Transfer Recap: August
Time: 2010-09-08 07:53

Missed some of the many lineup changes last month? We bring you a recap of all the changes made in August.

On the 3rd PinG from Ukraine lost their Counter-Strike division - reports indicated that the players had not been getting their salaries. The 5 players announced that they would continue to play together and were on the lookout for a new organization. Meanwhile the Frenchmen of BURNING! saw themselves in a similar situation as the 5 players left the organization after some unkept promises. They also announced that they were looking for a new organization. Later TBH from Germany announced their new team as Thanh Vinh "ninja" Bui, Tobias "Troubley", Filip "RSK68" Filipowski and Christian "ChRRRRp" Porten were welcomed.

August 3rd
PinG lost their CS division
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BURNING! lost their CS division
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TBH announced their new team
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Still on the 3rd, Millenium from France created their new lineup as they nearly brought the WCG winners of 2007, emuLate, back together. The only player missing from the that lineup was Mathieu "MaT" Leber who had been replaced by Benjamin "drizzer" Charnet from the former wCrea. Meanwhile the Germans of n!faculty announced the signing of former ESC Gaming player Dominik "d0m AZ" Wrabetz. Later on the same day n!faculty confirmed that Max "ODIE" Knappe and Christoph "chrizzo" Krämer would continue playing for the team, making their lineup almost complete. Finally the day closed with news from German side Hardware4u who announced their new team.

August 3rd
Millenium announced their new team
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n!faculty added d0m AZ
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n!faculty confirmed ODIE & chrizzo in their lineup
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hardware4u announced their new team
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The old emuLate is team - almost - back together.

On the 4th Hardware4u announced the addition of Lukas "kirby" Domin, forcing Rick "mopstr" Hahn to step back and act as a backup player for the EPS. Meanwhile n!faculty brought in the former Frankfurt 69'ers player Dominik "dommy" Hahn. Later they once again announced changes as well-known Gerhard "gerdi" Grimm was added as the final member of the team, revealing that Hahn would only act as a backup player. An hour before midnight the Danish team p00nhandlers were recruited by the French organization wCrea.

August 4th
hardware4u added kirby - mopstr as backup
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n!faculty added dommy
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n!faculty added gerdi - dommy as backup
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wCrea added the former p00nhandlers team
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On the 5th defining stars from Portugal announced the departure of their Counter-Strike team. Only a few hours later they welcomed their new team, consisting of three former K1ck players. Meanwhile Archaic added the former Parallax team, from New Zealand, as their second team. Later Czech team eSuba completed their lineup with the addition of former NecroRaisers player Petr "petras" Funk. At the same time Team Paranoids from Portugal announced the signing of the former Exotic Island team while Roskilde Ravens from Denmark announced the shutdown of their Counter-Strike team. The team had not made any announcements after seeing Michael "Friis" Jørgensen join the ranks of p00nhandlers in July and were now released from their contracts.

August 5th
defining stars announced their new team
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Archaic added a second team
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eSuba added petras 
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Team Paranoids added the former Exotic Island team
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Roskilde Ravens shut down their CS division
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The CS division of Roskilde Ravens is history.

On the 6th Alternate announced the departure of Bastian "b4d" Gaffron who supposedly wasn't happy being benched after the addition of talent Kenyon "KenaN" Temmel. This left Alternate with a five-man lineup. The following day French side Against All Authority were reduced to four men as Philippe "faculty" Rodier left the team. On the 9th H2k Gaming from Sweden announced the addition of former fnatic player Björn "threat" Pers as a replacement for ingame-leader Markus "pronax" Wallsten who was kicked from the team. Meanwhile DarkPassage from Turkey brought in Onur "ExtraM" Karul and Sezgin "Fabre" Kalayci to complete their lineup.

August 6-9th
Alternate: b4d out
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Against All Authority: faculty out
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H2k Gaming added threat - pronax out
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DarkPassage added ExtraM & Fabre
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On the 10th American side Loaded announced the addition of Scott "evolution" Cavallero and Sean "sgares" Gares while saying goodbye to Paul "Adrenaline" Baker and Anthony "djibouti" Manosca. Later the newly formed Made in Brazil team brought in the former playArt player Carlos "viol" de Paula as a replacement for Frederico "RedFox" Bernardes. Meanwhile Lions parted with their Norweigian team after several disagreements over a longer period of time. On the 11th Online-Kingdom picked up  the former Paranoids team from Portugal.

August 10-11th
Loaded added evolution & sgares
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Made in Brazil added viol - RedFox out
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Lions parted with their CS team
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Online-Kingdom added the former Paranoids team
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H2k Gaming added threat.

On the 12th FireGamers.Bullguard from Brazil announced the addition of former prazer player Antenor “xpd” Domingues as a replacement for André “dN-“ Farah. The following day Online-Kingdom announced the signing of the former Lions team, housing players like Øyvind "KF3" Magnestad and Thomas "Vertigo" Andresen. On the 15th former UNiTED player Dauren "AdreN" Kystaubayev revealed that he plans to leave for China and spend the next four years studying. His retirement will leave k23 with a four-man lineup. The next day French side Against All Authority announced the disbandment of their Counter-Strike team, while bet4gamers from Spain added Antonio "FlipiN" Rivas as a replacement for Rafael "FeldmaN" "Rodríguez Barroso.

August 12-16th
FG.Bullguard added xpd - dN- out
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Online-Kingdom added the former Lions team
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k23: AdreN announced his retirement plans
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Against All Authority shut down their CS division
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bet4gamers added FlipiN - FeldmaN out
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On the 17th the Finns of PlayZone were reduced to one player as Kimmo "BASiC" Fagerholm decided to quit professional Counter-Strike leaving Joni "Freon" Huumo all by himself. Meanwhile former Ninjas in Pyjamas player Fabian "blomstar" Åkermark announced his return with the Swedish team ICSU. The following day Portuguese side Exotic Island announced the addition of the former Phantoms lineup. On the 19th Swedish side Begrip Gaming revealed their new team, housing big names like Faruk "pita" Pita, Samuel "Zyppe" Martinsson and Markus "pronax" Wallsten. Later PlayZone announced the addition of 4 new players making the Finnish division complete.

August 17-19th
PlayZone: BASiC out
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ICSU announced their new team
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Exotic Island added the former Phantoms lineup
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Begrip Gaming announced their new team
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PlayZone added VIDI, spin, aslak & allu
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AdreN revealed his retirement plans.

On the 20th American legend Ron "Rambo" Kim announced his return with the new WinOut team, also housing well-known players David "zid" Chin and Hoang "s0nNy" Tran. Meanwhile Deathwish from Norway announced their new team with former players of LatterligLett and Expert-Gaming. The following day LDLC.com, the new name adopted by the D4gaming structure, brought in the team of Steeve "Ozstrik3r" Flavigni.

August 20th-21st
WinOut announced their new team
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Deathwish announced their new team
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LDLC.com brought in the team of Ozstrik3r          
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On the 23rd Lions signed the former H2k Gaming lineup while puta from Denmark linked up with DSRack 4 days later. On the 29th Turkish side delusion, housing three former DarkPassage players, announced their creation. Two days later Infernal Gamers from Finland brought in Juuso "fonex" Malvela and Toni "TONIo" Ohisalo as replacements for Miro "yes" Kelloniemi and Ville "vilmu" Vuorio. Finally ICSU closed the month as they announced the addition of former Begrip player Daniel "rape" Börzsönyi as a replacement for Fabian "blomstar" Åkermark, who had been released from the team.

August 23rd-31th
Lions added the former H2k Gaming team
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DSRack added the former puta team
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delusion announced their new team
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Infernal Gamers added fonex & TONIo - yes & vilmu out
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ICSU added rape - blomstar out
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Thankss, nice before school
2010-09-08 07:54:33
AdreN :(((((
2010-09-08 08:01:03
true! what a player!!! i hope we will see him, mb in Tyloo)
2010-09-08 08:06:02
nice
blomstar power skill
good luck men
2010-09-08 08:01:03
he was dropped from the team ;]
2010-09-08 10:41:51
by: alex! - HLTV.org
#28
He left.
2010-09-08 12:23:12
nice =]
2010-09-08 08:01:34
by: GoMeZ - HLTV.org
#5
good read as always
2010-09-08 08:03:14
MIBR was the best team in the world
2010-09-08 08:06:18
by: ald;
#8
MIBR was the best team in the world \2\
2010-09-08 08:07:07
im really high
2010-09-08 08:11:43
ok
2010-09-08 13:56:49
Nice write up Mr. Stanion
2010-09-08 08:25:38
Loaded! on the rise , gl AdreN
2010-09-08 08:27:06
good read. thank you.
2010-09-08 09:07:39
you have information about loaded and winout but nothing about complexity dropping there lineup hmmm.
2010-09-08 09:15:51
that was announced 1st of september though ^^
2010-09-08 09:22:51
Maybe because this is August recap
2010-09-08 09:44:49
by: wynn
#16
Such a great post, satanioN! Thumbs up!
2010-09-08 09:38:57
great great great job satanioN.
2010-09-08 09:53:51
Tyloo AdreN :dd
2010-09-08 09:54:52
nice Lions
2010-09-08 10:30:37
by: tb-
#22
Silly season all year long
2010-09-08 10:43:13
nice recap, n1
2010-09-08 10:47:43
transfer of the month: threat joins H2k
2010-09-08 10:54:34
AdreN :[
2010-09-08 11:50:56
nice new
2010-09-08 12:05:59
nice , like =)
2010-09-08 12:22:33
by: knud
#29
WE NEED ADREN <3
2010-09-08 12:31:41
i dont
2010-09-08 12:50:44
lol a lot happend in pro scene every month, at least we have news to read :D
2010-09-08 12:54:38
Nice recap as always =]
2010-09-08 13:35:28
:D:D
2010-09-08 13:45:38
i kaman , w33D
2010-09-08 13:46:55
germany teams were having so much transfers :) finnish too
2010-09-08 13:59:21
nice read as always
2010-09-08 14:50:38
Bad Adren will retire, he really is a skillful player.
2010-09-08 15:17:41
Good luck for all =)
what about fnatic's player ?
2010-09-08 15:25:57
What fnatic player?
2010-09-08 19:55:38
These recaps are a very nice idea. Good work satanion :)
2010-09-08 15:41:11
gj ;)
2010-09-08 16:05:59
gj guys :)
<3 hltv.org
2010-09-08 16:44:40
by: nkh'
#43
gj, nice recap.
2010-09-08 18:48:10
nice job hltv.org , i missed to many transfers and now i can read them :P
2010-09-08 19:00:55
Great job, Satan!
2010-09-11 16:07:44

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