After nearly two years of service, Global Esports Global Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #38 patrickWHO Mark Musni UdoTan Go Kyung-won (고경원) Kr1stal Savva Fedorov kellyS Kelly Sedillo Papi Federico Evangelista head coach Peter "Spin" Bradford and assistant coach Morgan "BigTime" Jay have respectively announced their departures from the organization.
Following GE's approval into VCT Pacific, former MAD Lions MAD Lions Inactive KRAY Calum Knight staff Spin and BigTime initially joined in late 2022 as assistant coaches to then-head coach Hong "Eraser" Chang-pyo (홍창표) as a part of the team's full roster overhaul for the partnered leagues. Despite high expectations, GE bombed out of LOCK//IN against Team Vitality Team Vitality Europe Rank #8 trexx Nikita Cherednichenko Derke Nikita Sirmitev Kicks Kimmie Laasner Sayf Saif Jibraeel Less Felipe de Loyola Basso in the first round.
The 2023 regular season would not play so kindly for Global Esports. A cacophony of problems plagued the team, including visa issues for Indian players Ganesh "SkRossi" Gangadhar and Abhirup "Lightningfast" Choudhury in the opening weeks alongside complications with GE's seven-player roster. The team ultimately ended the season in eighth place with a 3-6 record. GE capped off the year with another first-round knockout, this time to Rex Regum Qeon Rex Regum Qeon Asia-Pacific Rank #20 Monyet Cahya Nugraha xffero David Monangin Jemkin Maksim Batorov Kush Bryan Carlos Setiawan Estrella Park Gun (박건) in the LCQ. Following the loss, Spin was promoted to head coach in place of Eraser, who parted with the team.
Desiring greater results to make up for their lackluster debut season, Global Esports once more revamped their roster for 2024, splitting with five of their previous players while opting to keep only Lightningfast. Spin reunited with former TENSTAR members Russel "Russ" Mendes and Niko "Polvi" Polvinen, bringing alongside him tenured Pacific veterans Gary "blaZek1ng" Dastin and Benedict "Benkai" Tan.
Global Esports entered Kickoff desperate to find success amidst mountains of criticism. Renewed hopes were not enough to find the results desired, as two quick sweeps in the opening and deciding match by ZETA DIVISION ZETA DIVISION Japan Rank #2 Dep Yuma Hashimoto SugarZ3ro Shota Watanabe CLZ Hikaru Mizutani SyouTa Shota Aoki Xdll Yuto Mizomori knocked GE out of contention for Madrid. Splits 1 and 2 yielded similar results, with GE finding only three wins combined to once again fall short of making an international event.
Just days after their final match of the year 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) , Spin announced that he had chosen to resign from Global Esports, with BigTime also leaving the team. Applications for the head coach position have since been publicly opened by the team for the next season.
Global Esports are now down to: