Nouns part ways with cynic

The North American organization released its in-game leader and AWPer on Monday.

Nouns have parted ways with their in-game leader David "⁠cynic⁠" Polster. The change came just three days after the team's victory at the ESEA Cash Cup Circuit Finals, which earned the squad a spot in the IEM Fall closed qualifier and a Bootcamp during IEM Cologne in July.

This is the first change in the North American squad since February, when Edgar "⁠MarKE⁠" Maldonado was signed to fill the void left by Bobby "⁠stamina⁠" Eitrem's departure. Nouns will now enter the tournament break looking to fill both the IGL and AWPer roles ahead of their European boot camp next month.

cynic was one of the original members of the Squirtle Squad roster that was acquired by the Nouns organization in September 2022. The North American team quickly became one of the most successful teams in the region's second tier, with the 23-year-old leading them to victory at CCT North America Series 3 as well as qualification for the Regional Major Ranking events for IEM Rio and BLAST.tv Paris, BLAST Premier Spring Showdown, and IEM Dallas.

Nouns struggled to take the next step and claim any significant placements on LAN, missing out on the last two CS:GO Majors before a poor 13-16th place exit at IEM Dallas. The whole team struggled at the Texas event, but it was cynic's 0.59 score that stood out, putting him in the bottom three at the event in terms of rating.

"Today we say farewell to our IGL and one of the foundational players of Nouns CS, cynic," read the statement released by the organization. "We wish him the best moving forward; we've had many great successes with him on our team and we hope to see him continue to excel."

Nouns are now:

Christopher "⁠cJ dA K1nG⁠" Jones
Brendan "⁠Bwills⁠" Williams
Carson "⁠nosraC⁠" O'Reilly
Edgar "⁠MarKE⁠" Maldonado

Kory "⁠SEMPHIS⁠" Friesen (coach)