Power Gaming announce disbandment
By: MIRAA
Time: 2010-01-10 22:32

Power Gaming have confirmed the Finnish Counter-Strike team has broken down.

There had been reports that the former Crack Clan team could meet an early fate as several of their players had been tipped to serve in the military.

Max "ruuit" Aspe and Tino "tihOp" Puumala have seen their requests to postpone conscription denied by the Finnish government and will as such leave for duty in just two days' time.

Niko "naSu" Kovanen and Samu "plastE" Aalto will take the opportunity to join the army as well, leaving Joona "natu" Leppanen the only remaining player of a team who finished second at the World Esports Masters last month.

"This is a sad end to a team that was coming back to the top of the scene," Lepannen said. "Unfortunately there wasn´t much that could have been done as military service is obligatory in Finland and there´s only so far you can postpone it. Some of the guys had already postponed it a few times due to their CS careers but that wasn´t possible anymore.

"I myself intend to keep playing the game as the experience with the guys on the latter half of 2009 was very encouraging and the spark to play was there again."

Power Gaming CEO Ben Woodward noted the British-based organisation will be looking to add a new line-up to their ranks to fill the spot created by the Finnish squad, whose roster was:

Joona "natu" Leppanen
Niko "naSu" Kovanen
 Tino "tihOp" Puumala
 Samu "plastE" Aalto
 Max "ruuit" Aspe

so sad ;[
2010-01-10 22:33:46
:S
2010-01-10 22:33:56
all of them goes to army :p
2010-01-10 22:35:52
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6J4kFC7hrg

Post edited 2010-01-11 20:41:18
2010-01-11 20:40:27
natu doesn't.
2010-01-16 00:28:38
Was expected
2010-01-10 22:35:56
I miss the 69°N-28°E days :<
2010-01-10 22:36:55
and Hoorai :P
2010-01-10 22:39:21
and roccat
2010-01-11 00:33:21
They had too many orgas, Roccat or Hoorai played versus Pentagram in WSVG LONDON in 2006 :O?
2010-01-11 23:48:50
who doesn't'
2010-01-10 22:47:54
me?
2010-01-10 23:34:09
lol
2010-01-12 16:14:29
69°N-28°E best finland team ever :)
2010-01-11 15:25:45
agree
2010-01-11 18:49:18
i mostly miss plastE clutching the knife rounds :D
2010-01-11 19:49:44
no wonder...
2010-01-10 22:37:21
As I said some fuckin' time ago.
2010 - enf of g8full PG.
You guys said that it was bullshit.
If its about army then u guys got bad government :<
2010-01-10 22:38:11
some1's got to keep the russians out :D
2010-01-11 00:21:06
LOOOOOL ;)
2010-01-11 00:41:42
U probably know what I will talk you bunch of idiot kids:
Go k1ck

and


its slovakia not russia :/
2010-01-11 16:08:21
so.... -.- ??
2010-01-11 19:34:42
nvm
2010-01-11 20:16:03
He didn't mean your country you moron.. Hahaha, what a fail. :D
2010-01-16 00:30:05
hahaha the best post ever XD
2010-01-11 02:55:27
he is from Slovakia, or i dont understand something :>
2010-01-11 07:07:38
Oh lol..
2010-01-16 00:30:28
he isn't from russia...
2010-01-11 07:29:09
Oh lol..
2010-01-16 00:30:34
Hahaha, good one bro and true as well ;)
2010-01-11 14:00:15
A little mistake but I forgive :D
Slovakia uneducated finish guy ;d

Post edited 2010-01-11 16:07:13
2010-01-11 16:06:32
Are you dumb? He didn't claim that you are from Russia, he just said that we need an army to keep our beloved eastren neighbour out.
2010-01-11 16:42:29
So why he used reply button? It is replying to ME.
2010-01-11 17:01:26
stop making international shame, kthx
2010-01-11 18:27:20
ROFL
2010-01-11 20:26:12
+1 :D
2010-01-12 16:50:13
I think ameeba is referring to the Winter War, that started in November 1939 between Finland and Russia. Russians tried to take over our nation but we fought back and kept our country.
Without obligatory military service, who knows what would've happened?

"If its about army then u guys got bad government"

In my opinion I don't find independence 'bad' at all, don't know about you but...
2010-01-11 19:11:58
I know history marks, but he used reply button to me, not to main post, so it seems to be like offence (:
2010-01-11 19:15:21
You are just idiot...
2010-01-12 00:51:57
we are independant and military service isnt required here

our army sucks anyways XD
2010-01-12 12:22:03
Deawer telling the facts just as always :Dd:D
2010-01-12 16:45:32
Kept our country? As far as I remember, didn't they "conquer" Finland before deciding to not give a fuck about it? :P

Post edited 2010-01-16 00:32:16
2010-01-16 00:32:03
Because he told you why they had to go to the army, how stupid are you seriously? Do you have any boundaries?
2010-01-16 00:31:23
Finnish army wont keep Russia away :D
2010-01-11 17:54:46
Yes they will, like they once did
2010-01-11 18:23:08
They did during WW2 :)
2010-01-11 18:26:51
Oh lol..
2010-01-16 00:30:43
You would fail miserably if they did attack. -.-
2010-01-16 00:29:24
great team :(
2010-01-10 22:38:21
Biggest surprise ever :)
2010-01-10 22:39:42
add ironic mode pls
2010-01-10 22:42:08
Very good team ... :(

Post edited 2010-01-10 22:40:10
2010-01-10 22:39:58
by: DRiT
#13
luck and happiness in life
2010-01-10 22:44:49
Nooooooooo :(

My favorite team
2010-01-10 22:45:08
haha again :D not a surprize after they have cheated in em4, and afther that they dont play a rematch

Post edited 2010-01-10 22:45:45
2010-01-10 22:45:12
how is that?
2010-01-10 22:49:28
They used net_graph.
2010-01-16 00:33:00
lol, i don't know so much about cs :p... but, what is the illegal in net_graph?
2010-01-16 04:21:59
It has nothing to do with the incident in EM. And I doubt that they "cheated" intentionally.

The army calls so there is no point playing further matches in a tournament they wouldn't be able to play in in the future.
2010-01-10 22:56:30
wich has absolutely nothing to do with their disbandment. great comment....really....
2010-01-10 22:58:07
dont rape me, when i post that the story is not fully
2010-01-10 23:00:12
didnt understand anything from that comment...just read the article next time before commenting
2010-01-11 09:46:19
Really bad news man! =/
2010-01-10 22:45:38
no...fantastic team...damn
2010-01-10 22:45:40
by: wstD - nwb
#18
:/
2010-01-10 22:46:02
It's a sad day. PwR 1.6 disband and go to the army, requests to postpone army duty were ignored. Statement going up soon on HLTV.org

21 minutes ago reply

(c) powergaming twitter
2010-01-10 22:47:57
Sad
2010-01-10 22:55:36
I miss Lunatic`hai :(
2010-01-10 22:56:49
End of finnish era of counter-strike.
2010-01-10 22:59:22
it was already end some time ago, those guys just kept it in hope till now days
2010-01-10 23:17:56
nah, 2nd place @ WEM is a good result
2010-01-11 07:10:48
2nd place since 2007 :<
2010-01-11 11:10:02
Hey huge congrats, you guys have a good cs team. That's the only thing your country has ever been good at.
2010-01-11 15:28:41
<3 comments like that :D random afternoon hate outburst (facts hurt to much?)

finland is proud of you! go for more racism next time!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nobel_laureates_by_country - go compare

learning makes your posts 90% less shamefull

Post edited 2010-01-11 23:30:09
2010-01-11 23:29:52
wHY So Serious, Sir.
2010-01-12 00:55:57
if you love those comments don't flame them

and don't try so hard :/
2010-01-12 18:14:24
apparently writing more than 2 sentences is trying hard for you =]

if you love those comments don't flame them - i dont love them, silly =] stupid people amuses me that's all, and flame? please.. i'm not one talking sh*t about your country like #126 but you don't comment that ey? :D

peace out, i didnt take it seriously so you shouldn't to, dont support idiots just beacause they are from your country, have some respect for your flag

2010-01-12 19:52:02
sure your right about insulting the country you live in isn't perhaps nice but you just don't need to try to internetpwnage them by gluing toghether the cleverest back-insults you can think of.
Just say nothing...
you know nobody cares :p
2010-01-19 15:48:40
anyway, it was history of cs.
2010-01-11 14:57:12
comeback soon :P
2010-01-10 23:00:01
At least the finnish army will have a few good riflemen and a sniper
2010-01-10 23:00:53
haha +1
2010-01-10 23:10:35
hahaha :D
2010-01-10 23:18:43
+1 haha
2010-01-10 23:36:39
hahahahahha

n1
2010-01-11 00:07:05
lol
2010-01-11 01:09:32
hah, i even smiled to this one :D
2010-01-11 14:19:56
nick21 good one :D
2010-01-12 18:19:26
:D
2010-01-16 00:35:19
plastE will rape in army as he do in cs :D

HEADSHOT LOL xD
2010-01-10 23:12:20
silent run is allowed in army ? haha:D
2010-01-10 23:13:49
loll XD
2010-01-10 23:18:11
haah :D
2010-01-10 23:18:59
dont think so, bc the other name of silent run is "russian walking" ;P
2010-01-11 00:46:30
yes, we use it in real life. :P :D
2010-01-11 14:57:38
lol
2010-01-11 16:48:55
Let's see if they use net_graph.
2010-01-16 00:35:45
Governments that force their citizens to join the army, priceless
2010-01-10 23:14:33
U guys happen to live farer away from Russia...
And you've got more money. We have no resources to have a pay-army.
2010-01-11 08:56:30
hahahah. Yeah yeah...Russia is a big monster. We have walking bears on the streets, drinking vodka all the time and wearing damn fucked up hats :) And we are thinking all the time how to conquer Finland.
Oh... And yes... We are world's evil. Please, kill us and hate.
Let me see your war face, son
2010-01-12 08:51:15
he didnt mean that.. but finland and russia have a history, dont they?
2010-01-12 13:20:13
I've lived in 8 years in Russia, so please don't talk shit mate. I know that not everyone is a bear :O

I'm not afraid (unlike many) that Russia would conquer Finland; but many things could happen. You never know with Russia. I look, terrified, how Stalin is given a face-wash atm and people start to see him as a hero of somekind, which is by no means true. If this can happen, anything can.

For example, the percentage of Russians in Finland is growing - who knows if the Russians someday (assuming the political situation will change) would decide to come "defend the interests of their citizens".

Moreover if and as we our armied forces it is harder to put political and threats pressure on us.
2010-01-12 21:04:33
Ignorant swedes, priceless
2010-01-11 11:13:04
They don't even have army so there's no need to discuss :-) Even Iceland would crush them.
2010-01-11 18:45:00
got to agree with that one.

Post edited 2010-01-12 09:17:16
2010-01-12 09:16:38
We actually do.
2010-01-16 00:37:08
how long do they have to be in it?
they probably wont come back anyway...
plastE was my favourite player :<
2010-01-10 23:16:20
by: Rix
#131
6 months at least and im pretty sure plaste will come back to cs , same on nasu.
2010-01-11 16:13:14
natu should join playzone (old Elukkaveljekset)
with driim and jigetus they could also do some damage, I hope..
2010-01-10 23:20:18
true
2010-01-11 23:27:12
by: Qad
#191
playzone is just fine already :)
2010-01-12 22:59:06
expected
2010-01-10 23:24:23
really bad :/, i like this team, go back another structure, come finnish cs scene

Post edited 2010-01-10 23:26:18
2010-01-10 23:25:47
Shame, reallt, but not much you can do here :(
2010-01-10 23:29:31
imbagaming
2010-01-10 23:39:04
omg tihop [*]
2010-01-10 23:48:43
omg :(
2010-01-11 00:02:48
add AGAiN
2010-01-11 00:10:57
And im proud to be an american.


its 2010 ffs


Post edited 2010-01-11 00:12:13
2010-01-11 00:11:50
Finland has an army? Who'd attack Finland?

Post edited 2010-01-11 00:15:47
2010-01-11 00:15:29
we have ~~1000km border with russia with loveful history
2010-01-11 00:22:23
:D:D:D
2010-01-11 07:09:36
ahaahha :D :D :D
2010-01-11 07:31:44
Obviously u know nothing about Finland or its history
2010-01-11 08:59:08
http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/224689
2010-01-11 19:55:15
hahahaha
2010-01-11 23:27:50
Can't be watched outside the States.
2010-01-16 00:48:44
It where good team :S
2010-01-11 00:24:50
*was
2010-01-11 09:03:55
1.6 was to bored, so they go play irl-cs :b
2010-01-11 00:25:34
[insert "lol" here]
2010-01-11 15:04:04
:X
2010-01-11 00:36:27
:(
2010-01-11 00:37:51
sad. but it`s common situation for west-europian countries either.
2010-01-11 00:39:58
and so ending finnish cs scene like norge scenne few years ago
2010-01-11 00:45:15
actually finnish cs scene is just going to be builded up, you will see
2010-01-11 13:12:58
That's true, Playzone for example is just practicing to get to the top =)
2010-01-11 14:21:59
sad
2010-01-11 01:10:57
nice army squad lol but sad
2010-01-11 02:03:04
Yeah. You don't want to mess with the Finnish super soldiers.

The next time you see a Finnish army bunny hopping and jumping around ladders, you know that person is Niko "naSu" Kovanen. =P
2010-01-11 03:27:28
KEWL way 2 give Sympathy ... appritiate it dmize :)
2010-01-11 05:14:36
very sad
2010-01-11 02:38:50
"leave for duty in just two days' time" - what does it mean? Serve in army 2 days :D?
2010-01-11 02:56:55
no, it means they will go to the army in two days, on Tuesday.
2010-01-11 03:05:03
real shame, been one of the top 5-10 teams in the world for the past few years, and plaste/ruuit/nasu are 3 of the best players in the world :(
2010-01-11 03:04:31
so sad :/
gl guys!
2010-01-11 03:19:46
tihop great player
2010-01-11 03:38:59
:OmG 4 militry Perpose :O SaD Goverment :@ misssssssss u PG guys... u guys just getting RISE UP and u guys can do MUCH better in 2010 bt zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.............


HearT BrokeN :|
2010-01-11 05:10:53
They'll get new STEElSERIES SHOVELS for free :)

P.S bloodR did the same 4 years ago ( me too )
2010-01-11 05:30:06
by: kdz
#77
very skilled players
2010-01-11 05:43:49
Thats something you don't see everyday.
2010-01-11 07:25:02
this sucks :(
2010-01-11 07:46:24
Call of duty :) for them
2010-01-11 08:23:14
Counter-Strike IRL extremely violent and has flashy sudden pictures and you may feel suddenly paralyzed and in some cases will black out and never wake up again
2010-01-11 09:07:21
what is "IRL" ?
2010-01-11 11:12:47
in real life
2010-01-11 12:14:10
thanks mate
2010-01-11 12:36:37
by: pulu
#91
they will all be back in 6month and then the cs continues.
2010-01-11 09:28:27
yes, they will be out of form and their IQ will fall 20 pts ;]
2010-01-11 16:52:40
by: wynn
#93
Hope to see them back at some point. Great team. Always enjoyed watching their games.
2010-01-11 09:50:58
sad ;[ these guys are extremely hilarious
2010-01-11 10:03:15
by: neqw
#95
bahhhhhhhhhhhh omg. fuck the army
2010-01-11 10:18:20
sad
2010-01-11 10:20:36
by: 4v3
#98
sad 36484 :D
2010-01-11 10:27:38
+1
2010-01-13 09:04:00
once again, if esport was a recognized as a real sport :(
2010-01-11 10:32:07
not that bad... maybe they learn what the word discipline means in their military service, instead of crying over rules and changing teams at every mood swing....

jus sayin
2010-01-11 10:40:41
I really miss the D-sky/astralis times :/

gl guys
2010-01-11 11:13:42
yea thats why you are an idiot
2010-01-11 13:16:50
eh what?
2010-01-12 08:45:46
Don't care, he's just stupid. :P
2010-01-16 00:52:05
this military thing really sux
2010-01-11 11:29:33
again... :S
2010-01-11 12:39:59
ahahahahah old man :))=))
2010-01-11 13:01:49
HAHAHA that's PG. :D
2010-01-16 00:51:39
ROCCAT come back =(
2010-01-11 12:50:25
<3 NASU, NATU, LURPPIS, TIHOP, CONTE, RUUIT, PLASTE, & co :(:(:(:(




NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOES :'(
2010-01-11 13:08:17
AAAMUJA
2010-01-11 14:28:27
new team should be:

natu
drim
jigetus
Spikeone

and Aspx when he leave lemon ^_^
2010-01-11 14:32:19
no I heard about aSpx building a new lineup:

aSpx
diodel
kristeN
kenan
jumpy

Old golden5 is no more, the new one is coming...
2010-01-11 16:55:05
Jumpy?
2010-01-16 00:52:29
jumpy the bomb-bugger xD
2010-01-16 14:13:44
natu, driim, jigetus, danzer & x

Not spikeone ;d
2010-01-11 23:33:28
kookas!
2010-01-16 00:52:48
there are just 2 team in Finlande(fi) and always disband , for max 10 player ... no lot of choise
2010-01-11 14:51:10
sad..
2010-01-11 15:20:26
Finland cs scene :>
2010-01-11 15:45:06
:(
2010-01-11 15:59:53
sad ending
2010-01-11 16:28:09
:-((

<3 naSu
2010-01-11 16:38:54
Sad :( :( :( <3 Power Gaming :)
2010-01-11 17:16:00
sad news:/
2010-01-11 17:17:43
362, HAJOO!!
2010-01-11 17:24:57
Why doesn't lurppis have to go???!?!?!? =[ take him to, save EG! JK <3 TOMI!

Post edited 2010-01-11 17:39:17
2010-01-11 17:38:46
lurppis sort of made EG what it is atm..
2010-01-16 00:53:11
Even in Poland military service is no longer obligatory. I tought we were the last country to abolish this duty. But now, when I look here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Conscription_map_of_the_world.svg
I see that such countries like Denmark, Germany, Sweden, Norwey still keep this duty.

green - No armed forces
blue - No conscription
orange - Plan to abolish conscription in the near future
red - Conscription
2010-01-11 18:29:06
We have some requirements though and you have to be somewhat fit, so if you don't want to go you can just review and just perform bad and they won't want you.
2010-01-16 00:55:07
so, seems like that the playzone guys are the team to beat now in Finland. Good luck in army guys.
2010-01-11 19:01:03
i45.tinypic.com/9lcp3o.jpg

HAJOTKAA HAHAHAHAH
2010-01-11 20:23:15
;DDD
2010-01-11 21:31:55
by: irq - epov
#160
Maybe the army find their aiming skills useful o.0

lol
2010-01-11 20:56:31
69-28E --> roccat --> gameplay --> crackclan --> PowerGaming --> armymen :o miss the good old days..
2010-01-11 21:27:53
yep finish army hard shit or what
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaJA6IQfzLA&feature=PlayList&p=15F086B01F345B43&index=9 :D
2010-01-11 22:29:40
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaJA6IQfzLA&feature=PlayList&p=15F086B01F345B43&index=9

Would be terribly funny if he had managed to shoot himself during the process.

Post edited 2010-01-16 00:56:10
2010-01-16 00:55:35
This is what we do in the army:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJYTB31lEJE&feature=related

Our terrain is mainly covered with a lot of trees and uneven land so we are pretty much well covered for good defence if someone tries to rape our president.
2010-01-12 01:19:25
I can't belive lol
2010-01-12 13:38:08
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjCBoDsdwyw&feature=related

this is how rtarded the army is these days
2010-01-12 13:45:59
bad news(((n1 team
2010-01-12 14:36:33
Thats just sad, PG was so much fun to follow. The CS-scene just lost one of the most interesting teams. :(
2010-01-12 15:32:32
So are they coming back after army? Have anyone of them said anything?
2010-01-12 18:25:49
seems the Finnish army don't have any demands ;)
2010-01-12 18:49:44
sad
2010-01-13 15:34:30
Finns.. :-) Let's see if they use net_graph this time too!
2010-01-16 00:59:35
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