Pujan "FiNESSE" Mehta has announced that he has been released from his contract with NRG Esports NRG Esports North America Rank #1 FiNESSE Pujan Mehta s0m Sam Oh Verno Andrew Maust mada Adam Pampuch Ethan Ethan Arnold .

A prominent and successful in-game leader within the upper echelon of the competitive scene, FiNESSE was finally able to achieve international success last year after hoisting the 2022 Masters: Reykjavik trophy alongside Victor "Victor" Wong and Austin "crashies" Roberts. Despite being unable to lift any more trophies that year, the then- OpTic Gaming OpTic Gaming Inactive core would transition over to NRG prior to the start of the 2023 VCT.

Unfortunately, NRG were unable to one-up their international results from last year, exiting LOCK//IN prematurely after falling to grand finalists LOUD in the bracket stage and placing fourth at Masters: Tokyo. With one final chance to steal a title at Champions, NRG were favored to make it out of Group C, but were denied a spot at playoffs after losing to Bilibili Gaming Bilibili Gaming China Rank #6 B3ar Yang Zhanxiong (杨瞻雄) whzy Wang Haozhe (王昊哲) Levius Lu Yinzhong (卢胤中) rushia Wang Xiaojie (王晓杰) nephh Marcus Tan Knight Liu Yuxiang (刘宇翔) twice.

Shortly after, FiNESSE and fellow teammate Sam "s0m" Oh announced that they would not be on NRG's starting roster for the upcoming 2024 VCT. Early today, FiNESSE posted on Instagram confirming that he had been released from his contract with NRG.

The in-game leader's departure marks the end of the historical Envy Envy Inactive Marved Jimmy Nguyen Victor Victor Wong crashies Austin Roberts FiNESSE Pujan Mehta yay Jaccob Whiteaker trio of FiNESSE, Victor and crashies that dated back to 2020. FiNESSE has expressed that he will not be competing next year and instead focus on streaming.

Following the departure of FiNESSE, NRG Esports NRG Esports North America Rank #1 FiNESSE Pujan Mehta s0m Sam Oh Verno Andrew Maust mada Adam Pampuch Ethan Ethan Arnold is now:

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