CS:GO IGL nafany breaks down Cloud9 departure: ‘I was not really a leader’

It’s been less than a week since the Russian CS:GO captain Vladislav “nafany” Gorshkov was removed from Cloud9’s starting lineup. A lot of players would feel upset about getting cut from one the best teams in the world, but not nafany.

The 22-year-old said during a livestream after his removal to make room for former NAVI stars electroNic and Perfecto on July 14 that he felt “hardly upset at all” because what happened on C9 led to the kick. The team failed to live up to the expectations created by the community after they left Gambit to join C9 in April 2022 and had lackluster performances in nearly every tournament this year, except a second-place finish at ESL Pro League season 17 in March.