T1 T1 Korea Rank #3 stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) Meteor Kim Tae-O (김태오) Sylvan Ko Young-sub (고영섭) BuZz Yu Byung-chul (유병철) iZu Ham Woo-ju (함우주) have signed Daniel "Rossy" Abedrabbo to their roster ahead of the VCT 2024.
Rossy joins the South Korean organization after a history of competing in North America, marking the second time T1 have dipped into another region's talent pool through imports following their signing of Joseph "ban" Seungmin Oh in 2022.
Most known for his time on TSM TSM North America Rank #8 seven Johann Hernandez gMd Anthony Guimond , Rossy found himself within North America's 2023 Challengers League after a brief stint with FaZe Clan FaZe Clan Inactive POISED Kevin Ngo mummAy Anthony DiPaolo TiGG Tanner Spanu BABYBAY Andrej Francisty supamen Phat Le settled him on Turtle Troop Turtle Troop Inactive wedid Matthew Suchan Add3r Jack Hayashi stellar Brenden McGrath corey Corey Nigra bdog Brandon Sanders 's active roster. Placing in the lower half of both splits, Turtle Troop found themselves out early in both Splits, failing to qualify for either playoffs event in 2023.
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However, the next four months saw Rossy play with a handful of different rosters in a multitude of T2 tournaments. Rossy would later announce that he was LFT ahead of 2024 while Turtle Troops competed in different events without him.
T1's season saw them fly to Brazil, Japan, and the United States following their brief appearance at LOCK//IN and eventual qualification to both Masters: Tokyo and Champions.
Despite a third-place finish within the Pacific League's playoffs, T1 were only able to pick up one win at both Masters: Tokyo and Champions before being denied a spot at playoffs by EDward Gaming EDward Gaming China Rank #1 S1Mon Hsien Meng-Hsun (谢孟勋) ZmjjKK Zheng Yongkang (郑永康) nobody Wang Senxu (王森旭) CHICHOO Wan Shunzhi (万顺治) Smoggy Zhang Zhao (张钊) and FUT Esports FUT Esports Europe Rank #8 xeus Doğan Gözgen MrFaliN Furkan Yeğen yetujey Eray Budak AtaKaptan Ata Tan cNed Mehmet Yağız İpek qRaxs Doğukan Balaban .
Earlier in September, the organization began their post-season roster rework, releasing the trio of Munchkin , ban, and iNTRO — followed by the subsequent announcements of iZu , k1Ng , and the Indonesian xccurate . With the organization's import slot now taken up by Rossy, T1 look poised to enter the season with a seven-man roster.
T1 T1 Korea Rank #3 stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) Meteor Kim Tae-O (김태오) Sylvan Ko Young-sub (고영섭) BuZz Yu Byung-chul (유병철) iZu Ham Woo-ju (함우주) are now: