- Scrappy earned his promotion to Toronto Ultra’s main team
- He will be a substitute player alongside Hicksy
- The promotion comes after the Scrappy’s good performance in last weekend’s Major One
Toronto Ultra has promoted Thomas “Scrappy” Ernst from its academy roster and put him on the main team as a substitute player.
Toronto Ultra Signed Scrappy
One effective way for esports organizations to acquire new team members is by training them themselves. This method sees the organization have much more control over the quality of the players. This is the reason behind the existence of so-called “academy” rosters. However, players who have successfully finished the training course eventually have to graduate to the main team.
This is what Call of Duty player Thomas “Scrappy” Ernst recently did by becoming a substitute player for Toronto Ultra after graduating from the organization’s Academy roster.
The 19-year-old’s career started last season when he did not find much success. After a lot of ups and downs, he at least managed to place top 24 at the North American Challenger Finals, despite placing first in Challenger Cup No. 16, just two months prior.
Despite the difficulties, heading into Vanguard, Scrappy eventually managed to win second in the first Challenger Cup alongside Havok, Capsidal, and GRVTY. However, soon after Scrappy found himself having to jump between different teams as his squad quickly disbanded after its Challenger Cup performance.
This eventually led him to joining Toronto Ultra’s North American academy roster. This happened after the TU revealed its partnering with Team Singularity, a Danish esports organization, and would field two academy rosters together—one in North America and one in Europe.
Scrappy’s promotion comes after last weekend’s Major One tournament, hosted by Minnesota RØKKR. Ultra’s North American academy team came out victorious in the first in-person Challenger Open since the 2020 season, and the 19-year-old player stood out, which earned him his promotion.
Adam Adamou, co-founder of Toronto Ultra commented on Scrappy’s passion and willingness to improve. He also confirmed the organization is not planning to make any more changes and will keep Scrappy and Hicksy on stand-by as substitute players.
