It’s been lower than per week because the Russian CS:GO captain Vladislav “nafany” Gorshkov was faraway from Cloud9’s beginning lineup. Plenty of gamers would really feel upset about getting lower from one the most effective groups on this planet, however not nafany.
The 22-year-old stated throughout a livestream after his elimination to make room for former NAVI stars electroNic and Perfecto on July 14 that he felt “hardly upset in any respect” as a result of what occurred on C9 led to the kick. The crew did not stay as much as the expectations created by the neighborhood after they left Gambit to join C9 in April 2022 and had lackluster performances in almost each event this yr, except a second-place finish at ESL Pro League season 17 in March.
Nafany was as soon as thought-about one of the vital promising CS:GO in-game leaders however noticed his inventory plummet after C9’s woes this yr. What many followers didn’t know, nonetheless, is how he really struggled to meet his in-game management obligations as a result of nature of his relationship with star gamers sh1ro and Ax1Le, the third and fourth-best players in the world in 2022, in keeping with HLTV.
The trio had been enjoying collectively since June 2019 underneath the Gambit Children banner and rose to prominence collectively. Their friendship, although, didn’t enable nafany to have a stronger voice on C9 and make some necessary choices.
“I used to be not likely a frontrunner, our relationship didn’t enable that,” nafany stated in a latest livestream, in keeping with a information article revealed by EscoreNews on July 17. “We acquired too used to one another. We began our careers on the identical degree, and had been persevering with on the identical degree. My opinion didn’t matter greater than sh1ro’s, for instance. Extra typically it was even the alternative. If sh1ro was saying that he doesn’t wish to play on some place, I couldn’t say ‘No, you need to play right here’.”
Nafany confused, nonetheless, that it wasn’t sh1ro and Ax1Le’s fault and took the blame for not honoring his management roles. There’s no dangerous blood between any of them both, and he even stated he’ll cheer for C9’s new crew.
The Russian IGL is on the C9 bench till he indicators with one other group, which isn’t wanting like it can occur any time quickly as many top teams have already made changes during the offseason.
CS:GO pundit Alex “Mauisnake” Ellenberg, a longstanding critic of nafany, stated on July 17 the 22-year-old is more fit to be an aggressive rifler than to keep playing as an IGL. However primarily based on his latest livestream, nafany appears decided to hitch one other crew as a shot-caller once more.
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