(ESEAnews) - Despite holding strong at #2 in the ESEA-Intermediate Season 8 standings with a 9-1 record, iDEMISE TF2 has once against lost the services of one Ryan "paladin" Foley, a stalwart Soldier and the team's #2 fragger and overall lynchpin.
The team has had roster issues in the past, with both Foley and Brad "PYYYOUR" Ross dropping in early February only to rejoin the squad a couple days later after working out the differences within the team.
Unless he can be convinced to return, the loss of Foley is a huge blow to iDEMISE and presents a major lineup issue for the team going forward, who will find it tough to acquire a replacement player with the experience and raw talent of paladin's level. In the meantime, the team could turn to one Jason "Phaser" Haddox, assuming he can free up enough time to play a full match without being vomited on by tiny humans.
UPDATE: Wow, literally as I write that, they pick someone up.
iDEMISE TF2 answer to paladin's departure seems to be one Nick "teto" Bena, who most recently made waves in the competitive TF2 world with The Spacewhales in Season 7 and was a solid asset at combo. While teto will immediately fill the hole left by paladin, it's worth noting that teto joins the iD roster using an alternate ESEA account of PYYYOUR's, as seen here in the profile's history.
The complete list of rostered iDEMISE players is as follows:
Nick "teto" Bena
Gabor "unf" Nemeth
John "bigpun" Ecks
Heidi "dbw" Bruehl
Paul "ease" Brown
James "Phaser" Haddox
Brad "PYYYOUR" Ross
Sven "Ruwin" Z
Originally published on ESEA on 3/9/2011, 10:09 AM by 1rK-.
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