Rainbow Six Siege Sweden Major: Great Britain’s coach GiG lined up for players at the last minute
A British Rainbow Six coach has found himself placed in a player list just a few days before a big Rainbow Six Siege Major.
Invictus Gaming coach Ellis ‘GiG’ Hindle steps in for HysteRiX at Sweden Major, which starts on November 8, 2021.
HysteRiX has not been able to play in Sweden due to the fact that he has not been able to get time off from Singapore National Services. This is a two – year period, in which men aged 18 and over must serve – and HysteRiX will serve with the police, reports Siege.gg.
This means that GiG will instead play in the tournament in a flex role, as the only Briton in the usually Singaporean list.
GiG said the situation was “far from ideal”, but that the team would have fun and see what they can do:
Sweden Major has 16 of the world’s best Siege teams – including Vitality, Rogue, Oxygen, DarkZero, FaZe Clan, Damwon Gaming and more. It has a prize pool of $ 500,000.
Esports News UK hoped to be able to interview the event’s four British casters before the major – Dezachu, Fluke, AceOfPyrite and Fresh – to ask them about their predictions and thoughts about the major. We will return with another article this week if their answer comes in.
Another player from a British scene in another e-sport was also called up to play in a major tournament at the last minute recently.
Fnatic Rising UK LoL scene bot-laner Bean was called up to the organization’s first team at Worlds, as Upset was forced to return home.
A few days ago, Rainbow Six Siege’s new Irish operator Thorn was announced, a character ready to be launched with the High Caliber Y6S4 update.
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