FaZe got here up with an answer to their sub downside within the nick of time after BLAST put them within the pink zone.
FaZe Clan have lastly managed to discover a substitute in Patrick “es3tag” Hansen after their request to exchange teammate Håvard “rain” Nygaard with Kristian “k0nfig” Wienecke was revoked “in a single day” by BLAST forward of their opening match on Friday. BLAST revealed to HLTV.org that k0nfig’s participation within the event as a part of FaZe was denied as he was already registered as a sub for Heroic, who have been not sure concerning the well timed return of Martin “stavn” Lund.
The ex-Ninjas in Pyjamas and Cloud9 Dane was recruited in a rush as FaZe had lower than a day to give you a substitute and few choices to select from. Earlier than his recruitment, FaZe have been in a critical repair that was seemingly led to by a scarcity of correct communication between the workforce and the event’s organizing physique.
The stand-in buff is again 😈
Please welcome @es3tag to our roster for BLAST Premier Spring Teams. #FaZeUp pic.twitter.com/8CrE5HNrli
— FaZe Clan (@FaZeClan) January 19, 2023
In the meantime, rain will probably be unavailable as he has chosen to be subsequent to his companion for the delivery of his little one. The CS:GO skilled will supposedly be simply in time to play at Intel Excessive Masters Katowice on the finish of the month, as he confirmed to his followers by a Tweet.
FaZe famous person Russel “Twitstzz” van Dulken Tweeted final night time that the workforce was “Knowledgeable for a while now by blast that we might use him, abruptly in a single day every part modified.” This hints that BLAST might have authorised of this resolution earlier than altering their thoughts on the final second. BLAST instructed HLTV.org that that they had initially permitted this as FaZe solely has 4 gamers to face their rivals within the upcoming event.
Knowledgeable for a while now by blast that we might use him, abruptly over night time every part modified
— Russel van Dulken (@Twistzz) January 19, 2023
On Wednesday morning, BLAST launched that the choice to reject k0nfig was taken after he was discovered to be registered as part of Heroic’s roster for the group levels. With BLAST overturning this resolution and the event very near beginning, FaZe was in an emergency to discover a substitute for rain on the eleventh hour, or probably be compelled to forfeit this leg of BLAST’s yearlong competitors.
In response to a number of sources, FaZe’s request to play on the BLAST Premier Spring Teams with k0nfig has been turned down as a result of the participant was registered by one other workforce for the occasion. https://t.co/Mud8a9yjdo
— Luís Mira (@luismmira) January 19, 2023
FaZe had additionally put in a request for Olof “olofmeister” Kajbjer again in December, however the two-time Main winner let his followers know whereas on stream that he had no concept that he was registered as an alternative choice to BLAST, and had different plans during the event.
The organizing physique gave free rein to FaZe — who had solely 4 gamers prepared for motion — to lock in a substitute who was not registered with one other workforce, and some hours later, they introduced es3tag.
You possibly can catch FaZe’s new roster on January 20, after they go up towards American clan Complexity for his or her first match of the BLAST Premier Spring Teams.
