Following the CS:S update there has been both a renewed interest from some, and the threat to quit from others, as such, there have been some unexpected teams forming and folding in the aftermath.
One such team has formed and it features some familiar, and unexpected faces. Heading the charge will be Richard 'ritch' Gibbs, who was most recently seen playing with Fragmasters Toxic at LAN79, joining him will be his ex-Fragmasters teammate Brandon 'weber' Weber who has been building a reputation for himself in the UK scene with some great performances in the past. Matthew 'Carrel' Carrel will be joined by Connor 'sliggy' Blomfield to make up the 3rd and 4th members.
The fifth and final member will be one that may cause some people to rub their eyes in disbelief, it is none other than Kyle 'fataL' Mardel, of ex-Zboard fame. He will be making a return to the game after a lengthy spell on the sidelines. For now the team will be concentrating on online tournaments but the possibility of attending LAN in future will be open to the side.
Statement from Richard 'ritch' Gibbs:
Basically, I want to play CS:S against teams online in the evening as I'm bored of being sat around so I handpicked the biggest losers I could find that want to do the same thing, we wont be attending any lans for now as we are online warriors and I'm too shit at this game now. Yeah, we'll last about 2 weeks approximately.
Team phnatic is:
Richard 'ritch' Gibbs
Brandon 'weber' Weber
Kyle 'fataL' Mardel
Matthew 'Carrel' Carrel
Connor 'Sliggy' Blomfield
Brandon 'weber' Weber
Kyle 'fataL' Mardel
Matthew 'Carrel' Carrel
Connor 'Sliggy' Blomfield