 In the following months after the team's loss at the APAC Premier, multiple players left the team and Runner announced that he would be stepping down from the team to serve his mandatory military service; in his stead, Flowervin took up the role as team manager.As the inception of the Overwatch League was approaching, players from all over the world were being signed to the new franchises, but all the players of RunAway decided to all stay together; with a core of Kim "Haksal" Hyo-jong, Choi "JJANU" Hyeon-woo, Park "Bumper" Sang-beom, and Lee "Stitch" Chung-hee, RunAway prepared to compete in Overwatch Contenders.RunAway performed well in the group stages of the first season of Korea Contenders and made it to the playoffs.