Shimmer only orgless team to attend two ESL Impact LAN Finals
With last night's win over Evil Geniuses Gold, Shimmer have clinched a spot in the ESL Impact Season 4 LAN Finals in Valencia. This has netted them a second-place finish in the North American division, something they had accomplished last season as well.
Despite losing two of their star players before this season started, Shimmer have done something no other team has, secure a LAN Finals spot as a free-agent team twice, with just two games left in the season. Vanessa "vanessa" Gideon left the team for EG Gold and IGL Lisa "lisa" Nguyen had also departed.
In ESL Impact Season's history, there have only been three orgless teams attending a LAN Finals event, with two being from North America. The non-NA squad that attended the last stage of ESL Impact without organizational support was NOFEAR5. This squad would join 9Pandas after the event, and managed to reach the semifinals, losing to Nigma Galaxy.
The other North American FA team that has played in the international stage of the league was Please Send Help. This team had Marissa "madss" Dasta, Anna "lovergirl" Gutierrez, Kiki "PiggyKik" Long, and Jessica "jesscas" Ngo. While madss would go with CLG Red, the latter three would sign with Evil Geniuses Gold, however lovergirl and jesscas have been released since then. Charissa "Senna" Hoang was the only player who would not sign with any organization. Although Please Send Help didn't get out of the group stage, they still won a series against ATK fe.
Shimmer didn't have much luck last season, as they were drawn with Nigma Galaxy and 9Pandas Fearless, and FlyQuest RED. Shimmer could not get a single map win, as they lost against the would-be champions Nigma Galaxy and FlyQuest RED. The team hopes to continue making history as the only North American FA team to get out of the group stage.
ESL Impact Season 4 LAN Finals starts on December 8th and will run until December 10th, in Valencia, Spain. FlyQuest RED joins Shimmer as the North American representatives.
