Report: Liquid call time on failed CS experiment, bench new player before BLAST Showdown

Team Liquid is benching Aleks “Rainwaker” Petrov after mere months with a European majority roster, according to a report from Ryan Friend of Dust2.us. They will play with their coach, Damian “daps” Steele, at the upcoming BLAST Fall Showdown, the report states. While Rainwaker isn’t completely cut from the organization, he will not play in the upcoming event. Liquid are currently juggling roles between players, and there’s a chance Rainwaker could return to the starting roster in the future.

For years, Team Liquid was the face and hope of North American Counter-Strike. Their move away from two legendary players, Jonathan “EliGE” Jablonowski and Nick “nitr0” Cannella, transitioning to a European-majority roster, earned the ire of many NA fans. The new roster vastly underperformed since then, bombing out of ESL Pro League Season 18, Gamers8, and the IEM Cologne play-in.