CEVO-P for Pretense

All things being equal and with all due fairness, it would be unreasonable to call the first CEVO-Professional season a failure. Beginning in the first season with a professional division was a risk for CEVO but I submit that independent of how you or anyone else may feel about the outcome of this season, the league and our game are better off as a result. Would you like to know why? CEVO's brazen disregard of their hijack rule drew heavy criticism and forced the issue to everyone's attention. Consequently, CEVO have stated plainly that the rule will be enforced to its strictest interpretation for season 2. In a world where two CEVO-P teams make roster moves after the regular season and where two others combine for a total of one original member, strict roster regulations with enforceable penalties is the perfect remedy.

In any event, the rosters as they now appear are what we are left with. On the whole, EG have improved dramatically following the acquisition of smg all-star Adam "deny" Phan. Adam's breakneck pace and round-clutching SpecOps dominance are a perfect fit for the well directed, disciplined Evil Geniuses side. Rob-wiz has been spotted carrying the scope frequently since Maven's departure and it is unlikely that he will find much difficulty wherever he plays. MoB gaming were subjects in a few roster experiments themselves, most noticeably the acquisition of Zach "tm" Miller from Frag`dom and the decision to bench former pre-merge MoB leader Matt "Chimpae" Gomez. In their round one playoff match, they were seen playing without former Phoenix leader Jesse "NRv" Daly. Jesse's absence, coupled with a variety of other details, all point in the same direction but nothing official has come to light. PHG were recipients of a less than pleasant abandonment themselves but have bounced back seemingly without incident and were victorious over Focal in the CAL-main championship earlier this week. Most interesting is that one organization, Nexus, is directly involved with every single one of the abovementioned roster changes. This is hardly the first time Nexus has had to start anew. Everyone said that they'd never be the same team the last time this happened and they were wrong; can Nexus pull it off again?