{"id":19753,"date":"2022-04-20T22:58:51","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T02:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=19753"},"modified":"2022-04-22T11:24:41","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T15:24:41","slug":"mad-lions-dump-csgo-roster-set-to-launch-valorant-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/mad-lions-dump-csgo-roster-set-to-launch-valorant-team\/","title":{"rendered":"MAD Lions dump CS:GO roster, set to launch VALORANT team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The esports organization MAD Lions have decided to withdraw indefinitely from competing in all <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/\" title=\"Counter-Strike betting\">CS:GO esports<\/a> events. While stepping away from CS:GO, they have resorted to creating a VALORANT roster. MAD Lions are scheduled to announce their team in the coming weeks. <\/p>\n<p>The Spanish organization, which also has a <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/league-of-legends\/\" title=\"LoL esports\">League of Legends<\/a> team, took to its Twitter page to announce the disbandment of the CS:GO team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday we close a chapter of MAD Lions,&#8221; the tweet read.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After a long time competing, we say goodbye to our CS:GO division, as well as our current roster.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve put our players on the transfer list and will work with them to find new homes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thank you to all the players\/staff who played with us.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today we close a chapter of MAD Lions.<br \/>After a long time competing, we say goodbye to our CS:GO division, as well as our current roster.<\/p>\n<p>We&#39;ve put our players on the transfer list and will work with them to find new homes.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to all the players\/staff who played with us. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4seRZ8G1RD\">pic.twitter.com\/4seRZ8G1RD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MAD Lions English \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 (@MADLions_EN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MADLions_EN\/status\/1516529573676163078?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>The team &#8211; which consists of Thomas &#8220;TMB&#8221; Bundsb\u00e6k, Justinas &#8220;JL&#8221; Lekavicius, Johannes &#8220;b0RUP&#8221; Borup, Micha\u0142 &#8220;MICHU&#8221; M\u00fcller, Viktor &#8220;somedieyoung&#8221; Orudzhev, Vladymyr &#8220;Woro2k&#8221; Veletniuk, and coach Jakub &#8220;kuben&#8221; Gurczy\u0144ski &#8211; have been listed as &#8216;inactive&#8217; and will be duly transferred.<\/p>\n<p>MAD Lions were founded in 2017 and launched their Counter-Strike: Global Offensive arm in the same year. They entered the CS:GO with an all-Spanish roster consisting of VITY, AKI, kekO, Kirtash, and Orga.<\/p>\n<p>The organization was acquired by OverActive Media Group in 2019. OverActive are also the owners of the Toronto Defiant and Toronto Ultra spots in the <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/overwatch-league\/\" title=\"Overwatch League betting\">Overwatch League<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/call-of-duty\/league\/\" title=\"CDL esports betting\">Call of Duty League<\/a> respectively.<\/p>\n<p>While the reason for the disbandment of the team was not stated, OverActive&#8217;s financial situation appears to be a key factor. <\/p>\n<p>The company had earlier revealed a fourth-quarter loss of over $15 million and ruled that as losses due to &#8220;modifications of certain payments related to our franchise obligations&#8221;. Hours after, the closure of MAD Lions&#8217; CS:GO arm was announced. <\/p>\n<p>This will also see the birth of the organization\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/valorant\/\" title=\"VALORANT betting sites\">Valorant esports<\/a> division after it was earlier alleged to have signed a top European player roster. <\/p>\n<p>\u2028<a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/news\/\" class=\"contentLinkBtn\">More esports news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The esports organization MAD Lions have decided to withdraw indefinitely from competing in all CS:GO esports events. 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