Cloud9 Signs Fnatic Legend Flusha to CS:GO Team, Releases STYKO
By Nicholas Barth ·
North American organization Cloud9 has signed former Fnatic player flusha to its CS:GO roster and have released stand-in player STYKO.
The world of professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) saw a major roster change today that saw veteran Fnatic CS:GO player Robin "flusha" Rönnquist be signed to the roster of North American organization Cloud9. The major roster move involving flusha also saw Cloud9 stand-in player Martin STYKO Styk be released from the team.
"Joining Cloud9 is one of those opportunities in life that just felt right for me to pursue. Getting to play with hungry players that want to achieve what I once achieved is a big motivator, because I am not done yet," said flusha in a press release from Cloud9. "I hope to bring a lot of experience to this talented and young group of players, and I’m looking forward to getting to know the team better as well. Bringing us onto a winning path will follow from there!”
The former Fnatic star of flusha now joins Tyler "Skadoodle" Latham, Timothy "Autimatic" Ta, Will "Rush" Wierzba and Maikil "Golden" Selim on the CS:GO roster for Cloud9 and will see his first tournament action with the team at the BLAST Pro Series: Istanbul 2018. Fnatic had sent flusha to the bench after a string of disappointing tournament runs that ultimately saw Fnatic sign former Team EnVy player Adil “ScreaM” Benrlitom to take flusha's spot on the roster in preparation for ESL One New York.
We are announcing the release of @STYKOcsgo. He has been an incredible teammate & his presence will be missed. We wish you all the best!
— Cloud9 (@Cloud9) September 25, 2018
Joining #C9CSGO in his stead is one of Counter-Strike's most legendary players. Welcome Señor VAC @flusha_csgo!
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While his tenure with Cloud9 did not see a great deal of success, STYKO only had praise for the organization that gave him another opportunity to compete at the highest level of professional CS:GO.
"Despite my short adventure under the Cloud9 banner, I have to say I will remember it for a long time. It was an experience that doesn’t come often, and I tried to be as good as I could," said STYKO. "Unfortunately, our results were rather underwhelming with me being on the team, so I completely understand the decision the team made. I wish them the best of luck moving forward! Hope to see you soon, friends!”
STYKO is currently still under contract with his former team of mousesports and stated in a twitlonger post on Tuesday, September 25th that he currently has no concrete plans of what his future in the world of professional CS:GO holds for him but is open to any opportunity.
"I love this game," said STYKO. "And I am not planning on quitting the scene."
(cover photo courtesy of Cloud9)