Gentle Mates Gentle Mates Europe Rank #36 K4DAVRA Thomas Johner RobbieBk Robbie Boerkamp Minny Patrik Hušek Zyppan Pontus Eek Click Haydem Ali has signed Pontus "Zyppan" Eek, Patrik "Minny" Hušek, Robbie "RobbieBk" Boerkamp, and Haydem "Click" Ali. Alex "goked" Kie and Juan "McJuankar" Carlos Mesa Ciruelo have also joined as head coach and assistant coach respectively and Josh "jtay" Taylor has been added as an analyst.

Zyppan was a member of the original FunPlus Phoenix FunPlus Phoenix Inactive SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin Zyppan Pontus Eek ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky ardiis Ardis Svarenieks core that lifted the Masters Copenhagen trophy in 2022 and later became the core of Natus Vincere Natus Vincere Europe Rank #16 ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky Ruxic Uğur Güç hiro Emirhan Kat koalanoob Gianfranco Potestio in 2023. NAVI started strong in 2023 with a top-four finish at LOCK//IN but have been unable to reach the same heights since. In 2024, NAVI reunited the Masters-winning roster by signing ardiis but failed to return to the international stage over the course of the year.

Minny is best known for competing with GoNext Esports GoNext Esports Inactive in the Sentinel role in Challengers League East. GoNext took first prize in the league playoffs in Split 1 and Split 2 and earned qualification to EMEA Ascension, where they were eliminated in the group stage with a 2-2 record. Individually, Minny stood out in his role with a 1.10 overall rating.

RobbieBk was also scouted from Challengers, having spent 2024 as the in-game leader and Initiator for Joblife Joblife Europe Rank #10 starxo Patryk Kopczynski AKUMAAAAA Alex Lo Bello UNFAKE Bartosz Bernacki Jesse Adam Čtvrtníček wackie Rikardo Birjukov in Challengers League France. Much like GoNext, the team won both Splits in their region and qualified to EMEA Ascension, narrowly exiting in the group stage with a 2-2 record.

Click most recently played Duelist for SK Gaming SK Gaming Europe Rank #47 in Challengers League DACH. After a middling season, the team narrowly missed out on regional playoffs. Excluding the relegation stage, in which he did not participate, Click achieved the highest ACS, KPR, and FKPR in the league during Split 2 at 251.2, 0.92, and 0.24 respectively.

goked previously served as head coach for LEVIATÁN LEVIATÁN Latin America South Rank #1 Demon1 Max Mazanov tex Ian Botsch kiNgg Francisco Aravena C0M Corbin Lee nataNk Nathan Bocqueho for the first half of 2024. During that time, the team came third in Americas Stage 1 and qualified to Masters Shanghai. After suffering an early elimination at the hands of FUT Esports in the Swiss stage of Shanghai, Goked mutually parted ways with the team in June. McJuankar comes into the team after spending the previous season as an assistant coach for BBL Esports BBL Esports Europe Rank #17 Jamppi Elias Olkkonen sociablEE Volkan Yonal PROFEK Dawid Święć vakk Vakaris Bebravičius stand-in LewN Burak Alkan and jtay was last the head coach for HEROIC Valkyries HEROIC Valkyries Europe Rank #21 Miyori Eylül Sudem Sarıoğlu fluxxy Lola Ainslie Cille Cecilie Kallio Ahlquist Lauritsen Lyda İlayda Güzeldere adora .

Gentle Mates joined VCT EMEA after winning EMEA Ascension 2023 in an upset sweep in the grand final over Apeks Apeks Europe Rank #3 florescent Ava Eugene hype Tautvydas Paldavicius MOLSI Michał Łącki AvovA Auni Chahade batujnax Mehmet Batu Özaslan . They kept their going full roster into 2024 and later added Thomas "K4DAVRA" Johner in place of Logan "logaN" Corti between Stage 1 and Stage 2. The French squad ultimately ended the regular season in tenth place in the regional standings with a 3-7 record; the organization chose to part ways with four players, keeping only K4DAVRA.

These changes take Gentle Mates from an all-French team to an English-speaking core for the first time in the organization's history. Looking ahead to 2025, Gentle Mates must qualify for Champions Paris and outperform Apeks to retain their slot in VCT EMEA.

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