Paris, Saturday the 6th of february 2010

Almost a year after it disappeared, against All authority is proud to announce the re-opening of its Counter-Strike 1.6 (© VALVe) section as well as the arrival of a new partner: ASUS with it's Republic of Gamers.

The ex-eSport-Eu players and their manager are now part of *aAa* - the most talked about french Counter-Strike team in the past couple of years - who will by the way celebrate it's 10th birthday in 2010. Asus, high-end and innovating gaming computer manufacturer through it's Republic of Gamers products, renews it's confidence to the ex-eSport-Eu team by helping with the transition to their new team: aAa. The players will also be equipped with micro-ATX Rampage II GENE motherboards, Matrix graphics cards and Xonar sound cards.

aAa.cs is now:
Jérôme "heuka" Bassat (captain)
Philippe "faculty" Rodier
Rémi "instanz" Poilblanc
Olivier "eternalz" Metge
Fabien "atLaNtis" Deguiraud
Arnaud "ricain" Dumas De Rauly (manager)

"For us, it is important to be close to players and to listen to what they have to say in order to produce the custom computer components that fit their needs. At this level of competition, every second counts, every detail is important, every FPS can make a difference. At ASUS, we are proud to support the ex-eSport-Eu players all along their transfer to aAa with the best hardware possible - the Republic of Gamers line."
Karim Ouahioune, Channel Marketing & Gaming Manager ASUS

"I remember my first big LAN, the Atomic Re-SO 2005, at that time, we played against aAa during the first phase and I was happy and proud to do so but I also envied the players. So it is with great pleasure that we carry on the legacy."
Jérôme Bassat, aAa.cs captain


About Asus - Republic of Gamers
Asus - The Republic of Gamers (ROG) was formed in 2006 with the sole purpose of bringing gaming and overclocking specific hardware to gamers and overclockers the world over. Through technological innovation, design, extensive gaming and overclocking research and development, ROG hardware - specifically motherboards and graphics cards – have been on the frontline of performance and dependability, the preferred choice of champions everywhere, setting 4 new 3DMark Vantage World Records for Entry, Performance, High and Extreme presets.


Source : http://www.team-aaa.com/equipe/news-15728-0-1-aaa_cs_revient.html
Official Statement : http://misc.team-aaa.com/Team/aaa_cs_2010_uk.pdf