Talon Esports Talon Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #15 Crws Thanamethk Mahatthananuyut JitBoyS Jittana Nokngam primmie Papaphat Sriprapha ban Joseph Seungmin Oh Governor Peter No have completed their roster with the signings of Joseph "ban" Seungmin Oh, Lim "lenne" You Xiang Lionel, and Peter "Governor" No.
The trio of players each hail from different teams who competed in the VCT last year, albeit in different regions.
Imported to T1 T1 Korea Rank #3 stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) Meteor Kim Tae-O (김태오) Sylvan Ko Young-sub (고영섭) BuZz Yu Byung-chul (유병철) iZu Ham Woo-ju (함우주) last season, ban helped take his team to both Masters: Tokyo and Champions after placing third in the Pacific League. Shortly after their top 12 finish at Los Angeles, the organization released three of their starters, leaving ban without a home.
Team Secret Team Secret Asia-Pacific Rank #7 invy Adrian Jiggs Reyes JessieVash Jessie Cuyco Wild0reoo Brheyanne Christ Reyes 2ge James Goopio Jremy Jeremy Cabrera picked up lenne from BLEED BLEED Asia-Pacific Rank #21 ahead of their 2023 season and started their year off by upsetting Team Liquid Team Liquid Europe Rank #22 nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin Keiko Georgio Sanassy kamo Kamil Frąckowiak during their opening match at LOCK//IN. The team was ultimately unable to qualify for Tokyo following their winless exit from the Pacific League playoffs. After falling to ZETA DIVISION ZETA DIVISION Japan Rank #2 Dep Yuma Hashimoto SugarZ3ro Shota Watanabe CLZ Hikaru Mizutani SyouTa Shota Aoki Xdll Yuto Mizomori in the grand finals of the Pacific LCQ, Team Secret bid farewell to lenne and veteran Jayvee "DubsteP" Paguirigan back in September.
Governor spent his 2023 abroad in the NA Challengers League with Turtle Troop Turtle Troop North America Rank #5 wedid Matthew Suchan jowa Add3r Jack Hayashi bdog Brandon Sanders Kaoticcc . The former Squirtle Squad Squirtle Squad Inactive Add3r Jack Hayashi Okeanos Anthony Nguyen wedid Matthew Suchan Harmful Mohammed C. Governor Peter No roster struggled against the competition and barely missed out on both the Mid-Season Invitational and playoffs by just one placement. Their performance sent them to the Play-In Relegation, where the troop were able to retain their spot in the League by defeating MAD Lions MAD Lions Inactive BlackHeart Hasan Hammad bjor Joseph Bjorklund N4RRATE Marshall Massey Ange Adam Milian Trick Justin Sears and OREsports OREsports Inactive nillyaz Chase Linder Paincakes Jake Hass . Throughout his long-term off season, Governor was seen playing with different rosters before announcing he had departed the team prior to his signing with Talon.
Talon's best achievement in 2023 was their top eight finish at LOCK//IN. The team took down both MIBR MIBR Brazil Rank #20 mazin Matheus Araújo artzin Arthur Araujo Palla Davi Alcides rich Gabriel Rosa liazzi Felipe Galiazzi and Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses North America Rank #20 Derrek Derrek Ha NaturE Nicholas Garrison supamen Phat Le before falling to DRX DRX Korea Rank #7 Flashback Cho Min-hyuk (조민혁) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) Athan Na Ha-jun (나하준) freeing No Ha-jun (노하준) HYUNMIN Song Hyun-min (송현민) in a three-map series. Unfortunately, the roster faltered within the Pacific League and missed out on playoffs after placing ninth in the league. Forced to fight for a spot at Champions in their regional LCQ, Talon eliminated DetonatioN FocusMe DetonatioN FocusMe Japan Rank #7 Meiy Ibuki Seki Art Jinboong Kim Jin-won (김진원) Akame Yu Gwang-hui (유광희) gyen before being sent home by 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) .
Soon after, the organization released two core players and their coach, leaving vacancies that were filled by their most recent signings.
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