The players of Moist x Shopify Moist x Shopify North America Rank #8 Pa1nt Amarri Peak Spaz Adam Laamoumi Paincakes Jake Hass BcJ Brendan Jensen brawk Brock Somerhalder entered restricted free agency, per player tweets. This includes Chad "oderus" Miller, Brock "brawk" Somerhalder, Xavier "flyuh" Carlson, Adam "mada" Pampuch, Victor "v1c" Truong, as well as coach Jared "mac" Schneider.
Moist x Shopify was formed for the 2024 NA challengers season as a combination of the Shopify Rebellion Shopify Rebellion Inactive v1c Victor Truong mada Adam Pampuch and Moist Moguls Moist Moguls Inactive aproto Alex Protopapas sym Tyler Porter brawk Brock Somerhalder flyuh Xavier Carlson thief Brady Dever rosters from the previous year. Shopify Rebellion had come off a rough season where they only just squeaked into playoffs and went out in the first round. Moist Moguls on the other hand, were only one game away from qualifying to Ascension, losing only to the two eventual grand finalists of Ascension. With a mix of players from both rosters, Moist x Shopify looked to be strong contenders for one of the NA Ascension slots.
The season would start off strong for MxS with a perfect 5-0 record in the regular season of Stage 1, topping their group. However, in the Mid Season Cup, they were eliminated by Oxygen Esports Oxygen Esports Inactive skuba Logan Jenkins mitch Mitch Semago Verno Andrew Maust Reduxx Yassin Aboulalazm dapr Michael Gulino to finish in the top four. After this loss, MxS struggled to maintain their form from Stage 1, ending with a troubled 3-3 record in Stage 2. Despite this result, they still comfortably qualified for playoffs, and were still widely considered one of the favorites for an Ascension slot, with their main competition being M80 M80 Inactive , DarkZero Esports DarkZero Esports Inactive , and Oxygen.
MxS started playoffs strong with two 2-0 victories over FLUFFY AIMERS FLUFFY AIMERS Inactive Paincakes Jake Hass Jonaaa6 Jonard Penaflor mummAy Anthony DiPaolo bones Ethan Le and Blinn Blinn Inactive to put them into the winner's final, only one win away from Ascension. This was the exact same position they were in the previous year, even meeting the same opponent in M80. As had happened last year, they were defeated by M80, putting them in the loser's final, where it seemed history was to repeat itself. However, with DarkZero and Oxygen being eliminated earlier in the bracket, they would play against TSM TSM North America Rank #14 seven Johann Hernandez gMd Anthony Guimond sym Tyler Porter tdawgg Travis Regan XXiF Damion Cook , a team they were favored against, having very comfortably beaten them a month prior. Unfortunately for MxS, in a shocking upset, TSM would overcome the odds and upset MxS, leaving them with heartbreak for the second year in a row.
Although the current MxS players will be moving on from the team, Moist is likely to return in some capacity for the following year, as stated by Ludwig, a co-owner of the organization, on his stream.