This past week, the world had its eyes on the APAC, North American, South American, and European Last Chance Qualifier events. Here are some news stories you might have missed, all bundled together in one place.
- Read more: News Almost Missed October 8
Roster Changes
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DIVIZE
DIVIZE Inactive pwny Joshua VanGorder In0X Theodor Bjornsson ChurmZ Corey Koch jovahnii Jovanni Miramontes GMAN Gabriel Ordaz stand-in have announced that the team will be closing down its operations. Going forward, the team will be known as Cosmic Divide
Cosmic Divide Inactive ChurmZ Corey Koch Tkaz Tyler Kazmierczak renz Austin Dickman tokyo Sebastien Lima syfi Samir Karimov .
- Brock "brawk"
Somerhalder has joined
Complexity
Complexity Inactive RetrQ Alex Kadan trial Governor Peter No truo Robert Pham jcrueL Joel Cruel agM Michael Abood as their fifth player. He has been playing with the team on a trial basis since August.
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BASILISK
BASILISK Inactive royal Matthew Buick Jangler Dwaine Kirkpatrick have added shawn and Chris "duck" Dutoit to their team.
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Pioneers
Pioneers Inactive jmoh Jason Mohandessi wedid Matthew Suchan thief Brady Dever Critical Tristan Trinacty have added four trial players to their roster: Noah "jcStani" Smith, Tristan "Critical" Trinacty, Jamal "jammyz" Bangash, and Brady "thief" Dever.
- / Marc "Maru"
Samuel Begley has announced that he is departing from
EXCEL
EXCEL Inactive Moe40 Muhammad Hariff chiwa Egor Stepanyuk paTiTek Patryk Fabrowski Foxie Tyler Lowton ALIVE Gilad Hakim in pursuit of new opportunities.
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Wave Esports
Wave Esports Inactive SimonD4rk Alexandr Skovbel Click Haydem Ali Saiz Daniel Ruiz have announced that Nico "nico" Neumann has stepped down from the active roster.
- Kevin "Barcode"
Bana has revealed that he has been benched from
HEET
HEET Inactive Kinguyen Nguyen Thach memset Laurent Werly b2kk Sofian Delimi Monstrum Jake Byrne waddle Wadir Taraki and is allowed to explore options with other teams.
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Finest
Finest Inactive DESTRUCT1VEE Hakan Lekesizer Kicks Kimmie Laasner bonkar Malkolm Rench have announced Vladimir "PNUKH" Chervov as their new head coach.
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Team Vikings
Team Vikings Inactive Veroneze Vinícius Ribeiro Ds Daniel Silva swag João Neto pollo Julio Silva have added Matheus "bzkA" Tarasconi to their team as a coach.
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Bren Esports
Bren Esports Inactive have announced their third player, Eroll "EJAY" Jule Delfin.
- Enrico "Ching"
Perez and Emmanuel "Emman"
Morales have announced that they have left
Nigma Galaxy
Nigma Galaxy Inactive Yohann Ronard Tecson Karl Carlo Ocampo .
- / Abdullah "Parpy"
Khudeish, formerly of
Inactive , has become the newest member of Legacy Esports
Legacy Esports Inactive .
Results
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SoaR
SoaR Inactive epathy Ngawang Chonjor fiziq Lucas Blow v1c Victor Truong Trill Ashley Powell took first place in the October edition of the Knights Monthly Gauntlet. Some of their highlights included wins over Soniqs
Soniqs Inactive in the round of 16, Immortals
Immortals Inactive in the semifinals, and Pioneers
Pioneers Inactive jmoh Jason Mohandessi wedid Matthew Suchan thief Brady Dever Critical Tristan Trinacty in the grand finals.
- The Meta Open Valorant playoffs have concluded, and
LDN UTD
LDN UTD Inactive feqew Lukas Petrauskas Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius Destrian Tomas Linikas MOLSI Michał Łącki have emerged victorious over Natus Vincere
Natus Vincere Europe Rank #20 ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky Ruxic Uğur Güç hiro Emirhan Kat koalanoob Gianfranco Potestio in the grand finals.
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Team Exploit
Team Exploit Inactive have claimed first place in the GameRED Infinity Cup playoffs without dropping a map.
Matches to Watch
- The playoffs of the LVP Rising Series #4 will start next week. The teams that advanced to the playoffs are
Giants Gaming
Giants Gaming Inactive Redgar Igor Vlasov Fit1nho Adolfo Gallego nukkye Žygimantas Chmieliauskas hoody Aaro Peltokangas Cloud Kirill Nehozhin , Movistar Riders
Movistar Riders Inactive Nixerino Nicolás Canellas Colocho YuNo Eloy García Burgueño Vorwenn Tomas Baldrich Blastinho Miquel llombart Pando , TENSTAR
TENSTAR Inactive Br0die Jack Emmott KRAY Calum Knight Polvi Niko Polvinen xms Alexandre Forté doma Domagoj Fancev , UCAM Esports Club
UCAM Esports Club Europe Rank #16 Flickless Karel Maeckelbergh Polvi Niko Polvinen bucher Maximilian Bucher Quick Fabián Pereira YuNo Eloy García Burgueño , LDN UTD
LDN UTD Inactive feqew Lukas Petrauskas Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius Destrian Tomas Linikas MOLSI Michał Łącki , WATEr
WATEr Inactive kpiz Jack Pragnell Jessen Oliver Jessen mwc Mark Salur M4CHINA Ouali Manset , Case Esports
Case Esports Inactive , and Crypto Esports
Crypto Esports Inactive .
- The A1 eSports Valorant Cup #2 playoffs will begin soon. The first matches to be played will be the upper bracket semifinals between
Austrian Force
Austrian Force Inactive Daitan Leon Beck KlausC Wake David Deberdt iLectro and BIG
BIG Inactive and the two lower bracket matches.
- The Skyesports Championship 3.0 main event will conclude soon. Currently,
Team XO
Team XO Inactive , Velocity Gaming
Velocity Gaming Asia-Pacific Rank #19 Hotsauz Yousef Imad El-Yousef tesseract Jon Michael Piga Yukxx Yukee Lampa choosie Matthew Lorenzo Te Dignified , Team Exploit
Team Exploit Inactive , and Enigma Gaming
Enigma Gaming Inactive Divine Yeoh Chun Ting FREY Ingram Tan STYRON Tidus Goh Xan artn Ayrton Soh remain in the upper bracket.
Other News
- According to a report by George Geddes of Upcomer, Kroenke Sports and Entertainment, the company behind the Los Angeles Guerrillas and Los Angeles Gladiators, intend to field a Valorant roster in North America. Michael "neT"
Bernet has reportedly been signed by the organization already. neT previously trialed for
Andbox
Andbox Inactive oderus Chad Miller mummAy Anthony DiPaolo Lear Dayton Akau Jonaaa6 Jonard Penaflor vice Daniel Kim and has filled in on various rosters in the past few months, including Teal Seam, Knights, and SoaR.
- Former North and Astralis player Jakob "JUGi" Hansen announced late last week that he will be retiring from CS:GO and intends to pursue a competitive career in Valorant.