Singaporean esports group Paper Rex, in an announcement, introduced the return of Wang “Jinggg” Jie to the beginning lineup of its Valorant roster. This was doable because the participant was capable of keep away from his necessary army service owing to a medical situation. Following this, former World Esports professional Cahya “Monyet” Nugraha’s place on the workforce has been affected. Monyet has now been moved to the reserve position.
Jinggg Returns to Professional Play, Paper Rex Reinstates Him As Energetic Participant
On twenty ninth March, Paper Rex introduced the return of Jingg to its lively roster on its social media channels. It mentioned Jinggg will return to aggressive play and take part within the Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) Pacific Cut up 1 immediately.
Speaking about this growth, PRX Chief Gaming Officer Harley “dsn” Örvall mentioned, “We have been at all times ready for the time that Jing Jie must register for his army service. Plans to maintain our Valorant roster’s aggressive edge started as early as the beginning of 2023. Nevertheless, we take into account ourselves extraordinarily lucky that current developments permit Jing Jie to proceed competing on our workforce. Naturally, we’re ecstatic and are working to make sure Jing Jie’s paperwork and paperwork are with a purpose to get him again within the sport as quickly as doable.”
Speaking about Jinggg’s contract state of affairs, Paper Rex recalled how Jinggg returned to Singapore to register for necessary army service following the conclusion of VCT 2023 season. The group said that he has been following up with the processes together with medical examinations and that it was assessed that Jinggg has a life-long medical situation, which is now managed with ongoing remedy.
It added, “Upon medical analysis and evaluate, he’s medically unfit for army service. Paper Rex has decided that his medical situation doesn’t have an effect on his means to compete on the highest ranges of esports. Jinggg’s medical situation is a private and personal matter, due to this fact, Paper Rex and Jinggg’s household request that the general public respect his privateness on this regard.”
Nevertheless, throughout this course of, Jinggg remained signed to Paper Rex as a reserve and now, with him returning, Paper Rex signed a contract extension with the professional till the top of 2026.
Paper Rex additionally acknowledged Monyet’s contributions to the workforce and its high three inserting at VCT Masters Madrid 2024. Nevertheless, Monyet will probably be signed with the workforce as a reserve participant.
In consequence, the present Paper Rex roster is as follows:
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Aaron ‘mindfreak’ Leonhart
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Jason ‘f0rsakeN’ Susanto
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Khalish ‘d4v41’ Rusyaidee
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Ilia ‘one thing’ Petrov
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Jing Jie ‘Jinggg’ Wang
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Cahya ‘Monyet’ Nugraha (Reserve)
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Alexandre ‘Alecks’ Salle (Coach)
