nitr0 joins 100 Thieves VALORANT; Cloud9 make vice official
After seeing Nick "nitr0" Cannella sign with Prodigy Agency, many figured that a big move was coming, including the possibility that Captain America himself could take his talents to VALORANT, even after taking Liquid to unprecedented heights as the most dominant team in North American history. That possibility became a reality on Friday, as nitr0 joined 100 Thieves to bolster their VALORANT division.
Though this is tough to see for CS:GO fans, there is some nostalgia to cling to here as the move reunites him with Spencer "Hiko" Martin. The pair played together on Liquid during Hiko's entire tenure with the storied North American organization, finishing as the runner-ups at ESL One: Cologne 2016 to SK Gaming.
100 Thieves VALORANT are now:
Spencer "Hiko" Martin- Nick "nitr0" Cannella
Additionally, Cloud9 has finally completed their VALORANT roster with Daniel "vice" Kim. vice finished his CS:GO career on trial with Cloud9 and has been around their VALORANT roster for months now as the team's go-to unofficial fifth man. He has helped the squad to a number of runner-up finishes, including the PAX Arena Invitational, the Pulse Invitational, and Immortals First Light.
Cloud9 VALORANT are now:
Tyson "TenZ" Ngo- Skyler "Relyks" Weaver
- Mitch "mitch" Semago
- Josh "shinobi" Abastado
- Daniel "vice" Kim
Not wanting to be left out of the fun, Luminosity picked up one of the top unsigned rosters remaining in the North American VALORANT scene, Mixup. The roster qualified for large events such as the FaZe Clan Invitational and received invites to the PAX Arena Invitational and the T1 x Nerd Street Gamers Showdown. Everyone on the roster except for Charles "Hoppin" Clapper has MDL-level experience in CS:GO.
Luminosity VALORANT are:
- Alex "aproto" Protopapas
- Lucas "fiziq" Blow
- Brenden "stellar" McGrath
- Charles "Hoppin" Clapper
- Brady "thief" Dever
Finally, Rise Nation round out the list of noteworthy organizations inking former CS:GO talent this week by signing a VALORANT roster headlined by Todd "anger" Williams with Erik "da_bears" Stromberg as their coach.
anger played for Denial, Complexity, Mythic, Luminosity, and most recently SKDC in his CS:GO career, while da_bears enjoyed stints with Evil Geniuses and Complexity in Counter Strike 1.6 then coached CLG Red in CS:GO. Most recently da_bears has worked as a commentator and an analyst for ECS Season 8 and cs_summit 6.
The remainder of the roster is made up of players with ESEA Advanced experience like Rahmin "ShoukR" Shoukoohi, or anger's old teammates from his time representing the Charlotte Phoenix in VALORANT.
Rise Nation VALORANT are now:
- Todd "anger" Williams
- Corey "ChurmZ" Koch
- Justin "Ksiaze" Goszczynski
- Rahmin "ShoukR" Shoukoohi
- Adam "Spirit" Wills
- Erik "da_bears" Stromberg (Coach)
The next big North American IGNITION SERIES event for VALORANT will be Pop Flash, hosted by Flashpoint organizer B Site Inc. Of the mentioned teams, only Cloud9 has been invited to participate.
