Crew Spirit has introduced that Myroslav ‘Zont1x‘ Plakhotia has been benched from its Counter-Strike 2 roster because of private causes.
As well as, the organisation has additionally introduced the acquisition of Andrey ‘tN1R‘ Tatarinovich from HEROIC.
Zont1x Turns into Inactive
Based on an announcement from Crew Spirit, the rifler had requested a while off from the organisation to ‘resolve sure private points’.
“It took us some time to supply him with such a chance,” Crew Spirit added. “Avoiding damaging penalties for the roster’s stability on the similar time. We undoubtedly respect Miroslav’s alternative.”
The organisation would go on to say that the participant just isn’t leaving the organisation outright, and that his return is ‘extremely anticipated’.
Earlier than being benched, Zont1x final performed within the BLAST Open Fall 2025 Closed Qualifier, the place Crew Spirit positioned eighth general after dropping 1-2 to G2 Esports, simply lacking out on the LAN Finals in London.
After becoming a member of Crew Spirit in 2023, Zont1x has achieved a number of notable accolades within the 2025 season to this point. This contains serving to his roster place first in BLAST Bounty Fall after successful 3-0 in opposition to The MongolZ within the Grand Finals.
Crew Spirit additionally got here out on high within the Intel Excessive Masters Cologne occasion, successful 3-0 in opposition to MOUZ to take house $400,000 (~£296,000) in prize funds. Moreover, Crew Spirit noticed success in PGL Astana 2025, beating Astralis 3-1 within the Grand Finals.
Crew Spirit Welcomes tN1R
Amidst information of Zont1x’s break from competing, Crew Spirit shared that tN1R would be a part of its energetic roster after buying the Belarusian participant from HEROIC. The gamers’ debut with Crew Spirit was celebrated with a 34-second trailer on YouTube.
The rifler boasts some notable successes within the 2025 season whereas competing for HEROIC. The group positioned first within the MESA Nomadic Masters Spring 2025 offline match, successful 3-1 in opposition to BIG to take house $135,000 (~£99,900). Beforehand, tN1R performed with HEROIC to safe first place within the CCT Season 2 World Finals. Nevertheless, this 12 months HEROIC has didn’t make a major affect throughout CS2’s tier-one occasions, with its highest end being on the Esports World Cup (Fifth-Eighth).
Followers can count on to see the brand new participant in motion throughout a number of upcoming Counter-Strike 2 tournaments. Crew Spirit is anticipated to play at IEM Chengdu in November and ESL Professional League Season 22, beginning on September twenty seventh.
