tarik

100t copium

100t copium

this take aged well

imo keeping bang asuna and adding wardell as well as ethan and adding derrek has too many overlapping roles

With how the roles/roster are currently working I feel like it makes the most sense for:
wardell: chamber/jett
asuna: rifle duelist/flex
ethan: smokes/sova depending on map (has played omen before in pro play)
hiko: kj/sova/viper depending on map/other selections
derrek: sova/breach/flex

plus this keeps the core 3 who ACTUALLY have contracts, and as much as I love bang, i doubt it makes sense for them to drop a contract player and add a loan player when they can already make it work

Idk how it works now that the closed qualifier is already underway so that I cannot help you with.

But basically the ruling is that they qualified for this closed qualifier through invitation on the basis that they were top 4 in circuit points last year AND still had at least 3/5 players who helped achieve that top 4 place and played at least 1 match during that time (last year)

My only statement was to the OP where (although an exciting idea) they couldn't have originally dropped hiko as well after losing steel and nitr0 in order to sign cryo, zander, and babyj as they would have forfeited their invitation rights since they no longer meet that 3/5 player ruling

again idk how it would work if they would have dropped hiko now that the closed qualifier is already underway but at this point it wouldn't have mattered for signing cryo and zander, obviously

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HsqsXRKtKmZgkxqU-SwATAChvY90gzYoZumhpYbRqks/edit#heading=h.z3rsh9tq5vbn

Section 4.2.2.

I know it says "EMEA" but its a redirect from the VCT website

Well I think if they would have kicked hiko and only had 2 players left they would have had to compete in the open qualifiers and the next team below them would have gotten invited. If I understand it correctly but correct me if im wrong!

They couldn't have dropped Hiko though or else they wouldn't meet the 3/5 core player requirement to be invited to the closed qualifier (would only have ethan and asuna which is 2/5)