The “Pureest” Katz reporter said the Evil Geniuses “squad will be significantly reduced” if staying. The news appeared just a few weeks after Evil Geniuses won the World Champions Champions 2023 World Championship and earned 1 million USD of bonuses, not to mention sharing the list of Skin Champions 2023 in the game.
Meanwhile, journalist Richard Lewis revealed that EG asked the players to cut nearly half of the current salary. In return, Demon1 and his teammates will increase the amount received from the Skin In-Game Sales Revenue (Champions 2023 and Team Skin are expected to launch in 2024).
Richard Lewis also confirmed that if EG players do not want to be cut, they will have the opportunity to find a new team. However, EG can make a choice to buy a player's contract at a high price, thereby making other organizations unable to pay.
Not only EG, many teams in VCT America are making a move to reduce the salary fund and personnel in the 2024 season. Accordingly, many teams will make a transfer based on the new law of VCT 2024, when Riot Games no longer requires them to have 6 players in their squad.
The transfer window VCT 2024 was opened on September 11, 2023 and will be closed on July 15, 2024. With an almost extended transfer time until the Valorant Champions 2024, the teams will be able to make changes based on the happenings of the season. This will improve the level of competition and avoid the situation of “premature death” teams.
