Kenny Leaves Team Kaliber, Joins 100 Thieves’ Call of Duty Team

Sydney Olmstead 6 years ago
Kenny
Kenny
Sydney Olmstead 6 years ago

Earlier this week, Kenneth “Kenny” Williams announced his departure from Team Kaliber, the 2018 Call of Duty World League Championship runners up, saying “it’s time for me to look at other options.” Kenny was undoubtedly one of the top players in the world in WWII, earning three event titles in just 10 months on Team Kaliber.

Kenny had to wait several years to turn 18 in order to become eligible for CWL-sanctioned events, so the 2017-18 WWII season was his first as part of the CWL. He quickly climbed to the top and made himself known as one of the most skilled players on any team.

His importance was most notable at the CWL Championship earlier this month, where his confidence and excellent playmaking ability was almost enough for Team Kaliber to edge out Evil Geniuses in two grand finals series.

Now, 100 Thieves is officially returning to Call of Duty for the 2018-19 season on Black Ops 4, and they’re taking Kenny and his former tK teammate Maurice “Fero” Henriquez with them.

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Team Kaliber owner Justin “KOSDFF” Chandler revealed after the players’ departures that he had been negotiating the roster’s sale for the past few weeks.

100 Thieves owner and former CoD pro player Matthew “Nadeshot” Haag is perhaps the most recognized player in Call of Duty esports history. He won several titles as a long-standing player for OpTic Gaming, including an X Games gold medal. He also won over the hearts of esports fans as a popular internet personality through YouTube and Twitch.

Nadeshot left OpTic’s competitive roster in 2015 and later created his own organization, 100 Thieves, in 2016. Now, after over two years away from competitive CoD, 100 Thieves is returning to the stage with two of the top players in the game.

KOSDFF revealed via Twitter that he’s been negotiating the sale of tK’s Call of Duty team for the last couple weeks. He said his players deserved to “join some of the largest esports orgs there is” and that “we’re very excited for their careers and are grateful to have been apart of it.”

Shortly before these tweets, Twitter users noticed that Team Kaliber’s players, including Fero, Lamar “Accuracy” Abedi, and Ian “Enable” Wyatt had all removed any mention of the team from their Twitter bios.

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Despite some rough patches this season, Team Kaliber managed to finish in second place in this year’s CWL Championship. And even though there’s some uncertainty regarding the team’s future, KOSDFF seems confident in the future of his organization.