The
Built By Gamers
Built By Gamers
Inactive
core has been fractured following an announcement detailing "significant changes" to the team's main roster.
The now former Built By Gamers core of William "Will" Cheng, Jake "Poach" Brumleve, Joseph "bjor" Bjorklund, and Raymond "rarkar" Xu have been together since April 2021, and has been a staple team of tier 2 competition. In November, the departure of Tristan "Critical" Trinacty sent the team on a search for a new fifth, and the squad eventually found themselves competing with Sean "bang" Bezerra and Aaron "b0i" Thao unofficially.
The first challengers event of the new year marked the end of an absence from VCT competition that began in April following the team's elimination from the Stage 2 Challengers 2 main event. In the first challengers event, Built By Gamers failed to make a deep run, and exited the event in the round of 32. However, the team bounced back in the second qualifier, eliminating prominent names like
Pioneers
Pioneers
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jmoh
Jason Mohandessi
wedid
Matthew Suchan
thief
Brady Dever
Critical
Tristan Trinacty
,
Gen.G
Gen.G
Korea
Rank #1
Foxy9
Jung Jae-sung (정재성)
t3xture
Kim Na-ra (김나라)
Munchkin
Byeon Sang-beom (변상범)
yoman
Chae Young-moon (채영문)
Karon
Kim Won-tae (김원태)
,
Akrew
Akrew
Inactive
gucc107
Andrew Gutnichenko
Neon
Austin Hedge
Paincakes
Jake Hass
jovahnii
Jovanni Miramontes
ZachaREEE
Zachary Lombardo
, and
TSM
TSM
North America
Rank #5
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seven
Johann Hernandez
gMd
Anthony Guimond
vora
sym
Tyler Porter
. Unfortunately, in their final match before qualification for the group stage, Built By Gamers fell short following a 2-1 defeat to
Rise
Rise
Inactive
.
Following their disappointing finish in the VCT Stage 1 qualifiers, the team looked forward to the NSG Winter Championship finals, which they had qualified for via a top-eight finish in the last chance qualifier. The team made their way through day one, staving off
Zero MarksMen Black
Zero MarksMen Black
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Tim
Timothy Braun
Blahst
Nathan Brand
yiinel
Elias Soto
Nanners
Anderson Lutkehus
in overtime in the last map of the series to qualify for day two. Unfortunately, two losses at the hands of
Renegades
Renegades
Inactive
and
Reformed
Reformed
Inactive
Jerk
Justin Milani
Critical
Tristan Trinacty
sealed the team's hopes for competing in the playoffs.
While bjor, Poach, and coach Gannon "RaptorZ" Nelson have detailed that they are looking for new opportunities as unrestricted free agents, Will has revealed that he is a restricted free agent. Furthermore, rarkar has been revealed to be benched from the organization, with his future with the team to be revealed at a later date.
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