Something was owning in Bluebees and Sengoku around the time so idt he would've been a tough buyout.
D3ffo was decent but kinda inconsistent.
So what if Gambit (or later M3C) got something instead?
- Still a full russian roster.
- Peak jett meta
- M3C replaced d3ffo with Jady and put chronicle on duelist, he was putting up good numbers. Role issues would not have been a heavy problem. It wasn't a util heavy meta anyway.
- Chron looked better on raze so they tried purp0 for jett (just for the final map of vct last chance, lol).
So I am pretty sure if they brought something in for d3ffo or even Jady, most of the core would have still been together and with more than just a Master's title.
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