Astralis announce Xyp9x replacement as he takes leave ELEAGUEPopular CS:GO organization Astralis has announced Marco \u2018Snappi\u2019 Pfeiffer as their replacement for star player Andreas \u2018Xyp9x\u2019 H\u00f8jsleth, following his surprise exit on May 27. Astralis has revealed that they will be making yet another change to their roster after Gla1ve stepped down from the star-studded Danish lineup only a week prior, due to ongoing stress and burnout. Following a report from DBLTAP, which revealed Xyp9x would also be taking a step back from competition, Astralis has now addressed the surprise moves, revealing how their roster will look for some of the upcoming tournaments. In a statement on May 28, Astralis announced that they would be bringing in former Heroic player Marco \u2018Snappi\u2019 Pfeiffer in place of Xyp9x for future events. Astralis\u2019 director of Sports, Kasper Hvidt, shone some light on the latest change, explaining why yet another Astralis member is taking a break from competing. “”Andreas @Xyp9x is in the need of a pause from competing. The timing isn\u2019t optimal, but we can’t compromise when it comes to giving the players the best possibilities to maintain a healthy mental balance and to perform in the long term.”” \u2013 Kasper Hvidt, Director of Sports \u2014 Astralis Counter-Strike (@AstralisCS) May 28, 2020 \u201cAndreas is in the need of a pause from competing.\u201d he shared, \u201cthe timing isn\u2019t optimal, but we cannot compromise when it comes to giving the players the best possibilities to maintain a healthy mental balance and to perform in the long term.\u201d They also highlighted the new addition of Snappi to the lineup, for the time being, claiming that their 7-man roster was still being put together to allow players the time they needed off. \u201cThat\u2019s the reason we have signed two additional players for the roster, however, as Patrick \u2018es3tag\u2019 Hansen will only join us in July, I am happy that Marco \u201cSnappi\u201d Pfeiffer has agreed to step in immediately.\u201d As Patrick @es3tag Hansen will only join the team in July, we are happy that Marco @SnappiCSGO Pfeiffer has agreed to step in immediately.#ToTheStars pic.twitter.com\/zC3rqYqwgk \u2014 Astralis (@astralisgg) May 28, 2020 Snappi has been known to be a strong in-game leader on many of his past teams and could be a strong voice for Astralis following the recent departure of two of their most experienced players. Astralis also revealed that Snappi is already familiar with many of his fellow Danes, particularly his former teammate JUGi, who is one of the latest players to join the team after their 7-man roster reveal. While it is still unclear how the roster will shape up throughout the summer, their current lineup still looks set to be a strong contender despite the absence of two of their core players. New Astralis CS:GO roster Nicolai \u2018dev1ce\u2019 Reedtz – Jakob \u2018JUGi\u2019 Hansen – Marco \u2018Snappi\u2019 Pfeiffer – Emil \u2018Magisk\u2019 Reif – Peter \u2018dupreeh\u2019 Rasmussen – Danny \u2018Zonic\u2019 S\u00f8rensen (coach) –<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Astralis announce Xyp9x replacement as he takes leave ELEAGUEPopular CS:GO organization Astralis has announced Marco \u2018Snappi\u2019 Pfeiffer as their replacement for star player Andreas \u2018Xyp9x\u2019 H\u00f8jsleth, following his surprise exit on May 27. Astralis has revealed that they will be making yet another change to their roster after Gla1ve stepped down from the star-studded Danish […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37307\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}