Verdant form LoL team for i68 open with Torok as a support player: ‘The other teams have no chance against us and his big brain tactics’

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The UK’s biggest LAN is finally back, and the UK League of Legends community is coming together to battle it out (and trade banter!) at the Insomnia 68 Open.

One organisation from the Northern League of Legends Championship (NLC) Division 2 has signed up – Verdant.

And they have an interesting team, having brought JD XL coach Torok in as their support player.

Verdant founder and owner Sam ‘Sami’ Cunningham told Esports News UK: “Being a British organisation, it’s very important to us to support local tournaments where possible, as well as enable players to be able to attend. Having been to many i-series/Insomnias before, it was very important to me for Verdant to become a regular attendee, this is just the first of many.

On Torok playing, Sami added: “This is completely separate to Excel. We’re really happy to have Torok on the team and appreciate Excel’s willingness to allow him to play for us. Torok brings his strategic mind from coaching and is able to implement it in real time during the game. The other teams have no chance against us with his big brain tactics.”

Former UK LoL regular Governor has also formed a team to play in the LoL open at i68, Brod & Friends, and he’s already traded some banter with Verdant, with Sami returning it.

Other teams taking part include Grey Warwick, the name of the University of Warwick LoL team, and Team Solo Milk, a creative name for a team led by the original mum of UK LoL, Sonaboner Rachel Dean.

She is joined by her minions and UK LoL players Snuggli and Tyrin, as well as Admawodo and Syn and UK LoL OG WaWa.

LDN UTD esports manager and former UKEL supremo Synygy is also playing on Zeri Players Anonymous with Emiletsdance and others.

There are more teams signed up to the i68 LoL open here.

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Dom Sacco

Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.

As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.