Despite winning IG5 LAN in mid-February and achieving a strong 4th place finish at i33, Reason Gaming has announced that their Counter-Strike: Source team is to disband with immediate effect. The split has been put down to a lack of motivation combined with "tempting offers" from rival teams.

The line-up managed to win IG5 LAN regardless of Birmingham Salvo and London Mint’s presence. They edged out Birmingham Salvo in the upper bracket final before moving on to play London Mint in the grand final, defeating them 16 – 2. However, the two CGS teams had chance to exact their revenge on Reason at i33, defeating them 16 – 14 twice to send them home in 4th place.

In an official news post on the Reason Gaming website, General Manager Ben Dalloway clarified the reasons behind the departure:

"After a hugely successful IG5 event the players were unhappy with 4th place at i33 and in the following weeks this lead to a decline in motivation. While usually issues such as this could be resolved, it was timed with the fact that some of the squad were each receiving very tempting offers from rival teams, which with contracts about to expire were too tempting to decline.

Many thanks to Henrik, Chris, Dan, Jimmy and of course Simen for all the hard work they have done while at Reason Gaming. We wish the guys the best of luck with their new plans."

Additionally, Simen "warclown" Aas Henriksen, former member of Reason Gaming, released a statement of his own:

"I would like to thank everyone for their support along the way, it has been one hell of a ride. Special thanks go out to our sponsors and of course our management who have been there for us; gaming matters or personal matters. A really good support system and I have nothing but good things to say about this organisation."

GM Ben Dalloway also confirmed that Reason Gaming will be looking to pick up a new team "when the time is right".

Source: Reason Gaming