NUTURN NUTURN Inactive have announced the departure of Choi "10X" Jin-woo (최진우) from the roster, ending the player's one-month stint with the organization in the wake of Kim "Lakia" Jong-min (김종민)'s departure for Vision Strikers.

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It's time to say Goodbye to our NUTURN Gaming "10X".
We hope to see you again on the Valorant!
Thank you for being with NUTURN!
Continue to spread your fire.

10X was brought on by NUTURN following the surprising, hasty departure of Lakia from the roster. 10X was, at the time, a free agent following the dissolution of Rio Company Rio Company Inactive SungJin Ko Sung-jin (고성진) Sunday Kim Min-soo (김민수) SeliG Um Hyun-sung (엄현성) LuZ Lim Ui-jun (임의준) Jinboong Kim Jin-won (김진원) 's Valorant roster, and maintains a well-tenured resume, having a team history ranging from T1 Korea T1 Korea Inactive 10X Choi Jin-woo (최진우) R0K3T Kim Ju-yeong (김주영) Esperanza Jeong Jin-cheol (정진철) Harry Kim Han-kyu (김한규) Anaks Ye Sang-jun (예상준) , BearClaw Gaming BearClaw Gaming Inactive joshh Joshua Leow bryce Bryce Lee Flaring Henri Forichon JayH Wong Jia Heng , to the aforementioned Rio Company.

Despite his vast experience, 10X struggled to fill the large shoes left in place by Lakia, who was widely considered the star player of the NUTURN roster in Reykjavik. While Park "allow" Sang-wook (박상욱) was able to pick up the pace, putting up 264.3 ACS across all of the Korea Stage 3 Challengers, NUTURN's form was far from the dominance they exuded in Stage 2.

In the Stage 3 Challengers, while NUTURN qualified first seed in their group, the team fell 2-1 in a nailbiting series against DAMWON Gaming DAMWON Gaming Inactive Lakia Kim Jong-min (김종민) allow Park Sang-wook (박상욱) exy Park Geun-cheol (박근철) Estrella Park Gun (박건) Esperanza Jeong Jin-cheol (정진철) , with every map going the full distance, including the final map going into overtime. DAMWON's victory was predicted in only 7.1% of Pick'ems.

The loss put NUTURN out of contention for the Stage 3 Masters in Berlin, dashing the team's hopes of representing Korea in another international LAN event. But, sitting at 410 points in the Champions Tour circuit, NUTURN are guaranteed a slot in the VCT Asia Last Chance Qualifier, where they will slot in with either F4Q or Vision Strikers.

It will be the team's last chance to qualify for an international event, this time Valorant Champions, for the rest of the year. The team will have over a month to decide their new fifth player before their last qualifier of the year.

NUTURN NUTURN Inactive are now:

  • Park "allow" Sang-wook (박상욱)
  • Seo "Suggest" Jae-young (서재영)
  • Jung "peri" Bum-ki (정범기)
  • Kang "solo" Geun-chul (강근철)
  • Jeong "Jaemin" Jae-min (정재민) (Head coach)