It's OK to loose a team to TCM

Paradox and the bunch change organizations while changing the lineup

Ex- eSuba, ex- Power Gaming, ex- Next Evolution and now ex- Online Kingdom surely have changed a lot of good organizations in their history, though always having to leave either because of funding issues or because simply the mixed European side got a better offer like this very time.

During the month that the team has actually been a part of OK, they attended Grunex LAN in Prague where they failed to defeat the Hungarian side of Anexis. All was looking well, but sadly due to motivational issues, Petr "king" Elbogen decided it is his time to step down from active gaming. Luckily for now not-so-Czech lineup, one of the best AK players to grace Call of Duty 4 - Declan "germaine" Elcocks - was on the hunt for a new team after leaving LowLandLions. It is known that germaine was a part of TCM back in 2009 when their incredibly successful lineup which was the strongest contender to - at that time - unbeatable FnaticMSi.

Now the team decided that it is better for their gaming careers if they leave an largely unpredictable organization with funding similar to the now dead organizations such as Next Evolution or Power Gaming. Still, prior to the acquisition of ex- OK, TCM had a team amongst its ranks team that won Insomnia 43 and was considered to be one of the strongest in the EU, but due to different views on the game from players themselves they decided it was best to part ways.



So, the new lineup of TCM-Gaming is as follows:

Jan "paradox" Duchon
Lubomír "Luboshmir" Pešák
Erik "FrosteR" van den Biggelaar
Nick "toxjee" Hol
Declan "germaine" Elcock


Jan "paradox" Duchon had the following to say about the organization switch:

"Online Kingdom kept all promises, and there is nothing negative to mention but ultimately we decided to proceed our career in TCM Gaming and wish all the best for Online Kingdom, a place where we can always say good things".

Erik "FrosteR" van den Biggelaar was a bit more extensive in his thoughts about organizations and swapping players:

"So after a short spell in Online Kingdom and getting a second place on the Grunex European LAN we thought it was time to change some things. The first change we are making is replacing our long-term friend and team-mate king with Germaine, a change that was needed due to king losing motivation and becoming less and less active. Luckily for us we found Germaine being without a team and managed to secure a great replacement for king.

The second change we are making is that we are leaving Online Kingdom, first of all we want to say that there was absolutely nothing wrong with Online Kingdom’s support, they have supported us very well in this short time and everything was fine at the Grunex LAN. However TCM made us an offer we simply can’t refuse. We can't wait to play under the TCM flag and hopefully reclaim our position as the best team in Europe.

We want to thank Online Kingdom for their support, also we want to thank all our fans for supporting us, we really appreciate it guys and girls! And last but not least we want to thank TCM and their sponsors Mad Catz, Cyborg Gaming, Tritton, Cooler Master and Multiplay. For giving us the opportunity to play for one of the best and most stable organisations we know, thank you!"

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