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.

This week's edition covers news from December 11 - December 17.

• Read more: News Almost Missed December 10

Roster Changes

• / Adam "mada" Pampuch has revealed that he is allowed to explore options outside of Andbox Andbox Inactive oderus Chad Miller mummAy Anthony DiPaolo Lear Dayton Akau Jonaaa6 Jonard Penaflor vice Daniel Kim going into 2022. This announcement leaves the team with two active players.
• / Former G2 Esports G2 Esports Inactive analyst Lucas "Rojo" Rojo has become the new head coach of Movistar Riders Movistar Riders Inactive Nixerino Nicolás Canellas Colocho YuNo Eloy García Burgueño Vorwenn Tomas Baldrich Blastinho Miquel llombart Pando .
• Dmytro "dimaxx" Paliy has revealed that he is in search of opportunities outside of SAW SAW Inactive Fragger Henrique Correia brk Bruno Ferreira GrTw Tiago Costa Addicted Eduardo Torres Cunha20 David Cunha heading into 2022.
• / Rebels Gaming Rebels Gaming Inactive have parted ways with David "Fizzy" Figueiredo.
• Kenny "Luc1d" Gauthier Kühlmann has announced his departure from CGN Esports CGN Esports Europe Rank #5 elllement Dragan Milanović DaviH David Cruz BennY Benjamin Domgörgen Vince Vincent Kranz .
• Team Singularity have announced that their female team, Team Singularity Female Team Singularity Female Inactive minemosynE Minem Alkir Lakhesis Gülcem Arslan Nariel Yaren Cirit Ked Pelin Yalkın Çingiroğlu ESTEE Candan Yetişkin , will no longer be a part of the organization in 2022.
• Burak "glovee" Yıldırım has revealed that he is allowed to explore options outside of Oxygen Esports Oxygen Esports Inactive .
• Barış "fred" Özdemir has left BBL Esports BBL Esports Europe Rank #42 Jamppi Elias Olkkonen sociablEE Volkan Yonal chiwa Egor Stepanyuk PROFEK Dawid Święć LewN Burak Alkan and joined Kafalar eSports Kafalar eSports Inactive ip0TT Yiğit Karadeniz Wizard Artu Köroğlu fred Barış Özdemir mAz Duhan Ovalı HEPSEV Hasan Yağızhan Hepsev .
• Sharks Esports Sharks Esports Inactive gaabxx Gabriel Carli prozin Wallacy Sales KILLDREAM João Ferreira Addicted Eduardo Torres player Matheus "deNaro" Hipólito has announced that he will not be a member of the team in 2022 and is looking for a new team.
• Gamelanders Blue Gamelanders Blue Inactive have announced the departures of Walney "Jonn" Reis, Guilherme "Nyang" Coelho, and Fernando "fznnn" Cerqueira.
• All members of Inactive have been released from the organization.
• / KRÜ Esports KRÜ Esports Latin America South Rank #3 keznit Angelo Mori Mazino Roberto Rivas adverso Benjamín Poblete mta Nicolás González Shyy Fabian Usnayo Melser Marco Eliot Machuca Amaro head coach Rodrigo "Onur" Dalmagro has departed the organization and entered free agency.
• / Six Karma Six Karma Latin America North Rank #9 Mephisto KILLY rowancy Constantino Grijalva Peloncito Oscar Israel Palacios Martinez otaQ player Julian "BEAST" David Lauandos has left the organization and announced his retirement from competition.
• / Thomas "Feniz" Molina and Michael "BandiCoot" Mancipe have been released from Border Monsters Border Monsters Latin America North Rank #8 KODA Gerardo Sepúlveda k1yo Ángel Xool mNo Tendux mega .
• Jyousuke "zepher" Matsuda has joined REJECT REJECT Japan Rank #12 muto JaXe BNN take BRIAN IceBear from Crazy Raccoon Crazy Raccoon Inactive . He was moved off the active roster to a content creator position in late June, and has not been seen in an official match since appearing with Crazy Raccoon at Masters: Reykjavik.
• Team Bliss Team Bliss Inactive tsR Dragon Nicholas Aleksandrovsky eezy Steven Tran daiK Bernard Chau junglew0w Ty O'Donnell Fweshest Christian Bartolillo have announced that they will be parting ways with their Valorant roster.

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 9 following a grand finals win over Pioneers Pioneers Inactive jmoh Jason Mohandessi wedid Matthew Suchan thief Brady Dever Critical Tristan Trinacty .
• In the grand finals of the third season of The Esports Club Gauntlet, 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 defeated Team XO Team XO Inactive , putting themselves ahead of BOOM Esports BOOM Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #2 dos9 Zhumagali Dastan Famouz Fikri Zaki Hamdani Shiro Hildegard Arnaldo NcSlasher Sheldon Andersen Chandra BerserX Rizkie Adla Kusuma in the Asia-Pacific rankings.
• Crima's Disciples Crima's Disciples Inactive Marsh William Marshall Pocket Joshua Haworth MaiShiu Matthew Wu Myth Matthew Tarnawskyj Klockzy Lachlan Burke defeated Legacy Esports Legacy Esports Inactive in the grand finals of the LPL Spring Cup Legends 2021

Matches to Watch

• The bi-coastal LANs hosted by Nerd Street Gamers in Fullerton, California and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania are taking place this weekend.
• BIG BIG Inactive are looking for their third straight tournament win in the Kingdom Calling #6 playoffs. They will play Ovation eSports Ovation eSports Europe Rank #234 Luzuh Joseph Loose Louitan Louis Beresford eleo Leonard Kulish in the grand finals on Saturday, December 18.
• Four teams remain in the Bleed eSports Christmas Showdown: Huat Zai Huat Zai Inactive splashske FREY Ingram Tan STYRON Tidus Goh dzii Daven Cheong Divine Yeoh Chun Ting nephh Marcus Tan , Kingsmen Kingsmen Inactive 1van Kok Mun Hong Justa Ooi Zhen Loong , The Reaper The Reaper Inactive LoRangeZ Phanthaphat Yaowasakunmat Changee Nong Chang basbabe Atsadrawut Khunthong Chainyyy Pornchai Panyawong , and BLEED BLEED Asia-Pacific Rank #21 .

Other News

• / According to Bo "BoDork" Hoogland, DarkZero Esports DarkZero Esports Inactive are in "deep discussions" with XSET XSET Inactive player Bryce "PureR" Lovell and former G2 Esports G2 Esports Inactive head coach Neil "neilzinho" Finlay.
• In a December 13 report from George Geddes of Upcomer, T1 T1 Korea Rank #2 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 reportedly in discussions to sign 100 Thieves 100 Thieves North America Rank #6 zander Alexander Dituri Cryocells Matthew Panganiban eeiu Daniel Vucenovic Boostio Kelden Pupello Asuna Peter Mazuryk substitute player Johann "seven" Hernandez.
• The highly sought after Brazilian duo Gustavo "Sacy" Rossi and Matias "saadhak" Delipetro have reportedly been approached by Brazilian esports organization LOUD, according to a December 17 report from ValorantZONE. They have also reportedly been eyed by NIP, MIBR, and Stars Horizon.
• A December 15 report by Danny Appleford of Upcomer has compiled details that give a likely direction for the next Valorant agent to be released. The female agent was hinted at by Chamber as hailing from the Philippines, and will likely be a duelist agent.