League of Legends: Origen to Sign Upset from Schalke 04
| Tags: League of Legends
| Author David Hollingsworth
ESPN is reporting that Origen is finalizing the signing of Schalke 04’s star AD carry Elias “Upset” Lipp.
Origen has acted swiftly to replace departing AD carry Patrik “Patrik” Jírů who looks set to join Excel Esports as Origen has snapped up one of the most hyped-up European AD carry players in Upset.
Upset helped secure a top-five finish in the LEC before ultimately losing out to Splyce 3-0 in the Regional Finals. Upset leaves a Schalke 04 side that looks set to lose top laner Andrei ‘Odoamne’ Pascu and support player Lee ‘IgNar’ Dong-geun.
Upset looks set to join an Origen roster that will see a number of changes as Patrik joined Excel and Origen’s former support player Alfonso “Mithy” Aguirre joins Fnatic as the teams new Head Coach.
Upset will, however, join the making of an exciting roster with top laner Barney ‘Alphari’ Morris and mid laner Erland ‘Nukeduck’ Vatevik Holm still under contract for the next one and two years respectively.
David has written for games media outlets for the last ten years. With his first major esports role being with Esports News UK covering mostly UK League of Legends. David is also a member of the British Esports Association and is an advisor to them on World of Warcraft Esports. More recently David has worked for Esports Insider and Red Bull as an esports journalist.
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