Official: JT takes the reins in Liquid as new IGL

<p>Team Liquid announced on July 22 that Ioannis 'JT' Theodosiou has joined the organization as its new in-game leader, arriving from Passion UA to replace the recently benched Kamil 'siuhy' Szkaradek.</p><h3>JT's résumé</h3><p>JT is a South African IGL who has built a reputation as a structured, defensive-minded caller across South African, EU, and CIS-adjacent projects. His time at Passion UA was marked by strong online-qualifier performances and a reputation for cleanly translating executive tactical calls into round-level execution.</p><h3>The new Liquid roster</h3><p>Liquid's updated BLAST Bounty Season 2 squad features EliGE, NAF, malbsMd, Jorko, and JT, with flashie serving as coach. It represents Liquid's fifth notable IGL experiment inside three years, but management has framed this iteration as more strategic than reactive.</p><h3>Debut against Vitality</h3><p>The new lineup debuted against Vitality on July 24 in BLAST Bounty Season 2 — a matchup that could not have been higher-profile as a first outing. Liquid stunned Vitality on the debut, an early proof-of-concept result that gave Liquid fans reason for cautious optimism.</p><h3>Historical significance</h3><p>JT is South Africa's most decorated CS2 export to date. His signing at Liquid puts a South African IGL on a top-tier NA/international roster for the first time — a symbolic milestone for a region that has been trying to break into the wider international CS conversation.</p><h3>What's next</h3><p>Liquid will look to translate the debut win into a deeper BLAST Bounty S2 run, ahead of PGL Masters Bucharest qualification pathways. If JT can stabilize the T-side win rates that had been Liquid's undoing under siuhy, the signing will look prescient by Q4.</p>

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• https://www.hltv.org/news/45168/official-jt-takes-the-reins-in-liquid...
• https://egamersworld.com/counterstrike/news/36282/ioannis-johnny-jt-theodosiou-j...