<\/figcaption><\/figure>It’s unclear who would replace him as a support player on Cloud9 once he transitions away from competition. The team will have at least half a year to prepare for his departure if he intends on following through with retiring.<\/p> <\/p>
Players from other North American teams such as OpTic Gaming and Team Liquid may want to sneak their way into the popular lineup, which hasn\u2019t been touched since Alec \u201cSlemmy\u201d White was replaced with Timothy \u201cautimatic\u201d Ta in August of last year.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p>
Who knows? Cloud9 may even want to select a crafty European support player to fill shroud\u2019s vacancy.<\/p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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