SK Gaming has a large roster for a variety of eSports, including: Quake, FIFA, WC3, WoW, and Counter Strike. But now they can add one more title to their list, Starcraft.
French Clan Not Allowed has a phenomenal roster under their belt. Their players are located all over the world, and even include Chinese player Pj who took 2nd place at the WCG 2007. As a result, eSports titan, SK Gaming, has shown interest in the Starcraft scene and recruited 11 players from [NA] to compete in a multitude of offline and online tournaments in the coming months. Stephanie "Collide" Nguyen-Vinh, one of the new team managers, said in a recent interview that "we'll not only play Chinese and international tournaments like G-league, CEG, WCG, IEF, but we will also play in the Europeans leagues such as the BWCL, WGTCL and the Underground League." SK obviously has many resources and a great coaching staff, so hopefully [NA] will improve overall as a team and be able to dominate in more upcoming events!
Zhang Lu Ming "Super"
Interestingly enough, many of the players won't even have to get off the couch as a result of the merger. Five of the Chinese players from [NA] live under the same roof as it is. So while the managers are taking care of the paper work, these lucky 5 are just hanging out, eating Flamin' Hot Lays and drinking Mountain Dew (mOnion is jealous). Jokes aside, the fact that the players live together and train together on a constant basis really contributes to the team morale, and is sure to help the team do well overall, according to the team manager.
Collide also said that the "interesting mix of European talents like; Ryko and Zazu mixed in with Chinese superstars like PJ and Super will be crucial for success in theses online tournaments. We hope to represent SK Gaming to the best of our ability both online and offline."
So finally, here is the brand new SK Gaming Starcraft:BW roster:
SK Gaming Starcraft:BW |
Junchun 'Pj' Sha |
Luming 'Super' Zhang |
Lei 'Chinatttt' Zhang |
Hao 'Vulture' Lei |
Chunlei 'Fengzi' Zhang |
Patrik 'Zazu' Niemier |
Matthieu 'Sparkles' Giaccometti |
Jakub 'Crow' Sedlacek |
Dennis 'Wave' Hedberg |
Paul 'ryko' Kirali |
Niklas 'Viper' Stenius |
Stéphane 'Collide' Nguyen-Vinh |
Bugg "Bugg" Thomas |
Links
sk-gaming.com - Story on the merger and links to entire SK roster