Turkish-based esports organisation PCIFIC Esports has introduced a big change to its teaching workers forward of its subsequent match within the VCT EMEA Kickoff.
Introduced by the group via an official assertion, head coach Metin Kaan ‘Chief‘ Taşpınar has requested to depart the group quickly and head again to Turkey on account of household and private causes.
Whereas the explanation behind the momentary go away was not disclosed, the group will now be led by assistant coach Manuel ‘thinkii‘ Martínez. He has been confirmed to be the pinnacle coach for the upcoming match towards ULF Esports, which can happen later at the moment at 20:00 CET (19:00 BST).
A Powerful Begin for PCIFIC
Consequently, PCIFIC picked up Felix ‘al0rante‘ Brandl, Mehmet ‘cNed‘ Yağız İpek, Patryk ‘NINJA‘ Koczyba, Mateja ‘qpert‘ Mijović, and Johann ‘seven‘ Hernandez.
Except for cNed, who’s a identified face within the scene and gained the VALORANT Champions in 2021 with Acend, the remainder of the group consists of gamers who beforehand competed within the tier-two scene.
Regardless of delivering good performances within the opening matches, PCIFIC is now on the point of elimination after dropping two sequence to BBL Esports and GIANTX. Its match towards ULF Esports will decide whether or not the group’s first cut up will come to an finish.
Regardless that Chief is quickly stepping away, PCIFIC will depend on thinkii’s expertise to maintain its run alive. Having began as a participant in 2021 for KPI Gaming, thinkii moved to a training function in 2022, serving to out a number of groups within the VALORANT Challengers League in Spain, equivalent to Arctic, Crew Queso, and UCAM.
Final 12 months, he joined as an assistant coach for BBL Esports in the summertime, contributing to the group’s third-place end in VCT EMEA Stage 2.
