kiko exits TD, joins We Are GO Players

1-12-2012 11:39

Shortly after Team Dynamic recruited Jordan "n0thing" Gilbert for Philippe-Olivier "PEX" Crépin, Francis "kiko" Lao has departed the team to join up with We Are GO Players.

Lao had joined Team Dynamic following a disappointing loss at the North American ESWC qualifier. He was a part of a package with Braxton "swag" Pierce, who was rumoured to only be willing to join if Lao could come along.

adreN & co will have to think of a new pickup

Now Team Dynamic are down to just four players with Crétin still listed as a backup on the team's roster, so the former North American Counter-Strike: Source powerhouse will have to look for a new member.

"I enjoyed my time with Team Dynamic and I have nothing against them. I just didn't feel the bond was strong enough with them. But now im on a team with these group of guys who I've known for a couple years and I'm excited to play with them again! I want to thank Dynamic's sponsors and the great traveling experience that they gave me to DreamHack, Lao told ESEA News.net"

This roster change leaves Team Dynamic with a following roster of four members, and Philippe-Olivier "PEX" Crépin as a backup in the roster. With ESEA kicking up in a week, TD is expected to make up a quick decision.

Team Dynamic

Eric "adreN" Hoag
Keven "AZK" Lariviere
Jordan "n0thing" Gilbert
Braxton "swag" Pierce

Lao has joined up with We Are GO Players, which features former ESEA Invite CS 1.6 champion with Back2Back, Christian "sobo" Soboleske, as well as Kyle "flowsicK" Mendez and Chris "TRULS" Navratil from UMX, the latter as a backup.

We Are GO Players finished the previous ESEA CS:GO Invite season with a 11-5 record that qualified them for the playoffs, but the team was unable to attend the finals in Dallas.

We Are GO Players

Alam "coates" Anjum
Francis "kiko" Lao
Kyle "flowsicK" Mendez
Jeff "jmitchell" Mitchell
Christian "sobo" Soboleske
Chris "TRULS" Navratil (backup)

Both teams are set to begin their champaign soon in the thirteenth, global season of ESEA Invite CS:GO which will feature $47,000 in prize money as well as LAN finals in North America.

Drama...

2012-12-01 11:42

1 reply

+1 xD

2012-12-01 17:23

4v6

2012-12-01 11:44

team balance plz

2012-12-01 14:20

dazEd

2012-12-01 11:50

Haha coates aka jesus gl :>

2012-12-01 11:51

champaign?

2012-12-01 11:53

haha, and today I saw post in +nothing theard, about "-kiko +dazed in td plz" :D:D

2012-12-01 11:54

2 replies

Why should he leave the best American team right now?

2012-12-01 12:16

idk, just saw post like this

2012-12-01 12:22

good 4 TD actually cause any player >>> kiko

2012-12-01 12:03

gl to them :)

kiko and pex was so bad :) good for dynamic

2012-12-01 12:13

were *

2012-12-01 16:17

They should add anger again since Curse blows anyway

2012-12-01 12:14

+lurppis?

2012-12-01 12:17

AZK - beast swag - young beast n0thing - old beast adreN - player :D ??? - new beast Team Dynamic - Team Beasts

5 replies

n0thing is still a beast. :D

2012-12-01 12:28

his skill is still huge :D

2012-12-01 12:29

I haven't watched him in go but his stats atleast for the esea games weren't very impressive last season. Hope he is as good in go as he was in 1.6

2012-12-01 21:09

after Area51:)

2012-12-01 13:15

finally some1 who speaks the truth about adren :D :D

2012-12-01 17:22

Sebastián Coates (UY)

2012-12-01 12:23

Who is/was the igl in TD ?

2012-12-01 12:33

adren

2012-12-01 12:40

+ Storm or fRoD :))))

2012-12-01 12:39

I hope not

2012-12-01 12:49

truls is back baby

2012-12-01 12:48

lol why would you want to leave TD? ;0

There are like a thousand reasons to do that, starting with the one that he probably didnt like that they removed PEX.

2012-12-01 12:50

4 replies

yea but the team has so much potential.. n0thing, swag, azk, adren

2012-12-01 12:55

3 replies

gux left fnatic when they were on their best shape, to go to an SK that was without succes for awhile

2012-12-01 20:13

yes but money might have been a factor there and that diddn't worked out well for him anyway :P

2012-12-02 01:03

True, might have been money. Perhaps he did not have the right "vibe" with the rest of the team :p

2012-12-02 02:18

? "coates" ?

2012-12-01 12:57

it's a bot

2012-12-01 13:05

+ Volcano

2012-12-01 13:12

+1. I mean, he's on their Source team; I don't see why not.

2012-12-02 11:26

ele1nt:)

2012-12-01 13:16

+neo/heaton

2012-12-01 13:17

+delpan

2012-12-01 13:25

+FalleN

2012-12-01 13:36

you were thinking of Target Down when reading TD in the title and of the brasilian kiko like me? :D I was really confused until I read further xD

2012-12-01 20:14

DazeD

nice drama

2012-12-01 13:39

+fREAKAZOiD

2012-12-01 13:51

+1 sick player

2012-12-01 15:00

+ sgares would be epic then

2012-12-01 14:00

Wanna write +sgares also, then i saw this. Thumbs up +1

2012-12-01 16:25

already voted for ur channel on youtube

2012-12-01 16:33

what channel?

2012-12-02 08:22

+ myself

2012-12-01 14:12

Not surprised...Americans are changing their roster everytime they lose a pcw

2012-12-01 14:14

Thats funny cause mtw is a german clan and theyve changed their roster more than anyone

2012-12-01 15:55

german org *

2012-12-01 19:26

volcano is already on td roster seems like he would make the suitable 5th

2012-12-01 14:21

+rambo :D:D

2012-12-01 14:35

How is that funny? They need a good caller and Rambo would be perfect

2012-12-01 22:28

it's not funny. i love rambo

2012-12-01 22:42

+DaZed

2012-12-01 14:56

+ ColoN lololololol

2012-12-01 19:54

Problem is, will swag lose motivation in TD now? He's been a teammate with kiko for so long, they're still playing together in 1.6 iirc, he might not want to carry on without kiko. This is a real opportunity for TD though, they really need to make the right pickup here, shame that the change is so close to the start of S13.

2012-12-01 16:02