lurppis leave roccat, plastE joins again

roccat’s captain has abandoned the (sinking?) ship. The man with the calls and the decisions in on roccat’s Couter-Strike team, Tomi "lurppis" Kovanen will pull out of the team immediately.

Since the second place at NGL One season 4 finals, roccat have not been doing too well. The captain, root and founder of the top Finish team, for a longer period will now leave his current team. Tomi "lurppis" Kovanen has been a successful factor in the Finnish Counter-Strike gaming history, will he retire from the game from this date on? It has yet to be announced what his next actions will be.

Filling the empty spot will be Samu "plastE" Aalto. Back in April, he parted the team, to make room for Tino "tihOp" Puumla. Will this team live on? Or is it just a temporary solution or what will be going on inside the doors of roccat the coming months? It’s too soon to tell, we will be following up close to bring you the latest.

From this day on, following five will be carrying the roccat tag:
Finland Samu "plastE" Aalto
Finland Tino "tihOp" Puumla
Finland Juuso "contE" Sajakoski
Finland Niko "naSu" Kovanen
Finland Max "ruuit" Aspe
roccat is planning to attend the DreamHack qualifier in Helsinki, Finland 4th of June.

#1
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Lithuania allenhauzauR
lurppis good luck man
2008-05-27 20:40
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#2
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Greece qwertlkjh
if lurppis leave's gameing, it will be a big lost to finland :|
2008-05-27 20:40
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#3
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ZywOo | 
Zimbabwe Vizions
very surprised :o
2008-05-27 20:52
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#4
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Finland eDy
there is something going on in finnish cs scene someone is leaving clan or something like that
2008-05-27 20:59
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#5
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Hungary -ZENITH-
this roccat is very strong
2008-05-27 21:07
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#7
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Netherlands adrbb
Goodbye excello.fi ?
2008-05-27 21:12
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#8
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Finland Toobersson
If lurppis is leaving roccat, I cannot see him in any other team; so I guess that this is the end. :<
2008-05-27 21:14
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#9
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Venezuela scrubs_-
lurppis s2
2008-05-27 21:14
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#10
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Denmark Mankindftw
for me there is one choice for lurppis, make an international team with other stars.
2008-05-27 21:20
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#11
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Norway marTy4REAL
Hm gl irl lurppis ??? ore are we gona se you in a international team?
2008-05-27 21:27
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Let us see what happens to roccat with this lineup and lurppis himself ::)
2008-05-27 21:28
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#13
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Spain deBurrows
omfg WTF o_O Finnish cs scene is sinking badly.
2008-05-27 21:29
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#14
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Germany Pers1aN
omg
2008-05-27 21:37
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dats rly sux.
2008-05-27 21:44
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#16
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Romania hZs<3zonic
bad:(..lurrpis was a good aimer..GL:X
2008-05-27 21:44
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#17
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France klwN
Sad news...
2008-05-27 21:44
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#18
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Portugal siplIN*
BET IN EXCELLO.fi not in roccat .. WITH THIS LEAVES ROCCAT NEVER GROW UP TO TOP. i don't like their lineup .. and about lurppis maybe he joins excello.fi but if not . gl LURPPIS !
2008-05-27 21:58
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#19
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Finland Mtpr
lurppis will join Team Excello with Kuppi natu SPIKEONE and kookas!
2008-05-27 22:10
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#20
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Poland Delano
Finlands teams have always good players but they have bad luck too. Lurpiss should leave gaming imo^^ and start new life.
2008-05-27 22:10
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#21
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North Macedonia Speci
maybe he felt the aimo in his blood or w/e XD GL lurp wherever u go, or whatever u do
2008-05-27 22:16
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#22
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World FearmEE
SPIKEONE Kuppi kookas Natu lurppis Why ? You never know ? ;:
2008-05-27 22:48
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Finland fiGe
they are going to go DH summer quals with that lineup next week (excello)
2008-05-28 23:19
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#23
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Russia stickmaaan
cant belive..
2008-05-27 23:10
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#24
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Russia groov1k
good change
2008-05-27 23:17
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#25
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Europe birdi
to bad !
2008-05-28 00:26
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#26
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Croatia m0rtus
lurppis :(
2008-05-28 00:52
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#27
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Finland Mtpr
Team Roccat (plastE, NASU, contE, ruuit, tihOp) excello (lurppis, natu, kookas, SpikeOne, Kuppi)@ Finnish DreamHack qualifiers
2008-05-28 01:06
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#28
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World ZiNuk
Strong lineup for roccat If they lost some mathe with this lineup ruuit must be ready himself for changing! =)) (may be naSu or contE!)
2008-05-28 06:08
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#29
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Russia ^Spike^
Sad :'(
2008-05-28 07:32
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#30
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Finland Micke15
No lurppis = No roccat. Thatas how it goes.. Okey, roccat haven't played well last 2-3 monts imo. But doing this, kicking lurppis they won't win anything. IMO!
2008-05-28 08:07
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#31
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Turkey mountaineer
good luck team
2008-05-28 09:26
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#32
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Spain deBurrows
imo roccat has now the best 5 individuals, at least I think they are the 5 most skilled in Finland but I don't know if teamplay will be better or worse. Lurppis is a smart player.
2008-05-28 10:42
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#33
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Finland Bluez
#32 Yes they have 5 great aimer but no leader.
2008-05-28 12:08
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#34
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Hungary xtazy
Maybe learn how to speak/write in English and after take an interview...GO ROCCAT !
2008-05-28 12:16
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#36
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Ukraine dnay.zevvs
good luck - LUURPIS!^)
2008-05-28 13:21
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#37
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Czech Republic soptikpetr
OMG - change, change, change They just can't play together for few months? sad :-(
2008-05-28 13:50
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#38
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North Macedonia exBandit
:D plastE is back gl !!
2008-05-28 14:02
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#39
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Denmark Mankindftw
Why would he want to join excello when there is more money and a better team in Roccat, plus that he was the guy who made Roccat, im am sure that we are going to see international team or he is going to retire.
2008-05-28 14:04
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#40
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Finland Mtpr
Finnish DreamHack qualifiers 4.6.2008 @ Cafe Level7: Team Roccat (plastE, NASU, contE, ruuit, tihOp) FC BARCELONA (LINEZZi, Sope, anioldur, Spooky, JdFx) excello (lurppis, natu, kookas, SpikeOne, Kuppi) munkka (crippi, Duffman, pata, Noozie, KORNY_) Baguette&Wine Company (Wazakhaq, KIPSIk, KHRN, cabo)
2008-05-28 14:16
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#41
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Finland anssi
it is "puumala" not "puumla", fix it nixon!
2008-05-28 14:59
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#42
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Estonia f r a n t i c
LURPPIS MITÄ VTUN SA TEED?!
2008-05-28 15:00
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#43
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Netherlands AK^ WOEHOE
they're as good as dead..
2008-05-28 15:53
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#44
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North Macedonia dzigi
drama
2008-05-28 15:55
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#45
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Belgium smiTTe
Natu prolly going in Excello
2008-05-28 15:57
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#46
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Poland ng~
danish and finnish scene is very funny, changes changes changes changes changes changes changes etc
2008-05-28 16:07
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#47
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Estonia f r a n t i c
And polish scene have only one team, so changes are impossible.
2008-05-28 16:46
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3 replies
#52
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Poland ng~
one team ?:O delta ( united ) fx ( promotion to eswc 2008) good teams, they will no problems with the best estonian teams. btw i dont know good english.
2008-05-28 20:26
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#53
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Estonia f r a n t i c
Yep, YAk and sYnck are too weak, especially 9th place in WCG :(
2008-05-28 21:07
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#54
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Sweden Blastaar
LOL, sYnck was in the worst group of all in WCG 2007, hard to advance?
2008-05-28 22:46
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#48
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Bosnia and Herzegovina BushIDo!
LAL
2008-05-28 18:38
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#49
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dsn | 
Turkey OFFICIALNEAL
bot = contE gl Roccat
2008-05-28 19:08
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#50
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NEO | 
Germany BackY
gl
2008-05-28 19:29
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#51
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Estonia f r a n t i c
franticw0w~:pelat nyt excellos? lurppis.FI:ei lurppis.FI:2 voistolla ainult franticw0w~:hyvä Lurppis told that he is competing with Excello in next 2 competitions, then quit.
2008-05-28 20:22
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#55
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Portugal siplIN*
esportsplanet.com/?id=1507 EXCELLO.fi : Tomi 'lurppis' Kovanen Joona 'natu' Leppänen Janne 'Kuppi' Kuparinen Konsta 'kookas' Kaisla Matti 'SpikeOne' Jarvinen
2008-05-28 23:06
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first was norwegian cs - R.I.P. now finland. REST IN PEACE..... :( who's next?
2008-05-29 00:39
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#59
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Estonia f r a n t i c
russia
2008-05-29 14:40
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2 replies
#60
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Finland Bloopsy
Sweden after that.
2008-05-29 19:16
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1 reply
#61
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Sweden xtazz0rn
Lol sweden has too many talents, so cs 1.6 won't die for atleast a couple of years. :)
2008-05-30 01:25
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#58
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Finland Malma
russia
2008-05-29 12:16
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#62
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Estonia f r a n t i c
Russia for sure, cause there are too many stupid people, who could kill CSzors..
2008-05-30 09:43
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#63
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Finland Hautsi
Time shows
2008-05-30 15:07
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#64
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Denmark Zeov
great news!
2008-05-30 20:31
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#65
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Finland anssi
what's great ?
2008-05-30 21:47
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2 replies
#66
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Denmark Zeov
the fact that pie tastes like shit
2008-05-30 23:23
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1 reply
#67
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Finland anssi
aha.
2008-05-31 14:28
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#68
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Romania LETHAL_ftw
n1 lurppis :D
2008-06-04 09:19
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#69
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Albania MKilla
why is the leaving reason he can find another team.
2008-06-07 02:18
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