Team Empire unites with Fnatic for ATC

Alexander «StrangeR» Solomonov – managing director of Team Empire:

Team leagues were always important for our StarCraft II roster and despite the fact that Team Empire has only two players at the moment, we don’t want to stop being part of events like ATC. At some moment we started looking for a strong team to unite squads with. So, today we are happy to announce the agreement with fnatic to merge for the third season of ATC. Fnatic is exemplary professional e-Sport organization.

I’m happy that our rosters will play together and I believe that we will prove European StarCraft is still competitive on example of our union. Kas, Harstem, Happy, Zanster and other players make a solid lineup, so we have victory for the goal .

Mykhailo «Kas» Gaida – player of Team Empire

I'm really happy to play with Fnatic at ATC this year. It is a truly professional team with skilled players that progress from day to day. I think that together we can fight on equal terms against best Korean teams. Support us and we will thank you with our victories!

Elroy «Noname» Pinto - Head of Creative & Media at Fnatic

I am quite happy to team up with Empire in the TeamStory cup as we both feel it would be mutually beneficial for our players and our brands. The opportunity to play against some of the best teams out there is welcomed and more importantly we will be putting together a unified front as am sure there's a lot of damage can we do in this tournament. We are personally really glad to team up with Empire, I've known StrangeR for a long time and he is one of the few managers in the professional scene whom I really admire for his work and dedication to eSports.

Kas & Happy are formidbale Terrans and a department where we lack in (only Neeb & Naama) so putting together our collective resources felt like a good decision. Also the ATC is a great platform to show our players individual talent and skill, I am very sure players like Miniraser, Zanster, Neeb, Pink & Hellokitty will also bring in strong minds to strategize for clanwars. I am quite convincned we will be able to do well in this event. Who knows what next season brings but for this one, Empire-Fnatic will bring it home.

Big thanks to StrangeR for approaching me and Take and his team for making this happen.

Kevin “Harstem” de Koning - player of Fnatic

I am honored to get the opportunity to play alongside two of the best terrans in Europe. I believe that getting to the offline playoffs will be a lot easier now that we have Empire on our side. I respect both Kas and happy a lot and I hope the collaboration will yield the expected results!! Empire-Fnatic Fighting!!