Puumala had arrived at GamePlay from Excello in mid-April following the team's sub-par campaign at DTS Cup 2008, having enjoyed moderate success while at the Finnish giant.

With roccat/GamePlay, he managed a second-place finish at DreamHack Summer WGT and a third-place finish at Extreme Masters Dubai, among others.

More recently, he featured for GamePlay at the World Cyber Games, having seen this team crash out of the tournament at the quarter-finals after losing to SK Gaming.

Despite failing to help GamePlay claim any major piece of silverware, Puumala did not hide his frustration at being replaced, having insisted that Juuso "contE" Sajakoski was initially out of the squad.

"When Tomi got kicked the last time, contE promised that he would take care of in-game leading and there would be no problem," Puumala told GotFrag.com. "But, to be honest, it didn't work at all. In truth, getting rid of Tomi was a really huge mistake and I think it should not have happened.

"On Thursday evening plastE, naSu and I asked Tomi if he would like to start playing with us again and he was really happy about it.

"We agreed on getting rid of contE because his attitude was anything but what any top team in this world needs, I mean we couldn't practice seriously and we gave up in really important matches and that had to be changed right now.

"A weekend passed and I asked when we would do it and publish all this and that's when I heard I was the one getting replaced."

When quizzed on the reason behind Sajakoski's stay, Puumala said: "contE has played for this team from the beginning and he's a better friend of them all comparing to me because they have known each other for so long.

"He's also the best player in Finland in my opinion, and I think everyone in the team thinks that way too.

"I guess he promised that he would change his attitude if he didn't have to go, the line-up change had only come to our minds because of his attitude."

On his future, Puumala explained that he has not made a decision about what to do as of yet.