1win formalised its roster shake-up on August 11 by releasing five players from the old core. The five, benched in July in favour of the current lineup, now compete as a new organisation-less team under the Color tag.
Released — now competing as Color
- Aleksei "Qikert" Golubev (Kazakhstan)
- Alexandr "oz1k" Sevastyanov (Russia)
- Kirill "cronuss" Savin (Russia)
- Nikita "reyoz" Rolzing (Russia)
- Vladislav "lattykk" Vydrin (Russia)
1win's statement said the group would "fight for their goals independently". The former five had won MPKBK CIS LAN Season 4 before the July bench call — the departure formalises what most of the region already assumed after they were replaced by TDK.
Official 1win lineup — the LCQ five
The five who played the EWC LCQ under 1win colours — beating Team Liquid 2-1 en route to the qualification decider (see our Liquid elimination recap) — are now the official roster:
- Sergey "Ax1Le" Rykhtorov
- Vladislav "nafany" Gorshkov
- Andrey "BELCHONOKK" Yasinskiy
- Petr "fame" Bolyshev
- Artem "ArtFr0st" Kharitonov
- Konstantin "groove" Pikiner (coach, listed as available)
What comes next
Missing the EWC main event by one series still cost 1win a $10K+ prize path and 400+ VRS points, but the roster-consolidation move buys them stability for BLAST Open Porto (August 24 - September 6) and the PGL Masters Bucharest qualifier cycle. BELCHONOKK's 2.46-rating Cache masterclass against Liquid was the individual highlight of the LCQ; the org bought into that form.
