Tempo Storm have announced that they have completed the signing of former OnlineBOTS member Hendrik "⁠cheti⁠" Vallimägi.

The Estonian player will replace Aitor "⁠SOKER⁠" Fernández, who has been given his marching orders just four weeks into what was supposed to be a three-month trial after failing to impress with the team.

The move follows Tempo Storm's shocking elimination in the second round of the first open qualifier for the Europe Minor at the hands of Finnish side Conquer.

Earlier in the week, Kevin "⁠HS⁠" Tarn's team had been eliminated in the closed qualifier for the ZOTAC Cup Masters Europe Finals in the first round of the lower bracket following defeats to LDLC and Sprout.

cheti is Tempo Storm's new fifth player

This will be the biggest challenge in cheti's career. The 23-year-old, who burst onto the scene in 2013 with MayaM, was recently part of the OnlineBOTS mix that won TTU e-Sport 2018 over SPLY, playing alongside Kristjan "⁠fejtZ⁠" Allsaar and his now Tempo Storm teammate HS.

"I haven't had much luck in the past few years when trying to break through," cheti told Tempo Storm's website.

"I have been waiting for an opportunity this big for a long time, so I feel very grateful to receive this chance.

"I can't wait to start competing again, and I will give my best to succeed."

Tempo Storm will be hoping to find some much-needed stability with their new player after a rough week that also saw the team part ways with coach Larratz "dracU" Domínguez after it was discovered that he had two VAC banned accounts to his name.

cheti will make his first appearance for Tempo Storm in a week's time as the team will attend the $50,000 Moche XL Esports, in Lisbon, where big names like SK and HellRaisers will also be competing.

With these changes, Tempo Storm now have: