ID Gaming's Counter-Strike team is currently fifth in EPS and has little chances of qualifying for the LAN Finals, given the three-point difference to fourth-placed pod.hama, with only two rounds left to play.

The German organisation has been linked with financial problems for the past weeks, a situation which Tim "silver" Hochgrebe confirmed to local gaming portal readmore.de.

According to Christian "Blizzard" Chmiel, the players were not receiving their salaries, which justifies the recent drought of good results.

"Since we were not getting our salaries paid, we have almost stopped practicing for the past 4-5 weeks," Chmiel told GotFrag.com.

"The motivation went down to a very low level and as a result we played some very bad matches during the last weeks."

The team is already looking for a new partner and will play the remainder of the EPS season under the name "ins X".

According to Chmiel, Witali "nuY" Martin will departure from the squad during when the season reaches an end, with the former mousesports captain confirming the reports linking the team with roster changes.

"I can't comment on what we plan to do next year but I would really like to play with my former team mates Roman R. and fleks."

The ID Gaming team CS was as follows:

Christian "todi" Hackmann
Christian "Blizzard" Chmiel
Tim "silver" Hochgrebe
Alexander "XaVe" Ackenhausen
Witali "nuY" Martin
Christopher "Fragmaster" Kolla