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After a disappointing last-place finish in the RLCS Season 4 Finals, NRG dropped mainstay and fan-favorite Jacob for rookie prodigy jstn. With jstn, NRG came one goal away from becoming the Rocket League world champions in Season 5. After going undefeated in both the regular season and the first two days of the RLCS tournament, NRG met [[Dignitas (esports)|Dignitas]] in the Grand Finals. Dignitas reset the bracket with a 4–1 win in the first best-of-seven, which meant one final series would crown the champs. In Game 7, NRG trailed by one goal in the final moments, but jstn scored a last-second goal to send the game into overtime, where they ultimately lost.

NRG would continue to dominate RLCS regional play in seasons 6 and 7, only to fall short of expectations at both finals. Several days after the end of Season 7, NRG legend Fireburner announced he was stepping away from competitive Rocket League. Nearly a month later, it was announced that three-time RLCS champion Turbopolsa, a member of the same Dignitas team that defeated NRG for the world title in season 5, would replace Fireburner, becoming the first player to make a cross-region move from Europe to North America. Months after Turbopolsa's move to North America, NRG Esports would finally go on to win the Rocket League World Championship series on December 15, 2019, beating Renault Vitality in a seven-game Grand Finals with jstn scoring the winning goal in overtime. They would then drop Turbopolsa in order to sign SquishyMuffinz, a player coming from the recently disbanded team Cloud9. With this roster, they went on to win the RLCS X North American Championship, and lose in the Grand Finals of Fall Major RLCS 11 to Team BDS.

NRG qualified for the Winter Major as the number 1 seed from NA, they went 1-2 in groups and were placed in the lower bracket against the eventual runner-up ups Team Queso, which they lost. NRG failed to qualify for the Spring Major, this was the first time NRG failed to qualify for an RLCS international LAN, but they qualified for the RLCS 2021-2022 Finals wildcard in [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]]. Although they failed to qualify for the Spring Major they still had enough points to qualify for the Main Event in Fort Worth. Following Version 1's loss against [[Moist Esports]], NRG qualified for the Main Event in Fort Worth as the 3rd seed from North America.<ref name="RLCS 8">{{cite news |last1=Bishop |first1=Sam |title=NRG Esports are the RLCS Season 8 world champions |url=https://www.gamereactor.eu/nrg-esports-are-the-rlcs-season-8-world-champions/ |access-date=December 18, 2019 |work=GameReactor UK |date=December 16, 2019}}</ref> GREETINGS FROM EARTH guys its sai