Simply a few video games into the spring 2023 CS:GO season, Ninjas in Pyjamas has needed to make a shock roster transfer, as but once more one of many staff’s important focal items has to take an prolonged break as a consequence of well being causes.
NiP introduced the signing of Danish veteran Kristian “k0nfig” Wienecke immediately to a “long-term” deal and stated that he’ll play instead of rifler Hampus “hampus” Poser, who’s taking the remainder of the spring season off with the total assist of the group following consultations with NiP’s efficiency director and medical professionals.
Within the roster replace announcement, NiP stated it needed to discover a “long-term resolution” that would fill the fifth spot on the roster, ensuing within the addition of k0nfig, who will make his NiP debut on the IEM Katowice play-in beginning on Feb. 1.
The transfer to NiP is the newest improvement for a participant in k0nfig who has had a dramatic previous couple of years. In 2021, he was compelled to overlook time as a consequence of a hand harm and ultimately parted methods with Complexity to affix Astralis. However in 2022, he was faraway from Astralis following a “fistfight in Malta” that resulted in one other harm, in addition to an “aggressive incident” towards a member of the printed expertise at IEM Cologne.
He had a short stand-in efficiency with Heroic to shut out 2022 on the BLAST World Remaining and was truly set to face in for FaZe on the ongoing BLAST Spring Teams however was not allowed by BLAST to compete as a result of he was registered to a different staff.
NiP COO Jonas Gunderson stated the addition of k0nfig is a “silver lining” to hampus’ sudden departure: “We simply began the season and are nonetheless getting headtr1ck launched, and k0nfig is a good participant who matches the staff nicely.”
NiP has needed to navigate these waters earlier than. In 2021, it introduced in celebrity AWPer Nicolai “dev1ce” Reedtz on an enormous switch, however he went on an prolonged medical depart for many of his tenure there, together with the entire 2022 season.
