- Beastcoast has disbanded its VALORANT squad amid reports that the organization is withdrawing from the game
- No official statement by Beastcoast has been made over the weekend with players and coach fRoD confirming the news on Twitter
- Beastcoast is focusing its efforts on existing rosters, including mainstream games such as Dota 2 and Rainbow: Six Siege
A quiet dismissal of Beastcoast's active VALORANT roster and team prompted former players to take to Twitter and confirm the news.
Beastcoast Bids VALORANT Goodbye, For Now
The turn of the month brought the VALORANT community some bad news with Beastcoast, one of the leading esports organizations, disbanding its team, from players to coaches. Beastcoast is scrapping its ambitions in VALORANT for the time being with the entire team moving on to other organizations, although details on this are forthcoming.
In the meantime, Yannick “KOLER” Blanchette, Jamal “jammyz” Bangash, and Chad “Oderus” Miller have all tweeted that they are no longer a part of the roster. Coach Daniel “fRoD” Montaner published a brief update confirming the news himself.
The only player who had not formally announced his leave as of Friday was Brandon Michael ‘bdog' Sanders. In the meantime, Beastcoast has provided no update about its decision nor communicated its motivation to abandon VALORANT, a game that is only starting to develop as a massive esports phenomenon.
One theory is that the team struggled to produce any significant results to keep them as part of the Beastcoast family, underperforming in both the VALORANT Champions Tour and First Strike. Beastcoast did try to reshuffle its VALORANT roster repeatedly, poaching players from established rival organizations, but to no avail.
Focusing on Dota 2 and Rainbow Six
With the organization now refocusing efforts on other games, suspending an underperforming team may be just what it needs to achieve excellence elsewhere. Beastcoast's Dota 2 roster did well during The International 2019, finishing in the top eight positions.
Meanwhile, the team is probably looking forward the Rainbow Six: Siege Invitational that will take place in-person from May 11 through May 23. Beastcoast is still running active rosters in Smash Brothers, Marvel vs Capcom, and Mortal Kombat, three beloved and community-driven FGC titles.
All now former Beastcoast players are now free agents and exploring new opportunities.
