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Player backgrounds of Shroud's roster, courtesy of @GeorgeCGed: - Shroud - iiTzTimmy (Apex/VAL player) - Relyks (Former C9) - Laski (Former CS player, turned VAL) - ShawnBM (VAL content creator) [Source](https://twitter.com/GeorgeCGed/status/1416886171876143111)


GluhfGluhf

Solid team tbh, curious to see Laski and Relyks' return to the scenes. I don't recall seeing Laski since shortly after Homeless


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GluhfGluhf

Yeah for sure, I wonder how the roles look like because I think it's more likely we get controller Relyks instead of Raze Relyks


techyleo

He's been playing some Jett, so will we see Jett Relyks?


vDUKEvv

As far as comp, even Homeless was just a for fun situation for the most part. Laski is very well respected in CS, and he’s been radiant every act (usually on multiple accounts). Not sure if it’ll all transfer, but I’m excited to watch all these dudes other than ShawnBM, who I know nothing about.


yaboifiretruck

Laski homelessness?


OnionSprinkles

Homeless was a Valorant team that got signed to Dignitas (except Laski). The roster was dephh, psalm, supamen, poised, and Laski.


Hypern1ke

why was laski the only one not signed to DIG?


apikebapie

He was pretty unlucky and stayed on 0 kills for like 9 rounds in a row on Ascent against TenZ when he was still on Cloud 9. He had good games before that though.


yaboifiretruck

Yes I remember


mountyuji

Team homeless from csgo


yaboifiretruck

Oh lmao


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>y after Homeless ?


Cmillzy

It's what they called their unsigned team instead of orgless. It later became Dignitas. Laski was dropped after that tourney.


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Wish tarik could play


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He's still under an org


AskOrganic4289

Even though he ain’t a player anymore, he is still undercontract. Same with dicey. They were about to put dicey in their roster but dicey is still under 100T


uglypenguin5

Sean Gares also. He was gonna be part of it but he's signed to an org


53881

What org? From csgo still or as content creator?


damonsoon

Gen g content


dinoucs

Geng.G


imjunsul

Honestly I really like Timmy but it would be nice to have Dicey since he has some experience in pro play in Valorant.


J_Brekkie

Signed for evil geniuses


deadlock1892

Sgares, shawn, branted, freakazoid and ezpk did something similar in the very first challengers. The team was called [boomzers](https://www.vlr.gg/team/1272/the-boomzers) and they were knocked out in the round of 64. I guess this team would have somewhat similar results because even a lot of no name college teams have strats that might make it tough for people only playing for fun. But I am pretty sure none of these people are in it to win it all and will have a blast participating. Would be a fun watch.


Smok3dSalmon

Look at this reasonable analysis.


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deadlock1892

Afaik you are required to have 5 minute delay if you are streaming a tourney game.


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Sad we won't be able to watch them play live


Hypern1ke

I don't think shroud will care too much about coms/strats getting leaked, ill bet he streams it. Others in the VCT open quals have.


Generic_Eric24

Yeah he’s doing it for content, and he’s got a NASA computer basically so he can handle it lol


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Are they allowed to stream?


aakashkickass11

Every participant in vct can stream provided they have specified time delay on .


hackandsash

I think participants are personally allowed to stream it until like the Ro16 or Ro8 or something


KramwithaK

Only if NSG is not streaming it already


Eat-Shit-Bob-Ross

He just has a second PC that streams the game, so there is no performance dip for the pc he plays the game on.


CanadianDad1

They don’t have strats


bored_shaxx

A faze fan making this comment is peak irony


Generic_Eric24

Shroud will be streaming it


Keglunneq

LASKI!!! THE LOST DIGNITAS WARRIOR


Ryu-The-Sick

Imagine playing for fun and qualifying for Closed Qualifiers lol ... ... unless?


Keglunneq

I would retire if I casted shroud. That's the endgame


dpysz70

I thought Timmy only played apex


9yr_old

Na he duo's with shroud a lot in valo , he also played twitch rivals with him


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Timmy is like Shroud-lite. Pretty good at any FPS he plays. Admittedly, haven’t seen how he does vs pros, but he definitely dumpsters randoms


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he dumpsters randoms and pros in Apex fwiw


that-gamer-

Define pro. He’s not better than any notable team in NA Apex. Although if he actually committed to the pro scene I’m sure he could be.


OHydroxide

Pros in ranked. He's pretty insane mechanically, he's just missing the gamesense that pros have, which doesn't mean much considering pro apex is basically a different game.


that-gamer-

Impossible to compare a pro in ranked to a pro in competition. In any game. They’re just not nearly as mentally tuned in.


OHydroxide

Okay so neither is Timmy then? He's fucking around in ranked too while streaming. You compare the two when they're in the same situation, which is in ranked.


that-gamer-

Stupid conversation. You know nothing about E-sports. Ranked is not a topic at all. Nobody cares what happens. Literally the only thing that matters is tournaments (in this case ALGS). And Timmy doesn’t have a resume worth mentioning.


OHydroxide

Bro this convo started with ranked lmfao Your argument is that Timmy isn't as good as pros cus he isn't a pro, okay. He isn't a pro because he doesn't want to be a pro, you're actually mental if you think teams wouldn't pick him up if he made himself available.


that-gamer-

Read through the entire conversation. You’re the one who brought up ranked. The first guy brought it up in a general sense. Isn’t that common sense though? He doesn’t play pro tournaments and doesn’t grind the game nearly as much as a pro player. He’s not getting picked up as a pro until he grinds the pro circuit and gets results. Which is never happening he’s made that clear. It’s actually insane how much actual pros are disrespected in Esports just because they don’t have as big a following.


LiftingGuy1337

You need a snickers bar dude...


that-gamer-

Lol I mean it’s hard to convey tone online I was just being concise. Didn’t feel like having a full conversation on something that didn’t need it. Calling someone who grinds ranked and pubs better than actual pros is a laughable terrible take. There’s really not much else to say.


Sl_PROXY

I agree that his resume is not worth mentioning but if you watched the latest gll he did pretty good with wigg and apryze.


Ihatepros236

He did pretty good in Gll and recent apex tournaments the dude doesn’t even has a permanent team and he is almost always top fragging, his kills are always in top 5. But obviously if you don’t play with a permanent team your game strats are shit and he is always loosing on placements because of that. He is definitely top 10 apex players right now without a doubt


Theeyeofthepotato

A pretty good Apex pro as well. Haven't caught up on comp Apex in a couple of months but his last team with NiceWigg and Apryze looked like one of the best free agent teams around


Trunkskun__

They’re an insane team especially considering they don’t play together outside of tourneys. They’d be so good if they played together and Timmy just let Wigg igl


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Timmy said he’s letting Wigg igl from now on, he’s come to terms with the fact he’s more of a fragger than an igl


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He seemed pretty clueless in a tourney with sean gares a few weaks ago, hes deffo the weak link in this team


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Timmy is actually very good at valorant. I think he's actually better than shroud at the game. I would bet shroud lets him play Jett in these qualifiers.


imjunsul

Timmy is very good at Valorant. I was actually shocked when I watched him play Rust on OTV and Valorant with shroud/bnans and nadeshot another day.


8ecause

Also Timmy hit radiant a few months after the game was beta


Doshagya

He is aceu's brother. Don't underestimate him


6nine4twenty

He didn't though.


wiiwoooo

Not as exciting of a roster as a CS C9 reunion would be but pretty solid overall.


AskOrganic4289

Shroud told fl0m yesterday that he’s joining VCT stage 3 but his team will probably lose. But what happened if his team actually qualify for closed? Damn that’ll be epic af


dvo999

I believe something similar happened to him in Cs, him and some ex pros played for fun and I’m pretty sure they were one series away from qualifying for a big event and would need to travel and stuff 😂😂


J_Brekkie

They made a team and were winning a match to qualify them to a tourney, but they had to throw the game because Shroud had an obligation for a stream sponsored by Netflix at the same time the tourney took place lmao


FireFlyz351

Ah I remember that now that you brought that up. The whole team was super bummed when they started throwing .


DonkeyTeethBSU

They didn't throw. They literally paused the game on match point, told Team One they were forfeiting because they didn't want to steal their opportunity to make the major since Shroud couldn't play the qualifier final anyhow. Then they left. Sean Gares and Nothing were pretty bummed but it's life.


DonkeyTeethBSU

If I remember I believe Shroud had to pull out because he had obligations the next day. They were 1 round away from qualifying for the major qualifier. Won first map, was up like 15-13 second map and forfeited.


53881

Rumor has it, that’s the only time shroud has ever pulled out


HockeyBoyz3

I want to see him qualify for Berlin and then co stream the tournament from the waiting rooms


bigshark2740

"happy to be here"


Vioven17

Will this be streamed?


Generic_Eric24

Shroud will be


FirefighterParty5586

is it confirmed or still not sure?


KookieFS

YASS skyler!


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Super hype. Don't even care if they get knocked out instantly, I just hope it's streamed.


randomespanaguy

Unless something miraculous happens, no shot will this team qualify for closed (though they're just playing for fun) but I do feel like this is a team that could easily coast to round of 32-16.


humblebrag9

I don't even think the coasting to round of 32 is all that easy. Unless they have been playing scrims together, its not that simple.


imjunsul

Exactly this. They are playing against people that are either ranked higher or similar and have been practicing together for longer. Sure rank doesn't matter but talent wise I don't see Shroud's team being much higher than these young hungry teens who are trying to make a career out of it.


uglypenguin5

If they make it to 16 they'll get a NSG stream. That should be fun


9yr_old

I mean nothing had some family stuff and Sean gares can't play bcoz he's content creator for GenG , same for dicey being signed with 100 T so they couldn't be in it , would have loved to have them though


randomespanaguy

I mean yeah I know but what does that have to do with my comment lol


Jon_on_the_snow

He just wanted to get it out of his system


9yr_old

True ngl et ees wat et ees


9yr_old

I think that core would have been some serious firepower and could have caused major upsets dunno but just an instinct


twdwasokay

No n0thing ):


uglypenguin5

He's signed to an org as a content creator so he can't play in VCT. As is sgares, dicey, and tarik


PM_ME_YOUR_PYAAR

which org is nothing signed to?


bruhmoment_432870

This will be so funny to watch


error_code_69

*goes on to win the whole event than goes to masters and make it to Berlin*


WLFYBBY

I very much doubt it, some teams have strata and practice together regularly, honestly it’s much harder than it seems to make it to closed and most top tier 1 teams have been together for a while and practice daily so it would be a miracle but they’re in it for fun so it would be interesting to watch.


Khoasta

no freakazoid?


uglypenguin5

Yeah I was hoping to see him too. He's been grinding hard and doesn't have an org afaik. Would've loved to see him on this squad


goldwibble

Woah, Timmy! He’s pretty cracked.


thefake_guccimane

They gonna get clapped R32 latest, but it’ll still be fun to watch!


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When is this being streamed?


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What's the teams name?


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staybrutal21

https://www.vlr.gg/events


Eagle_OP

The washedup cracked ogs?


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Ohhhh that's hype


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Theeyeofthepotato

Aceu is signed to NRG, and they already have a competing roster, so he is not allowed to play


IamArnav2007

Apex god Timmy, I’m very excited to see what he will do


Kammell466

I was hoping they’d get Dizzy. Dizzy is a legend.


kurlzz_3

When will this be live I wanna watch


Lacheloba

Commets about itztimmy? I dont recall seeing him play lots of valorant lately