Team Liquid has officially announced its entry into the completive Valorant scene with an entirely European lineup. The roster has five retired CS:GO professionals who competed in major and minor leagues across their careers. Adil “ScreaM” Benrlitom, James “Kryptix” Affleck, Dom “Soulcas” Sulcas, Travis “L1NK” Mendoza, Adam “ec1s” Eccles, and Connor “Sliggy” Blomfield join Team Liquid’s Valorant roster from British team “Fish123.”
New Team.
New Game.
New Home.
Same Liquid.#RideOrDie pic.twitter.com/hhwab6wt8p— Team Liquid Valorant (@LiquidValorant) August 7, 2020
There have been many questions surrounding what teams will and won’t be joining Valorant’s competitive scene as more organizations form teams. Just this week, popular European esports organization Fnatic announced they would not be joining Valorant until 2021 at the earliest. With Fnatic’s continued success in CS:GO and League of Legends, it was a surprise to see them not enter the scene. However, some have argued that competitive Valorant is too young to have impressive talent scouted.
Team Liquid first teased their entry into Valorant via Twitter on August 2. The tweet featured a picture of Cypher with a Team Liquid insignia on his shoulder with a blue and white color scheme. They continued to hype up the announcement of their roster by posting similar agent countdowns every day up until the post.
Coming 8/7/20
Mark your calendars 📅 pic.twitter.com/5nezBGx4NZ
— Team Liquid (@TeamLiquid) August 2, 2020
Team Liquid acquire CS:GO pros
ScreaM is a retired Belgian professional CS:GO and former professional Counter-Strike: Source player. He has played for a number of top European teams such as Team Envy, G2 esports, Fnatic, and many more. With approximately $250,000 in earnings and over ten years of experience, ScreaM brings a competitive advantage to any team. His teammates also come from the CS:GO scene but have not played for top teams such as Envy and G2. However, each of them has several years of competitive under their belt.
Team Liquid’s Valorant team previously played for the European minor team Fish123, who recently placed 2nd against G2 Esports at the WePlay! Invitational. Fish123 has been dominant among the European competitive scene with nearly $40,000 in prize money. Ardis “Ardiis” Svarenieks played with the team until June 14 when he was replaced by ScreaM. Ardiis, alternatively known as “icepaperhands” joined G2 Esports at the beginning of July.
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