Kevin 'RotterdaM' van der Kooi is a familiar face to WC3 fans, and especially those who follow Serious Gaming. The Dutchman will rejoin his fellow countrymen in Serious' Starcraft II squad from today after some time out of the RTS scene. Although Rotterdam did appear as NGL One's English commentator, it is quite some time since we saw him in his RTS role. Most recently he was playing HON for Fnatic but he will now be playing protoss for Serious in the upcoming Blizzard title.

Despite not being quite as famous in WC3 as his new team mate, Johan 'Naniwa' Lucchesi is already one of the strongest players in the SC2 beta. The swede, who also plays protoss, currently leads the table for most Zotac Cup victories with a total of three. The 20 year old also has two Go4SC2 wins under his belt and looks like one of the hottest prospects at this early stage of SC2's history.

As the official statement says, both players have played together under the Serious tag in the past. "[It] feels good to be back in serious," said Rotterdam. "There's no better place for me than in Serious." The ex-orc was also delighted to be united with what he feels is a very strong team. "I'm very glad to be in the same team as Naniwa, who's definitely one of the best players in Europe right now."

Source: Serious Gaming