VLR.gg's 10th edition of News Almost Missed is here, bundling stories from around the world that didn't make it into a full article.

• Read more: August 27 recap

Roster Changes

• / SCARZ SCARZ Asia-Pacific Rank #22 C1nder Ko Jae-hyuk (고재혁) marin ryota- have announced the departure of "INPA" . He has been with the team since the beginning of Stage 3, but has failed to advance out of the group stages in Challengers 1 and 2.
• Team Exploit Team Exploit Asia-Pacific Rank #35 soulM8 Muhammad Usman Arain shooterR Mustafa Kamal k1Ng Abdul Sami Khero HSB Abdul Haseeb Khan captain Areeb "Storax" Rehman has left the team. This announcement comes after Team Exploit finished third in the Valorant Conquerors Championship playoffs. In the lower final, they were knocked out by Global Esports Global Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #6 SkRossi Ganesh Gangadhar Lightningfast Abhirup Choudhury HellrangeR Bhavin Kotwani KappA Akshay Sinkar skillZ Jayanth Ramesh , who went on to take first place and claim a spot in the APAC Last Chance Qualifier.
• Wave Esports Wave Esports Europe Rank #23 nico Nico Neumann murii Murat Korkmaz have announced they are looking to rebuild their roster in light of the benchings of Sigurd "Zik" Jensen, Robertas "Carcass" Mikuckis, and Mathias "SEIDER" Seider.
• / The LDN UTD LDN UTD Europe Rank #33 feqew Lukas Petrauskas core of Geoff "m1sfit" Woodward, Jack "kpiz" Pragnell, Josh "neph" Munro, and Adam "Jesse" Čtvrtníček have all been benched from the team while the roster undergoes a rebuild. The rebuild will be led by head coach Tommaso "joYnt" Gavioli, and comes after the team exited Dreamhack Beyond: Europe in the fourth round of the lower bracket after a run in with Gambit Esports.
• / Team SMG Team SMG Asia-Pacific Rank #17 Freyr Ingram Tan Jinggg Wang Jing Jie JdFaker Joshua Fok ZesBeeW Sha Mohtar falfalfal Alex Cheang have parted ways with head coach Chong "Fayde" Hoc Wah. In VCT Malaysia & Singapore Stage 3 Challengers 2, Team SMG failed to qualify for Stage 3 Challengers 3 after they fell to Louvre in the second round of the lower bracket.
• / Acend Acend Europe Rank #2 zeek Aleksander Zygmunt cNed Mehmet Yağız İpek starxo Patryk Kopczynski BONECOLD Santeri Sassi Kiles Vlad Shvets have added former Rix.GG Thunder Rix.GG Thunder Europe Rank #19 Mickebwoy Mikołaj Chojnacki LATEKS Oliwer Fahlander frei Aaron Frei Luzuh Joseph Loose analyst Laika "la1KA" Lewis to their coaching staff ahead of Masters: Berlin.
• BBL Esports have announced their female roster, BBL Queens. It consists of the roster formerly known as XuWuX XuWuX Europe Rank #0 Dilâra Banshee Xecriona eva Cassiex3 , and features "Banshee" , "eva" , "Dilâra" , "Cassiex3" , "Xecriona" , and coach "t1n" .
• Former World Game Star World Game Star Korea Rank #6 HANN iRdy Halbae Kim Jun-young (김준영) ClarK Sylvan Ko Young-sub (고영섭) newgen Thanadol Kitautcharanukul player Lim "Has1ra14" Hyuk has announced that he has left the organization and is looking for a new team. This comes after WGS finished 5th-8th in Stage 3 Challengers Korea.
• William "Will" Cheng has revealed that he is being allowed to explore team options outside of Built By Gamers Built By Gamers North America Rank #18 rarkar Raymond Xu Poach Jake Brumleve Bjor Joseph Bjorklund Will William Cheng Trill Ashley Powell . He joined BBG in late October 2020 alongside Joseph "Bjor" Bjorklund, and has been a frequent attendee of Nerd Street Gamers events.
• Another frequent NSG attendee, Renegades Renegades North America Rank #24 randyySAVAGE Devon Bréard Scrounge Kaden James trial RetrQ Alex Kadan Stronglegs Roy Ahad , have announced the departure of Justin "Jerk" Milani. He has been with the team since June, and with Renegades has claimed a first place victory in the NSG Summer Championship Open 9 and second place finish in the event prior.

Results

• The group stages of LVP Rising Series #3 have concluded. Team Finest Team Finest Europe Rank #16 Foxie Tyler Lowton H1ber Joona Parviainen ALIVE Gilad Hakim RECIDENT Ben Battash ponkt Daniel Punkt , Giants Gaming Giants Gaming Europe Rank #3 Meddo Johan Renbjörk Lundborg Davidp David Prins Ambi Štěpán Beránek Fit1nho Adolfo Gallego hoody Aaro Peltokangas , SUPRMODE Gaming SUPRMODE Gaming Europe Rank #35 tankzor yuudai Danila Ovchinnikov SimonD4rk Alexandr Skovbel Vlady Vladislav Trofimov mizuN Alexander Katok , Movistar Riders Movistar Riders Europe Rank #34 kamyk Maks Rychlewski Quick Fabián Pereira Dext Norbert Paulovčák Filu Dawid Czarnecki , TENSTAR TENSTAR Europe Rank #8 Br0die Jack Emmott KRAY Calum Knight Russ Russel Mendes stanley Tramaine Stanley Polvi Niko Polvinen , Fnatic Fnatic Europe Rank #6 MAGNUM Martin Penkov Derke Nikita Sirmitev Boaster Jake Howlett Mistic James Orfila doma Domagoj Fancev , and SAW SAW Europe Rank #26 Addicted Eduardo Torres KILLDREAM João Ferreira dimaxx Dmytro Paliy TugaTV Rui Ribeiro k1zpawn Ian Rebelo have all advanced to the playoff bracket and will compete for circuit points and cash prizes. Notably absent is Acend, who, despite making the top eight, have dropped out of the competition due to scheduling conflicts with the tournament and Masters: Berlin.
• BBL Esports BBL Esports Europe Rank #32 legoo Semih Selvi kero Kerimhan Duman AsLanM4shadoW Ali Osman Balta aimDLL Hüseyin Kabişteke fred Muj Serhat Yüksel have claimed first place in the ESA Open Fire All Stars playoffs after defeating Kafalar eSports Kafalar eSports Europe Rank #63 E5N Enes Erdoğan ip0TT Yiğit Karadeniz CyderX Caner Demir JN3v1cEEE Emre Bekçe QutionerX Doğukan Dural in the grand finals. Over the course of the tournament, BBL only dropped two maps. One against Kafalar, and another against Fire Flux Esports Fire Flux Esports Europe Rank #43 lurzy0y0 Ibrahim Sandıkcı SouhcNi Ibrahim Sağır Brasco Kaan Elver lauress Toprak Kaynak sociablEE Volkan Yonal .

Matches to Watch

• The LVLEAGUE JAPANBRAWL playoffs are set to begin, with Hexad Hexad Asia-Pacific Rank #57 Flax sakurai 4qu1la Sonobe Daiti Brofeld Shuzz Shin Ji-seok (신지석) and CNCI BLUE BEES CNCI BLUE BEES Asia-Pacific Rank #41 something Ilya Petrov razkiNgz Ryslan Bolkyn Zenakukin Zerost Shotaro Ikeda headlining the first match of the playoffs, while the match between Icicle Conflict Icicle Conflict Asia-Pacific Rank #129 Dis Rem Gb0x YuuMac Slyme and FAV gaming FAV gaming Asia-Pacific Rank #49 LOB Lim Byung-gun Anthem TORANECO bazz kaminoco will follow it.
• Four teams remain in the Yuvin Valorant Invitational Cup top eight: Team XO Team XO Asia-Pacific Rank #26 blackhawk Excali Karan Mhaswadkar Whimp psy Simar Sethi Ghost , Enigma Gaming Enigma Gaming Asia-Pacific Rank #24 Antidote Sabyasachi Bose Rexy Tejas Kotian hikkA Shakir Razak officialBusterrr , Team Valor Team Valor Asia-Pacific Rank #61 Stroky BuLL3T officialBusterrr Pixelzz THE GAME , and Team Cohesion Team Cohesion Asia-Pacific Rank #173 f1redup clouda Con3 naikzera SKwow . Team XO and Enigma Gaming are set to clash in the first of two semifinals matches, with Team Valor and Team Cohesion's match taking place afterwards.
• The FGC Valorant Invitational main event is set to begin. Tales of Eastern Tales of Eastern China Rank #1 whz Yuk1no XxxGugelyyy Xxxtian K1te , China's second highest ranked team in the Asia-Pacific rankings, will face off against KONE KONE China Rank #4 yosemite 王磊 YiHao Chenyi Hao Knight Ninebody COLDFISH . After that, China's highest ranked team, Totoro Gaming Totoro Gaming China Rank #2 You Yip Man Ho HeiB Ho Shun Hei Midnight 王英杰 cxy0714 陈兴裕 Sylviaovo , will play EDward Gaming EDward Gaming China Rank #3 NaThanD 邓森侨 Life Septem7 Link 钟文轩 CHICHOO YorkMonster Abo Boommmmmmmmm for a spot in the upper final.

Other News

• Former Entropiq Entropiq Inactive LaAw Mathieu Plantin Twisten Karel Ašenbrener HyP Damien Souville Taimou Timo Kettunen APO Tom Bonnion player Timo "Taimou" Kettunen has announced that he will be stepping back from competing in esports, marking a break in his esports career that began in 2012 with Team Fortress 2, and blossomed after the release of Overwatch, where he eventually competed in the Overwatch League until announcing his retirement from the game in mid-2020.
• According to a rumor from Arran "Halo" Spake, renowned Danish esports team Astralis have begun searching for a point of entry into the European Valorant scene. Recently, the team announced their entry into North American Rainbow Six: Seige by signing Disrupt Gaming.