ENCORE stick together, seek support

25-8-2014 11:46

ASUS ROG Summer runner ups ENCORE have now officially decided to stick together as a team and are looking for organizational support.

Finland's previous long term top team ENCE disbanded, after nine months in the organization, at the end of June when Aleksi "⁠allu⁠" Jalli left the squad to team up with mousesports.

Joona "⁠natu⁠" Leppänen quickly created ENCORE to attend ASUS ROG Summer in Helsinki and to take part in ESEA Main, but the team wasn't build as a long-term project at the time.


KHRN & natu are once again playing together in a team 

ENCORE finished second at ASUS ROG Summer after a semi-final win against Nostalgie, falling short against Danish myRevenge in the grand final to settle for $3,000 for prizes.

The team's captain natu gave HLTV.org an official statement regarding their decision to give it a go as a team:

"It's come time to confirm what people have probably figured by now - we've decided to stick together with the lineup that was initially built just to attend the ASUS RoG event few weeks back. We had a lot of fun playing together and things seemed to go into the right direction with very minimal preparation which initiated the idea of sticking to it and continue to compete on the international circuit," natu told HLTV.org.

"We are currently looking into opportunites to represent an organisation but taking our time to figure out what the right fit for us would be. As everyone else, we'll be looking to compete in any online and lan tournaments the future brings us."

ENCORE will therefore continue with the following roster:

Finland Taneli "⁠disturbed⁠" Veikkola
Finland Jesse "⁠KHRN⁠" Grandell
Finland Joona "⁠natu⁠" Leppänen
Finland Timo "⁠REFLEX⁠" Rintala
Finland Mikko "⁠xartE⁠" Välimaa

ENCORE are currently seeking organizational support while competing in ESEA Main, where they hold a 7-2 record. You can reach them via Leppänen's Facebook page. 

Finland Mikko 'xartE' Välimaa
Mikko 'xartE' Välimaa
Age:
22
Team:
ENCORE
Rating 1.0:
0.92
Maps played:
63
KPR:
0.63
DPR:
0.68
Finland Taneli 'disturbed' Veikkola
Taneli 'disturbed' Veikkola
Age:
21
Team:
ENCORE
Rating 1.0:
0.95
Maps played:
60
KPR:
0.66
DPR:
0.70
Finland Timo 'REFLEX' Rintala
Timo 'REFLEX' Rintala
Age:
23
Team:
ENCORE
Rating 1.0:
1.00
Maps played:
84
KPR:
0.72
DPR:
0.71
Finland Aleksi 'allu' Jalli
Aleksi 'allu' Jalli
Age:
22
Team:
MOUZ
Rating 1.0:
1.20
Maps played:
149
KPR:
0.83
DPR:
0.65
Finland Joona 'natu' Leppänen
Joona 'natu' Leppänen
Age:
29
Team:
ENCORE
Rating 1.0:
0.89
Maps played:
103
KPR:
0.62
DPR:
0.71
Finland Jesse 'KHRN' Grandell
Jesse 'KHRN' Grandell
Age:
24
Team:
ENCORE
Rating 1.0:
1.00
Maps played:
90
KPR:
0.68
DPR:
0.67
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finskaaaaa
2014-08-25 11:48
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j0elz help them plsss jOElZ eSports | natu jOElZ eSports | disturbed
2014-08-25 11:49
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jOELZ eSports | natu MM* jOELZ eSports | KHRN MincedMeat*
2014-08-25 12:19
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#45
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No bro hltv should be sponsoring them :) HLTV eSports | natu MM* HLTV eSports | KHRN MincedMeat*
2014-08-25 13:29
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#46
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Lithuania HLTV RETARDS | xeNN~
It should HLTV Confirmed | natu MM* and etc then
2014-08-25 13:32
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Jordan MiracleBestPlayerEver
they are the same as old ENCE or?
2014-08-25 11:49
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pretty much except missing the best player (allu)
2014-08-25 12:01
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joelz*
2014-08-25 13:22
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+ jOELZ?
2014-08-25 11:49
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GL
2014-08-25 11:50
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Good luck BoyZ 8D
2014-08-25 11:50
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comeback pleaZerino!
2014-08-25 11:56
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the legend
2014-08-25 12:04
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come back pliz
2014-08-25 12:23
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ropz | 
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Haha n1
2014-08-25 13:44
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Angeldust :-------)))) <3
2014-08-25 15:30
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+aNgeldust
2014-08-25 15:52
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gl
2014-08-25 11:52
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n1. gl guise
2014-08-25 11:53
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ruuit?
2014-08-25 11:53
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Sounds like fruuit. Is he playing anyway? :D
2014-08-25 13:58
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Denmark noche
he was yesterday
2014-08-25 17:06
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Poland aeles
at?
2014-08-25 11:55
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hm okay,i will support encore team.Finska AD incoming
2014-08-25 11:57
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Norway BarryBombplant
xxKILLERxx: Hey lurppis mate, can you please advertise for my team on HLTV, we need some exposure man! lurppis: ... xxKILLERxx: We're from Finland. lurppis: On it.
2014-08-25 11:57
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#24
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They knocked out mouz from the ESL qualifier.
2014-08-25 12:05
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#27
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generally teams whose players have taken part in a number of big tournaments, and have taken nip to overtime in the past week, get news posts. i would ask if that's okay with you, but i really couldn't care less.
2014-08-25 12:16
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#31
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Aight, a miss from me since it was a stab at the i52 article mainly.
2014-08-25 12:25
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What do you think of ruuit's performance in csgo? He is getting better and better. With 600-700hours of csgo, he did well against nip and in i52
2014-08-25 12:41
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played one matchmaking game with him, haven't seen him play at all otherwise. can't comment.
2014-08-25 12:47
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He played as a stand in for Encore in caseking against NiP and he already showed some really impressive action, not amazing, but very good.
2014-08-25 13:28
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and played kinda solid at i52 last weekend with sunny and co.
2014-08-25 19:19
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Must say Im a big fan of ruuit, imo the most complete finnish player ever to grace 1.6. I would not be surprised at all if he was to become a star in CS;GO.
2014-08-25 20:00
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He is really good still, would become top player again with some nolifing.
2014-08-25 13:46
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joelz allu ruuit jigetus basic ???
2014-08-25 20:00
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he is pretty good actually.
2014-08-26 13:54
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+1 u did well to sunny
2014-08-26 15:13
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GeT_MaD
2014-08-25 14:54
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lurrpis senpai, please notice me.
2014-08-25 18:00
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+1 fed up of these lowbob fins that cant even make it to final of uk lan lol
2014-08-25 12:18
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-1 fed up of these lowbob United Arab Emirates that that dont have a single team lol
2014-08-25 12:42
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-1
2014-08-25 12:48
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gl boyssen!
2014-08-25 11:58
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stronk team
2014-08-25 11:59
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glgl
2014-08-25 12:13
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needs more joelz
2014-08-25 12:39
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n1glhfwp
2014-08-25 12:41
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3Dmax.fr
2014-08-25 12:56
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n1 gl
2014-08-25 13:03
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gl bois!
2014-08-25 13:20
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add joelz, needs more firepower.
2014-08-25 13:23
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3dmax make it happen pleaserino
2014-08-25 13:23
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How much they gonna try.. they wont earn a living out of game..
2014-08-25 13:39
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great news.. but i think they need some firepower.. allu/aslak
2014-08-25 13:49
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-natu +jOELZ
2014-08-25 13:50
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ropz | 
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+1
2014-08-25 15:10
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#52
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"the team wasn't built"
2014-08-25 13:57
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GL !
2014-08-25 14:11
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no jOELZ no party
2014-08-25 14:11
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TMVG already better team
2014-08-25 14:30
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+1
2014-08-25 15:16
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arch | 
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coz of jOELZ, he can play good and cook some meat
2014-08-25 16:22
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#58
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GL Encore! Glad you're sticking to it! :D
2014-08-25 15:08
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GL
2014-08-25 15:38
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Now hire lurppis to coach.
2014-08-25 15:40
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joelzzzzzzzz
2014-08-25 15:46
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3DMAX sponsor ENCORE!!!11
2014-08-25 16:25
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no jOELZ no fun!
2014-08-25 16:27
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#71
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For everyone saying +jOELZ, "... we'll be looking to compete in any online and lan tournaments the future brings us.", being LAN the keyword.
2014-08-25 16:28
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like breasts
2014-08-25 16:52
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#74
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Lithuania djazz
3DMAX announces that they are searching for new CSGO team, ENCORE announces that they are going to stick and play for a while. Looks strange right ?
2014-08-25 16:56
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+ jOELZ + wins + spots to good tournaments + money
2014-08-25 19:11
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-lans
2014-08-25 21:39
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+good minced meat so never hungry
2014-08-25 22:54
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Finland ZoqFotPik
3DMAX to pick them up! Heard it here 5th!
2014-08-25 19:20
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Venezuela FrancE3
Don't support them, they got zero talent and just want some free skins and money. They'll stick together max a week maybe three. Non-talented team.
2014-08-25 20:57
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#84
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One encore member already said in Allu's stream that 3Dmax is signing them...
2014-08-25 20:57
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Romania NGeorge
comeback ruuit!
2014-08-25 22:21
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#87
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Finland kEkA//
Hope this team can get something done.
2014-08-25 22:24
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Sweden  Delpan
Gl bros!
2014-08-25 23:32
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Finland IkkieH
add ruuit!
2014-08-26 07:39
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they've got all my support !
2014-08-26 14:03
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gl
2014-08-27 14:38
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