lauNX returns to Nexus

ADRON will continue to play with the team as a stand-in after a faulty logic caused the VRS to list an incomplete Nexus core for two months.

Laurențiu "⁠lauNX⁠" Țârlea has been added to Nexus' roster, returning to the organization he represented for a year in 2021-2022, the Romanian side announced on Monday.

The 19-year-old, who previously plied his trade in a brief Revenant stint, has taken Roberto "⁠ADRON⁠" Paun's place on the roster.

ADRON will continue to play with the team as a stand-in, however, as lauNX is unable to join the team for their ongoing tournaments due to a situation the organization described as an "error on their VRS lineup."

This is because Valve's ranking mechanism listed an outdated Nexus core for the first two months of the year. One of their core players, Cosmin "⁠ragga⁠" Teodorescu, sat out the team's last match of 2024, and the stand-in, Gabriel-Cosmin "⁠zewts⁠" Letcanu, was included on the VRS instead of ragga.

Nexus then made a player change at the beginning of January, replacing Daniel-Cătălin "⁠Ciocardau⁠" Purice with Alexandru "⁠s0und⁠" Ștefan, but had no way of updating the lineup until February after a CCT event they were invited to in January had its ranked status pulled.

Because ADRON, Cătălin-Ionuț "⁠BTN⁠" Stănescu and Adrian "⁠XELLOW⁠" Guță formed the three-man core according to the VRS, Nexus cannot play any tournaments they've been invited to based on the January or February invitation rankings without one of those three players.

March 3 is the first relevant VRS that once again features ragga as well as new addition s0und, which will make the PGL Astana Europe closed qualifier the first tournament Nexus will be able to play with lauNX.

Nexus now have:

Cătălin-Ionuț "⁠BTN⁠" Stănescu
Adrian "⁠XELLOW⁠" Guță
Cosmin "⁠ragga⁠" Teodorescu
Alexandru "⁠s0und⁠" Ștefan
Laurențiu "⁠lauNX⁠" Țârlea

Roberto "⁠ADRON⁠" Paun (stand-in)

Nexus #132 Cătălin-Ionuț 'BTN' StănescuAdrian 'XELLOW' GuțăCosmin 'ragga' TeodorescuRoberto 'ADRON' PaunAlexandru 's0und' Ștefan Daniel-Cătălin 'Ciocardau' Purice Age: 24 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 328 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.71 Cătălin-Ionuț 'BTN' Stănescu Age: 35 Team: Nexus Rating 1.0: 0.88 Maps played: 1804 KPR: 0.62 DPR: 0.72 Roberto 'ADRON' Paun Age: 23 Team: NexusS Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 185 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.69 Alexandru 's0und' Ștefan Age: 22 Team: Nexus Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 715 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.70 Laurențiu 'lauNX' Țârlea Age: 19 Team: Nexus Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 698 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.68 Adrian 'XELLOW' Guță Age: 24 Team: Nexus Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 1726 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.65 Gabriel-Cosmin 'zewts' Letcanu Age: 24 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.92 Maps played: 167 KPR: 0.64 DPR: 0.72 Cosmin 'ragga' Teodorescu Age: 24 Team: Nexus Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 1084 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.70 Revenant