RRQ PH Releases Players, Acquires 2 Coaches For VALORANT Roster
Rex Regum Qeon Philippines (RRQ PH) made big moves for their VALORANT roster.
They released their players Trixtan “Tr1x” Viray, Mikko “Hemsyxx” Gumapac, and Dustin Kurt “skadooskurt” Dollente from the team. RRQ had also taken notable shoutcaster and former Grindky coach Paco “Vyminal” Santos as head coach and Jose Carlo “RBTX” Jamir as a tactical coach.
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Tr1x, Hemsyxx, and Skadooskurt were all part of the Filipino VALORANT roster of RRQ that was revealed last January this year. Despite being composed of notable VCT players, the team had failed to secure a spot at VCT 2022: Philippines Stage 1 Challengers.
Via RRQ Philippines
Meanwhile, Lan “Kingmaker” Rigates, Head Esports Team Manager of RRQ, revealed that he approached both of their new coaches if they wanted to be part of RRQ PH.
“I approached some of the veteran coaches here in the Philippines and RBTX was one of them but we didn’t come into an agreement. But after the VCT Stage 1 qualifiers, he saw the potential of the team and decided to finally join. Meanwhile, Vym is a close friend of mine, and we have worked with him from First Strike to VCT 2021 so I know he has a lot of knowledge when it comes to the game and is good at handling emotions that’s why I asked him if he wanted to join RRQ as head coach and he agreed.”
Vyminal’s recruitment just came weeks after GrindSky had released their entire VALORANT roster which included him as a coach.
For now, there’s no news yet as to who RRQ PH will bring to replace the vacant roster spots.
“We are still looking for replacements at the moment but we already have some prospects to lock-in. We will make an announcement in the upcoming days or weeks when we finalized the roster,” Kingmaker stated.
However, word on the street is that they are currently in the process of trialing out players, with some rumors including notable VCT players, all of which were unconfirmed.
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