Empire proudly announces their newest addition to their Team - Brat_Ok ! I think Brat_Ok doesn't need an introdution, since he is a very renowned and successfull russian Terran player. For those of you who still don't know him I recommend to read his liqupedia article (click) After Violets leaving we had to think about a new addition for the empty spot in our team. When we did not find a Zerg player who would fit our team perfectly, we took lesson from Team Acer and just hired another top-notch Terran player. (Do we really need zergs?) So let's all welcome our new family member - Empire.Brat_Ok ! Statement Alexander «StrangeR» Solomonov HR manager and head sc2 coordinator of Team EmpireI am sure that Pavel will make our team stronger even so he is the 4th terran in Empire's lineup. This transfer has been planned one year ago, but, unfortunately, was called off at the last moment. I am happy this time everything went smoothly and professional. The fact that Brat_OK and Kas are in the same team gives us a chance to make training process more efficient. But we do not want to run ahead of ourselves. Our main goal is to help Pavel to come back into his perfect shape and to set up stable gameplay level. In my opinion, Brat_OK is one of the strongest CIS players and I am happy that he is now in one of the strongest European teams. If we are talking about Zergs... well... We'll see!
Statement Pavel «Brat_OK» Kuznetcov:Change of team is always a hard decision. However, it was necessary. I am grateful to FXO for support and I wish them all the best. Unfortunately, I was not able to show results everyone expected from me. Now the time to change came. I join Empire to become better and stronger. Empire is not only high level, but a friendly team. Now we will conquer the world together!
Also make sure to have an eye on the Team-Liquid live stream section,since Brat_ok will start streaming in the near future. So make sure to tune in Follow Brat_OK: Twitter.com/EmpireBratOK Facebook.com/EmpireBratOK Follow Team Empire: Twitter.com/team_empire Facebook.com/empireEsports Thanks to our sponsors: Seagate, Razer,TwichTV. facebook.com/TeamRazer facebook.com/seagate.ru facebook.com/TwitchTV Source: www.team-empire.org
wow :o didnt expect that. Brat_OK Happy Kas Beastyqt Such a strong terran line up, congrats.
nice pickup, another great terran
Wow another big change good luck Brat_ok and congrats
Like! I already really liked Bratok and now he's on my favourite foreign team :D
Awesome! Hopefully see Brat_Ok at some more eu tournys!
Russian Federation 396 Posts
brat_ok, one of my favourite terran players, he'll do well in the future, i know it
Wow, feels so odd to have Brat_Ok and Strelok on different teams now. Great player though, would love to see him help Empire bring back their dominance of team leagues. Go Brat_Ok, Best of luck to you!
Interesting, a terran team getting more terran. Brat-OK is not bad, but it's not a good idea to get terran at this time around.
This might sound rude, but other then one or two events, where has he been? Are we going to see more of him?
bratok, kas, happy, beastyqt.. really sick terran lineup now
He belonged here for me, the beast from the east team gratz to both Brat_OK and Empire !
Match made in heaven. Good news.
Empire is definately the European counterpart to SlayerS. BratOK has really nice play, got really impressed after he beat Ret in those sick games at Dreamhack Summer 2012. Hope we get to see him at many events and that he does well. Now BratOK has been on all the major russian/ukrainian sc2 teams, from RoX.KIS>FXO.CIS>Empire.
I already loved Empire for their massive terran backbone but adding brat-ok only makes it better! =]
Awesome Terran line up! Got to love Empire :D
It's clearly because Acer picked up another zerg recently and Empire wanted to keep up on the lopsided racial balance chart.
Bratok is an amazing player, GL to Empire!
Russian Federation 131 Posts
brat_ok what a great move~! fxo.cis was a bit lazy with team captain "The ambitious terran"/ hope for gr8 results and terrifying "brat_ok's factory" again!
Welcome Bratok! also looking for more terrans for Empire..
Ah the rivalries between the Eastern European teams Empire, FXO.CIS, and Rox.KIS...
SICK PICKUP! BRATOK is really good, and empire is a sick team, they will prosper together.
Now that Acer is Team Zerg and Empire is Team Terran, who will step up and become Team Protoss?
Sweden 33719 Posts
I've always really liked BratOK, used to watch any new reps of his anytime I felt I needed some non-korean inspiration back in the day
Empire just keeps getting better
On July 12 2012 02:48 GulpyBlinkeyes wrote: Now that Acer is Team Zerg and Empire is Team Terran, who will step up and become Team Protoss?
Mouz (assuming they actually did pick up genius)
Bratok was my favorite terran along with thestc back in the beta and then he just kinda disappeared. Nice to see he still going, he is really an awesome player.
Nice ! Good luck in Empire
sad for FXO -_- I like them they are cool guys, lowely, strelok, elbegast... hope they find someone to replace bratok I feel like with BratOK leaving VPBenQ is the 3rd best Eastern European team now right after Empire/roxkis and not FXO anymore.
Awesome. Empire has a sick Terran line-up.
Stronk signing, brat_ok will do well for empire
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Where dat snitch at? 36951 Posts
On July 12 2012 02:52 Kaitokid wrote: sad for FXO -_- I like them they are cool guys, lowely, strelok, elbegast... hope they find someone to replace bratok I feel like with BratOK leaving VPBenQ is the 3rd best Eastern European team now right after Empire/roxkis and not FXO anymore.
Karont3?
Ever have one of those "huh, haven't watched replays of his in a while, let's go do that" moments? Yeah, right here, just now. BratOK is a pretty awesome player, grats and glhf man.
OMG, been looking for this picture for so long. Do you know where I can find it in big resolution?
Cool! I've always been a Brat_Ok fan, since the TSL 1 days.
On July 12 2012 02:56 SeeKeR wrote: Show nested quote + On July 12 2012 02:52 Kaitokid wrote: sad for FXO -_- I like them they are cool guys, lowely, strelok, elbegast... hope they find someone to replace bratok I feel like with BratOK leaving VPBenQ is the 3rd best Eastern European team now right after Empire/roxkis and not FXO anymore.
Karont3?
Is Karont3 less Spanish than I think they are? Or is Spain further East than I think it is? :D
Bratok, Beasty, Kas, and Happy. That's nuts.
Wow, they're turning into the Acer of Terran. Hope viOlet comes back as well.
really nice to see brat_ok going in Empire. GL !!
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Where dat snitch at? 36951 Posts
On July 12 2012 02:46 SeeKeR wrote: IPL TAC (somewhere in the future)
Team Acer vs Empire
Bly <>
Happy Nerchio <>
Happy
Nerchio <>
Kas ParanOid <>
Kas
ParanOid <>
Brat_OK Scarlett <>
Brat_OK
Scarlett <>
Beastyqt DarkHydra <>
Beastyqt
DarkHydra <>
VINES WTF?!!? THE TvZ MADNESS!!!
And then end with a TvP :D
Btw, does anyone have an issue with this lineup?
Russian Federation 23 Posts
Acer - Zerg Team. Empire - Terran Team. :D glhf ))
On July 12 2012 02:56 SeeKeR wrote: Show nested quote + On July 12 2012 02:52 Kaitokid wrote: sad for FXO -_- I like them they are cool guys, lowely, strelok, elbegast... hope they find someone to replace bratok I feel like with BratOK leaving VPBenQ is the 3rd best Eastern European team now right after Empire/roxkis and not FXO anymore.
Karont3?
Karton3 are South-West Europeans not Eastern Europeans.
That's awesome news. Looking forward to see more of Brat_OK. We have Acer for zerg, Empire for Terran, now all we need is a toss variant.
I knew it! EmpireBRATOK i just knew it! He fits perfectly in th at team for shizzledizzle
The Terrans on that team are scary..
Wait, I thought Brat_OK was already in empire? Suppose I just expected it, he was probably on imba or roxkis before.
Beast terran line up from Empire! Congrats Brat_Ok!
go bratok! sad to see no love to MorroW, though, I was hoping he'd go to empire
On July 12 2012 03:08 ComusLoM wrote: Wait, I thought Brat_OK was already in empire? Suppose I just expected it, he was probably on imba or roxkis before.
He was on both before, He left RoX.KIS to join FXO.IMBA/FXO.CIS and then left them to join Empire.
Who need Zerg, we have Terrans !
Canada 5565 Posts
Brat_OK, please destroy everyone. Thank you.
Gl to Empire and Brat_oK but I think Empire couldve picked up a OGS player too?
big fan of Brat_ok, glad to see him go to empire :D
Expected Brat_ok to leave FXO a long time ago because of his low motivation and poor results since he joined, but news caught me off guard anyway.
I just realized Eastern Europe has insane terrans =O Good luck to Bratok!
FUCK YES, Someone said this in chat I thought he was trolling, so happy, grats!
Grats to Empire, pretty sweet pick up, GL to Brat-Ok in the future!
On July 12 2012 02:56 SeeKeR wrote: Show nested quote + On July 12 2012 02:52 Kaitokid wrote: sad for FXO -_- I like them they are cool guys, lowely, strelok, elbegast... hope they find someone to replace bratok I feel like with BratOK leaving VPBenQ is the 3rd best Eastern European team now right after Empire/roxkis and not FXO anymore.
Karont3?
O.O erm what? Care to explain?
gl bratok Empire vs Acer plz
so many good terrans omg nice . congrats to both parties !
Hope they never get matched against ST in a team league. Squirtle and Parting would eat them up.
The Empire has another legion \o/
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they should be called UED not Empire
On July 12 2012 02:56 SeeKeR wrote: Show nested quote + On July 12 2012 02:52 Kaitokid wrote: sad for FXO -_- I like them they are cool guys, lowely, strelok, elbegast... hope they find someone to replace bratok I feel like with BratOK leaving VPBenQ is the 3rd best Eastern European team now right after Empire/roxkis and not FXO anymore.
Karont3?
lol? :p "SeeKeR United States " explains it, I guess. Spain has nothing to do with eastern europe.
Perfect fit really
On July 12 2012 03:27 Kaitokid wrote: Show nested quote + On July 12 2012 02:56 SeeKeR wrote: On July 12 2012 02:52 Kaitokid wrote: sad for FXO -_- I like them they are cool guys, lowely, strelok, elbegast... hope they find someone to replace bratok I feel like with BratOK leaving VPBenQ is the 3rd best Eastern European team now right after Empire/roxkis and not FXO anymore.
Karont3?
O.O erm what? Care to explain?
Yeah yeah, our eastern european brothers from Spain... (facepalm)
Brat_OK is a pretty solid player, no denying that, but the team is really lacking depth now (in terms of race distribution) and that worries me about their chances in any teamleagues in the future.
So I guess they're not going to resign Violet? Seems like they would need quite a bit of money to sign both Brat_ok and Viotlet :O
I don't think I've seen any BratOK games since the first few months of release. I wanna see more of him!
well my god, good luck lot of terrans now lol sick lineup though!!!
On July 12 2012 03:50 QuanticTheognis wrote: I don't think I've seen any BratOK games since the first few months of release. I wanna see more of him!
Go watch BratOK vs Ret from Dreamhack Summer! :D
On July 12 2012 03:55 Eee wrote: Show nested quote + On July 12 2012 03:50 QuanticTheognis wrote: I don't think I've seen any BratOK games since the first few months of release. I wanna see more of him!
Go watch BratOK vs Ret from Dreamhack Summer! :D
i'm quite a lazy dude, do you have a link to a vod/replay :p ?
Empire needs MOAR TERRANS! j/k Grats to Brat_ok and Empire.
Damn Empire has an amazing terran set of players, amazing for both sides, good luck.
Ooooh, now THAT is a smart choice (aside from the whole Team Terran thing). Goodluck to both!
Another great foreign terran joining Empire, the house of the eastern beasts :D
Good luck to both of you!
On July 12 2012 02:50 MangoMountain wrote: Show nested quote + On July 12 2012 02:48 GulpyBlinkeyes wrote: Now that Acer is Team Zerg and Empire is Team Terran, who will step up and become Team Protoss?
Mouz
(assuming they actually did pick up genius)
Protosser isn't a protoss dude Also, really great pickup! Leaves FXO CIS with not much besides Strelok though.
nice empire sticking to their guns eastern european terrans FTW xD
Hehe now Empire has some of the best european terrans all in the same team. Kas, Happy, Beasty and now Brat_ok! Good luck Brat_OK and Empire!!!!
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Awesome support! Thank you, guys!
All europes great terrans in one place! It's EuroSlayers :D
I guess we should play a clanwar vs acer ^^
Awesome, awesome. I hope Brat_OK can get into his old form, he was a really scary EU terran probably the best even. He was one of the first terrans in SC2 to show great marine splitting, even back in beta when everyone was really bad.
Empire the terran foreigner hope team!
acer vs empire showmatch with some pleasing prize, someone should make it happen (+1) it feels like so long time ago when Nerchio was in Empire, sometimes I wonder how strong the team would be if he didn't left
Not only such a good player, so mannered aswell, nice pickup.
Beasty, Kas, Happy, Brato in the same team; that is really great!
so this means that violet will not resign with empire?
On July 12 2012 04:54 JustPassingBy wrote: so this means that violet will not resign with empire?
yep
He really deserves. Drago!
Congratulations to both parties!
Clearly something had to be done to weaken FXO after they repeatedly beat Empire in team leagues. Nice choice to weaken them. :D Great pick-up, Empire looking good!
dezi
Germany 1536 Posts
Nice addition to their roster
So if Empire is the Terran Team Acer is the Zerg Team and Mouz is the Protoss team WHAT IF: + Show Spoiler + WE COMBINE THEM into a European Union MUAHAHAHA
This makes so much sense.
acer vs empire clan showmatch... everyone plays their offrace!
Empire vs Acer showmatch GOGO
Sweet I hope we get to see more of Brat_Ok and less problem with VISA!!
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On July 12 2012 03:44 Ventris wrote: Show nested quote + On July 12 2012 03:27 Kaitokid wrote: On July 12 2012 02:56 SeeKeR wrote: On July 12 2012 02:52 Kaitokid wrote: sad for FXO -_- I like them they are cool guys, lowely, strelok, elbegast... hope they find someone to replace bratok I feel like with BratOK leaving VPBenQ is the 3rd best Eastern European team now right after Empire/roxkis and not FXO anymore.
Karont3?
O.O erm what? Care to explain?
Yeah yeah, our eastern european brothers from Spain... (facepalm)
Ohhhhhhhhh Did not see that eastern part my bad
that is OP, nerf now gl to empire and brat_ok
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On July 12 2012 05:02 Recoil wrote: So if Empire is the Terran Team
Acer is the Zerg Team
and Mouz is the Protoss team
WHAT IF:
+ Show Spoiler + WE COMBINE THEM into a European Union MUAHAHAHA
Mouz is not the protoss team yet. They only have HasuObs and MaNa. They need at least 2 more
BRAT_OK SO SICK gl in empire ;D
(Do we really need zergs?)
Low Blow Bro, Low Blow.
Not excited...Wanted to see a protoss/zerg join. But good for Kas and Beasty, now they can ask BratOK for tips ^^ (But Kas never need tips)
On July 12 2012 05:02 Recoil wrote: So if Empire is the Terran Team
Acer is the Zerg Team
and Mouz is the Protoss team
WHAT IF:
+ Show Spoiler + WE COMBINE THEM into a European Union MUAHAHAHA
Well i certainly hope not, because first Empire will go broke and Acer&Mouz will have to bail it out, then Mouz will run out of money and Acer has to save them both and in the end the whole Union is screwed :D
Oh come on....empire is NOT building a better team- they need some1 to replace violet, aggressive Zerg not a Terran.
On July 12 2012 05:39 Jarree wrote: Show nested quote + On July 12 2012 05:02 Recoil wrote: So if Empire is the Terran Team
Acer is the Zerg Team
and Mouz is the Protoss team
WHAT IF:
+ Show Spoiler + WE COMBINE THEM into a European Union MUAHAHAHA
Well i certainly hope not, because first Empire will go broke and Acer&Mouz will have to bail it out, then Mouz will run out of money and Acer has to save them both and in the end the whole Union is screwed :D
SOunds like the euro
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Mouz = Protoss Acer = Zerg Empire = Terran Time for a EU team to step up and become a team of randoms :D Nice pickup by Empire. Brat_Ok is good. Grats to him on the new team
You know, now with the addition of bratok ... i wonder how many ladder games per season combined will empire have.
lol very creative great player hope he has a great time in empire
I think its great for Bratok to be on a new team. He always had the potential to be one of the very best maybe this will give him a big motivation boost. good look Bratok and Empire!
empire collecting even more powerful terrans
On July 12 2012 02:56 SeeKeR wrote: Show nested quote + On July 12 2012 02:52 Kaitokid wrote: sad for FXO -_- I like them they are cool guys, lowely, strelok, elbegast... hope they find someone to replace bratok I feel like with BratOK leaving VPBenQ is the 3rd best Eastern European team now right after Empire/roxkis and not FXO anymore.
Karont3?
Eastern European, I wouldn't consider Spain part of that group.
Sick pick-up by Empire. I haven't actually been seeing much of Brat_Ok lately.
I love BratOk's playstyle, he is a gosu terran from BW and I gladly support any ex BW player / foreign pro in SC2, GL BratOk!! Wish you the best of luck.
On July 12 2012 05:44 Shellshock1122 wrote: Mouz = Protoss Acer = Zerg Empire = Terran Time for a EU team to step up and become a team of randoms :D Nice pickup by Empire. Brat_Ok is good. Grats to him on the new team
not sure how mouz=Protoss when they just have MaNa and HasuObs. if anything Quantic=Protoss, SaSe and Naniwa are definitely better
More terrans for Empire, more Zergs for Acer, and now we just need a team with mostly tosses.
Congratulations Brat_OK. Congratulations Empire. Great team. Great players. I love Empire. Empire Fighting. Happy Fighting. Brat_OK Fighting. GG GL
Get terran player in a period where terran is struggling, seems legit. Anyway gratz to brat_ok hope he does well with his new team
ROFL... I laughed out loud for a good two minutes. My wife probably thinks I'm psycho now...
Russian Federation 949 Posts
Empire is also supposed to pick up a zerg in the next month (from the interview) and i think it might be Lowely who is on a tear lattely
Strongest terran team ever! Gogo Empire!
Well it's great that Empire replaced Violet with Brat_ok but they don't have Zergs now which is bad.
This is not that surprising and it's an awesome pick-up for Empire. GL Brat_OK!
Why another terran tho ? Not the best pick at this moment, however a good player on brat_ok. GL I guess
Another good terran for Empire, grats :D
BRATOOKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
grats brat_ok
meet EmpireBratOK on b.net now he finally changed his name so
Officially cheering for that now badass team.
Russian Federation 3209 Posts
From Rox.Kis to FXO, from FXO to Empire =/
Bisu,Best,Stork,Jangbi and Flash, Fantasy, Leta, Light and Jaedong, Hydra, Zero, Soulkey assemble in ACE now!
Love watching Brat_OK play
Russian Federation 228 Posts
YOU FUCKER, YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE!! After leaving RoX and joining imba.FXO BratOK became just a shadow of his former self.. No practice, no motivation = poor results. I really hope StrangeR and Empire can change his attitude.
Another Terran player! Interesting pick up, but he's good nonetheless. Best of luck to Empire and Brat_Ok!
Team Terran !!!!! It is pretty cool though, I don't know much about BratOk but i think another Terran mind will help them all get better.
Strong Terran Line up here.
Russian Federation 3209 Posts
On July 12 2012 12:15 CrappyHippo wrote: Get Nerchio!!!
Why would Nerchio leave Acer for Empire?
Bisu,Best,Stork,Jangbi and Flash, Fantasy, Leta, Light and Jaedong, Hydra, Zero, Soulkey assemble in ACE now!
GRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! get some sun
Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House 51454 Posts
Team Terran fighting! (EasternEuropeanTerran!)
On July 12 2012 05:42 wfire wrote: Oh come on....empire is NOT building a better team- they need some1 to replace violet, aggressive Zerg not a Terran.
They are waiting for a terran buff... Then they will be invincible.
On July 12 2012 02:28 dragonborn wrote: wow :o didnt expect that. Brat_OK Happy Kas Beastyqt Such a strong terran line up, congrats.
Maybe they think that if they get all the top notch EU terran players together they will figure out TvZ so Terrans can quit QQing
On July 12 2012 08:37 jhlee820 wrote: More terrans for Empire, more Zergs for Acer, and now we just need a team with mostly tosses.
I present you SK Gaming . 100% of their line-up is Protoss.
wow I never expected that a Terran will replace Violet on EmpireOn July 12 2012 17:20 Frankon wrote: Show nested quote + On July 12 2012 08:37 jhlee820 wrote: More terrans for Empire, more Zergs for Acer, and now we just need a team with mostly tosses.
I present you
SK Gaming. 100% of their line-up is Protoss.
lol
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On July 12 2012 03:50 QuanticTheognis wrote: I don't think I've seen any BratOK games since the first few months of release. I wanna see more of him!
He is a very good streamer, though not very frequent. But he usually explains what he is doing, why he is doing it and gives soem tips and tricks, really one of the best streamers I know. Too bad I'm Protoss TT.
Nice for Empire, Brat_OK is a good a player.
Merry merry merry go round! Good luck!!!
haha oh god, it's excellent. I like bratok and empire even more now, on par with prime in my heart <3
I've always liked Bratok, hopes he does better on his new team!
Team Empire such strong terran line-up! Good luck Empire!
Empire just became my favorite team. After KT_rolster ofc.
On July 12 2012 23:04 bottlenet wrote: OMG LOL
This was from the showmatch eu vs us in the beta right ? Or was it early release ?
dunno, never seen before. Dimaga and Socke are rly awesome >
Wow, empire = terran fighting!
Empire is the terran stronghold.
Wow, so happy Bratok joins this powerful EU team. Brat is an amazing player. Hope he will have more results under Empires flag. Tac tac tac !!!
If I played terran and could speak Russian, I would tune in to his stream regularly, but as a zerg, I would mainly watch it to see him play TvZ, but I wouldn't be able to make use of his advice, as I would not understand it. Anyway, Empire is now the EU SlayerS.
Russian Federation 131 Posts
Brat_ok vs Dimaga = 5-2 for pasha! congrats with 1st victory under Empire flags
On July 16 2012 03:58 sashqinCho wrote: Brat_ok vs Dimaga = 5-2 for pasha! congrats with 1st victory under Empire flags
Shouldn't happen to be any VODs of this?