SoaR Gaming pick up PUGSTARS

The North American VALORANT scene is getting one more competitor added to its list, SoaR. The organization was established in 2011, and quickly became one of the most stable names in the Call of Duty community. SoaR has had presence in Fortnite, Smite, and World of Warcraft, among other games, and now it is time for VALORANT.

The team picked up PUGSTARS following their multiple impressive performances in several tournaments. The current roster consists of Muhtadi "b0ssy" Al-Sammarraee, Jimmy "nurfed" McFadden, Denis "DENYA" Kosogov, Alexander "Zander" Dituri, and Matthew "Cryocells" Dylan Panganiban. Together, they were able to win many VALORANT Sunday Showdowns: Vanguard Championship Series - Week 43, Vanguard Championship Series - Week 44, and Vanguard Championship Series - Week 45 all in a row, followed by Vanguard Championship Series - Week 48.

Not only that, they managed to finish 3rd in the VALORANT Premier Series Community Gaming Premier Series - #1 and 5th-8th in the NSG Nerd Street Gamers Monthly - March Monthly, but ended up placing 33rd-64th in the VCT 2021 - Stage 2 - North America - Challengers 1 - Open Qualifier. Along with Kooky Koalas, they’ve become known as one of North America’s best unsigned teams. SoaR are currently participating in the next North American VCT event, VCT 2021 - Stage 2 - North America - Challengers 2 - Open Qualifier.

Most of the players on the team were free agents up to this point, with only nurfed being a former Renegades player before being replaced by Alexander "retrQ" Kadan. SoaR Gaming definitely has a gem of a team, and their development is all in their hands right now. It will be interesting to see how high these players can reach.

SoaR Gaming are now:

Muhtadi "b0ssy" Al-Sammarraee Denis "DENYA" Kosogov Alexander "Zander" Dituri Jimmy "nurfed" McFadden Matthew "Cryocells" Panganiban