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The North American organization cited a difference in player styles and in-game leading styles that ultimately resulted in him being removed from the roster. The team will be going back to having Tarik Celik as the shot caller for the Major-winning squad, which helped win the recent ELEAGUE Boston Major in January alongside Jake “Stewie2k” Yip, who is now with SK Gaming.<\/p>

“FNS brought with him the structure, discipline, and leadership that led him to success with former teams, but the differences in philosophies proved to be too great to form the cohesion we needed to accomplish the results we know we are capable of,” Cloud9 said. “Both the team and FNS arrived at the conclusion that the time and energy of all parties would be better spent seeking out more suitable arrangements for their respective play-styles.”<\/p>