NIP complete k0nfig signing as hampus faces long spell out Adela Sznajder\/ESL Gaming via ESPATNIP have announced that they have bolstered their squad with the addition of former Astralis rifler Kristian \u2018k0nfig\u2019 Wienecke. k0nfig joins NIP\u2019s team with immediate effect, replacing Hampus \u2018hampus\u2019 Poser in the starting lineup as the Swedish player will take a break from competition until the summer because of health reasons. hampus was announced as unavailable by NIP on January 25, during the team\u2019s campaign in the BLAST Premier Spring Groups, due to what the organization described as \u201cunforeseen personal circumstances\u201d. He is being replaced by academy player Max \u2018maxster\u2019 Jansson for the remainder of the tournament. This is k0nfig\u2019s first team since he was released by Astralis in October. His time on the Danish team came to an unceremonious end after he fractured an ankle during a fight in Malta. The injury saw him miss the ensuing European RMRs, where Astralis, playing with a stand-in, could not qualify for the IEM Rio Major. In a November 11 interview with Dexerto, k0nfig opened up about the scuffles he was involved in while attending events and said that he was eliminating some bad habits from his life, including excessive drinking, with the help of a therapist. Before the end of the year, he played for Heroic at the BLAST Premier World Final, where he averaged a team-high 1.11 rating. He was due to play for FaZe in the BLAST Premier Spring Groups as a stand-in before the move was blocked by BLAST as he was already registered on Heroic\u2019s roster for the event. NIP lose Swedish core with k0nfig signing k0nfig becomes the second player to join NIP since the start of the year following the arrival of Ukrainian AWPer Daniil \u2018headtr1ck\u2019 Valitov from NAVI. With hampus set for a lengthy spell on the sidelines, NIP looked to find a long-term solution to plug the hole in the squad rather than promote a player from the academy. The Swedish organization believes this is the right time to onboard another player as headtr1ck is still adjusting to his new surroundings. k0nfig\u2019s signing marks the start of a new chapter in NIP\u2019s history as the lineup will no longer have a Swedish majority. The team began communicating in English in September 2022 following the signing of Aleksi \u2018Aleksib\u2019 Virolainen, who took the captaincy role from hampus. k0nfig will make his first appearance for NIP at the upcoming IEM Katowice event. The Ninjas will take on MIBR in the opening round of the Play-In stage, scheduled for February 1. NIP CS:GO roster: Fredrik \u2018REZ\u2019 Sterner – Ludvig \u2018Brollan\u2019 Brolin – Aleksi \u2018Aleksib\u2019 Virolainen – Daniil \u2018headtr1ck\u2019 Valitov – Kristian \u2018k0nfig\u2019 Wienecke – Daniel \u2018djL\u2019 Narancic (coach) – Patrick \u2018es3tag\u2019 Hansen (bench) – Hampus \u2018hampus\u2019 Poser (inactive) –<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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