Today, a well-known insider from Eastern Europe, known by the nickname harumi, published a shocking inside story about the Natus Vincere team at the upcoming Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023 on his official Telegram channel.

According to harumi, the team's sniper, Aleksandr "s1mple" Kostylev, will not play in the championship, and his replacement will be coach Andrii "B1ad3" Gorodenskyi.

Additionally, harumi mentioned that the team's rifler, Justinas "jL" Lekavicius, will play the role of sniper during the Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023.

harumi:

In short, instead of s1mple, B1ad3 will play, jL — awp

   

Notably, B1ad3 ended his career in 2018 and has not appeared in official matches for 1960 days.

We remind you that Natus Vincere's first match in the championship is scheduled for October 16 against Apeks. The match is set to begin at 03:00 Kyiv time.

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Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023 is the first CS2 tournament held in LAN format in Sydney from October 16 to 22, 2023. The championship's prize pool is $250,000, with a total of 16 teams participating.