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Warcraft 3: HoT leaves SK, joins Gravitas Gaming

By: Jaclyn Lo - Published December 03, 2007 at 12:35 PM EST - Writer Archive
Long-time player for SK Gaming decides to depart his team and join newly formed Gravitas Gaming.
Mykhaylo "HoT" Novopashyn played under the SK banner for 4 years, which is considered the team that "discovered" his talent when he was starting out in Warcraft III.

Novopashyn performed well during the Incup weekly tournaments which prompted people to take notice leading to his invitation to the clan.

During SK Gaming's "dark days", when the team underwent massive roster changes -- Novopashyn stepped up and became one of the team's go-to player.

The Ukrainian player always has represented his country for national events such as WCG and ESWC, playing top 8 in WCG 2004, 3rd place in WCG 2006 and 1st in WCG Europe along with a 2nd place spot in the Extreme Masters.

His move to newly formed team Gravitas Gaming is sudden but not surprising. Gravitas Gaming appears to be supporting Russian, Ukranian and Belarussian players for their team. They recruited former fnatic players Mikhail "XyLigan" Ryabkov and Robert "Rob" Abdrakhmanov, along with enticing Oleg "TitaN" Kuptsov to leave his former team mousesports.

This move allows Novopashyn to shine more in his team during matches, as the recent additions to the SK team with SoJu, ReMinD and Lyn would lesses his playing time for online leagues.

Gravitas Gaming now boasts of a 6 man roster, and is currently competing in the WC3L qualifications.

The Gravitas Gaming Roster

Ukraine Mykhaylo "HoT" Novopashyn
Russia Mikhail "XyLigan" Ryabkov
Russia Robert "Rob" Abdrakhmanov
Russia Oleg "TitaN" Kuptsov
Russia Boris "Quai" Lekontsev
Belarus Vladislav "Frozen" Baranov

Link:
Gravitas Gaming

User Comments

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g00d luck
#united5 #soLgaming
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Best of luck under your new home!
Courage is the discovery that you may not win, and trying when you know you can lose.
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GG = ownage now
w a f f l e s.
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yh but something is wrong..
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Hot fighting!
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team USSR
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#6
if u didn't knew, ussr doesn't exist since 1990...
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Mykhaylo "HoT" Novopashyn
Mikhail "XyLigan" Ryabkov
Robert "Rob" Abdrakhmanov

Nice team indeed!
#7, #6 was ironic if you dont know...
You make your choice
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#7 id you didnt get that joke ur retardeddd
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GotFrag Prime!
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Pretty obvious lol #7.
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just in case if u didn't knew guys =)
#9 - thx for telling me the truth, next time when i will see words like "ussr" and "team" i'll rofl, promise.

This comment was edited at 12/04/2007 3:03 PM
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gl hf
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nice line up! g00d luck Gravitas
coffee & cigarettes

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