Relatively new UK esports organisation Vivid Utd have signed a Counter-Strike roster and a promising European Smash Bros talent.
First up, Vivid’s CS roster features three UK players – Lancelot, Moz and Poseidon, plus Dane Chrisxd and Israeli suraniZ.
They made the announcement on their X (aka Twitter) page last week, saying they’re entering UK CS ‘with a beast of a roster’.
Vivid’s owner is Razza, while Smoky and OJ are CEOS and founders.
The org’s Twitter (X) account was created in October 2021 and the org were officially formed in March 2021.
Vivid UTD sign +HOPE+
The UK organisation have also signed +HOPE+ (the best Danish Super Smash Bros Ultimate player according to the Denmark Power Rankings on Liquipedia).
+HOPE+ also won the Fete 3 Smash Ultimate tournament in the UK recently, with the separate Fete 3 Melee tournament generating some drama in the final, as a controller broke.
+HOPE+ said: “I’m the best Super Smash Bros Ultimate player in Denmark, the best Hero main in all of Europe, and now I’m proud to say I’m the first SSBU member of Vivid Utd.”
The signing comes days before Regen 3 kicks off in Birmingham, a Smash Bros Ultimate tournament featuring singles, doubles and squad strike.
This tournament will also feature some other top Smash talent, including the UK’s Bloom4Eva, who won his fourth Invasion tournament earlier this year.
Regen 2023 has also just announced the caster line-up, including the likes of Dalax, Dev, Focus Miss, Jett and lots more.
Regen is one of three huge UK Smash Bros Ultimate events announced for Summer 2023, and is the first European Major event to ban Steve.
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.
