FaZe Esports is clearing the air. The organization confirmed this week that Helvijs “broky” Saukants, the Latvian AWP specialist, is still under contract and on the bench, not out the door.
The confusion started after FaZe posted a video titled “Goodbye broky” on July 7, 2026. The name did what names like that tend to do: made everyone assume the worst.
## What actually happened
FaZe benched broky from their active CS2 lineup on June 25, 2026, replacing him with JBOEN, a player brought in on loan. The roster move was quiet. The video that followed was not.
“Goodbye broky” landed online and immediately read, to most observers, like a farewell. It was framed, and later clarified by FaZe, as a tribute to his nearly seven years of contribution to the team rather than a goodbye to the organization itself. In English: he is still a FaZe player, just not one currently competing.
