The FACEIT London Major is approaching fast, and teams are getting ready to finalize their lineups prior to the roster lock.
With the roster lock deadline of Aug. 5 coming up, FACEIT announced several days ago that players are allowed to compete in the 13th Valve Major, even if they’ve played in the Minor championships.
This is a huge change compared to previous Majors, where players were barred from playing with a team despite elimination in past qualifying stages of the Major. The last iteration of SK Gaming (now MIBR) was the most prominent example of this problem at ELEAGUE Boston, because Joao “felps” Vasconcellos competed instead of Ricardo “boltz” Prass, who was already set to be the team’s newest fifth. These rules are jointly stipulated by CS:GO developer Valve and tournament organizer ELEAGUE.
Related: A rundown of the roster shuffles after ELEAGUE Major: Boston
Cloud9 is the most notable team that may consider changes because they’re in a rebuilding period with players on a trial basis. Other teams attending FACEIT London may also need to undergo changes if unforeseen circumstances arise.
Below is a rundown of all of the players that are able to stand-in for teams attending the Major. Notable teams with available players are listed as well.
Free Agents/Benched Players
- Cloud9: Pujan “FNS” Mehta
- MIBR: Ricardo “boltz” Prass
- G2 Esports: Nathan “NBK” Schmitt and Dan “apEX” Madesclaire
- FaZe Clan: Jorgen “cromen” Robertsen
- Gambit Esports: Denis “seized” Kostin
- North: Daniel Mertz
- Heroic: Ruben “RUBINO” Villaroel
- Vega Squadron: Sergey “keshandr” Nikishin
- The Imperial: Rokas “EspiranTo” Milasauskas
- AVANGAR: Dmitry “dimasick” Matvienko
- Etc: Fabien “kioShiMa” Fiey, Adil “ScreaM” Benrlitom, Cedric “RpK” Guipouy, Vincent “Happy” Cervoni, and Ali “hAdji” Hainouss, Josh “jdm” Marzano
North American Teams
- Luminosity Gaming
- NRG Esports
- Nao Tem Como
- eUnited
- Swole Patrol
- Ghost Gaming
European Teams
- ENCE Esports
- Sprout Esports
- Heroic
- Movistar Riders
- Tempo Storm
- Team Kinguin
- Red Reserve
- Team LDLC
This article will be updated if a team does decide to field a player from this list as a temporary stand-in. The FACEIT London Major will begin on Sept. 5 with the New Challenger stage.
