The Turkish organization BBL Esports has reportedly reached a verbal agreement with two players — Egor "chiwa" Stepanyuk and Volkan "sociablEE" Yönal — to join their VALORANT roster for VCT 2025.

An Unconventional Approach

BBL Esports has taken an unusual approach to building this year’s roster. According to rumors, while most organizations are focusing on younger, up-and-coming players from the Tier 2 scene, BBL Esports is prioritizing more experienced players, such as 26-year-old chiwa and 28-year-old sociablEE. Could this be a move towards establishing an academy team?

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Possible BBL Esports Roster

Currently, the only active player on BBL Esports' roster is LêwN, who recently joined the team. The previous five players who represented the club have left. If all rumors regarding the future roster are true, the lineup might look like this:

• Elias "Jamppi" Olkkonen
• Dawid "PROFEK" Święć
• Volkan "sociablEE" Yönal
• Egor "chiwa" Stepanyuk
• Burak "LêwN" Alkan

Transition to an International Roster

If the rumors are confirmed, BBL Esports will transition from an all-Turkish roster to an international one for the first time in its VALORANT history. This move carries some risks, as the team is being built from scratch, and none of the players have played together before. As a result, predicting their performance is difficult, even though all the players are strong on paper, with some, like Jamppi, likely taking on the role of team captain.

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