Wang "Jinggg" Jing Jie will return to the active roster of Paper Rex Paper Rex Asia-Pacific Rank #3 mindfreak Aaron Leonhart Jinggg Wang Jing Jie f0rsakeN Jason Susanto d4v41 Khalish Rusyaidee something Ilya Petrov and compete in Split 1 of VCT Pacific, according to an announcement from the organization. The Singaporean duelist was slated to fulfill his National Service Obligation in 2024, but has since been granted a medical exemption owing to a "life-long medical condition that is managed with ongoing treatment." As part of this move, Cahya "Monyet" Nugraha has been moved to the reserve roster.
With Jinggg in 2023, PRX secured a first-place finish in VCT Pacific and third at Masters Tokyo. Their official season culminated in grand final appearance at Champions, where they were runners-up to Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses North America Rank #20 Derrek Derrek Ha NaturE Nicholas Garrison supamen Phat Le . His last appearance with the team was in December at the AfreecaTV Valorant League OFF//SEASON event.
Paper Rex recently concluded their playoffs run at Masters Madrid. After exiting the Swiss Stage 2-1, PRX was seeded against 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) in the playoffs. A loss to their VCT Pacific rivals sent them to the lower bracket, where they defeated LOUD LOUD Brazil Rank #2 dgzin Douglas Silva v1nny Vínicius Gonçalves pANcada Bryan Luna tuyz Arthur Andrade cauanzin Cauan Pereira . They faced Sentinels Sentinels North America Rank #4 N4RRATE Marshall Massey bang Sean Bezerra Zellsis Jordan Montemurro zekken Zachary Patrone johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid next, but were unable to overcome the eventual tournament champions.
With Jinggg's return, Paper Rex Paper Rex Asia-Pacific Rank #3 mindfreak Aaron Leonhart Jinggg Wang Jing Jie f0rsakeN Jason Susanto d4v41 Khalish Rusyaidee something Ilya Petrov are now: