HLTV have reported that G2 are making changes.

But, it’s one that comes out of complete left field. It’s not HooXi, it’s not NiKo. It’s not even m0NESY.

Instead, it’s the unproblematic jks that, by all metrics, does his anchor role pretty well.

Australia’s last hope joined in August ‘22 so it’s unlikely to be a contractual issue, unless he’s on a very short 1-year ish deal.

So, why on earth have G2 benched him?

The conspiracy theorists will say this is all NiKo’s fault, because everything always is.

NiKo was supposed to go to Falcons, and when he agreed to stay at G2 it was under certain stipulations: Including signing his boy nexa as jks’ replacement.

It’s a stretch, especially given that the report says that G2 ‘were at one point’ targeting nexa, not that they are definitely pursuing him — and that there’s no confirmation that NiKo has renewed his deal, that still has a good few months left on it.

What really happened? We’re at a loss, but it seems like winning Cologne wasn’t enough to keep this inconsistent but stacked roster together.

Finances must be an issue, given that all reports indicated that G2 didn’t really want to keep NiKo on his (deservedly) gargantuan salary as the esports winter sets in.

But was jks really the one that had to go? We’re not sure about that, either.

We love rostermania as the next fan who hasn’t watched a game in three months, but come on. This is just change for change’s sake. The replacement better be far more exciting than bloody nexa.