Xtreme Gaming star Zhang “Paparazi灬” Chengjun, who previously announced his retirement, has chosen to postpone it until the Riyadh Masters 2023
Xtreme Gaming successfully convinced Zhang “Paparazi灬” Chengjun to extend his career and participate in the Riyadh Masters tournament, despite his initial intention to retire and step away from the team.
XG announced that Kaka has left the team and XinQ will join them as their new pos4 player. Since they have been invited to Riyadh Master, and due to the rules that they can’t change more than one player. They decied to discussed this with Paparazi灬, pic.twitter.com/oJxSA1sTqO
— CN Dota In A Nutshell (@Tr1H4rd3rDota2) July 10, 2023
and even tho he was planning to retire and left the team he still agrees to play this tournament for them for the last time eventually. Thus their new roster will be:
Pos1: Ghost
Pos2: Paparazi灬
Pos3: JT-
Pos4: XinQ
Pos5: Dy pic.twitter.com/Vj8MHMYtxf— CN Dota In A Nutshell (@Tr1H4rd3rDota2) July 10, 2023
Xtreme Gaming had to bring in Zhao “XinQ” Zixing to replace Hu “Kaka” Liangzhi, who left the organization to join Team Aster. The team would have needed to make one more addition to the team following Paparazi’s retirement announcement, but that does not comply with the Riyadh Masters 2023 regulations.
Participating teams are allowed to make only one roster change before the Riyadh Masters, so Xtreme Gaming could not have signed a replacement for Paparazi had he decided not to return for the tournament. The team, therefore, asked the veteran midlaner to delay his retirement and he agreed to return for one last bow.
After the tournament, Paparazzi is expected to bid farewell to competitive Dota, as he previously planned. Rumors indicate that Guo “Xm” Hongcheng from Piggy Killer will step into his shoes at Xtreme Gaming.
Xtreme Gaming Roster For Riyadh Masters 2023
- Daniel “Ghost” Chan
- Zhang “Paparazi灬” Chengjun
- Thiay “JT-” Jun Wen
- Zhao “XinQ” Zixing
- Ding “Dy” Cong
- Zhang “LaNm” Zhicheng (coach)
