Lately there have been rumours of our organization acquiring a secondary team to compete in the Challenger Series. Even though it is ultimately not true, we understand why these rumours exist and would like to address them in this statement.



Our organization, as of now, is only affiliated with the team that represents us in the European LCS. We have had a formal conversation with a team in question, but they did not manage to fulfil our conditions and therefore we decided against signing them.

Read: Leviathan is released from Gambit



Earlier this year we were discussing a possibility of recruiting a team to represent our organization in the Challenger Series. Initially, we delegated a scouting responsibility to our former Head Coach Jordan "Leviathan" Thwaites – he was supposed to find a suitable team or group of players, whom we could discuss a possible partnership with. After an initial attempt to conduct a search himself, he had delegated this responsibility to other individuals, who scouted that team. Those individuals without our consent took a liberty to introduce themselves as representatives of our organization, namely "Managers and/or Head Coaches of Gambit Academy".



We have been informed that their actions might have had a negative impact on players they have interfered with. We cannot say for certain, whether it is true or not, but we are not satisfied with the sheer existence of these rumours, since we are not affiliated with these individuals.



We would like to issue an apology on behalf of Gambit Gaming to players who have encountered these individuals. It was our oversight due to a poor internal communication, and we should have addressed and resolved this issue much earlier. Please keep in mind that it is only our Team Manager Dmitry "Moo" Sukhanov and our General Manager Konstantin "groove" Pikiner who can make you an official offer.