• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 11:57
CEST 17:57
KST 00:57
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
[ASL20] Ro24 Preview Pt1: Runway12v2 & SC: Evo Complete: Weekend Double Feature2Team Liquid Map Contest #21 - Presented by Monster Energy8uThermal's 2v2 Tour: $15,000 Main Event17Serral wins EWC 202549
Community News
Weekly Cups (Aug 4-10): MaxPax wins a triple6SC2's Safe House 2 - October 18 & 195Weekly Cups (Jul 28-Aug 3): herO doubles up6LiuLi Cup - August 2025 Tournaments7[BSL 2025] H2 - Team Wars, Weeklies & SB Ladder10
StarCraft 2
General
#1: Maru - Greatest Players of All Time RSL Revival patreon money discussion thread 2v2 & SC: Evo Complete: Weekend Double Feature Is there a way to see if 2 accounts=1 person? uThermal's 2v2 Tour: $15,000 Main Event
Tourneys
Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament RSL: Revival, a new crowdfunded tournament series LiuLi Cup - August 2025 Tournaments SEL Masters #5 - Korea vs Russia (SC Evo) Enki Epic Series #5 - TaeJa vs Classic (SC Evo)
Strategy
Custom Maps
External Content
Mutation # 486 Watch the Skies Mutation # 485 Death from Below Mutation # 484 Magnetic Pull Mutation #239 Bad Weather
Brood War
General
[ASL20] Ro24 Preview Pt1: Runway ASL 20 HYPE VIDEO! BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ Soma Explains: JaeDong's Double Muta Micro BW AKA finder tool
Tourneys
Cosmonarchy Pro Showmatches KCM 2025 Season 3 [Megathread] Daily Proleagues Small VOD Thread 2.0
Strategy
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Fighting Spirit mining rates [G] Mineral Boosting Muta micro map competition
Other Games
General Games
Nintendo Switch Thread Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Total Annihilation Server - TAForever Beyond All Reason [MMORPG] Tree of Savior (Successor of Ragnarok)
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Community Thread Vanilla Mini Mafia
Community
General
Russo-Ukrainian War Thread US Politics Mega-thread European Politico-economics QA Mega-thread The Games Industry And ATVI The year 2050
Fan Clubs
INnoVation Fan Club SKT1 Classic Fan Club!
Media & Entertainment
[Manga] One Piece Anime Discussion Thread [\m/] Heavy Metal Thread Movie Discussion! Korean Music Discussion
Sports
2024 - 2025 Football Thread TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023 Formula 1 Discussion
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Gtx660 graphics card replacement Installation of Windows 10 suck at "just a moment" Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread
TL Community
TeamLiquid Team Shirt On Sale The Automated Ban List
Blogs
The Biochemical Cost of Gami…
TrAiDoS
[Girl blog} My fema…
artosisisthebest
Sharpening the Filtration…
frozenclaw
ASL S20 English Commentary…
namkraft
StarCraft improvement
iopq
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 2819 users

Zanster and Ignite leave Fnatic.

Forum Index > SC2 General
32 CommentsPost a Reply
1 2 Next All
Aeromi
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
France14460 Posts
August 11 2014 15:36 GMT
#1
Zanster and Ignite joined the Fnatic academy together on February 12th back in 2013, but sadly the time has come where we must part ways. The two youngsters have turned some heads with their talents and we were honoured to have them as a part of our StarCraft 2 team, but the times are such where changes are imminent.

Both of these players have played a massive part no only in Fnatic but in developing the academy. Ignite has been a solid player in both individual league and team leagues. Zanster has consistently shown that he's the best Swedish StarCraft 2 player, recently clinching E-Sport Swedish Masters victory. It was a great experience for us working with these two players who have very promising careers ahead of them.


Elroy Pinto, Fnatic SC2 Manager
Today we bid farewell to two of our SC2 players that have been on the team for almost eighteen months. Zanster and Ignite have been one of the driving forces behind Fnatic's growth when we rebuilt our team around young and upcoming European talent. In many ways we set a trend when we decided to work with these players and am personally glad I could work with them. Zanster and Ignite will be an asset to any team that they choose to go to. We have nurtured and raised these players to a point where they should be ready to take on any challenge in the future.

A lot of questions might get sparked by this announcement, but we feel at this point it's the right way forward.


Anton "Zanster" Dahlström
I had a great time with Fnatic but unfortunately nothing lasts forever. I have grown a lot both as a person and a player during my time with Fnatic and I wish them the best of luck in the future.


Alexander "Ignite" Haugsted
Had a lot of fun playing for fnatic in individual tournaments and teamleauges in the last 1½ year. The team was great when it comes to the players and the staff that i got to meet. I've just started my gap year so i will continue playing although not for fnatic. Best of luck to the team and the players in it.


Source : http://www.fnatic.com/content/96185/farewell-zanster-ignite
Facebook Twitter Reddit
https://twitter.com/DrAeromi | Updates on live tournaments: @StarCrafteSport
nkr
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Sweden5451 Posts
August 11 2014 15:44 GMT
#2
Hm it seemed to be that Zanster was putting up quite decent results, a bit surprised to see him removed
ESPORTS ILLUMINATI
HighArT
Profile Joined June 2011
Croatia189 Posts
August 11 2014 15:44 GMT
#3
On August 12 2014 00:44 nkr wrote:
Hm it seemed to be that Zanster was putting up quite decent results, a bit surprised to see him removed


Same.
General Manager | Vega Squadron | www.vega-squadron.com | /VegaSquadronESports | @VegaSquadron
mikkmagro
Profile Joined April 2011
Malta1513 Posts
August 11 2014 15:48 GMT
#4
Zanster was just becoming a major figure in European SC2, and he gets dropped/leaves? I don't understand how they brought him on when no one knew who he was, but just when he started showing impressive results, they let him go Come on Fnatic, you're supposed to be one of the biggest brands in eSports!
mousesports, Team Acer, Fnatic!
TheOneAboveU
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Germany3367 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-08-11 16:36:09
August 11 2014 16:35 GMT
#5
Interesting. Fnatic spent a lot of time and effort to build these guys up (with success - Zanster had a lot of great results lately) and now they remove them from the team before they can collect the fruits of their work - seems not logical to me. o.O
I always like it, when one these academy projects actually produces good players.

Best of luck to everyone involved!
Moderatoralias TripleM | @TL_TripleM | Big Dark Energy!
Bowzar
Profile Joined December 2011
Sweden741 Posts
August 11 2014 16:41 GMT
#6
I think Zanster is better than Harstem even tho he gets less chances to travel. Just a reminder what esports is really about.
Betelgeuse
Profile Joined February 2012
Canada210 Posts
August 11 2014 16:47 GMT
#7
wow fnatic's roster has really shrunk. I do think Neeb will get pushed up the the main roster with this news, as he has been doing well in NA lately.
Through victory, my chains are broken.
nkr
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Sweden5451 Posts
August 11 2014 16:53 GMT
#8
On August 12 2014 01:41 Bowzar wrote:
I think Zanster is better than Harstem even tho he gets less chances to travel. Just a reminder what esports is really about.


thats stretching it too far ;P
ESPORTS ILLUMINATI
SuperHofmann
Profile Joined September 2013
Italy1741 Posts
August 11 2014 16:56 GMT
#9
Good luck Zanster!
Vasacast always in my <3
Rollora
Profile Joined February 2012
2450 Posts
August 11 2014 17:02 GMT
#10
who?

User was temp banned for this post.
TheBloodyDwarf
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
Finland7524 Posts
August 11 2014 17:07 GMT
#11
On August 12 2014 02:02 Rollora wrote:
who?

random swede


Yeah, it's quite weird that they don't keep Zanster
Fusilero: "I still can't believe he did that, like dude what the fuck there's fandom and then there's what he did like holy shit. I still see it when I close my eyes." <- reaction to the original drunk santa post which later caught on
MatKay
Profile Joined October 2013
Germany30 Posts
August 11 2014 17:08 GMT
#12
just a Fan | All the best for TotalBiscuit!
vult
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United States9400 Posts
August 11 2014 17:12 GMT
#13
Hmm strange that they would drop Zanster, since he has shown decent results under Fnatic. Will be interesting to see where he ends up.
I used to play random, but for you I play very specifically.
BaneRiders
Profile Joined August 2013
Sweden3630 Posts
August 11 2014 17:19 GMT
#14
Zanster and Sortof will now come together and form the New Wave of Swedish Zerg (for Immediate World Domination), you just wait and see!
Earth, Water, Air and Protoss!
Bowzar
Profile Joined December 2011
Sweden741 Posts
August 11 2014 18:08 GMT
#15
On August 12 2014 01:53 nkr wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2014 01:41 Bowzar wrote:
I think Zanster is better than Harstem even tho he gets less chances to travel. Just a reminder what esports is really about.


thats stretching it too far ;P

If Harstem is good enough to be on the main team then so should Zanster.
mouzChase
Profile Joined April 2011
Germany66 Posts
August 11 2014 18:17 GMT
#16
Sad to hear, i rly like Zanster : / hope he finds a good time. Would love to see him in the Mouz-shirt but thats just my personal view : /
My opinion here does not reflect the views of my team / twitter @mouzChase / I <3 Scarlett
MidnightZL
Profile Joined August 2012
Sweden203 Posts
August 11 2014 18:28 GMT
#17
On August 12 2014 02:07 TheBloodyDwarf wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2014 02:02 Rollora wrote:
who?

random swede

Yeah, it's quite weird that they don't keep Zanster



Zanster been around for quite some time now, he has shown very good results and should be adressed with proper respect, the only one that's random here is you i guess!
- I'm fairly certain YOLO is just Carpe Diem for stupid people - Jack Black
EngrishTeacher
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
Canada1109 Posts
August 11 2014 18:42 GMT
#18
On August 12 2014 03:28 MidnightZL wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2014 02:07 TheBloodyDwarf wrote:
On August 12 2014 02:02 Rollora wrote:
who?

random swede

Yeah, it's quite weird that they don't keep Zanster



Zanster been around for quite some time now, he has shown very good results and should be adressed with proper respect, the only one that's random here is you i guess!


lol relax, read his post objectively and you'll see he's "on your side", hence,
"Yeah, it's quite weird that they don't keep Zanster."


Nationalism FTW

On a side note, can anyone give me a quick breakdown on Fnatic's history? There was the Korean Fnatic team (that got disbanded?), an international one, and Fnatic academy? Are they backed by the same sponsor(s), and are they the same organization?
Abradix1
Profile Joined November 2012
Netherlands609 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-08-11 18:51:45
August 11 2014 18:51 GMT
#19
On August 12 2014 03:42 EngrishTeacher wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2014 03:28 MidnightZL wrote:
On August 12 2014 02:07 TheBloodyDwarf wrote:
On August 12 2014 02:02 Rollora wrote:
who?

random swede

Yeah, it's quite weird that they don't keep Zanster



Zanster been around for quite some time now, he has shown very good results and should be adressed with proper respect, the only one that's random here is you i guess!


lol relax, read his post objectively and you'll see he's "on your side", hence,
Show nested quote +
"Yeah, it's quite weird that they don't keep Zanster."


Nationalism FTW

On a side note, can anyone give me a quick breakdown on Fnatic's history? There was the Korean Fnatic team (that got disbanded?), an international one, and Fnatic academy? Are they backed by the same sponsor(s), and are they the same organization?


Uh, Fnatic is one of the most prominent gaming teams/brands as far as I know. They're not super heavily into SC2 I believe, but the name Fnatic is one that should be well recognised.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fnatic
TheBloodyDwarf
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
Finland7524 Posts
August 11 2014 18:54 GMT
#20
On August 12 2014 03:42 EngrishTeacher wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2014 03:28 MidnightZL wrote:
On August 12 2014 02:07 TheBloodyDwarf wrote:
On August 12 2014 02:02 Rollora wrote:
who?

random swede

Yeah, it's quite weird that they don't keep Zanster



Zanster been around for quite some time now, he has shown very good results and should be adressed with proper respect, the only one that's random here is you i guess!


lol relax, read his post objectively and you'll see he's "on your side", hence,
Show nested quote +
"Yeah, it's quite weird that they don't keep Zanster."


Nationalism FTW

On a side note, can anyone give me a quick breakdown on Fnatic's history? There was the Korean Fnatic team (that got disbanded?), an international one, and Fnatic academy? Are they backed by the same sponsor(s), and are they the same organization?

Canada is little Finland

Yes, same organization
Fusilero: "I still can't believe he did that, like dude what the fuck there's fandom and then there's what he did like holy shit. I still see it when I close my eyes." <- reaction to the original drunk santa post which later caught on
1 2 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
uThermal 2v2 Circuit
15:00
Playoffs Day 2
uThermal1159
SteadfastSC299
IndyStarCraft 222
Rex100
Liquipedia
SC Evo League
12:00
S2 Championship: Ro28 Day 2
EnkiAlexander 99
3DClanTV 74
Liquipedia
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
uThermal 1159
SteadfastSC 299
IndyStarCraft 222
Hui .220
Rex 100
ProTech87
StarCraft: Brood War
Britney 41999
Calm 4726
Rain 2608
EffOrt 410
firebathero 327
ggaemo 298
ToSsGirL 87
sSak 72
Mong 52
Movie 50
[ Show more ]
sas.Sziky 48
scan(afreeca) 38
zelot 22
Noble 20
SilentControl 8
Dota 2
Gorgc6064
qojqva4165
Dendi1128
Counter-Strike
fl0m3485
Heroes of the Storm
Liquid`Hasu548
Khaldor305
Other Games
singsing2177
gofns1613
B2W.Neo1524
FrodaN923
crisheroes839
RotterdaM351
Beastyqt286
XcaliburYe156
ArmadaUGS129
KnowMe93
ViBE70
JuggernautJason21
rGuardiaN11
Organizations
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 14 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• Michael_bg 7
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
Dota 2
• C_a_k_e 2656
League of Legends
• Jankos1688
Counter-Strike
• Shiphtur1
Upcoming Events
BSL Team Wars
3h 3m
Team Dewalt vs Team Bonyth
Afreeca Starleague
18h 3m
Sharp vs Ample
Larva vs Stork
Wardi Open
23h 3m
RotterdaM Event
1d
Replay Cast
1d 8h
Replay Cast
1d 18h
Afreeca Starleague
1d 18h
JyJ vs TY
Bisu vs Speed
WardiTV Summer Champion…
1d 19h
PiGosaur Monday
2 days
Afreeca Starleague
2 days
Mini vs TBD
Soma vs sSak
[ Show More ]
WardiTV Summer Champion…
2 days
Replay Cast
3 days
The PondCast
3 days
WardiTV Summer Champion…
3 days
Replay Cast
4 days
LiuLi Cup
4 days
BSL Team Wars
5 days
Team Hawk vs Team Dewalt
Korean StarCraft League
5 days
CranKy Ducklings
5 days
SC Evo League
5 days
WardiTV Summer Champion…
5 days
[BSL 2025] Weekly
6 days
Sparkling Tuna Cup
6 days
SC Evo League
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Proleague 2025-08-13
FEL Cracow 2025
CC Div. A S7

Ongoing

Copa Latinoamericana 4
Jiahua Invitational
BSL 20 Team Wars
KCM Race Survival 2025 Season 3
BSL 21 Qualifiers
SEL Season 2 Championship
WardiTV Summer 2025
HCC Europe
BLAST Bounty Fall 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall Qual
IEM Cologne 2025
FISSURE Playground #1
BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025

Upcoming

ASL Season 20
CSL Season 18: Qualifier 1
CSLAN 3
CSL 2025 AUTUMN (S18)
LASL Season 20
BSL Season 21
BSL 21 Team A
RSL Revival: Season 2
Maestros of the Game
PGL Masters Bucharest 2025
Thunderpick World Champ.
MESA Nomadic Masters Fall
CS Asia Championships 2025
Roobet Cup 2025
ESL Pro League S22
StarSeries Fall 2025
FISSURE Playground #2
BLAST Open Fall 2025
BLAST Open Fall Qual
Esports World Cup 2025
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2025 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.