Hyper Joins SK

Posted by Myers at 18:30 8/9/2004.

Photo of hyper and bds shaking handsCPL Summer 2004 World Championship Winner Daniel "Hyper" Kuusisto has departed EYEBallers for SK-Gaming. Hyper, 18, and a former member of top Swedish sides such as CaYa, HLO and EYE was announced as the clan leader just minutes ago on SK-Gaming.com:

Yes, that is right, Hyper will take over as the tactician and in-game captain. Something we have been lacking lately. The team is also back to a six man rotation. Using one extra player always has its pros and cons depending on the situation, but right now this is the by far the best alternative.

We believe that SK is a great step for Hyper in his development as a player. Here he will get a stable team and organisation. And we also feel that Hyper is a great step for the SK Counter-Strike team!

In a short, public interview conducted with Hyper, he states that he felt SK-Gaming had a much safer organisation and would accomodate his talents to a far greater degree:

How do you feel about leaving EYE, even after previously beating SK?

It feels really sad to leave the guys, they evolved from just team mates to great friends and I don't like leaving them in a bad situation right now. But I hope they realise I had to do this for my own sake, and I really hope they respect my decision in the long run. It would be sad to lose great friends over this. On the other hand things like this happen and will continue to do since CS is growing every day and becoming more and more of a sport and less of a computer game.

What are you most looking forward to about playing with SK?

SK is so much more than just a gaming-clan and that's what attracts me a bit, to travel around the world and meet media and fans. Else then that it's a really good team with nice individuals both inside the game and outside it, I think it will be great!

It is worth noting that there was no transfer fee involved, which suggests Hyper was not contracted to EYE.

Few would envy the task and pressure he will now face with SK. However, can anyone doubt a man, who with just a few weeks practice and no sponsors, led his former team to victory over the previous champions at the CPL finals?

Comments

K^|
18:48 8/9/2004
he states that he felt SK-Gaming had a much safer organisation and would accomodate his talents to a far greater degree
Show me the money!!!

It feels really sad to leave the guys, they evolved from just team mates to great friends and I don't like leaving them in a bad situation right now. But I hope they realise I had to do this for my own sake
Yes I'm sure they realise that meight!! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Mu1e
RemOte.uK
18:48 8/9/2004
n1 [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
xeneX^
Rage
18:49 8/9/2004
antmoo owns this. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Tazzle
18:54 8/9/2004
So.... world hunger? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
jaff
19:03 8/9/2004
oo a picture :o
:P [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
basH
19:05 8/9/2004
gl [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
gbmaster
19:06 8/9/2004
nice picture. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
toko
euthanasia
19:06 8/9/2004
what a c**k sucker. gl [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
toko
euthanasia
19:11 8/9/2004
bds is like a god. a team beats them he gets there team leader to join them. SK lose a round he unplugs the cables for the round to restart, hes a guines [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Antmoo
19:12 8/9/2004
he's a guinness? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
toko
euthanasia
19:12 8/9/2004
i cant spell becos i didnt go to school and played cs and w**ked all day :( [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
messeh
deliverance
19:17 8/9/2004
cant beat em, nick their best player! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
predje
19:20 8/9/2004
potti should be leaving after winter cpl at the latest says me [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
c0pe
19:25 8/9/2004
arent they kinda far away handshaking? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Slider`
eSports.Edge
19:31 8/9/2004
bds still up to his old tricks i see [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
fezemoN
19:39 8/9/2004
they will remove someone soon, SK 6 man rotations never seems to last long [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
tinker
19:42 8/9/2004
w0w0w0w0w0w00w0w0ww [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
b0sH
twisted Reality
19:52 8/9/2004
Game over! Who the f***s gona beat them? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
kirdi
Last Chance
19:54 8/9/2004
lol that picture is so badly photoshopped :( Get a better gfx designer! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Wolfie
WanadooWolfie
20:04 8/9/2004
Antmoo loves teh c**k :o [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Simmo
20:15 8/9/2004
Potti will quit soon now. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
empathy
20:25 8/9/2004
omg, big conglomerate gaming corps are takin over the world!!!! long live the little gamers!!!! :o [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DoZ
Anti-saviour of UKT
20:31 8/9/2004
Holy motherf*** Batman! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Undone^
ForsakeN
20:56 8/9/2004
shame :(
gl sk and esp eye [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
empathy
21:28 8/9/2004
quite sad for EYE tbh :( [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
N3M-
endeffect
21:49 8/9/2004
bad move hyper :/ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
mebR
22:05 8/9/2004
nice parralell to sk nicking element when eol were better (or atleast as good) as sk.

gl EYE, SK = bunch of whiners if everything ive heard is true. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
MonkH
22:08 8/9/2004
was gonna say
"GL Lamer" but i thought about it and i prolly would have done the same in my position
GL hope eyeballers pull though and beat them once again :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
plague`
endeffect
22:09 8/9/2004
they should of got N3M ffs [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Centrox
22:11 8/9/2004
How is this a bad move for Hyper?

He will get a good monthly salary and the chance to travel for free. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
prawn
22:15 8/9/2004
Im with mebR on this, I hope EYE get stronger from this and beat SK again, teach them a lesson for being ruled by corporate fags. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Stevenson
22:31 8/9/2004
not really a bad move for Hyper at all. He's getting a salary, free hardware and a chance to go all over the world.

I think SK were really lacking a leading figure and i think Hyper has got just what they need to get back on track [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
vert
22:47 8/9/2004
I think you like a pair of a lovespuds down your throat stevenson
just my opinion like [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
NeonCraze
Viva La Resistance
23:07 8/9/2004
I think SK are really going to dominate, hyper should be playing all maps as hes great so i dunno whos gnna be droppin for certian maps, i cant see that being ahl,heaton or spawn. I hope eyeballers get some beast and take out sk again x) but then again didnt they have a 6 man lineup? all forgeting abotu CRW? or did he leave oO dont think he did, so they still got a pretty nice lineup [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
madmk
23:14 8/9/2004
lol, nice photoshop.. may as well have taken a screenshot of their IRC saying Hyper accepts 8[ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Par
suiGeneris
23:14 8/9/2004
www.team-suigeneris.com/carec**k.jpg [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Par
suiGeneris
23:15 8/9/2004
Oh for the love of god [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
NeonCraze
Viva La Resistance
23:29 8/9/2004
trust the suiG to relate this to penis .. sigh [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Scara
North & South
23:38 8/9/2004
im sure this is a bit of pulled into the 'what u can get syndrome' cause isnt hyper the lad that pulled off mad usp kills vs sk in the final on inferno?

p.s. yes par is a c**k [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Stevenson
00:05 9/9/2004
that was iskall i think scara [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
ProdiGy
00:08 9/9/2004
Got to congradulate SK on bringing their closest threat to a stop. Taking EYEs best player knowing its seriously going to f*** up EYE and its teamplay. To be fair with Hyper who wouldnt turn down a spot in SK? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
NoToRiOuS
2 COOL 4 SKOOL
UKTerrorist
00:10 9/9/2004
bit of a sell out? the greed got to him... may turn around and bite him in the ass some day [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
daveeee
00:17 9/9/2004
Big shame IMO, I liked EYEBallers not least because they just all round better than SK and dominated them in the CPL final. SK lose, therefore they steal the best player from the team that beat them.

Shame that the name SK is bigger than the achievement EYE pulled off, and that their taccy caller has fo-ed. It's like the CPL was his audition or something! :( [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Lyo-
eSports.Edge
00:32 9/9/2004
tis all about money

whoever has the most watever business/sport etc will dominate and kill of competitors [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
NeonCraze
Viva La Resistance
00:34 9/9/2004
if som1s jobless, left school and lives with there parents at age of 17 and gets offered to play around world, get paid and generaly do what hes doing anyway but for all this rich's.. who wouldnt accept x) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Centrox
00:42 9/9/2004
this is great. Sweden will continue to dominate the other countries. Love it! suck it down! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
NeonCraze
Viva La Resistance
00:42 9/9/2004
gent wouldnt they continue to dominate if hyper was still in EYE? oO [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
N3M-
endeffect
02:06 9/9/2004
Its a bad move because I would rather play with friends, overcome the opponents and be successful...

He has just left what in my mind would be the perfect clan tbh to join up with some over ego'd strangers just for fame and money.

Imo its a bad move he will soon regret it once he doesnt get same feeling of beating the people he respects. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Coopsy
Landed
03:07 9/9/2004
give a f*** [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
SumsoluS
07:06 9/9/2004
i reckon they'll kick fisker

:*( [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
p0ng!
07:58 9/9/2004
sk are such c**ks buying out a player. He didnt want to join at first and thats clearly stated in the EYE statement:

"Ok today what SK has been trying for a loong time has finaly happend. SK managed to get Hyper to join them offering him "stuff" he couldnt resist."

SO SK keep offering stuff until he does. No transfer fee needed, he got everything he needs. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
siLki
08:05 9/9/2004
was only a matter of time [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DanceMag`
08:09 9/9/2004
http://www.sk-gaming.com/scenenews.php?id=5558

^^ EYE still got 5 [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
SCEE|Sarge
08:58 9/9/2004
reminds me alot of 4K, its all the same anywhere really.

If you get beaten by ur closest opponent, you offer the other player something the current team cant give him, he leaves, other team dies.

same thing happened to 4K + noc* back in the day [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
empathy
09:41 9/9/2004
they must have offered him free tea and biscuits tbh :/ hmmm, perfect CS company [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
MadVillain
10:21 9/9/2004
IsKall archie vilden GudeN divino is still a very good team. vilden also called in game tactics, so its a big blow for EYE, but not massive. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
vert
10:51 9/9/2004
if he joined for the riches, why not wait a couple of weeks for sponsors/blonde cheerleaders that provide under the table relief ingame to roll on in. Not every day the world's "undisputed" best gets completely hammered at the highest profile competition this game has [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Rhyzz-on-lan
12:34 9/9/2004
SK is so much more than just a gaming-clan and that's what attracts me a bit, to travel around the world and meet media and fans. Else then that it's a really good team with nice individuals both inside the game and outside it, I think it will be great!


please..... [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DooMeh
Lite
12:47 9/9/2004
its all about the walle [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Drenz
12:56 9/9/2004
apparently big man Andy Manis of Forsaken was offered the role but turned it down for his own safety. something about teh danneh sorting him out. not quite sure [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Naghokez
12:59 9/9/2004
c/p from a comment I found on gotfrag (written by ajc):

"You can say what you want about loyalty and friendship, but the fact is, Hyper was given the opportunity to be on the biggest gaming team in the world, playing with cs legends, with the opportunity to dominate the CS scene, guaranteed trips all around the world and a regular salary ontop of his prize winnings. Theres worse things an 18 year old could be doing right now than getting to see the world and being paid for doing something you enjoy."

I completely agree with him.. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
MadSpunk
Last Chance
13:01 9/9/2004
gah another sellout :[ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Drenz
14:22 9/9/2004
sean would never leave good ol song kwong behind! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Montaver
theb0g
15:45 9/9/2004
EYE will still beat them. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Orrill
16:31 9/9/2004
I see dead people [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Valar`
The Anti-DoZ
17:24 9/9/2004
been watching titanic eh?! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Ogg^
#Harmless
17:56 9/9/2004
I see a gay person and his names Gareth! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
adulki
18:47 9/9/2004
SK are doing the same they done with eoLithic, eoLithic beat them so they took elemeNt and eoLithic folded..but there doing it with EYE by taking Hyper and now EYE haven't folded but brought in IsKall, and EYE had 2 tacticians - Hyper and vilden so now vilden will change the way of EYE's play to differ from the way they played with Hyper and SK will be f***ed.. but it'll be nice to see how they play vs each other at CPL :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
josA
18:51 9/9/2004
seriously.. never talk again, quit life!! you dont know s***, grab you'r carpet and f*** off bak to hindu u stupid f*** [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
p0ng!
20:00 9/9/2004
lol josA bit harsh :x [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
empathy
21:01 9/9/2004
Hyper and vilden would know quite a bit of each others tactics, so it would come down to Iskall's inginuity (sp?) prolly as well as who can outsmart his former teammate [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
ZeoX
02:40 10/9/2004
are u forgetting hypers replacement got 16-1 in the final against SK :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
fun time fatteh
15:38 10/9/2004
no transfer fee paid but i heard if sk win cpl eye will get a nice 10% whereas if they come 2nd there just get 5%, also i heard something about if he is sold they will get 25% of the fee. just got to know the right people to learn the rumours ! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Gilga
19:10 10/9/2004
the whining is comedy, its the same in loads of sports, when you start off playing you either wanna beat the best team or join the best team, he's managed to do both wp. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
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