Wardell joins Version1 as a stand-in

North American esports organization Version1 has announced a roster change for VALORANT, signing a contract with Wardell. The 23-year-old Canadian e-sportsman will replace wippie, who is experiencing visa difficulties to compete in North America.

Version1 signed with Wardell as wippie's temporary understudy. This temporary lineup change is due to visa circumstances and we expect wippie to return to the lineup as soon as he can. Version1 will update as they perform at Stage 2 Challengers.

Wardell has spent the past two years with TSM, winning multiple championships with them including the T1 x Nerd Street Gamers Showdown, FaZe Clan Invitational, Pittsburgh Knights Invitational Gauntlet Series, VCT 2021: North America Stage 3 Challengers 2 and Knights Arena Monthly Gauntlet 2022: February, as well as a top three finisher at the PAX Arena Invitational and First Strike North America.

However, at the end of last month, TSM officially parted ways with the esportsman, who was the founder of the original composition of the North American club.

The next tournament for Version1 should be VALORANT Champions Tour 2022: North America Stage 2 Challengers, which the team has yet to qualify through open qualifiers.

From now on, the composition of Version1 for VALORANT is as follows:

• effys.
• penny.
• Zellsis.
• Zander.
• Wardell (stand-in).
• Immi (head coach).
• wippie (inactive).