RpK to Leave Team Vitality after BLAST Spring Showdown
RpK to Leave Team Vitality after BLAST Spring Showdown
The French organization Team Vitality has announced that Cédric "RpK" Guipouy will depart their CS:GO squad after the completion of the BLAST Premier: Spring Showdown 2021. His place will be taken by Jayson "Kyojin" Nguyen Van.
31-years-old RpK has been playing for Team Vitality since late 2018 and helped them to win EPICENTER 2019 and ECS 1 Finals. The team started this season by placing 3rd at BLAST Premier: Global Final 2020, however later their results went downhill. The official announcement reads that “the team is facing some difficulties and we need to find a new pace”. The player will take a break after the event and will consider what to do next.
Kyojin is a 22-years-old player, who is new to the professional scene. Earlier his account received a VAC-ban, however eventually it was reversed – this month the player announced that he was eligible to participate in VALVE-sponsored events.
This Thursday Vitality will start competing at a $162,000 event BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2021 – in their first series they will face 9z Team. Learn more about the event from our recent article.
Team Vitality:
- Dan "apEX" Madesclaire (captain)
- Cédric "RpK" Guipouy (soon to depart)
- Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut
- Richard "shox" Papillon
- Kévin "misutaaa" Rabier
- Jayson "Kyojin" Nguyen Van
- Rémy "XTQZZZ" Quoniam (coach)