According to multiple sources, Jake “Stewie2K” Yip’s transfer to the SK Gaming has been finalized and will be announced via a farewell video.

*UPDATE* Multiple sources have also come forward stating that SK’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive squad will in fact be signed by Immortals CEO Noah Whinston when the SK players current contracts are up in July.

Stewie2K’s departure from Cloud9 took the esports community by surprise having just won a major two months ago. The revamped Cloud9 lineup of Tyler “Skadoodle” Latham, Timothy “autimatic” Ta, Will” RUSH” Wierzba, Tarik “tarik” Celik with Stewie2K seemed to have found the missing ingredients that the former Cloud9 iterations had been missing. However, the team has struggled since the ELEAGUE Boston Major finishing 5th/8th at WESG, 5th/6th at the IEM World Championships, and 9th/11th at the StarLadder Season 4 finals.

With the rumor the Tyler “Skadoodle” Latham is also looking to leave the roster, Cloud9’s implosion seems to be par for the course of teams that have done well at the last two majors.

*UPDATE* Skadoodle announces he is now inactive as a part of Cloud9’s roster.

Having success a the recent majors seems to be a death knell.

Gambit, winners of the Krakow Major have floundered taking a 9th/12th at WESG and a 12th/14th at the StarLadder Season 4 finals with Daniil “Zeus” Teslenko bolting for Natus Vincere barely a month after the major championship.

The Immortals who finished second at the Krakow major became perhaps the biggest train wreck in esports history. Their entire team disbanded after a series of events that saw Vito “kNg”Giuseppe get released from the team after threatening to kill another player and then played in a match after being suspended. Then Lucas “LUCAS1” Teles, Henrique “HEN1” Teles, and Lincoln “fnx” Lau bolted to the 100Thieves organization hoping to play in the ELEAGUE Boston Major with three-fifths of their team. However, when visa issues reared their ugly heads, the team didn’t compete and then completely disbanded.