YNk said he no longer believes in s1mple and electroNic

Counter-Strike 2 caster Janko YNk Paunovic shared his thoughts on the potential of BCGame participants Alexander s1mple Kostylev and Denis electroNic Sharipov. He noted that the sniper will no longer be able to play at the same level. Paunovic spoke about this on the Talking Counter YouTube channel.

I don't take the team that includes electroNic seriously. While he's on the team... I remember that window jump at IEM Atlanta 2026. He's not a tier-1 player anymore. One of the fans asked me a question: "Will s1mple be able to have a 's1mple season' again where he gets a rating of around 1.3 per season?" I just said, "No," because I don't think he's that kind of player anymore. But part of me wonders: he didn't play with the best players, right? So now that he has a more competitive squad, maybe he'll start trying? Maybe he will take the matter seriously now? Now he has good veteran players like Magisk and electroNic. There seem to be fewer excuses now.

In 2026, the average individual electroNic rating is 1.08. s1mple's stats are 1.13.

Earlier, the team of Kostylev and Sharipov completed the squad. Ayush mzinho Batbold and Emil Magisk Reif joined the club. The roster has already assembled at the bootcamp to prepare for the upcoming tournaments. According to ex-captain of Team Spirit Leonid chopper Vishnyakov, the team is capable of getting into the top 10.