Lions announce foreseen changes

17-7-2011 18:04

Lions have confirmed to rakaka.se that they have indeed undergone the foreseen changes, changing Mattias "Snajdan" Andersen and Dennis "dennis" Edman for Björn "threat" Pers and Jim "zneel" Andersson.

The past weeks rumors has surfaced, suggesting Lions would undergo the change of two. Several screenshots of the team practicing strengthened the possibility of the changes to actually come through.

Christophe "Monk" Roblin, Lions chairman, Saturday confirmed to rakaka.se that the Swedish team had gone through the change of two. The changes bring back Björn "threat" Pers, who in May announced he had gone inactive in order to focus on his studies. Jim "zneel" Andersson is also back in action after a long period without a team, ever since he got booted out of SK Gaming.

threat returns from inactivity

Lions now have:

Emil "FYRR73" Karlsson
Frej "kHRYSTAL" Sjöström
Niklas "niko" Johansson
Björn "threat" Pers
Jim "zneel" Andersson

When confirming the roster changes, Roblin also confirmed that the team will not be travelling to Bilbao next week, meaning they will be skipping GameGune.

Nice! :D

2011-07-17 18:04

Nice

2011-07-17 18:04

nice ;) gogo threat!

2011-07-17 18:04

Yeees

2011-07-17 18:04

GREAT !

2011-07-17 18:04

nice

2011-07-17 18:05

no gamegune.... :(

2011-07-17 18:05

1 reply

yep =/

2011-07-17 18:16

2011-07-17 18:05

JIMB9 go

2011-07-17 18:05

gl! who is primary awp? FYRR73 or niko?

2011-07-17 18:06

13 replies

niko i think , he was allways primary awp :D

2011-07-17 18:08

10 replies

but fyrr73 use it now more !

2011-07-17 18:26

9 replies

but niko is awp in lions !

2011-07-17 18:29

8 replies

but fyrr7e use it more ! :D

2011-07-17 18:30

7 replies

LOL :D

2011-07-17 18:43

ahahahh :P

2011-07-17 19:04

CCCCCCCCCOMBO BREIkR!~~~

2011-07-17 19:54

2011-07-17 20:10

INFINITE CIRCLE

2011-07-17 20:50

ROFL

2011-07-18 09:03

^_____^

2011-07-18 10:25

depends on the map, and lions often play 2 awps

2011-07-17 19:05

1 reply

true dat

2011-07-18 03:20

gl zneel in lions

2011-07-17 18:06

zneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel <3

2011-07-17 18:06

Erm i think it could be a better choice dennis instead of zneel, imo.

2011-07-17 18:06

2 replies

2011-07-17 18:41

zneel is better than dennis

2011-07-17 20:19

Finally serious Lineup by Lions..

2011-07-17 18:06

Gl Zneel,Gl Lions.

2011-07-17 18:07

gl zneel and team :D

2011-07-17 18:08

i think thats not good but gl..

2011-07-17 18:08

nice

2011-07-17 18:08

hehe cool line-up gl guys

2011-07-17 18:08

igl?

2011-07-17 18:09

2 replies

threat like be4

2011-07-17 18:10

threat

2011-07-17 18:29

dennis should stay or create new team dennis manne hyvlarn Zyppe keiz

2011-07-17 18:15

10 replies

could actually be pretty nice ;D

2011-07-17 18:21

They would be unbeatable online

2011-07-17 18:59

4 replies

yeah Online Kingdom ;-)

2011-07-17 20:25

unbeatable ? I don't Think so.

2011-07-17 21:34

2 replies

*online*

2011-07-17 21:38

1 reply

Yeah, I know.

2011-07-19 22:40

dennis - aim manne - aim/awp hyvlarn - igl Zyppe - support keiz - aim gewd line-up

2011-07-17 21:26

+1 Internet-aTTaX dennis Internet-aTTaX manne Internet-aTTaX hyvlarn Internet-aTTaX zyppe Internet-aTTaX keiz

2011-07-18 04:08

1 reply

lol xD

2011-07-18 17:03

-hyvlarn +huggan

2011-07-19 19:33

ufff zneel NICE

2011-07-17 18:09

Happy to see Threat and zneel back :) Too bad for dennis, he was just insane during his time in SK, hope he will find a good team.

2011-07-17 18:09

3 replies

he wasnt insane during his time in SK dude

2011-07-17 18:40

2 replies

Oh really ? It seemed like to me. Maybe I watched only his good matches.

2011-07-17 18:52

1 reply

well at his first lan he was the worst statwise of all the players attending. Now don't get me wrong, stats are not everything, but I still would not call that insane. He did pretty good though, had some very good moments too.

2011-07-17 18:54

Gl Lions!

2011-07-17 18:10

good to see Threat back in business again :D GL guys

2011-07-17 18:10

Sweet!! Zneel :D But sad for dennis and snajdan.. :(

2011-07-17 18:11

1 reply

snajdan wasnt so good so.. :)

2011-07-17 18:29

zneel.. he is good, but dennis is better ;/ -zneel +dennis -threat +keiz

2011-07-17 18:13

7 replies

hahahha looool

2011-07-17 18:20

1 reply

kids :D

2011-07-17 18:26

threat is igl

2011-07-17 18:29

-threat?? he got amazing tacs so i wouldnt replace him :)

2011-07-17 19:42

-niko +keiz and it would be ok , fyrr73 is better anyways with awp xD

2011-07-17 19:48

2 replies

He's loyal player, good friend and also a good player. fnatic wanted him he choosed to stay with his friends.

2011-07-17 19:54

1 reply

To stay with friends...the word

2011-07-17 20:56

ZneeL <3

2011-07-17 18:13

Good luck with the new team!

2011-07-17 18:13

omg,I'm so happy to see zneel. Becoming a fan in half minute. Also welcomeback threat,you are the one who won navi so much.

2011-07-17 18:14

yes , gl Snajdan not that good :'(

2011-07-17 18:14

zneel is a bad choice imo, wtv threat is amazing as igl

2011-07-17 18:15

1 reply

zneel has a fucking awesome aim and he's more experienced than dennis.

2011-07-17 20:14

zneel is a very good player

2011-07-17 18:15

looks good on paper but i doubt it will be THAT successful. they will do OK results but i think threat is still studying and zneel is working(?) so i doubt they will have that much time to actually play. but IF they manage to get the hours in, they've got a good chance to start grabbing high placings again at top events.

2011-07-17 18:16

nice team :) now bring on manne dennis keiz huggan pinne/olofm for duttdutt :D

2011-07-17 18:17

3 replies

huggan sux!

2011-07-17 18:53

1 reply

LOL hes decent for an IGL + he has played with those guys alot and they play well under his command, give him a chance :)

2011-07-17 19:37

TEAM-ONLINERS

2011-07-17 19:56

-threat +keiz THREAT manager now!

2011-07-17 18:17

old news :DD

2011-07-17 18:19

bad move kicking dennis :)

2011-07-17 18:19

old news for me :) <3 zneel <3 THREAT gl guys!

2011-07-17 18:20

gl gl :>

2011-07-17 18:20

good luck Lions and zneel =)))

2011-07-17 18:21

good luck guys, wish you the best

2011-07-17 18:21

don't know much about zneel :/ but i guess he is good :D

2011-07-17 18:22

5 replies

ex SK player

2011-07-17 18:26

4 replies

I know it now :p I've watched some clips on youtube :D tnx 4 info :)

2011-07-17 18:27

He didn't even play a match with SK.

2011-07-17 19:56

2 replies

really? youtu.be/zdju7OdKF4A

2011-07-17 20:04

1 reply

Didn't know. But he didn't stay there for long time.

2011-07-17 20:04

zneel mad guy

2011-07-17 18:22

2011-07-17 18:23

Great lineup. They should drop a famas to zneel if they lose pistol and following round or an eco round and he will win the round everytime for them.

2011-07-17 18:24

threat is god<3

2011-07-17 18:26

lol

2011-07-17 18:26

great move.. time for winnning some titles LIONSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSs.. they needed threat so badly.. fuckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk snajdan who ruined the team !!

2011-07-17 18:26

drop zneel n get keizz !!! it ll b awesome !

2011-07-17 18:27

zneel !!!

2011-07-17 18:28

gl threat

2011-07-17 18:28

2011-07-17 18:29

go zneel !!!!!!!!!

2011-07-17 18:30

LIONS.2009 and kHRYSTAL instead of SpawN :)

2011-07-17 18:31

bad decision..

2011-07-17 18:34

fuck yeah

2011-07-17 18:34

what is the next event for them?

2011-07-17 18:35

2 replies

they will miss gamegune, e-stars, and probably they will be back for DH winter, as for WCG they are not quall, and if they do not join another WCG quall, they will not be there.

2011-07-17 19:02

Maybe OSPL Autumn 2011 or SEC 2011 :)

2011-07-17 19:02

kiez manne threat niko moddii

2011-07-17 18:36

yeaaaaaaaaaaaaah! nice!

2011-07-17 18:37

omg..zneel is great oldschool player

2011-07-17 18:39

poor dennis.. gl for him

2011-07-17 18:43

good news! threat is what they need.

2011-07-17 18:43

bah, i liked dennis :(

2011-07-17 18:44

threat niko manne dennis huggan would have been a line-up .. :/

2011-07-17 18:46

yeaaaa zneel awesome and lions need threat

2011-07-17 18:48

I'd have preferred keiz over zneel, but snajdan for threat is a great switch! Hope they can get some results.

2011-07-17 18:50

1 reply

They already kicked Keiz, it would be stupid to take him back.

2011-07-17 19:02

zneel :/ not good He was always bad when it comes to cover his teammate.

2011-07-17 18:52

nice lineup gl:)

2011-07-17 18:54

next news: snajdan replace carn at e-star tournament! info 100%, just wait.

2011-07-17 18:55

3 replies

Pls no...

2011-07-17 19:02

nice trolling

2011-07-17 19:40

its impoisbble to frag less than carn, why no try it .gogogo

2011-07-18 04:13

dennis is the best rated player in lions... zneel is overrated manne keiz dennis hyvlarn huggan I wish they could play for pro and permanent

2011-07-17 18:55

3 replies

Would be good :)

2011-07-17 19:03

indeed, would be top5 sweden.

2011-07-17 19:08

Don't you know why is dennis the best rated in previous Lions lineup? lol

2011-07-17 22:01

this is fail,threat is better player than snajdan but will never be better igl.

2011-07-17 18:56

4 replies

THREAT > Snajdan - igl THREAT > Snajdan - fragging

2011-07-17 19:34

3 replies

sure thing dude just look at their resume :D and threat wasnt igl in fnatic.

2011-07-17 19:50

2 replies

Threat is the best IGL in Sweden.

2011-07-18 00:53

1 reply

better than carn?and i have to say robban suprised me a bit(though he has 4 insane players in his team),i dont think that threat is better.

2011-07-18 03:58

zneel , great he is good player

2011-07-17 18:59

dennis manne hyvlarn huggan keiz go a2g :D

2011-07-17 19:08

1 reply

or Snajdan:-) but anyway there is alot of potential for fourth top swedish team

2011-07-17 19:49

nice! GoGo zneel & THREAT!

2011-07-17 19:02

GL !

2011-07-17 19:03

Ok even though I knew this yesterday, I still do not approve with zneel, but he is close friend with some of the Lions players so this is probably the reason Dennis got left out!

2011-07-17 19:03

Stupid move to kick dennis.

2011-07-17 19:04

I like this team, nice that threat returns and they pick zneel

2011-07-17 19:04

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Snajdan :( fnatic need to kick carn and take Snajdan, than maybe they will win someone.

2011-07-17 19:08

1 reply

I'm 12 years old and what is this?

2011-07-17 19:17

I hate all these stupid fanboys -zneel, +dennis/+manne...you haven't seen zneel performing in an official LAN in over a year lol....wait, see then comment! GL Lions, threat FTW

2011-07-17 19:09

threat, fyrrte <3 but i wanted dennis=D

2011-07-17 19:13

Zneel is insane :). That mix when he played with GeT_RiGhT, etc. he was rly rly a beast

2011-07-17 19:15

manne keiz or dennis to lions

2011-07-17 19:16

1 reply

no :)

2011-07-17 19:30

This zneel guy, is he any good? Never heard of him.

2011-07-17 19:26

1 reply

type zneel on youtube

2011-07-17 19:30

+manne / joolz

2011-07-17 19:27

kHYRR73

2011-07-17 19:27

gl :)

2011-07-17 19:29

too bad about their mickey mouse management, they can probably only attend events in sweden

2011-07-17 19:30

1 reply

They have contracts and i beleive they get payed monthly. They also attend many tourneys and have various sponsors, i would say their management is quite ok.

2011-07-17 19:39

WOW

2011-07-17 19:31

fck yeaH!

2011-07-17 19:33

good lineup ! :D

2011-07-17 19:37

Ex-lemondogs without zneel :)

2011-07-17 19:38

2 replies

So? Remeber THREAT niko kHRYSTAL FYRR73 Xizt/Gux? The same.

2011-07-17 22:02

1 reply

Sorry, what?

2011-07-18 15:03

expected after 1 guy posted topic about that they practice with this line up against M5 :)

2011-07-17 19:40

tnx god they switched snajdan, but i don't think that zneel will be decent replacement for gux, who was the most important factor in winning 2x versus na`vi but we will see

2011-07-17 19:43

ZNEEL = GOD OF FAMAS

2011-07-17 19:45

GOOOOOOOD

2011-07-17 19:46

-snajdan fuck yeah

2011-07-17 19:49

huh why dennis always gets kicked and stuff like that , like when he was on sk , they replaced him with delpan even though he was just a stand-in , he is a great player xD sad sad

2011-07-17 19:51

Only time will tell if zneel can be a true lion. His time in SK was way to short to judge if he is top level pro imo.

2011-07-17 19:54

dennis > zneel or zneel > dennis? And didn't zneel had a team after SK gaming?

2011-07-17 19:59

2011-07-17 20:03

great, in dreamhack dreamteam I haven`t choose snajdan :D

2011-07-17 20:03

wow this is very good chenage for lions now my fav players are ZNEEL AND dennis ( but from lions only )

2011-07-17 20:03

dennis again without team :/ he's good player .. sad for him

2011-07-17 20:05

ohh i don't see zneel > deniss but why !!!!! and where dennis now play cc

2011-07-17 20:05

2011-07-17 20:06

Nice , Good Luck.

2011-07-17 20:09

Good.

2011-07-17 20:10

Threat is back than Lions is back as well! Threat is one of the best strategist Gogo Lions!

2011-07-17 20:11

12 replies

Fail, snajdan is prob the best IGL after carn or at same level.

2011-07-17 20:33

11 replies

That is the dumbest thing written here :D:D oh man you made my day :)

2011-07-17 20:37

6 replies

kk newschooler, how about you read about snajdan and see what he have achived as IGL. Then you see on threat well.. not that much to compare with :)

2011-07-17 20:59

5 replies

hehe, that is ok that you dont know a damn thing about counter-strike, but why are you showing it ? If i were u i would keep it in secret, by the way how does it feel that everybody is laughing at you ? :D:D

2011-07-17 21:24

4 replies

how does he not know anything about CS? Because he likes snajdan?

2011-07-18 02:32

3 replies

haha, i hope it was a joke mate :)

2011-07-18 09:16

2 replies

I don't get how you say he knows nothing about CS just because he likes snajdan?

2011-07-18 09:55

1 reply

because he thinks old achievements count something these days and mainly because he thinks that snajdan is better igl than threat... if he knew something about cs he would not tell bullshits like that... threat is on the same level as carn, ave or arcadion... that is damn sure mate... you can believe me.. but as you can see it is not only me who were shocked about his statement.. snajdan is better than threat these days.. OMG. Hope it satisfied you..

2011-07-18 23:22

in today's cs tacts will not win you a game - Individual skill + teamwork wins = SK

2011-07-17 20:40

lol, threat >>>>>>>>>> snajdan, maybe snajdan > carn but not snajdan > threat, pronax maybe > snajdan and maybe threat > pronax.

2011-07-17 20:44

2 replies

When you said this "+1, -zneel/dennis +floreNz" then your comment is unreasonable.

2011-07-17 21:00

1 reply

*facepalm* floreNz is one of the most consistant player in dateam, and mvp most games vs good teams SK/Navi, i think it could be a good choice this if they want to be top3 in the world. and why is this comment unreasonable because of this?

2011-07-17 21:04

OOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHH so fuckin good lineup :D

2011-07-17 20:14

losers

2011-07-17 20:15

ZNEEL!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG NICE AIM!!!!!!!!! GO GO LIONS!

2011-07-17 20:16

LOL @ all the people saying dennis is better than zneel, idiots

2011-07-17 20:21

5 replies

2011-07-17 20:34

yea both suck

2011-07-17 20:38

3 replies

+1, -zneel/dennis +floreNz

2011-07-17 20:53

2 replies

-5 +Googl2

2011-07-17 20:55

1 reply

+1, epic.

2011-07-17 21:22

I like it, I think that roster is very interesting than previously. Good Luck :)

2011-07-17 20:26

GOGOGO LIONS!! BEST TEAM!!!

2011-07-17 20:34

I said it :D

2011-07-17 20:41

Definitely better than the roster with dennis and Snajdan

2011-07-17 20:42

gl zneel

2011-07-17 20:46

THREAT GOD !!

2011-07-17 20:50

why are they skipping gamegune..

2011-07-17 21:09

GL!

2011-07-17 21:14

nice

2011-07-17 21:21

thats is cool, i like this lienup much :D

2011-07-17 21:22

Nice. gl!

2011-07-17 21:49

nice, one of my favorite teams, strong new lineup

2011-07-17 21:52

good news :)

2011-07-17 21:56

2011-07-17 21:57

dennis very good player,i don't understand why teams take another players;((((

2011-07-17 21:57

sad for Denis and Snajdinchio but I hope it's + for Lions

2011-07-17 21:58

i would like too see rdl again, -zneel +rdl would be a better choice.

2011-07-17 22:02

Well, if zneel is back with is old form, then this team could be a top3 Sweden team again.

2011-07-17 22:06

NICE zneel <3

2011-07-17 22:07

nice!, gl lions

2011-07-17 22:15

sad to see snajdan go :(

2011-07-17 22:43

YEAH threat is back

2011-07-17 22:55

2011-07-17 23:10

do love lions as a team

2011-07-17 23:46

gl lioNNs

2011-07-18 00:04

not long ago threat said in an interview that zneel is one of the best players in sweden and that he could play in any top team he also said that he was really shocked when he got kicked out of sk

2011-07-18 00:41

dennis > threat, zneel !

2011-07-18 00:51

nice(:

2011-07-18 01:08

better than before still missing smth!

2011-07-18 01:56

This lineup will fail miserably. Dennis > zneel hands down. They will finally disband. Mark my word.

2011-07-18 03:07

zneel is one of the most OVERrated players in Europe...everyone thought he was the next f0rest after SK signed him out of nowhere and he failed miserbly with them and will do the same with Lions....minus zneeel + keiz and they will be a top 5 team. FYRR73 threat kHRYSTAL keiz niko That is the best possible Swedish lineup excluding SK/fnatic players.

2011-07-18 03:35

3 replies

i think moddi pronax barbarr is better than any of these

2011-07-18 04:21

2 replies

threat >>>>>>> pronax as igl

2011-07-18 22:31

barbarr is retired isnt he? and moddiii skill wise is amazing but teamwise i would rather have keiz/niko/threat anyday

2011-07-22 00:42

The Bald Barbarian is back! GL bjorny

2011-07-18 04:19

would you morons clue up and stop saying manne and keiz in every lineup, every player on that lions team is better than keiz and manne, wakeup.

2011-07-18 04:20

threat back , nice , hope zneel still got the game :D:D

2011-07-18 04:46

gl threat

2011-07-18 07:14

manne dennis huggan hyvlarn keiz YEAH!

2011-07-18 08:28

1 reply

would be nice, hope they make a team.

2011-07-18 22:38

manne > zneel.

2011-07-18 09:12

Nice one!

2011-07-18 10:22

good to see bjorn back, and not just as commentator ;) gl man

2011-07-18 10:25

-zneel +manne/moddii

2011-07-18 12:44

nice to see THREAT again ,go go go threat:

2011-07-18 13:44

gogo THREAT! love hes tactics

2011-07-18 14:46

GL Lions... great lineup

2011-07-18 15:46

Snajdan :(

2011-07-18 15:51

gl lions , go threat

2011-07-18 16:10

hope he is back with fresh motivation etc.

2011-07-18 16:16

awesome, top2-3 sweden i think :D gl

2011-07-18 16:21

zneel <3

2011-07-18 17:29

-zneel + keiz = gg

2011-07-18 18:45

Lions skip gamegune :/

2011-07-18 22:38

nice/bad

2011-07-19 01:32

threat back again nice!!

2011-07-19 12:34

kick zneel return dennis

2011-07-19 12:49

bb snajdan... :D

2011-07-19 18:00

Great news! go go Lions!

2011-07-19 19:23

what? wtf... zneel is like a bot... please show me any decent good demo (pov)... when hes not playing like a bad pod bot... wow... sad for dennis and snajdan... :(

2011-07-19 19:57

1 reply

there are many demos in which he played amazing. he played for sk and he is far far better than dennis.

2011-07-21 16:39