Another week has passed, and with it comes a host of news that took place around the world. Here are some stories you might have missed, all bundled together in one place.

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Roster Changes

• Evan "Eshotz" Rodriguez and Xavier "flyuh" Carlson have been dropped from T1 Academy T1 Academy Inactive .
• After a brief period of inactivity, Teal Seam Teal Seam Inactive renz Austin Dickman furbsa Hunter Mcmillan Jonaaa6 Jonard Penaflor d1msumboi Erik Almhjell Cade3k Cade Warren have announced a new roster ahead of the Knights October Monthly. Their new members include Binh "Yoshii" Nguyen, bones , and flyuh, who recently left T1 Academy.
• Built By Gamers Built By Gamers Inactive have added former Moon Raccoons Moon Raccoons Inactive icy Jacob Lange tech ZK Timothy Ly and Moon Raccoons Black Moon Raccoons Black Inactive leelee Lee Lee McNeil Lana Lana Doar slaze Sophia Ramirez lazylion Nathan Hoang coach Gannon "RaptorZ" Nelson to their coaching staff.
• Akrew Akrew Inactive gucc107 Andrew Gutnichenko Neon Austin Hedge Paincakes Jake Hass jovahnii Jovanni Miramontes ZachaREEE Zachary Lombardo have announced three members of their roster, all formerly of ez5 ez5 Inactive C0M Corbin Lee Trill Ashley Powell fiziq Lucas Blow Kanpeki Eric Xu gucc107 Andrew Gutnichenko . The three announced players are Eric "Kanpeki" Xu, Andrew "gucc107" Gutnichenko, and Corbin "C0M" Lee.
• / The roster of The Silk Road The Silk Road Inactive GLYPH Conner Garcia Neon Austin Hedge d1msumboi Erik Almhjell and Jonathan "Jonji" Carey have become the new face of Built By Gamers Academy Built By Gamers Academy Inactive BlackHeart Hasan Hammad monSi Ludovic Lefebvre khanartist Nabil Khan FireBallOps Cameron Tomaselli .
• OG OG Inactive KONEQT Cista Adel uNKOE Benjamin Chevasson OniBy Theo Tarlier fxy0 Joey Schlosser LaAw Mathieu Plantin have released Harry "DPS" MacGill, Kevyn "TviQ" Lindström, and Tomas "Destrian" Linikas, confirming a previous report on the matter. The only player that was not announced to be leaving is Benjamin "uNKOE" Chevasson.
• / BIG BIG Inactive have added Karel "Twisten" Ašenbrener and Kasper "Kaspe" Timonen to their roster ahead of their group stage matches in the A1 eSports Valorant Cup #2.
• Ivan "Johnta" Shevtsov has been released by Team Heretics Team Heretics Europe Rank #1 MiniBoo Dominykas Lukaševičius Wo0t Mert Alkan RieNs Enes Ecirli benjyfishy Benjamin David Fish Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius and has been announced as a coach for One Breath Gaming One Breath Gaming Inactive minse Vladislav Kuzminykh zeddy Nikolai Lapko for the upcoming EMEA LCQ.
• / LDN UTD LDN UTD Inactive feqew Lukas Petrauskas Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius Destrian Tomas Linikas MOLSI Michał Łącki have announced a new, predominantly Lithuanian roster. The new faces to the team are Tomas "Destrian" Linikas, Ričardas "Boo" Lukaševičius, Aurimas "Dreamas" Zablockis, and Michał "MOLSI" Łącki.
• / Mary and speedowka have announced that they have left ChatBanned ChatBanned Inactive Xaline Laure Mateos Pinkalie Julie Lim Danah Dana Al-Madhoun h6tedthemost Lada Kozhemyakina jademwah Jade Duffy and are taking a break from competing in tournaments.
• Six Karma Six Karma Latin America North Rank #3 Mephisto KILLY rowancy Constantino Grijalva Peloncito Oscar Israel Palacios Martinez otaQ have enlisted the aid of Michael "BandiCoot" Mancipe as a stand-in from Border Monsters Border Monsters Latin America North Rank #8 KODA Gerardo Sepúlveda k1yo Ángel Xool mNo Tendux mega for the SA LCQ.
• REJECT REJECT Japan Rank #17 muto BRIAN IceBear have announced their roster for the APAC LCQ, with former Connect Gaming Connect Gaming Inactive Wesley Yuya player Kazuki "SamuraiDeeper" Nouno joining the team on a trial basis.
• Former Inactive player KREAM has announced that his contract with the organization has expired, and is now a free agent.
• Bren Esports Bren Esports Inactive have announced that Joshua "JoshS" Miles Santos has joined the team as their smokes player.
• BOOM Esports BOOM Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #1 dos9 Zhumagali Dastan Famouz Fikri Zaki Hamdani Shiro Hildegard Arnaldo NcSlasher Sheldon Andersen Chandra BerserX Rizkie Adla Kusuma have added two new players to their roster: Rizkie "BerserX" Adla Kusuma and David "xffero" Monangin. The team now has a seven man roster.
• ONIC G ONIC G Inactive have added Sheldon "NcSlasher" Andersen Chandra and Hagai "Lmemore" Kristen Yesyurun to their team.
• In a series of announcement posts, Team Big BAAM Team Big BAAM Asia-Pacific Rank #28 invisible NT2k Nguyễn Nhất Thống LilHieu Lưu Chí Hiếu nTK Nguyễn Tuấn Kiệt P1nA Nguyễn Nam KimHung2k5 have announced the departures of Ngô "crazyguy" Công Anh and Le "Redneval" Quốc Khánh and additions of Trần "Mowff" Đức Minh and Dương "moefcute" Phúc Hiếu from EGO EGO Inactive Real8 Vũ Ngọc Đức Hiếu Ko0 Nguyễn Công Minh JASONTRUONG .

Results

• The playoffs of Circuito de Elite - Round 3 have concluded, and Inactive have emerged as the victors without dropping a single map throughout the playoffs.

Matches to Watch

• The October edition of the Knights Monthly Gauntlet will take place this weekend.
• The Predator Esports Circuit playoffs are set to begin, featuring Zeal Esports Zeal Esports Inactive , DR Esports DR Esports Inactive R1N Rabbet Francis Danison Buñag Jremy Jeremy Cabrera PBD , South Built Esports South Built Esports Inactive azys Azis Nandang Pro Chris Martir flippy Philip Marique , and 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 .
• The KJC eSports VALORANT Invitational playoffs is set to conclude soon. BLEED BLEED Inactive and Paper Rex Paper Rex Asia-Pacific Rank #3 mindfreak Aaron Leonhart Jinggg Wang Jing Jie f0rsakeN Jason Susanto d4v41 Khalish Rusyaidee something Ilya Petrov remain in the upper bracket and are set to battle it out for a spot in the grand final.
• The GameRED Infinity Cup grand finals are set to take place. Team Exploit Team Exploit Inactive and VRN VRN Inactive , the two teams competing in the grand finals, have managed to sail through the quarterfinals and semifinals without dropping maps so far.

Other News

• The Vanguard Championship Series have announced its first LAN event in Columbus, Ohio. The event will take place from December 3 to December 5.
• Nerd Street Gamers have announced their Winter 2022 tournament circuit, with Valorant being one of the eight featured competitive titles.
• / Version1 Version1 Inactive coach Ian "Immi" Harding has announced that he will not be in attendance with the team for their matches in the NA LCQ.
• / Similarly to Immi, 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) coach Chris "Elmapuddy" Tebbit will also be absent from the team's matches in the NA LCQ due to circumstances that prevented ORDER ORDER Inactive WRONSKI Michael Wronski rDeeW Riley Wilkinson Texta Matthew O’Rourke disk0 Cameron Mac Maple Elvin Sun and Chiefs ESC Chiefs ESC Inactive from travelling to North America.
• Riot have announced a change to the EMEA Game Changers All In format. Previously, the format allowed for teams of mixed gender to compete, as long as a majority three out of five players were female. In response to this change, Riot have extended the female-only format of EMEA Game Changers, which will take place at the end of the month.
• Mitch "Uber" Leslie, one of the announced talents for the NA LCQ, has revealed that he will not be a part of the event due to conflicts with his current contract with the Overwatch League.