News Almost Missed returns for yet another week. Here are some headlines that you might have missed from around the world, all bundled together in one place.

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Roster Changes

• After being inactive from the Built By Gamers Built By Gamers Inactive roster since October, Tristan "Critical" Trinacty has revealed that he is now a free agent.
• Dylan "ASSERT" Romo has been released from T1 Academy T1 Academy Inactive . This announcement leaves T1 Academy with only three active members.
• Stephen "steph" Casseus has departed YFP YFP North America Unranked Dark3st furbsa Jackk stallion nabil and is in search of a new team.
• / Acend Acend Inactive ALIVE Gilad Hakim musashi Alessio Xhaferi pyrolll Artur Minin cullumx Nikolaj Cullum Andersen chiwa Egor Stepanyuk analyst Laike "temoc" Lewis has stepped down from the team.
• / All members of the main HEET HEET Inactive Kinguyen Nguyen Thach memset Laurent Werly b2kk Sofian Delimi Monstrum Jake Byrne waddle Wadir Taraki roster have been released from the roster. This announcement does not affect HEET's academy or female roster.
• / BIG BIG Inactive have announced their new head coach, Jiri "KUNDIKUNDI" Honkala.
• / After a month-long trial period with CGN Esports CGN Esports Europe Unranked Wolfen Berkant Joshkun Vince Vincent Kranz samed Samed Topbas KovaQ Blendi Kovaci Zyppan Pontus Eek , Vilius "krea6on" Malinauskas has revealed that he is open to new offers.
• Cüneyd "hatex" Baş and Mustafa "sian" Tabakoglu have both revealed that they are looking for new opportunities outside of FUT Esports FUT Esports Europe Unranked xeus Doğan Gözgen MrFaliN Furkan Yeğen yetujey Eray Budak KROSTALY Okan Alaçam baha Baha Gözmen AtaKaptan Ata Tan .
• / Border Monsters Border Monsters Latin America North Unranked KODA Gerardo Sepúlveda k1yo Ángel Xool mNo mega have bid farewell to coach Nëgrazao .
• / Alan "ddx" Salvati has departed Six Karma Six Karma Inactive Peloncito Oscar Israel Palacios Martinez otaQ Jow Juan Camilo Preciado Ordoñez Sabortzz Mephisto in search of new coaching opportunities.
• E-Xolos LAZER E-Xolos LAZER Inactive Cebando Ezequiel Ramos Mited Luis Gutierrez have announced the departure of Fabian "AztKk" Iglesias.
• / The ex-Australs ex-Australs Inactive Tacolilla Vicente Compagnon Melser Marco Eliot Machuca Amaro kiNgg Francisco Aravena Capi Ignacio del Rio adverso Benjamín Poblete core has joined LEVIATÁN LEVIATÁN North America Unranked spike Rodrigo Lombardi blowz Guilherme Oliviera Neon Bruno Rodríguez Sato Eduardo Kenzo Nagahama Sato kiNgg Francisco Aravena PxS Josh Brunelli . Notably absent is Ignacio "Capi" del Rio, who was not a part of the announcement. The team's fifth is Matías "vaiZ" Barría, who previously played on Meta Gaming Meta Gaming Inactive vaiZ Matías Barría lucasvade Lucas Vade Castro WKN Alvaro Bustos badzw Lukas Rivera NicoMachine Nicolas Valla .
• / Multiple players and staff members of Keyd Stars Athenas Keyd Stars Athenas Inactive have begun looking for new opportunities outside of the organization.

Results

• Knights Knights Inactive took first place in the Nerd Street Gamers Winter Championship Open 5 by defeating Ghost Gaming Ghost Gaming Inactive koalanoob Gianfranco Potestio NiSMO Marc-Andre Tayar aproto Alex Protopapas brawk Brock Somerhalder johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid in the grand finals.
• Pioneers Pioneers Inactive jmoh Jason Mohandessi wedid Matthew Suchan thief Brady Dever Critical Tristan Trinacty won the Valorant Elite Showdown following a 2-1 grand finals victory over Knights Knights Inactive SlLO Zeus dáel Madré fox .
• Gamelanders Purple Gamelanders Purple Inactive defeated Before Before Inactive in the grand finals to secure first place in the Protocolo: Evolução.

Matches to Watch

• The VALORANT Open Tour France Main Event will begin this weekend, with the first series to be played out featuring Last Dance Last Dance Inactive iDex Sammy Van de Weghe HyP Damien Souville sh1n Ryad Ensaad Goaster Tony Richard APO Tom Bonnion and New World New World Inactive .
• In Game Changers EU, G2 Gozen G2 Gozen Europe Unranked Akita Esllene Xu amy Amy Lai Vania Aleyna Keskin eva Nur Çakır mimi Michaela Lintrup and Guild GC Guild GC Inactive Xaline Laure Mateos have advanced to the upper final, while Oxxgen Esports Oxxgen Esports Inactive Gia Süreyya Bayel rainssa Yağmur Şahin Ritha Zeynep Sualp ness Neslişah Demir have outlasted their competition in the lower bracket and have made it to the lower final. Notably absent are TENSTAR Nova TENSTAR Nova Inactive Cla Clara Rossi Sliicyy Lucy Tran Kim Sophia Benfakir Nelo Mathilde Beltoise , who have won the past two Game Changers Europe events.
• / The grand finals of the Royal SEA Challenge will be played soon. The final two teams left are South Built Esports South Built Esports Inactive azys Azis Nandang Pro Chris Martir flippy Philip Marique and BOOM Esports BOOM Esports Asia-Pacific Unranked natz Jonathan Adiputra Nakya Alehandro Fabian Simanjorang d3ffo Nikita Sudakov Shiro Hildegard Arnaldo NcSlasher Sheldon Andersen Chandra .

Other News

• According to a report from George Geddes of Upcomer, Complexity Complexity Inactive RetrQ Alex Kadan trial Governor Peter No truo Robert Pham jcrueL Joel Cruel agM Michael Abood are trialing "scourge" and Robert "truo" Pham, formerly of Pioneers Pioneers Inactive jmoh Jason Mohandessi wedid Matthew Suchan thief Brady Dever Critical Tristan Trinacty and Immortals Immortals Inactive respectively.
• Fragadelphia have announced two tournaments—one in California and one in Pennsylvania—both taking place on December 18 in collaboration with Nerd Street Gamers.
• Chamber, the newest agent added to Valorant in the patch 3.10 update, will not be playable during Valorant Champions, which begins in a week and a half.