As one of the best Turkish esports VALORANT teams, SMB may part ways with two of its VALORANT players. Batuhan “russ” Malgaç and team captain Melih “pAura” Karaduran, who are in the VALORANT squad of SuperMassive Blaze, may leave the team. Players whose contracts are still ongoing stated that they are open to transfer offers.
After the VCT 2021: EMEA LCQ , there won’t be any more tournaments for the Turkish players. It seems that the players are already preparing for the transfer season.
At the VCT 2021: EMEA Stage 3 Playoffs events, Turkish representative SuperMassive Blaze gave an impressive performance and excited their fans. The team made it to the finals by eliminating the giant teams of the VALORANT esports scene, FunPlus Phonix, G2 Esports and Acend.
They finished in second place, losing 3-1 to Gambit Esports in the final match. After this success, SuperMassive Blaze earned €15,500 and got the right to participate in the Master Berlin tournament. However, they could not get out of Group A.
What has the SuperMassive Blaze achieved so far?
- VCT 2021: Turkey Stage 3 Challengers 1 – Open Qualifier 1-8. in the ranking
- VALORANT CHAMPIONS TOUR 2021: Turket Stage 3 Challengers 1 – Champion Masters Berlin 9-12. in the ranking
- VCT 2021: EMEA Stage 3 Challengers Playoffs 2nd place
pAura played for Team Heretics before joining the SMB team. Here is his success with his former team:
- LVP – Genesis Cup Fuego – Champion
- LVP – Genesis Cup Viento – Champion
- GameGune 22 – Champion
- First Strike Europe – Champion
- LVP – Genesis Cup Radiants – Champion
- VALORANT Master Series Invitational 2 – Champion
- VCT 2021: Europe Stage 1 Challengers 2 – 1-4. in the ranking
- VCT 2021: Europe Stage 1 Masters – 2nd place
The most preferred champions of pAura are Cyper, Killjoy and Sova. In addition, the successful player announced that his biggest dream is to become a world champion.
Russ had joined the SMB squad from another Turkish VALORANT team, BBL Esports. The most preferred agents of the player are Sova, Reyna and Jett. Russ stated that he is open to transfer offers, despite his ongoing contract.
Mehmet “Turko” Özen, one of the players of the team, also stated that he is open to transfer offers.
Following the latest news, Bora Koçyiğit, one of the founding partners of the team, made statements on Twitter. In his statement, he said that they will do their best to keep their players in the team. He also stated that players are free to consider a better offer.
