Vici Gaming acquire NA squad & form VGJ.Storm

Vici Gaming continues their cooperation with NBA star Jeremy Lin and in addition to their VGJ squad, which will now be renamed to VGJ.Thunder, Vici Gaming have acquired a North-American team. Former Team Freedom players Stan King, FLCN.Sneyking and LFT as coach, joined by former Cloud 9 player ritsu and former Danish Bears player Ryoya/Ryoya, make up the new VGJ.Storm line-up.

The original announcement can be found here.

ppd new team

After announcing his return to the competitive circuit as a player last week, PPD is now officially part of a new team, as teammate zai has announced in a tweet. The former teammates are joined by Nordic duo Misery and busen, both of which have extensive experience playing with one another as well, qualifying for two TIs together. Completing the line-up will be former Team Freedom mid laner GG.Quinn, who was an analyst at TI7. The team is currently operating under the name "Team Dire" and is competing in Beyond The Summit's King's Cup, though lost its first two games.

compLexity brings back Swedish brothers

North-American esports organization Complexity Gaming has announced the return of two former players. Building around the core of Swindlemelonzz, now "Kyle ", who knows and NOUNS.Moo, the team has look towards former teammates to complete the team. Swedish brothers LIMMP and Chessie have both been part of compLexity in the 15/16 season, during which the team qualified for two Majors, but ultimately failed to qualify for TI6. Neither party, be it coL or the Swedish brothers, have had much success since they parted ways in 2016. Limmp was unable to qualify for any premier LAN event and coL couldn't get past a 9th-16th finish at the Boston Major, after which they restructured the team agian. Chessie had been absent from the competitive circuit, focusing on streaming and improving his health.

Na'Vi add Rodjer and Crystallize

Fan favorites Natus Vincere had a rough season, not qualifying for either Majors and TI was a surreal experience for a team that has always been present at the big stages, but the organization has had a decline in success for years. It was thus no surprise to see them make roster changes, going back to a full CIS squad. Replacing Pajkatt and Biver will be former Team Empire support Rodjer and Double Dimension carry Crystallize.

The original announcement can be found here.

Secret acquire Fata and Ace

European powerhouse Team Secret has presented their new line-up. Danish carry and former Danish Bears/Cloud9 player Ace has joined the team, alongside German core player Fata who is set to take on the role of the offlane.

Also Noteworthy

SirActionSlacks got married and streamed his wedding. The VOD of that wedding can be found here
German carry player Black^ has successfully killed and beaten the OpenAI bot that was showcased at TI7, without using unorthodox methods, i.e. pulling the creepwave.
CIS team Vega Squadron has added former TNC and Fnatic coach Kipspul to their team.
Team Liquid captain KuroKy shared his thoughts on his team's TI victory and his motivation moving forward in a column on The Players' Tribune.
The Clip of the week goes to Papita from Infamousn, who lands a beautiful Echo Slam to turn around a gank and secures a Triple kill