ex-iM players form new team: ego

Three of the core players previously seen on Australian super-team  Team Immunity have formed a new roster for the upcoming ozfortress season 15. The line-up sees captain  yuki reunited with former Immunityteam-mates  termo and  aporia, along with some fresh talent to star in  ego

The players on this roster have a history of top finishes within the ozfortress scene, amassing countless league victories along with cup titles whilst playing with Team Immunity. Insomnia49 and Insomnia52 saw the Australian fan favourites perform above expectations and have close series against the elite European and North American teams, but they finished fourth both times. yuki has re-assembled some of the old roster to play in ozfortress, along with a new medic,  Jersh, and two new scouts,  faithless and  namey. They will be looking to take the Australian crown away from current top team,  Jasmine Tea.

ego's medic Jersh is better known for his top level pocketing, most recently seen with rocket launcher in hand for team  Gossip Girl who finished 2nd in the ozfortress Summer Cup 2016. Despite good deathmatch skills, he has made the move over to medic to play closely with yuki, hoping to form a tight combo and benefit from the strong maincalling.  Bulk was also considered for the medic spot, and is now sat on the bench for ego, but Jersh was chosen as part of the starting roster as he is, 'really keen to play with [ego] and determined to be "the best"'

faithless and namey, the new scout duo, both have history with rival team Jasmine. faithless won the twelfth ozfortress season with the team, whilst namey recently subbed for them as they finished first in the Summer Cup. faithless also has experience playing with yuki late last year, where he was recognized as talented and remained a name to bring on board at a later date.

We spoke to team captain  yuki, and his thoughts on  ego:

Our aim is to be focused on improvement and have a good time. We have a bit of new blood, and some people new to classes (e.g. Jersh) but I'm pretty confident that we can do well this season.

4/6 of our roster are no strangers to the #1 spot (myself, aporia, termo & faith when he was on brutalix's team Season 12), so we're definitely aiming for it. I won't lie and say it won't be difficult, because it will be, but I think with the right work ethic and just a positive attitude that persists throughout the season that we can definitely get there.

We played with faithless loosely late last year when we made a somewhat "throwaway" team for a bit of fun that wasn't 'too' serious, and he performed really well in the limited numbers of games we played. He's a confident, vocal player, and has good dm. He's a little bit rusty, but I'm sure that'll wear off in a short period of time.

As for namey, he played pretty well with Brutalix's team, and he's really intent on improving. He dumps a lot of hours into this game, and while his improvement has been somewhat slow, it has been steady, so I'm looking to put him in the right direction with review of his demos.

The return of these players in a serious outfit should make ozfortress season 15 a highly competitive one, as Jasmine look solid at the top of the scene. With both of these teams at a level where they should be able to compete on the global stage, we asked yuki whether he had any plans towards upcoming Insomia58 in August:

We're focused on the short term which is pretty much mostly this season. We aren't planning [i58] at this stage, but it's never out of the realm of possibility. I myself would like to go and compete (for what that's worth) and perhaps eliminate the 4th place curse once and for all. However, as I said, no concrete plans - tl;dr "we'll see".

The  ego roster for ozfortress season 15 is:

•  Scout:  faithless
•  Scout:  namey
•  Roamer:  aporia
•  Pocket:  yuki
•  Demoman:  termo
•  Medic:  Jersh