kariESPORTS undergoes mass changes two weeks after signing

kariESPORTS, which recently returned to operations on August 11th, has already undergone a mass shuffle of their roster, Dust2.us has learned. Effective August 25th, the team lost two players, Andrew "Andrew" Burrell and Jack "micro" Ryan, saw their coach, Byron "mst" Masterson step down into an analyst role, and their former analyst Lucas "icee" Baccay, leave the roster on August 12th.

The cause of this flurry of changes comes, according to icee, from Penguin deciding to step down from the roster due to the time commitment. His departure would've left the roster dead as they would no longer have three players from last season, leading to the remaining players trying to recruit Aidan "Feral" Wood or James "Gonzo" Madden to hold onto the roster.

Apparently Feral's decision to decline playing led to micro's departure as he was uninterested in playing with a roster with Gonzo on it. After micro left, the situation only got worse as Andrew was poached by WITHOUTWARNING to be their fifth, leaving the team with just Drew "drewtheshrew" Lamb, Justin "jsfeltner" Feltner, and Gonzo. Fortunately for the trio, with their roster in shambles, Penguin returned to the squad under the proviso there would be less of a time commitment and it would be a less serious season.

With the squad almost back up to full strength, drewtheshrew recruited Kaid "bootylord" Miller to refill their ranks, leaving the team with a diminished albeit complete lineup.

Circling back to Andrew for a moment, his decision to join WITHOUTWARNING represents a fairly significant callup for the 23-year-old player. As WITHOUTWARNING features some of the most experienced names in ESL Challenger League, it will hopefully be a good opportunity for the player to take his game to a higher level ahead of the release of CS2.

With all of these changes, kariESPORTS and WITHOUTWARNING are now: