can have about NaVi circumstances at this current moment and I expect next HLTV episode to have the same thoughts (if not they will get canceled by us) Kappa :)

2022-05-31 19:09

it was nice talking to you about this as well, i think NaVi really needs to make their stance clear on this or they will be tarnishing their own brand. "if not they will get canceled by us", i can go along with this. It should definitely be discussed and raised by people part of the CS scene

2022-05-31 20:20

here we say to hit/kill 2 rabbits with one shot X)

and here its "to hunt two with one arrow"

2022-05-31 20:21

intrestink perso.... takes from different countries mens)) :D

2022-06-01 16:25

:DD yes mens)) all are good tho

2022-06-01 17:22

He's obviously decided to relocate now that they're considering him for an in-game leader role.

seems to be the case or did Simple intervene for his beloved ?

2022-05-31 15:05

bruh every single russian in the org would have at least one person in their lives who supports russia in a militaristic way, its only the specific individual that matters not their relationships (as long as its not super obvious like boombl4)

2022-05-31 15:06

well even if we completely set aside whatever political believes his wife has , Elec STILL has a family living and paying to Russia which doesnt suit well to NaVI so that alone should be able to not keep Elec in the org according to themselves

2022-05-31 15:07

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????? his family is irrelevant wtf you’ve completely misunderstood what the org is trying to explain here my dude

2022-05-31 15:10

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wat how the hell is his family irrelevant ? "We are not going to work with people who live in Russia and who pay taxes to the Russian Federation," hltv.org/news/33498/navi-ceo-we-hope-tha.. isnt Elec and his family still living in Russia ? Arent they still paying taxes to the Russian federation ?

2022-05-31 15:16

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Electronic’s family is not employed by the navi organisation……… and therefore they do not work with them

2022-05-31 15:24

BUT ELEC LIVES WITH HIS FAMILY , IN RUSSIA AND PAYS TO THEM , WHICH GOES AGAINST WHAT NAVI BELIEVES bruh idk whats really hard to grasp here

2022-05-31 15:43

You're not too bright are ya?

2022-06-01 09:48

2022-06-01 10:23

Well the org is not working with his family...

2022-05-31 15:40

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yea but they are working with Elec who LIVES WITH HIS FAMILY IN RUSSIA

2022-05-31 15:44

That is some really dumb way of arguing lol. You yourself wrote "We are not going to work with people who live in Russia and who pay taxes to the Russian Federation" his family isn't working with them so they are irrelevant

2022-05-31 15:54

#165 again , idk whats so hard to understand here

No you don't understand that makes no sense

No you dont understand that makes all sense

Ah yeah that's why nobody else sees it like you lmao

2022-05-31 16:01

idk why people see it the other way when its clear

don't mind him, typical clueless HLTV commentator. All the knowledge and facts are laid down openly to him and he still refuses to take simple logic for what it is to make good arguments out of it...

2022-05-31 19:13

His family is relevant. Because of them he LIVES in Russia. And living in Russia was also considered a no no by NaVi.

2022-06-11 09:49

Who cares at the end of the day. Those things about what is the moral correct choice are subjective, and you could always relativize which are the good and right decisions.

Well I do, and NaVi should too for they are a big organization that have support and fans from all over the world. NaVi shouldn't be using the "Proud Ukrainian" concept if they want to be hypocrite and differentiate how different players get what preference in the same situation and context. I only cry for But Boom!

2022-05-31 17:38

So Elecs wife posted "Russia don't start wars. Russia ends them" AND Elec home is in Russia and also pays taxes to Russia. Boombl4s wife posts "i love Russia". AND Boombl4 lives in Russia pay taxes to Russia. Elec keeps spot on NaVi, Boombl4 got fired. Hypocrisy??? Unless Elec and also Perfecto are going to relocate. Way i see it if this is about living and paying taxes to Russia they should kick every player that are Russians?

2022-05-31 17:01

Ok, let's kick Elec too! Happy? 😎😎

2022-05-31 17:20

Boombl4 refused to leave russia. Electronic and perfecto are apparently leaving russia so they can play in Navi. That's all it's about.

2022-06-01 02:07

If Elec is relocating, it's all good

2022-06-01 06:23

That literally has to be only reason why Elec and Perf are staying on NaVi as i mentioned in my comment earlier.

2022-06-02 22:10

wow

no talks they will play 4v5

Could see elec being a boss igl but at what cost? How much will he need to give up to be the igl or will ot be blade being the puppet master. Was kinda hoping for a Ceb move from Blade but that wont happen

Since the coach has only 4 timeouts coach can't IGL. Do people really believe that Boombl4 literally called nothing?

Unfortunately no matter how well Boombl4 called or played he always got over shadowed because of having a great coach and great firepower.

2022-06-01 03:31

Boombla was a beast mate never said he is bad sorry for confusion

2022-06-01 19:04

no way

Buster??? Really???????

HLTV threads already long before this, make me admin please

How do they not want Yekindar but prefer Buster ? No way they're just looking for a substitute waiting for boombl4 to pay taxes in Ukraine ?

I'm guessing it's mainly because in this article it says that buster is more likely to get out of his contract than yekindar (both are still contracted to vp) and navi are not going to buy either of them out as vp is a russian org.

2022-05-31 15:02

Yes indeed. There isn't any other russian player not contracted to a russian organistaion that can fulfill this role ?

noone wants buster and can get him for free ,yekindar cost fucking a lot and everyone wants to sign him

People aren't reading the post correctly, NaVi are considering buster as a potential signing because his chances of getting out of VP's contract is greater than YEKINDAR's. Not because of skills.

2022-05-31 15:20

Yes obviously, but I guess if you want to take a russian-speaking player not depending of a russian org there are other alternatives than "wanna take a break" buster

2022-05-31 15:52

That bullshit “wanna take a break” was made up by a clown Overdrive, buster himself corrected him that he’s not going to “relax” or anything else and he’s open for new offers the moment he left VP twitter.com/bustercsgo/status/1528757538.. instagram.com/p/Cd5tCaoMA6m/?igshid=YmMy..

2022-05-31 19:07

Thanks for the rectification

2022-05-31 19:46

Its a 'potential signing' just a consideration they threw out. Im sure there are more options. NaVi Junior as well. Up to them to fill their roster before Blast.

2022-06-01 04:08

Baguette brain

2022-05-31 17:21

Mr booom is not leaving russia.

2022-06-01 20:29

he said same about monesy to g2, so... +why they take buster but not yekindar? buster is much worse

Read the text man

i read, yekindar can go for free too

2022-05-31 16:02

No, they're both contracted. There is zero chance VP give away yekindar for cheap, he's by far the #1 free agent and if NaVi won't deal with them they'll gladly take $500k from Liquid for him. Buster is unlikely to get any serious offers, so if navi are keen maybe buster would buy out his own contract for a small fee so he could be a free agent and negotiate with Navi.

2022-05-31 16:33

Bruh yekindar is benched, he's not a free agent...

2022-05-31 18:00

Sorry I phrased it incorrect. I know he is benched, when I say free agent I mean he is "free" to be approached by other teams. I understand he is benched, and not a free agent in the standard terms.

2022-05-31 19:18

But this is basically the only reason he can't be considered as Navi's 5th. Anyway got you

didnt electronic igl in a season of EPL where they didnt make it out of the groups?

EPL 5-0 navi secure semi final

2022-05-31 15:18

he is talking about april 2021 epl

2022-05-31 23:39

yes

i dont get it, both buster and yeki are under contract why is navi considering buster over yeki then

VP would release him faster than Yekindar I think, they want big money for him. And maybe buster wants to terminate contract as well to join NaVi for free

2022-05-31 14:56

I'm pretty sure they considered yeki, makes no sense that they wouldn't. Either vp asked for too much money or he just doesn't want to play for navi.

Or someone else got him already

2022-05-31 15:31

Most likely yeah

2022-05-31 15:45

BUSTER?

This is gonna be a disaster if electronic is going to call, not that he would call bad, but that he would not be able to play as good as he was to this point. Electronic and s1mple need to do their primary job i.e. concentrate on killing on the server and get as many frags as possible. The last time electronic called wasn't ideal, so that is a poor decision and gonna be sad to lose electronic's skill to calling, but if it somehow works out then ok, good, but something tells me electonic IGLing will destroy him as a frager. Hope im wrong. Lastly it is sad that you are not in talks with YEKINDAR. NAVI management had to get YEKINDAR no matter the cost, especially when you want to make your 2nd best player on the team an IGL which would make him play worse than he used to most likely, so I dunno, I guess we'll have to wait and see.... buster?????? meh.....okay.

Well if they do get another guy who can frag almost like them, then I see no problem there. But I do not like it aswell since electronic is one of the best players in the world and igling would decrease his killing impact as we already seen before with niko etc...

Any example of a russian-speaking player who's not tied to a russian org and frags more than elec pls

2022-05-31 18:02

Any examle of it? I mean, any good fragger player become shit after becoming IGL? You would say Niko but he was fragging well when he was IGLing.

2022-05-31 16:23

2022-05-31 21:06

Buster lmao hahahahah

Hm.... maybe nice but what about elec's wife and daughter?

if elec calls bring headtr1ck

He good?

the most likely option for the current situation

Idiots...

that what i say navi ceo ego ruined navi team how stupid he is

2022-05-31 15:19

Isn't that the guy who posted a Pic of him joining the UA army?

2022-05-31 15:46

Buster doesnt even want to play cs anymore lmfao. Im not a fan of this move at all. Elec used to igl for a very short time and navis t side was abysmal back then.

they didnt have b1t then i think , or not b1t and perfecto in the form they are now , if they get a good 5th and elec studies to be a good igl with blade they can easily come back strong

You are getting baited by 🤡Overdrive #292

ty for correction men)

2022-05-31 19:20

damn elec is actually 23

s1mple is the oldest in navi and is only 24 , if they dont lose hunger for game , this core can dominate for years

2022-05-31 16:22

interesting. Let's see this lineup manages to perform as well as the major winner.

There is a typo in s1mple's surname

ahah so bad hltv

NOOOOO why no Yekindar

Why not just try to do one-on-one swap with C9 for nafany and offer Boombl4 in return with maybe a little extra money? Could actually be good for both teams since C9 is also currently going nowhere. And even if nafany is russian he seems to be willing to relocate since he was already forced to do so while signing with C9? Elec being the igl is the worst move of all.

2022-05-31 14:59

Navi dont play nafany's best map (vertigo) and he doesn't play nuke. Besides, they signed contracts with c9 a mobth ago probably and failed only one tournament playing for this organisation, why sould they trade him. Also i am 90 % sure nafany wants to play with sh1ro cuz they are good friends, money isn't a question for nafany here, he gets paid well in c9 for sure.

Well Played boys. GG IF buster , Navi Fckd up ! Not a single post by a speculation expert on this, for this day i could have prepared. Lets say Sorry to Boombl4 and get him back

Goodbye navi it was nice to see you

+mir ???

Buster? Are they for real? From nearly landing an era to this… I also remember electronic’s IGLing stint at EPL13. It was a massive failure. Get a real IGL.

even if not a real igl Lets trust elec and b1ade and get real fire power in yekinder

With that level of firepower, I'd be willing to try it. But I don't know, I don't like the idea of one of the best riflers of all time taking a role that will undermine his fragging ability, especially since he already dropped off again this year.

still any day better than bringing in buster. replacing boombl4 with buster is just not done and justified. this year has been hard on many fronts maybe the reason for his current form. but this guy is legit, he will deliver ateast we can put faith in him to deliver . sorry but cant say the same for buster - all respects to him he is a champ but.

2022-05-31 15:23

With firepower you win matches but with a real IGL you win tournaments

buster is not, and do you see it in elec ? or you have someone else in mind ?

2022-05-31 15:25

#116 but then Navi has to speak in English.

2022-05-31 15:26

man i like the thought, tabsen / but that's definitely not gonna happen :P

2022-05-31 15:30

But then Navi is done. There is no good CIS IGL on the market. And to let Electronic do IGL is kind of AleskiB kick level.

2022-05-31 15:33

Rip navi lol

No, not YEKINDAR = we will sign YEKINDAR huNter- before roster changes in the end of 2021: we will stay the same CarlosR: no money for m0NESY- s1mple before boombl4's benching: we will stay the same Hampus after the Major: i want a stable roster (probably device will come back) Ok guys we trust ya fosure frfrfrfr

if they pay for yekindar that would completely destroy navis reputation in ukraine. They will need to move office to another country. Its not jokes

but buster is !

>if they pay for yekindar that would completely destroy navis reputation in ukraine OMEGALUL OMEGALUL OMEGALUL OMEGALUL OMEGALUL OMEGALUL OMEGALUL OMEGALUL OMEGALUL OMEGALUL OMEGALUL OMEGALUL OMEGALUL OMEGALUL OMEGALUL

2022-05-31 15:29

buster WHAAT !!!!!!

NaVi went from era talks and possibly the goat squad to a roster falling apart and their best options out of reach

Trade Boombot for nafany. Don't even have to pay money to Russian org since Cloud9 is American. If NaVi seriously goes forward with this buster move their management is beyond retarded.

Pick up an IGL that is dogshit on LAN would be way retarded than pick up buster, to be honest.

2022-05-31 15:14

He'll probably feel more comfortable with experienced LAN players like s1mple and electronic on his side. Besides, Gambit wasn't doing totally terrible on LAN, they got to the Blast finals at the end of the year, only to lose to NaVi.

It's certainly a better option than picking up buster and having elec IGL. But C9 would never sell and Nafany would never leave for NAVI. It's a similar case as the Heroic players not wanting to go to Astralis.

2022-05-31 15:21

Yeah, picking up buster and making elec igl will net to nothing. Their T sides will just end up being even more dogshit than they are now, also elec's own performance will drop as a result of being forced to call. And he's supposed to be like the 2nd biggest star of the team.

why would c9 do that?

2022-05-31 16:06

Seems the team is stuck at where they are now. Some changes sooner or later are inevitable. Why not take a chance on Boombl4? The guy has more LAN experience than nafany.

2022-05-31 16:10

well also carried by blad3

2022-05-31 16:13

well you could say thanks to mr putin for that.

2022-05-31 16:31

well navi did this to themselves not really putin. they could have just differentiated between esports and war. its not like they can do much and that esports has much control over this war.

2022-05-31 16:35

people really underestimate buster here

Really, he moved to support roles and he is a soldier. Vp was a contender even with all the chaos. Imagine thinking headtrick is better than him.

2022-05-31 15:49

If navi dont sign yekindar they are done

Lmao, R.I.P. Na'Vi, gonna drop out from top 10.

they can stay in top10 by playing 3v5 with all teams with s1mple b1t and perfecto

2022-05-31 16:27

Why are they signing buster if Electronic will IGL lmaooo, they will have 2 support players. Just sign Yekindar and have 4 stars like FaZe does. Considering they won't sign Yekindar, I guess G2 will sign him for Jackz

Especially when you think that Boombl4 was kind of "offensive support" then it makes no sense to get 2 passive supports... Why not take Sanji?? Makes actually no difference for navi.

Idk why they want to sign buster, that makes no sense what so ever.

2022-05-31 15:38

This was expected electronic is one of the most vocals in the team I hope we see something good

wtf why buster?? wtf is this?? gonna be a free bombsite for the opponent everytime man

buster aint bad LUL obviously yeki is just way better but boomb4l never was a top rifler so it's not a downgrade

2022-05-31 15:17

oh noo such a downgrade if buster as replacement

I don't think its going to work if they Don't get Yekindar. Even if they get buster, will they have enough firepower with Elec calling? surely his fragging drops?

Exactly what I'm thinking, like I'm okay with elec being igl but at least bring a suitable replacement in fragging department (yekindar) where they'll surely be lacking....

Electronic IGL is good as mine IGL. But they lose also one of the best "area" players in the world. That re things you can't do as IGL. Actually, the best option would be Tabsen. If they pay BIG 2 Million and give Tabsen a S1mple contract he would maybe leave BIG since Tabsen is a huge S1mple fan. But also a fragging IGL with a lot of experience. How drunk is Navi to think Electronic can reach such a level asap?? I mean he will never reach it... most IGL has grown up as an IGL and a few had a real teacher before they took it over...

Yes a team speaking russian should take tabsen. Man wake the f up

2022-05-31 20:48

They all can speak English. And it is a question if you want a trash IGL that speaks Russian or a good IGL and good individual player with a second language. Karrigan just showed you can win a major with international teams.

2022-05-31 21:16

dude there is a huge difference to the english EU countries speak and the english russians speak. Go look at electronic interviews he cant speak more than 2 words together.

2022-05-31 21:31

Electronic can good English but he is like Zeus he doesn't want to give interviews in English. That is why S1mple did it most of the time.

2022-05-31 21:46

I mean that would just seem like a downgrade... 0.91 rating from buster and electronic will most likely preform a bit worse being an igl. So overall I dont want to see buster. Yekindar would be perfect. Great firepower addition. That's a team that would beat faze

WHY BOOSTER OMGGGGGGGG wtf

One good thing is elec not gonna leave. Hurray. Don't care about fifth player still top 3 team

Removing boombla is a very very bad decision. Navi will soon face the consequences of having no igl. out of top10 incoming... if u think navi lost the final because of Boombla, u r wrong bro..... it was S1mple's avrge performance.

Blyat I mean B1ad3 to stand in xd

LMFAO

2022-05-31 15:28

I remember electronics IGl role in pro league. lol if they are serious with this rip navi.

Jks learns russian

I have a better idea, AZR is an IGL and biggest s1mple stan. He will learn basic russian in one month if he truly wants to play with s1mple in one team

What other good Ukrainian players are there

2022-05-31 15:36

mir sdy i mean mir is russian but he can move maybe

2022-05-31 16:34

Yea I was thinking of sdy as well he was decent in spirit would be a better pick than buster.

2022-05-31 16:43

Electronic IGL would be such a waste Let him kill alongside simple wtf

If they need just player that isnt living in russia or dosent play for russian org. Then what about / supra / the estonian player who played for gambit youngsters .aka Gambit .aka Cloud9 roster. I think he can speak russian and he is free agent. So i would consider him if they just need player who speaks russian and isnt playing for Russian organisation.

I mean we've known navi aren't getting yekindar for a little while now

if nobody wants yekindar and VP puts him on free agency NAVI can get him, otherwise they are not paying to VP

Navi aren't interested. dexerto.com/csgo/navi-chief-shuts-down-y..

2022-05-31 18:46

Lol g2 very much wants Yekindar so does liquid. He’s not going for free

2022-06-01 15:45

wtf why buster

NAVI JKS

2022-05-31 15:32

God exists 🙏

When your favourite team want to sign your favourite player

wasting electronic as the IGL is not a good move

2022-05-31 15:34

gg without yekindar

2022-05-31 15:37

And that is friends how you f*ck up a good team.

"ELECTRONIC CONSIDERED FOR IGL ROLE" Kek. Thats not gonna work. NiKo and others also "could call" and look what happend. Also, nice, so Yekindar to Vitality.

2022-05-31 15:39

Moments before the disaster 😳

Navi is truly finished THE FAZE ERA IS UPON US ALL HAIL THE GREAT CARRYGUN

The only problem with faze is that karrigan is not getting any younger.

2022-05-31 15:50

he'll get wiser

not wiser but wider

2022-05-31 17:02

yes his brain will get wider

2022-05-31 17:03

Rip navi LULE

NaVi buster? top 10 hltv rip

2022-05-31 15:47

Navi is done. Electrobot as igl, glhf

Natus Vincere are currently: > Aleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostylievž who?

2022-05-31 15:51

Yeah, I saw that and am confused as hell.

2022-05-31 15:55

Real s1mple.

2022-05-31 16:05

electronic is their best lan player and they want him to igl LUL

XD Big sad for yeki and Electronic, now RIP navi

It would be a broken roster if electronic could do a great job

new seized?

+mir

2022-05-31 16:07

Reconsider pls

Navi.Aunkere or Navi.MIR

must be a joke - some kind of summerhole-news....wtf.... buster ???????

2022-05-31 16:09

This is great news

ez for headtr1ck

+buster -tier1

Zeus

2022-05-31 16:21

why not perfecto? electronic has been tilting from time to time, not sure he can handle the pressure

I'm asking myself the same thing. Probably because of the level of maturity of electronic. Still think perfecto would be a wiser option...

2022-06-01 18:02

w0nderfu1

Electronic, S1mple, Perfecto, and B1t with Bot Seth. 4v5 next major champs with innovative tactics. Essentially 2x S1mple

why not mir or sdy if they want to make elec igl ? lol

2022-05-31 16:30

Surely not, yekindar he so much more potential... either take him or someone from navi junior

Navi are not dumb to say they want yeki because they know that VP wont let him in for free to go to NAVI particulary

2022-05-31 16:42

I don't understand if Navi antirussian why they kicked only boomi4, perfecto and epic stay is it OK?

2022-05-31 16:57

Just buy IGL from eu org, like Blame F for example. He has igl experience, high mechanical skill, main problem is he cannot speak Russian. Then maybe they will switch into English, i remember Mibr with Stewie2K. Where 1 guy isn't Brazilian and they still played somehow

2022-05-31 17:04

Fear igl from navi junior? ??

2022-05-31 17:11

put electroNic as IGL and hire someone whose firepower can't match? bad decision. > Buster and YEKINDAR r still under contract with VP, if either chooses to go to NaVi, they will have to pay their fine and terminate the contract, becoming a free agent. > the fact is, between Buster and YEKINDAR, which one has the firepower equal or even superior to that of electroNic? YEKINDAR. > NaVi should have YEKINDAR as the fifth player as its priority, talking to him and looking for the most viable options and if not possible, just look for others.

2022-05-31 17:12

whats the point of academy teams then promote someone from your academy and stop crying

please not buster, he's average t2 player

2022-05-31 17:18

blade is the real IGL of the team anyway, it doesn't matter who calls, electronic or perfecto could do a decent job, they can add anyone who can bang heads and it will be fine, boomich was playing for info most rounds anyway

ihb4, YEKINDAR will get released himself or move to another team and them NaVi will get him.

buster was really good when they were runner-up at the major

Very sad to see Navi in this situation. not getting YEKINDAR is one thing and not having a real IGL is another. it seems like Navi is done. I hope I'm wrong on this

2022-05-31 17:39

Aka we have not reached a deal with yekindar yet, but are trying. Yeki would be perfect for navi. -entry/igl, rifle moves to igl, obviously they need a entry/rifle. Imagine what astralis would look like if blameF had a k0nfig who doesn’t die 15sec into every round, and a decent team behind him to do what he does every round. That is exactly what navi would be like if yekindar comes. Ugh i hope it happens.

2022-05-31 17:40

m0nesy back to NaVi, s1mple doin' hybrid rifle and AWP like always.

2022-05-31 17:42

Elec 0.89 ratings soon Pog New Navi decoy after seized?

2022-05-31 17:52

no, he's too good mechanically. his calling could be shaky tho

Nah his mechanically and movement too good to be a decoy like seized, zeus and boombl4 but his T side calls are awful,

2022-06-01 01:31

give another player from the academy a trial, it worked for b1t and even if they arent that good the experience they get from playing with s1mple and blade in tier1 cs will make them better

2022-05-31 17:58

Since fnatic do not have a full cs roster at the moment and it is not a russian org... I am telling you. They need to sign a non-russain IGL who is a proven winner, they shall reach out to fnatic. And sign cArn.

dumb hltv users dont undestand that navi'll never buy anyone from vp

2022-05-31 18:17

buster really good player but navi dumb org

2022-05-31 19:08

Thank god. YEKINDAR is too good for DNaVi

buster??? really? worst b player i ever seen

Nice

so they released boombl4 because of his nationality or ex-wife's political views?

2022-05-31 19:30

probably because he wouldn't relocate

2022-05-31 19:34

Why not just add headtr1ck again?

Probably the end of navi

What do you think, could the Germans and Jews during the Second World War play in the same team and hug on stage?

2022-05-31 19:56

OMEGALUL Feeling creative are we today. You could have even used the holodomor which was a legit genoicide of 7M ukrainians but nah just a fakeflagger lol.

2022-05-31 21:10

At least it's confirmed that Electronic is staying in Na'Vi, IGL or not. Looking forward to seeing who the fifth member is going to be.

2022-05-31 20:23

wrong thread

2022-05-31 20:24

Buy it from another organization, and from there the navi, and then you don't have to be with the Russians to do business.

The money still goes to Russia. It's the principle, unlike cloud9 who have no shame

2022-05-31 21:51

ah i understand

2022-05-31 22:14

Russian org keeping player even tho they know they wont get any money for him lmao , classic russians

2022-05-31 22:26

Ukrainian org*

2022-06-01 00:40

since when vp ukranian org?

2022-06-01 00:44

ahh thought you was talking about navi, not vp.. my bad.

Yekindar joins and Electronic stays would be insane

2022-05-31 23:47

electronic isn't going anywhere lol no matter who joins

2022-06-01 03:33

nobody can get info like boombl4 can, this will destroy navi. more proof that simple didnt make much impact, b1t and electronic carried them.

0/8 fake flagging fluke clan fanboy

2022-06-01 03:34

Big L

I would like to see NaVi getting YEKINDAR and electronic transitions into being an IGL but ofc it is very unlikely that VP will release him from his contract or sell him to an agency so NaVi could buy him. Instead of getting buster. It would be better to just promote an academy player in the starting five.

2022-06-01 03:37

yeah yekindar would be top. maybe they have arranged something behind the scenes that they might promote an academy player as long as Yekindar is still under contract, even if benched. although it's very strange/interesting that his signing date and benching date are exactly the same, just 2 years apart ... kinda like a 2-year contract running out

2022-06-01 22:51

What if Electronic does become igl? I think they should consider moving Simple to fragger again and try to sign xsepower for AWPer role. Do you think this could work?

2022-06-01 07:48

w0nderful would be better

2022-06-01 17:11