Sources: CeRq’s EG future unsure as group turns to younger trio for BLAST Premier

  ❘   Revealed: 2023-01-03T21:55:39

  ❘   Up to date: 2023-01-03T22:16:09

Tsvetelin ‘CeRq’ Dimitrov could possibly be on his method out of Evil Geniuses, who’ve enlisted the companies of two Blueprint prospects and one Nouns participant for the BLAST Premier Spring Teams, sources have instructed Dexerto.

Evil Geniuses have registered EG White participant Wesley ‘viz’ Harris and EG Black member Jerric ‘wiz’ Jiang for the BLAST Premier occasion, with CeRq neglected of the group’s roster for the match. Nouns star Jeorge ‘jeorgesnorts⁠’ Endicott, who has been scrimming with EG Black in current weeks, can also be a part of the lineup.

Dust2.us cites a number of sources saying that CeRq is out of the group, although the rationale for this choice is unclear. The Bulgarian has been with Evil Geniuses since September 2019, when the North American group signed NRG’s roster.

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CeRq joined EG in September 2019

It stays unclear which of the three gamers will substitute CeRq within the BLAST Premier Teams, however all logic factors to wiz, who’s the AWPer for EG Black. The 21-year-old has averaged a 1.14 HLTV ranking whereas with the group, which is a part of Evil Geniuses’ Blueprint undertaking, a improvement program for CS:GO that was closely influenced by the analytics-driven strategy that has proved profitable for the group’s League of Legends group.

CeRq signed with NRG in 2017 after establishing himself as one of the vital promising AWPers within the CS:GO scene whereas taking part in for Bulgarian aspect Outlaws. He was ranked the 18th finest participant of 2019 by HLTV.org, however he has not been capable of attain the identical heights since then. In 2022, he averaged a 0.99 HLTV ranking and a 0.91 influence ranking, going through heavy criticism from followers and pundits as EG struggled to stay aggressive and missed each PGL Main Antwerp and IEM Rio Main.