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Counter-Strike Source: bears, sunman fill in for Chimera's shaG, Grt

By: Mark Cheben - Published June 27, 2007 at 4:00 PM EDT - Writer Archive
Erik "da_bears" Stromberg and Justin “sunman” Summy have been called up to the Chicago Chimera to temporarily fill in for Garett "Grt" Bambrough and Griffin “shaGuar” Benger.
When attempting to enter the United States to compete in the Championship Gaming Series' inaugural season both Garett "Grt" Bambrough and Griffin “shaGuar” Benger were denied entry into the United States. According to Bambrough, the customs agents were skeptical of the extended period of time he would be in the country.

“When I made it to customs I answered the questions like I always do when I attend tournaments, said Bambrough. “However, this time I got a woman who was in a bad mood. When I answered my duration of stay for a gaming tournament was five weeks she got suspicious. She then sent us for a secondary inspection where they discovered the CGS website and all the details about salary, etc. and wouldn't let us get in. They told us which VISAs to get and to come back once we obtained them. We did try a second time because we were told things were cleared up, but same thing happened and we got nabbed again.”

Erik "da_bears" Stromberg and Justin “sunman” Summy have been called up to fill in for the Chimera as the process to obtain the proper VISAs for Benger and Bambrough will take a minimum of two weeks. Stromberg had previously played with Stevenson and Lari in the middle of 2006 when he played for EG. After an extended stint playing with zEx in an attempt to qualify for the WCG Finals, he officially joined their roster at the end of 2006. Summy also has extensive experience playing with Corey "tr1p" Dodd, who were both teammates in compLexity for approximately two years. Bambrough only had good things to say about Summy and Stromberg.

“I believe Da bears is taking over calling duties for me and sunman will be doing le fragging,” Bambrough. “Da bears and Sunman are great characters and will be playing a vital role to this teams success. The choice to pick these two players couldn't have been any better for Chicago. They're personalities in-game and out will perfectly suit the Chicago franchise and I cant wait to see it on TV. Griffin and I will be watching and wishing the boys luck in the upcoming matches.”

No word on what long term impact this has on the Chicago franchise and what the ramifications are for Bambrough and Benger. More details will come as they are made available.

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why were the other canadian residents allowed in to america, but not shag or grt?
Only two good teams now are PGS and Virtus Pro.
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This sucks, this really does suck. These are some of the best guys on the team, and shaguar is one of the best personalities in eSports history. It's sad that this had to happen, stupid governmental interference!

This comment was edited at 06/27/2007 4:04 PM
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tr1p doesnt call strats? wow.... he did so well in coL. thats kinda... wow
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They are taking our jerbs !
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:( sadface ):
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Customs charged me 30 dollars after ordering a SteelSound 5H from the main site. Baztards
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Wow America you did it again ... you made us look like the worst country in the freaking world. I mean SERIOUSLY KEEPING OUT CANADIANS!!! Of all people... couple of 20-something year old canadians who play video games for a living... umm... ya. That was the last straw for me... eventually i'm moving to Europe... seriously... America sucks. Honestly I think the best thing that could happen now is for Hilary Clinton to become president..... Is that not just the saddest thing you've ever heard in your entire life. I dunno if its sad because im saying it or because its true though. Thats my rant for today, enjoy, have a nice life... who doesn't let canadians in? Honestly..
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oh come on.

Young Canadians who make a living with gaming. What will they do in the USA? Stay there? they would find another method to sneak in instead of taking a plane. lol

USA, doing a good job.
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After the TB patient was allowed into the country all security across the borders has been raised, cant blame people for doing their job.
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this is madness.. oh wait
i did it for the lulz
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#10 ya you can actually.. they just kicked out two canadian kids who are pro gamers... honestly... what F-in threat do they pose
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Blame them for sucking at thier job and failing at life
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#4 has this
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They shouldnt have said what they were coming in for, if you are working in the United States of America you need what is called a "work visa." lol
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it takes tough road to sucess . head up :)
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Really everyone you can not get to most countries for a job without the proper Visa and paperwork. CGS is a job no matter how you spin it.

The fun part is that people try to declare what they are doing get stopped at the boarder, anyone who lies or sneaks in can do whatever they want. Cool huh?
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Doesn't NAFTA protect this?
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That woman prolly was on her period, stupid biatch... i bet Garett and shaG were sooo raged, i know i would be... down here we get the same skeptical officers LoLz

worst government ever
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#8 You have some serious issues. Especially if you think Hilary Clinton is a good president.

Obviously you never heard of Ron Paul.

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THEY TOOK OUR JERBS!!!!
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DoPtRiGGa you need to seriously relax bro
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trig america doesnt suck, americans do and democracy lets uneducated americans elect other americans based off what they see in commercials and biased puppet tv networks.

there isnt enough information here to make any kind of judgement. the article seems to point the blame at cgs not the border patrol. cgs should have done all the paperwork for shag and grt.
now if this is a matter of them being turned out of the country soley because the particular border patrol person make a judgement then yes f*** them
you cant ask a person to bend the rules for anyone and risk their job for you; thats being selfish and is what it seems like what shag and grt wanted

it seems though that shag and grt were ignorant of these little paperwork neccesities that make this country run so horribly
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wth is happening to USA? No one welcome anymore? :(
CSS is bad
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and
dey took er jebs
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9/11 really mest up north-america. I was going to "the police" concert in Tennessee and in the U.s. Embassy they denied me the visa because " i was a possible inmigrant" because i make less than 30k a year.
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I bet Griff was really upset... that sucks. Good luck with sunman and db! They're amazing
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both great guys, met em both at ECL this past weekend. da bears is more open and sunman is kinda quiet, but sunman has a cool car hahah. and sucks for shag and grt...
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EG is mostly American now

Stevenson, Lari, Sunman, Da_bears, and trip just doesn't seem nearly as strong as their real roster
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trust me, we were not ignorant to the paperwork for obtaining visas, thats all i can say about that :P
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then what paperwork is being processed now and why didnt cgs lawyers take care of this as soon as they drafted foreign citizens to work in our country?
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what the hell???

gg on the idea of taxi teams though ;)
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grt: They took our jerbs!!

shag: I know wtf is that all a boot?
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The problem isn't that they're Canadian, it's that they were going to be making money. A foreigner needs a permit to make money in the United States. It's been that way for decades. Lari and Stevenson just slipped through because their custom agents probably didn't figure out that they were gong to be making a salary. It has nothing to do with being a threat.

You're a joke trigga. And washed up. GL in Europe.

This comment was edited at 06/27/2007 4:59 PM
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WE TOOK YOUR JERBS!! HAHA!
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What a joke, they must be doing this because Chris Benoit just went ape nuts. The government should stop comparing CS to WWE.
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I ALWAYS suspected that Grt was a terrorist, but ShaGuar too? WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TOO?!

All kidding aside, I wish you guys the best of luck tonight. I hope that da_bears and sunman have been practicing CS:S recently.

And kind of a shocker to learn that Grt was calling over tr1p. I had always thought that Grt had an excellent strategic mind ever since watching the old GB demos, it seemed like jame^s always shot you down though.
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there cut for not just sneaking across the border like real men
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goo-backs!
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GRT not saying that you guys do not know what you are doing but just pointing out that this is not just an USA thing it is how most places work.

Hope things move quickly for you guys and you get over here soon.
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Hope you guys get in! thats really gay. Train and work really hard for a tournament, then your not allowed in at the border! somethin you cant control.
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sucks for chimera... sunman + db are good but prob destroys chemistry =/
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I don't see what the big deal is. They are just here to steal our jobs. Every job they fill is one less that a real citizen can have. PRO US-American Border Control.
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dabears and sunman are both cool guys im glad they got to fill in for c.chimera.
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i hope everything is settled soon....but if its written down in law that you need a certain visa, or file certain paperwork to enter the country to "work" for a few weeks then thats the law. Probably an oversite on cgs' behalf. I hate the bureaucracy myself, but oh well. If everything was in proper order for them to cross the border for this particular reason and they were denied entry (twice) then something is screwed up...but to be honest I doubt that was the case
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Garret where were you trying to cross? Take the tunnel in Detroit and say you're visiting your buddy at Detroit Mercy. I lie about crap to customs all the time I have friends on the border. I hate those jerks, I don't even look at em. Post 9/11 USA makes me sick, I went from conservative to liberal in just a year over all this stupid ****
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I love you too guys #17 said it though honestly... "The fun part is that people try to declare what they are doing get stopped at the boarder, anyone who lies or sneaks in can do whatever they want. Cool huh?"

anddd #34 I see what your trying to say I understand they want them to have to declare the money they've made and pay taxes to our government who basically just takes all of our hard earned money and goes and attacks helpless countries because our daddy didn't get to finish what he started. I guess all of our money isn't enough they need them Canucks money too!! Anyways everyone knows im right one way or another... you might not like the way I put it buuut thats just the way it is.

#26 is just another example of how rediculous things have gotten...

Also..... my first post was supposed to be light humored and I wasn't trying to offend anyone by it.. I'm basically just stating my opinion if you don't like it thats fine... if you want to state some facts and prove me wrong go for it. Have a nice day ppl

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