SK-gaming can announce today the players it will be using for the EM4 qualification game tonight. Johan 'face' Klasson and Frej 'kHRYSTAL' Sjöström will fill the two spots in the SK.swe lineup recently vacated by zet and zneel. Both of the new players were most recently members of h2k-gaming and placed 2nd with that team at both the Swedish WCG qualifier and the IOL final four in August of this year.

In time SK also plans to sign the players to the organization, but for now they are to be classed as stand-ins until a deal is officially done.

Regarding the move and the legal ramifications of it Managing director of SK bds said:



Speaking about the new team face explained:



The younger of the two new recruits, kHRYSTAL, had this to say:



The CS team's coach BUDAK issued the following statement:



face has been a known quantity for some time within the Swedish Counter-Strike community, famed for his impressive aiming style, but previous attempts to break into the big time have run into misfortune. After pulling off upsets in Begrip.swe he got his shot to play with NiP only for the team to experience one of its poorer tournament periods, thanks perhaps to an experimental lineup.

Later he and fellow ex-NiP team-mate GeT_RiGhT attempted to be the spark for an MYM.no team which was losing steam, losing in tournaments and eventually lost their sponsors. That situation not only fell apart financially but due to GeT_RiGhT being called back to SK.swe and eventually given his own shot at the lineup. Since then face has continued to be a player who is capable of becoming a thorn in the top Swedish teams' sides at domestic events while biding his time for another opportunity at the larger international competitions.

kHRYSTAL is known thanks to his three Counter-Strike movies as well as his recent form playing for h2k-gaming. This youngster, at the tender age of 19, is also known for his aiming as well as his ability to pull off highlight style kills.

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