The Swedish team was one of the sides on show in last weekend's DreamHack LAN event, having managed a 3rd-4th place finish at the ESWC qualifier.

According to team manager, Niklas Kronquist, the removal of Alesund is explained by his "poor communication" with the rest of the players, which had an impact on Blank's performances.

"To achieve good results, you need players that are quire similar in the way they communicate in real life," Kronquist told GotFrag.com. "Unfortunately, Alesund did not really mix with the others."

The departure of the former Meet Your Makers player leaves Blank with a four-man roster nearly a month before the start of GameGune 2008.

Kronquist states that Blank is already testing a new fifth player and that it should be announced in time for the Spanish event.

Blank has now the following roster:

Fredrik "JAEGARN" Andersson
Johan "face" Klasson
Rasmus "GuX" Ståhl
Niklas "Nikolaus" Johansson