Karmine Corp removed three players from its reserve roster during the team’s match against Fnatic to qualify for Masters Madrid.
Karmine Corp exceeded expectations during the EMEA Kickoff by sweeping the Play-In stage and beating Fnatic 2-0 to qualify for the first international event of the year. They will face off against Team Heretics in the Grand Final on March 1 to determine which team will be the first seed at Masters Madrid.
Despite the team’s recent success, Karmine Corpstruggled during the inaugural seasonof the new franchised VCT. They finished at the leaderboard’s bottom and never made it to any events outside of the initial one to kick off the year in São Paulo.
When the offseason began, Karmine Corpstarted from the ground upwith its roster and recruited four new players to join the organization. However, they kept a majority of their former players in their reserve roster. Now that the team will attend its first tournament since joining the VCT, they have decided to let those former members go.
Karmine Corp ditches former Valorant stars
Match was so easy they got time to cut the washed CS pros dead wood 💀
“Match was so easy they had time to cut the washed CS pros,”said one commenteron Twitter/X.
Similar sentiments were shared among other commenters, saying that Karmine Corp no longer needed the players after qualifying.
“This is what was holding KC back all this time,”said another.
While ScreaM, Nivera, and XMS were still under contract with the team, they were not seen in practices and did not play official matches after the off-season. However, ScreaM did show support for the newly formed roster before the team’s debut in Play-Ins.
Good luck to the new KC boys,@shinVALORANTshow them 👊🏽I’ll be back with the streams in the next days
“Good luck to the new KC boys,”said ScreaM. “I’ll be back with the streams in the next few days.”
Karmine Corp has not made any statements regarding the removal of their former players. Additionally, there have been no rumors surrounding XMS, ScreaM, and Nivera on their plans for competitive Valorant going forward.
Daniel Appleford was a Gaming & Streaming Writer on Dexerto’s US team, covering content creators across Twitch, Kick, and YouTube. He is also a big fan of Call of Duty and Valorant.
