After playing with different stand-ins for months, N9 has finally formally declared the addition of a 4th member. They are still trying out other players for the last one. After weeks of playing as a stand-in for Natural 9 in 4PL Cups and Starladder qualifiers, Swedish player Tim 'XoYnoZnU' Lundell Johansson is now officially added into the team's roster.
The 5th member of the team, on the other hand, is still being sought for. Currently, that last player is still unknown, but the team has been seen playing with Walleater at 4PL.
Statement David 'GoDz' Parker , N9 Manager:
'People who followed us in the two recent 4PL Cups, SL Qualifier, and GosuCup may have noticed, we've been playing with Tim "Xoynoznu" Lundell Johansson. He's a really awesome guy and will be joining N9 permanently. We are still undecided on the 5th member who will join at this point, but are considering a few possibilities. We're very confident in our ability to compete with everyone at the top of the NA/Eu scene and thank our patient and loyal fans as we fight on!'
'People who followed us in the two recent 4PL Cups, SL Qualifier, and GosuCup may have noticed, we've been playing with Tim "Xoynoznu" Lundell Johansson. He's a really awesome guy and will be joining N9 permanently. We are still undecided on the 5th member who will join at this point, but are considering a few possibilities. We're very confident in our ability to compete with everyone at the top of the NA/Eu scene and thank our patient and loyal fans as we fight on!'
N9 has suffered roster troubles ever since they fell short in The International 2 when they played under the aL tag. With the departure of Justin 'xMusica' Yuen, Trong 'Snoopy' Truong, and Scott 'bLeeK' Jensen, the team has always been in need of new fresh talents.
The team added their former captain, David 'r1sk' Arnous in November, prior to the next big LAN event, The Asia.
N9 with Winter and FzFz in The Asia 2012.
The team went through the Alienware Arena competition to qualify for The Asia with stand-in, Anh 'GET-LOST' Tran, and they competed at The Asia 2012 with Litt-Binn 'Winter' Chan and Cheng Hor 'FzFz' Siew.
Natural 9 fell short to LGD and MUFC in Group A of The Asia despite rigorous training in the Invasion LAN cafe a week before the tournament.
Despite their previous claim to play only in SEA tournaments a few months ago, the team will now be competing exclusively in Europe and North American tournaments.
'We couldn't find anybody suitable in AU or SEA region', said Parker.
When prompted if the Aussies players will be playing with delay on servers so far away, Parker said, 'The Aussie boys get 230-280 ms on US East servers so it's pretty much similar to all other servers'.
Natural 9 current roster:
David 'r1sk' Arnous Alex 'blackshatan' Chang Darcy 'Godot' Jose
Tim 'XoYnoZnU' Lundell Johansson