Transfer Recap: August

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

On the 3rd PinG from Ukraine lost their Counter-Strike division - reports indicated that the players had not been getting their salaries. The 5 players announced that they would continue to play together and were on the lookout for a new organization. Meanwhile the Frenchmen of BURNING! saw themselves in a similar situation as the 5 players left the organization after some unkept promises. They also announced that they were looking for a new organization. Later TBH from Germany announced their new team as Thanh Vinh "ninja" Bui, Tobias "Troubley", Filip "RSK68" Filipowski and Christian "ChRRRRp" Porten were welcomed.

August 3rd
	PinG lost their CS division	Full Story
	BURNING! lost their CS division	Full Story
	TBH announced their new team	Full Story

Still on the 3rd, Millenium from France created their new lineup as they nearly brought the WCG winners of 2007, emuLate, back together. The only player missing from the that lineup was Mathieu "MaT" Leber who had been replaced by Benjamin "drizzer" Charnet from the former wCrea. Meanwhile the Germans of n!faculty announced the signing of former ESC Gaming player Dominik "d0m AZ" Wrabetz. Later on the same day n!faculty confirmed that Max "ODIE" Knappe and Christoph "chrizzo" Krämer would continue playing for the team, making their lineup almost complete. Finally the day closed with news from German side Hardware4u who announced their new team.

August 3rd
	Millenium announced their new team	Full Story
	n!faculty added d0m AZ	Full Story
	n!faculty confirmed ODIE & chrizzo in their lineup	Full Story
	hardware4u announced their new team	Full Story

On the 4th Hardware4u announced the addition of Lukas "kirby" Domin, forcing Rick "mopstr" Hahn to step back and act as a backup player for the EPS. Meanwhile n!faculty brought in the former Frankfurt 69'ers player Dominik "dommy" Hahn. Later they once again announced changes as well-known Gerhard "gerdi" Grimm was added as the final member of the team, revealing that Hahn would only act as a backup player. An hour before midnight the Danish team p00nhandlers were recruited by the French organization wCrea.

August 4th
	hardware4u added kirby - mopstr as backup	Full Story
	n!faculty added dommy	Full Story
	n!faculty added gerdi - dommy as backup	Full Story
	wCrea added the former p00nhandlers team	Full Story

On the 5th defining stars from Portugal announced the departure of their Counter-Strike team. Only a few hours later they welcomed their new team, consisting of three former K1ck players. Meanwhile Archaic added the former Parallax team, from New Zealand, as their second team. Later Czech team eSuba completed their lineup with the addition of former NecroRaisers player Petr "petras" Funk. At the same time Team Paranoids from Portugal announced the signing of the former Exotic Island team while Roskilde Ravens from Denmark announced the shutdown of their Counter-Strike team. The team had not made any announcements after seeing Michael "Friis" Jørgensen join the ranks of p00nhandlers in July and were now released from their contracts.

August 5th
	defining stars announced their new team	Full Story
	Archaic added a second team	Full Story
	eSuba added petras	Full Story
	Team Paranoids added the former Exotic Island team	Full Story
	Roskilde Ravens shut down their CS division	Full Story

On the 6th Alternate announced the departure of Bastian "b4d" Gaffron who supposedly wasn't happy being benched after the addition of talent Kenyon "KenaN" Temmel. This left Alternate with a five-man lineup. The following day French side Against All Authority were reduced to four men as Philippe "faculty" Rodier left the team. On the 9th H2k Gaming from Sweden announced the addition of former fnatic player Björn "threat" Pers as a replacement for ingame-leader Markus "pronax" Wallsten who was kicked from the team. Meanwhile DarkPassage from Turkey brought in Onur "ExtraM" Karul and Sezgin "Fabre" Kalayci to complete their lineup.

August 6-9th
	Alternate: b4d out	Full Story
	Against All Authority: faculty out	Full Story
	H2k Gaming added threat - pronax out	Full Story
	DarkPassage added ExtraM & Fabre	Full Story

On the 10th American side Loaded announced the addition of Scott "evolution" Cavallero and Sean "sgares" Gares while saying goodbye to Paul "Adrenaline" Baker and Anthony "djibouti" Manosca. Later the newly formed Made in Brazil team brought in the former playArt player Carlos "viol" de Paula as a replacement for Frederico "RedFox" Bernardes. Meanwhile Lions parted with their Norweigian team after several disagreements over a longer period of time. On the 11th Online-Kingdom picked up  the former Paranoids team from Portugal.

August 10-11th
	Loaded added evolution & sgares	Full Story
	Made in Brazil added viol - RedFox out	Full Story
	Lions parted with their CS team	Full Story
	Online-Kingdom added the former Paranoids team	Full Story

On the 12th FireGamers.Bullguard from Brazil announced the addition of former prazer player Antenor “xpd” Domingues as a replacement for André “dN-“ Farah. The following day Online-Kingdom announced the signing of the former Lions team, housing players like Øyvind "KF3" Magnestad and Thomas "Vertigo" Andresen. On the 15th former UNiTED player Dauren "AdreN" Kystaubayev revealed that he plans to leave for China and spend the next four years studying. His retirement will leave k23 with a four-man lineup. The next day French side Against All Authority announced the disbandment of their Counter-Strike team, while bet4gamers from Spain added Antonio "FlipiN" Rivas as a replacement for Rafael "FeldmaN" "Rodríguez Barroso.

August 12-16th
	FG.Bullguard added xpd - dN- out	Full Story
	Online-Kingdom added the former Lions team	Full Story
	k23: AdreN announced his retirement plans	Full Story
	Against All Authority shut down their CS division	Full Story
	bet4gamers added FlipiN - FeldmaN out	Full Story

On the 17th the Finns of PlayZone were reduced to one player as Kimmo "BASiC" Fagerholm decided to quit professional Counter-Strike leaving Joni "Freon" Huumo all by himself. Meanwhile former Ninjas in Pyjamas player Fabian "blomstar" Åkermark announced his return with the Swedish team ICSU. The following day Portuguese side Exotic Island announced the addition of the former Phantoms lineup. On the 19th Swedish side Begrip Gaming revealed their new team, housing big names like Faruk "pita" Pita, Samuel "Zyppe" Martinsson and Markus "pronax" Wallsten. Later PlayZone announced the addition of 4 new players making the Finnish division complete.

August 17-19th
	PlayZone: BASiC out	Full Story
	ICSU announced their new team	Full Story
	Exotic Island added the former Phantoms lineup	Full Story
	Begrip Gaming announced their new team	Full Story
	PlayZone added VIDI, spin, aslak & allu	Full Story

On the 20th American legend Ron "Rambo" Kim announced his return with the new WinOut team, also housing well-known players David "zid" Chin and Hoang "s0nNy" Tran. Meanwhile Deathwish from Norway announced their new team with former players of LatterligLett and Expert-Gaming. The following day LDLC.com, the new name adopted by the D4gaming structure, brought in the team of Steeve "Ozstrik3r" Flavigni.

August 20th-21st
	WinOut announced their new team	Full Story
	Deathwish announced their new team	Full Story
	LDLC.com brought in the team of Ozstrik3r	Full Story

On the 23rd Lions signed the former H2k Gaming lineup while puta from Denmark linked up with DSRack 4 days later. On the 29th Turkish side delusion, housing three former DarkPassage players, announced their creation. Two days later Infernal Gamers from Finland brought in Juuso "fonex" Malvela and Toni "TONIo" Ohisalo as replacements for Miro "yes" Kelloniemi and Ville "vilmu" Vuorio. Finally ICSU closed the month as they announced the addition of former Begrip player Daniel "rape" Börzsönyi as a replacement for Fabian "blomstar" Åkermark, who had been released from the team.

August 23rd-31th
	Lions added the former H2k Gaming team	Full Story
	DSRack added the former puta team	Full Story
	delusion announced their new team	Full Story
	Infernal Gamers added fonex & TONIo - yes & vilmu out	Full Story
	ICSU added rape - blomstar out	Full Story