Team Vitality Joins Counter-Strike: Global Offensive with New French Roster
By Zac Cameron ·
The French powerhouse is joining the CS: GO scene with a stacked French roster including NBK, apex, and more.
Big news in the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive scene, as powerhouse French esports organization Team Vitality announces their arrival onto the scene. The newly formed roster is fully French, negating any kind of language or culture barriers, and features some very high-profile names among the team.
We are not perfect, not everything will be perfect. But we won't give up, we won't doubt, we are ready to handle our responsibilities. Together, everything is possible #VforVictory
— Team Vitality (@Team_Vitality) October 8, 2018
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The new roster for Team Vitality will include Nathan “NBK” Schmitt, Dan “apEX” Madesclaire, Vincent “Happy” Cervoni, Cedric “RpK” Guipouy, and Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut. Of the new roster, NBK, apex and Happy have all claimed Major victories in their past, bringing a known pedigree to their team right from the start.
Most of these players were previously benched or released from their original teams earlier this year, with NBK and apex being replaced on G2 Esports by Eduouard “SmithZz” Dubourdeaux and Kevin “Ex6tenZ” Droolans, and RpK and Happy being released from Team Envy when the organization opted to move to a North American team. the new Team Vitality will likely make their debut in the coming months as qualifiers for tournaments pick up.
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