News Almost Missed returns for yet another week. Here are some headlines that you might have missed from around the world, all bundled together in one place.
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Roster Changes
- / VIRTUOSO VIRTUOSO Inactive King Aiden King Eley Zach Stauffer DBK Dylan Bazic-Kulangiev Blahst Nathan Brand snxper Louis Lama have completed their roster with Aiden "King" King and Anthony "Okeanos" Nguyen.
- 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 have announced the departure of their roster. Despite this announcement, the team intends on continuing to compete together while they search for a new organization to represent.
- / Former TENSTAR TENSTAR Inactive Br0die Jack Emmott KRAY Calum Knight Polvi Niko Polvinen xms Alexandre Forté doma Domagoj Fancev analyst Milan "Milan" de Meij has joined Acend Acend Inactive ALIVE Gilad Hakim musashi Alessio Xhaferi pyrolll Artur Minin cullumx Nikolaj Cullum Andersen chiwa Egor Stepanyuk .
- / FUT Female FUT Female Inactive Lyda İlayda Güzeldere rezq Eda Naz Akçocuk have parted ways with Annika "mediKa" Lambertz and Lada "h6tedthemost" Kozhemyakina.
- / Finest Finest Inactive DESTRUCT1VEE Hakan Lekesizer Kicks Kimmie Laasner bonkar Malkolm Rench have announced Alexander "mizuN" Katok as their fourth player.
- Mustafa "MACHINERIS" Sürer has announced his retirement from competition. He most recently played for FUT Esports FUT Esports Europe Rank #7 xeus Doğan Gözgen MrFaliN Furkan Yeğen yetujey Eray Budak AtaKaptan Ata Tan cNed Mehmet Yağız İpek qRaxs Doğukan Balaban , and revealed a few weeks back that he would be stepping back from their active roster to evaluate his options.
- / Jadeite Jadeite Inactive have announced the first two members of their team, Park "allow" Sang-wook (박상욱) and Lee "Hate" Ye-hun (이예훈).
- / Former 9z Team 9z Team Inactive deigara Gonzalo Funes Tuli Giulliano Pozo Massone rubkkoide Facundo Chavez mizu Gabriel Gonzalez david David Olivares coach Juan "grizzly" Maggi has joined Wygers Wygers Europe Rank #212 Cobra Xpiryy t1tan Pedro Gómez García Dubstep BujaXD .
- / Agustín "supppppp" Mauas has joined the Border Monsters Border Monsters Latin America North Rank #8 KODA Gerardo Sepúlveda k1yo Ángel Xool mNo Tendux mega staff as a coach.
- / Piercer Esports Piercer Esports Inactive Nartzie Elyes Zoghlami have announced Adrian "CupOfVice" Parra as the team's new head coach.
- YaLLa Esports YaLLa Esports Inactive ShawateRR Mohammad Yousef Near Fahad Salem Kitkat Mohamed Alnuaimi B4HA Baha Mohamad Oqap ISSAA Issa Murad VIPP33R Omar Adwan have announced Baha "B4HA" Mohamad Oqap as their fifth player.
Results
- Akrew Akrew Inactive gucc107 Andrew Gutnichenko Neon Austin Hedge Paincakes Jake Hass jovahnii Jovanni Miramontes ZachaREEE Zachary Lombardo claimed first place in the NSG Winter Championship Open 6 by defeating Knights Knights Inactive in the grand finals.
- G2 Gozen G2 Gozen Europe Rank #5 rezq Eda Naz Akçocuk amy Amy Lai Vania Aleyna Keskin Petra Petra Stoker mimi Michaela Lintrup emerged victorious in EMEA Game Changers Series III playoffs, only dropping a single map to Guild GC Guild GC Inactive Xaline Laure Mateos in the grand finals.
- 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 took first place in the ICEBOX Northern Classic, defeating KOVA KOVA Inactive Supmah Hampus Svensson JESMUND Jesse Terävä Ale Alend Khalaf vicious Benjamin Guilotte shéd Jani Marjanen in the grand finals.
Matches to Watch
- Four teams remain in the Circuito De Elite Finals: Inactive , One Breath Gaming One Breath Gaming Inactive minse Vladislav Kuzminykh zeddy Nikolai Lapko , ehehxd ehehxd Europe Rank #88 jON4Y João Coelho nasK Diogo Barros , and Rebels Gaming Rebels Gaming Inactive . The semifinals matches will be held on Saturday, while the grand finals will be held on Sunday.
- Velocity Gaming Velocity Gaming Asia-Pacific Rank #16 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 set to face off for the 13th time in the WD Black Cup Season 2 grand finals.
- / Two matches remain in The Esports Club Showdown. Paper Rex Paper Rex Asia-Pacific Rank #1 mindfreak Aaron Leonhart Jinggg Wang Jing Jie f0rsakeN Jason Susanto d4v41 Khalish Rusyaidee something Ilya Petrov have secured their spot in the grand finals by defeating Alter Ego Alter Ego Asia-Pacific Rank #9 Nakya Alehandro Fabian Simanjorang Cud Thomas Alfiantino ray4c Rayvaldo Chandra ValdyN Rivaldy Nafian gotten Davin in the upper bracket finals. To get a rematch against Paper Rex, they will have to defeat Louvre Louvre Inactive ExTreMisTz wisa Winston Ho kayle Ahmad Aqil dumin Du-Min Yeo Reverie Steven Kang Kai Lun in the lower bracket final.
Other News
- There will not be a patch 3.11 for Valorant next week, November 30. According to the official PlayVALORANT Twitter account, the next patch will be the patch 3.12 update, which will come in two weeks.
- In a November 25 report by Upcomer's George Geddes, T1 T1 Korea Rank #3 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) are trialing replacements for Timothy "autimatic" Ta, who was reportedly considering a return to competitive CS:GO.
- / According to a November 24 report from George Geddes of Upcomer, 100 Thieves 100 Thieves North America Rank #5 zander Alexander Dituri Cryocells Matthew Panganiban eeiu Daniel Vucenovic Boostio Kelden Pupello Asuna Peter Mazuryk substitute player Johann "seven" Hernandez is exploring options outside of the organization.
- In a report from Brazilian outlet VALORANT Zone, Challengers Brazil competition in 2022 will be held in the same arena that the CBLOL is produced, in São Paulo.