SK Gaming Reportedly in Talks About Signing Stewie2K

According to a report by DeKay of DBLTAP, Cloud9 player Jake "Stewie2K" Yip is in discussions with the players of SK Gaming to possibly join their starting lineup. The young and talented North American player would fill the empty slot that was left behind by Epitácio "TACO" de Melo, who announced his departure from the team last week. According to one of Dekay's sources, the roster of SK Gaming has already practiced with Stewie2K this past weekend. 

This possible roster move is one of the latest ones that have been rumored for SK Gaming recently, as recent reports have pointed to Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev and Egor "flamie" Vasilyev of Natus Vincere leaving their team to join the trio of Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo, Marcelo "coldzera" David and Fernando "fer" Alvarenga. However, the CEO of Natus Vincere publicly denied that s1mple and flamie were leaving Natus Vincere, and no other developments in the move have been made public since the statement. Now it looks as though the roster of SK Gaming is looking to add the young star of Stewie2K to their talented core. 

Losing Stewie2K would be a huge loss for the Cloud9 organization, as he was instrumental in the team's miraculous run at the ELEAGUE Major: Boston where they were able to defeat FaZe Clan and become the very first North American Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team to win a Valve sponsored Major in CS:GO. However, due to a recent string of poor performances from the team after their Major victory, Stewie2K could possibly be looking to find a new team to help him get back to the Major championship level. 

According to Flickshot reporter neL, Ricardo "boltz" Prass will be staying with the team, while the Brazillian roster will transition to speaking English as their team's main form of communication, due to the addition of Stewie2K. 

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