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Finnish KOVA Esports signs StarCraft II roster

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renemesis
Profile Joined October 2013
3 Posts
June 28 2019 10:00 GMT
#1
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The first three months for KOVA Esports in Finnish esports scene has started strongly. First they acquired a Finnish media house Keskisuomalainen as the main sponsor as the first organization in Finland. That led to signing a CS:GO team that is now a top-3 team in Finland. Other teams include Fortnite and card games (Hearthstone / MTG: Arena).

As the fourth team, KOVA ventures into Starcraft II with the signing of Wenlei "(Wiki)ZhuGeLiang" Dai and Mikael "Mixu" Helenius.

Dai and Helenius mix experience and youth eagerness: Dai has been playing since the beta of Wings of Liberty and Helenius found the game only in 2017, but has become one of the most potential Finnish players fairly quickly. The duo met in Assembly Sumber 2017, and since then Dai has been a mentor to Helenius.

During his long career, Dai has managed to get fairly good success especially in Finnish tournaments. He has also represented Finland in Nationwars III in 2016. Helenius with his fast developing pace will definitely be among international top level one day, having already qualified for WCS Summer 2019 in Kiev.

Watch the release video! (youtube)
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Fuzer
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Finland266 Posts
June 28 2019 10:51 GMT
#2
Creep is spreading
KalWarkov
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Germany4126 Posts
June 28 2019 11:51 GMT
#3
eat a shoe mr. dai
DiaBoLuS ** Sc2 - Protoss: 16x GM | Dota2 - Offlane Immortal | Wc3 - Undead decent level | Diablo nerd | Chess / Magnus fanboy | BVB | Agnostic***
Ej_
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
47656 Posts
June 28 2019 12:04 GMT
#4
Luolis on a pro team when?
"Technically the dictionary has zero authority on the meaning or words" - Rodya
hexhaven
Profile Joined July 2014
Finland966 Posts
June 28 2019 12:05 GMT
#5
Luolis is already on the proest of teams, the famed LR Shitposting Crew.
WriterI shoot events. | http://www.jussi.co/esports
D-light
Profile Joined April 2012
Finland7364 Posts
June 28 2019 12:09 GMT
#6
Amazing.
why even
argonautdice
Profile Joined January 2013
Canada2722 Posts
June 28 2019 12:31 GMT
#7
Did Serral just save esports for the umpteenth time?
very illegal and very uncool
TheBloodyDwarf
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
Finland7524 Posts
June 28 2019 14:08 GMT
#8
Awesome! Video is great!
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
joijop
Profile Joined June 2019
4 Posts
June 28 2019 15:20 GMT
#9
--- Nuked ---
Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23580 Posts
June 28 2019 15:47 GMT
#10
Man, esport is doing well in Finland!
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
Koivusto
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
Finland542 Posts
June 28 2019 17:09 GMT
#11
Aweeeesoome
#1 Blitzcrank #Forever platinum toss --> current diamond Terran <3
UnLarva
Profile Joined March 2019
458 Posts
June 28 2019 19:16 GMT
#12
Creep is spreading.
Part-time Serralogist
Marras
Profile Joined June 2018
Finland63 Posts
June 28 2019 20:26 GMT
#13
Very happy to see these two players getting signed!

Also...

On June 28 2019 21:31 argonautdice wrote:
Did Serral just save esports for the umpteenth time?


...yes :D
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435
Profile Joined March 2018
39 Posts
June 28 2019 21:00 GMT
#14
lol. dudes. who the fuck? gotta be kidding me. lol. noobs.

User was temp banned for this post.
DreamlnCode
Profile Joined December 2018
United Kingdom77 Posts
June 29 2019 13:26 GMT
#15
This is good news, Any funding and support to SC eSports is a positive in my book.
Gen.Rolly
Profile Joined September 2011
United States200 Posts
June 29 2019 18:02 GMT
#16
Good news
Vector locked in.
BaneRiders
Profile Joined August 2013
Sweden3630 Posts
June 29 2019 21:15 GMT
#17
On June 28 2019 20:51 KalWarkov wrote:
eat a shoe mr. dai


Why? Is it nourishing?
Earth, Water, Air and Protoss!
v5872012
Profile Joined May 2018
35 Posts
June 30 2019 01:56 GMT
#18
Pretty surprised that Prime Minister (Dai's nickname in China) is still playing this game.
BaneRiders
Profile Joined August 2013
Sweden3630 Posts
July 01 2019 20:04 GMT
#19
On June 30 2019 10:56 v5872012 wrote:
Pretty surprised that Prime Minister (Dai's nickname in China) is still playing this game.


Cute nickname. How did he get that?
Earth, Water, Air and Protoss!
rotta
Profile Joined December 2011
5655 Posts
July 01 2019 20:09 GMT
#20
Rock hard
don't wall off against random
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