Cloud9 confirm Stewie2K exit

31-3-2018 01:36

Cloud9 have confirmed that Jake "Stewie2K" Yip is no longer part of their Counter-Strike squad.

In a video posted on their Youtube channel, Cloud9 thanked Jake "⁠Stewie2K⁠" Yip for his service to the organisation but did not reveal where the player's future lies.

The 20-year-old is widely expected to join the SK squad, who made the North American their number one priority after their failed attempt to sign Natus Vincere duo Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev and Egor "⁠flamie⁠" Vasilyev.

Cloud9 bid farewell to Stewie2K

Stewie2K has been on Cloud9's books since January 2016, when he signed for the North American giants after impressing for SKDC and FolloweSports/Splyce. During his time on C9, he helped the team to win the ESL Pro League Season 4 Finals, in São Paulo, and, more recently, ELEAGUE Major Boston, where they beat G2, SK and FaZe en-route to the title.

On Twitter, Cloud9 CEO Jack Etienne revealed that the organisation decided to respect Stewie2K's wish to join another team, despite the fact that the player had only recently signed "a multi-year agreement."

Cloud9's announcement comes just hours after Tyler "⁠Skadoodle⁠" Latham revealed that he had stepped down from the active roster, which is now depleted to just three players.

HLTV.org reported on Saturday that Cloud9 had engaged in talks with Ninjas in Pyjamas over the transfer of Richard "⁠Xizt⁠" Landström, who is currently benched by the Swedish team. The North American giants have also been credited with an interest in former Liquid member Josh "⁠jdm64⁠" Marzano.

Cloud9 currently have:

Tarik "⁠tarik⁠" Celik
William "⁠RUSH⁠" Wierzba
Timothy "⁠autimatic⁠" Ta

Soham "⁠valens⁠" Chowdhury (coach)

As we bid @Stewie farwell we look back on the good times we’ve had :) & :(
#C9CSGO https://t.co/KK71FkK6p2 Thanks Stew :) pic.twitter.com/gGUsC7qoy4
— Cloud9 (@Cloud9) March 30, 2018

see you stewie, thank you for being part of CLOUD9!

2018-03-31 01:36

67 replies

StewieSK OMEGALUL

54 replies

Why would SK destroy their whole Communication just because of stewie...

2018-03-31 01:37

52 replies

Because it worths

2018-03-31 01:38

31 replies

-Taco + Stew is that even worth?

2018-03-31 01:40

29 replies

Ofc it does dood

2018-03-31 01:41

28 replies

Let's hope SK speaks better Engkish than you brother :DDD no offense

2018-03-31 01:48

27 replies

I hope they speaks English and not Engkish.

26 replies

Look at His first and last letter STEWIE2K welcome in this team :)

2018-03-31 01:53

22 replies

STEWIEtoSK He is the key to the success. Great player, I don't know why people does not like him

2018-03-31 01:55

20 replies

Do not like him*

2018-03-31 01:58

19 replies

Dude I dont need your "Engkish", get a life nerd.

2018-03-31 02:00

18 replies

Nice coming back to my last message which was obviously just a mistake when typing. Nt brazil brain

2018-03-31 02:02

17 replies

Brazilian brain* Nice "Engkish" stupid.

2018-03-31 02:03

7 replies

You clearly don't know any engkish so stop trying to correct me... -.-

2018-03-31 02:07

6 replies

non-native English speakers debating about who has a better English lul

2018-03-31 02:16

5 replies

'Has a better english' LUL

2018-03-31 02:21

4 replies

it's actually correct

2018-03-31 07:01

3 replies

It really isn't

2018-03-31 11:02

2 replies

It is, you're retarded.

2018-03-31 11:29

1 reply

2018-03-31 19:12

Honesyly just shut the fuck up, let the guy be, just because his english is worde his points are incalid?

2018-03-31 04:48

8 replies

Honestly*, worse*, invalid*

I'm really enjoying this. Thanks!

2018-03-31 05:16

2018-03-31 08:58

holy fuck i was drunk as shit hahah

2018-03-31 14:08

nt, hltv people are never drunk

2018-03-31 14:25

Hahahah

2018-03-31 18:40

I started it out as just a fun joke, but he clearly overreacted and made it into an argument, not my fault

true true

Thats probably not a coincidence :)

2018-03-31 11:34

oof

2018-03-31 01:57

Would've been oof if he didn't make grammatical mistakes in a roast about his English LOL

2018-03-31 02:08

They speak*

Stewie isnt even the best player in his team lol

2018-03-31 11:07

You know that everyone on sk speaks English right

2018-03-31 01:39

but all but Fallen speak BAD English and a world class team like SK that relied on good teamplay and strategy cant work like that

13 replies

You don't need to be fluent to be able to communicate in csgo. You just need to understand the callouts and strategies. And I'm sure Stewie can pick up some Portuguese too. He'll still be better than taco no matter what

2018-03-31 01:42

individually sure but I think SK wont dominate as they used to months ago

2018-03-31 01:44

Do they dominate at the moment? No. Anything will be an improvement.

2018-03-31 01:45

Yes, this guy knows what he is talking, he was part of the best team in CS history, also best player in the universe.

2 year top 1-2 is best in cs history? lol nice joke jungle monkey

2018-03-31 07:28

People is so ez to bait these days. Buy a sarcasm detector moron

2018-03-31 07:31

get life favela. stop check hltv.org every 2min

2018-03-31 07:34

Every 9 with 33 secs. Get baited kid

2018-03-31 07:45

Fer speaks really really good english. He has better english than FalleN.

2018-03-31 01:47

I dont know about boltz, but fers was pretty good aswell and colds was ok (might have improved since the last interview)

Fer has the best accent of all SK. And coldzera speaks well.

Did you mean "BAD fallen speak English" right? i hope so

The only one that speaks proper eng is Fallen .. others " trying " to speak english bro just like most of us in mm ..

They're not just gonna sign someone if they're not sure that they can play with him. SK aren't retards. They know what they're doing.

Why would you "try". English is your first language. Aint it ? Lmao

2018-03-31 10:39

Taco will be the best player in SK. new function will be to sabotage the Liquid or c9

All of the remaining members speak English or at least enough to communicate in game. All of them play Rank S, so this isn't be a problem.

2018-03-31 02:14

2tewieSK ))

2018-03-31 06:09

rip stu, I am better than you

best of luck to stewart as he continues his journey on sk gaming lineup

best name on hltv

thanks window <3

2018-03-31 02:23

fan of Dickhouse?? What is it?

2018-03-31 06:10

lmao

2018-03-31 06:15

Wut

what?

I was in his Portuguenese class yesterday.

was he be to learneds to many comunications ?

Stewie twofaced

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2018-03-31 01:50

Rip

LUL

Wohoo

RIP NA SCENE

Liquid?

Ye liquid is pretty good lately, really deserved

2018-03-31 01:43

Lmao I just played silver gn mm with you the other day lol

I don't play mm but okay

Sorry, it was a C games on esea, we played train I believe

2018-04-03 23:28

Well... will see. NAF TOP1

2018-03-31 01:51

lul

Lmao

Rip c9 short era

They didn't have an era, they had an event.

2018-03-31 01:49

winning an event = era?

2018-03-31 02:10

bb kid

rip

NA fans watching their prodigy and most loved player going to a BR team ahahah must suck

Definately no longer a prodigy and one of the most hated players

going to sk !!!

Feelsbadman

Rip NA Scene

Why the fuck did I reply to my own comment instead of edit

Lol

ikr wtf

2018-03-31 04:06

expected

twofaced yip

End of an era

wtf??

Wtf

I don't refresh for a second then it pops up and there is already 19 comments wtf

C9 add xizt :O

No it's 99% confirmed he is going to fnatic since JW wants botgolden out of the team

It 99% golden wont be kick out of the team

2018-03-31 05:49

False

2018-03-31 05:53

Truth

2018-04-01 04:28

cya

I :(

OMEGALUL

yeaaahhhhhhhhhh good luck on SK

Noob

Wow sad day for all c9 fans

I have to decide between teams rn

LMAO imma c9 fan for life

WTF

FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

damn

Winning Major 2 months ago to this Well that went fast.

WHAT???

LETS GOOO

wawa

stewieSK

rip "old new" c9 Also youtube.com/watch?v=zeoq7lq97OU

Still a meh move

SK Stewie2k

welcome to sk gaming online piece of asian shit

Jesus

ez sk stewie taco to c9/liquid

Yeah rip c9 xD

My heart... good luck Stew

-stew +xist

sounds fake to me April Fools

Sk.stewie2k

expected when we saw skadoodle stepping down of cs scene

Sad to see him go

C9 biggest era ever :)

w0w

Sk take autimatic and Sk monster team

gl !

well rip little stew i guess

StewieSK

Rip c9

noo:((((

[S]tewie2[K]

mIBR | Stewie

lol

IT'S HAPPENING BOIIISSS!!!!

worst move XD end of C9 and SK

I see the famous NA logic.

wow i wonder where hes going to

Snake2k

BibleThump

Stewieeeeeeeeeeeee

bb lol

Bad day to be a C9 fan. Damn. I hope whoever they bring to replace him specifically is worth a shit. Glad Taco isn't coming at the least.

Well its meant to be xizt and JDM coming in, xizt can be okay if tarik keeps calling as he isn't a bad player and considering stewies recent form it wont be too big of a difference I feel, but JDM is just a straight up downgrade unless he plays like he did with tarik in the past but it leaves a lot to be desired.

Bye bye!

rip c9

OH MY FUCKING GOD, STEWIE2K IN SK

rekt 360 degree

Epic April Fools Prank

SK| Stewie2k

Wow. Jesus fucking christ :(

s1mple ruined Na'Vi now stewie is going to ruin SK. FeelsBad

Gl in future yung stew

SK to Go top1 again!

Player trades = Taking overrated players, to make international teams, which so far hasn't been proven to work any more efficiently than in the past, what a huge waste of time.

2018-03-31 10:44

Gl stew

champion's decision

Good luck in the future stewie

Hhh

There is nothing like destroying the team that could have won the 2nd major this year

Wtf he was 1 of best players there. Why?

SK stewie2K confirmed!

Big risk on SK side i dont understand why they dont go for a brazilian player this can hurt the team even more or they can get better but i dont see them getting that much better if it works out

Because Stewie > Chelo

Felps FNX and there is many more brazilians with more skill than TACO With stewie2k they most speak alot of english and that will hurt the team

2018-03-31 01:56

Fnx personal issues and Felps idk maybe but Stewie is better just in general

2018-03-31 03:03

They don't have any brazilian player available for entry fragger position i think.

I think felps could do a nice job he was just doing badly as the role he had to play the FNX style role and they have Boltz to do that now so

2018-03-31 02:17

wow

RIP China number one team :(

2018-03-31 01:46

good luck to stew in the future and i hope cs comes back strong after this

c u

Well I wonder who they’ll pick up!

i cri

rip asian duo

That movie is insane, top tier edit, awesome frags vs world class competition.

´C9 HAHAH

C9 is officially dead, Welcome to SK Stewie, Autimatic and Tarik should replace Jkaem and Ustilo on Renegades, RUSH can replace Daps on NRG, FugLy can be IGL once again, Skadoodle can just make a fun stream team with Seangares, n0thing, Shroud and Summit / JasonR as the final player

Expected

2018-03-31 01:52

major winners xD

rip cloud9 era

2018-03-31 01:54

ended 1 week after major LuL

2018-03-31 01:59

agree

2018-03-31 03:13

I hope this is a joke :(

jake twofaced toledo

He's gonna get booted within 6 months I guarantee it. The transition from Portuguese to English comms will create problems and eventually a rift between players. I just don't see why stew thought this was a sustainable move, they probably gave him a paycheck he couldn't refuse.

stewie speaks fluent everything

RIP SK OMEGALUL

Well...

I love being right. Stewie will kill SK as well. Most cancerous player in NA.

rip china cs

Ska now stew what happen?

OMG

2018-03-31 02:01

funny everyone gave him shit when he joined c9 as a pugstar who couldnt adapt... now hes gonna be on SK gaming ... LOL

funny how he still plays like shit, has bad stats, and gets carried by his team guess we were right all along, just a shitty player that will never get anywhere

dude i think your right... i mean Fallen is pretty great IGL and CS player but clearly you know way more about players talent then him or the SK org

2018-03-31 04:39

nooooooo pls noooooooo

rush tarik autimatic nitro e naf gg make america great again

Jake RIp

SK Stewie2K C9 Xizt C9 smooya

Well the two players i liked most on c9 then i guess this sucks.. What a day.

Jack Etienne aka the most money hungry "CEO" of all time must be counting them papers right now

2018-03-31 02:04

What team could he possibly be going to? monkaS

2018-03-31 02:05

oh no ;(

2018-03-31 02:06

i cant believe.

New immortals

C9 has officially been killed in less than a week

GO SK ;)

God dang. Rip Stewie. I wish you the best of luvk in your new team.

2018-03-31 02:09

Gotta do what you gotta do! Gl

inb4 swerves to team liquid

2018-03-31 02:11

STEWIE2k is a two faced toledo

2018-03-31 02:15

RIP SK and RIP C9

Everyone expected Stewie to go to sk. And then he moves to another team. Boom

something that nobody thought about. Is this contract with SK going to be until July? because the Brazilian trio will leave at the end of the contract. Will stewie2k stay in SK org forming a new lineup or also going to mibr (immortals)?

poor auti :(

2018-03-31 02:18

stewie to sk, fallen already tweeted it

C9.VACO

2018-03-31 02:19

Not even good lul

2018-03-31 02:20

C9 SHAHZAM

2018-03-31 02:22

super expected! We smart, we loyal, we friendly, we are from BRAZIL! Kreygasm

2018-03-31 02:27

Please tell me this is an early April fool's joke

2018-03-31 02:29

2018-03-31 02:30

why stew tho? :(

2018-03-31 02:31

easy decision by stew..by links up with fallen he will gain invaluable experience to improve further as a player

2018-03-31 02:35

good for sk tbh. stew can entry and boltz can be their more supportive type player. should be interesting. feel bad for c9 tho if they get jdm and xizt. a washed up igl and an almost 30 yr old awper who's proven time and time again how inconsistent he is. would be better to try and go for ethan+cerq or ethan+wardell or some shit. gotta give players with potential a chance to fulfill it instead of recycling washed up shitters.

2018-03-31 02:39