HONK
HONK
Inactive
synsi
Jere Virtanen
Cloud
Kirill Nehozhin
Dreamas
Aurimas Zablockis
Destrian
Tomas Linikas
trexx
Nikita Cherednichenko
has disbanded after five months of play, with the team citing issues securing sponsorship with an organization.
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The squad was originally put together at the beginning of the year as an amalgam of European free agents. They were quickly regarded by many as a powerful team, lauded as one of the best sponsorless teams in the region, and frequently played spoiler in qualifiers throughout their five-month tenure.
HONK were close to signing with organizations twice, one of them reportedly being Heroic. Not much more is known, but VLR.gg has learned that similar situations occurred with
HSDIRR
HSDIRR
Inactive
Ale
Alend Khalaf
vicious
Benjamin Guilotte
lyNxi
Felix Björklund
Meddo
Johan Renbjörk Lundborg
freddan
and
animel
animel
Inactive
Mukke
Lassi Hautala
Polvi
Niko Polvinen
ZIGITARES
Tuukka Röynä
Kevyt
Vertti Nyyssönen
H1ber
Joona Parviainen
during negotiations with the Danish organization.
In nearly all VCT runs the team pursued, they were frequently eliminated only by the top flight of Europe. During Stage 1, HONK were eliminated by
Alliance
Alliance
Inactive
,
Guild Esports
Guild Esports
Inactive
, and
Ballista
Ballista
Inactive
Neex
Sebastian Trela
MORFAN
Mateusz Świętochowski
qxv
Jakub Sawicki
Buld
Michał Sokal
KEREME
Przemek Bogdanowicz
in the three Challengers qualifiers of the stage — the final team ousting HONK in the qualifying round. Stage 2 saw early exits at the hands of
FNATIC
FNATIC
Europe
Rank #6
crashies
Austin Roberts
Boaster
Jake Howlett
kaajak
Kajetan Haremski
Chronicle
Timofey Khromov
Alfajer
Emir Ali Beder
and
Ninjas in Pyjamas
Ninjas in Pyjamas
Inactive
dimasick
Dmitriy Matvienko
chiwa
Egor Stepanyuk
Jady
Yaroslav Nikolaev
rhyme
Emir Muminovic
, the former of which would go on to qualify for the Stage 2 Masters.
Between VCT qualifiers, the team attended two Nicecactus Trophies, the New Year Trophy and the March Trophy. While HONK reached the grand finals of both trophies, the mix took second place in both events.
Looking for offers, HONK was made up of:
- Jere "synsi" Virtanen
- Kirill "Cloud" Nehozhin
- Aurimas "Dreamas" Zablockis
- Tomas "Destrian" Linikas
- Nikita "trexx" Cherednichenko
Their technical staff was: