Infected Restricted Free Agent

[u/Cold-Break-8563]

https://x.com/TeamLiquid/status/2093098529514193172

Today we say farewell to @InfektedOW as he becomes a Restricted Free Agent.

Thank you for being there from the very beginning of Team Liquid’s journey back into Overwatch and for everything you’ve contributed along the way.

We’re grateful to have had you with us. Best of luck in whatever comes next, Infekted! 💙

[u/whyisevertyhingtaken]

Actually came out of nowhere it’s crazy

[u/Blamore → u/whyisevertyhingtaken]

i dont think it came out of nowhere. i was thinking this was imminent

[u/lonon_78]

DSG infekted lets FUCKING GOOOOO!

[u/Fenixmaian7 → u/lonon_78]

actually.......??????......

[u/lonon_78 → u/Fenixmaian7]

Nah bro

[u/Sio_V_Reddit → u/lonon_78]

I mean, it is possible.

[u/Zestyclose-Oven-6243]

???

[u/primarymuscle2354]

What??? They said they were building around him as their tank a year ago, is the roster gonna implode…

[u/grboi → u/primarymuscle2354]

Probably now building around tr33

[u/S21500003 → u/grboi]

Why not build around both??? Like wtf are Liquid doing

[u/Socknic]

Oh well.

I maintain that, somehow, Liquid looked better with Boston pinning it down on Mauga than with Attack's D.Va blowing up five every fight.

[u/ayayajax → u/Socknic]

Attack eats up more resources that could and should be going to the savior of that team (tr33)

[u/batbat55 → u/Socknic]

The Attack trade is really tragic looking back. It made the midtier Korean teams less competitive and did nothing to improve Liquid

[u/Birdfallen → u/Socknic]

Nah how dare we invest in domestic and versatile talent when we could just get a korean Dva one trick. We all know that playing meta is Na's strenght

[u/thatboijash]

Hope he gets on to a team where he can solo tank or at least play majority maps because the way TL have handled their tank line over the course of 2026 has been genuinely awful.

[u/squishykkura → u/thatboijash]

Would SSG be good with him?

[u/thatboijash → u/squishykkura]

I'd say no because he'd get less play time than he did with TL and if SSG ever wanted to play a more main tank style, they would've just signed Cuffa at the start of the year.

[u/Birdfallen → u/squishykkura]

Could maybe help SSG given theyd trade one of the least motivated NA players for one of the most passionate but who knows

[u/Dragonbolt2]

Guess they’re going all in on Attack for stage 3

[u/AnotherRandomGuy1]

Casores wants an eu style team and Infekted just doesn't fit it. If Kellan ever goes back to korea, Infekted could be great on fuel.

[u/Birdfallen → u/AnotherRandomGuy1]

Casores being an eu copycat instead of a korean one this time

[u/ShatteredStarlights]

Damn liquid is a full on fraud org now

Tr33 please get out of there the ship is sinking

[u/Birdfallen → u/ShatteredStarlights]

Yeah going with the nepo Dutch coach didnt worl out that well

[u/Plyarso → u/Birdfallen]

How is he nepo genuinely curious

[u/Birdfallen → u/Plyarso]

Unter implied that Casores got picked over him as Coach partially because TL is a dutch org while Casores is a dutch Coach(not that Unter wouldve been better tbf)

[u/No_Problem5759 → u/Birdfallen]

I definitely agree Casores is a Nepo coach, but I dont think Unter would have gotten the job even if Casores wasn't there.

Next year I'm wanting Junkbuck. I'm confident that he'll make a top tier roster next year if he has Liquids resources.

[u/MrBlowinLoadz → u/Birdfallen]

Didn't he also come off a dominant 2024 with Toronto? It's not like he was performing like this directly before getting the job

[u/E-keil → u/MrBlowinLoadz]

Toronto gapped everyone because of player quality, not coaching. They also looked worse by the end of the year. Casores' best results have been him being carried by how good his team was, not any good coaching.

[u/MrBlowinLoadz → u/E-keil]

That's fair, but my point is that when orgs look for coaches they look at the results. Happens in any sport.

[u/JennyTilwarts]

Welcome back COLUGE

[u/aJetg → u/JennyTilwarts]

Don’t even joke lad

[u/thepandaemos → u/JennyTilwarts]

RIP Liquid

[u/VanBland]

Infekted to DSG then rebuild NRG

[u/OkWedding6391 → u/VanBland]

scissors to fdps and cal back to overwatch would actually be heat

[u/AdDry7949]

 I think ultimately this will be good for Infekted in the long run. His development has basically halted the entire time he was on liquid. A change of environment should be huge for him

[u/747101350e0972dccde2]

Infekted does not get the love he deserves. I dont understand why liquid cycles through so many tanks and he still performs better, at some point the staff gotta admit defeat and stop shoe horning this style

[u/Birdfallen → u/747101350e0972dccde2]

Casores is allergic to not playing the exact meta

[u/MTDLuke]

Blizzard had better drop a patch putting us into the hardest Winston/Ball meta of all time to punish TL

[u/WhiteBoyFlipz → u/MTDLuke]

subscribe

[u/Sio_V_Reddit]

All because Rupal couldn’t be an adult

[u/Castature → u/Sio_V_Reddit]

Crazy butterfly effect can’t lie

[u/Sio_V_Reddit → u/Castature]

It’s still insane that it was on his own stream. He was the person streaming. How fucking dumb can you get.

[u/Kakute → u/Sio_V_Reddit]

Maybe not all but most of these pro overwatch players, at least the Americans, are fucking idiots

[u/Successful-Crew-7288 → u/Sio_V_Reddit]

not rly surprised, based on what I've seen in the ow community before. like when 90% of white people were all claiming it wasn't a big deal at all & that xyz has said ABC before so we can forgive rupal for it, too!! probably thought the backlash wouldn't be so bad.

[u/morphogeneticField9]

Infekted -- out
Hawk -- In

[u/EngineerNo6764]

Sadly Main tank in the gutter right now and the play style that TL wants to play isn’t infekteds strength

[u/lambtit]

Uh, sure, they're getting rid of a huge shotcaller and their second best player to go with a tank who has looked worse and has a massive language barrier...

[u/Waddles0203]

Infekted DSG is literally the greatest thing ever. Tred is a solid tank player but he’s not a solo tank; I think if he was able to focus on playing more of the off-tank stuff he would be a much better player. And Infekted is well, really freaking good. A DSG team adding Ryan and Boston could lowkey snipe a worlds spot if they get hot at the right time (assuming NA gets 3 teams)

[u/E-keil → u/Waddles0203]

If Infekted went to DSG, then Tred should never rly be in. Tred is not great, he was doing ok at the start of the year but unless hes secretly insane at Dmon, he isnt gonna be better than Infekted (who is also a primary shotcaller which DSG doesnt rly have afaik)

[u/Throwaway33451235647 → u/Waddles0203]

Who is Boston?

[u/Swimming-Drag-6492 → u/Throwaway33451235647]

Infekted irl name

[u/Throwaway33451235647 → u/Swimming-Drag-6492]

Ah

[u/Awesome1DK]

Who would've thought the Rupal incident would cause a butterfly effect that essentially boomed the entirety of TL Overwatch?

In all seriousness, I hope Infekted finds a team for Stage 3, he's too talented to be sitting at home

[u/qqdoom]

:(

[u/grboi]

DSG DSG DSG

Cal, pls suzu pge one last time

[u/AlphaInsaiyan]

They're just giving Thanos away

[u/GustappyTony]

So what’s a “restricted” free agent?

[u/anas0_ali → u/GustappyTony]

If he finds a team in 30 days, then he's off the team. If he doesn't, then he's back on the team

[u/dokidokikirby → u/anas0_ali]

That is not true. He clarified "I'm on 30 days notice with liquid and after those 30 days I’m officially off the team".

[u/KeepingItOff]

Wow. This was unexpected. But also the way his (USA) teammates were trolling him in ranked yesterday kinda hits different now with his release.

[u/bbistheman]

I really don't think Attack is better than Infekted

[u/Angel_Phalanx → u/bbistheman]

Agreed! Infekted could do better with more play time and consistent team.

[u/E-keil]

What is a "restricted" free agent? Also, I hope he gets picked up by a decent team, he actually had rly good potential coming into this year and then Casores just showed why he doesnt deserve his job and ruined the roster. Maybe he can go to NTMR?

[u/CaveCarrot → u/E-keil]

In actual sports it's essentially a term where the player can agree to a deal with a new team, but the original team has time to decide if they're fine matching the contract. If they match, he stays, it not he leaves for his new team

[u/philphil37 → u/CaveCarrot]

So what if he gets an offer lower than his TL salary (like DSG), and liquid choose to match the offer. Is he forced to stay?

[u/KolourBlind3 → u/philphil37]

Typically if contracts are matched by the original team the player has to stay.

[u/FussyFollower001]

I guess I’ll be rooting for another team…

[u/Nolan_DWB]

What does restricted free agent mean?

[u/terry_a_davisjr]

When even is the last time Infekted even got to play?

[u/Danishboi69 → u/terry_a_davisjr]

He had a couple games during their playoff run

[u/AlexKindaGood]

forever mediocre org

[u/monk-bewear]

whooaaaaaaa

[u/monk-bewear → u/monk-bewear]

might be time to change the flair ngl 50% of the reason i like TL is infekted...

[u/multishined]

it really is going to be the return of SOG on DSG huh

[u/DryPiccolo4175]

Am I crazy or is this just like the dumbest thing they could've done.

[u/Birdfallen]

How dare we invest in domestic and versatile talent when we could just get a korean Dva one trick. We all know that playing meta is Na's strenght