{"id":164275,"date":"2025-01-22T14:08:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T14:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/?p=164275"},"modified":"2025-01-22T14:10:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T14:10:00","slug":"team-liquid-returns-to-overwatch-vega-and-rupal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/01\/team-liquid-returns-to-overwatch-alongside-vega-and-rupal","title":{"rendered":"Team Liquid returns to Overwatch alongside Vega and Rupal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=https://esportsinsider.com/"https:////esportsinsider.com//wp-content//uploads//2025//01//Team-Liquid-Overwatch-Return-large.png/" alt=\"Team Liquid Overwatch Return\" class=\"wp-image-164313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Team-Liquid-Overwatch-Return-large.png 1024w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Team-Liquid-Overwatch-Return-medium.png 300w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Team-Liquid-Overwatch-Return-medium_large.png 768w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Team-Liquid-Overwatch-Return.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image Credit: Team Liquid<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67cf5ebe6e080\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>After seven years away from the scene, <strong>Team Liquid <\/strong>is returning to the Overwatch esports and has signed an exciting mix of experienced and young talent.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67cf5ebe6e8b1\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>Team Liquid&#8217;d roster consists of Boston <strong>&#8216;Infekted&#8217; <\/strong>Fine, Lee &#8216;<strong>KNIFE<\/strong>&#8216; Seon-woo, Rupal &#8216;<strong>Rupal<\/strong>&#8216; Zaman, Elliot &#8216;<strong>TR33<\/strong>&#8216; Chu and Diego &#8216;<strong>Vega<\/strong>&#8216; Moran. 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