CYPHER departs BC.Game

The Brit has been linked to fnatic after MATYS' departure.

Cai "⁠CYPHER⁠" Watson has left BC.Game after UKCSGO reported of an impending move to fnatic to replace Matúš "⁠MATYS⁠" Šimko.

The Englishman has a 1.02 rating in 2025, but has maintained his aggression with 37% opening attempts and an 86 Entrying attribute this year.

After making his name with Into the Breach in their run to the Paris Major quarter-finals, CYPHER joined the BLEED team assembled by Aleksandar "⁠kassad⁠" Trifunović in January 2024 and moved with the core to BC.Game.

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The two projects, however, struggled with missed payments in BLEED during a key period where they could have established a VRS standing, and the players only played four LANs together in 18 months.

BC.Game were also rocked by the skins scandal around Joakim "⁠jkaem⁠" Myrbostad that erupted in March, and have not played a match since June 22. The team are down to three:

Serbia Nemanja "⁠nexa⁠" Isaković
Germany Luca "⁠pr1metapz⁠" Voigt
North Macedonia Aleksandar "⁠CacaNito⁠" Kjulukoski

Norway Joakim "⁠jkaem⁠" Myrbostad (benched)
Sweden Tim "⁠nawwk⁠" Jonasson (benched)

Serbia Nemanja 'nexa' Isaković
Nemanja 'nexa' Isaković
Age:
28
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.03
Maps played:
1725
KPR:
0.68
DPR:
0.64
Germany Luca 'pr1metapz' Voigt
Luca 'pr1metapz' Voigt
Age:
24
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.99
Maps played:
401
KPR:
0.67
DPR:
0.66
Sweden Tim 'nawwk' Jonasson
Tim 'nawwk' Jonasson
Age:
27
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.11
Maps played:
1624
KPR:
0.72
DPR:
0.59
North Macedonia Aleksandar 'CacaNito' Kjulukoski
Aleksandar 'CacaNito' Kjulukoski
Age:
24
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.04
Maps played:
813
KPR:
0.73
DPR:
0.69
Slovakia Matúš 'MATYS' Šimko
Matúš 'MATYS' Šimko
Age:
23
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.09
Maps played:
894
KPR:
0.77
DPR:
0.71
Norway Joakim 'jkaem' Myrbostad
Joakim 'jkaem' Myrbostad
Age:
31
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.03
Maps played:
2081
KPR:
0.73
DPR:
0.70
Serbia Aleksandar 'kassad' Trifunović
Aleksandar 'kassad' Trifunović
Age:
38
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.75
Maps played:
102
KPR:
0.52
DPR:
0.73
United Kingdom Cai 'CYPHER' Watson
Cai 'CYPHER' Watson
Age:
22
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.98
Maps played:
1003
KPR:
0.69
DPR:
0.71
NO PLEASE NO, DON'T COME TO FNATIC
2025-07-24 20:42
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4 replies
#12
Faceit level 10  | 
Ireland koko1o1
lmao
2025-07-24 20:54
2
its over bro, the Paris major vertigo merchant is here
2025-07-24 21:00
8
Worst fnatic management decision is always the next one
2025-07-24 21:15
30
#19
 | 
United States TARlK
it's ok Snax will fix everything in fnatic when he joins
2025-07-24 22:05
8
#2
 | 
Russia TEMHOMECTO
fnatic tier 4
2025-07-24 20:43
11
#3
ztr | 
Sweden axelious
Shocker
2025-07-24 20:43
0
#4
Faceit level 7  | 
bLitz | 
United Kingdom Titanium_based
Jkaem hasnt played a match since 2022 damn!!
2025-07-24 20:44
0
1 reply
#6
hades | 
North America mintwo
Did they just edit it? Cause it says June 22 now lol
2025-07-24 20:46
2
'have not played a match since June 2022' crazy, it feels like they just played a match last month
2025-07-24 20:45
2
Why are people angry about this? Cypher has been the best entry in tier 3 ever since he joined bleed, then bc.game. If anything fans should be happy, theyre getting a guy that will entry 30%of rounds with over 50% first kill%. He has greatly improved since his time on ITB before CS2. I'd honestly say CS2 made him a much better player than people give him credit for.
2025-07-24 20:48
8
Welcome Fnc my English chum
2025-07-24 20:49
4
1 reply
#27
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United Kingdom Cake00
I live inside you
2025-07-25 07:52
1
+glaive, +phzy?
2025-07-24 20:50
0
5 replies
or +Sl3nd, Nexa is calling so i dont see +glaive
2025-07-24 20:53
1
4 replies
Phzy is cheaper probably so I would think it's gonna be phzy but good call on Nexa igl. +Who then? I have no clue.
2025-07-24 20:55
0
3 replies
many optinions, it can be anyone really, i dont know like juanfluatro, buzz and more, i dont really know their positions, so yeah... a lot of free agents that you can pick from or benched players on buyout or loan
2025-07-24 21:00
0
1 reply
Imagine some shit like cairne
2025-07-24 21:03
0
Isnt phzy staying with 9INE? I think he was linked already with 2 teams.
2025-07-25 07:13
0
jkem still in asylum?
2025-07-24 20:53
0
Extremely underrated player in T3 imo, very unlucky career path with ITB in constant financial trouble, BLEED not paying, jkaem scamming on BC.Game. Way better and more impactful than his admittedly mid rating makes it seem
2025-07-25 02:07
5
1 reply
#26
 | 
United States blargCS
I agree. I hope with a reliable paycheck he can become a more consistently good player
2025-07-25 07:37
2
#23
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Australia hoangii
he played well at the paris major 2 years ago, and teams are signing him from that performance
2025-07-25 02:54
1
#24
 | 
United States blargCS
erm based?
2025-07-25 05:32
0
#28
 | 
India stiwa5k
from matys to this.. so depressing
2025-07-25 10:32
0
Would love to see him gain his form from Paris again. Dude was a monster
2025-07-25 12:39
0
He was a beast in Paris hopefully he will bounce back
2025-07-25 13:26
0
I always liked him since that performance in Paris. That being said he still has a lot to prove to the scene. Best of luck to him!
2025-07-27 22:58
0
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