AZIO add quartet to complete line-up

10/8/2018 - 14:15

AZIO have completed their roster with the additions of Michael "⁠Grim⁠" Wince, Joshua "⁠Hunter⁠" Madore, Ian "⁠motm⁠" Hardy, Ryan "⁠Snakes⁠" Amann, and coach Teric "⁠Bibby⁠" Ingram.

The additions come after AZIO recently parted ways with Alex "⁠Mauisnake⁠" Ellenberg and Dave "⁠seziwana⁠" Schrage, and moved Frankie "⁠Champ⁠" Miranda to an analyst position, while also posting an application encouraging those with "MDL or pro experience" to apply as tryouts for the upcoming ESEA MDL season.

After five days of trials, AZIO brought in motm from Vireo.pro, Dignitas' Grim, and free agent Snakes - reuniting three of the ex-Broken Alliance core who won Season 25 of ESEA Main - as well as 21-year-old Hunter from FYB.

Grim is all smiles with his new team

Having completed their roster, AZIO went on to add a coach, bringing back a familiar face in the form of Bibby, who makes a return to coaching just three months after joining Alliance as an H1Z1 player.

Prior to the official announcement, Dust2.us reported that the team will play with William "⁠shonk⁠" Kittrell in their first eight MDL matches in order to retain the squad's league spot. After that, the team will replace the 19-year-old with Grim.

With the changes, AZIOs' roster looks as follows:

Trevor "⁠FrostayK⁠" Bandle
Ian "⁠motm⁠" Hardy
Joshua "⁠Hunter⁠" Madore
Michael "⁠Grim⁠" Wince
Ryan "⁠Snakes⁠" Amann
William "⁠shonk⁠" Kittrell

Teric "⁠Bibby⁠" Ingram (coach)

Frankie "⁠Champ⁠" Miranda (analyst)

Sick

2018-08-10 14:17

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Nkce

2018-08-10 14:18

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who? 6 guys? WTF

2018-08-10 14:20

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team will play with William "shonk" Kittrell in their first eight MDL matches in order to retain the squad's league spot. After that, the team will replace the 19-year-old with Grim.

2018-08-10 14:43

They are trying to be a football team man :")

2018-08-10 16:18

no hes on rogue dude

2018-08-10 15:54

lol

2018-08-10 16:05

Haha

2018-08-10 17:25

nice

wow

6 player roster?

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Ahhh, was added after my comment :)

2018-08-10 14:50

2ez when you have 6 players.

Mindblown

good luck promising team @TheNotoriousMMA

EZ fro nikos cousin

2018-08-10 14:19

Ez 6v5

finally tier555 news

More like t2 news but hey who's counting

2018-08-10 18:06

Tier2 lmao

2018-08-10 18:12

Tier2 what a joke

2018-08-10 20:00

im pretty sure you only need 5 players to play. Just a reminder, so you have to pay one salary less.

Still gonna lose with 6v5

2018-08-10 14:26

2018-08-10 19:05

damn rip mauisnake hopefully grim gets into a spot where he can show his star potential

2018-08-10 14:29

CeRq went to the US, they cloned him and now we have FrostayK

2018-08-10 14:34

They all are cerq lookalikes

2018-08-10 15:55

why is this on hltv news

2018-08-10 14:37

Why not? Do you have anything better to give us news about?

2018-08-10 21:30

what is nonames?

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No names? U been hiding under a rock? 3 of them played mdl last season

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xd its a rofl? MDL? expected from USA

2018-08-10 18:22

Drink more vodka and maybe it will come to u newbie

2018-08-11 19:18

its all what u can say?

2018-08-11 19:23

Nothing else needs to be said my drink Russian friend.

2018-08-12 07:22

who

2018-08-10 14:40

Analyst and coach in tier 5 team OMEGALUL

lmao hltv this days news about tier826362 NA team OMEGALUL analyst/coach/hltv news front page with a bunch of NONAMERS LUL

2018-08-10 14:46

LITERALLY WHO?!?!??! this is worse than indian cs news low tier NA CS < north korean cs where the computers are made out of discarded mortar shells and corn husks

2018-08-10 15:05

who?

2018-08-10 15:06

Expected

2018-08-10 15:14

6 players with coach and analyst.. hahhah

ye coach, analyst and don't forget to hire dietician LUL

2018-08-10 15:34

LMAO

2018-08-10 17:03

Teric "Bibby" Ingram (coach) Teric "Bibby" Ingram (coach) Teric "Bibby" Ingram (coach) Teric "Bibby" Ingram (coach) Teric "Bibby" Ingram (coach)

2018-08-10 15:40

Who

2018-08-10 15:45

Why does anybody care about some mediocre MDL team coached by a fraud

2018-08-10 16:08

Nice , new major team.

2018-08-10 16:17

OMEGALUL

2018-08-10 16:30

Who?

2018-08-10 16:55

E aí negão bibby!!!! Good team

2018-08-10 17:22

6 v 5 easy op af

2018-08-10 17:42

na need 6 player to win something

2018-08-10 18:04

maybe 6 players cheaper than 5 with insurance for heart attacks

2018-08-10 19:59

frostyak look like 12 old, 120 kg kid

Really glad to see Grim and Snakes back together again ever since they were torn apart post-SoaR Gaming days way back. However, I'm kind of sad to see Vireo Pro lose motm. They had a good roster, but I'm sure they'll find someone equally good or better. AZIO actually have a roster that can do something now. No more being at the bottom of MDL :p

2018-08-10 18:31

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good analysis

2018-08-10 18:32

srs or troll :3

2018-08-10 18:33

+1 lmao all these kids SoaR had insane potential and the average age was like 15-18yo

2018-08-10 21:32

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It helps to have a good ingame leader and an adult in the form of mCe to mold those kids. These things don't matter in NA though. Its all about the instant gratification

2018-08-10 21:38

Well, teams only wanted players who were 16+ due to the new age restriction that was put into effect the same season that SoaR Gaming qualified for MDL.

2018-08-10 21:39

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Yup i hate Dignitas for destroying SoaR

Same man...imagine what they could've been today. Maybe we'll see them rebuild the OG roster some day. On a side note, I miss the original roster in Open that made headlines after taking down some top Main and I think some MDL teams. The roster was yay, sick, recky, vice, and PAUL_Newman.

2018-08-10 21:41

Were back <3

2018-08-10 23:23

Good. I wish you good luck and don't let those kiddie haters get on your nerves <3

2018-08-10 23:25

Of course not. We move into a house soon! Got alot of work to do until next season.

That's really nice. I've followed the NA "tier 2" scene since Nitro was a raging pleb and Tarik eating cereal in Mousespaz while rekting everyone :P both playing low tier CS. I didn't since then see a team with so much potential as old SoaR. especially Grim that can on a good day rekt everyone. Is there any way to follow your sucess as a team? etc adding you on steam? I would like to follow you guys.

2018-08-10 23:29