Plethora of changes mark end of Advanced off-season
With the ESEA Advanced Season 34 regular season starting last night, Dust2.us is back with another series of roster changes affecting the division's top teams.
Starting off with a change from all the way back on April 10th, Rise have completed their roster with the additions of Edward "kber" Vaudry and Jun "JPARK" Park, with the duo having last played for Gorilla Gang and Kinship, respectively.
With these additions, Rise are now:
Cody "Domorin" Lutzel- Ken "krotomo" Otomo
- Chris "duck" Dutoit
Edward "kber" Vaudry- Jun "JPARK" Park
- Josh "shinobi" Abastado (Coach)
Next up, Clarity have returned to CS:GO with the signing of the lineup built around the former Arial Arise core. The team also notably features Addison "zecK" Gorzeck, with the player doubling as Recon 5's analyst.
With the signing of this lineup, Clarity head into Season 34 with:
- Addison "zecK" Gorzeck
- John "Jm0" Williams
- Tristan "Toad" Wood
- "Sensor"
- Nicholas "hate" Young
On April 19th, Serac also made a significant change to their CS:GO division as they parted ways with their former lineup and signed slime. ex-Serac were notably in ESEA MDL Season 33 Relegation last season, almost making MDL before being eliminated by Trivium.
With this new signing, the two teams are now:
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Like Clarity, Eclipse have also returned to CS:GO, picking up the former Super Nova lineup and making a number of changes to lineup.
With the only players staying on being Adam "Ange" Milian and Jacob "L0NER" Webster, the roster has been rounded out by former Thunder Logic player Nathan "rabbit" Beale, former Just Swing player Chris "Slash" Petersen and "Joe", with this being the mysterious player's second season on ESEA.
As a result, Eclipse return with:
- Adam "Ange" Milian
- Jacob "L0NER" Webster
- Nathan "rabbit" Beale
- Chris "Slash" Petersen
- "Joe"
Fine Wine have also seen changes this week, as Andrew "werdnA" B. has left the team and been replaced by Francis "kiko" Lao and Paul "n2g" Lao. While the brothers are relatively unknown today, kiko featured heavily in the upper echelons of late Counter-Strike 1.6 and early CS:GO having played for the likes of Dynamic, Area 51, Netcode Illuminati, and Denial.
Fine Wine's Old Guys-esque roster is now:
- Josh "Wade" Wade
- Mike "Pho" Panza
- Arya "arya" Hekmat
- Abraham "abE" Fazli
- Francis "kiko" Lao
- Paul "n2g" Lao
Continuing on, Grazur have added Stefan "Lacore" Paunovic to the team after Brenden "Reptar" O'Neill elected to step down from the team on April 21st.
As such, Grazur head into Season 34 with:
- Jorge "xCore" Barreda
- Nolan "Temperature" Pepper
- Bilal "SPAMMER" Ali
- Paul "aris" Wilson
Stefan "Lacore" Paunovic- Max "TR1LL-" Kesselhaut (Coach)
Finally, rounding out the changes for this week, COVID-5 have brought on Norman "contii" Yeung as their new fifth after Jordan "jitter" Ruggiero left the team one day after joining.
Additionally, the team are now set to use London "welly" Purdy as a stand-in to keep the spot due to Ian "battery" Yates leaving to join Swedish Canadians.
With this, COVID-5 are now:
- Danny "cxzi" Strzelczyk
- Anthony "CLASIA" Kearney
- Bobby "stamina" Eitrem
- Kyle "Wolffe" Greenfield
- Norman "contii" Yeung
- London "welly" Purdy (Stand-in)
