We spoke with Perry about the roster changes that have been happening recently in Blight Gaming.
You've dropped Dajackal from your roster, what happened?
We removed him from the team because of his raging.
Was the change really necessary considering you guys appeared to be doing pretty well? You were ranked surprisingly highly in the Cadred Top 10 for an impressive January. What went wrong?
Our performances were starting to look better, but when our motivations start dropping because of raging issues and playing every night starts to feel like you don't really want to do it, then it's obvious that a change is necessary. This will most likely fuck our performance up for quite a while to come, but I'm certain that with a more light-hearted mood in our practice and a good replacement for dajackal, we will eventually start rising towards the top again.
And what about the new couple of guys you've added, Elimi and Tommi?
Both of them will be backups. Elimi needs a bit more practise in high level play, but we're all sure he's a real talent. He could be as good as Darn and Hocz, for example, once he learns the game. We still need to find a new medic to replace dajackal. We will not look outside of Finland, like we did with Delirium.
Seems like an uncertain time just as the new ETF2L season starts. Do you have any goals in mind?
Before our roster changes I would've said that we'd have been targeting for top 5 at least, but now I think our goal is to manage to stay in division 1 and come back strong next season.
Blight Gaming's current roster:
perry (scout)
wrdo (scout)
dreadi (soldier)
monkiainen (soldier)
m0re (demoman)
tommi (backup)
arjeni (backup)
elimi (backup)
Originally published on Resupply.eu on 14.02.2010 - 13:29 by a Resupply.eu writer.
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