G2 Esports Announce CS:GO Roster Changes
By Nicholas Barth ·
A new face and role switches highlight the major roster changes that will be happening to the talented, but underperforming lineup.
In light of recent struggles, G2 Esports announced today that major changes will be taking place on their Counter-Strike: Global Offensive roster. The team has officially revealed that Nathan "NBK" Schmitt will be transitioning to be the in-game leader for the team, while Oscar "mixwell" Cañellas will be joining the team on a trial basis to replace Richard "shox" Papillon on the starting roster.
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Mixwell is currently competing with the Spanish team Wololos at WESG in China and will be joining the rest of the G2 roster for practice once his time at WESG has ended. The team will be playing with shox as an interim player until mixwell arrives and takes over shox's starting roster spot. G2 explained that the reasoning for this is to allow shox to prepare for his upcoming wrist surgery and recovery "without any added pressure."
There has also been a major shakeup in the coaching staff for the G2 Esports CS:GO team, as their coach Edouard "SmithZz" Dubourdeaux has stepped down to return to compete as a player. G2 Esports CS:GO manager Jerome ‘NiaK’ Sudries has been promoted to team coach to fill the vacancy left by SmithZz. Both shox and SmithZz will remain apart of the G2 Esports organization during this trial period for the CS:GO team.
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(cover photo courtesy of G2 Esports)