SK US add three

13-6-2011 10:30

SK Gaming have bolstered their United States-based team with the addition of three new players.

The move comes shortly after Fear Factor, who most recently lost Sean "sgares" Gares, decided to dissolve as a team and go their separate ways.

With Fear Factor's disbandment, SK Gaming have picked up Nazar "steno" Vynnytsky and Paul "pauLy" Guerboyan, while at the same time acquired Anthony "djibouti" Manosca from iDemise.

Alice "ali" Lew told the team's homepage the major change is a result of their "sub-par performance" last season, and that this change will be for the better.

"After a sub-par performance last season, we have decided to make major changes with the roster to ensure that we will be a competitive team next season in Invite [...] Just knowing that we are all on the same page with the same goals in mind has jump started our motivation"

The roster revamp will exclude Ben "ben" Hui, Ryan "NineSpot" Bell and Tyler "willsoN" Willson from further involvement, whom were all a part of the team since the start.

Representing SK Gaming in the United States are:

Alice "ali" Lew
Joe "perez" Perez
Nazar "steno" Vynnytsky
Paul "pauLy" Guerboyan
Anthony "djibouti" Manosca

The team have set their sights at doing well in the upcoming ESEA Invite season and competing in the nation's remaining World Cyber Games qualifiers.

2011-06-13 11:31

still not able to beat EG

2011-06-13 11:31

24 replies

Amazing how you can have such conclusions just after team being put together. You might even be true, but it's just awesome.

2011-06-13 14:20

23 replies

still not able to beat EG

2011-06-13 15:12

15 replies

grow up.

2011-06-13 15:43

10 replies

2011-06-13 15:51

7 replies

haha

2011-06-13 16:28

6 replies

they have a girl, enough said. If they were able to rid of ali, they might do well in invite but with the current roster they will hardly make top 3

2011-06-13 20:50

5 replies

why reply to me

2011-06-13 21:07

2 replies

why not?

2011-06-13 21:41

why that useless comments like if it mattered?

2011-06-15 01:58

lol did u really just say they have a girl so there bad lol even tho she has done more in this game then you could ever dream of doing lol i know girls that will poop on you on this game lol

2011-06-13 23:03

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lolol you lol much? I lol'ed also if your flag is real (and you are american) you're a disgrace to the English language :P but you have a point, ali is pretty good (for a grl, no offense)

2011-06-14 18:55

umad

2011-06-13 21:50

still not able to beat EG

2011-06-14 12:32

they havnt even played EG yet....good to know u know ur stuff b4 u post nonsense

2011-06-13 21:09

3 replies

EG 2:0 SK.us

2011-06-13 21:10

they will never beat EG, I dont even know why there is still an SK U.S team...its never gonna work out...I dont want to put ali down but shes really not that good, she would need to be replaced by someone like evo or gfn for the team to really do anything at all.

2011-06-14 00:07

you think any US team can beat EG? not a chance with some of the guys that went inactive and irukandji joining EG. besides steno there are hardly really good IGL's left in america (excluding irukandji ofc as he is in EG). so there you, go, easy for EG.

2011-06-14 18:56

Because Dinc wasn't able to and this is pretty much a worse version of Dinc.

2011-06-13 15:14

3 replies

True, and we all know that everyone knows that EG won't lose their prime status, but what I dislike is that attitude before even seing what they are capable of.

2011-06-13 16:39

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if you know it too then why do u replied the first guy saying you conclusion bla bla bla? lol

2011-06-13 16:44

1 reply

why do you ask when he already answered?

2011-06-13 21:13

n0thing can beat EG

2011-06-13 20:09

1 reply

plz dont talk

2011-06-13 23:05

He is right, though that's hardly fair as EG and coL by far had the best sponsors in the US SK going in the mix might stir things up abit if they really have alot to offer these american players, and if that makes them practice more. then again, this line-up lacks an insane awper so I can see why he sais they wont have anything on EG. without someone like adrenaline, sgares, evolution or ofcourse her0 they lack `green firepower`

2011-06-14 18:59

2011-06-13 11:34

-ali +aZn

2011-06-13 11:34

2 replies

wont happen aLi has the SK sponsorship

2011-06-13 21:09

1 reply

thats the only reason shes still around....sorry to say

2011-06-14 00:08

f f f failure

2011-06-13 11:35

ptff SK want absolut ali , because she is the picture of sk in us...but for never win EG it's stupid but SK choise with her money

2011-06-13 11:38

6 replies

+1.

2011-06-13 11:42

1 reply

so true

2011-06-13 14:57

what??

2011-06-13 12:14

1 reply

haha thought the same

2011-06-13 17:36

SK is an organization, not a girl.

2011-06-13 13:00

1 reply

hahaha +1

2011-06-13 13:26

who?

2011-06-13 11:42

gl with it guys ;)

2011-06-13 11:46

go steno=)))

2011-06-13 11:48

ALICE " ALI" LEW ???:D girl?:D

2011-06-13 11:49

4 replies

yes

2011-06-13 11:51

Dude, she won ESWC 3 or 4 times!

2011-06-13 12:25

1 reply

the female eswc, 3 times indeed lets see what this team can do

2011-06-14 19:00

sure,She is a old player @ CAL

2011-06-13 13:48

I can't believe they are actually spending money on that team and still don't want to pay 2500€ to get Delpan.

2011-06-13 11:49

6 replies

+1 and they should definitely get rid of ali and keep ninespot

2011-06-13 11:55

I dont think they are spending much on this team lol...

2011-06-13 11:59

They know, fnatic, don't realy want that money. Anyway Delpan will play with or without consent of fnatic, they can't keep him tied closely and they will not go to the court for 2500€.

2011-06-13 12:00

2 replies

They will when SK plays big tournaments with their delpan

2011-06-13 12:30

actually they can, if we believe their contracts are binding.

2011-06-13 21:14

Everything has a good reason ,when we are talking about money. Maybe they get more money from they sponsor cuz they are promoting them in the USA...

2011-06-13 13:10

Paul "pauLy" Guerboyan "pauLy" Guerboyan Guerboyan boyan

2011-06-13 11:55

9 replies

:D:D

2011-06-13 11:57

i'm sure steno always laughs at this

2011-06-13 12:04

what does it mean? :D

2011-06-13 12:08

3 replies

Literally it's - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayan_(accordion) Also in internet it has another meaning.For example:If I would create a thread "AWP LEGENDS" you can say "BAYAN SUKA" because this thread is already created.

2011-06-13 13:03

1 reply

ohk thnx!

2011-06-13 21:08

smth old

2011-06-13 15:15

seems he comes from Armenia judging by his photos at MySpace and his second name

2011-06-13 12:19

2 replies

true :D

2011-06-13 15:15

LOL lurk

2011-06-13 21:11

this..changes..everything.*KABOOM*

2011-06-13 11:57

kick ali... why the hell they need her...

2011-06-13 12:01

2 replies

Party :D

2011-06-14 00:20

1 reply

yeah, i got what kind of party you mean :)

2011-06-14 00:40

disband this team and use the money to buy Delpan, no stealing, no lies, the right way.

2011-06-13 12:06

4 replies

what about the sponsors man? they cant do that, they are trying to develop a little bit cs 1.6 in usa with this team..

2011-06-13 12:17

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yea, I know they are, and I like that, but if they can't pay for a player transfer then they sould not try to steal the player, so either they focus on this team or getting the players they want for sk.swe and no, I don't know if SK have payed fnatic or anything but since there havent been any news I guess they havent

2011-06-13 12:29

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yeah i agree with that, but i dont think they can/will delete this team from their ranks anytime soon :) i wish they would buy delpan out of fnatic, its getting really annoying

2011-06-13 12:38

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yea I wish so too, more teams=more competition. indeed, they're acting like 3 year olds

2011-06-13 13:29

is this even legal to play with a girl in a boys game? :D

2011-06-13 12:09

1 reply

yea it is:)

2011-06-13 15:16

This has to be the dumbest shit ever. Why the hell is ali even in that damn lineup? Believe it or not, this isn't the first she's played in a lineup with guys that were 5x better than her. She was featured in a mugNmouse pug that played in CPL Winter 2005. Needless to say, she and the rest of that team took a quick 2 and out and were eliminated in a jiffy. I still remembered when I played her and her ladies in a CAL-M match. For all the bitching and talking that was spewed out of their mouths, they certainly couldn't back it up with their play.

2011-06-13 12:15

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For the record, before you decide to make a comment insulting someone, at least have one BIT of clue as to what you're talking about. "They took a quick two and out and were eliminated..."...no, actually, they beat a Cogu-led mibr on inferno 16-11 gotfrag.com/cs/demos/15122/ And this is Irukandji so don't think I'm biased towards SK.us, I just think people like you are the reason CS in the US is a joke - you insult and demean players with made-up stats and hand-selected matches in hopes of making yourself look good when in reality you're simply jealous of the opportunity they're getting.

2011-06-13 19:23

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cmon bro....ur gonna tell me ali is better than ninespot? Anyone trying to act like she is on the team for any reason OTHER than she is a girl is kidding themselves. They 16-11 mibr? nice, I see that as maybe if there was a good player instead of 4v5 they couldve won. This is how females in CS breaks down. They are NOT physically gifted at cs (cannot make the proper quick in-game decisions, bad reflexes, bad aim); if anything, they are FAR WORSE on average then a male (observation). What they are good at is soaking up attention from guys online that they would normally be deprived of in the real world. they generally LOVE the attention that a bunch of socially-retarded gamers give them no matter how much they will try to act otherwise. All girls love attention, but when you add a girl who plays CS, you get the perfect storm of the attention lovingness of a girl with the social-awkwardness of someone who plays cs. As a result, Many guys will defend these female CS players to the grave in some odd attempt to get in their good grace and hope for some potential foreplay andthensome. The crowd of NORMAL people who can socially interact with others flawlesly see these nerdy guys defend these nerdy girls and it is a complete joke. If you talk to NORMAL girls regularly it is painfully obvious how these attention starved weird CS girls act. If you do not interact with females at all, then you are most likely on the worshiping their every movement and action. There is a rift in the community, the "nerdy" and the "normal" (for lack of a better term). Obviously this isnt kindergarden and I'm not trying to namecall but I'm trying to paint a picture in ppls heads and im sure MOST of you know EXACTLY what im talking about. This is years of observation of the CS scene, and by the looks of your post it is still around. u know why the CS scene is a joke? the guys on the top cannot handle business when it comes time. Thats YOU BRO.

2011-06-13 19:51

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I'm saying the reason we have no competition domestically is that people without a clue love to bash and put pressure on teams that compete against EG (I've been on both sides of it!) and I'm not standing up for Ali in my post - I think there are quite a ton of USA players that are better than her (dinc with aZn/hero/pauLy would have been a really strong team), but my whole post was related to people without a clue posting made-up facts about other players =)

2011-06-13 20:45

@ kinh your fucking retarded....just stop now that was the most sexist remark ive ever heard...and in all honesty Ali is probly better than you are

2011-06-13 21:14

you don't know what you're talking about. females naturally have faster reflexes than men. the aim and decision making is true, but reflexes are something women are better with than men.

2011-06-14 02:47

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if you ask me, ali's not a bad fifth to have whatsoever. when you take into account all the guys in invite, you'll find a lot of selfish players, ones without a good amount of LAN experience, guys that fold under pressure, and guys that overall that just don't get along/mesh well without a certain group of players. let's just look at ali for a sec. she's been on a top internationally competing team for years. SK girls was arguably the best female CS team of all time. she can obviously hold her own ingame, stay focused and confident at big events, and at the very least can fill a very strong supporting player role for the team. i honestly think she's gonna be more valuable than most of the free agent options in the US invite league. let's wait and see. oh and kinh.. youre 1) retarded 2) way too angry over a girl playing your video game 3) not going to find a girl worth anything that would give you the time of day with that attidude. it actually makes sense why youre so pissed at this chick. if you can't get an e-girl to at least add you to her friends list, what are you going to do in the irl?

2011-06-14 16:25

oh shit.......tell em dr3wski

2011-06-13 21:12

Get em Drew :) hahahaa

2011-06-14 00:17

lets face it everyone knows ali is not the best on this team.. im sure that even she knows shes not and there are numerous other players who can make this team able to compete more with other teams... but thats really besides the point shes more or less the reason SK currently has a US team i mean they have sponsored her in SK.female for years now.. she has those ties with SK

2011-06-14 08:54

as long as alice is on the team they will not win or play top 5 in any tournament

2011-06-13 12:20

Gl.

2011-06-13 12:24

pauly is really great player.

2011-06-13 12:35

Jungleboy is from USA?

2011-06-13 12:46

5 replies

JungleboY is from the United Kingdom.

2011-06-13 12:50

4 replies

JungleboY is from amazonia

2011-06-13 14:39

3 replies

JungleBoy is from jungle!

2011-06-13 19:06

2 replies

Papua New Guinea actually, but good guesses!

2011-06-13 20:37

1 reply

hahaha

2011-06-14 12:33

2011-06-13 12:47

djubouti !

2011-06-13 12:59

kick ali, you can't be serious..

2011-06-13 13:15

How can a player like Pauly join a team with Ali, which has no future at all? It is just beyond me...may be the money is very good...

2011-06-13 13:17

2 replies

I've not seen them playing a lot but Ali seemed not to be doing worse than Rara for eSahara

2011-06-13 13:28

1 reply

2011-06-14 03:59

Ben "ben" Hui aahahahah

2011-06-13 13:18

gfn still coach ??

2011-06-13 13:19

feel sorry for Ben Hui, AHAHAHAHAH

2011-06-13 13:26

actually "ali" is pretty good, i played several times with her and i think she has good skill, almost like f0rest or GeT_RiGhT

2011-06-13 13:29

2 replies

trolololololo

2011-06-13 14:07

-frod +ali

2011-06-13 16:41

-ali +Adrenaline !

2011-06-13 13:31

pauLy?? Oooo nice!

2011-06-13 13:39

On paper they look okay, minus ali. I can see them doing well at first, but then falling into mediocrity.

2011-06-13 14:14

GL *--*

2011-06-13 14:18

-aLi +sympLe

2011-06-13 14:22

goodluck

2011-06-13 14:24

no one team from US can beat EG cuz they are SO weak, if anyone watch the last qualifiers would see that it was truth, they dont have nothing at all, i watch the old team of pauly and another 3~4th team from US and just like a match of top16 brazil or top10 russia. some scenes are so crazy you have 3 or 5 teams who could do a lot. (sweden+ucraine+denmark) and a bit weaker but in the national scene has good matches and we can see some talent, (france, brazil, china, finland, etc)

2011-06-13 14:33

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Actually in DK we only have mTw and TCM and that's about it, the rest of the teams are at least 2 lvl's below (no offense but they are). EDIT: not that it has anything to do with the discussion, just thought you might know or something...

2011-06-13 21:23

not true....and if ur referring to WCG qualies where there was hltv for the last EG v.s. eMg then eMg was a main team...and their roster has been revamped as well and they are playing with like 2 ppl from that lineup +meth0d and others soo.....

2011-06-13 23:41

nice steno!

2011-06-13 14:33

fuck, my dream will be play with ali in team :P or all female team :p

2011-06-13 14:46

NineSpot > perez ?

2011-06-13 14:48

1 reply

nope perez is just fantastic

2011-06-13 16:10

GET JSO ! T_T

2011-06-13 14:52

alice <3

2011-06-13 14:52

Go go SK.us good luck !!!Paul "pauLy" Guerboyan<3

2011-06-13 15:02

its DJIBOUTIII

2011-06-13 15:06

gl sk...but the only team from us that can't beat eg is the lost.. col.us from the start of 2010.

2011-06-13 15:20

GL to them but I doubt they'll be able to compete with EG

2011-06-13 15:45

i dont even think theyll compete with backfire

2011-06-13 16:09

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djibouti was without a doubt backfires most important player, especially at LAN. i feel like he's overlooked as one of the top 10 players in North America. he's incredibly smart, has amazing aim, not a selfish player in the slightest, and consistently makes huge plays in every match regardless of who he's facing. he should honestly be on EG. sorry if im on his dick like yellow on mustard right now, but hes just all around a solid player, and if SK US gets any overseas invitations.. people are going to start seeing that. once this team gets fully involved, ali will probably go. all these players left top invite teams to join this squad, so i'm interested to see how it goes for them.

2011-06-13 16:16

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im not disagreeing with you about that... and to be honest im not sure why he left backfire (maybe it was because of this deal with SK) again i dont know... from what i saw i think he preformed subpar or not like himself when he played for backfire i was quite impressed with him when he played esea-i s7 lan finals.. i think thats what it was... before he joined backfire..

2011-06-13 16:20

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djibouti's the reason backfire won a number of their matches, especially the close ones. go back and watch the demos. he turns around losing rounds, gets some of the most important frags of the match, and makes unbelievable good decisions in tough spots. doesn't miss shots, doesn't miss many opportunities. he's a solid, seasoned, very talented player.

2011-06-13 18:12

Why is ali still on the lineup? ROFL cut her please.

2011-06-13 16:20

Great idea, gl. <3 SK

2011-06-13 16:21

Drop Ninespot, keep ali LOL!! Reminds me of coL drafting belle for her looks in CGS

2011-06-13 16:35

I accualy find this amasing, Some competition in USA in the top teams and EG hopefully gets a wakeup call that there is still talent, I really hope they do great. GL :)

2011-06-13 16:41

Probably the stupidest idea and waste of time. tema will fail in a matter of months maybe weeks.

2011-06-13 16:49

ahaha gl

2011-06-13 16:52

gl... ali is the best female player! s2

2011-06-13 17:22

4 replies

well, zAAz > ali remember like 2 yeards ago @ DH, she pwned everyone @ aim-map even swe professionals

2011-06-13 17:40

2 replies

nah ali > zAAz

2011-06-13 20:06

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I'm pretty much sure that zAAz was one of the greatest girls playing this game... Ali is performing well for such high lvl, but I'm not sure that she's better in best condition that zAAz was when she was at her best.

2011-06-14 04:01

that is saying a whole lot LOL

2011-06-13 19:51

go ali! =) gl!

2011-06-13 18:49

the main thing about this team is will they practice and try to actually win or just playing for fun and pug to a bad record

2011-06-13 19:05

+hero +NineSpot -perez -steno

2011-06-13 19:06

hero = drama queen ugly pizzaface aZn = never last on a serious team for a extended period of time perez = who cares hes not good NineSpot = like almost 30 years old give the game up old man. either way SK line up fails and with the players above they still fail.

2011-06-13 19:15

1 reply

no, only you fail

2011-06-13 20:40

2011-06-13 19:22

Steno is ukrainian ua-flag pls

2011-06-13 20:38

5 replies

hes a US citizen. hes of UA decent. almost everyone in the US is of foreign decent.

2011-06-13 21:14

Everyone in the US likes to claim foreign heritage.

2011-06-14 00:36

stupid comment. i guess the Indians are the only ones who should use the American flag?

2011-06-14 01:34

2 replies

Actually they couldn't because Indians are from India, Christopher Columbus thought he is in India :D but I got point, don't worry :p

2011-06-14 04:04

1 reply

-.-

2011-06-14 04:07

nice for ali :D

2011-06-13 20:44

idk man, i just dont know

2011-06-13 20:57

perez steno pauly djibouti hero..would be nice.. let's be honest ali is good but she isn't a elite..

2011-06-13 21:04

definitely an upgrade, but not as strong as dinc.

2011-06-13 21:13

GOGO AMERICA!

2011-06-13 21:29

I thought they had goodfornothing?

2011-06-13 21:33

fragmovie anyone? thk

2011-06-13 21:35

pathetic ali is horrible and doesn't deserve to be on this team....the only reason SK had a US team was because they are female idk why are still sponsoring this mediocre team that cant even win any US events let along EU events...

2011-06-13 22:10

lol all these haters lol obv. sk didnt have a team just cuz they wer girls since there team now only has one? lol do ppl think b4 they post?

2011-06-13 23:15

this is actually a pretty good team, those of you who are talking trash and saying all this stuff clearly have no idea what you are talking about, GL guys/ali.

2011-06-13 23:44

so many clueless ppl. 1.) once a team gets sponsored/gets funding to travel...its a whole different story. Teams try harder and are willing to put in time to practice and compete. 2.) The reason the US scene is behind right now isnt because were "bad", its just like the rest of the world....we have low funding, few tournaments, few sponsors which in return leads to mediocre play attitudes and frequent roster changes. See #1 3.) The number of competitive and potential good teams in the US is growing. We have EG, UMX.US who have their own gaming house in cali, SK.US, not to mention iDemise with XP3 and eMg who just picked up some new solid players including meth0d from old 3D. Please....dont just post things unless you know what ur talking bout. Making us americans look bad.

2011-06-13 23:45

3 replies

what?? method is active in a team? really cool

2011-06-14 01:38

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meth9d has been scrimming/pugging the last two months and has a paid spot on the eMg roster which is quite intersting... philCo swag(like 16 yrs old) ryx kiko meth0d harwood kretsim

2011-06-14 12:41

The reason why the US scene has always been behind in competitive cs is because the community is complete shit.

2011-06-15 00:11

NAZ is a good leader and i'm sure he'll do well with the team. He's capable of leading them into the LAN Finals and/or WCG national finals. The players are all good enough to compete and it honestly comes down to how much dedication/teamwork they can put into the team.

2011-06-14 03:24