The Warcraft 3 silly season continues with significant players changing teams. Yesterday, the news of Mykhaylo “HoT” Novopashin joining Gravitas Gaming was made official.
SK Gaming released their Ukrainian player one month before the expiration of his contract. One of the best players in Europe, HoT fell victim to SK’s acquisition of three Korean players earlier this year. With Night Elves such as Kim “ReMinD” Sung Sik and Lee “SoJu” Sung Duk, the team did not need a fourth one.
Gravitas Gaming was the most convincing of the teams looking to sign HoT. They have completed a very impressive lineup of Russian-speaking Warcraft 3 players, with star player Mikhail “XyLigan” Ryabkov and Oleg “TitaN” Kuptsov, Robert “Rob” Abdrakhmanov, Oleg “TitaN” Kuptsov, Boris “Quai” Lekontsev and Vladislav “Frozen” Baranov.
Rumor has it Mykhaylo “HoT” Novopashin will be leaving SK Gaming to join up with Gravitas Gaming in January.
The Ukrainian player will probably not pen a new deal with SK. The organization has three other world class Warcraft 3 players in June “Lyn” Park, Kim “ReMinD” Sung Sik and Lee “SoJu” Sung Duk. The fact that SoJu and ReMinD are Night Elf players would also make HoT a little less useful in the Warcraft 3 Champions League.
Teams like Mousesports and Four Kings are said to have expressed interest in HoT, but Wire has found out that the player wants to go to Gravitas Gaming. The team that has gathered some of the best Russian Warcraft 3 players, with plans for the team to live in one apartment. The Ukrainian would fit into that team very nicely.
HoT’s contract with SK Gaming expires with the end of December 2007.
One week after the dissolution of Fnatic’s Warcraft 3 team, only one of its players is still unemployed. Teams aspiring to qualify for the Warcraft 3 Champions League have torn apart Fnatic’s remains like piranhas.
The killing blow dealt to Fnatic came when Fnatic’s best players received offers from other teams. Robert “Rob” Abdrakhmanov and Mikhail “XyLigan” Ryabkov left for Gravitas Gaming and moved in with their team mates in Moscow. Juha-Matti “Satiini” Bäckström joined up with Mortal TeamWork.
The leave of the above players caught Kevin “RotterdaM” van der Kooi and Radoslav “DieSeL” Kolev unawares, but RotterdaM has already found a new home. The second best Dutch Warcraft 3 player will join with the Dutch team Serious Gaming. DieSeL is the one player still without a team. Continued…
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