Editing ESEA Season 22/Invite/Offseason (section)

== {{Team/-bird noises-}} ==
[[File:indust at ESEA Season 18 LAN.jpg|thumb|''-bird noises'-'' former medic [[indust]].]]
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'''-bird noises-''' were the first [[ESEA-I|ESEA-Invite]] team to make a roster change, dropping [[roamer]] [[Hellbent]] two weeks prior to the end of the [[ESEA Season 21/Invite#Playoffs|ESEA-Invite Season 21 playoffs]].<ref name="-bird noises- removes Hellbent">[http://www.teamfortress.tv/32848/ -bird noises- removes Hellbent]</ref> During the month long offseason the team trialled various different replacements for Hellbent before finally settling on [[ESEA-I|Invite]] veteran [[boomer]],<ref name="boomer joins -bird noises-, Linkuser out">[http://www.teamfortress.tv/33341/ boomer joins -bird noises-, Linkuser out]</ref> who was last seen in [[ESEA-I Season 15]]. Team captain [[Vand]] spoke of the underlying concerns of boomer's lengthy downtime in a [[TeamFortressTV]] interview, stating that boomer has "a great attitude towards teamwork and the game itself that is very similar to the rest of -bird noises-", and "[his attitude] was one of the most important things for us to consider while we were searching for new additions to the team".<ref name="boomer joins -bird noises-, Linkuser out">[http://www.teamfortress.tv/33341/ boomer joins -bird noises-, Linkuser out]</ref>
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The addition of boomer also came the withdrawal of [[Linkuser]],<ref name="boomer joins -bird noises-, Linkuser out">[http://www.teamfortress.tv/33341/ boomer joins -bird noises-, Linkuser out]</ref> who stepped in as [[scout]] for -bird noises- during the latter parts of the [[ESEA Season 21/Invite#Group_stage|Season 21 group stage]].<ref name="Linkuser replaces train on -bird noises-">[http://www.teamfortress.tv/31747/ Linkuser replaces train on -bird noises-]</ref> Linkuser opted to step down to focus on his real-life commitments, yet only five days later on May 4th [[corsa]] was brought in to replace him.<ref name="corsa to -bird noises-">[http://www.teamfortress.tv/33404/ corsa to -bird noises-]</ref>
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-bird noises'- long time medic [[indust]] was replaced by [[Nursey]] on May 17th, three days after the disbanding of [[Luca Goers]] of which Nursey captained, due to time commitments and a shift of the team's playstyle that both conflicted with indust.<ref name="Nursey joins -bird noises-">[http://www.teamfortress.tv/33716/ Nursey joins -bird noises-]</ref> However, Nursey's addition was short lived as she later joined [[RONIN gg]] two days before the start of Season 22 to replace RONIN gg's former medic [[phorofor]].<ref name="Ronin cuts phorofor, poaches Nursey">[http://www.teamfortress.tv/33898/ Ronin cuts phorofor, poaches Nursey]</ref> Vand expressed his frustrations regarding the transfer and how close it was to the beginning of the season, saying that "the manner in which this was all handled and the timing of it relative to the start of matches is really, really lame for the team that is now down a medic and is scrambling to solve that."<ref name="Vand's comment on Nursey leaving the team">[http://www.teamfortress.tv/33886?page=5#149 Vand's comment on Nursey leaving the team]</ref>
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! colspan=4 | Player&nbsp;changes
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| [[File:MinusIcon2.png|20px|link=]]
| [[File:Soldiericon.png|x20px|link=Soldier]]
| {{Player link|ca|Hellbent}}
| April 7th
|- 
| [[File:MinusIcon2.png|20px|link=]]
| [[File:Scouticon.png|x20px|link=Scout]]
| {{Player link|us|Linkuser}}
| April 30th
|- 
| [[File:MinusIcon2.png|20px|link=]]
| [[File:Medicicon.png|x20px|link=Medic]]
| {{Player link|us|indust}}
| May 17th
|- style="border-top:3px solid #aaa;"
| [[File:PlusIcon.png|x20px|link=]]
| [[File:Soldiericon.png|x20px|link=Soldier]]
| {{Player link|us|boomer}}
| April 30th
|-
| [[File:PlusIcon.png|x20px|link=]]
| [[File:Scouticon.png|x20px|link=Scout]]
| {{Player link|us|corsa}}
| May 4th
|-
| [[File:PlusIcon.png|x20px|link=]]
| [[File:Medicicon.png|x20px|link=Medic]]
| {{Player link|us|Nursey}}
| May 17th
|- style="border-top:3px solid #aaa;"
| [[File:MinusIcon2.png|20px|link=]]
| [[File:Medicicon.png|x20px|link=Medic]]
| {{Player link|us|Nursey}}
| May 27th
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