Bonkers Put Up a GoFundMe Page for Bootcamp in Thailand for Ascension

Bonkers is an Australian team of Valorant, playing from the Oceanic Region. They are currently organization-less but that has not stopped them from becoming the first Valorant team to qualify for VCT Ascension without an organization. They have constantly stayed rank 1 in Oceania region have won over $27,000 prize money in last one year.

The players consist of the Captain Jackson 'Minimise' White, Luis 'LEW' Hibbert, Nicholas 'DragoN' Aleksandrovsky , Riley 'rDeeW' Wilkinson, Lewis 'WAT' Watson and Ben 'Ciko' Easterbrook. This squad recently won 3-0 against NerdPunt, qualifying for Ascension from their region.

Due to being organization-less, they have no financial support and except for the travelling and stay in Thailand, the rest of the finances like Gaming PCs at the Bootcamp etc. are up to them and their wallets.

GoFundMe Page Setup by Bonkers

Riot has clarified the eligibility regarding any organization supporting Bonkers for Ascension is that whichever organization did not compete in Split 2 of any Valorant Champions League globally will be permitted to acquire the roster. They have put up a 'Looking For Organization' tweet on their social handle, but till then they have come up with the idea of getting a GoFundMe page where people can donate any amount of money to help them and support them.

Although their initial amount of donation goal was 4000 AUD, which is almost 2.2 Lacs in Rupees, well-known organization like Bleed Esports donated 4000 AUD, for which the players were extremely thankful as it helped them complete their donation goal easily.

Another famous and influential member of the Indian Gaming Community, Manoj Kashyap, also known as VLT Sentinel, owner of Velocity Gaming, gave a huge donation of $2000, helping Bonkers out furthermore in their goal.

So far they have raised 7,735 AUD out of the goal of 4,000 AUD, which almost equates to 4.7 lacs in Rupees, for which they have tweeted that they'll soon be going to Thailand. Minimise, one of the players for Bonkers, also did a 12 hour stream to raise funds on 12th June, 2023.