Source from UPCOMER said that the T1 leadership is considering additional personnel and there are three names that are likely to be eliminated to make room “Skadoodle” Latham, Braxton “Brax” Pierce and Anthony “Dawn” Hagopian. T1's plan was set when this team had the opportunity to attend Last Chance Qualifiers in October to confront strong teams in North America.
Through Last Chance Qualifiers, teams will be able to raise hope to participate in Worlds (Valorant Champions) in December. According to UPCOMERKorean player HA “Spyder” Jeong-woo may return to the main squad of T1 when recovering from injury. In addition, the other two names are guaranteed to play, Timothy “Autimatic” and Rahul “Curry” Nemani.
If the above information is true, this will be the second time Brax is eliminated from T1's squad. The American player is the first name to sign a professional contract with T1 when the leading organization of Korean Esports established Valorant team. However, with the unprecedented performance, Brax was pushed to TSM before returning in June.
Before Brax, there were two other stars who said goodbye to T1, Austin “Crashies” Roberts and Victor “Food” Wong. Interestingly, both have won tickets to Masters 3 with Team Envy, while T1 is struggling because of the weak achievement in North America. Since appearing on Valorant map, T1 has not achieved any bright title.
In VCT: Na Stage 3 Challengers 2, T1 only reaches 6th rank when receiving a quick defeat of 0-2 to Faze Clan. However, fortunately for coach David Denis and his students when T1 still had the opportunity to attend Valorant's 2021 Worlds. However, in order to reach that tournament, T1 needs to maintain stability and overcome the stage of Last Chance Qualifiers full of thorns.
