Following a fourth place finish at the Antwerp Esports Festival, Rage Gaming has parted ways with Jeroen "XTCTJE" Tübee, who has quit gaming due to personal circumstances.
One of the teams most recent additions will be replaced by a familiar face in the shape of Danny "DEKO" Meeuwsen. DEKO, one of the core members of the old TheLastResort team, will be returning to the Dutch side after leaving them mid April to take a break and had until recently been a part of NCC, with whom he attended the Antwerp Esports Festival.
With the addition of DEKO, the current number 7 in Europe will be preparing themselves for the next Frag-O-Matic event, which is set to take place between the 24th and 26th of September in Wieze, Belgium.
Roy "obama" Godschalk Sander "sANDERRr" Quaedvlieg Rody "DRAGZZ" de Graaf Bart "bARTYEz" Gort Danny "DEKO" Meeuwsen
Statement Danny "DEKO" Meeuwsen: "After having some good fun in NCC I decided it was time for something different again. Although different may be the wrong word here since it were the guys from RAGE that contacted me again and asked if I wanted to return to the line-up. As I knew all the guys for a long time it seemed the right thing to do for me. Last but not least I want to thank all the people behind NCC for the fun times."
Statement Roy "obama" Godschalk: "After AEF our first thoughts were to continue playing with the same lineup. However in the last couple of days some problems appeared, and Jeroen decided to leave the team. Things like this are never easy but I think on the long term this might be better for the team, even though Jeroen played sick at both Gamersject and AEF. Only one man could replace Jeroen and that is ofcourse Danny. Danny was in our team for nine months before and back then decided to take a break but will return now. Our first offline events will be FOM and the Dutch Vita Nova lan. I want to thank Jeroen for a great summer and welcome back Danny."
Power Gaming have just won the Antwerp Esports Festival Call of Duty 4 tournament, defeating the Swedes from H2k Gaming in a best-of-three Grand Final.
After winning mp_crossfire 13-10, Power Gaming lost the second map on mp_citystreets, 8 to 13, before taking the third and decisive map: 13-10. With their victory, Power gaming claims first place and 6,000 euro in prizemoney. H2k Gaming has to settle for second place and 3,000 euro, while fnatic take third place and 1,750 euro for their efforts. Just outside of the podium is Rage Gaming, who finished at a respectable fourth place.
Exactly one week after bringing in former eLogic and Team MondialServers player Norman "zabzr" Dornier to replace James "Scorp" Long, Talibannosaurus REX has found a new home less than a week before the Antwerp Esports Festival kicks off.
Statement James "smithiE" Smith: "After numerous org's have contacted us since the managers of our previous organisation auRic choose to pull the plug. It gives me great pleasure in announcing our arrival at infused. For many of us infused has felt like home with three people already having been under the name before, thus it was an easy choice for us to make. We look forward to representing infused at AEF and future events (: cu at lan xxx"