shalfey: "I was just excited by the feeling that this moment had come, the comeback moment"
GamerLegion enacted a surprise change after missing out on the Singapore Major, replacing veteran IGL Janusz "Snax" Pogorzelski with Aleksandr "shalfey" Marenov .
HLTV26 Oct 2026 · 1 min read
Read more GamerLegion sign shalfey The project will be shalfey 's first international team, but the Russian in-game leader isn't worried about a language barrier creating any problems.
He is set to make his GamerLegion debut at RLG Tesla Cup, where his team will face Envy in the first round with assistant coach Denis "Grashog" Hristov playing in place of Timur "FL4MUS" Marev .
"Yes, we're starting to play with Denis [Grashog] now, but based even on the one practice day we had together with him, I'd say it's not as bad as people might think," shalfey told HLTV before his debut in Belgrade.
Tell us about what happened to you since 9 Pandas benched the roster. Well, it was a tough period, honestly, because I didn't play on a team for sixteen months, and a lot of thoughts came into my head.
At times I took breaks, rested, but overall I wouldn't even say it was a bad experience, it's just part of my path. Were there any options to move to a team before you became a free agent?
Yes, honestly there were a lot of options, but the organizations just couldn't come to an agreement with each other.
