Torden — YES, it’s time for another interactive article where I write some stuff and you clever people correct me. After the jump, changes in Yoyotech, Dignitas, CKRAS, Broder and Crack Clan.
Update: Drosophile replaces Origo for Yoyotech, Cyber is getting replaced by Kaidus – Linus explains. Also, Yyt now officially premUpdate: CKRAS’ shake up is now confirmed, more details after the jump.
Update: Blight returns to German TF2. Trell has all the details:
Trell — basH caught me on IRC earlier today to dish out some juicy gossip (note: may not be gossip to some of you :P).
Hey! We’re really happy about joining blight-gaming again.Since we have a full lineup now were ready to train a lot and ofcourse prepare for season 11.
I’m pretty sure we can reach a lot with this team soon and with the blight support we gonna try to get to the important events.
James “blackfoger” larsen of Blight Gaming had this to say:
I have worked with Bash and Viqun in the past, both excellent players they just need the right management behind them to become a top team again. Glad I get to work with these german powerhouses. I can’t wait to send these guys to LAN hopefully soon here. There playstyle is very unique to what our american counterparts are use to. Now we have Blight TF2 EU back under our banner.
The lineup:
Lukas “basH” Stauffenberg
Timo “Thy” Krüger
Tim “Viqun” Sijpkens
Tommy “KLar” Schneider
Tomas “Thun” Unsleber
Samuel “smZI” Niebiossa
Gabriel “Shifty” Braun
I did ask the obvious question, why no marco? basH’s answer was simply: “He’s gone. To BF3. I think.” Another casualty of war :(
Yoyotech shakes up 2
Drosophile is in and latest recruit Origo is out. Drosophile was rumoured to be doing a reform with Idk? but that appears to have been a joke. Furthermore, Cyber is getting replaced by current demo of the season, Kaidus. I caught up with team leader Linus to hear what’s up:
[23:25] We had to very quickyl find a scout after making roster changes mid season, and we were ready to take basically any scout, the fact that we found him was a pleasant surprise as he’s an extremely awesome and nice guy, but we are looking for a bit more in the future especially if we get prem spot
[23:31] cyber quitting tf2?
[23:33] Nah, we decided to let him go
Team Dignitas swaps medic
After a subpar season ridden with player changes, Diggy now appears to be fully recoevered…Or have they? As mentioned sometimes aleady by Greg, DaJackal is taking a step back. The good news is, his replacement is already geared up, none other than Kyynel, who’s been a steady part of the lineup once of twice before, earning “medic of the season 3 times in a row. As such, one could expect this roster change to make the least of upsets in their balance. Cookye fills in all the juicy details:
dignitas\cookye: dajaska quit because of real life stuff, luckily kyynel was interested in playing again after a long break
dignitas\cookye: boom
An interesting bit of random trivia, season11′s premiership is now set to include 6 healing dinosaurs, Kyynel, Dunc, Agron, F2, Paavi and myself. If I recall correctly, 4 of us were included in the vote for Medic of the season as early as season 3, with Agron already taking the first title of the kind in season 2.
Update: Holy smokes, there’s a hot rumour saying CKRAS’ Paavi is due to be replaced by Wrdo(confirmed), while Tuce is to be replaced by none other than Bash. Some might remember the latter from Wotr/4k and What Women Want. Is there any truth to this rumour?
CKRAS changes 2
There’s been some hot rumours going about CKRAS the past days, I caught up with clan leader M0re to separate the fact from the fiction, first about Paavi:
[17:41] that part is true
[17:41] as paavi cba atm
[17:43] so, the thing about bash is bollocks and tuce is staying?
[17:46] tuce isnt staying
[17:46] we have 3demoman trialing atm
[17:47] dare giving some names?
[17:47] and, is tuce qutting the game?
[17:53] tuce prlly looking for d1 team or something
[17:53] bash setlet and tomzi trialing
So there you have it, must be easy to lose players when apparently Finnish top players grow on trees…Well at least for some – In the Illegal camp, things are once more looking downhill, as Ziit explains in a mumble last night. They already “folded” earlier in season10, maybe all hope is not lost. The real task now is to figure out: Who is Hahol, the new soldier talent who apparently goes completely without RL identity, even to his team mates – IT’S A CHRISTMAS MYSTERY.
Broder swaps scout/soldier
Like DaJackal, Fanva has decided to take a step back from TF2, with a long time wish to focus more on his life, girlfriend, snus and mandariner. -But you might not have seen the last of him yet, he’s currently having fun with the new Tribes: Ascend beta, often streamed by Nvc. As a long time friend and a true advocate of integrity, the loss certainly leaves a mark on us.
Luckily, he’s to be replaced by none other than Leon, the unsung hero who would help Team Thermaltake take ETF2L’s grand title in season 9. This leaves him as the first of the old Fakkelbrigade to get a a new team, with Fisshu, Exfane and Mirelin currently out of the game. Leon will play full time soldier and one of the current rocketeers, Zebbosai or Jukebokks is due to try filling Fanva’s scout spot.
Source: Fanva’s official fanvclub
Crack Clan loses a scout
With regards to premiership playoffs, shit has officially hit the fan. The Epsilon (#3) vs Crack Clan (#2) matchup has proven to be a tough one to get organised, now with the addition of a dropped CC scout, Estanis. Retshock writes:
EstaniS already quitted tf2 because of family issues he had ( none of our business really ).
Source: ETF2L playoff match page.
The match is currently scheduled for Thursday this upcoming week, which means the window to play the grand finals in 2011 might be closing.
Other stuff
Demoman supreme, Kaidus is due to return for season11, alongside Boomeh. Welcome back!
Up and comers, Karnage have found their medic for the time to come, Raymon – a fresh pickup from the depth of division4.
Mineral and Raliator are looking to return to the game, with previous experience from 2strong and Mousestek respectively.
Originally published on VanillaTV (vanillatf2.org) on 2011-12-10 by Torden.
Recovered from the Internet Archive (archived copy) as part of tf2esports.com's preservation of VanillaTV's TF2 coverage. The original site is no longer online. All rights remain with the original author; reposted for historical reference.