As had been previously rumored, Auni "AvovA"
Chahade, Žygimantas "nukkye"
Chmieliauskas, and Jose "koldamenta"
Luis Aranguren are the newest
G2 Esports
G2 Esports
Inactive
members.
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Mere hours ago, G2 announced the departure of Patryk "paTiTek"
Fabrowski, Ardis "ardiis"
Svarenieks and Aleksander "zeek"
Zygmunt. The last would go on to sign for
Acend
Acend
Inactive
ALIVE
Gilad Hakim
musashi
Alessio Xhaferi
pyrolll
Artur Minin
cullumx
Nikolaj Cullum Andersen
chiwa
Egor Stepanyuk
, replacing the outgoing koldamenta.
With koldamenta, Acend finished VCT's Stage 1 with an unexpected performance that saw them qualify for the Stage 1: Challengers 3 and, from there, for Stage 1: Masters 1. Despite low expectations, they ended up defeating
Ninjas in Pyjamas
Ninjas in Pyjamas
Inactive
dimasick
Dmitriy Matvienko
chiwa
Egor Stepanyuk
Jady
Yaroslav Nikolaev
rhyme
Emir Muminovic
,
FunPlus Phoenix
FunPlus Phoenix
Inactive
SUYGETSU
Dmitry Ilyushin
Zyppan
Pontus Eek
ANGE1
Kyrylo Karasov
Shao
Andrey Kiprsky
ardiis
Ardis Svarenieks
and
Team Heretics
Team Heretics
Europe
Rank #1
MiniBoo
Dominykas Lukaševičius
Wo0t
Mert Alkan
RieNs
Enes Ecirli
benjyfishy
Benjamin David Fish
Boo
Ričardas Lukaševičius
to win the event. The team had a disappointing Stage 2, failing to qualify for the EMEA Challengers Playoffs.
Heretics, where nukkye and AvovA finished 2020 with on top, won First Strike and maintained their form with the second place finish at the first VCT Masters. They came crashing down in Stage 2, eliminated by the current
Team BDS
Team BDS
Inactive
bramz
Bayram Ben Redjeb
in Stage 2: Challengers 1, and failed to qualify for the second event, being knocked out by the team they will now represent.
It's been known for a while that G2 would be at the heart of a European shuffle by signing these three players. After being one of the top forces of 2020 and having a disastrous 2021, the team hopes to recover their spot as a title contender by reformulating much of their lineup, starting with the second LVP Rising Series event.
G2 Esports
G2 Esports
Inactive
are now:
- Oscar "Mixwell" Cañellas
- Jose "koldamenta" Luis Aranguren
- Auni "AvovA" Chahade
- Žygimantas "nukkye" Chmieliauskas
- Jacob "pyth" Mourujärvi
The team's technical staff is:
- Maik "MaikTurtle" Löffler (Manager)
- Neil "neilzinho" Finlay (Coach)
- Lucas "LRojo" Rojo (Analyst)