Team Coolermaster has decided to call it a day. This move comes as a big surprise since the team has been together all the way from 2007 and has been one of the most successful TF2 teams in Europe.
Apparently the reason behind TCM's demise is the team captain and main caller Byte leaving the squad. He has been one of the carrying forces in TCM, generating the popular term "Byte down, puuuuush!", and the rest of the team didn't feel like they could find a suitable replacement for him as a demoman and caller.
Statement from Byte, taken from TF2 Gossip:
It was an honour to play with the guys. I’m sure TCM will be back very soon for TF2 but with a different team, however I don’t think they’ll ever find the same friendship we had in TCM at such a high level :-)
Special thanks to Evil’s efforts in TCM as he’s been with me in wotr/TCM| for the whole 18 months and had to put up with a lot of rebuilding. :D
And for the record I’m not going anywhere. I’ll be somewhere hopefully in the top flight soon!
Just a few minutes ago Amonsilas spoke with Evil from TCM about the recent events that have passed.
The folding of your team comes as a big surprise for many people. Can you describe to us the last weeks/days in the team? How was the mood, the performance and stability?
"Well, the last few weeks we have been struggling, mainly down to a lack of motivation by most of the players. This and the fact that we really did not enjoy playing the game that much (5 days a week), meant that our results slipped."
Did anyone talk about leaving the team?
"Most people did not want to leave, but wanted to stay together and try and get through our rough patch. This meant we needed to recruit some high skill players to stay at the top, however we did not feel that there were any players clanless that good help us get to normal. The option left was that we would have had to get in lower skill players and try and work them up, and after months and months of trying no one could be bothered going through it again."
Can you tell us what the players of the team will do next? Can we expect some to leave the scene, rejoin a top team or build a new team?
"I think most people will carry on; everyone is good enough to get in one of the top teams for sure. There will not be a rebuild of the team and one or two may vanish back into real life.
I would like to shouter Cooler Master and all our sponsors as well as Whitley and Kboy for all the support they gave us and the opportunity in the first place. All the guys who have played in the team that helped us along the way. And a very big shout out to Xman who has managed us all this time, he is a legend."
Afterwards Amonsilas spoke with the team's manager Xman. This is what he had to say:
"It is always sad to see a team go inactive and this is no exception. Our current line up has been together for almost 2 years now, but as it often happens with eSports real life takes over. We played at the top level of Team Fortress 2 since the beginning and that is just where the guys wanted to stay.
Some of the guys were unable to commit to the amount of time that is needed to remain at the top and rather than try to patch up the team we felt it was better that we called it a day.
This does not mean that Team-Coolermaster will not be represented in TF2, far from it! I am already considering several options that will ensure we are represented at the highest level in the game, as we at TCM fully support TF2 and its community.
Good luck to all of the guys in what ever they do. They are a great bunch of guys and people I consider my friends. Some of the current line up will still be active. All I can say now is: watch this space."
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Originally published on Cadred.org on Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:20:27 +0100 by Juho Pättö.
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