Jordan "AYRIN"
He has announced on X/Twitter that he has left
Global Esports
Global Esports
Asia-Pacific
Rank #37
UdoTan
Go Kyung-won (고경원)
Kr1stal
Savva Fedorov
kellyS
Kelly Sedillo
Papi
Federico Evangelista
Deryeon
Derrick Yee
ahead of the 2024 VCT Partnership leagues.
Known for his time on
XSET
XSET
Inactive
, AYRIN joined in October of 2020 and stayed with the squad for two years. Within that time, XSET became known as one of North America's talented squads, having had multiple top-four finishes. Their best achievement was at Champions 2022, where they finished in the top six. Shortly after, the members of XSET each took their own paths, with AYRIN joining Global Esports after the organization was accepted as one of the initial 10 teams for the inaugural VCT Pacific Partnership league.
The new Global Esports roster debuted at LOCK//IN, but failed to make any major waves after being knocked out by
Team Vitality
Team Vitality
Europe
Rank #5
trexx
Nikita Cherednichenko
Derke
Nikita Sirmitev
Kicks
Kimmie Laasner
Sayf
Saif Jibraeel
Less
Felipe de Loyola Basso
in the round of 16. The team continued their middling results after failing to make the Pacific playoffs, ultimately missing out on qualifying for Champions after being eliminated in the upper quarterfinals of the Pacific Last Chance Qualifier.
Following the conclusion of Pacific League play, the team saw the departure of Michael "WRONSKI" Wronski, who announced that he would be retiring from professional play, as well as parted ways with head coach Hong "Eraser" Chang-pyo (홍창표).
AYRIN has stated that he will seek opportunities in North America or Europe, thus ending his stint in Asia.
With AYRIN leaving,
Global Esports
Global Esports
Asia-Pacific
Rank #37
UdoTan
Go Kyung-won (고경원)
Kr1stal
Savva Fedorov
kellyS
Kelly Sedillo
Papi
Federico Evangelista
Deryeon
Derrick Yee
are now: