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DotDash and Wrath Join Mexican Championship Team MeT

The Canadian Division player of DotDash and the Challenger League player of Wrath have joined the last placed Mexican lineup of MeT ahead of Stage 2.

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MeT (Mexico eSports Team) joined the Mexican R6 scene ahead of the most recent 2020 season of the Mexican Championship, which acted as one of the three sub-regions of the Latin American region. While the roster consisted of a number of players from various mid-tier teams in the nation, the team struggled throughout the 2020 season winning up just two maps and two points across the season.

Now, in order to rectify this, the organisation has made an unprecedented move to bring in two foreign transfers from North America in the form of Mason "DotDash" Brasher and Brandon "wrath" Matousek.

DotDash previously won CCS Season 3 and finished fourth at DreamHack Austin alongside GhxsT, Hyper, Beaulo, and Sweater on Disrupt Gaming before joining a number of Challenger League teams -- including Rise Nation -- during 2019. Most recently, he joined the Canadian Division team of Altiora, where he finished in third place.

Wrath, meanwhile, has played in both Challenger League Seasons 10 and 11 with the latter being on the ex-Rise Nation lineup of Vanquish Gaming. These two players now finally meet up in the LATAM region after a number of games against each other, becoming the first foreign players to play in the region.

This is allowed as the Mexican Championship requires all players to be living in Mexico while playing, with no specific nationalities required, hence allowing the two American players to compete for the otherwise Mexican team.

Leaving the team meanwhile will be the player of "Irving" as well as the team's American coach of Xander "Hunterkash" Luelsdorff, who helped them through the first stage of the 2020 season. During this time, Irving achieved the lowest rating in the league (ignoring substitutes) at 0.75 while playing Thermite and Jaeger, hence leading to this change. This means that the roster will consist of six members for the rest of the season.

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MeT's player statistics during Stage 1.

We spoke to one of the founders of MeT to ask about the changes and their hopes going forward:

Firstly, can you introduce yourself and your role in MeT?

This will be the first time a LATAM team has picked up a player from another region for the season. Why did you come to the decision to do this and were there any difficulties in doing so?

Why these players in particular?

With these pick-ups, there are likely some language barriers between the English-speaking Americans and the Spanish speaking Mexicans. How is this being addressed, and will it be an issue?

MeT finished Stage 1 in last. What are the realistic aims for Stage 2 with these new additions?

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Geoometric was the first Mexican player to represent the country internatationally, seen here on the right with TSM at the Six Invitational 2020.

And finally, how is MeT supporting their lineup?

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The MeT facility

We also spoke to Wrath about his move from the Canadian Nationals to the Mexican Championship:

Why did you decide to join MeT?

What roles will you and DotDash be taking up?

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DotDash at DreamHack Austin

Will there be any language issues and if so how are you dealing with them?

What is your goal for Stage 2?

These changes mark the seventh and eighth (non-substitute) players that will play in multiple regions in the top-flight after Gomfi, SlebbeN, Alphama, and Sloppy moved from EU to NA, Virtue moved from APAC to EU, and Quantic moved from APAC to EU and back.

Also of note are the multiple Mexican players such as Geoo and Art who played in North America before Mexico was moved into the LATAM region. However, this will be the first time we see a transfer into the LATAM region.

This new lineup will now hope to escape the relegation zone and challenge both Estral and Timbers -- the lineups which played in the regional mini-major -- at the top of the Mexican Championship:

Ivan "Hydre" Chavez Alan "Ravz" Vega Ruben "Rubyz" Carmona "TenseK" Mason "DotDash" Brasher Brandon "wrath" Matousek

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The teams of the Mexican Championship.