CYPHER joins 500

Esports organization 500 officially announced the newest member of its Counter-Strike 2 roster: Cai "CYPHER" Watson. The 22-year-old British esports athlete has joined the squad on a loan deal from fnatic.

CYPHER replaced Hristiyan "REDSTAR" Pironkov on 500's lineup, who was benched today.

Last month, Cai departed fnatic's active CS2 roster, which he joined in July of this year. Nikita "jackasmo" Skyba, formerly of Passion UA, has filled the vacant position.

500 is currently ranked 82nd in Valve's ranking of the world's strongest Counter-Strike 2 teams.

500 are now:

 Aleks "⁠Rainwaker⁠" Petrov
 Tsvetelin "⁠CeRq⁠" Dimitrov
 Hampus "hampus" Poser
 Sebastian "volt" Maloș
 Cai "CYPHER" Watson

 Daniel "djL" Narancic (coach)

Origin: x.com