As Season 3 of the Cyber-athletic Championship Series (CCS) passes its halfway point a number of changes have been made regarding new orgs, new teams, new CCS talent and new rules.
New Teams
XBOXMasterRacegained their spot in the EU CCS League after the recent departure of DavE eSports due to them prioritising their Pro League and Challenger League games. XMR, with their roster of ProYo, M4DMAN, ASTRO, Ryazu and HvKz, was then offered the position as they had finished 3rd in the 4th CCS Qualifier in March. Previously, the core of this roster was just 2 victories away from qualifying for the Six Invitationals in February via the Open qualifier. We spoke to the team’s captain, ProYo, about the team and what we can expect from them in the future:
Can you tell us a bit about your team, for instance how the players came together, what your current roles are and how you got your team name?
You currently stand in 4th position in CCS after inheriting DavE eSport’s game record, what can we expect from your team going forward in the competition?
Your roster recently left Team Enyx, can you explain how this came about?
Last week your team finished the T3H League Season 1 in 4th position, was this in line with what you expected?
Another recent team change was seen in the NA league of CCS as Oof eSports (also known as “Pixel Peak” and “The Dedicated”) withdrew from the competition allowing Impact Gaming to inherit their 1 win to 5 loss record. Impact Gaming, with the roster of Gib2k, SirFatMatt, Toasty, Lil_Azn and Utiliy, is a relatively old team in R6S however they have yet to make their mark on any major tournament; we spoke to Utiliy about their entry into CCS:
Can you tell us a bit about your team, for instance how the players came together and what your current roles are?
You currently stand in 7th position in CCS after inheriting Oof eSport’s game record, what can we expect from your team going forward in the competition?
Which teams are you most looking forward to playing in the coming weeks?
Can we expect your team to participate in any other competitions in the future?
Organisation Changes
As well as the team changes the past few weeks have seen a number of new organisations enter both the American and European leagues. In NA the team known as Hydra Gaming, with the roster of RTC, Rooty, aviation, Sippin and Vein, was picked up by the organisation SiNister and will now be known as SiNister Academy. This mainly underaged team currently remains the only undefeated team in either league and so will be a valuable pick up by SiNister.
Another North American change saw Armada Esports pick up Devious eSports’ roster of Anthony, Detox, Jay, TWiX, Ekko and Floq. This team is currently right in the middle of the table at 3 wins and 3 loses putting them, at the halfway point through the season, just out of the required top four positioning needed to qualify for the CCS playoffs.
In the EU league, meanwhile, after a series of roster and org changes the team previously known as myRevenge has disbanded so another add-in qualifier will take place this coming Saturday to find a replacement.
The second change comes from the French side and top EU team of dizLown who have been picked up by Mock-It as of June 21st meaning they will be playing under the name “Mock-It Academy” from now on. The roster also saw a change as Alphama left the team to move to Supremacy and was replaced by sNKY from the Mock-It Esports meaning the roster will now be sNKy, Krunch, BlaZ, Mootiii and SETzz.
CCS Changes
Finally changes are also happening in CCS itself as staff positions have been advertised for both the roles of caster and observer, however, one of these positions recently got filled with Matthew Waters stepping in as the new NA caster starting as of last week. Furthermore, a change in the CCS rulebook has also just occurred to further match the new ESL rulebook.
You can catch up with CCS when it begins tonight at 7:00PM CEST for the European League and 8:00PM EDT for the American League.