📝 Seicoe released from Twisted Minds

After a dominant first-place finish, Saudi Arabian organisation Twisted Minds has released Maximilian "Seicoe" Otter.

This announcement surprised many in the community after Twisted Mind's successful World Finals campaign. Throughout 2025, Seicoe was largely credited as one of the main shotcallers for Twisted Minds when in the lineup across their three stages, and two attended international events.

In his departure tweet, Seicoe admits the decision to leave the team was ultimately “not [his] decision” and later elaborated on his personal stream that two players wanted to proceed into 2026 without him on the team, though said players remain unknown.

Although certain members may have wanted to go a different direction, Seicoe did confirm that he understands the decision, but ultimately questioned the lack of communication. Despite this setback, he still has every intention of playing in 2026.

Seicoe has proven throughout his OWCS career to be a confident performer in every team he joins. In 2024, he helped bring the European Spacestation Gaming roster to a Top 3 finish at the 2024 Dallas Major and two stage victories in that same season.

Since joining Twisted Minds in 2025, he helped the team to a 3rd place and 1st place finish at the Midseason Championship and World Finals, respectively, but also demonstrated great flexibility in the Saudi eLeague Circuit as a support player and brought home the gold on many occasions.

Currently, it is unclear if Twisted Minds intends to sign another player with a similar skillset to Seicoe or if they will be maintaining the remaining core of the 2025 roster. No public signing has been confirmed at the time of writing.

Seicoe becomes one of the most accomplished Western flex DPS on the market this offseason. With limited news from other teams so far, there is a lot still to be determined within EMEA still.