Former Cloud9 player Spencer "Hiko" Martin will be standing-in for Team iBUYPOWER for the upcoming MLG X Games, replacing Nick "nitr0" Cannella. As an effect, nitr0 will be joining Torqued instead.
The news comes after Shahzeb "ShahZaM" Khan replaced Spencer "Hiko" Martin in Cloud9, making Hiko a free agent. Now, it appears that iBUYPOWER has selected him to play in the upcoming MLG X Games qualifier in place of Nick "nitr0" Cannella.
I'm standing in for @iBUYPOWERCSGO to qualify for @MLG X-GAMES - nothing is confirmed until next year- matches starting tonight :D
— Spencer Martin (@C9Hiko) December 15, 2014
iBUYPOWER will now have the following roster:
Keven "AZK" Lariviere
Tyler "Skadoodle" Latham
Braxton "swag" Pierce
Spencer "Hiko" Martin
Sam "DaZeD" Marine
Weclome @nitr0cs to our squad for MLG qualies
— Moe Assad (@m0E_tv) December 15, 2014
In return, Nick "nitr0" Cannella has joined Torqued, meaning that the newly formed North American team will have the following roster for the MLG X Games qualifiers:
Neil "montE" Montgomery
Trey "tck" Martin
Josh "steel" Nissan
Carey "frozt" Kartenian
Mohammed "mOE" Assad
Nick "nitr0" Cannella
It is still unclear whether or not the North American "shuffle" is over yet, but GosuGamers will keep you updated will all further unformation as soon as it arises. Stay tuned.
