❘ Revealed: 2023-01-13T19:18:17
❘ Up to date: 2023-01-13T19:18:25
In a stream reviewing the North American Valorant Challengers Open Qualifier matches, Sean Gares, the previous head coach of 100 Thieves’ Valorant staff, revealed that he wished one of many Oxygen Esports stars on his squad throughout their rebuild.
When Gares joined 100 Thieves, he was tasked with rebuilding the Valorant staff with the assistance of the squad’s new workers. One of many preliminary gamers Gares wished was present Oxygen Esports star Logan ‘skuba’ Jenkins, he revealed on stream.
“skuba’s truly insane,” Gares mentioned. “So insane that after we have been creating the 100 Thieves roster, he was on the prime of our leaderboard for Controllers.”
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The Controller participant beforehand competed below Knights earlier than the group dissolved its aggressive Valorant staff to take up match organizing duties for the Challengers League for Riot Video games. With Knights, skuba certified for VCT Stage 1 Challengers in 2022 and made it to the playoff stage.
Sean Gares wished skuba on 100 Thieves Valorant staff
The one purpose the Oxygen Esports participant didn’t come over to 100 Thieves was as a result of Kights didn’t need to half from the participant, in line with Gares.
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“Knights as an org simply wouldn’t give him to us. They simply wouldn’t,” Gares mentioned.
Gares additionally highlighted how gifted skuba is as a Controller participant in Valorant and the way he had a superb relationship with the opposite younger gamers on 100 Thieves on the time.
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skuba is at present battling for a shot on the Challengers League within the open qualifier with Oxygen. His former Knights teammates, competing on the Jeremy ‘Disguised Toast’ Wang-owned staff, defeated Oxygen within the higher bracket of the open qualifier to make the league on January 12.
Oxygen have one other likelihood to make the second-tier Valorant league within the decrease bracket on January 13 and a last shot within the NA Challengers Final Probability Qualifier, which begins on January 17.