After Taneli "disturbed" Veikkola and Tom "stonde" Glad announced their departure from ENCORE, the Finish team is now down to only three players.
Taneli "disturbed" Veikkola announced on his twitter that he will be stepping down from the competitive gaming due to personal reasons. The Finish player decided to fully commit to his full time job outside the gaming and therefore he felt that the team might suffer due to him not being able to commit enough time into the practice.
From this day forward, ENCORE will continue without me. I will step down from competitive gaming as my schedule is too tight to attend 1/2
— Taneli Veikkola (@diSTURBEDCSGO) May 20, 2015
tournaments and I'm not willing to risk my dayjob for gaming 2/2
— Taneli Veikkola (@diSTURBEDCSGO) May 20, 2015
A few hours later, ENCORE got stricken by another leave as Tom "stonde" Glad decided to take a break from competitive gaming as well. Stonde didn’t come out with the official statement regarding this matter. However, a Finish player has replied to another twitter user when he was asked about this subject.
@m1skaaa don't have the time & motivation what it takes to compete against the best. having a break from competitive gaming. just a break ;>
— Tom Glad (@stondeCSGO) May 20, 2015
It’s still unknown who will be filling in the spots of these two players. As ENCORE is currently participating at Acer Predator Masters and RGN Pro Series.
ENCORE’s current line-up
Jesse "KHRN" Grandell
Mikko "xartE" Välimaa
Niko "naSu" Kovanen
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