NRG Esports NRG Esports North America Unranked FiNESSE Pujan Mehta s0m Sam Oh Verno Andrew Maust mada Adam Pampuch Ethan Ethan Arnold has announced the release of longtime player Austin "crashies" Roberts, who will be allowed to explore other options in VCT as a free agent.
crashies has been with NRG since the beginning of the 2023 season. He joined the organization following a successful 2022 season with OpTic Gaming OpTic Gaming Inactive that saw the team lift the Masters Reykjavik trophy. When OpTic disbanded following the 2022 season, crashies would join NRG with a slew of familiar faces. The organization picked up head coach Chet , FiNESSE , and Victor .
Chet and Victor parted ways with NRG following the 2024 season.
With crashies on the roster, NRG has achieved a second-placed finish at the 2023 Americas League and a fourth-place finish at Masters Tokyo.
crashies was one of the core members of Envy Envy Inactive Marved Jimmy Nguyen Victor Victor Wong crashies Austin Roberts FiNESSE Pujan Mehta yay Jaccob Whiteaker when it merged with OpTic at the end of the 2021 season. With them, he achieved a second-placed finish at Masters Berlin.
Prior to Envy, OpTic and NRG, crashies also spent time with T1 T1 Korea Unranked stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) Meteor Kim Tae-O (김태오) Sylvan Ko Young-sub (고영섭) BuZz Yu Byung-chul (유병철) iZu Ham Woo-ju (함우주) .
"As my contract is expiring this year, NRG is allowing me to explore my options as an unrestricted F/A going into the 2025 season," crashies said. He will find himself on a different roster from the OpTic/NRG core for the first time since 2020.
NRG Esports NRG Esports North America Unranked FiNESSE Pujan Mehta s0m Sam Oh Verno Andrew Maust mada Adam Pampuch Ethan Ethan Arnold 's roster is now: