The North American CS:GO team Bad News Bears have disbanded their roster and ceased to operate, Will “dazzLe” Loafman announced on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The news comes only days after it was unveiled that Jonathan “Jonji” Carey would be standing in for Nathan “leaf” Orf at Chaos Esports Club for their journey through ESEA Season 34: Premier Division – North America. Meanwhile, his teammate Michael “dapr” Gulino, who had hinted before that he was thinking about transitioning to VALORANT, confirmed on Wednesday that he was leaving the CS:GO esports<\/a> scene.<\/p>\n “Team [Bad News Bears] disbanded and ultimately I decided the best decision for me personally would be to switch over to Valorant instead of being in the bottom pro league loop I’ve been in for the last couple years – I wouldn’t trade all the memories good and bad for anything at the end of the day,” dapr said in a Twitter post.<\/p>\n Dapr is not the only CS:GO pro, nor the only one of his former teammates, to pursue a career in Riot Games’ new tactical first-person-shooter. In mid-April, the team suffered a huge blow when they parted ways with Austin “crashies” Roberts, who retired from the CS:GO scene and has since joined T1’s VALORANT roster. <\/p>\n It remains to be seen what will happen with dazzLe, Mitch “mitch” Semago and Peter “ptr” Gurney. DazzLe has already denied speculation he could be transitioning to VALORANT, while mitch and ptr have yet to make any official announcements about their future.<\/p>\n Bad News Bears are disbanding due to players receiving other opportunities. i love counterstrike, no game can ever replace it for me. Even if the chances to make money are better in Valorant, i'm not going to switch as of right now. I'll continue grinding the game i love<\/p>\n — will (@dazzLeGO) May 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n