It was recently announced that Ilya Petrov, better known as something, was able to obtain a visa to the United States of America. This means that his team Paper Rex will go to the world championship with a full roster.

The Paper Rex roster

• Ahmad Khalish “d4v41” Rusyaidee bin Nordin
• Jason “f0rsakeN” Susanto
• Aaron “mindfreak” Leonhart
• Wang “Jinggg” Jing Jie
• Patiphan “CigaretteS“ Posri
• Ilya “something” Petrov

Something joined the team in February 2023 and participated in the Valorant Champions Tour 2023: Pacific League with the team. The player helped the team to win the title at the tournament and was himself named the best player in the grand final, earning his first MVP title. The victory at VCT 2023 Pacific League earned the team a spot in the upcoming world championship. Interestingly, at the last Valorant Champions Tour 2023: Masters Tokyo, the team competed without something, because the latter couldn't get a visa. Despite this, Paper Rex performed well at the tournament and took 3rd place with a cash prize of $125,000. The player himself is called a star member of Paper Rex, thanks to his consistently high-level play on duelists such as Jett - 1469 matches played and Reyna - 822 matches played.

Achievements for 2023

Since the beginning of the season, the team has shown quite ambiguous results. At the past Valorant Champions Tour 2023: LOCK//IN São Paulo, the team was one of the first to leave the tournament, finishing in 17th-32nd place. After such a disappointing performance, the Paper Rex players redeemed themselves and performed excellently at the VCT 2023 Pacific League, taking 1st place and 3rd place at Valorant Champions Tour 2023: Masters Tokyo. Currently, Paper Rex is ranked 1st in the rating of the strongest teams in the Asia-Pacific region. Considering that the team will go to the upcoming Valorant Champions 2023 with a full roster and without substitutions, they can be confidently called one of the favorites of the upcoming championship.