Vor wenigen Tagen verließ Park ‚Rain‘ Seo Yong Team SCV Life mit der Begründung, sich mehr auf Turniere in Amerika und Europa zu konzentrieren. Dafür gab er sogar seinen GSL Code S Spot auf. Nun gab fnatic die Verpflichtung des Terranspielers bekannt.
Der größte Erfolg in der Karriere von Rain war der zweite Platz bei der dritten GSL Open. Nun wird er aber in die Vereinigten Staaten ziehen und dort trainieren. Zurzeit nimmt der Koreaner an dem Open Tournament der ersten Saison der North American Star League teil. Dort befindet er sich bereits unter den letzten acht und hat somit bereits einen Platz bei der zweiten Saison der NASL sicher. Der Gewinner dieses Turniers erhält außerdem den letzten Platz für das Finale der ersten Saison.
Statement von Park ‚Rain‘ Seo Yong:
„I am extremely excited and content upon joining team Fnatic and interacting with the current team members because I have always possessed great interest in the international Starcraft 2 community. Fnatic is a team with strong players in each race- for instance Fenix for Terran, Sen for Zerg, and TT1 for Protoss. I think it will be a good experience for me to have such stellar players as teammates and consider myself lucky to receive such an opportunity. Also, I will always put as much effort as possible so that I can perform well to not let both my fans and Fnatics fans disappointed.“
Statement von Duran ‚Xeris‘ Parsi, Team Manager:
„Rain is an incredibly talented player and we believe he has great potential. I’m very happy to have such a player on the team and I know that he will add valuable knowledge, motivation, and dedication to our already strong team. We look forward to having him represent us in clan leagues, LAN events, and of course, team practices! Welcome Seo Yong.“
Statement von Elroy Pinto, General Manager:
„With Rain joining us I believe this is a new era in Professional Gaming. StarCraft II is a global eSport and Rain joining us further solidifies the value of the game. Rain expressed his desire to join us and after negotiations we are pleased to have him on board. He has been playing with the rest of the team and will continue to do so and take our StarCraft 2 team to greater heights. This would not have been possible without our sponsors MSI, SteelSeries, EIZO, BigFoot Networks & RaidCall.“
Lineup fnatic:
[protoss] Payam ‚TT1‚ Toghyan
[protoss] Jian Fei ‚IefNaij‚ Wang
[protoss] Silviu ‚NightEnD‚ Lazar
[terrans] Lok-Yin ‚KawaiiRice‚ Kwong
[terrans] Jian Carlo ‚Fenix‚ Morayra Alejo
[zerg] Yang ‚SEn‚ ChiaCheng
[terrans] Park ‚Rain‚ Seo Yong
[protoss] Payam ‚TT1‚ Toghyan
[protoss] Silviu ‚NightEnD‚ Lazar
[terrans] Lok-Yin ‚KawaiiRice‚ Kwong
[terrans] Jian Carlo ‚Fenix‚ Morayra Alejo
[zerg] Yang ‚SEn‚ ChiaCheng
[terrans] Park ‚Rain‚ Seo Yong