Counter-Strike: buskey leaves UMX.us, steno stands-in

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By Duncan 'Thorin' Shields

Oct 3, 2011 16:55

buskey has been forced to leave UMX.us due to personal reasons. steno will stand-in for the team at IEM VI New York.

Bryan 'buskey' Buskey has left

Ultimax Gaming US, due to the illness of a relative forcing him to move out of the team's house and back to North Carolina.

backfire leader

Nazar 'steno' Vynnytsky will stand-in for the team at the IEM VI Global Challenge New York later this month.

Ultimax Gaming US IEM VI New York lineup:

Kyle 'flowsicK' Mendez

Ric 'iNERTiA' Bundy

Chris 'TRULS' Navratil

Ricky 'sLip' Cohen

Nazar 'steno' Vynnytsky (stand-in)

buskey explained on the UMX website:

"As much as I am disappointed in leaving UMX.US, I can no longer stay in California and perform what is needed of me to continue to play. As much as I love playing Counter-Strike, especially for a living, there are far more important things to attend to that cannot happen being across the country. There are no hard feelings between the team and I, and it is very much a mutual agreement. I wish the best of luck to my former teammates and friends in upcoming tournaments and hope for a great placing for them with their stand-in at IEM in New York City"

buskey is best known for his team in SLP, a team infamous for featuring a number of suspected cheaters. During his time in UMX.us they placed 9th-12th at e-Stars Seoul and 3rd at ESEA S9 LAN finals.

steno has been around the top end of the North American scene for a number of years, going back to his time in eMg. As the leader of EG.usa they placed 3rd at IEM III Los Angeles, defeating