Kaito Leaves NTR

	Jasmine “Kaito” Payne, member of Team Nectar’s Team Fortress 2 competitive scene for over two years, has decided to exit the organization. She has long been a valuable member of NTR, and though she will be missed, we wish her well in her future endeavours.

	Before joining Team Nectar in February 2016, Kaito had one previous season of experience with UGC Steel Sixes as starting roamer, under the mentorship of Lee “ppaleun” Min-woo, CEO of Team Nectar, and three seasons of experience as Medic in UGC Steel and Iron Highlander. When she joined in Season 21 of Sixes, the first season for NTR’s UGC Steel team, Kaito started on roamer. After going 3-5 in the season, she stayed with NTR for the next season as backup. However, she decided to join the team “throyotech” when NTR dropped the season after week two.

	In Season 24, Kaito returned to Team Nectar’s Steel team as a general backup, as well as being general backup for NTR’s TFCL Ultiduo team as general backup for Ultiduo Season 2. The next season of Sixes, she was promoted to starting roamer, which, along with the other changes to the Steel team, brought their win record up to 4-4 for Season 25, up two wins from the previous season. She remained as general backup for the ultiduo team for Ultiduo Season 3.

	Kaito decided to move back to general backup for the Steel team’s next season, where their win record remained the same. When ppaleun decided to play with Remi “remipachu” Lee for NTR Ultiduo Black, Kaito was promoted to the starting soldier for NTR’s main ultiduo team, managing an even 4-4 for the season. At the same time, she joined the NTR Fours when it was promoted to Silver for Season 13, as a general backup.

	On her time with Team Nectar, Kaito said, “[I]t was definitely a very good time of my life[. It] felt nice when everyone worked together, and even if we didn[’]t always win, it was still fun to learn what [I] did wrong then go on to improve on it[. T]he wins were just that bit more rewarding too[. I] met a lot of nice and funny people so that's also very nice[.]”