The academy for the Boston Uprising Boston Uprising OWL Rank #16 Valentine Kim Byoungju dps punk Leyton Gilchrist tank Faith Hong Gyu Kim support Crimzo William Hernandez support , Uprising Academy Uprising Academy Contenders NA Rank #4 Adam Adam Soong off tank Mozser Michael Moser flex support Stellar Lee Do-Hyung dps Finale dps GIG Rick Salazar tank Dank Damien Ryding tank FiXa Kwon Young Hoon (권영훈) support , have announced the departure of Asking from their roster. He is now a free agent looking for a new team.
Thank you @Asking_sf2!
— Uprising Academy (@UprisingAcad) April 11, 2019
We wish you the best in your Overwatch career. pic.twitter.com/M2SjWXLrD7
The French player joined Uprising Academy's precursor, Toronto Esports Toronto Esports Inactive crakinlakin Hasan Alfardi off tank nero Charlie Zwarg dps Asking William Vetter dps Fusions Cameron Bosworth tank Shu Kim Jin-seo support Dino Hunter Traupe support Swimmer Gabriel Levy support , on Oct. 3, 2018. Asking played in Season 3 of Contenders last year with Uprising Academy, where they ended in the quarterfinals. He also won Season 5 of the BEAT Invitational with Toronto Esports. Prior to joining the Uprising organization, he played with 6nakes 6nakes Inactive Asking William Vetter dps Zaprey Nikolaj Ian Moyes dps ChrisTFer Christopher Graham tank in the second season of Contenders Europe 2018.
Midway through the current season of Contenders, Asking was allegedly set to join the Los Angeles Valiant, according to a report by Haloofthoughts. However, the deal between the Uprising and Valiant organizations has reportedly fallen through. Neither team officially confirmed the report.
Asking's release comes shortly after the team announced their signing of DPS player iced. Both iced and Asking played two maps during Uprising Academy's Week 5 defeat to Mayhem Academy.
Uprising Academy now have five players on their roster after main tank Hypnott also left the team recently. The team will be playing their final Contenders regular season match against Chicken Contendies on April 15.
The winner of that match will clinch a spot in the playoffs for Contenders North America East.
The Uprising Academy Uprising Academy Contenders NA Rank #4 Adam Adam Soong off tank Mozser Michael Moser flex support Stellar Lee Do-Hyung dps Finale dps GIG Rick Salazar tank Dank Damien Ryding tank FiXa Kwon Young Hoon (권영훈) support 's roster is:
- Nicolas "Klaus" Ferrari (DPS)
- "iced" (DPS)
- Leyton "punk" Gilchrist (Off-tank)
- Hunter "Dino" Traupe (Flex Support)
- Gabriel "Swimmer" Levy (Support)
And their staff are: