Paper Rex and its rising Russian VALORANT famous person Ilya “one thing” Petrov have confirmed that he won’t be accessible to play for the rest of VCT Masters Tokyo, citing the continuing visa points which have prevented him from taking part in up till now.
One thing confirmed right this moment, simply hours after Paper Rex’s decrease bracket victory towards the spectacular EDward Gaming roster, that he’s “100 [percent] unable to go to Masters Tokyo,” and added that he and the group are doing their “finest to arrange for the Champions in LA.” Paper Rex adopted up with a tweet saying the group is specializing in “securing a visa” in order that one thing can compete at Champions.
Paper Rex have been with out their famous person duelist for the whole lot of VCT Masters Tokyo, one thing the crew has been getting ready for because the begin of June. It was then that the group opted to totally move former in-game leader Benedict “Benkai” Tan to the bench. There was hope on the time that Paper Rex would expedite one thing’s journey paperwork, in an analogous transfer to what Evil Geniuses pulled off to get Max “Demon1” Mazanov to Tokyo, however to no avail for Paper Rex.
With out him, although, Paper Rex have nonetheless managed to placed on an extremely spectacular efficiency, guaranteeing a top-four spot with wins over each DRX and EDward Gaming. The crew nonetheless has to undergo NRG within the decrease bracket earlier than the two-day break whereas the occasion switches venues to the Makuhari Messe for the decrease ultimate and grand ultimate. Patiphan “CGRS” Posri has more than answered the call since moving from sub to starter.
Nonetheless, the necessary factor for Paper Rex isn’t to safe a win at Masters Tokyo however to safe these journey paperwork for one thing in time for Champions in August. In addition to CGRS has carried out, one thing is clearly the distinction maker for this crew, as proven by their unbelievable midseason turnaround throughout VCT Pacific after he was absolutely built-in into the beginning lineup.
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