WinFakt shut down CS team

5/9/2012 - 01:06

WinFakt have announced via their official website that they have decided to close down their Counter-Strike: 1.6 division.

The Swedish team had been left with a four-man roster following Emil "FYRR73" Karlsson's decision to link up with fnatic last week to fill the shoes of Richard "Xizt" Landström.

WinFakt have now decided to stop supporting CS 1.6 altogether as a result of the decreasing number of events, with the organisation vowing to switch their focus to "newer games".

"This was one of the toughest decisions we have ever had to make," WinFakt CEO Jelle Baudeweyns told the organisation's website.

"After so many years of playing and supporting CS 1.6 we have now decided that it is time to move on.

"We know CS 1.6 is the reason we were able to enter competitive gaming on a full scale and we owe this game a lot but after the roster problems our team faced and current decline of competitive CounterStrike we had to make a decision.

"It was not an easy one but sometimes you have to make calls against your heart."

The former Lemondogs team signed for WinFakt in May and finished in third place at the Swedish Championship under the Belgium-based organisation after a disappointing campaign at DreamHack Summer.

The future of the former WinFakt Swedish team is still unknown, but the possibility of the players switching to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive cannot be ruled out.

Jim "zneel" Andersson will attend the 1.6 event GameON in Ljungby this weekend with the ColdGame mix team, which also boasts Faruk "pita" Pita and André "keiz" Carlsson.

WinFakt had the following CS team:

Frej "kHRYSTAL" Sjöström
Jim "zneel" Andersson
Niklas "niko" Johansson
John "wenton" Eriksson

sad :(

2012-09-05 01:08

3 replies

pita retired my ass.

2012-09-05 02:44

2 replies

im sorry for you.

2012-09-05 10:20

1 reply

so dumb

2012-11-06 18:38

just sad

2012-09-05 01:09

nice wenton legend xd

6 replies

lool

2012-09-05 01:32

4 replies

sarcasm aweonao

2012-09-05 02:05

he did an amazing job last tournament

2012-09-05 02:38

lololol

2012-09-05 03:34

xDDD

2012-09-05 05:13

loled

2012-09-05 05:41

omg :( ...

2012-09-05 01:10

finally.

expected...;'(!

2012-09-05 01:11

liars, toughest decision was when they released basic n crew

lol, the toughest decision was to shut down the 1.6 division in general

2012-09-05 06:00

The.toughest décision was ham.or cheese for breakfast. Do m both!

2012-09-05 06:35

:S kHRYSTAL legend!!!

2012-09-05 01:12

My favorite team, too bad! Wish them luck with whatever they decide to do.

2012-09-05 01:15

get over you it. its time to move on

2012-09-05 01:20

its official this site is now 80 percent CS GO , and the 20 percent of 1.6 news is all bad news :(

2012-09-05 01:24

sad

2012-09-05 01:25

2012-09-05 01:28

sad news, but it was kinda expected.. Now there's no top team in Sweden anymore, at least in 1.6

2012-09-05 01:34

7 replies

duttdutt #1 lol

2012-09-05 01:43

fnatic

2012-09-05 02:43

5 replies

the majority of fnatics rooster are danes, so I wouldnt call them Swedish anymore! And the organization is from New Zealand / Australia I think!

2012-09-05 03:36

do you play TF2?

2012-09-05 03:43

its uk and new zealand i think

2012-09-05 09:00

Originally the organization is Australian

2012-09-05 11:56

The owners are Australian and the company is also registered there, but the office is in London.

2012-09-05 13:40

wenton didnt have a chance to prove his skills, shame

2012-09-05 01:39

2012-09-05 07:38

sad, he was good in a2g

2012-09-05 08:25

2012-09-05 10:38

ONE MORE TIME

2012-09-05 01:41

sad 4 kHRYSTAL (KING!!) and niko and zneel

2012-09-05 01:50

niko, the awesome leader forever.

2012-09-05 10:23

GO CS:GO!

2012-09-05 01:58

2012-09-05 03:07

dutt dutt is sweden #1 team! finally!

2012-09-05 02:08

INETERS, INETERS EVERYWHERE. FNATICS PLAYS 1.6 YET

2012-09-05 03:47

fnatic isn't a Swedish team anymore.

2012-09-05 04:16

2012-09-05 02:12

I want the official report about why MIRRA is back here posting news please...

2012-09-05 02:39

You mean this? hltv.org/news/9026-miraa-returns-to-hltv..

Is this a troll? hltv.org/news/9026-miraa-returns-to-hltv..

problem?

2012-09-05 14:07

no prob

2012-09-05 18:17

indeed

2012-09-06 19:03

cs:go go !

2012-09-05 02:47

had a feeling this was happening, sux

2012-09-05 03:08

sad, kHRYSTAL is very good player.

2012-09-05 03:11

Sad！：O

2012-09-05 03:17

:( zneel

2012-09-05 03:20

& niko :'(

maybe we will see a team with kiez,pita,niko,khrystal and zneel

2012-09-05 03:28

need $$$$$$$$$$$

2012-09-05 03:45

delpan face khrystal zneel niko

2012-09-05 04:47

that would be awesome

2012-09-05 14:05

my favorite team :CCCCCCC!

2012-09-05 05:08

omg , good team .... sad

2012-09-05 05:15

Swedish CS just died

2012-09-05 05:19

Only navi remains.

2012-09-05 06:03

zneel & niko ftw

2012-09-05 07:22

cs:go 2 meses y gg =)

2012-09-05 07:33

CS:GO fanboys liked this news =D

2012-09-05 07:37

"It was not an easy one but sometimes you have to make calls against your heart." Oh I see

2012-09-05 08:06

lol expected

2012-09-05 08:29

sad :'(

2012-09-05 08:37

4/5 years ago i couldn't belive that someday sweden will not have any pro CS team

2012-09-05 08:56

they still have fnatic)

2012-09-05 09:50

fnatic is 60% danish

2012-09-05 09:58

yeah my bad, always asociated them like swedish team :X

2012-09-05 10:53

2012-09-05 09:01

they may switch to CS: GO. I think when the serious tournaments will start they can find a good sponsor soon.

2012-09-05 10:25

looks like 1.6 is dyeing

damn.. it was kind of expected, but they lasted long proving that their a good team :) too bad i dont think they will stick together

2012-09-05 10:39

damn... another great division falls :(

2012-09-05 10:42

2012-09-05 10:43

kHRYSTOL :/

2012-09-05 10:57

gl men i hope u get picked up by more n1 org :)D

2012-09-05 11:07

they kick one team, they call another team, now they shut it down

2012-09-05 11:25

KHRYSTOL FACE MANNE DENNIS PRONAX GL !)

2012-09-05 11:40

- manne + DELPAN

2012-09-05 11:41

sad =ss

2012-09-05 11:53

expected

2012-09-05 13:21

gg bb

2012-09-05 13:24

Zneel - kHRYSTAL - Niko - Delpan - Face New line-up if they manage to find a new organisation

rip

2012-09-05 13:47

Gl guysm khrystal you amazing, zneel niko good players... trheat good igl really sad

2012-09-05 13:49

sad. we <3 cs 1.6

2012-09-05 14:09

fragbite.se/?newsID=20486

2012-09-05 14:34

Why dis fking happning 2 1.6??

2012-09-05 14:36

expected.. was waiting for it, WinFakt was great team and always will be in memory :)

2012-09-05 14:39

Switch to CS:GO please, I don't want to say farewell to zneel and kHRYSTAL :(

2012-09-05 14:52

shurup niko hates cs go

2012-09-05 15:47

Shurup. Seems legit.

2012-09-07 14:29

shurup

2012-09-07 17:14

Oh!!! sad

2012-09-05 15:34

Expected...sad... gl KHrystal&nikO&zneel!

2012-09-05 15:53

Pretty sad :/

2012-09-05 16:49

sad they were good team. :(

2012-09-05 17:08

fail

2012-09-05 17:15

hahah hahah hahh ahhahahaahhaha fail move by the org staff . ,! ,!!!! XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD gg nobbie s :)D

2012-09-05 17:33

gj wenton,bro.You played really great last tournies. q-_-p

2012-09-05 20:09

+ face!!!!!

2012-09-05 20:20

SAD

2012-09-05 20:50

writed by za1ten in post "FYRR73 moves on from winfakt" : "winfakt done. it was simple to know when threat was live that. wenton sux hard and this winfakt.se gonna crash in some like one-other week. ggawp" 2012-08-28 20:58