- This is the second time this year the organization releases its entire Dota 2 roster
- The team will stay together while searching for a new organization
- Gambit doesn’t seem to have plans to sign a new Dota 2 roster
Gambit Esports remains without a Dota 2 roster ahead of the upcoming final Dota Pro Circuit Tour of this year.
Gambit Releases its Whole Roster
Gambit Esports has not been having a fun time in Dota 2 these past few months. The organization’s roster has not been performing well lately and this prompted Gambit to release the entire crew. This happens just ahead of the final 2022 Dota Pro Circuit Tour and marks the second time this year the organization does something like this. Gambit released their previous Dota 2 lineup just less than a month ago.
This decision and Gambit not announcing any plans for a new roster fuel the speculations that the organization wants to downsize, and perhaps withdraw from Dota 2 altogether. The now-organizationless team, headed by AfterLife, will continue to play together under a new tag.
Gambit’s now-former roster lineup was signed in November. The organization performed poorly in the next months, failing to qualify for The International 10, prompting the decision to make big changes. The managing staff moved the team leader AfterLife from AS Monaco Gambit to the regular Gambit lineup during these changes.
What’s Next for the Roster?
AfterLife and his team decided to stick together and continue playing together in the current DPC format under the One Move moniker. The roster keeps its spot in EEU’s Division I as Gambit and their former players seem to have amicably parted ways. This is the roster’s current composition:
- Alexey “Smiling Knight” Sviridov
- Maksym “mellojul” Pnev
- AfterLife
- Oleg “sayuw” Kalenbet
- Nikita “Pantomem” Balaganin
- Timur “Ahilles” Kulmuhambetov (coach)
- Alexander “StrangeR” Solomonov (manager)
“A new stage in the life of the team is beginning,” wrote After Life on the Russian social media VKontakte . He thanked Gambit Esports, saying the organization always believed in the team and helped it assemble in the first place.
AfterLife explained the team started an important job last October when it came together and that the players will not let all the work done so far go to waste. The team is currently in the middle of finding new partners and AfetrLife said the roster will announce everything when it’s done.
With this move, Gambit Esports remains without a Dota 2 roster and the organization has not announced plans for renewal. The only teams Gambit now holds are its Apex Legends and VALORANT squads after the organization parted ways with its CS:GO roster last month.
