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Fnatic and Miniraser part ways

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Aeromi
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
France14461 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-11-20 18:28:58
November 20 2014 18:27 GMT
#1
It is always sad to see a member of the Fnatic family leave and it is no different with Viktor 'Miniraser' Malmberg. The young Swedish Zerg joined us in March 2013 and has been a pleasure to work with. It has been fun to watch as he battled through plenty of tournaments and made a name for himself in the international StarCraft 2 scene.

Viktor was a very solid player for us, especially in events like TeamStory Cup, where he secured some convincing wins for Fnatic. His most impressive showing was in Season 3 of the European WCS, he made it to the Round of 16 taking down some big names along the way.

It has been an exciting journey for both of us and we would like to thank Viktor for all the hard work and fun that we have shared with him since he joined. We wish him all the best for the future and hope he continues to improve and develop in his StarCraft 2 career!


Viktor 'Miniraser' Malmberg
Hello everybody, today I am leaving Fnatic. It was a nice run, but at some point it had to end. I made lots of nice friends and we will stay together even though they are no longer my Teammates. A final thank you to Fnatic and farewell. I won't be retiring, so you will hear from me soon boys!


Lukas Breitweiser, Starcraft 2 Manager
Today we are sad to announce that Miniraser will be departing Fnatic. Since joining he has been a great friend to every one in the Fnatic organisation. That won't change now that he's leaving. We wish him the best for the future and we can't wait to see him continue on in his StarCraft 2 career!


Source : http://www.fnatic.com/content/96289/fnatic-and-miniraser-part-ways
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xonedk
Profile Joined November 2011
Denmark3 Posts
November 20 2014 18:31 GMT
#2
I fucking love that celebration! #passion
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followZeRoX
Profile Joined March 2011
Serbia1451 Posts
November 20 2014 18:33 GMT
#3
Fnatic will shut down it seems.
SetGuitarsToKill
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
Canada28396 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-11-20 18:35:14
November 20 2014 18:34 GMT
#4
Huh, that's unfortunate. I hope he finds a new team, he has a lot of potential I think.
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adymus
Profile Joined August 2011
Romania140 Posts
November 20 2014 18:34 GMT
#5
Only the sc2 and dota 2 i think will go out
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AWalker9
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
United Kingdom7229 Posts
November 20 2014 18:38 GMT
#6
It does seem like Fnatic is slowly but surely retreating from SC2
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Celial
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
2602 Posts
November 20 2014 18:39 GMT
#7
On November 21 2014 03:34 adymus wrote:
Only the sc2 and dota 2 i think will go out


their league team has a lot of internal drama as well, with their star player very publicly turning against them and saying how he wants out, his teammates suck and nobody takes the game seriously

he had allegedly a buyout sum on his contract of 150k and allegedly is attending a tournament (IEM Sao Paolo) with another team, so if all that is true fnc SHOULD have the money to do whatever the fuck they want right now
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SetGuitarsToKill
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
Canada28396 Posts
November 20 2014 18:39 GMT
#8
On November 21 2014 03:38 AWalker9 wrote:
It does seem like Fnatic is slowly but surely retreating from SC2

It certainly seems they're EG-ing right now, aren't they?
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joshie0808
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Canada1024 Posts
November 20 2014 18:39 GMT
#9
Best of luck to Miniraser and whatever team he joins in the future! Never really followed this guy until recently when I heard him cast at HSC X, super funny guy, really brought a lot of life to whatever casting team he was part of
Hider
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Denmark9439 Posts
November 20 2014 18:40 GMT
#10
their league team has a lot of internal drama as well, with their star player very publicly turning against them and saying how he wants out, his teammates suck and nobody takes the game seriously


I don't think he said that.
AWalker9
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
United Kingdom7229 Posts
November 20 2014 18:41 GMT
#11
On November 21 2014 03:39 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 21 2014 03:38 AWalker9 wrote:
It does seem like Fnatic is slowly but surely retreating from SC2

It certainly seems they're EG-ing right now, aren't they?

Yeah especially considering 8 players have left this year they haven't signed anyone and now just have Harstem on their roster.
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vult
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United States9400 Posts
November 20 2014 18:47 GMT
#12
Interesting. He has so much potential, don't see why they would let him go. First Neeb, and now Miniraser.

Fnatic SC2 disintegrating...? GL to Miniraser in the future. Hopefully someone will pick him up.
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Grizvok
Profile Joined August 2014
United States711 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-11-20 18:49:17
November 20 2014 18:48 GMT
#13
Alchemik
Profile Joined March 2014
Poland7124 Posts
November 20 2014 18:57 GMT
#14
I hope Miniraser can now pursue his dream of becoming an EPS champion
oo_Wonderful_oo
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
The land of freedom23126 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-11-20 19:08:31
November 20 2014 18:59 GMT
#15
On November 21 2014 03:40 Hider wrote:
Show nested quote +
their league team has a lot of internal drama as well, with their star player very publicly turning against them and saying how he wants out, his teammates suck and nobody takes the game seriously


I don't think he said that.


He basically said it.
But ye, it seems that Fnatic are just lacking funds to keep their historied League roster alive + soon-to-be historied pronax and crew.

Miniraiser can't have troubles with getting team, right, lol?
Like, top-3 foreign Zerg isn't something you should ignore with new WCS rules.
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OtherWorld
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
France17333 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-11-20 19:06:08
November 20 2014 19:01 GMT
#16
Called it.
Sad to see Fnatic leaving the scene though. After Empire, it's another very important EU team to retreat from SC2. Hopefully we will see new (legit) teams rise to replace them, along with Cascade for example.
On November 21 2014 03:59 oo_Wonderful_oo wrote:Miniraiser can't have troubles with getting team, right, lol?
Like, top-3 foreign Zerg isn't something you should ignore with new WCS rules.

Top 3 foreigner Zerg? I like Miniraiser, but isn't that a bit of a stretch? I mean just take Snute, Scarlett, Sen and VortiX and you already have an easily established top 4 which doesn't include him
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SetGuitarsToKill
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
Canada28396 Posts
November 20 2014 19:03 GMT
#17
On November 21 2014 03:59 oo_Wonderful_oo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 21 2014 03:40 Hider wrote:
their league team has a lot of internal drama as well, with their star player very publicly turning against them and saying how he wants out, his teammates suck and nobody takes the game seriously


I don't think he said that.


He basically said it.
But ye, it seems that Fnatic are just lacking funds to keep their historied League roster alive + soon-to-be historied pronax and crew.

Miniraiser can't have troubles with getting team, right, lol?
Like, top-3 foreign Zerg isn't something you should ignore with new WCS rules.


I like miniraser and I think he'll hit it big, but top 3 foreigner zerg? Right now? No way.
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BEARDiaguz
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Australia2362 Posts
November 20 2014 19:09 GMT
#18
ROOTmini?

We did just lose Fenner!
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SetGuitarsToKill
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
Canada28396 Posts
November 20 2014 19:11 GMT
#19
On November 21 2014 04:09 ROOTiaguz wrote:
ROOTmini?

We did just lose Fenner!


I hope so!
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Stijn
Profile Joined October 2010
Netherlands363 Posts
November 20 2014 19:12 GMT
#20
I'm guessing he's looking for a team that will let him play in the EPS.
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