UPDATE: FNS and Marved have also announced that they are in search of new opportunities as restricted free agents. The article has been updated to reflect the changes.
The remaining four members of
OpTic Gaming
OpTic Gaming
Inactive
have all announced that they are looking for new opportunities in 2023. The news comes after OpTic were not selected as one of the 10 Americas teams for the 2023 franchised league.
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Chet initially joined OpTic back in October when the squad was still playing under the
Envy
Envy
Inactive
Marved
Jimmy Nguyen
Victor
Victor Wong
crashies
Austin Roberts
FiNESSE
Pujan Mehta
yay
Jaccob Whiteaker
banner, several months after Marved joined on loan from
FaZe Clan
FaZe Clan
Inactive
POISED
Kevin Ngo
mummAy
Anthony DiPaolo
TiGG
Tanner Spanu
BABYBAY
Andrej Francisty
supamen
Phat Le
. He joined after coaching
TSM
TSM
North America
Rank #9
Recoil
seven
Johann Hernandez
gMd
Anthony Guimond
vora
sym
Tyler Porter
for 5 months. yay also joined while the team was under the Envy banner to replace Anthony "mummAy"
DiPaolo, and was the final change for the OpTic-Envy starting five in the core's time together. In-game leader FNS has been with the OpTic-Envy core since the early days of competitive Valorant, dating back to the original
together we are terrific
together we are terrific
Inactive
c4Lypso
Abdo Agha
mummAy
Anthony DiPaolo
LeviathanAG
Aleko Gabuniya
PureR
Bryce Lovell
LenX
Andy Collins
squad.
The ex-Envy squad made a historic run at Stage 3 Masters: Berlin in 2021, sailing through the group stage without dropping a map and usurping
Sentinels
Sentinels
North America
Rank #3
N4RRATE
Marshall Massey
bang
Sean Bezerra
Zellsis
Jordan Montemurro
zekken
Zachary Patrone
johnqt
Mohamed Amine Ouarid
and
100 Thieves
100 Thieves
North America
Rank #7
zander
Alexander Dituri
Cryocells
Matthew Panganiban
eeiu
Daniel Vucenovic
Boostio
Kelden Pupello
Asuna
Peter Mazuryk
, arguably the top two North American teams at the event, to set up a grand finals bout against
Gambit Esports
Gambit Esports
Inactive
Redgar
Igor Vlasov
Chronicle
Timofey Khromov
d3ffo
Nikita Sudakov
sheydos
Bogdan Naumov
nAts
Ayaz Akhmetshin
. Unfortunately, the Russian powerhouse squad proved to be too much for the team, and they ended up finishing runner-up at the event.
However, Envy had already secured their spot at Valorant Champions 2021 as a result of their solid finishes throughout the 2021 competition year. Unfortunately, the team fell short in the group stage to
Acend
Acend
Inactive
ALIVE
Gilad Hakim
musashi
Alessio Xhaferi
pyrolll
Artur Minin
cullumx
Nikolaj Cullum Andersen
chiwa
Egor Stepanyuk
and
X10 Esports
X10 Esports
Inactive
Vera
Rodman Yap
Tempz
Pierre Heng
RedKoh
Danial Hakim
wayne
Wayne Chang
Egoist
Javier Chua
in the winner's and decider match respectively, sending them home early with unfulfilled expectations.
In February 2022, Envy moved their squad under the OpTic Gaming banner, bringing a new resurgence of the Green Wall in esports as OpTic and Envy more sharply defined who represented the merged brands as esports rosters and content creators.
Their new banner soon became associated with the elite tier of North American Valorant teams, as the team earned a spot on the international stage following an exciting Stage 1: Challengers playoffs. OpTic ended up taking home their first international title, the first world championship won by a North American roster since Sentinels took home the first Masters title in 2021.
OpTic represented North America on the world stage at the two other international events in the 2022 VCT competition year: Masters Copenhagen and Champions 2022 Istanbul. Both times, OpTic fell to their opponents in the upper final of the playoff bracket, but were unable to secure a complete a rally back to win a title.
Yesterday, Victor "Victor" Wong and Austin "crashies" Roberts were both released from their contracts with OpTic amid the final selection of teams for the 2023 franchised league.
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