Managing Director Sam "zr0" Mathews had the following to say:

When Blaze first started bugging me on MSN back in the beginning of the year I was adamant that Fnatic would not take on a Source team. However after many more months of Blaze spamming me on MSN, we decided as a team that this would be the perfect opportunity to add our first Academy team; Counter-Strike: Source. Blaze was a remarkable player when he was in Fnatic at the very beginning - when he played CoD and after some research I had strong faith in the team of players that he had and where they were going. I think it was a gamble that has rewarded Fnatic significantly over the last months, both from a results point of view but also because they are the perfect representatives of Fnatic players. They are professional, mature, focused and FUN; this is why I am extremely happy to be making this team finally part of the Fnatic Professionals!

They have been knocking up spectacular achievements ever since playing under the Fnatic tag including seven gold medals, variating from Lan79 in Bressuire, France to most recently SLAP LIVE #13 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Aside this, arguably no-one in Europe can boast such fine talent that has been put on display by our Counter-Strike: Source team throughout the year and improving performances event after event, after event. The moment now comes for what may be the pinnacle of their careers in Electronic Sports as a team but most of all friends and family.

Team Leader Mark "AirRaid" Koks also showed his appreciation:

We are extremely happy to be in Fnatic Professional now, with the upgraded support we can focus on just playing Counter-Strike: Source even more to try and keep dominating the European elite scene, like we have been doing the last months.

About Fnatic Professional
The Fnatic Professional players are full time gamers, who make a living from playing games. These are our main squads and consist of the best in competitive gaming, you will see them at all major international events under the Fnatic name.