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Esports player transfers: Week 19

Astralis Jugi
Astralis takes on a seventh man – JUGi. (Image credit: Astralis via Twitter)

Here at EarlyGame, you can get the latest player transfers on the esports scene every week. This time, we see a lot of players switching to Valorant.

Not only CS:GO, but also Overwatch loses more and more players to Riot Games' upcoming tactical shooter Valorant. Read on to find out who ditched their old game for Valorant.

CS:GO

Astralis

Astralis has already signed Patrick "es3tag" Hansen as their sixth man at the end of March. However, a six-man roster does not seem to be enough for the organization, and that is why they have now announced that Jakob "JUGi" Hansen will also be joining their CS:GO team.

The AWPer was recently sitting on the bench at North and was hardly ever used. Recently, he announced he was a free agent and was picked up directly by Astralis. JUGi used to play for Heroic when both teams were still run by RFRSH Entertainment, so he already knows most of his new teammates and hopes to find his old strength again.

At Astralis, they emphasize that the long-term plan is to build a strong team with two players who are able to take on any role. This makes Astralis the first organization with a seven-man roster, although some other organizations have already followed the trend of building larger teams to avoid player burnout.

North

Jimmy "Jumpy" Berndtsson will replace Markus "Kjaerbye" Kjærbye during his illness.

After Kjaerbye had to cancel due to illness during the ESL One: Road to Rio, coach Jumpy will stand in for him. North will lose 20% of its Regional Major Ranking Points because of the change during the tournament. Should Kjaerbye recover and be reinstated, the points would be reduced to 64%. This means that North's chances are much worse but they still managed to beat Movistar Riders and G2 and are now in 3rd place in their group.

Copenhagen Flames

Morten "zEVES" Vollan is the new coach of the Copenhagen Flames and replaces Daniel Vorborg.

Morten was already a coach at Dignitas for a short time before he returned to playing for Copenhagen Wolves and Nordavind. His last appearance was in the young team of Riddle Esport. zEVES is supposed to help the young roster of the Copenhagen Flames to prove themselves. He seems to be very happy about the opportunity and sees it as a chance to give his career a new start.

Valorant

GODSENT

The organization recently announced an all-female Valorant roster.

The Swedish organization decided, contrary to T1 or Cloud9, to sign a complete roster at one go. GODSENT is also the first organization with a female roster in Valorant. We are curious what this roster will show in the future because although esports actually makes a fair competition possible across genders, most of the all-female rosters have been a disaster so far. This certainly increases the pressure on the female players but we wish them good luck and hope for the best.

T1

T1 secured two more newcomers for their Valorant roster – Daniel "froD" Montaner and Victor "food" Wong.

The former CS player and coach froD will from now on be the coach of the Valorant roaster of T1 and coach food, brax, crashies, and AZK. T1 was one of the first organizations to start building a Valorant team and with that tempo, it'll no doubt be complete before the game's launch in the summer.

CS:GO pros without a team

In the past few days, an astonishing number of CS:GO professionals announced their switch to Valorant:

Pyth

Jacob "pyth" Mourujärvi announced that he will give up his CS:GO career.

Pyth experienced the peak of his career with Ninjas in Pyjamas. With them, he won the DreamHack Masters Malmö 2016 and the IEM Oakland. After his dismissal from NiP in 2017, his CS:GO career went downhill. He played for several Swedish teams but never found back his old strength. He now announced a switch to Valorant. His goal is to become one of the best Valorant players and play for one of the best teams. He is still looking for a team.

Cellsis/freakazoidThe two former Cloud9 players Jordan "Zellsis" Montemurro and Ryan "freakazoid" Abadir have also left CS:GO in favor of Valorant.

Both players are probably best known from their days at Cloud9, where they celebrated their greatest victories. Recently they played for Swole Patrol, as did Victor "food" Wong, and were looking for supporters for their team. After months of failure and food leaving the team, Zellsis and freakazoid decided to change the game as well. We wish them all the best for their new career.

Overwatch pros without a team

On the Overwatch scene, professional players disappear again and again and switch to Valorant. Just recently, the Sentinels signed Jay "Sinatraa" Won for their Valorant roster.Corey/StratusSimilar to Zellsis and freakazoid, Corey "Corey" Nigra and Ethan "Stratus" Yankel left Overwatch and their old team and decided to switch to Valorant.

Both of them last played for the Washington Justice. Corey, like Sinatraa, is a true Overwatch legend and was part of the USA team that won the 2019 World Cup. He thanked everyone for the great experience but emphasized that his roots lie with CS:GO. And since he loves both CS:GO and Overwatch, and Valorant is a mix of the two, this is the perfect opportunity for him to change games. So far, he is still without a team but that will probably change pretty soon.

Stratus, on the other hand, thanked his teammate Corey for his friendship and support but hasn't yet committed himself to a professional career in Valorant. Instead, he has set his sights on being active as an entertainer. He wants to produce a lot of Valorant streams and daily content for the game. Only time will tell if he'll stay true to his plans or return to the competitive scene.These changes to Valorant just about wrap up current player transfers. If you've been out of the loop, you can check all transfers of the last few weeks here. Stay tuned next week when we'll give you another update in the world of esports. In the meantime, feel free to check out EarlyGame for more news and videos.

Tasho Tashev
Tasho Tashev

Law graduate from Sofia University turned gaming journalist. Gaming has always been a passion of mine since I was a kid (shocker I know) so it was only a matter of time before I started writing about it. My high-school...