LMBT explained the reasons behind his absence at the upcoming tournament on his Telegram channel. According to the Ukrainian coach, despite the organisation��s efforts to evade it, he had to adhere to the new laws of his home country.

Due to the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia, men between the ages of 18 and 60 were prohibited from leaving the country. People previously acquired permission to leave the country, but since stricter laws were introduced, this has been significantly more difficult to obtain.

“We did everything we could, but I’m definitely not going to the Major with the team because the war dictates its own laws, and the new rules make it impossible. But the guys are as ready as possible, and I’m sure of them,” LMBT said.

“It’s going to be a weird feeling to watch my team compete at Major from the studio, but I really have a lot of faith in the guys. You all have to give them a lot of support.”

This leaves Monte without a coach going into the BLAST.tv Paris Major. The team recorded an impressive run in the Europe RMR B tournament, where they finished in fourth place with only one loss.

Monte reached a 3-1 record after winning against teams like FORZE, ENCE, and Cloud9. Heroic was their only loss in the group stage, following another defeat in the Legends Stage decider by Team Vitality.

Monte has recorded even more victories since the RMR, winning the CCT West Europe Series 3. They also recorded a runner-up place at the CCT Central Europe Series 6.

The CS:GO lineup is set to begin their run in the tournament��s Challengers stage on Monday. They will face off against one of the event��s favourites, FaZe, in a best-of-one format.

Monte is a +5000 shot to win the Blast.tv Paris Major, with the favourites being G2 Esports (+300) at the top esports betting sites.

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“We��re glad to announce that Sergey “lmbt” Bezhanov joins our team as the second coach of our CS:GO roster,” read forZe’s announcement.

“We hope that he will help the guys find stability and reach a higher level.”

This marks forZe’s first signing of 2020 and their only backroom change since July 2019, when the all-Russian squad welcomed former CS:GO coach Dmitriy “spirit” Veko as their manager.

Lmbt started his journey in Counter-Strike esports in 2006, when he made his professional debut at the DTS-Cup tournament. His career as a CS player was rather short, however, as he decided to hang up his mouse and keyboard in June 2010 to focus on coaching.

Lmbt’s first stint as a Counter-Strike coach came later that year when he joined forZe��s CS: 1.6 squad. He helped the Russian squad secure silver at Arbalet Asia 2010, seventh-eighth place at Arbalet Europe 2010 and ninth-16th at World Cyber Games 2010.

After being let go from forZe in December 2010, lmbt was nowhere to be seen in the competitive Counter-Strike scene until he was appointed manager at Virtus.pro in 2013. He later managed Astana Dragons and then HellRaisers, where he joined the coaching staff in June 2015. Although lmbt helped HellRaisers achieve a plethora of solid results in some of the biggest tournaments in the scene, he decided to step down from the team in June 2016 after the team’s humiliating performance in the ESL One Cologne 2016 Qualifier.

In years that followed, lmbt coached mousesports, returned to coach HellRaisers in March 2019 and most recently stood at the helm of AVANGAR’s new CS:GO project, featuring up-and-coming Kazakhstani talents. AVANGAR��s project fell apart earlier this month when the organisation announced they had decided to pull the plug on their CS:GO team and instead focus on developing esports venues in Kazakhstan.

Lmbt’s most successful period as a head coach came during his two-and-a-half years with mousesports, who he guided to no.2 in the CS:GO world rankings with titles at ESG Tour Mykonos, StarSeries Season 4, V4 Future Sports Festival 2018 and ESL One New York 2018.

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