{"id":1630,"date":"2025-08-05T12:57:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T12:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/?p=1630"},"modified":"2025-09-03T15:12:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T15:12:59","slug":"spacestation-gaming-lets-go-of-three-players-ahead-of-owcs-na-stage-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/05\/spacestation-gaming-lets-go-of-three-players-ahead-of-owcs-na-stage-3\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceStation Gaming lets go of three players ahead of OWCS NA Stage 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"504\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"SpaceStation Gaming OWCS Stage 2 roster trailer featuring Widowmaker and Winston\" class=\"wp-image-199966 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SpaceStation-Gaming-OWCS-Stage-2-players-let-go-large.png\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image credit: SpaceStation Gaming<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68b8482b6fd4f\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p><strong>SpaceStation Gaming<\/strong> (SSG) has announced that it is letting go three players from its Overwatch Champions Series (OWCS) roster ahead of NA\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/07\/which-teams-have-qualified-for-owcs-stage-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stage 3<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68b8482b708a9\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>Kim <strong>\u2018Bliss\u2019 <\/strong>So-myung, Kim<strong> \u2018Kellan\u2019 <\/strong>Min-jae and Alex <strong>\u2018seeker\u2019 <\/strong>Taylor have left the organisation as of August 4th, 2025. \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"keep-reading \" id=\"kr-68b8482b71cb4\">\n<div class=\"heading section__title \"><span>Keep Reading<\/span><\/div>\n<ul class=\"d-flex flex-column\">\n<li id=\"post-199718\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/08\/owcs-world-finals-2025-dreamhack-november\">OWCS World Finals 2025 heads to DreamHack in November<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"post-197620\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/07\/overwatch-2-season-17-midseason-update-wuyang-trial-flashpoint\">Overwatch 2 Season 17 midseason update: Wuyang hero trial date, Flashpoint map rework<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"post-197444\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/07\/owcs-launches-new-team-packs-ahead-of-midseason-championship\">OWCS launches new Team Packs ahead of Midseason Championship<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68b8482b733b4\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>In a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Spacestation\/status\/1952455021276102762\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">post online<\/a>, SpaceStation Gaming said: \u201cSome of the coolest SSG pros ever, sucks to see these guys go. Thank you seeker, Kellan, and Bliss, best of luck to you gents.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68b8482b73f26\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>Each player has since<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Kellan_OW\/status\/1952458817872302214\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00a0announced on their socials<\/a>\u00a0that they are actively looking for new organisations to sign up with. In\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bliss_ow\/status\/1952674635998490767\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">response to the announcement<\/a>, Bliss wrote: \u201cI cant forget the support I\u2019ve received for 8 months thank you so much to the SSSG fans and SSG.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68b8482b74a56\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>In light of the recent departures, this is the current SSG roster:<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Christopher \u2018Cjay\u2019 Smith<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Support<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kamden \u2018Sugarfree\u2019 Hijada<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Damage<\/li>\n<li><strong>Alejandro \u2018scissors\u2019 L\u00e9on<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Damage (Substitute)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ryan \u2018squid\u2019 Ruffell\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Support (Substitute)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"esi-heading-68b8482b7574a\" class=\"esi-heading \">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span id=\"spacestation_gamings_performance_during_stage_2-2\">SpaceStation Gaming\u2019s Performance During Stage 2<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68b8482b762a7\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>The news follows SSG\u2019s mixed performance in <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/05\/team-changes-owcs-na-stage-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">OWCS NA Stage 2<\/a>. In the Regular Season, SpaceStation Gaming placed fourth with a 4-3 win\/loss ratio and 14-11 Map wins and losses.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68b8482b76db9\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>However in the end, the organisation failed to qualify for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/08\/team-falcons-win-owcs-mid-season-championship-ewc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mid-Season Championship<\/a>\u00a0after being eliminated by NTMR in the Lower Bracket Semi-finals of the Regional Playoffs with a landslide 0-3 defeat.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68b8482b77925\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>Despite falling short, there were some notable achievements. For example, seeker and\u00a0Kamden <strong>\u2018Sugarfree\u2019 <\/strong>Hijada\u00a0achieved two match MVPs each during the course of the competition, with Kellan awarded one.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68b8482b784b3\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>The departures are the latest changes SSG is making to its roster. Back on July 26th, SSG\u2019s former coach,\u00a0<strong>Max \u2018Unter\u2019 Unterwurzacher<\/strong>, also left the organisation after joining earlier this year. As of writing, replacements have yet to be announced.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/08\/spacestation-gaming-players-owcs-na-stage-3\">SpaceStation Gaming lets go of three players ahead of OWCS NA Stage 3<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\">Esports Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image credit: SpaceStation Gaming SpaceStation Gaming (SSG) has announced that it is letting go three players from its Overwatch Champions Series (OWCS) roster ahead of NA\u00a0Stage 3. Kim \u2018Bliss\u2019 So-myung, Kim \u2018Kellan\u2019 Min-jae and Alex \u2018seeker\u2019 Taylor have left the organisation as of August 4th, 2025. \u00a0 Keep Reading OWCS World Finals 2025 heads to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-overwatch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1630"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1633,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1630\/revisions\/1633"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}