Transfer Recap: May

Missed some of the many lineup changes last month? We bring you a recap of all the changes made in May.

On the 2nd day of the month, the Portuguese organization Defining Stars announced their new lineup. They had lost their lineup to the competitors over at k1ck, and because of this, they chose to bring in the team of inspired, housing names like Vasco "vsk" Santos and Ricardo "rmn" Oliveira as replacers. Meanwhile the Finns at eXelon Gaming brought in the old veterans Joona "natu" Leppänen and Slaava "Twista" Räsänen to replace Ari "spin" Raimi and Joni "Freon" Huumo who were no longer a part of the team.

On the 3rd, the French team Against All Authority announced that Jérôme "HeUkA" Bassat would be departing the team due to internal problems within the team. The following day, they brought in the former Dimension4 player Aurélien "dafunk" Guinard as a replacement. At the same time the Swedes at Unique-Esports welcomed the former SK player Jim "zneel" Andersson as a stand-in, as Erik "zeki" Mattsson decided to take a break from professional gaming.

On the 6th, changes were announced all over the globe as Made in Brazil finally revealed their new lineup. The well-known organization decided to bring in the former playArt lineup which housed the likes of Filipe "bt0" Moreno, Alan Diego "adr" Riveros and Pedro "Maluk3" Campos. Later that same day, changes were made in Australia; Archaic Esports announced that their Source team would switch their focus to 1.6 and during that transaction also introduced three new players.

On the 7th, Playzone announced that their Swedish team would become inactive due to motivation problems. Two days later, the Danes in Roskilde Ravens decided to add Marc "nexiz" Woolrych on a permanent basis, after he had acted as a stand-in for a month. On the 10th, the German team myRuSh picked up the former TBH.eSports player Daniel "Frigh" Enderle, making him the team's ninth player for the German EPS league. Meanwhile the WCG winners of 2007, formerly known as emuLate and oXmoze, joined a new organization named Mojawi Gaming.

On the 11th, H2k Gaming decided to release their female team due to disappointing results and other minor disagreements. Meanwhile, changes were made in one of the better French teams as we saw the former YoYoTech lineup join the new organization Fair Frag. The team is best known for their two former emuLate players Jeremy "ioRek" Vuillermet and Michael "HaRts" Zanatta. The following day saw the return of the Norwegian player Øyvind "KF3" Magnestad. The former MYM and NiP player joined Expert-Gaming, who at the same time brought in Martin "OmeN" Moskvil, Joachim "Feenix" Osnes and Gunnar "zEn" Eng.

On the 14th, the French Millenium player Steeve "Ozstrik3r" Flavigni revealed his plans to retire from gaming at the end of the current season. The day after, two of the best Norweigian teams announced major changes. Karl-William "kalle" Haraldsen and Tommy "tacky" Mosgaard joined Lions who at the same time announced Thomas "DaY" Rudstrøm's departure. Later on the same day, cbteam shut down, leaving Sondre "REAL" Svanevik, Preben "prb" Gammelsæter and Tommy "syrtekz" Skoglund without a home.

On the 19th, Immortal7 announced the disbandment of their Counter-Strike team, which put an end to some pretty turbulent months for the Americans. Meanwhile, the well-known Spanish team of x6tence brought in Francisco "FamseK" Alarcón to replace Francisco "hAder" Vázquez. On the 21st, the former Begrip.ru team found a new home at USSR. The team now house the likes of Pavel "Aerodynamic" Surmach and Artem "Fierce" Ivanov. Two days later, the Portuguese team exotic island announced their new team consisting of three of their former players, João "ehz" Monteiro, Nuno "BUX" Simões and Tiago "duzt" Gonçalves.

On the 25th, the Englishmen at Team Dignitas brought in Sam "f0z" Foskett as Suffian "Suffz" Arshad could not find the needed time and dedication due to his exams and holidays. The following day, Belgian team Antwerp Aces picked up the former LowLandLions player Ivan "Apollo" Wuddhisukhum as a replacement for Jamie "luosrevo" Lammers who decided to leave the team. On the 27th, the Americans at Loaded announced that Ryan "phamm" Pham no longer had the time to play Counter-Strike on a higher level. To replace him the team brought in the former Immortal7 player Paul "pauLy" Guerboyan. Meanwhile, Ledpc lost their team due to internal problems, but the Spanish lineup quickly found a temporary solution at eu4ia.

On the 28th, Meet Your Makers and H2k Gaming finally made the rumored lineup changes official. Frey "kHRYSTAL" Sjöström and Emil "FYRR73" Karlsson went from MYM to H2k, while Andre "BARBARR" Möller went from H2k to MYM. At the same time MYM brought in Andreas "moddii" Fridh, while H2k added Niklas "niko" Johansson. The following day, Against All Authority once again announced changes. Earlier the same month, they had replaced Jérôme "HeUkA" Bassat with Aurélien "dafunk" Guinard but that did not work out as planned and the French team decided to reverse their decision and thereby bring Bassat back. The final change of the month happened on the 30th, as former players from ENTiTY and simpleX came together in a new team. The new team house the likes of Kiril "kIRIL" Ognenov and Jovan "KaLaN" Kalanoski and are currently playing under the ENTiTY tag.