Raptor cut from Planet Express

Originally posted at: http://www.teamfortress.tv/31746/raptor-cut-from-planet-express

 Planet Express have decided to cut their medic  Raptor, with one team member stating "he makes too many mistakes" and "doesn't really take criticism".

It has not been a great start to the season for Planet Express. After winning the ETF2L Pre-Season 23 Cup and being hailed by analysts as a team with great potential, they have so far failed to perform like a playoff-contending team. They are currently tied for 7th alongside  LEGO, who they will be playing this week, with a map record of 2 wins and 4 losses.

While the team is hesitant to put the blame on Raptor for recent results, they have made the decision cut him from the roster and are currently searching for a replacement. Names floated for the position include Turbomonkey,  Serotone, and  vani.

Team leader  sheepy gave the team's reasoning:

When we picked up Raptor we didn't have much time before the season started so we only really got to trial him once and picked him up because he was quite decent in the trial. A few of our players didn't like his medic playing from the start but we decided to play the season with him anyway since most of us thought he would be fine. After our first official I guess people started noticing more and more of his problems like dropping ubers or dropping players. Our combo classes were getting more and more frustrated every night. I feel like we did give him a lot of chances to improve and listen to our criticism but nothing seemed to help and some of us feel like we were losing some points because of it. Whenever he made a big mistake in an official people would just get more and more angry throughout the map. I can't say Raptor is the sole reason for the games we have lost because that would be untrue so I'm not expecting to become that much of a better team with a new medic. In the end I feel like I don't have a choice and think it's for the best for the team as I think it's bringing the team atmosphere down and I don't think it's good for Raptor having people rage at him every 5 minutes. I don't think he is a bad medic although a little inexperienced but he is really keen and has a great attitude so it feels bad to do this. Wish him best of luck for the future.

I followed up by asking the team whether  Byte would be considered as a trial medic, after previously stating he had more free time.

 p-rez:

Who the fuck is Byte?

 iikq:

Kids these days.

The roster for Planet Express is now:

•  Scout:  p-rez
•  Scout:  sheepy
•  Roamer:  Damneasy
•  Pocket:  zoob
•  Demoman:  iikq