Valorant professional Matthew ‘Wedid’ Suchan hit again at Felix ‘xQc’ Lengyel’s neighborhood after the creator spoke about desirous to signal his workforce from the North American Challengers League in early 2023, earlier than pulling out.
The favored streamer was reportedly interested by signing Turtle Troop, a free-agent workforce with Wedid on the helm, which in the end did not make the promotion event for VCT Americas regardless of a robust end to the season.
Negotiations reportedly broke down as xQc “ghosted” the gamers, however he nonetheless paid them for his or her time from when he was working with the workforce behind the scenes.
xQc later defined that he backed out of signing the workforce as a result of they disagreed on the route of the roster and different monetary causes.
The Canadian creator touched on the scenario once more on July 3 whereas watching Tarik ‘tarik’ Celik co-stream VCT Americas matches. He defined that the workforce didn’t share his “imaginative and prescient” for the Challengers roster.
“The truth is that I needed to make an excellent workforce. I needed an excellent workforce. I don’t assume they needed that imaginative and prescient. I believed they needed it however they didn’t need it. They needed to remain collectively as a full 5, the way in which that they have been,” xQc stated.
“And I simply thought if that’s the way in which that they need it, I feel they will lose, so I’m going to tug out.”
Since xQc pulled out of the deal, Turtle Troop has maintained its spot within the Challengers League regardless of shedding gamers to Tier 1 groups.
The squad ultimately signed with DarkZero Esports on June 20, 2024, and is preventing for an opportunity on the Ascension event to earn a spot in VCT Americas for 2025.
Wedid replied to the streamer’s feedback on social media and confirmed that xQc needed an excellent workforce.
“He needed a superteam, I needed to maintain my workforce collectively. I defended my place and satisfied him that synergy is best than simply shopping for gamers and slotting them in considering they’re gonna be good collectively. He agreed to that time and nonetheless instructed me he was gonna go along with us,” Wedid stated.
He added that the scenario is generally behind him, however he felt compelled to reply as xQc’s neighborhood was “calling our workforce ass and simply spewing bullsh*t” about their 2023 season.
Turtle Troop completed that yr with a 5-5 document throughout each Challengers splits and missed the playoffs. The workforce stayed within the league by re-qualifying by way of a relegation bracket.
Wedid and DarkZero at the moment are on the high of the 2024 Challengers league standings with a 5-0 document.