BLEED have failed to pay their teams in several esports, including Apex Legends.
The BLEED Apex Legends roster has become the latest to leave the organisation, citing "the failure of fulfilling payments to the team." BLEED have seemingly been in significant financial difficulty, with rosters in various games leaving over unpaid salary.
This makes Dropped, Knoqd, YanYa and coach Raven one of the most attractive free agent teams ahead of the ALGS Championship which kicks off in late January. YanYa is a recent addition to the team, with the side looking strong so far in their Champs preparation.
BLEED Apex roster become latest to leave the organisation
The departure of the BLEED Apex Legends roster from the organisation is no real surprise. It was first reported back in October that several rosters were not getting paid. This included the organisations Counter-Strike and Rainbow Six Siege teams. Furthermore, BLEED lost it's VCT spot in Valorant, and their Counter-Strike team announced their departure for the same reasons that their Apex team have cited today.
For Dropped and Knoqd, this is another blow in what has been a challenging year of organisation moves. The pair were dropped by OpTic Gaming, who chose to leave Apex Legends, not long after being one fight away from lifting the ALGS Championship.
Having missed out on the ALGS Split 1 Playoffs, this led to a tough period of free-agency. They missed out on the influx of teams ahead of the Esports World Cup. However, they managed to secure a deal with BLEED Esports in July and performed well in the Split 2 Pro League and ALGS Split 2 Playoffs.
After the addition of YanYa, the team have been performing well in the build-up to Champs so far. They won their first event together, taking first place in the Steelseries Invitational.
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BLEED Apex team made middling start to BLGS
In the BLGS however, the side have not quite performed as well as they would have hoped. Dropped, Knoqd and YanYa finished 16th and 14th in the first two qualifiers. That said, with some big names failing to even make finals they are on track to qualify for the BLGS Regional Finals in December.
International Scrims are just getting underway, and it will be interesting to see how the team adapts to the new Season 23 meta. Both Dropped and Knoqd are experienced support players. This means the new Newcastle, Lifeline and Gibraltar dominance is seemingly something that the team could excel in.
Organisations are getting into Apex ahead of the ALGS Championship
Organisations are still looking at their options for the ALGS Championship. 100 Thieves announced a roster earlier this week. Dropped's former organisation, Spacestation Gaming, is one of the largest to not have a team signed at this time. Disguised Esports have also indicated they might re-join the game ahead of the event in Japan.
With EA announcing this event has sold the most tickets of any ALGS LAN in history, interest should be high from organisations.
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