FlyQuest will use Sean "Gratisfaction" Kaiwai as a stand-in at the DFRAG HyperX Nationals, the organization announced on Tuesday.
The tournament will take place in Brisbane, Australia from July 17-19 and have approximately $7,000 on offer. Other top sides from Oceania, such as THUNDER dOWNUNDER, Rooster and Ground Zero, feature on the eight-team list.
The event will begin with a GSL-style group stage, with FlyQuest seeded atop of Group B, where they will be pitted against DXA in the first match.
FlyQuest have been down a player following the benching of João "story" Vieira in the off-season. The Portuguese AWPer went on to rejoin SAW shortly after to reform the core that made it to the semi-finals of IEM Cologne 2024.
As a former teammate of Justin "jks" Savage from Renegades and 100 Thieves, Gratisfaction steps in as a familiar face while FlyQuest look for a permanent solution.
The 30-year-old has been a free agent since June, when he departed Alter Ego.
SAW
João 'story' Vieira
Christopher 'MUTiRiS' Fernandes
Filipe 'NOPEEj' Dias
Michel 'ewjerkz' Pinto
Adones 'krazy' Nobre
Tiago 'mowzassa' Rodrigues
DXA
Jaymes 'JiNxZiE' Fake
Gerard 'Supers' Ostini
Rohan 'Myst' Dube
Zachary 'Zoot' Wicks
Cameron 'c4put' Head
Ming 'Mingovi' O'mallon
Sean 'Gratisfaction' Kaiwai
Justin 'jks' Savage
FlyQuest
Justin 'jks' Savage
Joshua 'INS' Potter
Declan 'Vexite' Portelli
Corey 'nettik' Browne
Aaron 'AZR' Ward
Renegades
Justin 'jks' Savage
Aaron 'AZR' Ward
Sean 'Gratisfaction' Kaiwai
Jay 'Liazz' Tregillgas
Joakim 'jkaem' Myrbostad
Ground Zero
Tom 'apocdud' Henry
Jared 'hazr' O'Bree
Kalan 'sliimey' Lorenzo
Jack 'Omichella' McLoughlin
Ethan 'vision' Holst
Tyler 'tucks' Reilly
Alter Ego
Hansel 'BnTeT' Ferdinand
Saad 'PokemoN' Ahmad
Mohammad 'BOROS' Malhas
Andrew 'bali' Joseph
100 Thieves
Justin 'jks' Savage
Aaron 'AZR' Ward
Sean 'Gratisfaction' Kaiwai
Jay 'Liazz' Tregillgas
Joakim 'jkaem' Myrbostad
João 'story' Vieira
THUNDER dOWNUNDER
Christopher 'dexter' Nong
Jay 'Liazz' Tregillgas
Alistair 'aliStair' Johnston
Tyson 'asap' Paterson
Tynan 'TjP' Purtell
Eddie 'viridian' Azzi
Rooster
Michael 'chelleos' Hawkins
Jordan 'SkulL' Newland
Jake 'ju1ces' Hennessy
Akram 'ADK' Smida
Daniel 'rekonz' Mort