Ville “Villeboe” Saarela to leave ROUNDS CS2

It’s with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to the incredible player that Ville is. Recent struggles as a team have forced us to make some really tough decisions regarding the squad.

Since joining us over a year ago, Ville has brought in so much positive energy and most recently played a key role in helping us qualify for Elisa Open Suomi 10. The best teammate we could have asked for, earning the respect of players and staff alike, we are deeply grateful to Ville for standing strong with us through difficult times, helping us grow, and growing himself along the way.

Teammates describe him as the best, staff describe him as awesome, and the Pro Zone TikTok comment section thinks he’s good-looking. What’s there not to like about this guy? We’re glad he gets the honour of having the first proper article on here. It’s fully and utterly deserved.

Speaking of which, the lack of time midst launching this all-new website has caused all of us staff to work with tight margins. Usually we’d love to include an interview or a pullquote, but for this paragraph, due to the scheduling this time around, I, as the main writer, decided to let you readers know about my personal connection to Villeboe. To many of us, myself included, he was the gateway to ROUNDS CS2 through Twitch streams and previous rosters, the poster boy in many a sense. When joining ROUNDS Ville was a comforting factor, a player that was out there, friendly, skilled, but chilled.

I mean I have nothing, absolutely nothing but respect towards him, and I have heard from a few others around the office that the same applies to them too. I quickly managed to catch our Operations Lead, Tane on the phone, who had also got hold of Ville’s long-time teammate Kollo. Both of them praised his amazing team bonding skills, Kollo even going as far as to say that Ville has been the best teammate he’s ever had.

So then on that note, to directly address Ville on behalf of the entire organization; thank you for all the memories, the games, and the travels together! Best of luck in whatever comes next, we know you’ll smash it. 💚 You’ll keep us updated, right? 😉

Lari – finkka
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