Yusuf "Proxh" Emre Tunc from the recently relegated Gentle Mates Gentle Mates Europe Rank #8 starxo Patryk Kopczynski bipo Taranvir Singh marteen Martin Pátek GLYPH Conner Garcia Minny Patrik Hušek has announced that he will be looking for offers for the 2026 VCT season.

Proxh joined Gentle Mates midway through the season after their disappointing last place finish in EMEA Stage 1. With the addition of Proxh and two other new players, they were looking like a dark horse team going into Stage 2. At the BtcTurk GameFest, Gentle Mates took home first place, beating top tier 2 team BBL PCIFIC BBL PCIFIC Inactive and fellow VCT partner Natus Vincere Natus Vincere Europe Rank #18 Filu Dawid Czarnecki chloric Caide Heaton ExiT Abdullah Al-Twaijri Ruxic Uğur Güç hiro Emirhan Kat .

However, come Stage 2, Gentle Mates had developed a severe issue: an inability to close out leads. Week after week, the mates found themselves with massive leads on maps, and then inexplicably let each one slip away. This left the team with a shocking 0-5 record by the end of the split, despite every game being one they could have, or arguably should have won. Missing out on playoffs, Gentle Mates were relegated from EMEA, leaving their future uncertain.

Proxh is the second player from the Stage 2 roster to announce restricted free agency, with Veqaj being the first to do so.

This leaves Gentle Mates Gentle Mates Europe Rank #8 starxo Patryk Kopczynski bipo Taranvir Singh marteen Martin Pátek GLYPH Conner Garcia Minny Patrik Hušek as: