Sonic is back

Report: Wildcard find their fifth

Sonic's return to professional play has come after a stint with Bad News Bears.

Dust2.us understands from multiple sources that Wildcard are set to complete their roster with the addition of South African former Extra Salt player Aran "Sonic" Groesbeek, who will leave Bad News Bears and return to professional play. The move comes after Sonic recently dipped his toes into the world of pro Counter-Strike with stand-in appearances with Complexity at Intel Extreme Masters Dallas 2023 and the BLAST Premier Spring Final 2023.

The past few days have seen a whirlwind of activity within Wildcard and Forsaken, as the former party quickly resolved to sign Forsaken's core to replace a team that had just returned from their European boot camp. Meanwhile, due to factors outside of the server Peter "stanislaw" Jarguz and Matt "Warden" Dickens have had to work with the Wildcard organization to come up with replacements for Danny "cxzi" Strzelczyk and Jerric "wiz" Jiang, with the duo not making the grade for undisclosed reasons.

After a quick search, Wildcard have elected to retain the services of Keller "SLIGHT" Nilan from their previous lineup while Sonic is set to take over for cxzi in essence.

It is understood this new roster is set to be announced in short order, with Wildcard betting on this radical shuffle to take them to the next level after entering Counter-Strike in April.

The new Wildcard will consist of:

  • Canada Peter "stanislaw" Jarguz

  • United States Gage "Infinite" Green

  • United States Josh "JBa" Barutt

  • United States Keller "SLIGHT" Nilan

  • Aran "Sonic" Groesbeek

  • United States Matt "Warden" Dickens (Coach)

  • Brazil João "horvy" Horvath (Coach)

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#1(With 1 replies)
November 10, 2023 05:08PM
ToughAnt
I like Sonic, but they already have Stan as an IGL, this is such a weird choice man
#2(With 0 replies)
November 10, 2023 05:16PM
scratchboy
Right? Surely cxzi is better
#3(With 0 replies)
November 10, 2023 05:59PM
SaintSilky
Sonic did do pretty well in Europe
#4(With 0 replies)
November 10, 2023 06:02PM
ThugsBunny268
"Retired" btw
#5(With 0 replies)
November 10, 2023 06:06PM
ThugsBunny268
Honestly last person I expected
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