KioShiMa cites \u2018player power\u2019 in first statement since Cloud9 release ESLFabien \u2018kioShiMa\u2019 Fiey has spoken out after his release from Counter-Strike: Global Offensive squad, implying that the organization were not the driving force behind his shock departure, but rather \u201cplayer power\u201d was a deciding factor. The Frenchman was part of Cloud9\u2019s roster for just six months, joining the American organization as a stand in for the BLAST Pro Series event in Copenhagen back in November. KioShiMa attended six LAN tournaments with Cloud9, reaching the final at the ELEAGUE Invitational and third at BLAST Pro Series: Lisbon, but his run with the organization is now finished. What did Cloud9 and kioShiMa say about his release? In a statement on the Cloud9 website, kioShiMa stated that he appreciated \u201cCloud9 giving me the opportunity to play professional CS:GO again,\u201d while Cloud9 CEO Jack Etienne said the organization was \u201cgrateful to have had kioShiMa with the team during this time. \u201c On Twitter though, the Frenchman appeared to place the decision on his teammates rather than the organization, writing: \u201cFor people wondering, the org doesn\u2019t always agree with the players choices. It\u2019s a tough position to be in when the players have too much power. This isn\u2019t to cause any drama. It\u2019s hard to blame one party when you don\u2019t know which one is taking decisions.\u201d KioShiMa stated that he was revealing who made the decision as he sees a lot of frustration aimed at organizations and players, when it\u2019s often unclear as to who made the choice as \u201cevery [organization] has different ways of managing their teams.\u201d This isn\u2019t to cause any drama, I see a lot of comments towards org\/players, when every team as different ways of managing their teams. It\u2019s hard to \u201cblame\u201d one party when you don\u2019t know which one is taking decisions. The power of someone become always limited. \u2014 kioShiMa (@kiocsgoo) April 1, 2019 What is the reaction to kioShiMa\u2019s Cloud9 exit? Many have expressed their surprise in the aftermath of the announcement. Caster Chad \u2018SPUNJ\u2019 Burchill was one of the first to share his feelings about the move, revealing his shock by saying: \u201cHard to have forecasted kioShiMa no longer being a part of Cloud9.\u201d Cloud 9 fans were unhappy with the announcement, replying to the official announcement with hopes that it was an early April Fool\u2019s joke, while others stated that they believed the change would end their hopes of qualifying for the StarLadder Major in August. Some CS:GO fans on Twitter went as far as stating that the decision was one of the worst made by any organization, with questions regarding the regularity of Cloud9 roster moves also raised by Twitter users. Can c9 hold down a roster for a week? Its hard to like a team when the roster is constantly changing. I get that you want to spend less after the whole FNS thing, but at some point you gotta realize its not worth playing with free agents and stand ins if they aren’t good enough \u2014 potato (@Fat__Potato) March 31, 2019 i wonder when we will see a Cloud9 CSGO lineup for longer than a few months again. \u2014 soki34 (@realsoki34) April 1, 2019 What\u2019s next for Cloud9? Cloud9 are already reported to be in talks with Ren\u00e9 \u201ccajunb\u201d Borg, who was recently removed from OpTic Gaming\u2019s lineup amid a number of roster changes by the organization. It\u2019s believed that cajunb will be part of the team that represents Cloud9 at BLAST Pro Series: Miami, although there has been no official word from the organization. As things stand, Cloud9 no longer have the majority of the lineup that competed at the IEM Katowice Major, meaning it\u2019s likely that they will have to qualify for the Berlin major through the continental minor tournaments in the run-up to the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
KioShiMa cites \u2018player power\u2019 in first statement since Cloud9 release ESLFabien \u2018kioShiMa\u2019 Fiey has spoken out after his release from Counter-Strike: Global Offensive squad, implying that the organization were not the driving force behind his shock departure, but rather \u201cplayer power\u201d was a deciding factor. The Frenchman was part of Cloud9\u2019s roster for just six […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38552\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}