Luminosity Gaming leaves VALORANT
North American team Luminosity Gaming has left VALORANT, as announced by the organization on June 3. The players will still operate with the organization's banner for the remaining rounds of the NA VCT Challengers Stage Two
E-Sport Tournament "Valorant Champions TourStill, Luminosity is looking for a new home for the roster. Their lineup has Kaleb "moose" Jayne, Tanner "TiGG" Spanu, Will "dazzLe" Loafman, Brandon Michael "bdog" Sanders, Adam "Mada" Pampuch, and head coach Jared "mac" Schneider. They joined VALORANT in August 2020, which initiated the separation of all the members from the original roster. Luminosity was able to win more minor championships after joining VALORANT and didn't plunge into international events.
They are awaiting Riot's upcoming structure for 2023 and have not ruled out the possibility of them participating in VALORANT esports again down the road. Their decision to quit VALORANT esports seemed to have arisen after Riot discussed the partnership system for 2023 with the teams. The North American, Brazilian, and Latin American leagues will have eight to 10 units to be invited next year. The organizations will be eligible to apply to become Riot's partner over the next few months. The players and staff of Luminosity want to shift to a new organization instead of dismantling, as they are now restricted, free agents. Luminosity is currently 2-1 in NA VCT Challengers Stage Two's Group B. The competition's finalists will win a slot in VCT Masters Two Copenhagen in July.
Dreams join Liquid VALORANT, replaces L1NK
Team Liquid has replaced one of VALORANT's original players, Travis "L1NK" Mendoza, with former LDN UTD player Aurimas "Dreamas" Zablockis for the remainder of EMEA VCT Challengers Stage Two. It confirms reports that suggest L1NK was not practising with the team and was to be shifted to the inactive lineup. It is unknown whether Dreams will be retained in Liquid after the EMEA VCT Challengers Stage Two concludes at the end of the month. His future depends upon Liquid's results in the competition. Dreams had plated with LDN UTD in the past months after entering the team back in October 2021.
The 23-year-old was crucial in the team's qualification in the EMEA VCT Challengers Stage One but was offloaded in April 2022 after the European team couldn't enter the competition's playoffs. Dreams have to prove himself now that L1NK, one of the original players of the fish123 roster that Liquid signed in August 2020, is departing. The British gamer was instrumental in their tournament victories, such as the EMEA VCT Challengers Stage Two Finals in May 2021 and Red Bull Home Ground Two in November 2021. L1NK was also in the lineup that reached the semifinals of VALORANT Champions in December 2021. Now that he is out of the starting lineup, Dom "soulcas" Sulcas and Adil "ScreaM" Benrlitom are the last ones standing out of the original roster formed by Liquid in 2020.