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ex-Reason squad move to nerdRage
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February 14, 2016

The ETF2L Season 22 champion team led by kaidus, formerly playing under the banner of Reason Gaming, have decided over the past few days to bid their previous org goodbye and play for nerdRage. The team was with Reason Gaming for over a year and represented them in three ETF2L seasons, a variety of independent tournaments including the Challengers Cup and ZOWIE 16, and at i55 and DreamHack Winter 2015. The team has decided to make the change with a view towards the future, looking ahead towards Gamers Assembly, DreamHack Summer and i58.

nerdRage sponsored a team during Season 21 and i55, and the team made it to the Grand Finals through the Upper Bracket after knocking down froyotech in a historical game. Since the team disbanded shortly afterwards, nerdRage have been looking for a new roster to repeat that success.

nerdRage spoke on their decision to pick up the top European team:

We are happy to finally bare our colours in the TF2 competitive scene again, picking up a great line-up who together will be able to achieve a lot under our growing brand. The team have really shown their skill and passion for the game and we're looking forward to supporting them!

kaidus competing at DreamHack Winter with his team kaidus competing at DreamHack Winter with his team

ex-Reason Gaming have been at the top of the scene for over a year now, rising from their initial 3rd place result in early 2015 to finish 1st in the next two consecutive seasons of ETF2L. At i55 the team started slowly, with group stage games lost to nerdRage, TLR, and froyotech. They finished the first day with a BO1 win over Ascent however, and over the next two days they knocked Ascent out of the tournament and were 1 round away from knocking out LAN legends froyotech after a victory on badlands. They finished 3rd at i55, but since then have been the best team in Europe, walking over #tf2center in the Season 22 Grand Finals despite an earlier loss to them in the Challengers Cup. The team finished first at the DreamHack Winter 2015 tournament and is currently top of the ETF2L table alongside Full Tilt.

kaidus, kaptain and Hafficool have formed the core of the team since creation in January 2015 when they were originally paired up with skeej, zoob and wltrs. The team has swapped out the medic and flank wholesale twice in that time; in Season 21 the team brought in KnOxXx, Mike, and Forsak3n until i55, after which the team brought in Permzilla and i55 nerdRage scout Stark. The team also recently settled on Drackk in the roamer role.

The roster for nerdRage is now:

  • Scout: Stark
  • Scout: Hafficool
  • Roamer: Drackk
  • Pocket: kaptain
  • Demoman: kaidus
  • Medic: Permzilla
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hi

hi
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Why is Zebbo not mentioned together with other ex players?

Why is Zebbo not mentioned together with other ex players?
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The original nR was better imo

The original nR was better imo
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huelessThe original nR was better imo

They weren't bad at all and could put a good show giving feelings to the spectators but they weren't able to have big strats and didn't have a chemistry (also due to the language barrier) as good as the new nR.

P.S. also even tho the results were different I consider the consolation finals at i55 a better upset to froyo rather than the upper finals. Reason proved that they could compete against froyo not only thanks to individual skill but with an equivalent strat and chemistry.

[quote=hueless]The original nR was better imo[/quote]
They weren't bad at all and could put a good show giving feelings to the spectators but they weren't able to have big strats and didn't have a chemistry (also due to the language barrier) as good as the new nR.

P.S. also even tho the results were different I consider the consolation finals at i55 a better upset to froyo rather than the upper finals. Reason proved that they could compete against froyo not only thanks to individual skill but with an equivalent strat and chemistry.
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This is an upgrade becuase the logo looks cooler.

This is an upgrade becuase the logo looks cooler.
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im blind.

im blind.
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decisions were made on icelandic mumble. ICELAND TF2 POWER COUNTRY

decisions were made on icelandic mumble. ICELAND TF2 POWER COUNTRY
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Kaidus the snake

Kaidus the snake
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nati0ndecisions were made on icelandic mumble. ICELAND TF2 POWER COUNTRY

Considering Iceland has a population of like 300000 it's got like a 9 times higher proportion of its population in prem than any other country.

[quote=nati0n]decisions were made on icelandic mumble. ICELAND TF2 POWER COUNTRY[/quote]
Considering Iceland has a population of like 300000 it's got like a 9 times higher proportion of its population in prem than any other country.
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Zestynati0ndecisions were made on icelandic mumble. ICELAND TF2 POWER COUNTRYConsidering Iceland has a population of like 300000 it's got like a 9 times higher proportion of its population in prem than any other country.

cant argue with statistics

[quote=Zesty][quote=nati0n]decisions were made on icelandic mumble. ICELAND TF2 POWER COUNTRY[/quote]
Considering Iceland has a population of like 300000 it's got like a 9 times higher proportion of its population in prem than any other country.[/quote]
cant argue with statistics
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what about the keyboards

what about the keyboards
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any official reasons the swapped orgs?

any official reasons the swapped orgs?
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alphaaany official reasons the swapped orgs?

Official [R]easons*

[quote=alphaa]any official reasons the swapped orgs?[/quote]
Official [R]easons*
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alphaaany official reasons the swapped orgs?

kaidus ran out of players to cut so he cut his sponsor

[quote=alphaa]any official reasons the swapped orgs?[/quote]
kaidus ran out of players to cut so he cut his sponsor
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alphaaany official reasons the swapped orgs?

because of the avatars

[quote=alphaa]any official reasons the swapped orgs?[/quote]

because of the avatars
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alphaaany official reasons the swapped orgs?

the name felt fitting after acquiring our 4th brit

[quote=alphaa]any official reasons the swapped orgs?[/quote]

the name felt fitting after acquiring our 4th brit
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