Astralis sign k0nfig & blameF to CSGO team AstralisAstralis have announced that they have bolstered their CS:GO squad with the addition of former Complexity duo Kristian \u2018k0nfig\u2019 Wienecke and Benjamin \u2018blameF\u2019 Bremer. The two players will join the Danish team immediately to replace Emil \u2018Magisk\u2019 Reif and Peter \u2018dupreeh\u2019 Rasmussen, who will be leaving Astralis following the expiry of their contracts at the end of the year. The two arrivals signed for Astralis on free transfers after being released by Complexity in October. K0nfig, who was out of action for almost two months after fracturing his right wrist, had been widely expected to sign for the Danish giants. Announcing @k0nfigCS and @blameFFFFF. Welcome to the #AstralisFamily \u2014 Astralis Counter-Strike (@AstralisCS) November 4, 2021 \u201cIn my previous organizations, I sometimes had the feeling of \u2018being my own island\u2019,\u201d k0nfig told Astralis\u2019 website. \u201cIn Astralis, though, it feels like you are stepping into a family with people around you who are all working for the same goal. \u201cThat\u2019s something I think you bring to the server, and I will do everything I can to contribute with the same passion and energy, and hopefully to ultimately add a Major star or two to the jersey.\u201d \u201cWhen Astralis calls, you need really good arguments to hang up, and the conversations I\u2019ve had just confirm my impression: This is where I want to be now and going forwards!\u201d blameF added. \u201cThese are some huge shoes to fill in, but I feel I can bring something new to the team and that I can make a real difference.\u201d Meanwhile, Astralis have announced that Alexander \u2018ave\u2019 Holdt will be taking over as the team\u2019s new head coach. The 33-year-old, who was part of the iconic mTw squad in CS 1.6, was last seen coaching North in 2019. Ave, who will join the team \u201cthe soonest possible\u201d, according to Astralis, will replace his former mTw teammate Danny \u2018zonic\u2019 S\u00f8rensen at the helm of the Danish squad. HLTV.org had reported in July that zonic was considering his options as he was about to enter the final months of his contract with the organization. End of an era The news marks the end of the most dominant lineup core in CS:GO history. dupreeh has been part of Astralis since the organization was launched, in January 2016, with Magisk joining the team two years later, after Markus \u2018Kjaerbye\u2019 Kj\u00e6rbye had left for North. With Magisk on the roster, Astralis reached a new level of performance, adding three Major crowns to the ELEAGUE Major Atlanta 2017 trophy, and winning countless other titles, including the $1 million Intel Grand Slam Season 1 title. After an up-and-down 2020 campaign, Astralis began 2021 on the wrong foot, and things went from bad to worse when star player Nicolai \u2018dev1ce\u2019 Reedtz left for Ninjas in Pyjamas in a shocking move. With the other longtime players entering the final months of their contracts, there were doubts about what the team would look like in 2022. In July, Luke \u2018gla1ve\u2019 Rossander signed a new three-year contract, while Andreas \u2018Xyp9x\u2019 H\u00f8jsleth penned a four-year deal in October after flirting with the idea of exploring his options. But question marks remained over dupreeh and Magisk. The two players made their final appearance for Astralis at PGL Major Stockholm. The Danish team finished 12th-14th after posting a 1-3 record in the New Legends Stage. \u201cEveryone in Astralis works hard to push the boundaries of what we can accomplish and to progress every single day. We aim to win with positive energy, chins up and chests out!\u201d said Kasper Hvidt, Director of Sports at Astralis. \u201cThat is why we extended the contracts \u201cgla1ve\u201d and \u201cXypex\u201d who are both strong bearers of our culture, and that is why we chose to bring in the young talent \u201cLucky\u201d, when new energy was needed. \u201cThis is also why we now choose to advance the already planned change: To immediately eliminate the insecurities and to ensure the clarity and focus we need to create the best possible conditions for everybody on and around the team. \u201cWe add two world-class players and a new, strong coach profile who all bring a lot of energy and motivation to build on the strong Astralis legacy and to again be a contender for the biggest titles.\u201d The new Astralis squad will make their official debut at the BLAST Premier Fall Final 2021, scheduled for November 24-28. The tournament will take place at the Royal Arena, in Copenhagen, with $425,000 on offer. Astralis CS:GO Roster: Luke \u201cgla1ve\u201d Rossander – Andreas \u201cXyp9x\u201d H\u00f8jsleth – Lucas \u201cBubzkji\u201d Andersen – Benjamin \u201cblameF\u201d Bremer – Kristian \u201ck0nfig\u201d Wienecke – Philip \u201cLucky\u201d Ewald –<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Astralis sign k0nfig & blameF to CSGO team AstralisAstralis have announced that they have bolstered their CS:GO squad with the addition of former Complexity duo Kristian \u2018k0nfig\u2019 Wienecke and Benjamin \u2018blameF\u2019 Bremer. The two players will join the Danish team immediately to replace Emil \u2018Magisk\u2019 Reif and Peter \u2018dupreeh\u2019 Rasmussen, who will be leaving Astralis […]<\/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-37341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37341","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=37341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37341\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}