Trademark Gamers

TMG Insider is a series of features and interviews with the staff, teams and players of Trademark Gamers. This issue is with our new Team Fortress 2 squad.

To start off let us will re-introduce the squad:

Duncan "dunc" Wraight
Jaakko "haza" Pelinappula
Marius "skre" Taraldsvik
Mikko "snap" Tuominen
Ricky "sommie" Eriksson
Sindre "treigzak" Børresen
Karl "weqo" Terävä
Kai "Rubber Johnny" Kuthan

For those who don't know TmG.TF2 made the cut for the UKESA Premier League, which in some respects was expected due to the quality of this squad and their recent second position in Cadred's top 10 EU list.

TMG: Hello fella's, its great to welcome you to the family.

dunc: It's great to be here!

TMG: So firstly, what does it mean to you to be joining Trademark Gamers?

weqo: It means a lot to us. One of our biggest goals has always been to give TF2 the attention it deserves, and strong organisations like TmG are just what was needed. To also be able to be a part of it is something we take pride in.

dunc: It’s great news for us. It make things seem that little bit more real and frankly it’s fantastic news for the community. I can’t wait to see what the TmG management have in store.

skre: It feels great that we've finally found an organisation, and I’m sure that this will motivate us all to work harder in order to become the most feared team in the scene

TMG: Now that you have made the UKESA Premier League, hows does it feel?

Treigzak: It’s great, wouldn’t have had it any other way. It will feel better once we win it though :D

weqo: Making it to the premiership wasn't something I saw as a big feat, that's always what was expected from us. The huge success for TF2 in UKeSA however surely spices up things a lot, making it the most exciting online competition for us to enter this far.

snap: Feels very warm and fuzzy inside.

TMG: I feel very warm and fuzzy inside too! ;) anyway what are your aims as a team for the next 12 months?

skre: We aim to become the best team in Europe, as that is perfectly doable. Time to tip former 4k team aka Dignitas off the throne!

snap: I might go train some jumps now that we have joined an Organisation! :D

dunc: I expect nothing less than the number one spot. We’ve been there before then run in to activity difficulties – that won’t happen again. This time we’ll be showing consistent performances equal to that of the number one team.

TMG: Who do you see as your main rivals?

dunc: Obviously the old 4K team is a big rival for us, but the top 4 are all very closely skilled. Crack! Clan have come on a ton, hymzi in particular and Team CoolerMaster are back to their former strength with Stealthy coming back from a stretch of inactivity.

skre: There are numerous strong rivals, Team Dignitas, Crack Clan, Team Coolermaster and upcoming clans like Nervous, Delirium and newly reformed Vale are all rivals.

Treigzak: Any team that Haunter plays in. We are big rivals with whoever has the greatest singing voice.

TMG: OK Treigzak... interesting! So now that you have laid our some aims, hopes, dreams and perhaps made some of our readers chuckle, do you have any shoutouts?

Treigzak: Yes...

snap: Nope!

skre: I just beat Dan Bellis' "most games without loss" record in Football Manager Live - Gameworld Larsson! A total of 72 matches without a loss, way to go me!

weqo: Hi mum!

dunc: Yeah, I’d like to say thanks to all of Team Finland.TF2 for the superb guidance on MGOs and all of the gossiping they did :D

TMG: OK well thanks guys for sitting down with me for a chat. Good luck in UKESA and I look forward to seeing the results against our biggest rivals.