{"id":168223,"date":"2025-02-25T13:32:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T13:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/?p=168223"},"modified":"2025-02-25T13:36:57","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T13:36:57","slug":"team-bds-rainbow-six-roster-exploring-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/02\/team-bds-rainbow-six-roster-exploring-options","title":{"rendered":"Six Invitational 2025 finalist Team BDS allows Rainbow Six roster to explore options"},"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//02//team-bds-rainbow-six-roster-large.jpg/" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-168224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/team-bds-rainbow-six-roster-large.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/team-bds-rainbow-six-roster-medium.jpg 300w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/team-bds-rainbow-six-roster-medium_large.jpg 768w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/team-bds-rainbow-six-roster-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/team-bds-rainbow-six-roster.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Team BDS allowed to explore options. Image credit: Esports World Cup<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67cf60ca36e5c\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p><strong>Team BDS<\/strong> has allowed its Rainbow Six Siege roster to explore other opportunities with teams for the 2025 season. <\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67cf60ca376ae\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>The news follows the team reaching the final of the 2025 Six Invitational where it finished runner-up to FaZe Clan.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"keep-reading \"  id=\"kr-67cf60ca385f8\">\n  <div class=\"heading\">Keep Reading<\/div>\n  <ul class=\"d-flex flex-column\">\n          <li id=\"post-167556\" style=\"order: 1;\"><a href=https://esportsinsider.com/"https:////esportsinsider.com//2025//02//faze-clan-r6-six-invitational-2025-champions/" target=\"_blank\">FaZe Clan crowned Six Invitational 2025 champions<\/a><\/li>\n          <li id=\"post-166894\" style=\"order: 2;\"><a href=https://esportsinsider.com/"https:////esportsinsider.com//2025//02//team-secret-ceo-player-mocking-backlash/" target=\"_blank\">Team Secret CEO faces backlash after mocking crying Rainbow Six Siege player<\/a><\/li>\n          <li id=\"post-167859\" style=\"order: 3;\"><a href=https://esportsinsider.com/"https:////esportsinsider.com//2025//02//m80-budega-vivas-released/" target=\"_blank\">M80 announces departures of Budega and Vivas<\/a><\/li>\n      <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67cf60ca399d0\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>The news was first confirmed by the team&#8217;s coach <strong>Samy &#8216;Stooflex&#8217; Smail<\/strong> in <strong><a href=https://esportsinsider.com/"https:////x.com//stooflex//status//1894165389883457762/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a social media post<\/a><\/strong> on February 24th, 2025. Stooflex reveals the entire team is &#8220;available for discussions with interested parties&#8221; looking to field a Rainbow Six Siege roster.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67cf60ca3a179\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>Alongside Stooflex, Team BDS&#8217; roster consists of St\u00e9phane &#8216;<strong>Shaiiko<\/strong>&#8216; Lebleu, Lo\u00efc &#8216;<strong>BriD<\/strong>&#8216; Chongthep, Th\u00e9o &#8216;<strong>LikEfac<\/strong>&#8216; Mariano, Fatih &#8216;<strong>Solotov<\/strong>&#8216; T\u00fcrker and Josh &#8216;<strong>Yuzus<\/strong>&#8216; Pritchard.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67cf60ca3a8f6\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>The reasoning behind Team BDS&#8217;s decision to let its Rainbow Six Siege team explore options is unclear considering its success in the scene over the past three years.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67cf60ca3b071\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>Team BDS is no stranger to success in Rainbow Six. The team won the Six Major in August 2020 alongside Gamers8 tournaments in 2022 and 2023. Its last victory came at the 2024 <a href=https://esportsinsider.com/"https:////esportsinsider.com//2024//12//rainbow-six-siege-esports-world-cup-2025/">Esports World Cup<\/a> where it defeated w7m Esports in the Grand Final.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-heading-67cf60ca3b852\" class=\"esi-heading \">\n  \n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-next-for-team-bds\"><span id=\"what_next_for_team_bds\">What next for Team BDS?<\/span><\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67cf60ca3c030\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>As for Team BDS&#8217; roster, Rainbow Six Siege continues to be an attractive esport for organisations looking to expand into other titles. In February, North American organisation <strong><a href=https://esportsinsider.com/"https:////esportsinsider.com//2025//02//cloud-departs-counter-strike-enters-rainbow-six/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cloud9<\/a><\/strong> departed Counter-Strike and returned to Ubisoft&#8217;s tactical shooter, becoming one of 20 teams to form its partner programme.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67cf60ca3c7cf\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>It remains to be seen if Team BDS is looking to exit Rainbow Six Siege esports by allowing its roster to look elsewhere for representation. <\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67cf60ca3cf5b\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>It&#8217;s also unclear as to which organisations are looking to enter the esport. 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