Published 12:10 IST, July 30th 2020
Team Liquid Valorant roster, organisation history and all competitive accolades so far
Team Liquid Valorant roster was announced earlier this month. The esports organisation acquired organisation-less team fish123 along with CS: GO star ScreaM.
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One of most popular esports organisations in Europe and rth America, Team Liquid (TL), will be newest major organisation to enter Valorant competitive landscape. With Riot Games' 5v5 title rapidly gaining popularity among competitive players, more and more esports organisations are forming rosters for Valorant. Earlier this month, Team Liquid anunced its official roster for game after reaching an agreement to acquire 'organisation-less' Valorant side fish123. In order to direct explosive talent of fish123 with in-game leadership and experience, TL signed CS: GO pro, Adil “ScreaM” Benrlitom, as team's captain.
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Team Liquid Valorant roster
- Adil “ScreaM” Benrlitom (captain)
- Adam “ec1s” Eccles
- Dom “soulcas” Sulcas
- James “Kryptix” Affleck
- Travis “L1NK” Mendoza
A former Belgian CS: GO, Adil Benrlitom, better kwn as his moniker ScreaM, is an esports veteran who will provide kwledge and expertise to relatively inexperienced but talented fish123 players. ScreaM has participated in numerous CS: GO tournaments over years and been a member of some of best esports teams like G2 Gaming, Fnatic, and Team Envy. According to some reports, ScreaM career earnings is over $250,000.
Meanwhile, former fish123 stars ec1s, soulcas, Kryptix and L1NK were quickly snapped up by Dutch gaming organisation after impressive during several Valorant tournaments in recent months. While Ardis "ardiis" Svarenieks - fifth member of team - left m to join G2 Esports, rest will be hoping to continue ir exploits in major Valorant tournaments under umbrella of Team Liquid. Since April, British organisation-less squad has won over $22,000 in Valorant prize money.
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Team Liquid: Competitive history
As members of Team Liquid, roster is yet to enter in a competitive event. However, five players did participate in Valorant Ignition Series' WePlay! Invitational. Participating as fish123, team finished as runners-up in tournament, taking home a cash prize of $15,000. Adil Benrlitom served as stand-in player during tournament. Since April, 2020, fish123 won COOLER Cup, GriziCup, Mantadory and Solary Cup as well as took top spot in three editions of Take Throne.
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Victor "Nazgul" Goossens, a retired StarCraft: Brood War professional player, founded esports organisation in 2000. Since its inception, team quickly branched out to or games, acquiring high-performing teams to ir roster. In 2015, Steven "LiQuiD112" Arhancet became co-owner of organisation. same year, aXiomatic Gaming acquired controlling interest to team.
While Valorant might be an entirely new venture for Team Liquid, Dutch-based esports organisation has had a significant presence in games like Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO), Fortnite, Dota 2, League of Legends and or popular esports titles. Team Liquid's League of Legends team has won four LCS titles. CS: GO side was awarded Intel Grand Slam prize in 2019, and ir DOTA 2 team won International (TI) in 2017. According to official website, TL has over 60 major competitive wins under its belt.
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(Im Credits: Twitter Handles Of Players)
12:10 IST, July 30th 2020