Due to the partnership, GG.BET will become the esports organization��s official international betting partner. The collaboration would ensure both parties work together to develop their global profile.
The betting company will provide Vitality fans with noteworthy ��next-gen�� content and activations during events to build a bond between the supporters and GG.BET. Financial information concerning the partnership between the companies was not revealed.
The renowned esports betting company��s logo would be on the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive jerseys of the franchise while they compete in live events until the end of 2022 and into 2023. This will only apply to the CS:GO squad of the organization, as they are the primary team involved in the deal.
Vitality��s League of Legends division is reportedly not a part of the deal. This is mainly because Riot Games strictly prohibits betting organizations from partnering with its franchised League of Legends competition teams.
Nicholas Maurer, Vitality��s CEO, talked about the new partnership and how pleased the company was to join GG.BET��s list of partners.
��We��re so proud to be partnering with GG.BET,�� Maurer said. ��This is our first international partnership with a betting company, and it was incredibly important to us that our partner makes the development of esports its top priority and understands our community and what they want. We��re incredibly excited for what this partnership will bring to Team Vitality and our fans.��
Over the years, GG.BET has collaborated with several tournament organizers as well as content creators and streamers. They were the leading betting partner of the PGL Major Antwerp, the previous CS:GO Major event, and are currently partnered with ESL Gaming, the tournament organizer.
The betting company is also currently in the same partnership as Vitality with Natus Vincere. Overall, GG.BET has partnered with more than 100 esports content creators and streamers and generally has sturdy ties with the CS:GO community.
GG.BET��s new partnership with Vitality has ensured the corporation��s relations with esports teams that house some of the most renowned CS:GO players in the world, Mathieu ��ZywOo�� Herbaut from Vitality and NaVi��s Oleksandr ��S1mple�� Kostyliev.
GG.BET��s CEO, Dmitry Voshkarin, said, ��We are pleased to announce a partnership with Team Vitality, a world-class esports team whose successes we have been following with great interest for a long time.��
He continued, ��For GG.BET, this is a logical stage of our plans to expand into new markets and provide continuous support for esports development. We are looking forward to implementing joint projects and will work hard to make GG.BET users and Vitality fans happy.��
Vitality previously announced they had brought in three players from Astralis, including the team��s coach. At the beginning of the year, Peter “dupreeh” Rasmussen, Emil “Magisk” Reif, and former Astralis coach Danny ��zonic�� S?rensen were all brought into the team to help build a super team with Danish-French players.
]]>The roster change was made due to the unavoidable absence of one of the long-serving players on the team’s roster. Although the change is only temporary as Rawkus will only see the team through for the remainder of the VCT North America Stage Two.
Hunter “SicK” Mims has been announced to be going on an extended leave of absence in order to attend to some ongoing family issues. This will see the 23-year-old miss out on the remainder of the VCT Stage 2.
The esports organization took to their official Twitter page to break the news on Thursday. They also pledged to give him their full support in his time of difficulty.
“Hunter “SicK” Mims will be taking an extended leave of absence to attend to an ongoing family matter. SicK has our full support during this difficult time.”
In the same release on Twitter, Sentinels revealed that Rawkus will step in to fill his position for the rest of the Challengers. While some fans have been welcoming of the idea, some have questioned their decision to have Rawkus fill in.
“Coach Rawkus will fill in for the remainder of Challengers.”
Having had a rough season in the previous year, which saw them fail to make the playoffs at the Champions, Sentinels look to have a better outing this season, but some could argue their hopes are unreal with SicK out.
Sentinels earned a spot in the playoffs having finished the VCT North America Stage with a 3-2 record. Their entry to the VCT was facilitated by a direct invite to the group stage. Their Stage One campaign came to an end after suffering consistent defeats at the hands of The Guard and Version1.
With the franchise’s focus on Stage Two, they secured their first roster change in over a year. The change saw them bench founding member Jared “zombs” Gitlin and recruit Eric “Kanpki” Xu to take his place.
Despite the change, Sentinels lost two of their Stage Two open qualifier matches to FaZe Clan and Luminosity. The open qualifiers ran from April 29 to May 2. These losses were damaging to the team’s chances of qualifying for groups.
The second open qualifier which was held from May 6 – 9 was no different for the Sentinels. They suffered a loss to Akrew and were relegated to the lower bracket and they were expected to claim victory in five consecutive games. With five consecutive games won in the lower bracket, the team would be eligible to feature in the group stage.
They somehow pulled it through in a perfect run of 10-0 with the help of Rawkus as a coach. They are currently yet to win a game as they are 0-3 in the group stage. They suffered losses to top esports organizations, including OpTic, Evil Geniuses, and Luminosity.
With that record, Sentinels will need to win their remaining games to stand a chance to make it to the Valorant playoffs. Their remaining games are against FaZe Clan and Cloud9.
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