Team Hardware4u adds BRINK

The German multigaming organization Team Hardware4u adds the German ESL Release Cup winner Bumblebee To The Rescue to its roster. The team previously playing ET:QW for n!faculty and BF:BC2 for zeroPoint! consists of some members known to the Crossfire community already: HEADi who did play for shuuk and gods.inc in the early days of ET and Team beta player aFa.

Line Up

Mike "mikeX" Krack (Team-Captain)
Martin "outc1der" Janowiak (Team-Captain)

Andre "HEADi" Neumann
Sebastian "Shortje" Kulle
Artur "aFa" Lazarus
Sebastian "Wuki" Hofer
Andreas "cRks" Günther


The team's first appearance under the new tag will be Tomorrow's ESL BRINK Championship qualifier.


To celebrate the switch to hardware4u Team Captain mikeX was available to give me a short statement on the upcoming events and the team's expectations.

What do you expect from the BRINK Championship and its German qualifier?
The BRINK Championship is the first major tournament and we are thrilled to be a part of it. We think the German qualifier will get the most participants compared to other countries and therefor it will be a tough time for us to fight for the slots yet to be distributed with a huge amount of matches incoming. But we are in a great shape already and expect to reach the top in the tournament.

BRINK is a pretty new game and major changes are already discussed. Besides that what does your experience tell about the game and its competitive launch 10 days after it was released?
Brink is somewhat like a rough diamond not honed completely yet. Its core game play is really enjoyable and the stopwatch mode beyond comparison both for players and spectators. But of course like every new competitive game it has to be improved by the community regarding its rules and by Splash Damage with patches in general especially the spectator mode is an important topic looking at the recent BrinkTV tournament.
New teams rise up almost every day and we keep our fingers crossed that the game will have a bright future in the competitive eSports scene.


Those interested in the German ESL opening cup can find more details over here. Further details about the BRINK Championship qualifiers can be found in this news release.


Team Hardware4u Website
ESL Team sheet