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Liquid release Stewie2K amid heavy EG rumours

The North American organization has confirmed the departure of their charismatic superstar.

2022-01-18 | @PleyTB

The legendary Team Liquid rifler Jake “Stewie2K” Yip has officially parted ways with the North American organization. The confirmation comes after a series of departures at Liquid, with Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo and Michael “Grim” Wince both having been released of their duties.

With his exit, Stewie2K closes the door on a spectacular three-year tenure with Liquid, where the dubbed “Smoke Criminal” alongside the likes of Jonathan “EliGE” Jablonowski and Keith “NAF” Markovic won their iconic Intel Grand Slam in 2019.

A victory, Liquid’s CEO, Victor Goosens also remembers very fondly.

- My favourite Stewie memory is unquestionably when he jumped up the desk when we won the Intel Grand Slam. Winning a Grand Slam as a North American roster in Counter-Strike is beyond my wildest dreams, and Stewie has played a huge part in that. I’m grateful for everything that he has done for Team Liquid and we will always remember and honour that, Goosens said in a tribute video to Stewie2K.

Despite the last year ended up being a bit dramatic filled with internal problems in the roster and with a lot of lacklustre results, Stewie2K looks back at his time with Team Liquid with joy.

- I just want to say thank you to the fans for supporting me over the years on Team Liquid. We had a lot of success here, and we also had some failures that we couldn’t overcome. However, throughout my time here, I feel like we created a lot of good memories together, Stewie2K stated.

Joining the NA rivals?

Stewie2K has reportedly already found himself a new CS:GO home for the upcoming season, as heavy rumours of him joining Evil Geniuses has circulated the past weeks. Last week, the CEO of EG wrote a Tweet, which looks like a near-confirmation of the transfer.

If the rumours are true, Stewie2K is set to join forces with his former teammates Timothy "⁠autimatic⁠" Ta and William "⁠RUSH⁠" Wierzba, with who he won the ELEAGUE Boston Major in 2018 at Cloud9. The trio will be accompanied by Vincent “Brehze” Cayonte and Tsvetelin “CeRq” Dimitrov.