Ludwig’s Valorant team to play monthly showmatches “against the dopest teams”
Ludwig Ahgren announced on his stream that he is planning on hosting monthly showmatches with his Valorant squad, Moist x Shopify Rebellion, during the off-season against the biggest teams in the game.
The Valorant esportsoff-season has seen a flurry of roster changesas teams prepare for the 2024 VCT season. Thetournament slate for the off-season, however, has not been as entertaining, and Valorant fans are hungry for bigger events featuring the best, or at least the most popular, teams.
Streamer and esports organization co-owner Ludwig is attempting to fill that void with showmatches involving his squad, Moist x Shopify Rebellion. Ina live stream, the content creator announced that he is planning on hosting monthly matches with his Valorant team against the biggest teams in the game.
“We are going to do straight-up best of fives against the fing dopest teams,” he said. “Like I want MxS to do a show match against Sentinels, I want MxS to do a showmatch against LOUD, against PRX, against Fnatic. Whoever will play us in the off-season, let’s fing play, baby, best-of-five, once a month.”
Ludwig plans to host monthly Valorant showmatches
MxS already has one showmatch booked for October 2against Cloud9 through Red Bull. The event will feature a best-of-three match between the two squads with a unique format called Double Agent, featuring Ludwig and Cloud9’s Joseph ‘Mang0’ Marquez as coaches.
🚨There’s a double agent among us🚨Red Bull Double Agent will feature@MXSVALORANTagainst@C9VALin a BO3 match, w/ coaches@LudwigAhgrenand@C9Mang0working to disrupt ‼️ each other’s teams.Watch LIVE on Oct. 2nd:https://t.co/CYHvyF9TRr&https://t.co/YSkDCTKuGLpic.twitter.com/AevtA6JQjr
For future showmatches, Ludwig said that he would hop into the commentary booth and chat with other team owners while the action unfolds.
Ludwig and the other owners of Moist Esports have had an eventful off-season so far as the organization has partnered with Shopify Rebellion in Valorant. The two organizations announced on September 20 that they had merged their rosters (three players from Moist and two from Shopify), and consolidated their North America Challengers League slots into one.
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The squad is set to compete in the Tier 2 league in 2024 and attempt to earn a promotion into VCT Americas through the Ascension tournament.
