Official: FlipSid3 sign wayLander

The Finnish talent has been playing for FlipSid3 as a substitute since the departure of Vladyslav "⁠bondik⁠" Nechyporchuk to HellRaisers, exactly two months ago.

During this period, Jan "⁠wayLander⁠" Rahkonen attended two events with FlipSid3, the SL i-League Invitational #1, where the team finished 7th-8th, and the offline qualifier for ESL One Cologne, where they claimed a spot at the next $1 Million Valve-sponsored Major.

In Katowice wayLander turned many heads as he posted a team-leading rating to 1.18 and led the charge for FlipSid3 during their final match against HellRaisers with a whopping 1.88 rating.

With FlipSid3 due to play in ELEAGUE this week, the North American organisation have released a statement saying that an agreement has been reached with Gambit for the permanent signing of wayLander, who has been replaced on the Russian team's roster by Ivan "⁠spaze⁠" Obrezhan.

"We are glad to have reached an agreement with Gambit over WayLander, and are excited to move forward with a full roster," FlipSid3 Tactics COO Dana "wuvs" Kawar said in a statement.

"A special thank you as well to Gambit for allowing us to practice and compete full time with WayLander throughout the negotiation process."

FlipSid3 Tactics, who will face Na`Vi, mousesports and Echo Fox in ELEAGUE, now have this official lineup:

Georgi "⁠WorldEdit⁠" Yaskin
Yegor "⁠markeloff⁠" Markelov
Oleksandr "⁠Shara⁠" Hordieyev
Andrey "⁠B1ad3⁠" Gorodenskiy
Jan "⁠wayLander⁠" Rahkonen