T1 officially recruited former CSGO player AZK to the VALORANT competition lineup

Organization Esports Korea’s top, T1 Entertainment & Sports has officially signed a contract with former player CSGO AZK as a streamer and players VALORANT. This 29-year-old gamer joined T1 with his former teammate of iBUYPOWER Brazil.

AZK worked Professional CSGO since “Source”, when he won many tournaments with Team Dynamic. AKZ signed with iBUYPOWER shortly after the launch of Global Offensive and quickly became known as one of the best teams in North America. Together with Brax, AZK won the ESEA Season 15 and CEVO Professional Season 4 Global Finals, and competed in 3 Major CSGO.

In January 2015, a match-fixing scandal resulted in AZK, Brax, and most of the iBUYPOWER roster being permanently banned from competing in tournaments. CSGO events. The team was eventually rescinded by a number of independent tournament organizers such as ESL and DreamHack, but they were still banned from all Valve-sponsored events, including the Majors.

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Since being banned, AZK has played Overwatch professionally with Team Liquid and returned to CSGO in tournaments for which he qualified. He also made a schedule stream more suitable, CSGO live streamOverwatch and now VALORANT to his 27,000 followers.

VALORANT’s Riot Games Is one shooting game 5v5 first person strategy similar to CSGO. The game’s Esports potential has been built by passionate fans and experienced players alike. The beta version of VALORANT went live earlier this week, and the full release is expected this summer.​