Sad news for all eSports fans. WinFakt, known for strong teams in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and League of Legends, is going to shut down. The organisation was led by a single person, Vincent Mast. The Belgian manager lost his passion for eSports and also got a more and more stressful life because of his son and his job. In a statement he appointed that due to him leaving the clan the team will shut down. The reason for this is the lack of a head sponsor which was the father of Vincent Mast till today.
WinFakt had a strong lineup in League of Legends which won both insomnia45 in May and DreamHack Bucharest in October and was on a good way to become one of the best European teams. The Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team was on a good way as well. Lately they got an invite for DreamHack Winter 2012 which they may have to decline due to the missing financial support. Also there were two Starcraft 2 players playing for WinFakt. The Germans Andreas 'KraSs' Ullrich and Matthias 'Hazed' Peschek played some strong games in the German ESL Pro Series. Also, KraSs qualified for the WCS Continental Finals Europe but failed to show a good performance in Stockholm.
By now everyone will have read it on one of the major covering sites.
There are several reasons why I quit with Team WinFakt. One that is used in every newspost, lack of motivation, is one of them. But that is NOT the main reason! The reason why I quit is because I dont have the time anymore to do work for Team WinFakt as I have a busy job and a kid to take care of. I could not manage that anymore with Team WinFakt!.
As I decided to quit with Team WinFakt, so my dad decided to quit sponsoring the team in the future. As I was hoping he would continue so that the rest could continue the work, it all ended up bad.
I want to apoligze to all the teams and sponsors as I really didn want the VZW to quit but there wasnt really an option to continue.
I want to wish all the teams goodluck and I really hope the CS:GO team will find a sponsor on time to DHW!
A special thx to Jelle, Felix and Nico for all the good work you put in Team WInFakt!. Also a big thx to all our sponsor and fans who made this all possible over the years.
Former lineup of WinFakt:
- Aleksi 'allu' Jalli
- Niko 'naSu' Kovanen
- Joona 'natu' Leppänen
- Timo 'reflex' Rintala
- Jonas 'ScurK' Finnilä
Former lineup of WinFakt:
- Robin 'Goats' Blixt
- Viktor 'cowTard' Stymne
- Simon 'El Muppo' Näslund
- Steve 'steve' Hackl
- Benjamin 'etnex' Scholz
Former lineup of WinFakt:
Sources: readmore.de, team-winfakt.net
