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mikkmagro
Profile Joined April 2011
Malta1513 Posts
January 19 2012 14:40 GMT
#1
Fnatic have released the Canadian former Brood War pro, (P)IefNaij, as he was, and is prioritising studying over Starcraft 2 (as he should), and thus will be very inactive. They have also released their dedicated Spanish 2v2 team of IeZael and eXeCuToR. The latter will be retiring, while the former will be seeking a new partner for 2v2.

Seems like teams have given up completely on competitive 2v2, especially since only the EG Masters Cup seems to have implemented it (I stand to be corrected).

Today we would like to announce the departure of IefNaij and our 2v2 Squad with immediate effect.

Jian Fei "IefNaij" Wang has been with us since August 2010, and joined as one of the top Canadian Brood War players. He has made two appearances at MLG competitions under the Fnatic name, placing outside the top 50 on both occasions. However he has been very inactive and busy with his studies, putting his StarCraft II progression on the backburner.

As for our Spanish 2v2 Squad, they have not been able to put their skills into action at offline events, but have competed in numerous Clan Wars.

Our General manager Elroy Pinto gave the following statement:

Today we part ways with IefNaij, IeZaeL & Roberto. These 3 while not in the spotlight all the time have been great support players for our StarCraft 2 team. It saddens me to let them go but unfortunately with IefNaij and Roberto going inactive we have to let them go. IeZaeL has been a great person to have on the team as well, he's always very enthusiastic and I wish him the best in finding an active 2v2 partner and continuing his appearences in tournaments. I hope some day IefNaij comes back from inactivity and if he does it would be with Fnatic, he displayed some amazing skills at the few events he could attend. Good luck to all 3 of them and please stay tuned to further updates from FnaticRaidCall for 2012.
The Spanish duo said a few words about their time in Fnatic:

Grettings, Today I let to be a part of one of the best teams of StarCraft 2 at this time out of Korea. The team and I are going in different directions, and they plan to participate primarily on 1v1 Leagues, meanwhile I want play on 2v2 doing my best. I am able to leave with the wins against Mouz and EG in the 2v2 and as my best moments here, which helped to get the third place in the Evil Geniuses Master's Cup Series VI.
Nothing more to add, thanks to 'Xeris' for looking at us and the kind welcome of 'Elroy'. I hope to return someday to this awesome team.
Both sets of players depart on very good terms, and we thank them for their time within Fnatic, and we wish them the very best of luck for what they choose to do in the future.

This leaves us with four StarCraft II professionals plus our Korean Academy, who will be flying the Black and Orange flag all over the world this year.

Lazar "NightEnD" Silviu
Jang "Moon" JaeHo
Seo Yung "Rain" Park
Yoan "ToD" Merlo

Source: http://www.fnatic.com/news/9481/Two-More-SC2-Roster-Changes.html
mousesports, Team Acer, Fnatic!
NeWeNiyaLord
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Norway2474 Posts
January 19 2012 14:42 GMT
#2
Seems like alot of teams are refreshing their rooster for 2012 :O not huge players tho so not the biggest deal
This is where we begin. Show your true self, Battosai.
namste
Profile Joined October 2010
Finland2292 Posts
January 19 2012 14:42 GMT
#3
Seems to be some sort of a "Get rid of the jobbers" - week this week.
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cyclone25
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Romania3344 Posts
January 19 2012 14:43 GMT
#4
That title scared me. This isn't big news, Iefnaij was inactive anyway, and the 2vs2 team is kind of unknown?
Vekalisk
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Australia137 Posts
January 19 2012 14:43 GMT
#5
On January 19 2012 23:42 namste wrote:
Seems to be some sort of a "Get rid of the jobbers" - week this week.


Haha, hadn't really thought about it like that, but yeah. Definitely.
Twitter: @Vekalisk
FreudianTrip
Profile Joined July 2011
Switzerland1983 Posts
January 19 2012 14:44 GMT
#6
On January 19 2012 23:42 namste wrote:
Seems to be some sort of a "Get rid of the jobbers" - week this week.


I think it was inControl who said Pro-gaming contracts are normally a year long and/or run from December to December hence why you get this huge exchange around this time. Think of Christmas as the Off-Season in a normal sport.
ahPoI
Profile Joined January 2012
Malaysia35 Posts
January 19 2012 14:44 GMT
#7
where's Alive?
Silence is the best music
dcemuser
Profile Joined August 2010
United States3248 Posts
January 19 2012 14:46 GMT
#8
Just a lot of contracts expiring around this time probably and people making plans for the new year.

I'm glad Fnatic made the reasons more clear than EG so we didn't have 20 pages of "oh they had shit results"... so do a lot of players still left on every single foreign team.
MrMercuG
Profile Joined March 2011
Netherlands2389 Posts
January 19 2012 14:46 GMT
#9
This is to make room for Moon's salary, :x
wattabeast
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States957 Posts
January 19 2012 14:47 GMT
#10
Sad to see this, but they are creating a "thin roster" as Day9 might say, and their roster is actually incredible. All 4 players are top notch players, and each one of them has immense potential. Nightend only recently breaking into the limelight has been playing fantastic. Moon is well, Moon. Rain has extreme skillls and is their solid terran player. ToD is also extremely solid, and his skills are improving rapidly in Korea. GL to Fnatic.MsiRaidcall(is Msi a sponsor still?) and GL to lefnaji in finding more time for SCII
:O
ReaperX
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Hong Kong1758 Posts
January 19 2012 14:49 GMT
#11
Hope both inactive players do well in whatever they pursue and i they do come back best of luck to them in their progaming careers. As for the other 2v2 partner, hope he gets more continued success with his new 2v2 partner! GLHF, looking forward to more changes to the fnatic roster.
Artosis : Clide. idrA : Shut up.
VirgilSC2
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States6151 Posts
January 19 2012 14:53 GMT
#12
It seems Fnatic is working on a complete overhaul for 2012; new title sponsor, new players, new direction etc.

Good to see. While it's never good to see a player leave a team it's reasonable to see why these players were removed.
Clarity Gaming #1 Fan | Avid MTG Grinder | @VirgilSC2
Bagration
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States18282 Posts
January 19 2012 14:53 GMT
#13
I guess we are seeing a trend of foreign teams picking up Koreans and dropping the underperforming members of their rosters. I hope Liquid does not follow suit.

Best of luck guys in your future endeavors.
Team Slayers, Axiom-Acer and Vile forever
Gevna
Profile Joined August 2010
France2332 Posts
January 19 2012 15:12 GMT
#14
Ok well nice refresh, but now fnatic has to answer to real question.

When will Moon be streaming ? Between all those dramas, Moon playing fulltime sc2 and streaming is the only primordial point.
HolydaKing
Profile Joined February 2010
21254 Posts
January 19 2012 15:18 GMT
#15
On January 19 2012 23:53 VirgilSC2 wrote:
It seems Fnatic is working on a complete overhaul for 2012; new title sponsor, new players, new direction etc.

Good to see. While it's never good to see a player leave a team it's reasonable to see why these players were removed.

I just wish the TSL/Fnatic partnership would've worked =( I love TSL and Moon.
WArped
Profile Joined December 2010
United Kingdom4845 Posts
January 19 2012 15:18 GMT
#16
Think of January like the transfer window in Football/Soccer, teams like to refresh and strengthen a roster for the upcoming year.
bLooD.
Profile Joined November 2010
Germany470 Posts
January 19 2012 15:19 GMT
#17
They have a pretty nice lineup now.
Aela
Profile Joined January 2012
97 Posts
January 19 2012 15:23 GMT
#18
Get rid of the scrubs to make space for good players, every team should do this. *TL hinthint*

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nooboon
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
2602 Posts
January 19 2012 15:28 GMT
#19
Wishing for the best in your studies Lefnaij. The lack of team events are really dissapionting.

On January 19 2012 23:53 Bagration wrote:
I guess we are seeing a trend of foreign teams picking up Koreans and dropping the underperforming members of their rosters. I hope Liquid does not follow suit.

Best of luck guys in your future endeavors.


I highly doubt it. If a player was going to leave liquid, it would be of their own accord and not being cut.
SmoKim
Profile Joined March 2010
Denmark10305 Posts
January 19 2012 15:46 GMT
#20
Best of luck JF <3

please try to qualify for TSL4 though!
"LOL I have 202 supply right now (3 minutes later)..."LOL NOW I HAVE 220 SUPPLY SUP?!?!?" - Mondragon
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