Rise have been reduced to one Asian

Rise Nation bench vSa; look to add two

The Canadian in-game leader has been removed from the starting lineup.

Team captain and in-game leader Andy "vSa" Xu has been benched by Rise Nation, Dust2.us has learned. This comes after also having removed Jonathan "Jonji" Carey, who has recently joined RONIN, and a failed attempt at qualifying for the ESL Pro League. The team has been using Mitch "mitch" Semago as a standin in the last few weeks, but Dust2 has been informed that Rise Nation do not plan on signing mitch as a permanent member.

Dust2.us has also learned that the team plan on picking up Michael "dapr" Gulino from Ghost Academy and Skyler "Relyks" Weaver, who has been without a team since leaving Misfits in July. It is planned that the veteran Relyks will assume the IGL duties.

There still exist questions about the future of this roster however, as coach Jared "osorandom" Hartman has been seen coaching Rogue in some of their recent matches. It is unclear whether he will continue with the MDL side or move on to Pro pastures.

The speculated roster of Rise Nation will look as follows:

  • United States Brandon "Ace" Winn
  • Canada Kaleb "moose" Jayne
  • United States Will "dazzLe" Loafman
  • United States Michael "dapr" Gulino
  • United States Skyler "Relyks" Weaver
  • United States Jared "osorandom" Hartman (Coach)

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#1(With 0 replies)
January 27, 2018 05:37PM
Miki
Nooo he was a fragging igl as said in one interview but whatever bcs Relyks and dapr r fucking nuts
#2(With 1 replies)
January 27, 2018 05:42PM
osorandom
eUnited
Dust2 Masters winner
But osorandom + Ace = two asians???
#5(With 0 replies)
January 27, 2018 06:00PM
tolkienfanatic
Dust2 Birthday cake!
But how slick are you
#3(With 2 replies)
January 27, 2018 05:46PM
Droid
MDL
Premier
is relyks going to igl or explain in monotone
#6(With 0 replies)
January 27, 2018 06:12PM
Firestar
OOF that's rude man
#15(With 0 replies)
January 29, 2018 09:48AM
bomber
LOL
#4(With 0 replies)
January 27, 2018 05:55PM
Casey
Hope vsa can move up to a better NA team needing an IGL
#7(With 2 replies)
January 27, 2018 06:17PM
LuWi
good. vsa and jonji are bitches who talk shit and can’t back it up on the server. then when they lose they go on twitter and create pity for themselves. hope moose and ace get better teammates
#8(With 0 replies)
January 27, 2018 07:11PM
cyan
r 0 f l ?
#9(With 0 replies)
January 27, 2018 07:15PM
CS_CeeJ
Dust2 Birthday cake!
LMAO wut
#10(With 0 replies)
January 27, 2018 07:58PM
Sickancsgod
Best move of the year, very bad player
#11(With 0 replies)
January 27, 2018 08:05PM
nguyen
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Premier
Not surprised about jonji getting cut but if vsa got cut then that's a shock. Hope he left on his own accord and gets on a better non choking team lolz
#12(With 0 replies)
January 27, 2018 08:43PM
kaboose
MDL
Fragadelphia Winner
wut why..
#13(With 0 replies)
January 27, 2018 09:20PM
WallehZz-4LO
damn, just goes to show that failing to qualify for EPL ruins a team :/
imo i wish they beat SoaR :/
#14(With 0 replies)
January 27, 2018 10:56PM
2uh
vsa and osorandom are clearly very good at what they do. Yeah rise nation has some talent, but there are plenty of other more talented premier teams in terms of skill. Rise actually had some decent tactics. I really hope vsa is going to a better team; he's one of the few dedicated igls in NA, plus his fragging is pretty decent (which makes him more valuable to some people than guys like daps and fns). imo vsa deserves to be on a rogue, coL, or splyce. Dapr and Relyks are very good pickups, but jonji (i know he left on his own accord) and vsa were not the players to replace them with.
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