Shimmer lose IGL

Last night, Shimmer's IGL, Lisa "lisa" Nguyen announced her departure from the team, marking the end of her involvement with the squad she has been leading since January 2023. The move comes at a crucial moment for Shimmer in the NA ESL Impact League, as the team are about to enter week six, which will determine if the squad will earn the final spot in the ESL Impact Season 4 LAN finals in Valencia, Spain.

lisa confirmed to Dust2.us that she made the decision to step away from competing in CS2 for the time being to focus on school, with lisa currently being a nursing student. As previously mentioned, the departure of Shimmer's IGL could not come at the worse time as the NA ESL Impact League enters its final week. Shimmer currently have a 4-1 record in the league which puts them in striking distance of a spot in the LAN finals. However, due to yesterday's loss to Karma, Shimmer will need to best EG Gold or FlyQuest RED in order to clinch a spot at the $123,000 LAN event.

This is a tough task for the organization-less squad under normal circumstances, however it is made more tenuous by the loss of their IGL and the need to bed in a new fifth in short order. While Shimmer have not decided on a new fifth, one option is to use their registered sub Stella "Galy" Castro, however she has not played a single match on HLTV in over a year.

Shimmer are now:

• Abigail "abby" Deters

• Lucy "empathy" Verkaik

• Julie "Bouchard" Bouchard

• Lynn "Lx" Clarke

Shimmer will face down FlyQuest RED on October 28th at 07:30PM.