The winds of change have once again swept through the Mousesports organization, as today it was announced that Christian "Blizzard" Chmiel and Tim "silver" Hochgrebe are no longer part of the Counter-Strike 1.6 squad. Taking their place will be Antonio "Cyx" Daniloski and Fatih "gob b" Dayik, both formerly of Frankfurts-Finest. Dayik was also seen competing for ID Gaming at ESWC, due to that team being a man shy after the departure of Andre "nooky" Utesch.

The move will not come as a shock to some, as Mouz has consistently failed to achieve the lofty heights most expected of them after re-tooling the lineup at the beginning of the year, when they imported 3 former members of perennial rivals Alternate aTTax. Most recently, Mouseports finished fourth at WSVG Louisville and before that, took second place in the EPS X finals, after dropping two maps to aTTax. This past weekend, their performance at ESWC -- where they did not get past the first group stage -- was a catalyst for drastic action in the team.

With this move, Mouz now has only one rostered player who was with the team in 2006, Franz "gore" Burghardt. Chmiel was with the team for several years, and his dismissal comes as more of a surprise than does Hochgrebe's, who was part of Mouz for only six months. Reasons for the changes have not yet been given. The future plans of Chmiel and Hochgrebe are also unknown at this time.

Until last month, Frankfurts-Finest was competing under the name 360eSports in EPS, in which they finished fourth after a stellar season. After their contracts with 360eSports expired, the team decided to seek another organization.

Mousesports roster:
Antonio 'cyx' Daniloski
Fatih 'gob b' Dayik
Franz 'gore' Burghardt
Navid 'Kapio' Javadi
Manuel 'tixo' Makohl

Frankfurts-Finest roster:
Philipp "PHILIPP" Reitzmann
Burak "coLLy" Dogramaci
Milad "Milad" Zamiri
Sinan "bauzka" Cavus

Source: readmore.de