MYM + vVv announce their expansion into Hearthstone
MeetYourMakers and vVv Gaming today announced their new rosters for Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, a game that's esport potential has exponentially grown within the past couple of months. MeetYourMakers announced that they have picked up the former members of the team Phoenix, formed from former Denial Esports and Reason Gaming players, whereas vVv Gaming opted to pick up Team 5, which was also formed from former Reason Gaming and Denial Esports players.
With recent tournaments such as the Hearth2P EU vs CN Masters, as well as more seasons of IEM and ESGN Fight Night on their way, it will be interesting to see what the two teams can achieve.
The teams' rosters are as follows:
MeetYourMakers:
Lewis “Blackout” Spencer
Jan “Skip” Birkemeyer
Anton “Semijew” Holm Klang
Tobias “Kunzi” Kunzweiler
Asen “BlazingGlory” Bukov
Nuno “Ignite” Pinho
Thijs “ThijsNL” Molendijk
vVv Gaming:
Sebastian “vVv Spo” Sjöbeck
Paul “vVv Portex” Hoekstra
Sebastian “vVv Ostkaka” Engwall
Aleksi “vVv Wampie” Majander
Jökull “vVv Kaldi” Jóhannsson
Below are quotes from the two team captains, respectively:
"I see it as a great opportunity for both my team and the organization to grow immensely. I believe we've found our new home and together we shall accomplish more than any other team out there in the hearthstone scene." - Sebastian "Spo" Sjobeck, vVv Captain
“It really is an honour to be able to join one of the biggest, most well known organisations in Esports in Meet Your Makers. We have a great group of players here, all top European tournament players, and I see no reason why we can’t carry on with our success under Phoenix as well as much, much more under the MYM name!” - Lewis "Blackout" Spencer, MYM Captain