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Counter-Strike Source: Red quits 1.6, moves to EYE for CS:S project

By: Luis Mira - Published June 06, 2007 at 11:02 PM EDT - Writer Archive
Louis "Red`" Nyberg steps down as a Counter-Strike: 1.6 gamer, moving to Counter-Strike: Source on a full-time basis.
The Swedish player had been linked with a move to SK Gaming for the past weeks, following his use in the ESWC Pre-qualifier at Inferno Online, where SK cruised to win the tournament.

Nyberg earned rave reviews for his perfomance in the tournament, and the former 4Kings talent was even used in a bootcamp against Made in Brazil, but he insists that his future will not be in SK.

The Swedish talent says SK has other plans for the Swedish team and that a new fifth has already been found by Andreas "bds" Thorstensson.

"Looking at the CS 1.6 scene, all of the Swedish teams are full, and that includes SK," Nyberg told GotFrag.com.

"I've always had offers from 1.6 teams, but none that were really appeling."

Louis
Louis "Red`" Nyberg
Meanwhile, Nyberg has joined the EYEballers Counter-Strike: Source team, which plans on attending the upcoming CGS European Qualifiers in late August.

"I've been wanting to play in CGS for a long time and when I heard about the European qualifiers I thought: Why not? Here was my shot so I took it," Nyberg said.

"If we don't make it into the CGS I'm not really sure what i'll do (...)"

Nyberg teams up in EYEballers with experienced Swedish names, like Niklas "NightMan" Ruth, former member of Begrip Gaming, or Marcus "Rattan^Maja" Persson, who played for redWhite in the EuroCup tournament.

The EYEballers Counter-Strike team is composed by:

Sweden Christoffer "Helblinde" Nilsson
Sweden Daniel "giftig" Ivarsson
Sweden Louis "Red`" Nyberg
Sweden Niklas "NightMan" Ruth
Sweden Marcus "Rattan^Maja" Persson

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