ENCORE join HAVU

3-5-2017 08:00

ENCORE have announced that they have joined the ranks of a new Finnish organisation called HAVU Gaming.

Founded in April, HAVU Gaming boast a management team featuring former Finnish top players Toni "⁠toNppa⁠" Luhtapuro and Janne "⁠Kuppi⁠" Kuparinen, as well as a group of digital marketing professionals.

toNppa will also act as the team's coach, hoping to put to good use all the experience he accumulated while playing for Hoorai/69°N-28°E, one of the most storied Finnish Counter-Strike teams of all time.


disturbed & co join HAVU Gaming 

The move to HAVU Gaming comes as a significant boost to the Finnish team, who finished runners-up to iGame.com at Lantrek, in March. Last month, they competed in the European closed qualifier for DreamHack Tours, placing third-fourth following a 0-2 defeat against Tricked.

"I’m thrilled to start working with this project," team captain Taneli "disturbed" Veikkola said in a statement. "When Kuppi called me in January and told me about their plans I was hooked.

"I’ve been thinking about creating something new for a while now, and this is a perfect opportunity to show some quality Finnish work."

HAVU Gaming have the following lineup:

Finland Taneli "⁠disturbed⁠" Veikkola
Finland Jesse "⁠KHRN⁠" Grandell
Finland Mikko "⁠xartE⁠" Välimaa
Finland Timo "⁠REFLEX⁠" Rintala
Finland Aleksi "⁠Aleksib⁠" Virolainen

Finland Toni "⁠toNppa⁠" Luhtapuro (coach) 

Finland Janne 'Kuppi' Kuparinen
Janne 'Kuppi' Kuparinen
Age:
30
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
-
Maps played:
0
KPR:
-
DPR:
-
Finland Mikko 'xartE' Välimaa
Mikko 'xartE' Välimaa
Age:
25
Team:
HAVU
Rating 1.0:
0.91
Maps played:
436
KPR:
0.61
DPR:
0.67
Finland Taneli 'disturbed' Veikkola
Taneli 'disturbed' Veikkola
Age:
24
Team:
HAVU
Rating 1.0:
0.98
Maps played:
193
KPR:
0.69
DPR:
0.71
Finland Timo 'REFLEX' Rintala
Timo 'REFLEX' Rintala
Age:
26
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.01
Maps played:
207
KPR:
0.70
DPR:
0.69
Finland Aleksi 'Aleksib' Virolainen
Aleksi 'Aleksib' Virolainen
Age:
20
Team:
HAVU
Rating 1.0:
1.05
Maps played:
73
KPR:
0.71
DPR:
0.65
Finland Jesse 'KHRN' Grandell
Jesse 'KHRN' Grandell
Age:
27
Team:
HAVU
Rating 1.0:
1.00
Maps played:
248
KPR:
0.68
DPR:
0.67
Finland Toni 'toNppa' Luhtapuro
Toni 'toNppa' Luhtapuro
Age:
-
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
-
Maps played:
0
KPR:
-
DPR:
-
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Denmark RealDon
good luck
2017-05-03 08:06
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Sweden im_better_than_olof
LOL
2017-05-03 08:11
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Korea ka1ske
gl shaker
2017-05-03 08:06
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VITTU
2017-05-03 08:06
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H
2017-05-03 08:06
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Belarus Ruble
WTF
2017-05-03 08:06
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Japan NakamuraFreeKick
LUL
2017-05-03 08:08
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device | 
Russia xtkjdtr01
Navi hype
2017-05-03 08:09
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Finland VHSpr0nCollector
ez for HAVU
2017-05-03 08:10
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Romania WOTAN
Didn't they retire like 1 year ago?
2017-05-03 08:10
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Liechtenstein rudy-_- #FREESWAG
yeah. it's pretty worrying that the number 2 team in finland are a bunch of once retired players making a comeback with even less commitment than last time around. RIP FINLAND CS
2017-05-03 10:09
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zehN | 
Finland jemmis
how are they number 2 team tho xd
2017-05-03 17:27
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Liechtenstein rudy-_- #FREESWAG
so what's your top 5 teams for finland?
2017-05-03 19:05
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Finland jemmis
dont follow finnish scene that much to know top5 but u cant rate "HAVU" to be top2 by just looking at the lineup, cus they havent really been playing too much anything else other than latest DHT qualifier
2017-05-03 20:00
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#72
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Liechtenstein rudy-_- #FREESWAG
They came second at lantrek losing to iGame, and in DHT open qualifier they placed higher than ENCE, iGame and Rynnäkköviikset. So wich team should be the number 2 team in Finland?
2017-05-03 20:24
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Finland Despasiitto
Top 5 Finland 1. iGame 2. HAVU 3. Chrome 4. Rynnäkköviikset 5. ENCE
2017-05-04 00:42
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Liechtenstein rudy-_- #FREESWAG
thank you my man
2017-05-04 08:42
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Australia Boucas
HAV U seen this T50 team?
2017-05-03 08:11
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Finland Dynas
Yeah still beder than australian shit scene :DD
2017-05-03 15:24
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Australia Boucas
100% True. A giraffe could play better than any Australian.
2017-05-04 02:00
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Russia ruslanfromrussia
Thats cool rgt ?
2017-05-03 08:11
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suNny | 
Finland The_Legend27
wow gl
2017-05-03 08:15
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Finland BlackMatter
disturbed full time again?
2017-05-03 08:15
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Europe KappaKaako
Finally xarte has come back home to cs
2017-05-03 08:16
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Finland ginbay
Top 5 inc
2017-05-03 08:16
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Mongolia FoxOutOfGlocks
ez 4 the madfragger Mikko "xartE" Välimaa
2017-05-03 08:16
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Brazil BuddyINSANE
Good luck boys! Well deserved! We smart, we loyal, we friendly, we are from BRAZIL! Kreygasm
2017-05-03 08:18
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United States NippleInspector
How is it well deserved?
2017-05-04 00:49
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Latvia De1Co
GL HF
2017-05-03 08:29
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India Gandhii4
ez 4 ence & madfragger Mikko "xartE" Valimaa
2017-05-03 08:29
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Kenya SkibidiHussein
Xarte PogChamp
2017-05-03 08:37
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Finland Kuppi
#havuja !!!
2017-05-03 09:07
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Finland coswell
Cool name (means like a pine trees sprig) and nice logo. Nice to see new projects like this from Finland. Hopefully they just really train and make this long project...
2017-05-03 10:29
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donQ | 
Russia Kamunist
Finally Navi found the better players
2017-05-03 11:57
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Finland weewoo
ez for välimaan mikko
2017-05-03 11:59
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Ez for 3DMAX
2017-05-03 12:22
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Latvia `DinGo
Nice :)
2017-05-03 14:39
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Finland salmon_snake
Finally good news! But why is young man aleksi in this pappa team?
2017-05-03 14:56
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Germany schurmn
I agreeded, should have gotten a more experienced and older player like natu
2017-05-03 18:03
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Finland salmon_snake
+1 Can't agree more
2017-05-03 21:27
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Andorra lagcats
i wonder wat will happen to dis team? Will it disband or stay for a while? xD
2017-05-03 15:18
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Finland Madd!z
ez 4 HAVU
2017-05-03 15:30
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GL BOIS
2017-05-03 16:10
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World arlondi
too ez 4 Välimaa's "xartE" Mikko
2017-05-03 16:37
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Finland Yes more mr. nice guy
Next top1 team.
2017-05-03 18:39
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Finland RamboAAA
ez majors boys, ez havu stickers
2017-05-03 18:43
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Finland KimiZu
gl for the team!
2017-05-03 18:59
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Finland NotAVampire
EZ havu aka weed stickers next major
2017-05-03 19:12
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Aleksib | 
Europe lalt
ok, but who is in the next ENCORE lineup? allu, natu... ?
2017-05-04 00:36
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Finland Baconguy3
disturbed hype also add joelz for online quals
2017-05-04 18:15
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