Formed from the scraps of Invite teams past, Rat jail will reintroduce five former ESEA Invite players back into the highest tiers of competition.

Most well known for playing on the first iteration of Faint Gaming, meyy will reprise their Medic role, after previously playing Pocket in ESEA Season 31. They are joined by two other Season 31 contemporaries: Kev777, long-time Scout of MyAnimeList, and shamoo, who had played with Space Pirates that season.

Coming off a two-season-long absence are speedy and Alex.exe. The former rejoins alfa, after having previously played together on Chaos Control. The same season, Alex.exe had played 11 matches with Meat Market in Season 30, before getting replaced by sighguy.

We reached out to Alex.exe about returning to Invite.

I'm excited to finally be able to prove myself, because after I got cut in season 30, I felt that I hadn't been able to show my true potential. Now I just want to make it to playoffs and do the best I can for my team.

Unable to flee the sinking ship, the Rat jail holds:

• Scout: shamoo
• Scout: Kev777
• Roamer: alfa
• Pocket: speedy
• Demoman: Alex.exe
• Medic: meyy