Just four months after signing the SAW core, BC.Game have already pulled the trigger on their first roster changes, benching MUTiRiS and aragornN.

Let’s be honest, this surprises absolutely no one. Results have been declining since Kraków, and the VRS ranking they spent a significant chunk on has completely collapsed, now sitting at a miserable #73. At this point, the atmosphere at Tottenham is probably healthier than whatever’s been going on inside BC.Game.

Following their latest crash at PGL Bucharest 2026, paired with a very telling interview from MUTiRiS, changes felt inevitable.

When a team underperforms, the weakest links are usually the first to go - that’s part of the game. What’s harder to accept is the growing sense that this team was never built with competitive success as the priority. Instead, it looks like BC.Game saw Counter-Strike as a marketing vehicle, with s1mple’s reputation and visibility as the driving force.

Just look at what followed the benching announcement.

In the middle of the season, with two events still ahead, s1mple has decided to head to Andorra for a two-month content bootcamp with a bunch of streamer friends. If that doesn’t make it clear to you how uncommitted he is - and that he doesn’t give a single f-ck about this team - we don’t know what will.

Imagine someone like ZywOo just randomly deciding to take a couple of months off right before a Major just to chill and “stream more”. And perhaps the biggest question: what serious org would even allow that? Let us tell you, NONE.

The business relationship between BC.Game and s1mple is simply that, business. BC.Game benefits from the buzz and eyeballs that s1mple attracts, while s1mple enjoys the freedom to do whatever the f-ck he wants, show up to a few tier 1 events here and there, and collect a serious bag every month. Sounds like a pretty good deal to us.

And case in point, BC.Game shortly after announced nocries as a sub for IEM Atlanta. If he even ends up playing is beside the point, as the intent is pretty clear. Bring in the famous FACEIT kid before anyone else, regardless of whether he has any meaningful experience. You see, the competitive context doesn’t matter much around these parts. It’s all. About. The views.

The truth is, the SAW trio probably had some idea of what they were signing up for - but likely didn’t expect it to be this bad. It’s no secret that BC.Game worked their way down the list of top-30 teams, throwing money at anything that moved until someone eventually said yes.

What makes it more ironic is that at their very first event together, IEM Kraków 2026, s1mple praised his new teammates, saying he “finally had a decent team”. Fast forward four months, and that same “decent team” suddenly lacks skill and “can’t win rounds”. Funny how quickly that changed.

Maybe what they really need is their own two-month content bootcamp in Andorra.