AHQ releases GarnetDevil, Naz and moves Prydz to analyst/coach

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Ahq esports club has released a number of players following the acquisition of the Taipei Snipers roster from Garena. The team goes into the changes in a Facebook post, which we have translated below:

To all the fans of ahq eSports club, this is ahq’s captain, Hulk.

We are going to implement the first wave of change to the team which may be bizarre to many. For our fans who have been following us, it was quite a pity that ahq was unable to make it out of the group stages in the Season 4 World Championships played here in Taipei. That said, to create a stronger line-up for ahq in this period of break, the management and coach has changed up the roster following TPS’s induction into ahq eSports club on Oct 2.

To prepare for the new competition starting from November, other than letting the players polish up on their individual mechanics, some of the upcoming changes to the rosters are:

1) After negotiations with HK eSports, ahQ has unconditionally transferred the rights of continuing the contracts of Godjj and Awei over.

2) With the evaluation of recent performances, Naz, GarnetDevil, Lantyr and Zonda have been released from the roster.

3) OhReal, Mountain, Ziv, HoHotDoG, Trickz and JCain have been signed under the new roster.

4) Prydz would continue his career with ahq as analyst and coach to coordinate the new roster.

Following this decision, in future tournaments we might change and shift around the players and the rosters, but the goal of the management and coaches are unilateral: To bring Taiwan back to the top for League of Legends. For our fans that are curious, we would be unveiling a second wave of change following our fanmeet on Oct 16. All our players under the organization would be present on that day as well! Thank you for the constant concern and support for ahq ^^

Special thanks to Chris Lim for the translation.

A Summary of the players affected follows::

AHQ eSports Club:

• Top: Prydz - moves to analyst/coach position.
• Jungle: Naz - released
• Mid: Westdoor - no information provided
• ADC: GarnetDevil - released
• Support: Greentea - no information provided

Logitech G Fighter:

• Top: CCB - no information provided
• Jungle: JCain- re-signed for new roster
• Jungle: Lantyr - released
• Mid: MrAlbis- no information provided
• ADC: RD- no information provided
• Support: Ysera- no information provided

Taipei/ Ahq Snipers:

• Top: Zonda- released
• Jungle: Mountain- re-signed for new roster
• Mid: OhReal - re-signed for new roster
• ADC: GodJJ- Transferred to HK esports
• Support: Awei- Transferred to HK esports

New Signings:

• Ziv, former top laner for Hong Kong Attitude Mage
• HoHotDoG former support for Hong Kong Attitude Mage
• Trickz, former ad carry for Machi 17

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