Apeks Apeks Inactive has announced that their strategic coach Chad "oderus" Miller will play for the team as a stand-in for EMEA Kickoff due to ongoing visa issues with their fifth player.

The unnamed fifth player is not officially known but is presumed to be Mehmet "batujnax" Batu Özaslan, who has not been announced but is listed as a player for Apeks in the in-game Esports Hub. batujnax hails from S2G Esports S2G Esports Inactive batujnax Mehmet Batu Özaslan DeadInk Utku Onur Aydin hezacoil Berkay Doğar Kachoww Samet Arıcı reazy Kaan Ürpek in Challengers Türkiye. He was seen playing with Apeks in the Red Bull Home Ground EMEA LCQ during the offseason, where they were eliminated by UCAM Esports Club in the lower bracket.

oderus has a wealth of experience in the server, having most recently played for Moist x Shopify Moist x Shopify Inactive Pa1nt Amarri Peak Spaz Adam Laamoumi Paincakes Jake Hass BcJ Brendan Jensen brawk Brock Somerhalder in Challengers North America throughout the 2024 season after serving as a coach for the team in the year prior. Moist x Shopify came third in Stage 2, failing to qualify for Americas Ascension by one placement. oderus returned to coaching under the Apeks banner in early December.

Apeks will play their first VCT match versus fellow Ascension winner Gentle Mates Gentle Mates Europe Rank #13 starxo Patryk Kopczynski bipo Taranvir Singh marteen Martin Pátek GLYPH Conner Garcia Minny Patrik Hušek on Jan. 16.

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