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Counter-Strike: elemeNt retires

By: Luis Mira - Published December 04, 2008 at 1:44 PM EST - Writer Archive

GotFrag.com understands that Ola "elemeNt" Moum has decided to retire from gaming.

The Norwegian veteran decided to return to gaming for the World Cyber Games, where his team placed fourth, losing to e-STRO in the Consolation Final.

He also featured for cbteam in the opening EPS Scandinavia fixture against fnatic; however, he would be left out of the squad that tackled GamePlay.

While Moum has retired from gaming, the plans of Preben "prb" Gammels�ter and Mats "noLA" Nygren are still unknown but the pair have reportedly become inactive.

Meanwhile, cbteam has added three players to the EPS team: Thomas Holm "quitY" Nilsen, Tommy "tacky" Mosgaard and Ulv Ares "xern" Bjornsson.

cbteam has now the following team for EPS Scandinavia:

Norway

Sondre "REAL" Svanevik
Norway

Tommy "syrtekz" Skoglund
Norway

Thomas Holm "quitY" Nilsen
Norway

Tommy "tacky" Mosgaard
Norway

Ulv Ares "xern" Bjornsson
Norway

Tor Aksel "drei" Haugnes
Norway

K�re "t0s" Kristoffersen

User Comments

orly

LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEROY JENKINNNNNNNSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

so sad for the norwegian scene (and the world one)... poor REAL, alone with unknowns...

he has already retired

"fRoD doesnt cheat" "#7 online/north america, you do the math" -qu4kE_

I only hope to see him return sometime in the future. Sad moment is 1.6's history.

:(

who are quitY and xern -_-

theres a shocker >.>

#LANbeforeTIME ~~ dvt is teh n008135t (>-__-)>: dont talk to me anymore. *sadface**

When does elemeNt retiring stop making the headlines? It happens once a year or so.

http://esea.net/users/185807

xern, quitY and syrtekz are just as good as element/real etc :D really nice guys

i hope real find a better team,he deserves it

-(Bravo)-Jan1uX

Didnt even see any anouncment of him coming back from hes last retirement :P

!! ! :D ! !!

oh my, im so sad.
could never imagine he was going to do like that.

#10 made a point :p

This comment was edited at 12/04/2008 1:58 PM

The Brett Favre of CS imo.

However, I like Favre, and I also like elemeNt, so I'm sad to see him go (again).

^^^ good analogy #12 +frag for you bRUH

You cannot effect the outcome - #devastation

Who cares?

REAL is the only one who matters!

:( Ola

Such a cool guy, gl with school or w/e man

norway cs are stupid, 2 years later with team in the top10 and now all players retire , nice xD

#9 and #15 , REAL doesn't pick amateurs to play in his team, all the players in the lineup have plenty of experience and skill. :) GL

Retired for the 8th time is it?

#1 fan and bandwagon driver of Team Stevochevy

# 18 top 10?? :o

Meet Your Makers !!

whats the reason in making news out of it?
he said when he came back that it was only for the wcg finals.
so if you had payed more attention this would be no big blow for you element fan boys:p
elemeNt used to be the best in cs. now he have a life. Real life > Gaming

and #21
he probably meant top10 on a event.
like their fourth place in wcg. no wonder the team could have made more success if they had kept on playing together.
4th place at wcg is not bad after gaming together for 2-3 months:P

xern = BEST there is!

This comment was edited at 12/04/2008 3:06 PM

he will be back maybe

This comment was edited at 12/04/2008 3:06 PM

sad moment : \

www.get-a-fucking-life.com

he always does this silly stuff

#esportsea

"Here we go again.

Again."

-Ben Stiller in his Tropic Thunder trailer.

#no-deal #rkz

#29 NoA?

#kentucky

lol@element. but he was a good player.

legend retiring, CS will miss you Ola :(

I'm the upgraded you.

something tells me he'll be back =\

Check it out now

wcg 2009

IM A KIXER FAN

What is this? The third time?

Look for elemeNt to return for some random tournament Q2/Q3 2009, fail, and retire again.

Gustav "NeZ^" Larimore -- Flashlight Orchestra -- #Flo -- ESEA-O

REAL should join a swedish team

ya #36

why doesnt REAL join a world quality team like FNATIC?

i mean might be good for fnatic to 6th man him in the rotation kind of like how SK did it back in 2005....just a thought

This comment was edited at 12/04/2008 5:57 PM

What else is new?

honestly, when I see those two words: element + retires --> I start lauging. How many times is he going to entertain me with his decisions?

no one ever retires from cs. he'll be back. soon enough

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

A good player, but has a long time that he dont play well

sucky, ola is the man

element is like cancer in so many ways. He retires, then theres a relapse, he retires then he relapses again. There's also the fact that he destroys teams.

he failed at life.

Fernando Giannaccari . GotFrag Coverage & News Reporter

k mj

T^T......

안녕, 갓프랙 꼬꼬마 친구들?

nola and real are the reason they did good at that last tournament....f uc kin element retiring yet again...

get rid these other fa gs off the lineup, it should be REAL, nola, syrtekz/xern (xern is a beast), prb, drei/luddeN

if nola and prb really dosent play i think a solid 5 would be REAL, syrtekz, LuddeN, drei, xern (with real calling the strats)
they are going to waste alot of talent if noLA and prb wont play, and it will be hard for them to compete internationally, but im always rooting for team norway

This comment was edited at 12/04/2008 8:55 PM

tixo roman Edward mSx REAL face markeloff snajdan delpan walle sakula sixeR xhiroz zy evo<3

" Towers are so high " Agree #22
RIP gg | gj elemeNt

It's a publicity stunt, so people will always remember him.. I wouldn't doubt that he comes back again, and does thing over again "NEVER ENDING CYCLE"