David Beckham’s very own Guild esports has announced that it will enter VALORANT. The roster they have picked out is the all-swedish Bonk roster which are currently placed 4th on the VLR.GG rankings. Here is their announcement:
Guild esports enter VALORANT with Bonk roster – Who did they pick up?
The swedish roster is made up of players that have a CS:GO and Paladins background. The majority of the roster (Yacine, Draken, Leo, & Goffe) whereas Bonkar came from a small game called Paladins.
Draken has had the most experience as a professional player by far, as he was a pro CS:GO player for about 4 years when he joined Epsilon, and then moved on to Ninjas In Pyjamas and had the most success.
Yacine on the other hand has never been considered as a professional player, but has played at the highest level of Counter-Strike due to the Faceit Pro League. Same goes for Leo and Goffe, as they had some professional matches, but never landed a proper career in CS:GO.
Bonkar has been considered as one of the best players in Paladins, after winning the Paladins World Championship in 2019. Not only that, but his team had several great placements all year round in 2019. When VALORANT got released, Bonkar made the switch and initially joined the main Ninjas In Pyjamas roster, but unfortunately his stay was not very long due to disappointing results.
Why is this big news?
Guild esports as an organization is still in its infancy in comparison to the other teams that are competing in an esport title such as VALORANT. This is mostly exciting because alot of funds and investments are going into this organization, and for them to pick up a VALORANT roster instead of a CS roster is certainly a clear sign that they think Riot Games’ FPS will be bigger in the long run.
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