News Almost Missed will be officially moving to Saturdays. Because of this change, another day of news will be covered in this issue. With that in mind, here's what you might have missed this past week in the Valorant world.
This week's edition covers news from July 23 - July 30.
- Read more: News Almost Missed July 22
Roster Changes
- / Cosmic Divide Cosmic Divide Inactive ChurmZ Corey Koch Tkaz Tyler Kazmierczak renz Austin Dickman tokyo Sebastien Lima syfi Samir Karimov rounded out their roster with Kevin "mina" Nguyen.
- / Nicholas "NaturE" Garrison, Noah "jcStani" Smith, and trial player Edmon "snirot" Ghanem all announced that Gen.G Gen.G Korea Rank #1 Munchkin Byeon Sang-beom (변상범) t3xture Kim Na-ra (김나라) Meteor Kim Tae-O (김태오) Lakia Kim Jong-min (김종민) Karon Kim Won-tae (김원태) had allowed them to explore other options. As a result of this announcement, the team also pulled out of the third season of MEL Premiership.
- SHIFT SHIFT Inactive recently signed the roster of Resonate Resonate Inactive nabil kaho Albert Hong velis Joe Velis andrew Andrew Bautista KHS .
- The three remaining members of Cloud9 Academy Cloud9 Academy Inactive geeza Tanner McGhee nillyaz Chase Linder —Chase "nillyaz" Linder, Michael "poiz" Possis, and Tanner "geeza" McGhee—revealed that the team had been dissolved, and that they were free agents. Head coach Gaël "vexel" Attal also announced that in light of the academy team's dissolution, he would be joining the main Cloud9 Cloud9 North America Rank #9 Xeppaa Erick Bach runi Dylan Cade moose Kaleb Jayne vanity Anthony Malaspina OXY Francis Hoang roster as a coach.
- After over two months with the organization, analyst Jovanni "Jovi" Vera revealed that he was no longer a part of OpTic Gaming OpTic Gaming Inactive .
- / The Guard The Guard Inactive JonahP Jonah Pulice trent Trent Cairns neT Michael Bernet valyn Jacob Batio tex Ian Botsch welcomed former Sector One Sector One Inactive Alyx Alex Morrow poegii Yenthe Segers q Liam Hoek dash MaximN Maxim Nonglaire player Mateja "qpert" Mijovic to their team as assistant coach for the NA LCQ.
- / Following FunPlus Phoenix FunPlus Phoenix Inactive SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin Zyppan Pontus Eek ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky ardiis Ardis Svarenieks 's win at Masters: Copenhagen, Sam "Forrest" Forrest revealed that his trial period as an analyst with the organization had come to a close.
- / Guild GC Guild GC Europe Rank #77 Xaline Laure Mateos parted ways with head coach Emil "eMIL" Sandgren.
- / Felix "lyNxi" Björklund revealed that he was in search of new opportunities while still under contract with Rebels Gaming Rebels Gaming Inactive .
- / DSYRE DSYRE Europe Rank #3 caydeN Yari Olmi Tag Alessandro Voci wackie Rikardo Birjukov waddle Wadir Taraki Filu Dawid Czarnecki assistant coach German "krueger" Yevseyev announced that he had departed the organization and was in search of a new team.
- / Team RA'AD Team RA'AD MENA Rank #5 Shalaby Mohamed Shalaby Shniider Yousef Osama chrollo Omar Hussein Depyro Nour Sherif SkaNoodles Yousef Mohamed Yassien Yassien Ahmed coach Alessandro "Tenebra" Marenzi revealed that he was in search for other opportunities as a coach in any region.
- // Semyon "purp0" Borchev, head coach Vladimir "PNUKH" Chervov, and analyst Aleksandr "alexR" Kondratovitš all revealed that they had been released from XPLDZ XPLDZ Inactive , and are now free agents.
- Naci "Jlerst" Enes Yıldırım departed Papara SuperMassive Papara SuperMassive Europe Rank #25 sterben Emre Demirci skylen Asil Yalçın hiro Emirhan Kat SouhcNi Ibrahim Sağır Izzy Baran Yılmaz and joined Parla Esports Parla Esports Inactive Jlerst Naci Enes Yıldırım sociablEE Volkan Yonal lauress Toprak Kaynak Ruxic Uğur Güç jeyj7y Soner Eren Kent .
- // Undead Gaming have parted ways with their female roster. Going forward, the team will compete as NOORG NOORG Inactive peixinho azul frantastic Francisca Valenzuela Flossie chjna4q lya .
- FUSION FUSION Latin America North Rank #6 Fresht Juan Pablo Preciado Winter Rei ezznap Faber Murillo announced Darker as the newest member of their roster. Additionally, the team revealed that Luis "Wyz" Hernandez would be moving to a substitute position in the team.
- // Skull Cracker Quartz Skull Cracker Quartz Inactive Lied Andrehs Rage Eliana Avila revealed four new members: Tura , Lied , Kyarix , and GuterWoman .
- ZETA DIVISION GC ZETA DIVISION GC Japan Rank #11 suzu SereNa UR Moco Sarina Kawashima aco finalized their roster with romia , Moco , flappy , and aco .
- / IGZIST unveiled their full Game Changers squad, IGZIST Female IGZIST Female Japan Rank #153 .
- / Sengoku Gaming announced their Game Changers roster. The team will compete under the name Sengoku Gaming GC Sengoku Gaming GC Inactive Ribon GeriPinSon Aria SamechadeuS .
- / NORTHEPTION revealed their Game Changers team, NORTHEPTION Female NORTHEPTION Female Inactive Dia krenn .
- / SCARZ SCARZ Japan Rank #7 MrTenzouEz Lumo Maxim Demianovskikh tixx Nick Quinn Yotaa Yota Kaouachi Yoshiii John Yoshiharu Kawakami acquired Yuto "Xdll" Mizomori from BLUE BEES.ESP BLUE BEES.ESP Japan Rank #25 Lafura kenmohororo Kaito Yoshida earlier this week. Just recently, he joined ZETA DIVISION ZETA DIVISION Japan Rank #9 Laz Ushida Koji yuran Yushin Hato hiroronn Hiroki Yanai Dep Yuma Hashimoto SugarZ3ro Shota Watanabe on loan. Additionally, Joshua "JoshS" Miles Santos revealed that his contract with the team would expire at the end of the month, and that he was in search of a new team as a free agent.
- Incheon On Sla2ers Incheon On Sla2ers Korea Rank #17 Gravity wezzy VaNish froz XirZz added Estrella and Yeom "eKo" Wang-ryong (염왕룡) to their team as player and stand-in respectively, with the latter joining from REIGNITE REIGNITE Japan Rank #20 .
- // The former Nigma Galaxy Nigma Galaxy Inactive Yohann Ronard Tecson Karl Carlo Ocampo trio of Ngô "crazyguy" Công Anh, Franz "astr0" del Rosario, and Sha "ZesBeeW" Mohtar all revealed that they had departed the organization and were in search of new opportunities as free agents.
- Alter Ego said goodbye to Lastiko "Moji" Reyanick from the organization's main roster and Risalma "oreopheliaa" Agnia from the organization's Game Changers roster.
- Orangutan Orangutan Asia-Pacific Rank #103 Makaveli Nikhil Chettri Ri0 Atharv Ahire tryst Jit Choudhury trinxty Naqshab Khan DcRulz Daivik Chauhan saun Saunskar Sane bolstered their roster with former Revenant Esports Revenant Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #17 SkRossi Ganesh Gangadhar dos9 Zhumagali Dastan sultan Sultan Akbay skillZ Jayanth Ramesh tricky Prish Valvani Paradox Kasif Sayyed player Garvit "Ember" Nehra.
Results & Standings
- NSG Summer Championship Open 14 playoffs winner: Dark Ratio Dark Ratio Inactive Ange Adam Milian Trick Justin Sears ZexRow Anthony Colandro Drone Taylor Johnson Will William Cheng | runner-up: The Ganaccis The Ganaccis Inactive RetrQ Alex Kadan svL Sam Laudando Harmon Nick Harmon silenx Jonathan Huntington Moechilla
- NSG Summer Championship Brentwood LAN #2 playoffs winner: 4FUNERS 4FUNERS Inactive | runner-up: Area of Effect Area of Effect North America Rank #47 Hydro Christian Constantinou Hernando BlanK Maanish Critical Tristan Trinacty
- Astral Clash 2022 LCQ main event qualified teams: Dignitas Dignitas Inactive rain Amanda Smith EMUHLEET Emmalee Garrido theia Melisa Mundorff Stefanie Stefanie Jones showliana Juliana Maransaldi , Native Gaming White Native Gaming White Inactive scourge Sky Kages Apidaez Shelby Gervais slaze Sophia Ramirez LunaFox Luna Ryan ARIANARCHIST Ariane Lafrenière
- Game Changers Japan playoffs qualified teams: FENNEL GC FENNEL GC Japan Unranked Curumi Haruka Tajima miNt Jeong Ye-rim (정예림) YamzzI Park Su-jin (박수진) Caucasus romia Airi Sugiyama , Focus e-Sports GC Focus e-Sports GC Japan Rank #183 TENSAI Azlea OchaMae Ky XAM , ZETA DIVISION GC ZETA DIVISION GC Japan Rank #11 suzu SereNa UR Moco Sarina Kawashima aco , Insomnia GC Insomnia GC Japan Rank #142 mityu Alu DoHee Summ3r Noraneko
- The Esports Club Challenger Series 8 Wildcard winner: Anaadi Army Anaadi Army Inactive Kohliii Pranav Kohli DominiK Hrishikesh Khedkar SSSami Sami Ar Rahman Kishi Ngô Trường Huy DOXZ3R Soumyadeep Dey
- Saudi eLeagues 2022 Season 1 playoffs winner: Team Falcons Team Falcons MENA Rank #1 Sand Mark Emad stand-in Akai SpYzera Abed Doughan Moh Mohammad Bin Oti KHaaLiD Khalid Al Talib | runner-up: The Ultimates The Ultimates MENA Rank #7 LIQUID Elixllo Avvix kugio Hamad Al-Thani str1keR Sulltan Alshreef Fighter
- Intel Arabian Cup Playground 2022 North Africa playoffs winner: MLC Esports MLC Esports Inactive MenT Nisuh | runner-up: No Name No Name Inactive
Other News & Rumors
- Following the conclusion of the Astral Clash 2022 LCQ, Fallacy Fallacy Inactive mars were investigated due to reports of account sharing during tournament play. As a result of Riot Games' ongoing investigation into the matter and the team's suspension from the event, Native Gaming White Native Gaming White Inactive scourge Sky Kages Apidaez Shelby Gervais slaze Sophia Ramirez LunaFox Luna Ryan ARIANARCHIST Ariane Lafrenière will replace them in the main event, which will take place next weekend.
- After being inactive from competition since Stage 1 Challengers North America with Rise Rise Inactive , Ryan "Shanks" Ngo has joined FaZe Clan as a content creator.
- / According to a report from Dot Esports reporter George Geddes, Guild Esports Guild Esports Inactive player Russel "Russ" Mendes will likely take a step down from the active roster to take a break from competition. One player that was noted as a possible replacement for Russ was BIG BIG Inactive player Karel "Twisten" Ašenbrener, who would likely join Guild on loan.
- According to a report from ONE Esports, XERXIA Esports XERXIA Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #85 aLerT Wattanachok Yingnakorn Potter Sutthichai Promsrikaew b3ta Puwadon Jaisuekul siraphop Siraphop Honghirun player Nutchapon "sScary" Matarat is exploring other offers in 2023. He will still play with his current team for Champions in September.
- / A story that was missed in the June 22 recap, a host of players from China and Hong Kong have been issued penalties related to matchfixing in a match between Totoro Gaming Totoro Gaming Inactive FengF Song Xuefeng (宋学锋) ICEKING Cheng Wanpeng (程万鹏) Flex1n Lo Rui (罗瑞) YOU Yip Man Ho heybay Ho Shun Hei and ShanXi Gaming ShanXi Gaming Inactive Akash Kasin Flex1n Lo Rui (罗瑞) Tuke Paopao PIKAWU in Summer 2021. The bans range from nine-month suspensions to permanent bans. The players penalized include members of Underdog Underdog Inactive faraway Ji Peiqi (吉沛奇) deafmute PPQueen Jiacheng Peng (彭家成) Skies Yulin Yang (杨玉林) Miracle Yang Zebin (杨泽斌) , Invincible Gaming Invincible Gaming China Rank #21 Penge Artill , and the aforementioned Totoro Gaming. Among the players issued permanent bans include Wang "Sylviaovo" Mingming (王明明) and manager Hao "iSy" Xingyu (郝星宇), both formerly of Totoro Gaming. The full list of members issued bans can be found here.