Emil "kUcheR" Ahundon is no longer a part of HellRaisers' CS:GO team after two years with the organization.

According to HellRaisers' press release, the organization gave kUcheR the option to take a break while they try out Sergey "smike" Sklyarenko, but kUcheR decided against it and elected to part ways with the organization.

"It's a pity to leave HellRaisers, since they were my second family," he said. "The organization offered me to take a break, having decided to try out a young player. I said that I did not want to be on the hook and left the team. I will continue to play and will try to find a new team."

smike was formerly part of eXplosive, which is a subsidiary team of HellRaisers. That team competed in the CIS Minor, but they were eliminated after losing to Gambit Gaming and Binary Dragons during the group stage.

kUcheR found a good amount success as part of HellRaisers, competing in four of the seven CS:GO Majors that have concluded so far, and achieving a Top 8 finish in two of them; EMS One Katowice 2014 and DreamHack Winter 2014.

More recently however, the team failed to even qualify for the two most recent Majors; ESL One: Cologne 2015 and DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015. And after HellRaisers failed to qualify for MLG Major Championship: Columbus, losing to mousesports and Team Liquid during the LAN qualifiers, the team regrettably felt the need for a change.

The HellRaisers squad competing at the ESL One Cologne 2015 European Qualifier

The team's coach Sergy "lmbt" Behanov, who is also a long-time friend of the player, spoke about kUcheR's departure.

"I've known Emil since 2005, which isn't a small period," he said. "Our roads and career entwined in 2009, and it's been a while since then, there were many different teams and roles, but we always supported each other as friends, and it is really a pity that we have to go different roads again.

"Probably, our paths will entwine again some day. I want to give my thanks to my friend for everything he did for the team and myself. I want to wish him further success in any beginnings. Thanks you, Emil."

HellRaisers are currently in the running of Season 21 of ESEA Premier Division, as well as the CEVO Season 9 Professional Europe Qualifier #1.

HellRaisers' CS:GO roster looks as follows:

Kirill " ANGE1 " Karasiev

" Karasiev Tomáš " oskar " Šťastný

" Šťastný Martin " STYKO " Styk

" Styk Patrik " Zero " Žúdel (stand-in)

" Žúdel (stand-in) Sergey "smike" Skliarenko (stand-in)