Rumor: Hyped Will Replace SyrsoN in BIG's Main Lineup

According to Dexerto, BIG has already replaced Florian syrsoN Rische with Marcel hyped Kohn.

Insiders reported that the decision had already been made, but the organization didn't confirm this information. But at the same time, BIG has already announced that hyped will temporarily replace syrsoN at the IEM Brazil qualifiers. The sniper will miss the event due to personal reasons.

Who is hyped?

Hyped is a 21-year-old sniper of the BIG academy who shows good performance at the shooting-2 and shooting-3 levels. The player joined the academy a year ago and won three events.

Recently, the player has been performing unevenly because the team began participating in higher-level events, but he still shows decent results. His average rating is 6.3.

Did syrsoN deserve a replacement?

The replacement is related to the result of the German team at IEM Katowice 2023. BIG lost both matches in the group stage and remained in 13th-16th place. Of course, the result could be better, but is syrsoN the team's main problem?

To answer this question, it is worth considering the statistics. In the group stage of IEM Katowice, the Germans played five maps, and the best player was syrsoN. And this is extremely surprising, but the sniper of BIG coped with his role. His average rating was 6.4, which makes him the 18th player on the list of the best at the event.

And suddenly, BIG wants to replace him. At the same time, there was a dropped player at IEM Katowice: Karim Krimbo Moussa. The German became the worst player of the event, except for the OG's coach, who played two maps. So it makes no sense for BIG to change syrsoN.

SyrsoN has likely expressed a desire to go into a long-term inactive, and BIG will play with a player from the academy until the main sniper returns.

When will BIG play?

Today, BIG will meet with Monte as part of the closed qualification at IEM Brazil 2023. All information about the event is available on its page.