After internal confirmation that coach “hanpipe” had a “inappropriate interaction with a minor woman,” FENNEL Female, the women’s VALORANT roster competing in Game Changers under the Japanese FENNEL organisation, promptly terminated the coach’s contract.
JACKZ helped Vitality defeat Grayhound, OG, and FaZe Clan without losing any maps at ESL Pro League season 17 group C. The 30-year-old averaged a 1.26 rating after the six maps he played with Vitality, according to HLTV, and is currently topping the leaderboard for headshots per round (0.49), which is higher than what some of the most talented players in the scene like ZywOo and Sergey “Ax1Le” Rykhtorov got thus far in ESL Pro League season 17.
“They should have stayed with JACKZ for this tournament,” one Redditor said after Vitality revealed on social media that dupreeh is coming back. “To be honest they have been doing better with JACKZ,” another Redditor said.
JACKZ had all this impact while playing for a new team and attending his first big CS:GO event this year. He’s currently on HEET’s bench and had not played an official Counter-Strike match since ESL Challenger League season 43 Europe Relegation in December 2022.
For comparison, dupreeh has been a part of Vitality since January 2022 when he joined the French organization alongside Magisk and head coach zonic, and has averaged a 0.98 rating in the past six months, according to HLTV. The Dane only got a positive rating at IEM Rio Major Legends Stage in November 2022 and BLAST Premier Spring Groups in January 2023 in these past six months.
Vitality will join the ESL Pro League season 17 playoffs in the quarterfinals. Dupreeh, apEX, ZywOo, Lotan “Spinx” Giladi, and Magisk will face the winner of ENCE vs. G2/Movistar Riders on Friday, March 24 at 1pm CT.