IPTL Amateur - Will Western Wolves ascend to greatness?

Western Wolves are a young team on the scene, but already were a part of a controversy as their first picked-up player, Spades, was involved in a maphacking scandal. Two well-known communities got their pitchforks ready, but after reviewing the footage even top NA professionals weren’t sure whether Spades was hacking or not.

Because of all the drama that arose around Spades he decided to quit Starcraft 2 in early June; 3 weeks later the new team has arrived. Currently Western Wolves are sponsoring five players: three Swedes, one Brit, and one Lithuanian. With this line-up it is obvious that the main focus of the team is Europe.

Two fairly unknown players on the team are Starnan, and Mini. The Swedish representatives had some good games in the past against people like ToD or Satinii during DreamHack events or in online cups, but other than that they are a mystery. During DH Summer they got to Ro64 and Ro32 respectively.

Fargo on the other hand is one of those gamers who have dozens of small wins in online cups and small offline tournaments, but nothing to be considered a new upcoming star on the pro scene; however, his strong performance online got him a few notable kills like Tefel, Adelscott, PoYo, and Origine. Now he’s waiting for his big chance in a larger offline event.

SortOf is one of the best on the team. The Swede took second place at WCS Sweden Nationals losing to ThorZain in the finals, but upsetting SaSe, NaNiwa, Bischu, and Cytoplasm on his road there. He participated in MLG, IEM, Assembly, and dominated big names like Haypro, Nerchio, Satiini, and more. This is the guy with full-package as a player, but needs a big win to make a break out to the scene.

Still, what surprises me the most about him is the consistency in winning online cups; mainly Playhem Daily, but you can see him tearing through the brackets of Go4SC and ZOTAC. If he’s going to keep up with practice he will take a big victory one day; maybe 2012 is going to be his year? You never know.

After winning WCS United Kingdom Finals, where he upset DeMusliM 2-1, qualifying for IPL Season 5, and his splendid performance during Dreamhack Open: Summer, where he played as a stand-in for JonnyREcco, it was just a matter of time until Ziktomini gets an offer he’ll be glad to accept. He made a huge splash in the UK scene this year, and is definitely hungering for more.

He is the one to lead Western Wolves to victory. Together with SortOf they are more than capable of taking down their opponents in IPTL Season 1, but are they ready for it? Most definitely!

Written by Albert Palka

Source : ign[dot]com