In the days following the team's loss in the grand final of Americas Ascension, murmurings of players departing the organization arose. It was finally announced by M80 M80 Inactive that its entire Valorant roster would be free agents heading into the 2025 season.

M80's roster before the announcement was:

  • Marc-Andre "NiSMO" Tayar
  • Gianfranco "koalanoob" Potestio
  • Michael "neT" Bernet
  • Brendan "BcJ" Jensen
  • Alexander "zander" Dituri
  • Vincent "Happy" Schopenhauer (Head coach)
  • Luke "GUNTER" Clives (Coach)

M80 on stage after the 2024 Americas Ascension lower finals. M80 on stage after the 2024 Americas Ascension lower finals. (Photo by Riot Games)

The loss, a back-and-forth five-map affair, came to Brazilian organization 2Game Esports 2Game Esports Brazil Rank #1 gobera Vitor Gobo Zap Brenno Roberto pryze Luis-Henrique Viveiros lz Luiz Reche spike Rodrigo Lombardi silentzz Caio Morita , who will be in VCT Americas for the 2025 season. It was M80's second time reaching the grand final of Americas Ascension. Last year, they fell to The Guard The Guard Inactive JonahP Jonah Pulice trent Trent Cairns neT Michael Bernet valyn Jacob Batio tex Ian Botsch , who in 2024 as G2 Esports G2 Esports North America Rank #2 jawgemo Alexander Mor trent Trent Cairns valyn Jacob Batio JonahP Jonah Pulice leaf Nathan Orf qualified for two international events.

The announcement by M80 included images of all five players and two coaches from the team's 2024 roster.

"This roster has played a crucial role in M80's growth over the past year and we thank every single one of them for everything they have done for us," M80 said. "We are so proud of all the hard work they put into this project and we can't wait to continue supporting them in their future endeavors as we know they will kill it."

NiSMO , who had been with M80 for the past two years, was the first to announce his unrestricted free agency.

“Grateful for the journey with the boys, I wish all of them the best,” he said. “Very grateful to have been a part of this squad & Organization! Now it's time to find a new home and I'm more motivated than ever. Willing to play Any Initiator/Sentinel/Flex Duelist I'm very flexible and open to IGL'ing as well as I have been co-IGL'ing for a while now.”

“[I] can play any duelist and excel at OPing at a top-tier level,” said koalanoob , who fans may remember for his 2024 Ascension grand finals-leading 81-kill performance. ”[I] can play all smoke agents, Chamber/Sage and I'm willing to learn and flex any role needed to make the team succeed.”

neT , who was on the opposite side of the 2023 grand final as a player on The Guard, was the third player to announce his unrestricted free agency. He said that he is “Looking to play sentinel/controller, I am very vocal, and I can co-IGL defense. Willing to relocate to any region.”

M80 on stage after the 2023 Americas Ascension lower finals. M80 on stage after the 2023 Americas Ascension lower finals. (Photo by Riot Games/Bruno Alvares)

In a post following this year's grand final, BcJ said, "The feeling of not knowing what comes next for my career is eating me alive."

"It hurts so much that AGAIN I have to sit here and write a post about how my team (legit my second FAMILY) is getting split up due to the nature of franchising and limited player slots," he said, adding context to the reason for the team splitting up. Before joining M80, BcJ was on the XSET XSET Inactive team that finished 5th-6th at Champions Istanbul and was not included in Riot's plans for a partnership format heading into the 2023 season.

Current VCT stars johnqt and eeiu were on last year's M80 roster before being signed by their current teams. M80 will now have to start from ground zero.

"This season was one of the hardest seasons for me not only because of the loss but because of how much hard work went into this project and us being forced to split up," he said, suggesting that M80's roster breaking up was inevitable. He also dispelled any rumors of him retiring from competitive Valorant, emphasizing his talents as an initiator.

“I wanna be the best player in the game and I'll do anything to achieve that goal,” koalanoob said in his announcement. “I loved playing with the most amazing teammates I could ask for and it sucks we are parting ways. But I know all of them will land on their feet they deserve it.”

zander is still yet to make an announcement on his social platforms, but has reposted M80's announcement.