Counter-Strike: natu out, contE stands in for Power at WEM

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By Duncan 'Thorin' Shields

Nov 27, 2009 14:27

Power Gaming's captain Joona "natu" Leppanen will sit out WEM due to work commitments and will be replaced by contE. He explained further to SK-gaming why.

Power Gaming will be without their captain Joona 'natu' Leppänen for the World Esports Masters event in December. In his place the team will use Juuso 'contE' Sajakoski, who has played with all of the players before.

natu told SK-gaming the following about the decision:

"Unfortunatily I have had to make the choise of not attending WEM in China due to my job obligations. This was a really hard choise to make as I would've loved to attend and meet up with all the great fans we have over there and to play in what is going to be a great tournament.

Sometimes you´ve got to prioritize things over eSports which I wouldn´t have wanted to do but I couldn´t possibly risk my basic income for this. I do believe the guys will do great and it would have been amazing to have had the opportunity to continue where we left off at WCG."

Manager Ben Woodward told HLTV.org:

"We're finally booked up for WEM! Unfortunately we've had to take a stand-in for the event to replace natu. natu has real life commitments that he cannot change, he's got a family wedding to attend and has prior work commitments which cannot be altered. Former cc// & roccat player contE will be replacing natu for this event. We're obviously disappointed to be losing natu, but we couldn't think of a better replacement for him

We're obviously disappointed to be losing natu, but we're all too aware of contEs talent, he's a great replacement."

Addressing the situation with naSu who was ill from H1N1:

"naSu has been given the all clear by the doctors to attend, he's over the worst and is still resting."

Power Gaming's World Esports Masters lineup:
Niko 'naSu' Kovanen
Samu 'plastE' Aalto
Max Oskari 'ruuit' Aspe
Tino 'tihOp' Puumala
Juuso 'contE' Sajakoski

contE has been out of the spotlight since Astralis' loss to Power Gaming at the Finnish WCG qualifier, after which ruuit and plastE left the his team for the one which had beaten them.

This marks the temporary return of the exact same lineup as Roccat/GamePlay had in 2008 following the removal of lurppis. That team were able to place 4th at ESWC Masters and 3rd at IEM III Dubai during their time together, as well beating the elite teams in the world at a number of tournaments.

Source: HLTV.org
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