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This is a first of what we will continue to bring you each month, a complete round up of all the teams.

Whether they have been to a tournament or just been practicising and participating in an online cup, the whole month round of for each team is here. 

We've started 2012 with our regular Play with the Pros, where fans had the chance to play together with GuX and Pita, cArn did the commentary on his stream, and one lucky guy went away with a brand new SteelSeries QCK+ Fnatic Edition mousepad. January saw the last stop for Counter Strike 1.6 before CeBit in Kiev, Ukraine where the team were in action. After the guys dominated the toughest out of the two groups, which included Winfakt, Mousesports and Moscow 5. They went into the semi finals feeling very confident, however the home advantage and with all the fans support in the CyberArena saw Na’Vi through to the final in two games. And so starts the preparation for CeBit in early March. We have already seen that Pita has retired in the last couple of days, so the search started for his replacement and along with the fan speculation. We've announced the new player on the 30th, and it's none other than Andreas "MODDII" Fridh, one of the best rifle players on the world. Hopefully our new team will do better than ever. 

This month has been a real test for the League of Legends team, they all got back from the holiday break full of motivation to prepare for CeBIt. However they were fully aware of their distance behind the competition as of recently. They have been training nearly every day since mid-January when LaMia returned from Taiwan and have made fantastic progress. There is a long path ahead of them and they are fully aware and motivated to get back on top. They have participated in numerous online events and done okay considering their current position. The big upset was when they lost to mTL.tt in the first round of Millenium’s Cdiscount Trophy, the early exit shook the boys up slightly but they know what went wrong and where. There is no doubt that 2012 is going to be a very busy and competitive year for the LoL boys, but this is just the start and we all know what they’re capable of at events under pressure. So we look forward to their upcoming online placements and how their training unfolds.

With the inevitable exit of Trixi to Dota2, the team had hit a brick wall and weren’t able to continue on their destructive path until they found a worth replacement. After some dismal performances, the tension behind closed doors seemed to grow further. This led to the departure of Henrik “FreshPro” Hansen from the HoN team, a big shock to the scene and a big blow to the team once again. However, with so much HoN action to look forward to this month, the team will be fully prepared for the upcoming year soon enough. With H4nn1 joining the team, they have found one of the most talented players in MOBA history. The German carry has been a huge face in the Dota and HoN scene throughout the years. With the final player still undecided, the community are patiently awaiting the 2012 FnaticRaidCall.HoN lineup, which is very close to becoming finalized.

The DotA team have been extremely busy with the huge increase of online tournaments and leagues. The guys have struggled to keep up with the current activity in the scene, reason being that some of the players are have had exams, meaning that training was put on the back burner for now. However they still gave as much time as they could to their devotion and motivation to keep going, but as their recent results show, times could be better. They are back on track for a successful quarter, however their forfeit of the Infused Tournament may try and counter-act this, but with another busy month of action to come, there is no doubt that they will be training more and simply winning more.

Last week saw our Starcraft 2 squad going through some heavy alterations. Ushering in a new era with the addition of Jang ‘Moon’ Jae Ho, FnaticRaidCall put the spotlight on them and is now forearmed for every upcoming tournament. The Starcraft 2 team consists now of Moon, ToD, Rain and NightEnD who are all able to get positive results in major tournaments. For all Moon fans we also announced that the Warcraft 3 legend will start streaming in the nearer future. More information will be released soon. But we not only added player, we also had to say good bye to three of our members. Besides our long time member Jian Fei "IefNaij" Wang, our spanish 2v2, which we recently added to our roster, parted ways with FnaticRaidCall.

But that's not all what we have in store for StarCraft II here at FnaticRaidCall, watch out for more in February. 

As you may have noticed there has not been an awfully lot of updates from our Call of Duty 4 squad. For one of these reasons is that they have been putting in hours of hard practice to get ready for the upcoming LAN season starting in around March time. One of the ways they have been practicing is by competing in the CGi Vita Nova League, where they are currently 8th, with two wins and three losses under their belt. As soon as a large tournament offline or online that they are participating in you will be the first to know with all the coverage direct.

Starting from January, RaidCall became Fnatic's new title sponsor, which means that from now on our team is officially called FnaticRaidCall. RaidCall is a a free, low-latency voice solution software for professional gamers. 

Alexander "Lexx" Zavoloka took the role of Editor in Chief at Fnatic.com on January 2nd. With 10 years of experience in covering events, running and creating e-sport news sites, Alex is one of the most known figures in Russian e-sport scene and we hope we'll be able to do great things here at Fnatic. 

JANUARY ISSUE WRITTEN BY:

 Josh Stone
 Harry Wiggett
 Dominik Huenitzsch