G2 has officially announced the removal of Rasmus ‘HooXi‘ Nielsen from their starting roster through a farewell video released on Monday.
G2 made their second change of the summer off-season by parting ways with their in-game leader, Nemanja ‘nexa’ IsakoviÄ, and bringing in Mario ‘malbsMd’ Samayoa from M80 to take his place.
The replacement for ‘HooXi’ on the G2 team has not been announced yet. However, it is likely that the replacement has already been finalized, as the deadline for submitting the roster for the upcoming Esports World Cup, where G2 will be competing, was on July 1st.
‘HooXi’ joined G2 in the summer of 2022 from Copenhagen Flames. After a rough start, he led the team to their first Big Event win since 2017 at the BLAST Premier World Final just two months later.
After their victory, G2 went on a dominant streak, winning 13 consecutive Big Event matches and claiming the title at IEM Katowice. In the second half of 2023, G2 also won another highly-coveted trophy at IEM Cologne.
Despite consistently making it to the playoffs, ‘HooXi’ has not been able to secure any titles since their triumph in Germany last August. G2’s sole victory came at IEM Dallas this May, a tournament in which ‘Jake’ ‘Stewie2K’ Yip played instead of ‘HooXi’. This added further scrutiny to ‘HooXi’s’ leadership abilities.
G2 Official Announcement
G2 roster now is as follows:
Nemanja ‘â huNter-â ‘ KovaÄ
Nikola ‘â NiKoâ ‘ KovaÄ
Ilya ‘â m0NESYâ ‘ Osipov
Mario ‘â malbsMdâ ‘ Samayoa
Wiktor ‘TaZâ ‘ Wojtas (coach)
Nemanja ‘nexa’ IsakoviÄ (benched)
Rasmus ‘â HooXiâ ‘ Nielsen (benched)
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