The Wednesday Wave
A (hopefully) weekly Surge Recap
If you’ve ever read anything I’ve written before, you know that it always starts with a weird ramble that has nothing to do with anything. I was playing around with my new disk drive adapter when I found this beauty of a pic from a computer long gone. Seeing this picture did give me inspiration though, so let’s talk about what’s going on in the Vancouver Surge camp.
Out With The Old
With the start of Major III around the corner the Seattle Surge, oh wait sorry, Vancouver Surge are making yet another roster change. It really feels like we love doing this once a year around this time (or after the first Major). After picking up Capsidal in the middle of Major II qualifiers many wondered if there was just a flawed system in the Surge camp. At the point of his signing the team have now cycled through 3 different smg players and the results were more or less the same after each pickup. After going 3–4 and fizzling out first round of the tournament the Surge have decided it was time to make a fundamental change by removing Capsidal from the roster and moving Gwinn from the AR to the sub (finally).
In With The… New?
As of the moment of writing this it has been reported that the Surge are trialing two new players for the team. Both players have had stints in the league and are looking to bounce back from very…interesting years. First up is Brack. We have not seen him in the league since Awobabobs was still a challengers team (remember them?) Known for his decent slaying but slower pace you seem to wonder if Surge are looking for more of a controlled chaos approach moving forward.
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The other player Vancouver will be looking into is Nero who was recently dropped from the Royal Ravens. His recent dropping was surrounded by a little bit of controversy, albeit maybe one of the most iconic F/A posts of all time. Looking back on the season up to date, Nero is an interesting prospect as he performed somewhat well on a struggling Ravens roster. Interestingly enough, if he joins he would be the third former Ravens player that has found their way onto this Surge team.
Final Thoughts
If I had to choose which of the two players I wanted to see on the roster right now, I would probably lean on Nero as of this moment. I like Brack a lot and think he deserves a chance back in the league, but I don’t think Surge is the opportunity he needs. We talk all the time about losing stock by joining a bad roster and I really think a stint with Vancouver would do more bad than good. I also do believe that Nero has a bone to pick and we haven’t really seen what he does with a chip on his shoulder. Gwinn also has looked much better this year with a sub in his hands and I wonder if the added slaying consistency can help Surge start winning a bit more of these respawns. I’m sure we won’t have an announcement till next week since Surge loves to draw out their roster changes so until next time and always thanks for reading and Drown Them Out!
