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Impulse Gaming have recently announced they have built a new roster, and with that look to be competing in ESEA Season 27, and other events as and when they get announced. They most likely will be heading to insomnia62 at the end of March.
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Hello,
I hope all of you are well! We would like to share some information with everyone. First, we would like to thank all of those who applied to be part of the organisation over the last couple of months here in the UK as part of what has always been our headlining team as we have stuck with the UK scene, however unfortunately we have decided to close this project, well not entirely!
Having more success outside of the UK, such as our expansion into Asia, we have decided to take our main line-up back to the EU. There are multiple reasons for this however, the core one being that UK companies are just not willing to support UK teams in such a way that can properly support a team’s growth, with the costs involved and take some the burden off the players.
Attending events such as Insomnia and Epic Lan have always been something we aimed to achieve with a fairly good track record and results, but once you do the math, the very small return is not worth it (though they are fun!) considering the lack of recognition from news sites like HLTV, who will post an article and games about a LAN in an attic, but we rarely see the finals of Insomnia – one of the UK’s biggest events – get coverage!
This highlights the importance of sites like UKCSGO.com in covering UKCS, who do not regularly receive support from tournament organisers in the form of press passes, so unfortunately we do not see the level of coverage that UK events enjoyed in previous versions of CS. The lack of exposure results in sponsors and investors moving elsewhere, such as European CS or other national scenes. However, don’t get us wrong, we do work with some great sponsors here in the UK such as Gamers Apparel – who we intend to continue working alongside – as well as the opportunity we had with ESL earlier during the year which was both a wonderful experience and something which could and hopefully will benefit the scene massively.
Earlier I said we were leaving the UK scene for the foreseeable future unless something changes. Insomnia 61 will see the last Impulse Gaming UK line-up before we move back to international competition with an european team alongside our current presence in Asia.
Our final lineup for Insomnia 61 will be:
– James “wAVE” Dunn –
– James “Preddd” Capaldi –
– Tom “Waddy” Wadsworth –
– John “JohnK” Kelly –
– Jake “Jake” Charlesworth –
This is what James “wAVE” Dunn has to say:
“We’re thrilled to be representing Impulse at i61. The lineup as a whole has a fantastic attitude to cs and I’m excited for this LAN event already. Although we’ve had little preparation time we believe we can do the name proud and end the organisation’s run in the UK scene with a respectable finish.
Having represented Impulse twice before it’s a fitting end to both Impulse UK and to my time competing in CS, as beyond i61 I will be taking a break indefinitely. A big thanks to Lewis and the other Impulse staff for this opportunity, and their contribution to our CSGO scene”
We have always said we would support the scene in the UK and don’t intend to go back on this. For this reason we will continue to reserve our Academy Team for the United Kingdom only. Bearing in mind, UK players are still part of the EU scene and will still be able to compete under us, but the line-up won’t consist of a primary of 3 UK members, and future events will be outside the UK, however we might visit the occasional LAN here with the line-up!
Though unlike our past teams where the aim was the top spots and best players, this time the Academy team is to build up profiles for newer players to the scene, provide structure, and help in developing them as players, hopefully with the aid of some those more experienced players here in the UK. Though we will still be taking those top spots, thanks!
Impulse Gaming Academy will be:
– Edgaras “Entz” Luksas –
– Beau “Fluffs” Newton –
– TBA –
– TBA –
– TBA –
This is what Edgaras “Entz” Luksas has to say:
“I’m very excited for the opportunity that ‘Impulse Gaming’ has provided for us here and I can’t wait to start competing in competitions and hopefully placing well in them. With the current line-up, we’re making great progress as a team and I have no doubt that we’ll get good enough to start going toe-to-toe with the top teams in the UK soon enough. With that being said, nothing but hard work waits for us in the future to get to where we want to get to which I have no worries we’ll put in. Once again, I would like to thank ‘Impulse Gaming’ for providing us with the opportunity to play under the organisation.”
Our tips to the UK scene for the Orgs and players:
There are a lot of organisations which attend events like Insomnia! Coverage is so essential. I cannot stress it more. You need a clear-cut fan base, and the more coverage the better. It helps in such a large way, and with you all attending these big events, come together and get some of the people here at UKCSGO the tickets they need to provide that coverage with the considerable number of teams the total cost of 2 or so people’s tickets would be near to nothing!
Players – Time to become more committed. If you think you should get more – explain why you deserve more, how your team will stick together for an extended period without major changes, the work and effort you will put into it, how you will help to support your org as well as yourself and the commitment you will have to it. Then prove it! Over the last year we have worked with some talented players who have shown great commitment. We even work with them now, with players in several teams who take time to fill in doing simple tasks here and there, I would recommend each one of them!
Ryan “Flakes” Oliver thoughts:
“Overall, it’s a shame to see another respected org move away from the scene due to the content arguments and sponsor related issues pushed out above. I hope as time goes on and the scene continues to grow and overall expand, wiping out these issues so our organisations can continue to flourish at both a top and grassroots level.”
From all the staff, here at Impulse Gaming we would like to Thank all of you who have supported us and hope you will continue to do so. We look forward to what the future has to offer!
Impulse Gaming,
Lewis “xpecx” James
Mathew “Judd” Judd
Bradley “Sirdrake” Drake
Impulse Gaming have submitted an update to what’s going on with their team since epic20. The following article was sent to us via out Submit News page.
It has become time for changes to be made to the UK CSGO team at Impulse Gaming as Samwells position with little information coming back from faceit, JammyJames stepping back for a while to see out his education and Nukkye moving to another team which offered him a more stable opportunity at this point within the scene left us with Ray1 and Cynic. at this point Cynic is unsure if he is going to continue to play on or just enjoy common life, tho we hope he does continue, were as Ray1 was determined to continue playing on and not allow the upset to effect him with this situation in effect Ray1 started to compete in ESEA with other UK players. With the results clearly achieved during this time we decided to take the 4 other players on board to rebuild the team.
Alfie “Ray1” Scott
Jakub “Rybak” Michalek
Oliver “Oli” Calthorpe
Jesse “BluRRyy” Chorley
Tom “Nexio” Cheetham
Alfie “Ray1” Scott had this to say about recent events:
“After Epic.Lan team morale was low and people were very demotivated to play and decided to take breaks so I went about finding some new team-mates to fill the lost spots. As a result I found Nexio, BluRRy and Oli who are were the core three of another line-up and brought them into the impulse line-up. I am very confident about the team and the players abilities to game at the top of ukcsgo and going forward I think some of the names people are unfamiliar with will get their chance to show off in the spotlight where they belong”
These guys are currently competing in ESEA Open United Kingdom running at 9 – 0 in the current season we hope to see the jump to main for the beginning of next season as well as be present at the coming Insomnia 60.
Lewis “xpecx” James had this to say:
“With the recent events causing an upset in the UK team this acted as a bit of a set back however by no means the end of the world. I would like to say im really happy with how all of the players performed during their time in the organisation and look forward to possibly working with them in the future again as from a personal point of view they were some of the best people I have ever worked with. We will continue to have a presence in the UK scene and I believe that with the proper conditions and training that these players will be more than capable of competing at the top.
Thank You”
We will still be present in UKGT with the previous line-up members until it has finished.
It may not be the ELEAGUE Atlanta Major, but the UK has some of it’s own domestic LAN events to look forward to. The first UK LAN is always a highly competitive affair, mixed with a lot of intriguing results, new lineups, and incredible drama to boot. With epic.TWENTY around the corner in the next couple of weeks, I have started sitting down with various team representatives and their thoughts on a wide ranging array of subjects going over previous LAN results, their thoughts on the UK Scene, epic.LAN in general, and their own team and what they are hoping to achieve with the current roster.
The Trophies that everyone will be gunning for in a couple of weeks time. (Credit: epic.LAN Gallery)
After interviewing Andrew “resu” Robson the other day from Team CeX, he had personally highlighted my next player and his team in particular. As practice partners and close friends it seemed natural that I turned my attentions to Jonathan “CynicJon” Burvill, captain of Impulse Gaming. Jonathan has been around for what seems like an eternity in the UK Scene, starting off in the lowly depths of Enemy Down’s Counter-Strike: Source Open Ladder, he has naturally progressed over the years.
Jonathan had began his Counter-Strike: Global Offensive days playing in a team called SWAGWAN, which later joined the organisation Animate eSports. Getting a few mediocre results and shortly after the organisation went down the drain, Jonathan took a competitive break of sorts to focus on his real life endeavours. After that time away, he came back for insomnia57 last year with the mix team “Pick N Mix” who managed to secure a couple of big wins and make a run in the elimination stages, they ended up finishing 7th – 8th that event. After that event, the mix formed a team which went to be picked up by the organisation MALiK, before they headed to nerdRage for a longer stay there.
However, a few issues cropped up in the run up to insomnia59, which affected the team, and then Jonathan “CynicJon” Burvill ended up heading to LAN with a mix team under their new home of Impulse Gaming. They managed to turn a few more heads at the event as they made a rather impressive run with a great win over London Lynx at the event. They finished 5th – 6th at the final LAN of the year, however that mix has since ceased to be and they have drafted in new faces for the 2017 LAN season.
Talk me around your team, and the roles within your team?
Samwell is the player on the team I’ve played with longest, he’s a talented player that can really go off and be a thorn in the side of a team, he plays an anchor role on CT and entry on T. Our other entry is Ray1, who is a player with a great attitude about the game and a real ability to frag.
Jammy plays a support role and does whats needed to get the round won, and is great at holding a site, I play IGL and support, finally we have our AWPer, Nukkye, who was a high level TF2 player before he started CS:GO. Hes a player that can hit some crazy shots and never misses the easy ones.
Resu spoke highly of your team recently in my first interview, how do you see your team, and do you feel confident in progressing at such events like epic.LAN and iSeries?
I think we have a good chance at doing a lot better than people expect, we’re still a new team so we’re working really hard trying to hammer out a map pool we feel comfortable on. I see ourselves as a team with a lot of talented young players with the right mindset, but we are still battling with consistency, we can be hot or cold at times. If we’re confident, hitting our shots and communicating well we can beat anyone, but some days it can be hard to make it click into place.
You had a highly successful run at insomnia59, however your team went through some sudden roster changes, talk me through how it all happened in December?
The end goal for us in NerdRage in 2016 was i59. Its what we were trying to build up to all year. In the run up to LAN, HVM got a really, really good job offer that he couldn’t refuse that meant he couldn’t go to LAN. It was a pain for us, but real life has to come first. Caspian decided that he didn’t want to attend without the full 5 we had practised with for so long, since he had very few holiday days left and was sacrificing spending Christmas with his Girlfriend in Germany in order to go to i59.
That left LS, Samwell and myself looking for +2. A friend pointed us towards JDD who was a really easy choice as hes a really solid player and a guy we instantly got along with. Nerdrage decided to drop us and withdraw the support for i59 we were relying on, but whilst looking for a 5th we found worsty and the support of Impulse Gaming who really helped us out. It still however meant LS had no way of getting to LAN so I had to drive from Cambridge to Grimsby to LAN, which was a lot of fun.
Turning to epic.TWENTY in a few weeks, what are your thoughts on epic.LAN as an event, what attracted you and your team to the event, and how do you see the event in terms of success?
I’ve wanted the go to an epicLAN for a while now but never been able to fit it in around iSeries and work commitments etc. I’ve been to 13 iSeries and yet to attend an epic so i thought it was time and bought my ticket, and built the team with epicLAN as our first long term goal. I’ve never attended an epic but i hope it brings back the feeling of my first few LANs at i31/33 since its in a smaller setting with the CS teams sitting in the same section.
epic.LAN (The place to be? Credit: epic.LAN Gallery)
How confident are you about your team’s chances at epic.TWENTY? Where are you realistically looking to finish?
There are quite a few good teams going to this LAN and some scary mixes. I’m not really looking for a particular finish, but more at how well we play on the day. I think we’d be disappointed with anything less than top 6, I expect top 4, but if everything clicks I think we can win it.
Is there any team you are potentially looking at, like a dark horse to be worried about?
I think everyone’s going to be looking at SKUM Gaming this LAN. They’ve popped up from nowhere and seem to be upsetting everyone. I wouldn’t say I am worried about them per se, but my pick for surprise of the event would be wAVE’s Money Crew.
In your honest opinion, who is the star player on your team, and outside of just the game, what do they bring to the table?
Nukkye is definitely our star player. If you watch him play you’ll see some incredibly fast flicks, and a lot of frags, but what impressed me the most is his ability to process information that most people miss, like seeing the smoke on the floor in a clutch or seeing that the other guy doesn’t have a kit in a 1v1, stuff like that.
What are your thoughts on the UK Scene currently, do you feel it is a much tougher scene now or do you feel there is still much to do within the scene?
There is always a lot more to do, but I feel like the scene is developing quickly now. The new talent of players that started CS on CS:GO is coming through in earnest now, and the gap between the top 3-ish teams and the rest is narrowing. I think the days where a mix team can win a LAN are numbered. Mixes winning LANs always felt like the achievement vanished a week after the tournament. Whereas if a team wins they can use that achievement to build, gain sponsors, invites etc.
How have you found your online games in the various leagues and events you participate in and how much do you read into any surprising results you may suffer?
At the moment our schedule of online games is packed, with UKGT, ESL prem, ESEA etc. It can be very hard to get a good nights pracc in. Each league has its own issues but we try not to let it affect us. We’d like to win them all obviously but its not the end of the world if we get an L over a W since our goal is progress not immediate success.
You seem to have developed an interesting rivalry with CAZ eSports, after beating them twice in UKGT, you also lost to them twice in ESL Premiership, was there any key differences in those matches?
I’d say not enough differences, since we played mirage all 4 maps, which was a bit ridiculous by the end. I think it was just the way our map pools matched up. I think it was mainly a case of being hot one day and not so hot the other, but both teams made a lot of adjustments and I think we learnt a lot.
The UK tends to get ridiculed a lot by the wider CS scene, how do you think we should change the “chop shop” trend that we have here and why do you think it happens when teams fall apart?
I cant really say why it happens, since my teams don’t really have that problem. I think its a combination of it always being greener on the other side, chasing the dream of a salary, and a fear of failure. After all there’s no shame in losing if you’re ‘only a mix’
Any final shoutouts?
Big thanks to Impulse Gaming and all our sponsors for everything they’re doing for us,and shoutouts to Coach Cas and all the teams and players that use the swagwan teamspeak.
Impulse Gaming are heading to epic.TWENTY with the following roster:
Sam “Samwell” Reynolds
James “JammyJames” Meadowcroft
Jonathan “CynicJon” Burvill
Alfie “raY1” Scott
Žygimantas “nukkye” Chmieliauskas
We will be having five more interviews over the coming weeks with a variety of teams, so make sure you keep in touch with UKCSGO in the run up and during epic.TWENTY through our Facebook & Twitter pages.
ESL UK have stated one of their main aims with the Premiership is to help support grass-roots UK esports. Today, they have gone one step further in this goal by hosting a boot-camp for two CS:GO teams at their venue.
The two teams invited for the event are Team Endpoint and Impulse Gaming, who’ll be attending the venue for three days. Over the 6th-8th February, the squads will play out their ESL Premiership league game on the Monday before focusing on the boot-camp the rest of the days.
This will be the first time George “HudzG” Hoskins will line-up in person with his Team Endpoint colleagues.
After the second week of play, Team Endpoint are currently third in the ESL Premiership with one win and one loss. Meanwhile, Impulse Gaming are currently placing seventh, with one draw and a loss. The boot-camp would benefit both sides, as it would give Endpoint, who are expected to reach the finals, a chance to acclimatise to the Studio conditions. Impulse would, on the other hand, receive three days to focus on CS to try and climb up the table.
Will Attwood, Product Manager for the ESL Premiership:
We’re incredibly pleased to be able to offer this kind of opportunity to the best and brightest teams in the United Kingdom. Developing the skill and cohesion of esports teams in the United Kingdom is paramount to the transition from semi-professional to full-time professional. We’re excited to be part of this journey with both Endpoint and Impulse. We look forward to finding new ways to support the growth of esports in the United Kingdom as move forward through 2017.
Adam Jessop, CEO of Team Endpoint, had this to say:
Having the opportunity to boot-camp at the ESL studio is a great chance for the team to continue working on their progression. Whilst the majority of the team were in attendance at Insomnia 59, it’s the first time they will have met up together offline with our newest addition, George ‘HudzG’ Hoskins. We are proud to be a part of this seasons ESL UK & Ireland Premiership, and playing our game under the studio lights will provide the team with additional focus and experience.
Lewis James, of Impulse Gaming, said:
At Impulse Gaming we are always trying to provide the best opportunities for our players to support them in the scene, thanks to ESL for inviting us to their upcoming boot-camp our players are again able to experience even more. Thank You.
The rosters of the two teams are:
| Team Endpoint | Impulse Gaming |
| Ian “Immi” Harding | Sam “Samwell” Reynolds |
| Ben “Esio” Doughty | Jonathan “Cynic” Burvill |
| Max “MiGHTYMAX” Heath | Alfie “raY1” Scott |
| Joe “Luzuh” Loose | James “JammyJames” Meadowcroft |
| George “HudzG” Hoskins | Žygimantas “Nukkye” Chmieliauskas |
Note: Michael Moriarty is currently a paid freelancer with ESL UK.
After an extended qualifier set, the teams for the 2017 Spring Season of the ESL Premiership have been confirmed. The qualifier kicked off with 72 teams in a Swiss-format qualifier. Sixteen teams were then in a double-elimination bracket to determine who were to qualify.
After three qualifiers, and four contentious invites, the ten teams for the inaugural season of the UK Gaming Tours have been completed. All of these teams are set for play, when the league starts on the 17th January. All of which intend to battle it out for spots to the LAN finals.
Impulse Gaming are happy to announce after looking at many application from lots of great teams we have finalized our UK lineup for the foreseeable future! This lineup features previous players from Insomnia 59, Samwell & Cynic where we placed 5th/6th. We Plan to attend the coming Epic.Lan 20 in February.
Impulse Gaming UK lineup Consists of Players:
– Sam “Samwell” Reynolds
– Jonathan “Cynic” Burvill
– Alfie “raY1” Scott
– James “JammyJames” Meadowcroft
– Žygimantas “Nukkye” Chmieliauskas
This line-up contains 4 UK players and 1 Lithuanian player.
“I am excited to be starting the new year with a new lineup and some fresh faces under Impulse Gaming. When building the roster we were looking for players with talent and potential as well as the right attitude in game, and that is what we found in raY1 and Jammy. Picking up Nukkye was an easy choice as a consistent performer and solid AWPer. I am looking forward to seeing what we can achieve this year with the support of Impulse behind us.” – Jonathan “Cynic” Burvill
A Statement from Impulse Gaming:
“It took some time to sort the team and was not an easy decision receiving applications from so many great teams and players, I would like to thank everyone who applied. We look forward to working with this lineup over the next year.” – Lewis “xpecx” James
We wish everyone a Happy New Year from Impulse Gaming!
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Impulse Gaming have announced that they will have a top contender representing us at i59 next week. Their lineup for the event consists of 3 ex-NerdRage players and 2 talented players brought in for the tournament.
Impulse Gaming have recently announced that they have picked up two new UK sides.
The two teams boast several experienced players, including the duo Paul “b8z” Bates and Craig “CESKiE” Stewart who were last seen representing Monumentalis at insomnia57, where they placed 9th – 12th. Their first competition under the Impulse banner will be ESEA Main which begins later this week.
