Head coach Tony “zikzlol” Gray will be unable to take the stage for Counter Logic Gaming’s Week 9 matches, as he’s been suffering from vertigo. He will be replaced on-stage by analyst Zach Goldman for the team’s matches against NRG eSports and Apex.

CLG are tied with Team Liquid for fourth place in the final week of the 2016 NA LCS Summer Split, with a 9-7 record. Their opponents, NRG and Apex, are ninth and seventh in the standings respectively. Even if CLG lose both of their final matches, they will still make the playoffs as sixth place team EnVyUs have already lost their first game of the week, meaning that at worst, CLG will finish the split in fifth place.