Jamppi to Valorant? VAC banned CSGO pro considering switch following legal proceedings ENCE\/Riot GamesA new report from a Finnish newspaper has suggested that VAC banned CSGO pro Elias \u2018Jamppi\u2019 Olkkonen is considering a switch to Valorant as he steps down from ENCE. For a few year, Jamppi has been considered as one of Counter-Strike\u2019s biggest rising stars. The 19-year-old was set to join the OG roster following their step into CS:GO, however, that move fell through. The problem is, the Finnish star has a VAC ban to his name, so, he can\u2019t play in CS:GO\u2019s premier events \u2013 the Majors \u2013 even though a number of tournament organizers have allowed him to play in their own events. With him and his family contesting the ban, Jamppi joined ENCE in the hopes that, at some point, he\u2019d be able to play at Majors. However, there have been a few missteps in his argument, and he hasn\u2019t come any closer to having the VAC ban taken away. That, alongside some roster turmoil with ENCE, has got him seemingly considering his options. According to a report from the Finnish newspaper Ilta-Sanomat, the 19-year-old is apparently considering a switch to VALORANT as ENCE considers a number of roster moves. It comes after a report from DBLTap\u2019s Jarek \u2018DeKay\u2019 Lewis stated that ENCE were in discussions with Danish duo Marco \u2018Snappi\u2019 Pfeiffer and Thomas \u2018TMB\u2019 Bundsb\u00e6k about joining up with their active lineup alongside Aleksi \u2018allu\u2019 Jalli, Joonas \u2018doto\u2019 Forss, and Tuomas \u2018SADDYX\u2019 Louhimaa. That, ultimately, leaves Jamppi without a spot as the CS:GO 2021 season starts to ramp up in preparation for the PGL Stockholm Major in October. If he decides to go to VALORANT, as IS reports, Jamppi would join a list of other CS:GO pros who have been banned from playing at a Major \u2013 including Joshua \u2018steel\u2019 Nissan and Braxton \u2018Swag\u2019 Pierce. As for where he could go, well, there are a few teams who would certainly make space for the 19-year-old \u2013 especially if he could show as much promise in the Riot Games shooter as he does in CS:GO. So, we\u2019ll just have to wait and see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jamppi to Valorant? VAC banned CSGO pro considering switch following legal proceedings ENCE\/Riot GamesA new report from a Finnish newspaper has suggested that VAC banned CSGO pro Elias \u2018Jamppi\u2019 Olkkonen is considering a switch to Valorant as he steps down from ENCE. For a few year, Jamppi has been considered as one of Counter-Strike\u2019s biggest […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38836\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}