Method will attend Northern Arena with Cloud9 talent Mike "shroud" Grzesiek as a stand-in, Samuel "SileNt3m" Portillo has revealed. The Canadian player will fill in for Connor "streboR" Roberts, who is unable to attend the event this weekend for unspecified reasons. The news comes at a time when Cloud9 are taking a competitive break as they conduct tryouts to find a replacement for Sean "seang@res" Gares, who stepped down from the roster last month. Method have been drawn into Group B for Northern Arena, alongside compLexity, FolloweSports and CLG Red. The teams will face each other in a round-robin group stage, with the top two sides advancing to the semi-finals. This means that Method will attend North Arena with:
shroud to play for Method in Toronto Justin "just9n" Ortiz
Samuel "SileNt" Portillo
David "Toy" Han
David "DAVEY" Stafford
Mike "shroud" Grzesiek (stand-in)
Samuel 'SileNt' Portillo
Age: 20 Team: Method Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 135 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.73
Connor 'streboR' Roberts
Age: - Team: Method Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 127 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.70
David 'DAVEY' Stafford
Age: 19 Team: Method Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 129 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.70
Sean 'seang@res' Gares
Age: 27 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.88 Maps played: 297 KPR: 0.60 DPR: 0.67
Mike 'shroud' Grzesiek
Age: 21 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 247 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.66
David 'Toy' Han
Age: 20 Team: Method Rating 1.0: 0.94 Maps played: 81 KPR: 0.64 DPR: 0.68
Justin 'just9n' Ortiz
Age: 23 Team: Method Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 131 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.70