Report: T1 to add OCE player tixx to VALORANT roster

Written By Naim Rosinski Content Manager & Editor

Last UpdatedSeptember 4, 2023 at 05:01PM

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T1 has been busy on the VALORANT transfer market. We previously reported them on being close to signing iZu from Jadeite. However, now it looks like they are close to signing yet another player.

T1 have been busy with tryouts ever since their early exit from VCT Champions 2023.

T1 close in on tixx

The player they are close to signing is Nick "tixx" Quinn, an Australian controller player. tixx previously played in VCL South Asia earlier this year where his team failed to make it to APAC Ascension. He was also reportedly very close to joining BOOM Esports last year.

The signing of tixx will mean that the future of T1's current controller player Joseph "ban" Seungmin Oh is still unknown. ban previously played in North America but spoke fluent Korean. However, with the signing of tixx T1 will reportedly be communicating in English.

The signing of tixx will be big news for the fans of the OCE region. He will be the second only player from the OCE league to be playing in the Franchise league. The other being Michael "WRONSKI" Wronski who played for Global Esports before being dropped from the roster.

It still remains to be seen who gets dropped from the roster with the two new signings coming in. Both iZu and tixx will be significant upgrades to the current roster but the language barrier may be a pending issue for the talented roster.

Make sure to check out our stats page to see the current VALORANT meta and catch the latest transfer rumors on our news page!

Naim Rosinski

A former ESL teacher with a Master’s degree in English Studies that found his drive in esports. Merging a passion for the craft of writing with a never-ending need to out-aim others in the game of VALORANT and Counter-Strike.

Naim began his esports-writing and reporting journey at DailyEsports (now Upcomer), where he was a contributor for CS:GO. More and more enamored with esports, he quickly received a chance to attend IEM Katowice 2019 as press and managed to interview Cath, Lekr0, FalleN, and jkaem, his first dive into covering an event on-site.

With the release of VALORANT, Naim saw potential in Riot Games’ take on a 5v5 competitive shooter and joined Run It Back as a writer. After 3 months, he got promoted to a Managing Editor, managing a team of contributors and held regular brainstorming meetings to get content pumping for 3 years straight. In that time he attended Masters Berlin 2021, as well as VALORANT Champions 2022 as press on-site press.

Now, Naim is a Content Manager & Editor at THESPIKE. He keeps tabs on news, features, and evergreen content production, as well as contributing himself from time to time.

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