This Week in eSports - aL situation, Rekkles Academy Team, and Major CLG News

Posted on at 11:25 AM by Moobeat
Hey everyone, here's a quick update on the happenings in the eSports world this week!
Continue reading for information regarding Fnatic and their AD Carry, Rekkles, Absolute Legends NA, and some major changes in a North American team!

Fnatic and Rekkles
Rumours of possible trouble in the Fnatic line up lead to the announcement by Fnatic that Rekkles will be heading up a new Academy level team during Season 3. Due to Riot rules in the Championship series, Rekkles cannot play because he is under age (17). Instead he will be a part of an academy team that will attend every non-Riot event during Season 3!

Absolute Legends NA
Unfortunately, The Absolute Legends organization has disbanded their North American team on December 26th. This leaves Spellsy, ROBERTxLEE, YoDa, Zekent, and Slooshi without a professional team.

Counter Logic Gaming Changes
The organization of CLG has come out this morning with a TON of changes! Here's a nice compiled little list of things coming out of this announcement:

- CLG has signed onto GGWP Apparel and have an entire line of clothing coming out. The link is located here but isn't currently up. It will be in the future.

- The documentary that CLG has been planning is almost finished and it's going to be free to watch by anyone who wants to view it.

- CLG is coming out with their own tournament as well! Like the SoloMid Series that recently finished, CLG is coming out with the CLG Premier Series. They've released this trailer along with the anouncement: 
In short, the tournament competitors will be decided by the North American 5v5 ladder. The top 16 teams will be chosen to compete. The prize money will be initially donated by CLG in the amount fo $10,000. Each further installment's prize pool will be determined by the amount of revenue generated from the installment before.  More information available here.

This photo courtesy of the CLG announcement. It was just too cute not to share.
- In sad news, CLG.eu will no longer be a part of the CLG franchise. Their contract which expires in a few days will not be renewed. CLG.eu has apparently received some great offers to buy the team and the CLG organization could not keep up. HotShotGG released this statement:
“While I am sad to see CLG EU leave, I understand their position and the wonderful opportunity that has been presented to them. In their time with the organization, Snoopeh, Krepo, Yellowpete, Froggen, and Wickd have proven themselves to be one of the most consistent and formidable teams in the League of Legends professional scene. I am proud of what they have accomplished; grateful for the value and honor they brought to CLG; thankful for the time we spent together as teammates and friends at events, in Korea, at the gaming house in California; and excited to see them continue to develop and grow not only as players, but as people. Good luck in Season 3 and beyond!”
 - As well, CLG.Black has decided to disband as well. This was the second North American team from the franchise. With the disbanding of this team, CLG Prime has decided to pick up Link115 as their substitute player for the Season 3 championship series. He will be moving into the CLG house with the other team members.

- In CLG Prime news, Aphromoo will be taking over the starting position of support player. He fills the spot left by Locodoco when he left the team earlier in the year. Aphromoo put out this statement regarding joining CLG Prime:
“Time to get down to business,” said Aphromoo about joining CLG. “Being given the opportunity to play support for CLG makes me a little giddy because I will be able to play a role I am most comfortable in, coming from a healer for seven years in World of Warcraft. I will be putting in hard work to master support coming from playing AD carry so much, but with being under CLG I will have the proper tools necessary in order to become the best support in the world. I am happy!”
- Management in the CLG organization has also done some major changing! No longer will Helen “RealMomGG” Georgallidis be CEO and Robert “CyberBob” Del Papa be COO. They've decided to leave the organization. Also, Kelby “SAYOCEAN” May will fill the role of General Manager and Mark “Garvey” Candella will fill the role of Director of Business Development.

32 comments

  1. Zio Cade HancockDecember 28, 2012 at 11:34 AM

    Aphro must be getting a nice contract to go play support

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  2. SknightDecember 28, 2012 at 11:36 AM

    So, who is now sponsoring the former CLG.eu?

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  3. Darlene PostmaDecember 28, 2012 at 11:59 AM

    Exciting news! This is a great time to watch eSports unfold. Thanks for keeping us up to date!

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  4. Chase HansonDecember 28, 2012 at 12:04 PM

    According to the article (hint hint), they've had many offers but its still up in the air.

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  5. SeranayaDecember 28, 2012 at 12:05 PM

    They haven't announced it yet and they said it wouldn't be announced for awhile.

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  6. Wiggle ButtsDecember 28, 2012 at 12:29 PM

    Aphromoo OP

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  7. Wiggle ButtsDecember 28, 2012 at 12:30 PM

    Support or feed

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  8. Chrishaad GibsonDecember 28, 2012 at 12:31 PM

    Aphrogave me a reason to atch CLG games ._____. now I dunno if hate or love CLG x_x

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  9. Ronald SchoonoverDecember 28, 2012 at 12:33 PM

    Why not switch the roles up during tourneys? have doublelift play supp and aphro play AD to screw with the opponents when they dont expect it.

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    1. AnonymousDecember 28, 2012 at 1:03 PM

      Thats not going to screw with shit and double lift is mechanically one of the best adc's in the world.

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  10. Stoyko0December 28, 2012 at 12:37 PM

    Its going to be interesting to see Support Aphro

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  11. Nathan LawrensonDecember 28, 2012 at 1:03 PM

    Glad to see Rekkles is still going to be playing professionally. And moreover, that Fnatic are keeping him on. That has been an amazing team with him as a part of it and I was sad to think he'd have to leave them.

    Wonder where CLG.eu's lineup will land. Sincerely hope that team stays together. Probably my favourite team to watch.

    What happened with Hotshot's mom to make her leave? Hm.

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  12. Muragu HaldecDecember 28, 2012 at 2:27 PM

    Completely agree, and not all players know how to play support :D

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  13. CrercDecember 28, 2012 at 2:38 PM

    Why did al disband? I loved spellsy :(

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  14. SeranayaDecember 28, 2012 at 2:58 PM

    Not a problem c: That's what I'm here for!

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  15. Eben CurlDecember 28, 2012 at 3:03 PM

    AL dropped them, because of the cheating incident.

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  16. Eben CurlDecember 28, 2012 at 3:04 PM

    This is actually a genius idea. I hope it happens.

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  17. Bryant AblerDecember 28, 2012 at 6:56 PM

    Aphro's back apparently could not handle the weight of Fear anymore.

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  18. Shin JaDecember 28, 2012 at 7:22 PM

    wow aphromoo left fear?_? god why?

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  19. Darlene PostmaDecember 28, 2012 at 7:37 PM

    I heard legends that Azubu might be picking them up.

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  20. Megan FlanDecember 28, 2012 at 9:27 PM

    Supportmoo? o_o Lots of changes in eSports! Can't wait to see where the former CLG.eu will be next :3

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  21. DravenDecember 29, 2012 at 3:49 AM

    if only there were more people like you guys

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  22. metDecember 29, 2012 at 4:32 AM

    Maybe clg.eu guys will play as "Oceloteworld Boys" or something like that

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  23. CrercDecember 29, 2012 at 1:02 PM

    What happened?

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  24. Eben CurlDecember 29, 2012 at 2:05 PM

    Basically there was a bug where spectators were allowed in the game and they used a spectator to ghost in a Bo3 match against TD (I believe). It didn't help amazingly because of the 3min delay, but it gave them some minor advantages due to a pause (again, I think).


    Overall, they basically tried to cheat in a Bo3 and still lost.

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  25. Julio Del VignaDecember 29, 2012 at 2:28 PM

    Who cares about HotshotGG's opinion. Well, I don't.

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  26. flajeenDecember 29, 2012 at 2:29 PM

    wat

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  27. TritonDecember 29, 2012 at 4:40 PM

    I'm really excited to see what CLG.eu ends up doing. They're definitely better than Prime too.

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  28. SlateDecember 29, 2012 at 6:57 PM

    I don't think HSGG could have made a more generic comment about CLG.eu

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  29. George MurrayDecember 30, 2012 at 6:42 AM

    i love the LoL scene right now, its extremely healthy, i recently did a piece on it, http://datfrag.com/the-success-of-lol/

    Hope aL get back into things soon, im a fan of their orga, and gl to CLG, such a shame they disbanded :((. *forggen fan here*

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  30. Darlene PostmaDecember 31, 2012 at 9:25 AM

    Obviously will be known as Azubu Turtle.

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  31. CrercDecember 31, 2012 at 7:41 PM

    TY!

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