After a successful run at WePlay Academy League, Astralis Talent has announced a change to their lineup.

Benjamin" brzer" Jensen and Frederik "fessor" Sørensen will leave the team, while Nicklas "jarko" Rasmussen and Kristoffer "Kristou" Aamand will feature in the new lineup. Two new exciting prospects according to Kasper Hvidt, Director of Sports, Astralis.

- We are signing two new players from the top of the Danish talent scene who both have plenty of official match experience. Nicklas is 18 years old and has proven his high skill level by winning the Danish POWER Ligaen championship. Kristoffer is 20 years old and has played several matches for both AGF and North against some of the best teams in the World. I think those achievements speak for themselves.

While Benjamin" brzer" Jensen is headed to ECSTATIC, the future is still unknown for Frederik "fessor" Sørensen. The 21-year-old rifler has been one of the best players for Astralis Talent during his spell at the Organization.

- Frederik holds a ton of talent, which we mutually agree can be developed better elsewhere than with us. We recently found a suitable replacement for him who we expect a lot of, so now is the right time. We are very grateful for Frederik and his time with us, and we wish him the best in his future, says Kasper Hvidt.

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Major roster changes have been made within the Danish organization of AGF. It has just been announced that Thomas "Ryxxo" Nielsen and Martin "PERCY" Wessel is being moved to the team's bench with Lucas "Lukki" Pilheden taking a break on medical leave. To replace the three above-mentioned players are Kristoffer "Kristou" Aamand, Magnus "Nodios" Olsen, and René "cajunb" Borg. 

The most experienced out of the three new signings is, without any doubt, "cajunb" at the age of 31. With age and experience comes responsibility and he is also said to be tasked with the job of being the roster's new in-game leader. AGF is currently ranked as the 106th. team in the world but will seek to further climb the rankings with their newly strengthened roster, lead by a CS:GO veteran in "cajunb". 

The starting AGF roster currently looks as follows: 

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North announced last week that their two experienced players Mathias “MSL” Lauridsen and Philip “aizy” Aistrup was being released, and replaced by two youngsters in Rasmus “kreaz” Johansson and Kristoffer “Kristou” Aamand.

Read more - "North removes MSL and aizy from their starting line-up"

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North IGL, Nicklas “gade” Gade spoke with the desk at DreamHack Masters Winter following their 2-1 victory against Nemiga yesterday. In the interview, gade addresses their new trial player kreaz, and his role on the team.

kreaz has represented teams as Syman Gaming and Epsilon in his short career so far. The young Swede is one of the first players being tested in this newly announced talent development strategy by North.

North’s next match is in the important lower semi-finals today at 16:30 (CET), where they will play against GODSENT.

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Nemiga was the last team to be invited to DreamHack Masters Winter, but the Belarusian team’s run in the tournament ended Wednesday at the hands of North.

The Danish-Swedish roster destroyed Nemiga on Train. 16-2 the scoreboard showed after an impressive display from the new IGL Nicklas “gade” Gade from North.

On Inferno, the match was much more even. Nemiga utilized their best weapon in “lollipop21k” who kept the CIS team in the match.

And with a good push in the end Nemiga won the map.

The decider map was left to Nuke. Here the two teams started by trading rounds. But again Nicklas “gade” Gade was dominating, while new player “kristou” did an excellent job in the opening duels.

In the end, North was the best team in the match. A good showing from the Danes, that was handed a nasty defeat in their new roster debut against Furia.

North will face the loser of GODSENT and mousesports in the next match.

North announced earlier this week that they have signed 18-year old talent Kristoffer “Kristou” Aamand from AGF. The young Dane has previous played for the big Danish CS organization on a loan deal earlier in 2020 but this contract involves a permanent basis. And with highlights like this, you would think that North is quite happy for their new acquisition.  

Watch the AWP ace from the promising talent.

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North has announced that Philip "aizy" Aistrup and Mathias "MSL" Lauridsen have been placed on the transfer list, and will no longer have a role in the North roster. 

To replace the two players North has announced the return of 18-year-old Kristoffer "Kristou" Aamand. North decided, shortly after signing the young Dane, to send him on a loan spell to the fellow Danish team AGF. With aizy and MSL leaving North, however, Kristou will once again be representing North and his teammates. 

As for the second replacement, nothing is yet final, but a step towards finding the fitting player has been taken. Rasmus "kreaz" Johansson will have his chance to steal the fifth and final place in the roster, as he will partake in the upcoming matches and training in order to showcase his capabilities and role in the team. 

North describes the decision as a part of their 2nd step in their Talent Development Strategy. This is of course emphasized by the young "Kristou" who is granted a chance to perform at a higher level than what he has previously been tried at. The strategy is based on giving younger players the environment and tools to grow as players. With aizy and MSL being the longest-serving players of the North organization it is, therefore, no surprise that it is them, who will have to step aside to let the younger talents prosper.

With MSL and aizy being removed from the team, changes in roles within the roster will have to take place. North's Head of Esports Operations Graham Pitt gives insight by explaining that: "Nicklas “gade” Gade will once again take on in-game leading duties with the team, with a refreshed outlook upon his own play and the leadership role, having learned a lot during 2020. During the COVID period, Nicklas will call with aid from head coach Jimmy “Jumpy” Berndtsson who is able to be much more active during online games,"

The team will compete together at Dreamhack Masters where their new journey begins. 

Heroic was a bit pressured going into the match due to their loss against Apeks in the first group match and had to win against AGF to advance in the tournament.

It started out well for Heroic with a cruising 16-6 victory on Inferno. But they didn’t manage to maintain momentum on the second map on Overpass. AGF defeated Heroic 16-7 on their map pick through a stellar performance from the former North player Kristou.

Rene “TeSeS” Madsen explained the map loss to the desk in a post-game interview.

“We made a lot of stupid mistakes on Overpass that AGF punished”

Heroic, however managed to pick up the pieces in the last map on Nuke, displaying this high-level Counter-Strike which have brought them to the top of the rankings. Leading the scoreline IGL cadiaN, helped his team beat AGF 16-6, avoiding a possible upset in the 2-1 victory.

 Heroic will play Apeks tomorrow in the important game at the Blast Premier qualifier, Elisa Invitational 2.

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AGF gets revenge on Overpass, beating the world #1 Heroic through a monster performance by Kristou presenting a 28-11 k/d and a 113.4 ADR. 

The last map will be on Nuke where the winner will play Apeks tomorrow for a place in the semi finals.

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