REJECT
REJECT
Japan
Rank #12
JaXe
BNN
take
IceBear
have finalized their roster with An "Medusa"
Min-cheol (안민철).
Medusa rose to notability in the early days of the Japanese scene with the unsigned
BAKEMON
BAKEMON
Inactive
Arius
team. That roster was quickly picked up by
Crazy Raccoon
Crazy Raccoon
Inactive
in July 2020, becoming one of Japan's strongest teams in the following year.
In spite of a lackluster 2020, Medusa & co. spent 2021 on top of the leaderboards. After winning Stage 1: Masters, the roster traveled to Reykjavik for its international debut, where they were eliminated without winning a match. Crazy Raccoon failed to find better results in Masters: Berlin and Champions, as they were unable to advance to playoffs on both occasions.
Meanwhile, REJECT have historically been on their back foot. They attended First Strike, Stage 1: Masters and Stage 2: Challengers Finals, but only placed third in each of these tournaments. REJECT's worst VCT placements came in at the end of the year, following their first roster changes. A top-eight finish in the Stage 3: Challengers Playoffs and a top 10 finish in the APAC LCQ rounded out their year.
Medusa caps off a reconstruction period for REJECT, which involved acquiring ex-
ZETA DIVISION
ZETA DIVISION
Japan
Rank #2
Dep
Yuma Hashimoto
SugarZ3ro
Shota Watanabe
CLZ
Hikaru Mizutani
SyouTa
Shota Aoki
Xdll
Yuto Mizomori
players Oshiro "Reita"
Ryu and Takemori "takej"
Shogo, as well as Jyousuke "zepher"
Matsuda, a long-time colleague of Medusa and former Crazy Raccoon member.
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