He was an emergency signing, done only cuz there was some issues with visas (ig for blazek1ng before kickoff but can't confirm). He is not practicing or involved with the team on a day-to-day basis, as he is preparing for his military service (which starts around august-october).

As to why he was released, one can only speculate but ig the team wants a 6th player who they can rotate/scrim with

He can't. Once a player registers as part of a particular region in Tier 1, he can't change his region again. Same reason why Russ will be considered an import in EMEA now onwards

Making playoffs is difficult for them....

what have I just read😭😭

yup, the current rosters are locked till end of shanghai I think

It would have not been sustainable (money wise) to keep them, especially since a few of those players had gotten way better offers from other teams too. Especially with Ayrin, since his contract had also expired.

I am also having some issue. I had done my pickems a while back, now am not able to see it

There is no guarantee that exposing a group of 5 Indians will improve them. It can affect them mentally and demotivate them too. I feel the current T2 scene is still the right way to go, there is only one way to grow Indian esports and that is slowly, there is no fast track guaranteed way in this.

Secondly, it's franchise league. If I really had to give an example to Indians, it's IPL not Ranji Trophy(although there isn't a Ranji Trophy type of deal in Valorant).

I understand that seeing the current GE roster lose will dishearten you, make you think that we are losing, might as well lose with Indians, but now the GE approach will be to keep improving rosters and not completely nuke them and create a new one each year. And so the only thing they can ask is patience from us

Coughing Baby ate up the hydrogen bomb breh