Report: Velocity Gaming to sign BONKERS

Written By Naim Rosinski Content Manager & Editor

Last UpdatedDecember 16, 2023 at 09:53AM

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Velocity Gamingis set for a return for VCL Oceania. According to our sources, the Indian esports organization is expected to make a return to competitive VALORANT. The organization will feature a team full of Australian players for the 2024 VALORANT Challenger Leagues season.

Velocity gaming makes a return to VALORANT

After the disappointing results of 2023, the Indian organization shut down operations indefinitely. Once heralded as one of the most promising rosters in the Indian competitive scene, the organization looks to do the same in Oceania. Their roster is expected to be the Bonkers roster of 2023 with a few changes.

BONKERS previously were the undisputed best team in Oceania after qualifying for VCT 2023 Ascension: Pacific. They managed to secure a top six finish, losing to BOOM Esports in the playoffs. The changes to the roster include the return of Nick "tixx" Quinn and Elvin "Maple" Sun. They will be replacing Lewis "WAT" Watson and Riley "rDeeW" Wilkinson.

Maple and Minimise previously played in VCT China prior to the announcement of the Chinese Franchise league for 2024. The other player with international experience is tixx who previously played in VCL SA for Gods Reign. The roster features some of the best talent the region has to offer and looks like a phenomenal investment from Velocity Gaming. at least on paper.

The complete roster is expected to be made up of:

Nick "tixx" Quinn
Elvin "Maple" Sun
Jackson "Minimise" White
Luis "LEW" H
Nicholas "dragon" Aleksandrovsky

It will be interesting to see how far this roster makes it in VCL Oceania. 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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