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Counter-Strike: aZn leaves zEx; roster back to six

By: Mark Cheben - Published January 15, 2007 at 11:09 PM EST - Writer Archive
Kevin “aZn” Wang has quit zEx following the team's addition of Josh “Dominator” Sievers.
Wang joined zEx back in March when he left h5m to join up with his former teammates from Check-Six. Since then he's been an integral part of the team and has helped zEx upset compLexity twice. Throughout 2006 his star continued to rise and he is now considered one of the US's top players. He leaves following a CPL Winter event where zEx upset compLexity but failed to make it past the second group stage. According to Wang, he received an offer he couldn't turn down and distanced himself from the team.

“Basically my leave for zEx was planned after the winter CPL event,” said Wang. “I had a offer that I just couldn't refuse. i told the zEx members about it and they all understood but i knew they were disappointed in me. Since then we haven't really talked much but I was told they were replacing me. I read a article on Gotfrag about Dominator joining up so I figured it was him.”

Following Siever's addition to zEx, the team's roster bulged to seven men. Wang believed that this addition was intended to fill his spot. He had been linked to a few different roster moves in this tumultuous period in American CS, but he leaves zEx without a team and no immediate plans for the future.

“The plans I had for leaving zEx also didn't work out the way it was supposed to,” said Wang. “Basically you can say I got the wrong end of what was actually supposed to happen. So as of right now I have no plans for this year and after I found out about Josh joining the team I figured I had no use for the team anymore. However, Josh is a great addition and I'm sure he'll play a big role for the team this year.”

Wang added that out of all the teams he has been a part of zEx has been his favorite because of “great teammates, great players, and most of all great friends.”

This leaves zEx with the following lineup:

United States Charlie "cbz" Pyo
United States Aran "i0nz" Curbelo
United States Anthony "m4gic" Coriale
United States Erik "da_bears" Stromberg
United States Josh “Dominator” Sievers
United States Thomas "idb" Grassi

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Ojez :-\ AZN got snuffed out a team he was supposed to join
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aZn NO~ best player in the w0rld
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welcome to 3D aZn
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Kevin's a great guy, he'll find a great team for him no doubt.
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3D|aZn

he was supposed to join 3D but they got another asian :(
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Best of luck aZn :<
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wow aZn stop being a stubborn guy and rejoin zEx!

aZn, Dominator, i0nZ, da_bears, m4gic

WOW.
saMa
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Good luck to AZN, he's a marvelous player.
there should be an age limit on stupidity
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This is awful!
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WOW!
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goodbye zex, hello 3d
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what will azn join :O
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gl in complexity azn :>
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#14 is from another world

and with 3D needed of a strat caller, it's pretty sure he is joining the team :)
[b]Buddy me! , and i maybe will buddy you :D | "[u]Aim Justifies Means[/u]"[/b]

3D still needs a 5th so it was probably coL he was going to
another one bites the dust
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Goodbye aZn, never really liked you anyways :)
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[b]The plans I had for leaving zEx also didn't work out the way it was supposed to,” said Wang. “Basically you can say I got the wrong end of what was actually supposed to happen. So as of right now I have no plans for this year[/b]

so basically he got an offer from a team so he left but found out that his offer no longer stood and is left without a team. Sounds like he really got the shaft.

Maybe he'll join flow, seeing as he's fairly good friends with them and just attended a lan in st.louis with them. Or maybe he'll go back to playing for h5m (aT) while he waits for an offer. Either way sucks this happened to such a good player.

Also tourbul said he had shown interest in azn awhile ago and had talked to him

Oh and he hates source and wont go to 3D. My guess is 3D offered him a spot, but then when lin came available they decided to take him instead.

This comment was edited at 01/15/2007 11:49 PM
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dominator leaves 3d ? why
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3D needs 1 more, so I guess that could be aZn, but remember, he doesnt play CS:S.. so.. NEVERMIND
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#19 he got cut... with shaGuar
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Best of luck aZn :<
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I don't buy that crap about him 'not knowing' what team he's going to join.

He's perfectly aware. The guy is the most talented and upcoming American player in the world right now. And if 3D is considering hiring another player over him and that's what the "wrong end" part is about, then Torbull must be an absolute idiot.

This comment was edited at 01/16/2007 12:13 AM
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Perhaps he'll go to Pandemic, and Elusive will be Pandy's 5th in Source.
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#24 You guys don't realize that Lin IS 3D's new caller. When it came about that Rambo would be leaving the team, Torbull needed someone to replace him. That someone is Lin. Combined with the fact that Lin was also beastly in Source at Everlan and WCG '05, that clinched the decision.

If it is actually true that aZn was to be the new recruit for 3D originally, it was Rambo's decision to leave for coL that changed the situation and nulled the deal.

Or who knows, it could have also been coL he was originally slotted for, so this is all just speculation regardless.

Anyway, concerning Source, assuming aZn joins a team that's interested in qualifying for CGS (meaning any of the top teams in America, pretty much), he'll come around to the money train sooner or later. But who knows, maybe he'll just join some CAL-P team again and fade from the spotlight forever. I dunno Wang that well, so I can't hazard a truly educated guess. I don't even actually know whether or not #18 is telling the truth when he claims that aZn won't tolerate playing Source.

This comment was edited at 01/16/2007 12:49 AM
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yay the clan hopper goes to another team
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Welcome to Team 3D Mr. Wang !
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aZn will have to accept source to join 3D. 3D would have a beast lineup of Lin, Volcano, Method, Ksharp, and aZn...
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that blows :/ gl
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aZn to 3D
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I suspect it was coL he was slated to join then they decided to move to source and pick up someone more appropriate for the role
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the money will make him play source ;)

method.Lin.aZn.volcano.ksharp = sickestttttt lineup.
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#33 I agree, but I'd still rather have Rambo in the lineup somewhere.
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3d.azn could be just sick, im looking forward to that, but on 1.6, source sux xD
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hes going to 3d obviously, too bad, with dominator replacing cbz zEx could have been quite good for the first time in a long while, I'd make the same move though so I can't blame him, gl aZn =D
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You're a beast aZn..I'd love seeing you on 3D. Hope you find a good team that treats you as good as zEx did. zEx would be a lot stronger with you thought :)
sup
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NiP-aZn- anyone? :>
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#38 I think the "teammates for Check-Six" was supposed to be "teammates from Check-Six"
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aZn rules!

gl to him, he will find a team easily
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jason lake's plot is unfolding quite nicely.
destroy the only u.s. teams that can compete with complexity.
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gl =|
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if u wanna talk about ludicracy u can go ahead and wonder y hanes is still on jmc and azn is left without a team...the 2 top players in the us on lower caliber teams than they should be...azn and hanes were my 1st 2 picks to go to complexity but i guess retarted lake makes another stupid decision
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#44 spell it with me
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4-5 days until he joins a top team.
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3D aZn[st] for sure
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Hes hot right now so no doubt there are a few offers already
IM A KIXER FAN
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WoW... One of the dumbest move on earth... Supposedly going to cut aZn who had the highest fpr in CPL.. tsk tsk... but aZn left first :D cuz' he wanted pride.
The team would ruled even more if it was this:

aZn
Dominator
da_bearz
m4gic
iOnz

dumbest thing ever...
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JOIN MY TEAM!!!

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