News Almost Missed returns for yet another week. Here are some stories that you might have missed, all bundled together in one place.

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Roster Changes

• / Soniqs Soniqs Inactive have added Jason "JSUNG" Sung as their fifth member. Additionally, Reid "x0tek" Johnson has become the team's new head coach. He replaces Derek "sloth" Diaz, who departed from the team earlier this month.
• Former Luminosity Luminosity Inactive moose Kaleb Jayne mada Adam Pampuch dazzLe Will Loafman bdog Brandon Sanders TiGG Tanner Spanu player Joseph "ban" Seungmin Oh has joined Knights Knights Inactive .
• Sky "scourge" Kages has revealed that he has been released from Pioneers Pioneers Inactive jmoh Jason Mohandessi wedid Matthew Suchan thief Brady Dever Critical Tristan Trinacty .
• Gonçalo "gmA" Amorim has left FTW Esports FTW Esports Inactive sww Diogo Lopes furyan Afonso de Sousa aztex Miguel Tavares Ptf0x João Coelho .
• / MONSTEERR has been benched from Team Heretics Team Heretics Europe Unranked MiniBoo Dominykas Lukaševičius Wo0t Mert Alkan RieNs Enes Ecirli benjyfishy Benjamin David Fish Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius . This leaves Felix "al0rante" Brandl and Christian "lowel" García Antorán as the only remaining members of the squad.
• KPI Gaming KPI Gaming Europe Unranked have announced the departure of Ilya "NLaaeR" Koppalov and addition of Daniil "flabben" Merzlyakov
• / After four months with the team, FUT Esports FUT Esports Europe Unranked xeus Doğan Gözgen MrFaliN Furkan Yeğen yetujey Eray Budak AtaKaptan Ata Tan cNed Mehmet Yağız İpek qRaxs Doğukan Balaban coach Enrico "Sytu" Bonfiglioli has left the organization.
• Oxygen Esports Oxygen Esports Inactive player Erdem "Toronto" Soğukpınar has announced that after a year and a half with the organization, he is in search of a new team to play with.
• / Anubis Gaming Anubis Gaming Inactive head coach Eren "Quantum" Arslan has departed the team in search of opportunities with North American and European teams.
• / Six Karma Six Karma Latin America North Unranked Mephisto KILLY rowancy Constantino Grijalva Peloncito Oscar Israel Palacios Martinez otaQ head coach Nicolás "Near" Gonzalez has been removed from the team following allegations of harassment and verbal abuse from an unnamed individual. NEAR has since come out to rebuke the claims.

Results

• SoaR SoaR Inactive epathy Ngawang Chonjor fiziq Lucas Blow v1c Victor Truong Trill Ashley Powell took first place in the NSG Winter Championship Open 2, only dropping one map throughout the group stage and playoffs, which occurred during their semifinals match against Evil Geniuses.
• The teams for the playoffs of the LVP Rising Series Finale have been determined. Of the teams that did not qualify, the most surprising teams to fall short were TENSTAR TENSTAR Inactive Br0die Jack Emmott KRAY Calum Knight Polvi Niko Polvinen xms Alexandre Forté doma Domagoj Fancev and Giants Gaming Giants Gaming Inactive Redgar Igor Vlasov Fit1nho Adolfo Gallego nukkye Žygimantas Chmieliauskas hoody Aaro Peltokangas Cloud Kirill Nehozhin . The four teams that have advanced are Acend Acend Inactive ALIVE Gilad Hakim musashi Alessio Xhaferi pyrolll Artur Minin cullumx Nikolaj Cullum Andersen chiwa Egor Stepanyuk , Finest Finest Inactive DESTRUCT1VEE Hakan Lekesizer Kicks Kimmie Laasner bonkar Malkolm Rench , Movistar Riders Movistar Riders Inactive Nixerino Nicolás Canellas Colocho YuNo Eloy García Burgueño Vorwenn Tomas Baldrich Blastinho Miquel llombart Pando , and UCAM Esports Club UCAM Esports Club Europe Unranked Flickless Karel Maeckelbergh bucher Maximilian Bucher Quick Fabián Pereira YuNo Eloy García Burgueño .

Matches to Watch

• G2 Gozen G2 Gozen Europe Unranked rezq Eda Naz Akçocuk amy Amy Lai Vania Aleyna Keskin Petra Petra Stoker mimi Michaela Lintrup and Oxxgen Esports Oxxgen Esports Inactive Gia Süreyya Bayel rainssa Yağmur Şahin Ritha Zeynep Sualp ness Neslişah Demir will meet in the upper bracket finals of the VCT Game Changers Series II EMEA playoffs to determine who will advance to the grand final. In the lower bracket, TENSTAR Nova TENSTAR Nova Inactive Cla Clara Rossi Sliicyy Lucy Tran Kim Sophia Benfakir Nelo Mathilde Beltoise will await the loser of the upper bracket finals match in the second match of the day.
• Three more matches are set to be played out in the Game Changers SEA FSL Elite playoffs. The first match of the day will feature two lower bracket matches: Renatus White Renatus White Inactive Mochiyx Tan Yee Xuan versus VLT Asteria VLT Asteria Inactive ShreyUwU Shreya Prasad BriTSy Iqra Khan and Nigma Galaxy Female Nigma Galaxy Female Inactive versus TC Arise TC Arise Inactive Alexy Alexy Francisco Aly shirazi Kelly Jaudian Japips calypSo . Following those two matches, MAD Army MAD Army Inactive Poly Patcharapron Sanitchai Muffyn Chalita Buathong JinNy Sarindhorn Wanothayarnchai Babytz Pornlapat Wittayanan Anko and Alter Ego Celeste Alter Ego Celeste Inactive Alluka Tiara Bonilla Pleno Eisberg July Kusuma enerii Odella Abraham Ayumiii Nurul Aini nabbsky Nabila Sulthana will play each other in the final match of the day.
• In the Amazon Great Indian Festival playoffs, Velocity Gaming Velocity Gaming Asia-Pacific Unranked Hotsauz Yousef Imad El-Yousef tesseract Jon Michael Piga Yukxx Yukee Lampa choosie Matthew Lorenzo Te Dignified and Enigma Gaming Enigma Gaming Inactive Divine Yeoh Chun Ting FREY Ingram Tan STYRON Tidus Goh Xan artn Ayrton Soh are once again set to clash in upper bracket finals. This encounter marks the sixth series played between the two teams this month.

Other News

• According to a report by George Geddes of Upcomer on October 25, Jacob "valyn" Batio and Harrison "psalm" Chang have practiced with the Kroenke Sports and Entertainment roster, which reportedly has only one member: Michael "neT" Bernet. According to the report, former Envy head coach Michael "Mikes" Hockom has been contacted, but a deal has not been completed.
• In a recent report by Upcomer's George Geddes, Diondre "YaBoiDre" Bond has been allowed to explore options with other teams as a restricted free agent. According to the report, YaBoiDre has already been approached by multiple organizations.
• / Hadi "Hadi" Jalali has been spotted playing with Immortals Immortals Inactive during their matches in the NSG Winter Championship Open 2.
• Sangal Esports have announced that four members of their CS:GO team will be leaving the team and pursuing careers in competitive Valorant. The departing members are Engin "MAJ3R" Küpeli, Ahmet "paz" Karahoca, Engin "ngiN", and coach Canpolat "hardstyle" Yıldıran.
• In an official ruling by Riot, Suphawit "Doomsday" Namuangrak has been banned from competition for 12 months for cheating in ranked matches.