In a press release today, 777 announced that they have signed former Wizard player, Alex “PALM1” Palm. Last year, Swede Palm was part of the Wizard team, who shocked everyone this fall by knocking out pre-favorite Skade X in the semi-finals to secure a final place in the Telaliiga play-offs.
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Good results with «PALM1»
777 opted to part ways with Haris “H4RR3” Hadzic earlier this month. Sports director Tommy Monsen later told Gamer.no that the organization had clear structures to follow.
– We are unable to involve anyone, for anything.
Individually under the 777 banner, the Swede delivered a green meadow of successes.
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Since then, the organization has used Palm in its official matches, which has led to instant success. The team participated in the CCT qualification for the CCT North Europe Series 2, where the team had several strong performances and was finally able to celebrate a place in the main tournament. Although the team did not win in the main tournament, the team showed good pace in many of the matches.
With the signing of “PALM1,” 777 former AWP player Mikael “mikki” Gaup can return as a shotgun player, which will likely benefit the team and free up more firepower for the green jersey.
Changes pending
There were many before the spring season who had 777 as a resounding clear favorite as Norway’s top Counter-Strike team after taking home the fall season’s Telaliigaetrophy and strengthened the team with Preben “Trax” Martinsen and Steffen “SLY” Amundsen.
Securing what many believe to be the best player in the domestic league is hard to counter, but as a team 777 has struggled both internationally and in domestic series. The play-off place was not secured until the last round of the Telaliigaen series and the team had to watch Skade X go through the series undefeated. Matters fared no better as Apeks’ talent venture, from which both Martinsen and Amundsen came, batted 777 outside the semi-finals and later went on to win the final itself at Telaliigae.
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Delivered too well to ignore
777 has had good experiences with some squad changes in the past, and after Haris “H4RR3” Hadzic had to leave the organization, there was great excitement about who they wanted to bring in and whether there would be any more news from the 777 camp.
Palm has delivered individually too well for 777 not to sign him on a permanent basis, and there’s still some uncertainty before Christmas as to whether the green-suited will make more changes than simply bringing in the Swedish star AWP.
