An esports organization called 500 has signed a roster that includes former FATE and SKADE players. The roster, which previously competed under the ex-SKADE tag, is ranked 63rd in the world and recently finished 9th-16th at the CCT South Europe Series 1, losing to Spirit.
Alex “Rainmaker” Petrov, Denislav "dennyslaw" Dimitrov and Georgi "SHiPZ" Grigorov competed for SKADE for almost three years, achieving their best results in April 2022. Then they rose to 17th place in the world ranking, having recently won the Elisa Invitational Winter 2021 and Pinncale Cup III, including defeating Vitality. However, they failed to maintain this level, and soon the organization disbanded the roster, unable to agree with the players on contract extensions.
In addition, the 500 will include Nikolay “niki1” Pantaleev and Ivan "Patrick" Ivanov, who previously advocated for FATE. Unlike the three esports athletes mentioned above, they have not yet managed to achieve significant results in their careers: over the past year and a half, they have only occasionally entered the top hundred.
Now the team will try to break into a higher level and make Bulgarian eSports more visible on the global wall, aiming to change the fact that players from this country have not had significant success recently.
