Method will attend Northern Arena with Cloud9 talent Mike "shroud" Grzesiek as a stand-in, Samuel "SileNt3m" Portillo has revealed.

The Canadian player will fill in for Connor "⁠streboR⁠" Roberts, who is unable to attend the event this weekend for unspecified reasons.

The news comes at a time when Cloud9 are taking a competitive break as they conduct tryouts to find a replacement for Sean "⁠seang@res⁠" Gares, who stepped down from the roster last month.

shroud to play for Method in Toronto 

Method have been drawn into Group B for Northern Arena, alongside compLexity, FolloweSports and CLG Red. The teams will face each other in a round-robin group stage, with the top two sides advancing to the semi-finals.

This means that Method will attend North Arena with:

Justin "⁠just9n⁠" Ortiz
 Samuel "⁠SileNt⁠" Portillo
 David "⁠Toy⁠" Han
 David "⁠DAVEY⁠" Stafford
 Mike "⁠shroud⁠" Grzesiek (stand-in)

Samuel 'SileNt' Portillo Age: 20 Team: Method Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 135 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.73 Connor 'streboR' Roberts Age: - Team: Method Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 127 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.70 David 'DAVEY' Stafford Age: 19 Team: Method Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 129 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.70 Sean 'seang@res' Gares Age: 27 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.88 Maps played: 297 KPR: 0.60 DPR: 0.67 Mike 'shroud' Grzesiek Age: 21 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 247 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.66 David 'Toy' Han Age: 20 Team: Method Rating 1.0: 0.94 Maps played: 81 KPR: 0.64 DPR: 0.68 Justin 'just9n' Ortiz Age: 23 Team: Method Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 131 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.70