lurppis leave roccat, plastE joins again

27-5-2008 20:36

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:

Samu "plastE" Aalto
Tino "tihOp" Puumla
Juuso "contE" Sajakoski
Niko "naSu" Kovanen
Max "ruuit" Aspe

roccat is planning to attend the DreamHack qualifier in Helsinki, Finland 4th of June.

lurppis good luck man

2008-05-27 20:40

if lurppis leave's gameing, it will be a big lost to finland :|

very surprised :o

2008-05-27 20:52

there is something going on in finnish cs scene someone is leaving clan or something like that

2008-05-27 20:59

this roccat is very strong

2008-05-27 21:07

Goodbye excello.fi ?

2008-05-27 21:12

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

lurppis s2

for me there is one choice for lurppis, make an international team with other stars.

2008-05-27 21:20

Hm gl irl lurppis ??? ore are we gona se you in a international team?

2008-05-27 21:27

Let us see what happens to roccat with this lineup and lurppis himself ::)

2008-05-27 21:28

omfg WTF o_O Finnish cs scene is sinking badly.

2008-05-27 21:29

omg

2008-05-27 21:37

dats rly sux.

2008-05-27 21:44

bad:(..lurrpis was a good aimer..GL:X

Sad news...

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

lurppis will join Team Excello with Kuppi natu SPIKEONE and kookas!

2008-05-27 22:10

Finlands teams have always good players but they have bad luck too. Lurpiss should leave gaming imo^^ and start new life.

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

SPIKEONE Kuppi kookas Natu lurppis Why ? You never know ? ;:

2008-05-27 22:48

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they are going to go DH summer quals with that lineup next week (excello)

2008-05-28 23:19

cant belive..

2008-05-27 23:10

good change

2008-05-27 23:17

to bad !

2008-05-28 00:26

lurppis :(

2008-05-28 00:52

Team Roccat (plastE, NASU, contE, ruuit, tihOp) excello (lurppis, natu, kookas, SpikeOne, Kuppi)@ Finnish DreamHack qualifiers

2008-05-28 01:06

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

Sad :'(

2008-05-28 07:32

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

good luck team

2008-05-28 09:26

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

#32 Yes they have 5 great aimer but no leader.

2008-05-28 12:08

Maybe learn how to speak/write in English and after take an interview...GO ROCCAT !

2008-05-28 12:16

good luck - LUURPIS!^)

2008-05-28 13:21

OMG - change, change, change They just can't play together for few months? sad :-(

2008-05-28 13:50

:D plastE is back gl !!

2008-05-28 14:02

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

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

it is "puumala" not "puumla", fix it nixon!

2008-05-28 14:59

LURPPIS MITÄ VTUN SA TEED?!

2008-05-28 15:00

they're as good as dead..

2008-05-28 15:53

drama

2008-05-28 15:55

Natu prolly going in Excello

2008-05-28 15:57

danish and finnish scene is very funny, changes changes changes changes changes changes changes etc

2008-05-28 16:07

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And polish scene have only one team, so changes are impossible.

2008-05-28 16:46

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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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Yep, YAk and sYnck are too weak, especially 9th place in WCG :(

2008-05-28 21:07

LOL, sYnck was in the worst group of all in WCG 2007, hard to advance?

2008-05-28 22:46

LAL

2008-05-28 18:38

bot = contE gl Roccat

2008-05-28 19:08

2008-05-28 19:29

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

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