Florian "syrsoN" Rische has ended his time with BIG. The German marksman was eliminated, which was an unexpected result given his stay with the team. BIG announced the decision just nine days after revealing they were considering options to continue working with the player. syrsoN himself admitted that this news surprised him.

SyrsoN's performance at BIG

syrsoN's return to BIG in February this year was accompanied by a switch to German for communication within the team, but the team did not achieve significant success. The player's performance was also lower than expected, especially when compared to his peak in 2020. He ended the last three months with a 6.0 rating.

Even the return of tow b as performance coach did not help syrsoN regain his previous form. BIG's highest achievement this year is reaching the top 16 at Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024.

Unexpected departure

According to syrsoN, the club's decision was a surprise to him.

"As you can see, I was unexpectedly eliminated," he wrote on social networks

Previously, BIG parted ways with rigoN, showing a major roster shake-up during the mid-season break and big plans for the new 2025 season.

Plan for 2025

Despite the unexpected change, syrsoN looks to the future with optimism.

"I believe the team has improved this year and reaching the top 16 at the major is a worthy end to 2024" - he shared

The 28-year-old sniper is currently focused on finding a new team and is ready to get to work as soon as possible. Perhaps his path in the 1st division is over, but he can strengthen any lower division team because he has a lot of experience.