Mark Daniel Demayo

VALORANT: Xipto Esports lets go of Game Changers roster after typhoon-impacted championship campaign

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Mark Demayo

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17649857015882025 Xipto.jpg" style="width:960px;display:block;height:auto" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/>Xipto GC at the 2025 VALORANT Game Changers Championship Features Day at in Seoul, South Korea on November 19, 2025. Christina Oh, Riot GamesMANILA -- After a typhoon-affected <a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/esports/2025/11/23/xipto-esports-goes-home-winless-in-valorant-game-changers-championship-2149">VALORANT Game Changers Championship campaign</a>, the girls of Xipto Esports announced that their contracts with the org has expired and are looking for a new organization.</div>In-game leader Mary Grace &quot;capriciouS&quot; Sabado made the announcement on X days after the premiere VALORANT tournament for women and marginalized genders in Seoul, South Korea concluded this year with Team Liquid Brazil dethroning defending champs Shopify Rebellion Gold. In a following post, capriciouS clarified that the ex-Xipto squad, consisting of her, Kim &quot;PIETY&quot; De Guia, Loraine &quot;Kon&quot; Pagente, Leanne &quot;grahams&quot; Ti-in, and Surassawadee &quot;yxqme&quot; Khongpechdee, is looking for an organization as a team.The 2025 Game Changers Pacific champions concluded their 2025 season on a winless run in this year&#x27;s GCC, citing Typhoons Tino and Uwan, as well as visa processing, as heavily impacting their preparations for the culminating Game Changers tournament. In Xipto&#x27;s last press conference after their elimination at the hands of fellow Pacific squad Ninetails, capriciouS mentioned that their teammate grahams could not practice for &quot;one to two weeks&quot; as she and her family evacuated from their home due to the flooding brought by Typhoon Tino in her city of Bacolod.Before the 2025 Game Changers Championship, the Pinay-laden roster that went under the SISU Esports and Ascend banner dominated the Pacific region in 2025, only falling to the hands of Team Falcons Vega, which consisted of the core of two-time GCC Top 4 finishers. During the <a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/esports/2025/10/12/new-pinay-laden-xipto-esports-returns-to-valorant-game-changers-championship-1104">2025 Game Changers Pacific</a>, the ex-Xipto roster managed to defeat their regional rivals finally, en-route to their qualification to the Game Changers Championship.Also during 2024, the core roster under the SISU banner performed well up until the 2024 Game Changers Pacific semifinals, where they <a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/11/16/xipto-esports-falls-to-mibr-exits-in-top-4-1231">fell to the previous Xipto Esports roster</a> and missed out on qualifying for that year&#x27;s Game Changers Championship.

After a typhoon-affected VALORANT Game Changers Championship campaign, the girls of Xipto Esports announced that their contracts with the org has expired and are looking for a new organization.

After a typhoon-affected VALORANT Game Changers Championship campaign, the girls of Xipto Esports announced that their contracts with the org has expired and are looking for a new organization.

VALORANT: Xipto Esports parts ways with Game Changers roster after typhoon-impacted championship campaign

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VALORANT: Xipto Esports parts ways with Game Changers roster after typhoon-impacted championship campaign

Mark Demayo,

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Published Dec 06, 2025 10:11 AM PHT

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