It would appear that M3C is disbanding as both Bogdan “Sheydos” Naumov and Igor “Redgar” Vlasov have indicated that they are moving on to pursue possibilities outside of the organization.
Their departure follows the decision that the team’s main player, Ayaz “nAts” Akhmetshin, made in August to cut ways with the organization. Yaroslav “Jady” Nikolaev, who joined M3C for the VCT EMEA Last Chance Qualifier, tweeted that he is a free agent.
Timofey “Chronicle” Khromov said M3C planned to continue together for VCT 2023, but it depended on winning the LCQ and qualifying for Valorant Champions 2022.
According to George Geddes, who works for Dot Esports, the team had been counting on certain EMEA league teams being selected for collaboration in order to get recruited as a full four, but they were apparently unable to clinch the deal.
M3C was able to go all the way to the championship match of the VCT EMEA LCQ by top teams such as Acend, OG LDN UTD, and Team Liquid. Unfortunately for them, they were unable to defeat Liquid a second time, and as a result, they lost 1-3 to Adil “ScreaM” Benrlitom and his team.
M3C won the Masters Berlin tournament the year before under the brand of Gambit Esports, and they finished in second place at the Valorant Champions 2021 tournament. In 2022, they were not able to achieve the same level of achievement, which is unfortunate. After Russia invaded Ukraine in February, they had to compete under an independent name.
Sheydos thanked Gambit for providing him with “all of the good memories and moments we had in Gambit” in a tweet. But now is the time to move on by yourself. I have no doubt that we will play with my brothers once more.
Their destinies are not expected to become clear until the partnered teams have been officially announced, and until then, uncertainty will surround them. With KOI and Karmine Corp allegedly approved, both of which have not cracked Tier 1 EMEA and competed mostly in Valorant Regional Leagues, clubs will hunt for fresh talent to enhance their lineups before 2023.
As of the time this article was written, Chronicle has not yet made a public declaration regarding whether or not he is also searching for a new team.
