{"id":18633,"date":"2021-06-28T00:09:51","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T00:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/guild-think-again-with-draken-re-signing"},"modified":"2024-07-19T09:49:19","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T09:49:19","slug":"guild-think-again-with-draken-re-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/valorant\/guild-think-again-with-draken-re-signing","title":{"rendered":"Guild think again with Draken re-signing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Absence makes the heart grow fonder as the old proverb goes, a feeling that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/esports\/guild-esports-teams-creators-achievements-financials-more\">Guild Esports<\/a> can clearly get as they have announced the re-signing of William &#8220;draken&#8221; Fant Sundin to their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/valorant\">Valorant<\/a> roster just 14 days after they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/valorant\/guild-esports-release-draken-from-valorant-roster-as-they-reportedly-line-up-vicious\">initially dropped him<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was made via the organisation&#8217;s Twitter account, also offering up a short explanation of the about-turn.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After evaluating all options we&#8217;ve decided to re-sign Draken, as we believe this gives us the best opportunity for success at this VCT,&#8221; read the announcement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" style=\"display: flex; max-width: 550px; width: 100%; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" 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href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GuildGang?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GuildGang<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/drakenCSGO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@drakenCSGO<\/a>! &#128588;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VCT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#VCT<\/a> next week, let&#8217;s get it &#128170; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O0GSP4LdpC\">pic.twitter.com\/O0GSP4LdpC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; GUILD (@guildesports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/guildesports\/status\/1408787381176709127?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 26, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async><\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At Guild, we&#8217;re constantly evaluating and assessing our roster to ensure the team has the best chance to bring home our next trophy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Further explanation was offered up by Guild&#8217;s Director of Esports, Grant Rousseau: &#8220;Putting our review systems to the test along with reviewing the changing meta 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