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thief to stand in for Zellsis on Version1

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June 24, 2021

Version1 Version1 Inactive have registered Brady "thief" Dever in the upcoming Champions Tour North America Stage 3 qualifier, with George Geddes of Upcomer reporting thief will be a temporary stand-in for Jordan "Zellsis" Montemurro during Challengers 1.

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Sources: Former Luminosity Gaming player Thief is set to play with Version1 for the upcoming #VCT Stage 3 qualifier.

He'll temporarily replace Zellsis, who will return to the roster once his suspension has been lifted.

Read via @Upcomer: upcomer.com/sources-versio…

thief will be temporarily replacing the suspended Zellsis, who was handed a suspension by Riot earlier this month for making a "categorically offensive and discriminatory remark about a tournament official." Zellsis' suspension will run through the first Challenger Open Qualifier and Main Event of Stage 3.

The former Luminosity Gaming player was benched from the starting roster a month ago alongside stellar. Since then, a report from Geddes has suggested that their replacements will come in the form of ban and dazzLe.

This is not the first time that Version1 have had to play with a substitute player. Prior to Masters: Reykjavik, the team was playing with Maxim "wippie" Shepelev, but due to visa complications the team had to find a substitute. They eventually brought on Jamal "jammyz" Bangash, who played with the team throughout Masters: Reykjavik.

Champions Tour North America stage 3 competition will begin on July 1.

For the following Challengers, Version1 Version1 Inactive will field:

Anthony "vanity" Malaspina
Erik "penny" Penny
Loic "effys" Sauvageau
Maxim "wippie" Shepelev
Brady "thief" Dever
Ian "Immi" Harding (Coach)

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1tna

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imagine if v1 will have to play with another sub lol

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number_1_bjor_fan

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they do

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i wonder what Zellsis even said lmaoo

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Slotshot

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A very lukewarm comment I'm sure that is blown out of proportion. The state of these games that tow the line of political correctness is humorously ridiculous.

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Or maybe he engaged in a mild amount of trolling

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we do a little trolling

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imagine thief stays bc they have some insane chemistry together

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mystbz

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nah zel is one of their better players i doubt he would stay

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mumenrydr

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Thief literally carried LG on his shoulders, it's hard to compare.

It's hard to accommodate 2 duelists tho

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Just 3 of the Iceland players

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Mbappe

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Back to the stage 2 challenger lineup i guess? Then Thief looks like a great stand in

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ok

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Nice article, but where do you leave vanity?

For the following Challengers, Version1 will field:

Jordan "Zellsis" Montemurro
Erik "penny" Penny
Loic "effys" Sauvageau
Maxim "wippie" Shepelev
Brady "thief" Dever
Ian "Immi" Harding (Coach)

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it was a typo. updated now

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Brian_is_asian

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So many roster updates and changes this week

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clean

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W

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maldoror

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thief will go demonic to prove LG staff wrong guys been streaming grinding everyday since his benching
NaturE too

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Bring back jammyz

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farewellVAL

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zellsis picked up the kj out of nowhere maybe they do a similar thing with thief?

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LouBag

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I think zellsis only played kJ because jammyz didn’t. Now that wippe is back I think he plays KJ.

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farewellVAL

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Yeah but they're gonna want to run viper right? I assumed that would be wippe.

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True. Now I’m intrigued with how they will run this play.

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they might not run viper on like ascent haven and split and just have vanity as astra. so like wippie would play kj on those maps where they dont play viper but play viper on like icebox breeze and bind

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farewellVAL

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Yeah fair, if I had to choose I would run thief on sage and penny on jett, I don't feel like raze will be as prevalent after the update.

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they might run him on phoenix/reyna for certain maps

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thief knows how to play cypher as well

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farewellVAL

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Yeah that's what I was thinking. Might take a cypher over a killjoy after 3.0 anyways so.

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You could say he stole his spot

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shouldnt have been a dumbass zellsis lmao

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if im being honest idk why lg would bench thief, he flexed duelists and to the ppeople saying he was a raze one trick he played reyna and pheonix as well, and jett on icebox. He was rlly good on lg and i hope v1 can early qual to take pressure off

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