lollipop21k and 1WIN part ways

1WIN have announced that 26-year-old Igor “⁠lollipop21k⁠” Solodkov has left the team, the news coming mere days after the team’s final match of the season. The announcement ends the rifler’s six-month stint in the squad.

lollipop21k joined the team in June to replace the outgoing Stanislav “⁠fostar⁠” Ostashevskiy and immediately set about helping make the squad a success, placing second in the ESL Challenger League Season 41 in his first outing.

The season continued in this vein for much of the rest of 2022, with 1WIN taking top placings in tier-two events such as a second-place finish in CCT Central Europe Series 1, third in the very next iteration of Challenger League, and second in CCT North Europe Series 1.

An appearance at the IEM Road to Rio Europe RMR was the roster’s shot at top-tier Counter-Strike for the year, and despite failing to qualify for the Major they did pick up impressive victories over forZe and G2.

Results dropped off somewhat towards the very end of the year, albeit against tough opposition, with the team finishing joint-last in ESL Challenger League Season 43 after losses to Bad News Eagles and Sprout, and suffering elimination from CCT Central Europe Series 4 in 5-8th after a loss to Astralis. They did however ensure their presence in Challenger League Season 44 by defeating LDLC and IKLA in the relegation tournament.

lollipop21k was not a star player during his time with the squad, being their second-lowest rated player over the last six months, but stated during an interview at the RMR that he was a source of motivation and hype within the team, going on to say that “this team really needed a person like this.”

Via his own Twitter account lollipop21k announced he is looking for opportunities, whilst also confirming that he is a free agent and thus not subject to a buyout.