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Harstem joins Asterion

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Kashim
Profile Joined December 2013
Poland1229 Posts
June 09 2017 14:44 GMT
#1


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lechatnoir
Profile Joined November 2016
392 Posts
June 09 2017 15:00 GMT
#2
I hope I am not the only one who had no idea that was a team...
Corvuuss
Profile Blog Joined April 2014
Austria354 Posts
June 09 2017 15:06 GMT
#3
On June 10 2017 00:00 lechatnoir wrote:
I hope I am not the only one who had no idea that was a team...


Me neither
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Veriol
Profile Joined October 2010
Czech Republic502 Posts
June 09 2017 15:19 GMT
#4
#yearofharstem
"When you play, you have to start off with a mind to turn the game into a rape." -iloveoov
AlexGPunkt
Profile Joined January 2016
Germany258 Posts
June 09 2017 16:18 GMT
#5
Congratz to both parties! Although I also didnt know about that team. As this seems normal the pick up already seemed to pay off for them :D
Ziggy
Profile Blog Joined June 2013
South Korea2106 Posts
June 09 2017 16:20 GMT
#6
Nice to see an increasing number of organisations investing in SC, but still, this isn't going to feel like a team until they pick up another 4 or 5 players
WriterDefeating a sandwich only makes it tastier. @imjustziggy
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33638 Posts
June 09 2017 16:51 GMT
#7
nice reaction to a new team getting into the scene, guys -__-
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Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55581 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-06-09 17:01:59
June 09 2017 17:01 GMT
#8
Amon Havers – Managing Director of Asterion:

“The moment I shaked hands with Kevin after signing the contracts I couldn’t be more proud. For Asterion this is the biggest step we have taken thus far. We are determined to grow even bigger in the Starcraft scene by adding more talent to our roster in the near future.”

Exciting news all around, good luck to Asterion & Harstem.
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Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23579 Posts
June 09 2017 17:06 GMT
#9
New team investing into sc2?

Awesome!

Congrats to both parties and best of luck . Harstem is a great pick.
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
MKStyles
Profile Joined April 2017
106 Posts
June 09 2017 17:20 GMT
#10
On June 10 2017 02:06 Musicus wrote:
New team investing into sc2?

Awesome!

Congrats to both parties and best of luck . Harstem is a great pick.


Investing in Sc2?? :D:D:D

Well he can hope when he gets paid what they promise, i think sc2 is dead when even a good player in Europe goes into a random team.
DieuCure
Profile Joined January 2017
France3713 Posts
June 09 2017 17:26 GMT
#11
All the EU/NA teams are random, Team Liquid excepted ( and EG)
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FueledUpAndReadyToGo
Profile Blog Joined March 2013
Netherlands30548 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-06-09 17:51:09
June 09 2017 17:37 GMT
#12
Yeah Harstem! The signing photo is sick.

[image loading]

Hopefully he won't get Sebou'd this time with them being a dutch team and all
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Kaizor
Profile Joined May 2015
Singapore909 Posts
June 09 2017 17:44 GMT
#13
On June 10 2017 01:51 Waxangel wrote:
nice reaction to a new team getting into the scene, guys -__-



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SC2FeaR1
Profile Joined June 2016
19 Posts
June 09 2017 17:54 GMT
#14
great reactions in this chat ... gl to harstem and the team <3 glad they are investing into such a sick personality and player he really does deserve it!!
Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States14000 Posts
June 09 2017 18:28 GMT
#15
New sc2 team? Pretty hype stuff. Congrats to Harstem.
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Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23579 Posts
June 09 2017 18:37 GMT
#16
On June 10 2017 02:37 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote:
Yeah Harstem! The signing photo is sick.

[image loading]

Hopefully he won't get Sebou'd this time with them being a dutch team and all

Yeah, but I feel good about this since it seems to be a homegrown team and he met them in person.
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
AshC
Profile Joined August 2016
United States328 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-06-15 00:07:58
June 09 2017 18:42 GMT
#17
He got scammed in the past with Invasion so it is understandable that fans are a bit skeptical when he joined an unknown/new team. But they look nice and legit so I would give them the benefit of the doubt.

Congratulations and good luck to both parties.
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55581 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-06-09 18:53:47
June 09 2017 18:52 GMT
#18
On June 10 2017 03:42 AshC wrote:
He got scammed in the past with Invasion so it is understand that fans are a bit skeptical when he joined an unknown/new team. But they look nice and legit so I would give them the benefit of the doubt.

Congratulations and good luck to both parties.

As Harstem puts it on reddit:
You guys shouldn't be worried this time around. I made sure to do my homework and they have some really strong financial backing.

Optimism, go! Though I'm not a fan of G2A.
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Azhrak
Profile Joined January 2011
Finland1198 Posts
June 09 2017 18:55 GMT
#19
Good luck!
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GreenMash
Profile Joined August 2012
Norway1746 Posts
June 09 2017 19:15 GMT
#20
#yearofharstem
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D-light
Profile Joined April 2012
Finland7364 Posts
June 09 2017 19:30 GMT
#21
On June 10 2017 01:51 Waxangel wrote:
nice reaction to a new team getting into the scene, guys -__-

nice reaction to the reaction to a new team getting into the scene, guy -_-
why even
I wasbanned fromthis
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
113 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-06-09 20:48:29
June 09 2017 20:13 GMT
#22
Saechiis
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Netherlands4989 Posts
June 09 2017 20:30 GMT
#23
Nice, I hope they pick me up next
I think esports is pretty nice.
PuddleZerg
Profile Joined August 2015
United States82 Posts
June 09 2017 22:23 GMT
#24
On June 10 2017 01:51 Waxangel wrote:
nice reaction to a new team getting into the scene, guys -__-


gotta learn who they are somehow duh.
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ASTAmon
Profile Joined January 2017
Netherlands2 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-06-09 22:36:54
June 09 2017 22:36 GMT
#25
Happy to answer all questions people have about Asterion!

Quote of my Reddit posts since I've seen some doubts there as well:

"Hi there both, wanted to leave my own reply here to give you some more background info about Asterion and myself.
As GrimSC2 mentioned Asterion is founded by Taco Zimmerman, Thomas Duitsch, Tim Beudel and Amon Havers (me). We are all expierenced in a part which an Esports organisation needs.

Taco Zimmerman: Founder and owner of Tuvalu Media, one of the biggest TV Production houses in The Netherlands.

Tim Beudel: Co-Founder and Managing Director at AGE Network, a YouTube Multi-Channel Network with over 400.000.000 monthly views.

Thomas Duitsch: Former Counter-Strike Pro, he's analyzing games now together with some of his ex-teammates.

Amon Havers: Original founder of AGE Network and now in charge of sponsorship / Branded content sales for both Asterion and AGE Network's YouTube Creators.

Both AGE Network and Tuvalu Media help backing up Asterion to create more stability, this way we can actually keep up with our growth and sign bigger talents such as Amsah and Harstem.

G2A and Cooler Master are both no longer our sponsors, we are currently negotiating new terms with other companies (and before you worry, no grey market places).

I think it's important to provide transparency to everyone about the organization. In case you do have other questions be sure to hit me up here!"
blunderfulguy
Profile Blog Joined April 2016
United States1415 Posts
June 10 2017 03:55 GMT
#26
"Founded by Amon Havers, Taco Zimmerman, Tim Beudel and Thomas Duitsch Asterion came to life in 2015..."

They have a CS:GO team, a couple of LoL and couple of Fifa players, a Melee player, a dude named Taco, and now Harstem. Not bad not bad. GLHF!
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killerm12
Profile Joined November 2014
Slovakia601 Posts
June 10 2017 12:29 GMT
#27
I'm on board of hype train just for that TACO guy

GL to both parties
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Oalfredo77
Profile Joined July 2016
35 Posts
June 15 2017 00:03 GMT
#28
You just cant trust in a guy named "Taco Zimmerman" !!
TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10760 Posts
June 15 2017 00:20 GMT
#29
Awesome, congrats to both parties! Hope to see more of Asterion soon! =)
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