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Gen.G bench MkaeL

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September 8, 2021

Gen.G Gen.G Korea Rank #1 Foxy9 Jung Jae-sung (정재성) t3xture Kim Na-ra (김나라) Munchkin Byeon Sang-beom (변상범) yoman Chae Young-moon (채영문) Karon Kim Won-tae (김원태) have announced the benching of Michael "MkaeL" De Luca, ending the player's 16-month tenure on the organization's active roster.

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#GenGVAL team update: @MkaeLcs will be moving to an inactive role on the team while we continue to evaluate and explore options before the Last Chance Qualifier.

MkaeL originally joined Gen.G alongside his teammates on FRENCH CANADIANS during the game's closed beta, sticking as the team's Sova/Cypher throughout the team's tumultuous journey through the Ignition Series and the Champions Tour. Anthony "gMd" Guimond remains the only original member of the FRENCH CANADIANS roster still active on Gen.G.

Gen.G are now left with multiple vacancies within their Valorant roster, following the departure of their coach Matthew "mCe" Elmore from the team. The organization have over one month remaining before the start of the North American Last Chance Qualifier, with the team sitting in 8th on the circuit leaderboard.

Gen.G Gen.G Korea Rank #1 Foxy9 Jung Jae-sung (정재성) t3xture Kim Na-ra (김나라) Munchkin Byeon Sang-beom (변상범) yoman Chae Young-moon (채영문) Karon Kim Won-tae (김원태) are now:

Anthony "gMd" Guimond
Kenneth "koosta" Suen
Nicholas "NaturE" Garrison
Shawn "Shawn" O'Riley
Michael "MkaeL" De Luca (Inactive)
Andrew "Blank" Leverette (Manager)

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Hope he finds another roster to compete.

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expected, maybe not at this time however.

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sadge he was a good player there.

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every frenchie from og roster removed, gmd next

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gMd was their best player by a landslide.

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All the mediocre CS players that switched over early are slowly getting replaced in Val for younger talent that are just better. A lot of these guys couldn't cut it in MDL and I wouldn't be surprised if some matchfixed like effys and c4lypso. It was only a matter of time.

I do have to say though gmd was definitely one of the more talented players out of QC alongside Subroza.

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GenG Critical? Or thief?

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GenG Sinatraaa

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Only gMd carries on the flamme of way2french now.

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cici

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GenG were French Canadians, Way 2 French was a diff team

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+mummAy
He can play jett or smokes and when he plays smokes gMd could play duelist. NaturE and koosta aren't bad on jett but mummAy is a very good jett player and also a great smoke player. Then you have NaturE and/or koosta pick up sentinels and NaturE and/or koosta and shawn play sova. Makes sense to me and I've been saying -MkaeL +mummAy since Envy dropped him. MkaeL could definitely make a tier 2 roster and iirc he has IGL'd in the past so he's definitely a good FA and I wish him the best of luck.

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Mkael was their sova, it's better to pick up an initiator or sentinel for them rather than an experienced Jett or a smoker. mummAy may be a good choice for other teams, but Shawn on a duelist and gMd on omen are the core of Gen.G imo.

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Just have NaturE and koosta play sova(and cypher) instead of jett and slot mummAy on jett... The roles work especially since gMd is a good duelist as well. Like maybe on split they have him on raze and mummAy on omen. The move wouldn't effect Shawn's role at all unless they have him play some sova(which he was excellent on before GenG) and gMd would mostly still be on smokes. The best sova available imo is Pr0phie and he would be much less of an upgrade compared to mummAy. I really believe that NaturE and/or koosta could pick up sova and that adding mummAy would be the best move they could make.

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C0Mfps

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My man GenG Ban up for the spot

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Ban was not good on lg he is not ready for tier 1

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Bound to happen. Surely Critical would be an option adding a bit more firepower. Wouldn't mind seeing a really good jett/duelist though and Shawn back on sova or Koosta. Shame Shotup never plays jett

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GenG C0M or GenG drone?

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bruh momento

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expected ,hope he will find somewhere to land soon. Geng G should build around Gmd this guy is really really insane

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1 french canadian left in gen.g rip

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GenG Sinatraa?

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lol no

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mkay

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