100 Thieves 100 Thieves North America Rank #6 zander Alexander Dituri Cryocells Matthew Panganiban eeiu Daniel Vucenovic Boostio Kelden Pupello Asuna Peter Mazuryk have snatched up reigning world champion Kelden "Boostio" Pupello from Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses North America Rank #20 Derrek Derrek Ha NaturE Nicholas Garrison supamen Phat Le as their new in-game leader.
After two years of lackluster results with Evil Geniuses, Boostio and the rest of his team began to turn things around in 2023. Despite an early exit from LOCK//IN at the hands of TALON TALON Asia-Pacific Rank #16 Crws Thanamethk Mahatthananuyut JitBoyS Jittana Nokngam primmie Papaphat Sriprapha ban Joseph Seungmin Oh Governor Peter No , the roster narrowly advanced to the playoffs of the Americas League and claimed a spot at Masters: Tokyo following a risky roster change.
Following their return to the international stage, EG tore through the competition and defeated team after team without dropping a map. However, the villains were eventually subdued by fan-favorites FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #3 Sayonara Ștefan Mîtcu stand-in Boaster Jake Howlett kaajak Kajetan Haremski Chronicle Timofey Khromov Alfajer Emir Ali Beder in the upper and grand finals of the event, sending EG home with a second-place finish.
Having already qualified for Los Angeles' Champions, EG once again took the stage by storm as they handled FunPlus Phoenix FunPlus Phoenix China Rank #5 Autumn Kale Dunne Life Qu Donghao (瞿东豪) AAAAY Zhang Yang (张杨) BerLIN Zhang Bolin (張柏霖) yosemite Wang Lei (王磊) and FUT Esports FUT Esports Europe Rank #7 xeus Doğan Gözgen MrFaliN Furkan Yeğen yetujey Eray Budak AtaKaptan Ata Tan cNed Mehmet Yağız İpek qRaxs Doğukan Balaban in the group stage. Although they managed to reach the upper final without much resistance, the roster was once again sent to the lower bracket, this time by Paper Rex Paper Rex Asia-Pacific Rank #1 mindfreak Aaron Leonhart Jinggg Wang Jing Jie f0rsakeN Jason Susanto d4v41 Khalish Rusyaidee something Ilya Petrov .
After a five-map series took both EG and LOUD LOUD Brazil Rank #2 dgzin Douglas Silva v1nny Vínicius Gonçalves pANcada Bryan Luna tuyz Arthur Andrade cauanzin Cauan Pereira the distance, North America's last hope emerged victorious and continued their villainous run in the grand finals, where they flipped the script and defeated Paper Rex 3-1 to give North America its first-ever Champions trophy.
A spectacular conclusion to an amazing storyline. (Photo: Colin Young-Wolff/Riot Games)
Following their win in L.A. and amid the roster shuffles preluding 2024, EG saw the departure of Ethan "Ethan" Arnold and Max "Demon1" Mazanov to NRG Esports NRG Esports North America Rank #3 FiNESSE Pujan Mehta s0m Sam Oh Verno Andrew Maust mada Adam Pampuch Ethan Ethan Arnold before Boostio followed suit with 100T.
Despite starting off 2023 with a strong top eight finish at LOCK//IN, 100 Thieves were unable to outdo their previous results. The team was denied a spot at the Americas League playoffs after a knife in the back from MIBR MIBR Brazil Rank #19 artzin Arthur Araujo xenom Eduardo Soeiro cortezia Gabriel Cortez nzr Agustin Ibarra aspas Erick Santos forced them into an unfavorable tiebreaker.
With one last chance at making Champions in the form of the Americas LCQ, 100T took Pearl from Sentinels Sentinels North America Rank #4 N4RRATE Marshall Massey bang Sean Bezerra Zellsis Jordan Montemurro zekken Zachary Patrone johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid in their opening match, but could not close out the series and were eliminated from contention, effectively ending their year.
Shortly after, the organization released two players and brought on Daniel "eeiu" Vucenovic from M80 M80 Inactive while making changes to their coaching staff. Boostio's acquisition completes the roster ahead of the 2024 VCT as the thieves look to make off with a title this time around.
100 Thieves 100 Thieves North America Rank #6 zander Alexander Dituri Cryocells Matthew Panganiban eeiu Daniel Vucenovic Boostio Kelden Pupello Asuna Peter Mazuryk are now: