Courtesy of Rogue, Misfits, Luminosity, Blizzard Entertainment

In an effort to strengthen the competitive Overwatch community as a whole, Team Rogue, Misfits, and Luminosity have finalized a three team deal that will have massive impacts on the esports scene.

Hollywood.com Esports (http://esports.hollywood.com) is exclusively reporting that over the past week, Rogue, Misfits, and Luminosity Gaming have worked tirelessly to come to an agreement that makes all organizations stronger than they were before the trade. All three teams involved came to the same conclusion that having teams composed of equally skilled members from the same regions, that speak the same language, would improve communication, team atmosphere and the overall effectiveness of the rosters long term. “The trade’s focus was chemistry,” said Rogue CEO, Frank Villarreal, to Hollywood.com Esports, “Ben Spoont (of Misfits) and I both knew we could not continue with our championship lineups that had so many cultural and communication issues forever and it was better to make a change now instead of later. We needed to work things out in a way that allowed each of us to end up with a stronger, still Championship-tier lineup. We feel we accomplished that.” TviQ and Reinforce from Rogue have been traded for SoOn and Skipjack from Misfits. Kryw and Hidan from Misfits have been traded for Manneten and Zave from Luminosity Gaming.

SoOn will be joining his former French teammate, uNKOE, who he won two World Championships with in Shootmania. SoOn is excited to be with his old friends, saying, “uNKOE is one of my best friends, and my old teammate on ShootMania. We have won everything we have set our minds to when we have worked together.” He will also be joining former French rivals, Winz and aKm, who he played against for years. Skipjack, the only non-French player on the new Rogue roster, knows basic French and is taking French lessons with Philippe “Lanf3ust” Rivian, Rogue’s coach, to better fit into the mostly French lineup.

TviQ and Reinforce will be on the all new Swedish Misfits lineup that features two players from each organization involved in the trade. TviQ, the first player ever signed to Rogue, will be on his third major lineup, after leaving IDDQD, which became the EnVyUs lineup, to form the Rogue lineup, and now leaving Rogue to form the Swedish Misfits lineup. “TviQ and I started Rogue together,” said Frank Villarreal, “he was the main brain behind the creation of the first Rogue roster and the first player I wanted in the Overwatch scene. I have a lot of love for TviQ and hopefully we’ll be able to work together again someday.” TviQ wrote, “I wish all the luck to all players involved in this trade. I hope out of all of this we gain even more healthy competitions and rivalry to keep the scene going. I’m sad that I will be leaving the Rogue organization as I do genuinely love the players and management, and I wish them best of luck.” The all-Swedish lineup is a big shake up for Misfits Owner, Ben Spoont, “We are trying something new. This lineup has flexibility, stability, and a whole lot of talent. I’m thrilled to have a roster that desperately wanted to play together. Now, we’ll mould them with the same, special care we have given our other rosters.”

Kryw and Hidan will be joining Luminosity Gaming’s most recent pickup, rising French star, SuperPlouk, at the teams gaming house in Toronto, Canada where they will be joined by Belgium player, SPREE who also speaks French. As well as two original team members, Mineral and EISSFIELDT. Kryw won the first major Overwatch tournament, ELEAGUE’s $300K Open while Misfits support player Hidan won both ELEAGUE and Dreamhack. The Luminosity Gaming’s roster is looking to become one of the best new teams in the world with their newly acquired powerhouse roster.

“It’s rare in any sport to see a three-way trade come to fruition as smoothly as this one. Compliments to Ben of Misfits, and Frank at Rogue for working together affably. We are thrilled to welcome Kryw and Hidan to the team. We are confident that their experience coupled with our existing talented players and the resources from our organization, our team will be a force to be reckoned with heading in the Overwatch League. Our gaming house in Toronto, ON and has a prominent French speaking culture as it’s the secondary language which should make the transition easier for Kryw and Hidan. We’d like to give a special thank you to Zave and Manneten for their time on Luminosity Gaming and wish them all the best in their new home.” — Steve Maida, CEO of Luminosity Gaming

THE NEW ROSTERS

Kevyn “TviQ” Lindström 🇸🇪 (from Rogue)

Jonathan “Reinforce” Larsson 🇸🇪 (from Rogue)

Kalle “Zave” Haag Nillson 🇸🇪 (from Luminosity)

Tim “Mannetens” Byhlund 🇸🇪 (from Luminosity)

Sebastian “Zebbosai” Olsson 🇸🇪

Andreas “Nevix” Karlsson 🇸🇪

Michaël “winz” Bignet 🇫🇷

Dylan “aKm” Bignet 🇫🇷

Benjamin “uNKOE” Chevasson 🇫🇷

Jean-Louis “KnOxXx” Boyer 🇫🇷

Nicholas “Skipjack” Rosada 🇩🇪 (from Misfits)

Terrence “SoOn” Tarlier 🇫🇷 (from Misfits)

Arthur “EISSFELDT” Marx 🇩🇪

Alexandre “SPREE” Vanhomwegen 🇧🇪

Bastien “SuperPlouk” Klau 🇫🇷

Vytis “Mineral” Lasaitis 🇸🇪

Mikaël “Hidan” Da Silva 🇫🇷 (from Misfits)

Jonathan “Kryw” Nobre 🇫🇷 (from Misfits)

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