by HLTV.org - https://www.hltv.org/news/29379/hellraisers-bench-team-ange1-crush-leave

April 2, 2020 20:29

HellRaisers have announced that Kirill "ANGE1" Karasiow and Igor "crush" Shevchenko have decided to leave the team, with the rest of the roster having been moved to the bench.

The announcement follows a series of disappointing results from the team, who were not even able to break into the top 30 in the world rankings and finished 9th-12th in the recent CIS Minor qualifier after losing to Winstrike and Espada.

ANGE1 ends a six-year association with HellRaisers, which he rebuilt in March 2014 along with the rest of the former Astana Dragons squad. He led the team to eight Majors over the course of his journey and to titles at events like the Acer Predator Masters Season 1, Copenhagen Games 2016 and Bets.net Masters.

In a Twitlonger post, the 30-year-old stated that he is open to offers and added that he is ready to step out of his comfort zone as he looks to kick-start his career.

This is the second time that HellRaisers have decided to bench their entire roster after a sequence of poor results. In September 2019, the organisation benched their entire roster after an early exit at the StarLadder Major, with only ANGE1 and Žygimantas "nukkye" Chmieliauskas transitioning to the CIS-based roster that was announced later that month.

In a statement on HellRaisers' website, the organisation's CEO, Alex "Magician" Slabukhin, admitted that reforming the team was "a necessary measure", adding that a new roster will be announced "very soon".

HellRaisers now have:

Lithuania Žygimantas "nukkye" Chmieliauskas (benched)
Latvia Vadim "Flarich" Karetin (benched)
Ukraine Ivan "AiyvaN" Semenets (benched)

by HLTV.org - https://www.hltv.org/news/27805/hellraisers-part-ways-with-lmbt

September 8, 2019 23:45

HellRaisers have announced that coach Sergey "lmbt" Bezhanov has become a free agent following the benching of their entire roster.

The announcement comes just a few days after HellRaisers made the decision to bench their entire roster following a disappointing 1-3 exit at the StarLadder Major's New Challengers Stage.

Prior to re-joining HellRaisers, lmbt had a promising two-year run as the coach of mousesports, but was unable to re-create that success upon his return to the Ukrainian organization. The entirety of 2019 has reaped little reward for HellRaisers, as they weren't been able to finish above 5-6th place at any LAN event outside of a second-place run at the WePlay! Forge of Masters Season 1 Finals.

The future of the HellRaisers lineup is still in question at this time as the organization has not officially announced whether they will be keeping any of the players currently under contract, although several have already tweeted about being open to hearing offers as the transfer season is set to swing in full force following the end of the Major.

"I’m glad to have worked with lmbt, even though it was a short period of time. On behalf of HR and myself, I hope you succeed and always get the luckiest timings possible."

- Alex "Magician" Slabukhin, HellRaisers CEO

The HellRaisers roster looks as follows:

Ukraine Kirill "ANGE1" Karasiow (benched)
Spain Christian "loWel" Garcia Antoran (benched)
Czech Republic Tomáš "oskar" Šťastný (benched)
Jordan Issa "ISSAA" Murad (benched)
Lithuania Žygimantas "nukkye" Chmieliauskas (benched)

Kazakhstan Abay "Hobbit" Khasenov (transfer list)

by HLTV.org - https://www.hltv.org/news/27773/hellraisers-confirm-roster-benching

September 4, 2019 22:43

HellRaisers have announced that their current roster has been moved to the bench as the organization looks to rebuild the team.

HellRaisers have confirmed our previous report, which states that the current lineup is to be benched effective immediately following a lack of results during their time together.

HellRaisers will now have the transfer season to look forward to, be it to create a new roster or revamp the one that has currently been moved to the bench, as several teams across the world will be making moves to boost their lineups when the Major comes to an end.

Other than the benching of the team, Abay "Hobbit" Khasenov is to remain tied to the organization on the transfer list while the other inactive player, Bence "DeadFox" Böröcz, has been anounced as no longer contractually bound to HellRaisers and is therefore now a free agent.

“This season hasn’t been easy for anyone who supports and believes in HellRaisers no matter what. All of the guys proved to be true professionals and talented players, but unfortunately we didn’t manage to build a team which every fan of HellRaisers could be proud of. However, a new season means new opportunities. We’ll soon announce an updated CS:GO roster, as well as some other good news!

"Let’s make HellRaisers great again!”

- Alex "Magician" Slabukhin, HellRaisers CEO

The HellRaisers roster is therefore:

Ukraine Kirill "ANGE1" Karasiow (benched)
Spain Christian "loWel" Garcia Antoran (benched)
Jordan Issa "ISSAA" Murad (benched)
Czech Republic Tomáš "oskar" Šťastný (benched)
Lithuania Žygimantas "nukkye" Chmieliauskas (benched)

Ukraine Sergey "lmbt" Bezhanov (coach)

Kazakhstan Abay "Hobbit" Khasenov (transfer list)

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