With just over a week to spare, KOI KOI Europe Rank #41 grubinho Grzegorz Ryczko sheydos Bogdan Naumov Filu Dawid Czarnecki flyuh Xavier Carlson soulcas Dom Sulcas have confirmed their lineup for the upcoming VCT season. The new announcement features similar names to the squad fielded for the OFF//SEASON Crossfire Cup, with a few changes.
Kamil "kamo" Frąckowiak and Tobias "ShadoW" Flodström are now official, with Grzegorz "grubinho" Ryczko joining as fifth and Mark "aer0z" Ochoa as assistant coach. Both sheydos and starxo remain, and previous in-game leader Jose "koldamenta" Luis Aranguren is absent from the announcement. Finally Wolfen and trexx have since joined different teams, Case Esports Case Esports Inactive and Team Vitality Team Vitality Europe Rank #8 trexx Nikita Cherednichenko Derke Nikita Sirmitev Kicks Kimmie Laasner Sayf Saif Jibraeel Less Felipe de Loyola Basso , respectively.
Four of the players participated in the Crossfire Cup, as KOI received a direct invite to the playoffs. They went out in the quarterfinals, losing 3-2 to Case Esports. This event was the only off-season tournament the team played in.
Their newest addition, grubinho , is no stranger to Spanish orgs. He first caught the eye of the scene with free agent team Chakalaka Chakalaka Inactive frontside Kamil Moroń AjMERiTO Kacper Barszcz Nitro Karol Przedpełski grubinho Grzegorz Ryczko , during a close match against then European champions, Team Heretics Team Heretics Europe Rank #1 MiniBoo Dominykas Lukaševičius Wo0t Mert Alkan RieNs Enes Ecirli benjyfishy Benjamin David Fish Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius . He continued to play with Polish teams such as Illuminar Gaming Illuminar Gaming Inactive AjMERiTO Kacper Barszcz frontside Kamil Moroń grubinho Grzegorz Ryczko Nitro Karol Przedpełski snikk Sebastian Kamiński , AWARIA AWARIA Inactive YouBreak Piotr Chodoła Katu Kacper Twórz Stix Wojciech Chamielec grubinho Grzegorz Ryczko saiko Kacper Kucharski , and Invicta Gaming Invicta Gaming Inactive YouBreak Piotr Chodoła Katu Kacper Twórz Stix Wojciech Chamielec grubinho Grzegorz Ryczko saiko Kacper Kucharski until 2022.
Team Heretics would be his first international team, joining them for Stage 2 of the Spanish VRL. They narrowly avoided relegation, finishing the season in eighth with a 7-11 record. The return of pAura helped their off-season performance, reaching the semi-final of the Red Bull Home Ground qualifier and win the inaugural Crossfire Cup.
He joined Anonymo Esports Anonymo Esports Inactive belmonte Kacper Mordak xuss Tselmeg Tsolmon Stix Wojciech Chamielec grubinho Grzegorz Ryczko Katu Kacper Twórz for 2023, where he remained for Challengers, finishing in the top four on both occasions. In the off-season he returned to Spain with UCAM Esports Club UCAM Esports Club Europe Rank #16 Flickless Karel Maeckelbergh Polvi Niko Polvinen bucher Maximilian Bucher Quick Fabián Pereira YuNo Eloy García , reaching the final of the 2023 Crossfire Cup and top four in the Mandatory Cup.
Also joining from UCAM is assistant coach aer0z . He moved on to Valorant in 2022 following a seven year Counter-Strike career, playing for and coaching various Spanish teams. He first joined ZETA Gaming ZETA Gaming Europe Rank #186 , reaching the top four in the Spanish T2 circuit. From there he was picked up by UCAM as their head coach, leading them to two consecutive top three finishes in Challengers Spain.
KOI KOI Europe Rank #41 grubinho Grzegorz Ryczko sheydos Bogdan Naumov Filu Dawid Czarnecki flyuh Xavier Carlson soulcas Dom Sulcas 's new lineup will debut against Team Liquid Team Liquid Europe Rank #21 paTiTek Patryk Fabrowski kamyk Maks Rychlewski nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin Keiko Georgio Sanassy kamo Kamil Frąckowiak on February 21:
- Kamil "kamo" Frąckowiak
- Tobias "ShadoW" Flodström
- Grzegorz "grubinho" Ryczko
- Patryk "starxo" Kopczynski
- Bogdan "sheydos" Naumov
- André "BARBARR" Möller (Head coach)
- Mark "aer0z" Ochoa (Assistant Coach)
- Tyler "Bambino" Jay (Analyst)
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