GamePlay remove tihOp for lurppis
GamePlay bring back one of their most well known players Tomi "lurppis" Kovanen and bid farewell to Tino "tihOp" Puumala.
Today GamePlays Finnish Counter-Strike squad changed their roster. A team who hasn’t undergone changes since May this year when they released Tomi "lurppis" Kovanen from their team for Samu “plastE” Aalto.
Today it the tables were turned and it was Tomi "lurppis" Kovanen who replaced Tino "tihOp" Puumala. This was not the only change for the team though. The old Finnish veteran from former teams such as hoorai and wings, will be joining the team as a mental coach.
A statement was made by the teams manager Shayan Taleb:
"It’s with a black rock in my chest i write this unfortunate letter. Cause all good things have an ending and during these last days/week we’ve had alot of discussion within the team, our latest performance hasn’t been at top neither has our motivation been close to what it use to be. From today Team GamePlay will let Tino ‘tihOp’Puumala go and we wish him good luck and with the addition of our former captain and team member Tomi ‘lurppis’ Kovanen and our former player Toni ‘tONppa’ Luhtapuro whom will join up as mental coach. With the passing of Dreamhack Winter we have time for the future events which will take place in December."
These changes making the current roster:
Oskari "ruuit" Aspe
Juuso "contE" Sajakoski
Niko "naSu" Kovanen
Samu "pLaStE" Aalto
Tomi "lurppis" Kovanen
We got a hold of the Tomi "lurppis" Kovanen and got a few words about being back in the team:
You have played for a long time with most of these players. Does it feel good to return? Was it on your or their initiative?It feels good yeah, was missing the competition and travelling. They contacted me last week and we've been playing together for a few days already but didn't get around to announcing it before today.
Were then any hard feelings due to the fact you were previously removed? Did you hesitate over leaving your former team from 4kings and "haha!"?
Haha wasn't a team it was just a mixteam that managed to qualify for EPS. No hard feelings.
You will be participating in Russia on the 14th of December. How will the team be preparing? What will be happening after that?
We'll play 5 days a week till then and try to put in as much practice as possible, after that continue EPS & ESL EM online and then hopefully finals for both next year as well as LAN's.
These changes will first be noticed in the middle of next month when the team participates at the Russian event Rekrut.ru. For the time being Konsta "kookas" Kaisla will be playing with the team in EPS due to Lurppis being ineligible until this Christmas.
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