ATK welcome back Sonic

12/9/2019 - 18:57

ATK have announced that Aran "Sonic" Groesbeek has returned to the organization.

The move confirms reports from earlier this month of ATK's plans to reacquire the South African player as part of a major overhaul of the squad, which also included the addition of Ricky "floppy" Kemery and Josh "oSee" Ohm from Singularity.

Sonic had previously been playing for Envy for three months, during which the North American side qualified for IEM Chicago and retained their spot in ESL Pro League, but otherwise lacked good results, failing to make it deep in qualifiers for the Americas Minor, ESL One New York, and MSI Gaming Arena.

Sonic's stint with Envy has officially ended after three months

ATK made the announcement ahead of their Thursday's matches against Swole Patrol in the DreamHack Masters Malmö NA closed qualifier lower bracket round two and TeamOne in ECS Season 8 North America Pinnacle Cup. Otherwise, the team is also participating in ESEA MDL Season 32.

The South African organization's overhauled lineup looks as follows:

South Africa Johnny "JT" Theodosiou
United States Ian "motm" Hardy
United States Ricky "floppy" Kemery
United States Josh "oSee" Ohm
South Africa Aran "Sonic" Groesbeek

South Africa Tiaan "T.c" Coertzen (coach)

United States Josh 'oSee' Ohm
Josh 'oSee' Ohm
Age:
20
Team:
ATK
Rating 1.0:
1.03
Maps played:
493
KPR:
0.69
DPR:
0.64
APR:
0.12
South Africa Aran 'Sonic' Groesbeek
Aran 'Sonic' Groesbeek
Age:
20
Team:
ATK
Rating 1.0:
1.16
Maps played:
487
KPR:
0.78
DPR:
0.63
APR:
0.13
United States Ricky 'floppy' Kemery
Ricky 'floppy' Kemery
Age:
19
Team:
ATK
Rating 1.0:
1.13
Maps played:
377
KPR:
0.78
DPR:
0.66
APR:
0.15
United States Ian 'motm' Hardy
Ian 'motm' Hardy
Age:
19
Team:
ATK
Rating 1.0:
1.08
Maps played:
399
KPR:
0.75
DPR:
0.67
APR:
0.11
South Africa Johnny 'JT' Theodosiou
Johnny 'JT' Theodosiou
Age:
20
Team:
ATK
Rating 1.0:
1.01
Maps played:
466
KPR:
0.69
DPR:
0.67
APR:
0.15
South Africa Tiaan 'T.c' Coertzen
Tiaan 'T.c' Coertzen
Age:
27
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.82
Maps played:
52
KPR:
0.54
DPR:
0.69
APR:
0.17
#1
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Germany BIG_CLAN_FAN 
ok good luck south african wtf?
2019-09-12 18:58
#4
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Canada thelegend27 
sonic’s my name, speed’s my game!
2019-09-12 18:58
#9
smooya | 
Austria shaakeh 
expected
2019-09-12 18:59
#29
Reunion Megan_Fox 
SA CS LUL
2019-09-12 19:07
#52
YEKINDAR | 
China Absolute_Value_of_xx 
Nice
2019-09-12 19:32
#57
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Denmark Twick_reformed 
Unexpected
2019-09-12 19:42
#20
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Malaysia ez4harimaumuda 
I AM SPEED owait
2019-09-12 19:01
#21
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Canada thelegend27 
the flesh (light)
2019-09-12 19:01
#22
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Malaysia ez4harimaumuda 
it's a cars refernce but ok xd
2019-09-12 19:02
#23
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Canada thelegend27 
ka chow
2019-09-12 19:03
#25
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Malaysia ez4harimaumuda 
that's more I like it xD
2019-09-12 19:03
#34
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Finland allujallittaaverkkaritjalas 
tOxIcItY DoEsN't LoSe GaMeS bAd PlAyErS dO
2019-09-12 19:15
#38
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Canada thelegend27 
-Ladislav ‘Cyka’ Kovaçs
2019-09-12 19:19
#60
YEKINDAR | 
China Absolute_Value_of_xx 
-Nikola “Slobodan Milošević” Kovač
2019-09-12 19:45
#37
cR4zY | 
Myanmar xdcc 
gotta go fast from one team to another
2019-09-12 19:18
#6
device | 
Mexico SiulKrad 
waka waka cs lul
2019-09-12 18:58
#18
koosta | 
United States Kick_Rush_FFS 
better than any German team
2019-09-12 19:00
#28
s1mple | 
Germany Loxatan 
Should that be an offensive? German Pro Scene is a yoke
2019-09-12 19:06
#40
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Austria ElGerda 
Better a joke scene than no scene :( Also Tabsen is god.
2019-09-12 19:20
#74
NiKo | 
Italy Ros1kk 
Germany has many good teams tho.... Sprout are fucking sick I love them! Keep up bros
2019-09-13 05:30
#73
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France TROIIDA 
Haha Germany still has a better scene than NA
2019-09-13 05:21
#42
autist | 
Canada NotRivitur 
-osee +fadey Or +blackpoison
2019-09-12 19:20
#2
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Canada thelegend27 
koeksister tastic!
2019-09-12 18:58
#15
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Australia BIGGEST_RENEGADES_FAN 
Dead scene
2019-09-12 19:00
#24
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Canada thelegend27 
sad.
2019-09-12 19:03
#81
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South Africa KGMZ 
It was never alive
2019-09-17 03:16
#3
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United States JacobSick954 
kewl
2019-09-12 18:58
#5
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Kazakhstan Bombardian 
f5
2019-09-12 18:58
#7
Nifty | 
Europe 10outof11 
Where do random thoughts come from? The body may perhaps compensates for the loss of a true metaphysics.
2019-09-12 18:58
#43
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Canada thelegend27 
nt Sigmund Freud
2019-09-12 19:23
#64
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Kazakhstan abcdefghijklmnope 
lol
2019-09-12 20:13
#8
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North America coldisgoatbro 
late post cuz nobody cares about tier 99 cs
2019-09-12 18:59
#10
Xyp9x | 
Czech Republic Puget1 
rip zonic
2019-09-12 19:00
#11
zoneR | 
Belarus givemebackmy2007 
rip Faze. Sonic
2019-09-12 19:00
#12
MrFuckYou | 
Russia HAPPY_1MAJOR_MVP_ELIGE_0 
lol ATK its kinda a bank or something?
2019-09-12 19:02
#13
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Belgium Ex666TenZ 
555
2019-09-12 19:00
#14
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Czech Republic Noxar 
Lmao nice clown fiesta
2019-09-12 19:00
#16
PillCosby | 
Norway Warerks 
AZK: must be s1mple right?
2019-09-12 19:00
#17
arT | 
Lithuania SiK_ 
he looks so happy
2019-09-12 19:00
#19
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Malaysia ez4harimaumuda 
nice
2019-09-12 19:01
#26
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United States EliteDarkSoul 
He’s trash
2019-09-12 19:04
#27
save | 
Germany VeryGermanGuy 
Nice
2019-09-12 19:05
#30
CYPHER | 
Germany T1MEL0RD 
nais envy has a slot for jdm again LUL
2019-09-12 19:11
#31
Indonesia Elce 
How come there'a any pro player from south africa? They don't even have any food, how can they afford a gaming pc?
2019-09-12 19:13
#32
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Croatia feelsbadmane 
Indonesia talking,the only game u can start with your crappy pc is 8 ball pool
2019-09-12 19:14
#51
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Spain Holiwis 
I laughed so hard at this lmao
2019-09-12 19:32
#33
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Sweden Martintimell69 
south africa is actually a good country
2019-09-12 19:14
#36
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South Africa noobsaibot182 
+1 we ride our lions to work
2019-09-12 19:17
#41
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Sweden Martintimell69 
ur actually from there?, how is it
2019-09-12 19:20
#46
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South Africa noobsaibot182 
nice bro, good weather. come visit cape town one day. good food
2019-09-12 19:29
#50
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Brazil stay_awayfromporn_my_man 
How are the beaches? I'd love to visit someday Is it safe for (white) tourists? sry to ask this
2019-09-12 19:32
#58
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South Africa noobsaibot182 
beaches are nice, some good surf beaches here in cape town. its safe as long as you are in crowded areas or in daylight. at night its a b rush on mirage
2019-09-12 19:43
#76
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South Africa KGMZ 
+1
2019-09-13 12:59
#78
tarik | 
South Africa MasterDebater 
+1
2019-09-13 17:14
#59
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Netherlands BigMarvin 
Better in Zeeland
2019-09-12 19:43
#45
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Sweden fxzo 
Lmao
2019-09-12 19:27
#44
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Canada thelegend27 
it REALLY depends on your financial status... theres a reason why every house in south africa is outfitted with security gates and electric fences
2019-09-12 19:24
#53
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South Africa noobsaibot182 
yup, shocked the shit out of me once. crime is an issue here. have to keep my AWP next to my bed
2019-09-12 19:34
#54
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Canada thelegend27 
daily koeksister for good luck
2019-09-12 19:35
#62
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South Africa noobsaibot182 
yea koeksisters for life
2019-09-12 19:57
#47
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South Africa gachiBasssss 
Well I wouldn't go that far, but it's better than 95% of the other African countries.
2019-09-12 19:30
#56
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Sweden Martintimell69 
ye
2019-09-12 19:38
#66
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Singapore Asturobot 
he thinks south africa is like its neighbours
2019-09-12 20:17
#75
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South Africa KGMZ 
nt Indonesia
2019-09-13 11:35
#35
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Switzerland x676 
luuuuuuul
2019-09-12 19:15
#39
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Kazakhstan Olegorex 
Wow, he is look like Dude from Postal 2
2019-09-12 19:19
#48
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Brazil stay_awayfromporn_my_man 
Good luck VeryAfricanGuy
2019-09-12 19:31
#49
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Spain Holiwis 
really young roster, potential
2019-09-12 19:31
#55
cyx | 
Belgium HUFTGOLD 
Motm you sexy beast .
2019-09-12 19:38
#61
xartE | 
Finland J3bediah 
Does he speak english?
2019-09-12 19:51
#70
AdreN | 
Russia cripdogg 
English is official language there
2019-09-12 20:44
#63
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Brazil NahT_ 
Gotta go fast
2019-09-12 20:00
#65
liTTle | 
CIS Dowa) 
5 SA to 2 SA 😬
2019-09-12 20:15
#67
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Malta SS_ArT 
The post major shuffle
2019-09-12 20:27
#69
AdreN | 
Russia cripdogg 
on pro scene
2019-09-12 20:43
#68
AdreN | 
Russia cripdogg 
the entire team looks like they are all 40 years old vigrins :\
2019-09-12 20:42
#71
EliGE | 
Kazakhstan Elietsch 
I didn't know Prince Harry was into CS:GO. Nice pick up ATK.
2019-09-12 20:55
#72
GuardiaN | 
Other Darge 
They tried so hard to get that south african team going, but once they got the money the org didn't even try to keep that dream alive.
2019-09-12 22:01
#79
tarik | 
South Africa MasterDebater 
Judging from these comments people REALLY dont know what our country is about. But we do ride lions to work.
2019-09-13 17:16
#80
tarik | 
South Africa MasterDebater 
If you want to see the reality look for some soccer world cup 2010 footage. Should show you the good bits
2019-09-13 17:17
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