The Los Angeles Guerrillas have promoted substitutes Rasim "Blazt" Ogresevic, Kris "Spart" Cervantes and Reece "Vivid" Drost to their starting roster ahead of the Call of Duty League Los Angeles home series beginning Saturday, the team announced Thursday.
Blazt, Spart and Vivid will replace Patrick "ACHES" Price, Andres "Lacefield" Lacefield and Renato "Saints" Forza, who have moved to the substitute role. With ACHES, Lacefield and Saints, the Guerrillas placed seventh in the Launch Weekend for the Call of Duty League in Minneapolis and seventh-eighth in the Week 2 Home Series in London.
"After London, we made the decision to address internal conflict that had plagued the team since its inception," Kroenke Esports senior vice president of team operations Alex Rubens told ESPN. "Spart and Vivid were two top amateur players we'd been scouting for a while for a few reasons: they're immensely talented, are a very direct culture fit, and have a strong desire to win and prove themselves. All of that goes for Blazt as well, who we moved up from our substitute role.
"We want to win and are confident that this new roster provides us with better chances to do so while allowing us to invest in a roster long-term that shares the same goals and values. While they have very little practice together, we're excited to see how the new starting lineup performs in our LA Home Series and beyond."
The Guerrillas added Blazt as a substitute in December and more recently, Spart and Vivid in February.
The Guerrillas and OpTic Gaming will host the fourth Call of Duty League home series in Los Angeles at the Shrine Expo Hall on Saturday and Sunday.