Famous scout and player Aleksei "RuFire" Burakov commented on the possible joining of Kirill "Boombl4" Mikhailov to Cloud9 exclusively for Telecomasia.net:
I think this is a good decision from Cloud9. Boombl4 is a cool captain, he is 100% better than electroNic. It will be better and easier for Denis to play. I like this decision, at least they covered the mistake of removing nafany somehow. In fact, it was really stupid to remove nafany and then suffer and replace the captain. An epic fail, but they recovered in time.
On October 4, Cloud9's Counter-Strike roster hinted on social networks that Kirill "Boombl4" Mikhailov, the current captain of 1win, would join the team.
On October 5, G2 Esports defeated OG in the playoffs of the BLAST Premier: Fall Showdown 2023 tournament for CS:GO Europe. Nemanja "huNter-" Kovač's team advanced to the semifinals of the tournament playoffs, where they will face off against Cloud9 on October 7 at 16:00 GMT+3.
BLAST Premier: Fall Showdown 2023 for Europe takes place October 4-8 online. Eight teams are fighting for $67.5 thousand of prize money and a slot on BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023.
