❘ Revealed: 2024-07-16T01:31:47
NRG has let go of a star Valorant participant and coach, Victor and Chet, after a disastrous VCT season for the stacked squad.
As introduced by NRG on July 15, each Victor “Victor” Wong and head coach Chet “Chet” Singh have been let go from the squad in the midst of Americas Stage 2.
“NRG administration has determined to proceed with out me for subsequent season. Can be exploring choices for Valorant franchising/challenger & CS2 for subsequent 12 months,” Chet mentioned in response to the information.
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Victor replied, “I used to be in a position to play with some new and thrilling teammates, after which ended it with a few of my oldest buddies and teammates. We had the tough activity of catching up over the past month and sadly, the outcomes weren’t what we wished.”
Chet went on to assert the choice to launch him was solely on NRG’s administration, with the gamers not wanting him to be launched from the group.
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He additionally claimed {that a} HLTV report on him eyeing a return to skilled Counter-Strike was an affect within the administration’s determination. These feedback got here by the use of a follow-up stream the identical day of NRG’s announcement.
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After the information broke, Max “Demon1” Mazanov and the group’s supervisor have been put within the squad in keeping with the World Contract Database, nonetheless, it might simply be a formality so the group continues to be fielding a full group throughout the remainder of the stage.
NRG’s 2024 season has been tough for the squad. Coming into Kickoff, they have been anticipated to be one in every of Americas’ high canines with a squad stuffed with trophies of their cupboard. Nevertheless, after not qualifying for each Masters tournaments, they shifted drastically.
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Going into Americas Stage 2, they benched Demon1 and let go of Jimmy “Marved” Nguyen, bringing again Pujan “FNS” Mehta and Sam “s0m” Oh in try to avoid wasting their season.
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In Stage 2, to qualify for Champions, it was too robust an ask because the revamped squad solely received one in every of their 4 matches within the common season, not qualifying for the playoffs and ending their run early.
Now as Stage 2’s playoffs determine which Americas groups shall be representing the area at Champions, NRG has already began their rebuilding part for the subsequent season.
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