vLad1r0x departs LeiSuRe

The move comes as a surprise as LeiSuRe had just won the ESL Meisterschaft Spring finals - their biggest achievement ever - after defeating ALTERNATE aTTaX 2-1 in the grand final of the event.

In a statement issued to 99damage.de, Vladimir "⁠vLad1r0x⁠" Garbeshkov explained that his removal from the team was caused by a conflict between himself and Christian "⁠reamux⁠" Wolf.

Replacing the Austrian player will be Thilo "⁠syken⁠" Phan, who is no stranger to the team, for whom he played as a stand-in at the ESL event in Duisburg.

"It is with a heavy heart that I announce that my (ex) team-mates have decided to continue playing without me," Garbeshkov said.

"The reason for this is that I did not want to continue playing with reamux. I could not identify myself with someone who is so negative and is always insulting people on forums and news websites. Apparently, I am the only one who thinks like that.

"After a successful season, the disappointment is naturally very big, especially because I was very happy with my performances, both in online tournaments and at my first LAN event.

"I still stand by my decision. Despite this, I wish the team and the organisation all the best in the future.

"I would like to thank tabseN, kakafu and the Austrian community! If any team out there is interested in me, I can be contacted at vladir0x@gmx.at or on Twitter."

With these changes, LeiSuRe now have the following lineup:

Manuel "⁠mnL⁠" Oberlein
 Jan "⁠LyGHT⁠" Patocka
 Eduard "⁠faker⁠" Kehl
 Christian "⁠reamux⁠" Wolf
 Thilo "⁠syken⁠" Phan