100 Thieves Respond To Steel's VALORANT Signing
Esports organisation 100 Thieves (100T) have signed Joshua "steel" Nissan to their VALORANT roster. The former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) veteran will join Spencer "Hiko" Martin and Nicholas "nitr0" Cannella in the rebuild of 100T’s VALORANT team, keeping with the theme of recruiting highly experienced esports veterans with leadership qualities.
Steel and his new teammates were visibly excited about the recruitment of a fellow former CS:GO player. Team captain Hiko, who had already previously competed with the first 100T VALORANT line-up, confirmed he was also “super excited” about the pickup.
During the last iteration of the roster in which 100T had picked up four members of the VALORANT team “Highground” in addition to Hiko, the team experienced a streak of under-performances that led to the former Highground members being let go from the organisation only one and a half months after their initial pickup.
In August, former CS:GO superstar nitr0 had also made the switch to VALORANT and joined 100T, according to him with the intention to become the team’s in-game leader. Given the leadership chops of all three members including steel, the pick-up adds serious tactical and strategical depth on top of the experience of the other two members.
Especially founder and CEO of 100T Matthew “Nadeshot” Haag beamed with excitement over the pickup. Having made a verbal commitment to improving the VALORANT roster earlier this year, it could be considered a major step in the right direction for his VALORANT roster.
It had not been the first time that steel had looked for a professional career in another esport than CS:GO. During the early stages of Overwatch esports in 2016, steel had been part of Splyce, the parent organisation that would later be involved in the Toronto Defiant. Many fans root for steel to find competitive success at the highest tier in a competitive title after the player had been indefinitely banned from competing in Valve sponsored tournaments in CS:GO after the iBUYPOWER matchmaking scandal of 2015, which barred him and his former teammates Keven "AZK" Larivière, Braxton "brax" Pierce, and Sam "DaZeD" Marine from playing in the prestigious CS:GO Majors.
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