Name a more iconic duo.

The transfer mill was in full swing this week, and perhaps the biggest story involved birdfromsky and b0RUP.

Now that’s something we didn’t think we’d ever say.

The duo announced their departure from kONO amid claims that the organisation owes them four months of salary.

It shouldn’t come as a surprise, though. Just a few months ago, Keoz took to X/Twitter alleging that the org had breached his contract by failing to pay his December salary, saying he received “pressure, threats, and attempts to discredit me” after speaking up.

So, nothing new there then.

A team that is on a regular payroll - though their CS might suggest otherwise - is OG. After signing cadiaN and FL4MUS just a few months ago, the organization has already made further changes, benching the Russian and bringing in bodyy on loan.

Losing Chr1zN appears to have been the final nail in the coffin for an OG squad that has been tumbling down the VRS ever since, recently dropping to #92. And frankly, we’re not convinced bodyy is the fix.

In a similar situation, Inner Circle has decided to bench Flierax following a terrible start to 2026 that saw them slide from a peak of #26 all the way down to #75. This was genuinely an exciting team to watch, especially during their run at the end of 2025, but ever since losing their biggest star in cairne, things clearly haven’t been the same.

Lastly, nEMANHA has joined ChatGPT Esports - also known as Wildcard - as their new IGL. The Serbian now finds a new home after leading one of the biggest surprises of the first half of the year, illwill - a mix of free agents that forced its way into the Major conversation after a string of both online and LAN deep runs.

Leaving that for Wildcard? That’s a downgrade if we’ve ever seen one.