Most of 2020 has been alright on aizyesque. He barely leaves his house anyway, it might surprise you to learn (it won't), and he's generally oblivious to the outside world, so all the things that made this year suck for everyone else, barely affected him.
At least, until this week, when North announced that MSL and aizy have been benched, with Kristou and kreaz stepping in.
Most teams wouldn't describe replacing the two youngest members of the team as 'the next step in talent development strategy', but then most teams probably wouldn't do literally everything North have done since 2016.
The last three North matches have all been losses, shockingly, with aizy dropping 26 in a loss to Heroic, 37 in a map win (but series loss) to G2 and then 31 in a loss to x6tence. Clearly, he was the problem in all of those.
North have made questionable decisions essentially since inception, and this one will probably not be seen in the same vein as previous discretions - mainly as the stock of those two players has fallen through the floor even if their recent performances have been decent.
But, this one seems to be motivated by money - which, given the narrative around North, seems strange to say. North are hemorrhaging money - COVID has not been kind to football clubs, or esport teams. Supposedly, one of North's owners are projecting a 35m Euro loss, and aizy and MSL are rumoured to be the biggest earners.
North, for PR reasons, seems to be dressing this up as talent development. But if that was true, we doubt aizy and the guy who has helped the careers of other young players blossom, would be the ones leaving.
It's a double whammy for aizyesque. Not only is aizy without a team, but North seem to be without a direction.
At least he can finally go outside and meet so-, ah, never mind.
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