Ogre 1 retiring is still a rumor. As of now he's in Australia and taking a break from Halo for awhile.

Soviet has amazing potential, but he's too inconsistent. It seemed Instinct's games were mainly determined by if Soviet was on fire or not. I'm glad Walshy gave him a chance to prove himself though. It will be interesting to see how Neighbor fits in with Instinct now.

Ambush was an amazing team. I'm friends with Cloud and the only problem with their team was the fact that they NEVER practiced for events. They rarely even played with each other. Pistola got the offer from tD before but decided to stick it out for the season. Its good he took it though because I know his playstyle will mesh with tD well. Their placing all depends on how they are emotionally at the event though seeing as how they are insanely inconsistent. Heinz got a good deal out of that split as well. He has always been underrated and I think he'll do well on his new team. I don't think Cloud knows what he's doing yet and I can't see Nexus getting as good a team as that anymore. Nexus is a solid player, but he does all the bitchwork and is naturally overshadowed.