100 Thieves enters VALORANT Game Changers

100 Thieves (100T) has announced its entry into VALORANT Recreation Changers with a roster led by 100T streamer Lydia ‘lidyuh’ Wilson.

For its inaugural Recreation Changers roster, the North American esports organisation has picked up the members of Frog Womp, which is at present competing within the area’s Stage 2 occasion.

VALORANT Recreation Changers (GC) was established by Riot Games in 2021 as the sport’s premier aggressive ecosystem for ladies and different marginalised genders. The circuit consists of regional leagues throughout Americas, EMEA, China and Pacific, which culminate within the annual worldwide GC Championship.

Lidyuh has been signed with 100T as a range content material creator for over a yr. Between 2022 and 2023, she competed within the North American Recreation Changers scene for Immortals and Disguised GC. Nonetheless, she returned to competitors earlier this yr when she reached fourth place at VCT Recreation Changers NA Stage 1 collectively along with her workforce Frog Womp/ Aussie and Pals.

Frog Womp can also be collaborating within the ongoing Stage 2 competitors, which sees 16 NA squads compete for a $65,000 (~£48,900) prize pool and the possibility to qualify for this yr’s Championship in November. Its Swiss Stage kicked off on July twenty eighth, the place Frog Womp received its first match towards Equinox.

Nonetheless, lidyuh’s workforce should obtain three extra wins to qualify for the double-elimination Most important Occasion, beginning on September thirtieth.

With the acquisition of Frog Womp confirmed, 100T’s first GC roster options:

In addition to lidyuh, Jazzyk1ns is among the many most skilled members of the workforce. The sentinel participant started her VALORANT esports profession in 2020 and has since represented a number of notable GC groups, together with Cloud9 White and FlyQuest RED.

In a press release, lidyuh commented on her ambitions for Recreation Changers: “Being aside of 100 Thieves as a creator for the previous yr and a half has been nothing in need of wonderful. […] The workforce and I are so excited to symbolize such a tremendous org and are all so grateful for his or her dedication to assist Recreation Changers as an entire.

“We are able to’t wait to point out yall what we’re able to #100Twin. I’ve at all times needed to show myself as a competitor, and doing it with this org—the place I’ve constructed a lot already—makes it much more significant.”