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He joined OG once more as a substitute in February, eight months after he was benched. <\/p>\n<p>niko took the place of OG&#8217;s former in-game leader Nemanja &#8220;nexa&#8221; Isakovi\u0107, who took some away from active play due to personal reasons and is yet to return. niko filled in as OG&#8217;s captain during this period and led the squad during their <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/blast-tv-paris-major\/\">BLAST.tv Paris Major<\/a> cycle. <\/p>\n<p>While OG was able to scale through the event&#8217;s qualifiers to join the $1.25 million CS:GO tournament, the team was eliminated from the actual event in 20th-22nd place. They finished with a 1-3 record after losing to GamerLegion in the tournament&#8217;s Challengers stage.<\/p>\n<p>OG also failed to advance to the playoffs of other LAN tournaments like the <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/iem-rio-major\/\">Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2023<\/a>, Electronic Sports League Pro League Season 17, and the IEM Dallas 2023, where they finished in 7th-8th place. niko led the team during the events despite only joining as a substitute for the BLAST.tv Paris Major.<\/p>\n<p>niko&#8217;s departure from OG comes amid rumors of a major overhaul of the OG roster. This will likely kick off during the CSPPA&#8217;s player break set for June 12 to July 9.<\/p>\n<p>Asides niko, Shahar &#8220;flameZ&#8221; Shushan might be on his way out of OG and is reportedly considering his options ahead of his contract expiration date. 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