SK Gaming is having a big roster shakeup as veteran pro leaves, reports of s1mple joining and more

Looks like we’re about to witness the year’s biggest roster change so far with SK Gaming’s CS: GO squad, as one of the key players is leaving making way to some fresh blood

Epitacio “TACO” de Melo, the team’s support player has announced on his Twitter page that he’s officially parting ways with SK Gaming, stating that the pressure on him made him feel unhappy and that it’s time to end his 2 years journey with the roster.

“A few weeks ago, I noticed I wasn’t happy anymore,” TACO said in his announcement. “A few days ago, I decided to look for that same happiness I used to feel before playing, and I wasn’t feeling that anymore, even though it’d cost me the decision of leaving the team I helped succeed and turn into one of the best teams to play this game. During all this time, every second in the team I felt the outside pressure on me was always HEAVY and maybe this is one of the reasons why I came to this closure.”

TACO’s absence will soon be made up for with reports of Natus Vincere’s Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev and Egor “flamie” Vasilyev joining fer, coldzera, and FalleN on a new roster, with boltz also leaving the team later.

SK has been struggling so far in 2018 in contrast to the team’s success in 2017, where they won eight championships in total. With the core lineup of FalleN, coldzera, and fer, TACO won 13 titles, spanning across their time under both the SK and Luminosity Gaming banners. Two of those wins were also at Valve Majors in 2016, MLG Columbus and ESL One Cologne.