MIBR MIBR Brazil Unranked zekken Zachary Patrone Mazino Roberto Rivas Verno Andrew Maust aspas Erick Santos player Ian "tex" Botsch has announced that he has been allowed to explore his options for the 2027 season. He said that he is open to playing Sentinel, Smokes, or Duelist on a new team while being open-minded to a new role in any region.

According to the VCT Global Contract Database, tex's contract with MIBR was set to expire this offseason. He's the only MIBR player whose contract ends this year, with the rest of the team's deals expiring at the end of the 2027 season.

tex's 2026 season was his first and last with MIBR. He was the team's primary Sentinel player this year, most often seen on Cypher or Viper. He joined as part of a wide-scale roster rebuild after two years with LEVIATÁN LEVIATÁN North America Unranked spike Rodrigo Lombardi blowz Guilherme Oliviera Neon Bruno Rodríguez Sato Eduardo Kenzo Nagahama Sato kiNgg Francisco Aravena . He joined LEV as part of a rebuild centered around player aspas , and reunited with him last offseason on MIBR. Before joining LEV, he lifted Americas Ascension 2023 with The Guard The Guard Inactive JonahP Jonah Pulice trent Trent Cairns neT Michael Bernet valyn Jacob Batio tex Ian Botsch .

Since making his professional debut in 2020, tex has grown a reputation as one of the most experienced players in Valorant, competing for teams like Prospects Prospects Inactive JoshRT Josh Lee Daft tetchra Howard Lebright contii Norman Yeung duck Chris Dutoit and Equinox Esports Equinox Esports Inactive before landing with NRG NRG North America Unranked keiko Georgio Sanassy brawk Brock Somerhalder mada Adam Pampuch skuba Logan Jenkins Ethan Ethan Arnold in 2021. Over the years, he's played alongside top-level talent, like JoshRT , Paincakes , s0m , eeiu , Ethan , trent , valyn , and JonahP , before making the move to VCT in 2024.

After starting the year with high expectations, MIBR ended the 2026 season with no appearances on the international stage in VCT, with its quarterfinal finish at the Esports World Cup being the team's best performance of the year. Regionally, MIBR finished fourth at Americas Kickoff after losing three straight best-of-five series, and then finished 5th-6th in both Stage 1 and Stage 2.

MIBR MIBR Brazil Unranked zekken Zachary Patrone Mazino Roberto Rivas Verno Andrew Maust aspas Erick Santos 's full roster is now:

  • Zachary "zekken" Patrone
  • Roberto "Mazino" Rivas
  • Andrew "Verno" Maust
  • Erick "aspas" Santos
  • "Nandinnn" (Manager)
  • Daniel "fRoD" Montaner (Head coach)
  • Vincent "Happy" Schopenhauer (Assistant coach)