Just before VCT 2024 Americas Stage 1, G2 Esports G2 Esports North America Rank #2 jawgemo Alexander Mor trent Trent Cairns valyn Jacob Batio JonahP Jonah Pulice leaf Nathan Orf have parted ways with Michael "neT" Bernet. He spent over three and a half years with the core of G2.
neT was one of the core four players of G2 that rose to the top of North American Valorant. After joining The Guard The Guard Inactive JonahP Jonah Pulice trent Trent Cairns neT Michael Bernet valyn Jacob Batio tex Ian Botsch when their first Valorant team formed in November 2021, the team reached the top of the region at 2022 Stage 1 Challengers.
The team could not reach that same high as 2022 went on. The Guard stayed in tier two for 2023 but were able to win their regional Ascension tournament to qualify for franchising. With that run, neT proved himself as one of the best sentinel players in the tier two scene.
G2 Esports acquired the players from The Guard, then added Nathan "leaf" Orf. In the regional Kickoff tournament, G2 struggled against Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses North America Rank #22 Derrek Derrek Ha NaturE Nicholas Garrison supamen Phat Le in their season debut. G2 reached the play-in section of the opening tournament of 2024 but were eliminated after losing to MIBR MIBR Brazil Rank #20 artzin Arthur Araujo and losing a map against Sentinels Sentinels North America Rank #4 N4RRATE Marshall Massey bang Sean Bezerra Zellsis Jordan Montemurro zekken Zachary Patrone johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid .
According to Alejandro Gomis, former Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses North America Rank #22 Derrek Derrek Ha NaturE Nicholas Garrison supamen Phat Le reserve player Jacob "icy" Lange will join the roster to complete their team heading into the rest of the 2024 season. While icy played the smokes role in 2024, he has a good amount of experience on the sentinel role.
G2 will face off against Evil Geniuses to start Stage 1. Their current roster is: