Team Pandemic - News - Pandemic Returns to CS 1.6

Conway, Arkansas - February 26, 2009 -TeamPandemic, LLC. is proud to announce its long-awaited return to Counter-Strike 1.6. After much deliberation, Pandemic is excited to welcome the lineup formerly known as MoB Gaming.

The new team will consist of several names familiar to the Pandemic family as well as a strong west-coast CS influence. Returning are Hoang "sonny" Tran and Chad "daffsta" White, regulars in the organization's '05-'07 roster, and their '07-'08 CGS Carolina Core teammate Cyrus "org" Habibi. Jimmy "foogz" Koller and Noah "Striker" Alvarado, Check-Six teammates and longtime friends and competitors, round out the squad.

"I've looked forward to this day for some time," said Chris Lemley, President of TeamPandemic, LLC. "Pandemic's roots are in CS and it's a move that's long overdue. I put alot of time and consideration into what our 2009 roster would be, and we evaluated many teams and individuals in the process... we certainly appreciate all those who expressed interest in playing for our organization. When it was all said and done, I simply couldn't put my faith and full support anywhere else. It's good to be back."

Chad "Daffsta" White echoed the sentiment. "It feels good to be back in Pandemic and playing 1.6 with some of my old teammates again," he said. "I think this lineup has alot more raw skill then our previous rosters and I can't wait to prove it."

Pandemic.CS, with Sonny and Chad, after winning the 2007 CES WSVG All-Star Cup

"Pandemic is an organization that our team has had strong ties with," added Jimmy "foogz" Koller. "Both competing against and playing under, they've always carried themselves as a top notch organization and we're glad to now be playing under the name. As we've felt very good about our development to this point as a team, the move to Pandemic gives us even more confidence as a unit moving forward in 2009."

Vincent "MoB Godfather" P. also provided comment on the details of the transaction between the organizations: "We thank Chris and Pandemic for working out a fair, undisclosed sale after it was apparent our organization was going in a different direction. MoB will continue to stay focused on eSports as a whole, in both PC and console, but will not sign a new Counter-Strike team until we feel it is in ours and the team's best interest to continue down that road. We wish the new Pandemic CS team the best of luck in 2009."

2009 Team Pandemic Counter-Strike 1.6 Roster:

Hoang "sonny" Tran

Chad "Daffsta" White

Cyrus "org" Habibi

Jimmy "foogz" Koller

Noah "Striker" Alvarado

The new lineup will be competing in CEVO-P and ESEA-I, the country's two prominent online leagues, as well as all major North American LANs and world championship qualifiers. Their first live action comes at the March 14th Kode5 US Finals in Dallas, Texas.

About TeamPandemic, LLC.:
Team Pandemic is a five year old professional gaming organization that currently represents championship divisions in World of Warcraft, Counter Strike 1.6, Call of Duty, Team Fortress 2, FIFA Soccer, and Guitar Hero. The team has also enjoyed past successes in a variety of titles such as the Quake series, CS:Source, Warcraft III: DotA, and Day of Defeat.

In 2007, the team solidified itself as one of the elite independent multi-gaming brands, winning seven World Series of Video Games championships, accumulating more than $250,000 in cash and prizes, and earning nomination for the 'Worldwide Esports Team of the Year;' only the second North American team to ever do so.