Krad sent to FORZE’s bench

After announcing two new signings to its starting CS:GO lineup, FORZE announced that Vladislav “Krad” Kravchenko immediately leaves the team. While the player is sent to the team’s bench, the organization allows him to explore his options to find a new home.

This is truly strange and unexpected news from the FORZE community and fans, as, just a few hours ago, the organization announced that Krad would remain in the team’s starting lineup heading into the year’s second half. However, everything indicates that this was not true, as now the player can look for a new home in the CS:GO competitive scene.

FORZE announce that Krad is no longer part of its CS:GO starting lineup

Through a post on their Twitter account, FORZE announced that Vladislav “Krad” Kravchenko is moving to the team’s bench. They also thank him for all his contribution to the team throughout his time with the organization, which included qualifying for the Paris Major and the ESL Pro League S17 playoffs.

As of today, Vladislav @Kradcs Kravchenko has been officially benched and put up for transfer.

We want to thank Vlad for his hard work and contribution to the team’s achievements, including qualifying for the Blast Paris Major and reaching the playoffs of EPL Season 17. pic.twitter.com/rlJ9aCyUSP

— FORZE Esports (@forzegg) July 23, 2023

Krad joined the ranks of FORZE Esports at the end of last season, specifically, on December 2, 2022, after winning the CCT North Europe Series #1 alongside his former team, Entropiq. As a result, the Russian organization expected Krad to help them achieve positive results in this 2023 season, and there is no doubt that he succeeded.

As we mentioned, FORZE Esports qualified for the ESL Pro League S17 playoffs and the Paris Major.

On the other hand, FORZE was always a force to be reckoned with in tier 2 events such as the BetBoom Playlist Urbanistic, where they reached the Grand Final and the victory in the CCT Online Finals #1 against ECSTATIC.

Krad’s performance slump

However, in recent months, we observed how Krad’s performance in the competitive scene started to decline. In addition, according to HLTV, he has a Rating of 0.95 in 48 maps played, which means a decrease in his Rating during his entire career, which remains at 1.01.

On the other hand, this low level of play was most noticeable in LAN tournaments, where he had a very poor rating of 0.88. As a result, Krad is part of FORZE Esport’s “transferable” players list together with Aleksandr “zorte” Zagodyrenko and Andrey “Jerry” Mekhryakov.

Let’s remind that a few days ago, FORZE announced the signing of Dmitry “sstiNiX” Khlebnikov and Aleksei “El1an” Gusev, who came to replace zorte and Jerry. As a result, everything seemed to indicate that Krad would keep his place in the team’s starting lineup.

However, now the team has decided to send him to the bench, so they must find a replacement as soon as possible to fit the needs of the lineup.

Currently, FORZE’s roster is as follows:

• Aleksandr “shalfey” Marenov
• Evgeny “r3salt” Frolov
• sstiNiX
• El1an
• Artem “Fierce” Ivanov – Head Coach
• Krad – Benched
• Jerry – Benched
• zorte – Benched

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