{"id":18467,"date":"2021-06-23T20:17:23","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T20:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/ans-returns-to-sf-shock-leaves-t1-valorant-after-three-months"},"modified":"2024-07-19T22:32:56","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T22:32:56","slug":"ans-returns-to-sf-shock-leaves-t1-valorant-after-three-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/overwatch\/ans-returns-to-sf-shock-leaves-t1-valorant-after-three-months","title":{"rendered":"ANS returns to SF Shock, leaves T1 Valorant after three months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a wild few hours for San Francisco Shock fans as the back-to-back Overwatch League winners have announced the return of hitscan specialist Seonchang &#8220;ANS&#8221; Lee following the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SFShock\/status\/1407730168660070400?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">sudden retirement<\/a> of Nam-joo &#8220;Striker&#8221; Kwon.<\/p>\n<p>The news of Striker&#8217;s sudden departure took every Shock and OWL fan by surprise, yet ANS&#8217; comeback was an even bigger shock (no pun intended), as the Widowmaker and Ashe playmaker was seemingly on his way to becoming an established Valorant player, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/valorant\/t1-adds-former-owl-champion-ans-to-valorant-roster\">having signed for T1&#8217;s Academy team<\/a> this past April.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The return of the king &#128081;<\/p>\n<p>Welcome back to the Shock fam, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ansansniper__?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ansansniper__<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(pending league approval) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DGVDEO3HfZ\">pic.twitter.com\/DGVDEO3HfZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; San Francisco Shock (@SFShock) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SFShock\/status\/1407775466413432836?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 23, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async><\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p>As part of T1&#8217;s Academy, ANS would help develop internal competition within the org with the promise of eventually rising the ranks and earning a spot in T1&#8217;s main roster, which already features a former OWL player, Ha &#8220;Spyder&#8221; Jung-woo, formerly known as Sayaplayer.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-cf.ginx.tv\/imgcdn\/0pIGAQRPiyb-cRDD5dWitqcQFIzOFudFYKAqagaxdmk\/rs:fill:0:0:1\/g:ce\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ2lueC50di91cGxvYWRzMi9PdmVyd2F0Y2gvYW5zLmpwZw\" alt=\"ans returns to shock\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" loading=\"lazy\">(Picture: Overwatch League)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>ANS, like the rest of the revamped T1 Academy team, didn&#8217;t play a single event together, with the Korean starlet arriving at Los Angeles just this past May.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/overwatch\/overwatch-league-dallas-fuel-to-host-live-event-on-july-9\">Overwatch League: Dallas Fuel and Houston Outlaws to host live events on July 9<\/a><br \/><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With this new addition, Shock, who has failed to qualify for both the May Melee and June Joust, will hope to get back on track for a potential threepeat, as they face Los Angeles Gladiators this upcoming 25th June as the Summer Showdown qualifiers get underway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a wild few hours for San Francisco Shock fans as the back-to-back Overwatch League winners have announced the return of hitscan specialist Seonchang&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1973,"featured_media":18468,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-overwatch","genre-fps","content_type-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - 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