Perkz and G2 Esports accomplished many things together, and finding a suitable replacement for the former franchise face is an unenviable task. However, there are a few options that stand out from other available players who are best suited to take Perkz’s place. Let’s take a look at a few of these potential options and evaluate the potential value and likelihood of G2 Esports signing one of these three players.
Astralis looking to make more changes to its League of Legends squad after its Origen-retiring rebrand.
UPDATE 11/14: Immortals has confirmed that mid laner David "Insanity" Challe will remain with the team for the 2021 League of Legends Championship Series season. Insanity was signed as the mid laner for IMT Academy but spent the majority of the 2020 LCS Summer Split starting over Jérémy :"Eika" Valdenaire and in doing so put together an impressive debut at the top level of competition.
UPDATE 11/16: Rogue has confirmed both top laner Andrei "Odoamne" Paschu and support Adrian "Trymbi" Trybus will be joining the organization's main squad for the 2021 League of Legends European Championship season. Trymbi is being promoted from Ultraliga squad AGO Rogue, and Odoamne is donning a new jersey for the first time since joining FC Schalke 04 Esports before the start of the 2019 season. Rogue has confirmed these moves are pending approval from Riot Games.
UPDATED 11/16: Cloud9 has announced it has parted ways with mid laner Yasin "Nisqy" Dincer as well as C9 Academy mid laner Cristian "Palafox'" Palafox and support David "Diamond" Bérubé. Nisay is expected to go to Fnatic to replace Tim "Nemesis" Lipovšek.
Cloud9 mid laner Yasin "Nisqy" Dinçer is reportedly on his way to replace Tim "Nemesis" Lipovsek in LEC's Fnatic, according to Esportsmaniacos and Lequipe.
KT Rolster has confirmed via its official Facebook page that its League of Legends team has parted ways with seven players. Top laners Song "Smeb" Kyung-ho, Kim "SoHwan" Jun-yeong , and Jeon "Ray" Ji-won, as well as junglers Kim "Malrang" Geun-seong and Kim "BonO" Gi-beom, will be leaving KT alongside mid laner Lee "Kuro" Seo-haeng and support Park "TusiN" Jong-ik.
Call of Duty esports star Seth "Scump" Abner tweeted regarding a fine he had received recently during a sponsored stream of Raid: Shadow Legends. According to Scump, he was fined for the sponsored stream on his channel by Activision Blizzard, who runs the Call of Duty League Scump competes in, and that this fine also came during the league's off-season.
UPDATED 11/14: Travis Gafford reported via Twitter that Lucas "Santorin" Larsen has verbally agreed to a one year contract with Team Liquid.
UPDATE 11/14: Evil Geniuses has announced it is parting ways with three of its players. AD carry Bae "Bang" Jun-sik, mid laner Greyson "Goldenglue" Gilmer and top laner Colin "Kumo" Zhao will all be wearing a different jersey in 2021.
UPDATE 11/12: Cloud9 has reportedly agreed to buyout G2 Esports mid laner Luka "Perkz" Perković. The agreement is only verbal as a deal cannot be finalized in writing until the start of the free agency window on Monday, November 16th at 7:00pm ET. G2 Esports will now look for a new AD carry to replace Perkz, and since Perkz will be returning to the mid lane with C9 should the report hold true, it would mean current C9 mid laner Yasin "Nisqy" Dincer would be placed on a buyout.
This year Lexus will be the title sponsor and sponsor two awards including Esports Personality of the Year which will be presented by superstar DJ Steve Aoki, and Streamer of the Year which will be handed out by WWE legend Xavier Woods.
According to a report by ESPN Esports' Jacob Wolf, Fnatic is tapping Jakob "YamatoCannon" Mebdi as its head coach for the 2021 League of Legends European Championship season.
Let's take a look at the factors that went into Bin's historic Pentakill that led to Suning's sole win against DAMWON Gaming in the finals of the 2020 World Championship.
UPDATE 11/10: Dallas Fuel has signed another former Element Mystic member in Seung-soo "Jecse" Lee, bringing the team near the completion of its roster for the 2021 Overwatch League season. The South Korean support previously played for Houston Outlaws in OWL 2020 and Seoul Dynasty in the playoffs of Overwatch League 2019.
According to Wolf, PowerOfEvil told TSM on Tuesday, November 10th that he was planning to sign with them at the start of the free agency window on Monday, November 16th instead of Evil Geniuses, who was also in talks with PowerOfEvil in addition to other mid laners.
PinUp Productions has done the majority of its work in the music industry at the local level, but putting on shows for global heavy music acts throughout the years hasn’t changed Haston’s perspective on the importance of solid foundation to build upon: “9/10 times it's crucial to an artist's success to have the right team, and that starts at a very early career point. The way I looked at it was, 'Why can't I apply that to Twitch and other avenues of digital content creation?'"
UPDATE 11/6: 100 Thieves has confirmed its acquisition of a franchise spot in the Call of Duty League and the founding of its team Los Angeles Thieves. The LA Thieves now has its own Twitter account which was used to announce the team with an accompanying video.
UPDATE 11/5: Team Liquid has confirmed a 3-year extension with mid laner Nicolaj "Jensen" Jensen. The contract amount remains unknown aside from Gafford's initial report on the deal.
Riot Games has announced the 2020 All-Star Event to end this year's League of Legends esports season. Due to the casual nature of ASE and the COVID-19 pandemic, the event will take place completely online and feature a new format.
