As many of our fans know, Team X3O CSS has been without an official starting five since the CGS Combine 2008. After working through several roster changes, we are proud to announce our new complete lineup. Team x3o went to the 2008 CGS Combine with our complete roster, which at the time was NineSpot, rockyte, sunman, mason, and anger. Due to contractual obligations, anger was unable to compete with us at the event. After the event we began searching for a possible replacement.

Shortly after the combine, Ryan "NineSpot" Bell decided that he would not be renewing his contract with Team X3O. He instead would be looking to pursue a career with Counter-Strike 1.6 again. With two players down, the x3o CSS team was in serious need of restructuing. After several weeks of searching, we have finally found two exceptional players to call x3o home. Please join me in welcoming Keven "AZK" Lariviere and Philippe-Olivier "PEX" Crepin. Both of these players are extremely talented gamers with a strong history in Counter-Strike Source. They will make great additions to our lineup, and we look forward to the remainder of the 2008 season.

Team x3o at CGS Combine 2008

Both Keven and PO took a few moments to introduce themselves:

How did you get started in gaming?

Philippe-Olivier "PEX" Crepin: I started playing Counter-Strike Source just a little bit after the game came out, I took it really serious at the beggining and just loved to compete. I reached the high level of competition pretty fast and I have been playing with keven for almost 3 years now so we developed a very good chemistery together and were happy to bring that to the team.

Keven "AZK" Lariviere: I started out playing UT99 for 2 years when it was released. Then when Call of Duty came out I switched to that and played in CAL-I for 1 season until Counter-Strike Source came out. I've been playing Source ever since then with teams such as eGe and Guardians.

What have you been doing the past year in competitive gaming?

Philippe-Olivier "PEX" Crepin: For the past year I have been playing with eGe/Guardians in CEVO-P. I have attended alot of local lans and the CGS combine where I was drafted as a taxi player for NewYork 3D Franchise.

Keven "AZK" Lariviere: For the past year I have just been playing with eGe and Guardians in CEVO-P. I have attended alot of local lans this year but was not able to attend CGS Combine due to my age, but that won't be a problem for next year.

Left to right: 3D[CGS]Volacno, Sapphire, PEX, AZK, OPTX[CGS]Grt @ ETS LAN 2008

Effective immediately the x3o CSS roster is:
- Justin "sunman" Summy
- Tarik "rockyte" Elkhatib
- Mason "mason" Dickens
- Keven "AZK" Lariviere
- Philippe-Olivier "PEX" Crepin

They will be competing tonight in their CEVO-Professional Season 6 opener against the Dallas Venom. Special thanks to our sponsors and of course our loyal fans for their continued support.