YuZ steps down from Mythic; tweiss joins starting lineup

Brandon "YuZ" Cyr has stepped down from Mythic, leaving the popular NA stream team on October 15th. In his place, Tyler "tweiss" Weiss has claimed a permanent spot on Mythic after being a regular stand-in for YuZ and Ryan "freakazoid" Abadir last season.

In the tweet announcing his departure from Mythic, YuZ announced that he would be taking some time off from CS:GO in the near future. When Dust2.us reached out for comment, YuZ said he would be taking at most two seasons off from competition after feeling burn out due to dedicating a large amount of time to the game this year.

As previously mentioned, tweiss will be taking over the reins after a fruitful period as a stand-in for Mythic last season. In the thirteen maps he played, tweiss posted a 1.10 rating. tweiss also helped Mythic survive relegation by posting a 1.29 rating over five maps.

Mythic are now:

• Erik "fl0m" Flom

• Nicholas "hate" Young

• Austin "Cooper" Abadir

• Ryan "freakazoid" Abadir

• Tyler "tweiss" Weiss

Mythic will play in ESL Challenger League Season 43 when the new season starts on October 25th.