Islanders lose CS team
By: MIRAA
Time: 2009-08-17 16:16

According to proplay.ru, the SPB.Islanders Counter-Strike team have departed the organisation.

Rumours about the future of the team had begun to surface last weekend, when they attended a qualifier for ASUS Summer under the name pobeda.

The Russian team, who won the qualifier after beating RuSh3D 2-0 in the final, have now confirmed they have parted company with SPB.Islanders.

Although they did not wish to comment on the motive behind this decision, proplay.ru suggests it had to do with the organisation's financial problems.

Islanders had the following team:

Alexey "Flatra" Zlobich
Dmitriy "ex" Pestin
Vladimir "redman" Tarasov
Andrey "Xoma" Mironenko
Edward "Ed1k" Ivanov

sad redman ftw
2009-08-17 17:18:18
:( one of the best teams in russia
2009-08-17 17:19:47
sad news... but they will find another organisation; i hope...
2009-08-17 17:22:28
yeah sad :(
Pobeda gl at asus
2009-08-17 17:23:59
I hope they will find a new organisation soon..
2009-08-17 17:27:05
2009 is a year of failure. Hopefully 2010 will be much much more giving in the eSports scene, especially CS.
2009-08-17 17:28:47
not only cs, also other games have problems with this. :)
2009-08-17 19:49:57
Dont think you read my post correctly, I said that the entire eSports scene is having trouble. ESPECIALLY CS!
2009-08-18 01:10:13
They are bad anyway :))) <3 redman bro
2009-08-17 17:29:17
good team < redman
2009-08-17 18:04:53
sad
virtus.pro must add redman =)
2009-08-17 18:06:33
by: DREv
#24
ex and flatra too professional player...
2009-08-18 11:51:24
PinCho go
2009-08-17 18:44:13
Can't wait ASUS summer.

Post edited 2009-08-17 18:54:32
2009-08-17 18:54:04
why?pobeda(ex-islanders)won qual asus
2009-08-17 19:55:41
And phasmatis.UNIBET won asus-baltic qualification. You should know them from KOTH :)
2009-08-17 20:03:43
by: Nasdaq - BG`
#15
sucks for them, there's not existing any good organisations in russia at this moment it seems, but not very weird because of the financial crisis which have hit russia quite hard afaik. hoep they'll find something, but i doubt some international organisation would have any interest in a russian team...:/
2009-08-17 20:06:58
I hope hltv.org will announce about this ASUS event.
2009-08-17 21:01:43
sssad
2009-08-17 21:27:57
They'll hopefully find a new one!
2009-08-17 22:20:30
what team is xek on now? He use to be with these guys..
2009-08-17 22:58:13
pobeda GL
2009-08-17 23:30:46
redman gl
2009-08-18 11:09:53
Gl .
2009-08-18 11:33:09
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