With the second season of the Rocket League Championship Series announced to begin signups on Aug. 24th, rostermania is in full effect for both Europe and North America. There are quite a few notable free agents around and many could have a large impact on the upcoming season of RLCS.
In the championship's home region, North America, the top rosters surprisingly seem to be sticking together for the long haul. Most of the NA roster changes involve subs looking to step up to full playing roles as well as the supposed disbandment of one mid-tier team, Mock-it NA. Here's a round-up of the would-be starters and teamless pros:
Hunter "Huskih" Farren. One of the two primary subs for Exodus, Huskih looks to make the step up to a starting role and compete full time.
Trevor "Insolences" Carmody. Insolences' role is up in the air because it seems Mock-it NA has disbanded. It is currently unknown if Insolences will be staying with that brand and remnants of a roster or not.
Cody "Gambit" Dover. Gambit is looking to come back to the competitive scene after his absence due to mental health issues.
Jason "Klassux" Klass. Klassux is trying to find a team he meshes better with as opposed to his experience on Retrospect, where the team slowly became bent to his playstyle.
The European Rocket League scene is in full upheaval with solid teams switching all around to try to move into the upper echelon in RLCS. There are a few great free agents left:
The entire team of Mock-it EU, especially Philip "Paschy" Paschmeyer. Paschy looks to be possibly moving to Northern Gaming to replace Marius "gReazy" Ranheim who seems to be preparing for a move to giants FlipSid3 Tactics.
Connor "Jessie" Lansink and Dogukan "Dogu" Yilmaz. Formerly of The Flying Dutchmen, these two are on the lookout for new teams and hoping to improve on their fourth place performance from Season 1.
With EU taking the second, third and fourth spots at the RLCS Season 1 Live Finals, the question is simply: can these changes bump EU up that slight bit to take down North America's top-dog team iBUYPOWER Cosmic?
With all these roster changes it is impossible to predict who will end up where and how EU's strengths will look in the next month. With the signup date fast approaching and teams looking for their share of $250,000+ in prize money for Season 2, the results of these shuffles could be the most impactful in Rocket League history.