Straight from the Source: Instinct and Carbon Make Changes
By subtheorist | Published: June 24, 2009 11:54pm EST
 Welcome back to Straight from the Source! With MLG Columbus now in the books, some of the league’s top teams have reportedly made major roster adjustments in preparation for the second half of the 2009 Season. With over two months to practice for the next event, they have decided that now is the best time to make a critical roster change before it’s too late. We’ll delve deep into our resources in order to give you the story behind the story, bringing you words from the players involved in these game-changing roster movements! *NOTE*: All content and statements published below are completely unofficial, and are subject to change at any point in time. Major League Gaming does not consider any pro player movement official until announced by the league’s Commissioner, John Nelson. When the roster lock occurs for the Top 16 ranked teams, MLG will bring you the official rosters for those teams. Until that time, nothing is official. 
Shockwave
Shockwave discusses his split from Ghostayame and Carbon’s newest additions, Walshy and StrongsideShockwave: “Usually after a tournament, there is always going to be a lot of rumors and talk going around the pro community. Not the kind of rumors most of the forums or MLG community will hear, but when things that are important pertaining to your team, you seem to always hear them immediately after the tournament. The biggest rumor I had heard was that Instinct was interested in picking up Ghostayame in place of Walshy. I wasn't sure if that was true, but obviously I wanted to find out as soon as possible because that kind of change is going to affect me directly. The day after the tournament, I called Ghost to clarify the rumors. He told me that Instinct had talked to him about the possibility of teaming and that if he got an offer, he would take it. I can't blame Eric for joining up with Instinct. He is making a business decision regarding his future and he feels that is the best possible decision he could make. I felt the same way when Karma left for Triggers Down. I'm never going to get angry at someone for doing what they feel is in their best interest.After a full day of talking with Eric (Ghost) for updates, I decided to call Walshy. Obviously, he was aware of what was going on. I told him that if something happened, whatever it was, to give me a call. Later that night, I actually got a call from Walshy first that Instinct had officially dropped him and picked up Ghost. Almost right after, I got a call from Eric telling me the news and I wished him good luck with his new team. From there, it was time to decide what I wanted to do. I wanted to start something fresh, something new. Obviously with placing 8th twice in a row, something wasn't working out. I talked to Defy a lot the days after Columbus and we decided that we wanted to stick together. A day or so after Dave (Walshy) had been dropped from Instinct, I got a call from him. Basically, he came to me with an offer I couldn't refuse. He said that he and Strongside wanted to team up. Frankly, I agreed and realized that this was my new fresh start and beginning. I knew I wanted to team with Defy and I had been talking with him almost every day, multiple times each day. I called Defy right after I talked with Dave and he wanted to team as well. It was pretty much determined right then and there that this was going to be our new team. I know Brandon had been talking with Dave so it wasn't like my call was news to Brandon. We had both been talking about the people we wanted to team with and this was what we decided we wanted to do before Walshy had made the offer. After he made the offer, it just made it official and now it’s time to go to work. " Hear from Ghostayame and Roy on page 2 >> |
