The end of the year is always a high season for reshuffles. Teams sum up the results of the past season and begin to prepare for the upcoming competitions, strengthening their squads with new players. Esports Charts has compiled the five most high-profile October transfers that have been most talked about in the esports media.
dev1ce (a transfer from NiP to Astralis)
dev1ce / Source: twitter.com/dev1ce
Dev1ce's transfer from Ninjas in Pyjamas to Astralis has been one of the most notable transfers in CS:GO of the year. The possible return of the Danish sharpshooter to his home team has been under discussion for a while now, as the esports player has been on the Swedish club's intactivist list for almost a year. The whole story with dev1ce is a clear example of how a single unsuccessful transfer can ruin the game for two teams at once. After dev1ce left Astralis, the team where he played for several years, a series of reshuffles took place in the lineup, and the constant rotation of players had a negative impact on the team's performance. As a result, the four-time Major League Champion and one of the strongest clubs in Europe dropped out of the Top 15 teams in HLTV.org's world rankings.
On the other hand, we can't say that dev1ce's joining Ninjas in Pyjamas has made the team's game any stronger. The Swedish squad continued to have unstable games. In PGL Major Stockholm 2021, it made it to the playoffs, but lost in the first round and finished the tournament in 5th-8th place. Soon after that dev1ce joined the list of inactive players "due to personal reasons". It is interesting that after that NiP's performance didn't decline, and in some places it even improved. For example, the team won Global Esports Tour Dubai 2022 and earned $100K, the club's biggest single win over the past few years.
Mixwell (a transfer from G2 Esports to Team Heretics)
Mixwell / Source: twitter.com/TeamHeretics
The Spanish e-athlete and popular streamer Mixwell will continue his career in Valorant. He will play for the Spanish club Team Heretics in the VCT 2023 EMEA franchise league. Mixwell's transfer was announced on October 18.
Mixwell was a G2 Esports player a month ago and played with the team in international tournaments, but he suffered a force majeure in his career in September. The G2 Esports manager ocelote faced a storm of criticism for streaming with the scandalous influencer Andrew Tate, known for his sexist and racist remarks. According to rumors, ocelote's behavior did not please Riot Games, so G2 Esports did not receive an invitation from the company to the Valorant franchise league. The situation was not helped even by the fact that ocelote publicly apologized and resigned from his position as CEO. Due to the circumstances, the club had to disband the Valorant lineup so that the players could find more promising options to continue their careers. That's how Mixwell ended up in Team Heretics, which just got partner status from Riot Games. It is not yet known with whom Mixwell will play. At the moment, the process of forming the lineup is still underway.
Sacy & pANcada (a transfer from LOUD to Sentinels)
Sacy & pANcada / Source: ge.globo.com
30 partner teams continue to form rosters for Valorant franchise leagues. These clubs don't just sign free agents (as in the case of Mixwell), but also poach players from each other. That's exactly what happened with the Brazilian duo Sacy & pANcada. They won Valorant Champions 2022 together with LOUD just in September and in October they were signed by the American club Sentinels.
Sentinels have been going from bad to worse lately in terms of results. After a brisk 2021 and a win in VCT 2021: Stage 2 Masters — Reykjavík, the American club suffered a prolonged decline. In 2022 the team was barely clinging to the Top 8 in the regional league, and did not make it to the World Championship. It was obvious that Sentinels had bigger ambitions, as the club signed former professional CS:GO players and even invited Twitch's top streamer, Shroud to join the lineup. That didn't help, so Sentinels decided to change their roster drastically before the start of the franchise league. Thus, besides the aforementioned Brazilian duo, zekken and dephh from XSET joined the roster (their team took 5-6th place in the last World Championship). The new roster looks intriguing, but we'll see its potential in February at Valorant Champions Tour 2023: Kickoff Tournament.
Jankos (left G2 Esports)
Jankos / Source: twitter.com/G2Jankos
G2 Esports' League of Legends team did well in 2022: it won the Spring Split, reached the semifinals of Mid-Season Invitational 2022 and took second place in the Summer Season. Its poor performance in the 2022 World Championship, where the team ranked only 11th-14th, was extremely surprising. This is the worst result for G2 Esports in the entire history of its participation in the World Championships (where it often reached the Top 4).
After the defeat in the 2022 World Championship, the process of reshuffles started in the roster and Jankos, the club's main long-time member, was the first to leave the squad. The Polish jungle player joined G2 Esports in 2017 and has helped the team win many trophies in five years. It is unknown where Jankos will continue his career now. The player is 27 years old, and e-athletes don't usually have many options at that age. He might start streaming on a permanent basis or try himself as a coach. On the other hand, the upcoming season of reshuffles may give him another chance to prove himself on the professional stage.
RAMZES666 (left Virtus.pro)
RAMZES666 / Source: twitter.com/virtuspro
The Russian player RAMZES666 has left Virtus.pro's Dota 2 lineup after the team's unsuccessful performance in the Last Chance qualifiers for The International 2022. The tournament provided two slots for the World Championship, but Kushnarev's squad placed third.
RAMZES has long been considered as one of the strongest Russian carries. He played for Virtus.pro from 2016 to 2019 and during that time he won more than a dozen international tournaments, including five Majors. After losing in The International 2019, he left the roster to join Evil Geniuses. He did not fully show his potential in the U.S. team, largely due to the coronavirus and difficulties with traveling to the United States. In the end he returned to Russia and began to play in various mixes in the CIS. But again without much success.
In the spring of 2022, RAMZES fans had a surprise waiting for them — the talented player returned to the Virtus.pro club, under the tag of which he made his most high-profile victories. His new team had a great performance in Dota Pro Circuit 2022 Summer Division, but did not make it to The International 2022 as it lacked just one point in the ranking.
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