North complete Lekr0 signing

21-8-2020 10:10

The 27-year-old will continue his career in the Danish team three months after being dropped to the bench by Ninjas in Pyjamas.

North have signed Jonas "⁠Lekr0⁠" Olofsson from Ninjas in Pyjamas for an undisclosed fee, the Danish organisation announced on Friday. The Swedish player will fill the spot that has been vacant since Markus "⁠Kjaerbye⁠" Kjærbye left the organisation in July.

Lekr0 leaves Ninjas in Pyjamas after two years, having been signed from fnatic in July 2018 as a replacement for William "⁠draken⁠" Sundin. He took over as in-game leader just a month later following the team's dismal run at ESL One Cologne, leading the Ninjas to their first Major in two years when they won the Europe Minor leading to the FACEIT Major.

Lekr0 is North's new fifth player

The 27-year-old's tenure with the team ended in May after he was moved to the bench and put on the transfer list following the signing of Hampus "⁠hampus⁠" Poser from GamerLegion as Ninjas in Pyjamas wanted a dedicated in-game leader who could take the squad in a different direction.

In North, Lekr0 will go back to a main rifler role, although he will still "assist with tactical input both pre and mid-game", according to Graham Pitt, the organisation's Head of Esports Operations, who added that the move will not change anything in the team's communication, which has been a mixture of Danish and Swedish since the apointment of Jimmy "⁠Jumpy⁠" Berndtsson — Lekr0's former coach in fnatic.

Lekr0 says he "didn't have any doubts" about his next project once he began talking with North. He came close to joining MAD Lions last month but ended up turning down the Flashpoint 1 champions, who went on to sign Paweł "⁠innocent⁠" Mocek.

"This is definitely the new home for me, and I am really looking forward to playing with the guys and bringing this team to the next level," Lekr0 added.

Lekr0 will make his first appearance for North in the third edition of Nine to Five, a $50,000 online tournament. The Danish team will enter the tournament in the playoff stage, which will begin on Tuesday.

With this move, North now have:

Nicklas "⁠gade⁠" Gade
Mathias "⁠MSL⁠" Lauridsen
René "⁠cajunb⁠" Borg
Philip "⁠aizy⁠" Aistrup
Jonas "⁠Lekr0⁠" Olofsson

Jimmy "⁠Jumpy⁠" Berndtsson (coach)

Nais

2020-08-21 10:11

22 replies

Go Lekr0

2020-08-21 10:14

20 replies

He might make this team better

2020-08-21 10:24

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unlucky smooya, wouldve almost joined instead of lekro

2020-08-21 11:09

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but thank god he didn't

2020-08-21 11:12

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So no more speaking Danish?

2020-08-21 11:18

12 replies

what??

2020-08-21 11:22

10 replies

In North, one Swede and everyone else is Danish.

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r u fakeflagging? Swedish and danish are so similar so they can easily understand each other. Friberg played with danes in heroic and he told there was no problem in communication. Also hallzerk is norwegian amoung 5 swedens.

2020-08-21 11:34

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Danish is actually not that easy to understand as a swede. It is easy to read but not spoken.Norwegian is a lot easier.

2020-08-21 12:26

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+1 I’m finnish and our language is so different from swedish, danish and norwegian but still i know that they all might sound quite similar and yes, they actually are but danish just have that little something. I don’t even know what it is but still. But as the article said they have already mixed swedish and danish since Jumpy joined. And also nordic lads chemistry will always be there even if they speak different languages

2020-08-21 14:09

Allu in NiP poggers

2020-08-21 14:53

It's sad they can't get that potato out of their throat

2020-08-21 15:27

Correction: Its not easy to understand to an untrained ear. But give it a couple of weeks with daily pracs in danish and he will understand them perfectly. Surely you understand this?

2020-08-21 21:47

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Might be true, still a lot harder than norwegian.

2020-08-21 22:02

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I dont disagree, but that doesnt make it hard.

2020-08-22 01:31

You can't compare swedish/norwegian and swedish/danish. The communication barrier betweed swedes and danes is alot bigger than between swedes and norwegians. However, after some time in the team it won't be a problem for Lekr0 since he will learn quickly, there are alot of similarities between the two languages

2020-08-22 12:59

if you read the article you get a pretty good answer actually. they have swedish player and swedisch coach

2020-08-21 14:31

No lol. North wanted both of them

2020-08-21 11:37

They tweeted Lekr0's announcement with a video of smooya in a North jersey by mistake. They deleted it quickly. Allegedly smooya's negotiations fell through, but holy fuck that has to be a sign.

2020-08-21 12:01

Any screen of this? I was asleep.

2020-08-21 13:23

does lekro speaks norwegian? or they gonna go with english speaking rost?

2020-08-23 14:38

Congratulations lekr0

2020-08-21 10:29

very nice

Nice

Pog

2020-08-21 10:12

Noice

Noise

2020-08-21 10:13

GL to Lekr0

RIP Lekro. North is a graveyard.

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2020-08-21 12:07

More like a residential home ... N🧑🏼‍🦽rth

More money than in mald lions.

2020-08-22 22:01

2020-08-23 23:58

Welcome lekr0!

North 20% likeable

The coach is worth 0% ?

2020-08-21 12:05

Yes

2020-08-21 12:15

Naes

Gl lekr0 I wish you the best

Will be awesome!!!

2020-08-21 10:15

North top 10 incoming

2020-08-21 10:17

Best move north ever made not sure its the Best lekr0 have tho but gl

I WAS HERE

2020-08-21 10:18

really?

Rip north, hopefully they can form a dreamteam eventually.

2020-08-21 10:20

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Building for the future 😂 26.7 avg age. About 3-5 years higher than most teams in top 30

2020-08-21 12:30

Heroic is the future, North is just... Dead.

2020-08-21 14:23

twitter.com/lagge15/status/1296398871367.. I would say they should get rid of Lekr0, gade, CajunB and get Ryxxo, Queenie and Kwezz

2020-08-21 14:26

Looking forward to see him play again.

2020-08-21 10:21

Lekro is 27 wtf

2020-08-21 10:22

That's how North recruits. Random like a case opening

2020-08-21 10:23

If they did their signings based of RNG I would understand their prior lineups a bit better

2020-08-21 12:31

if they did their signings on rng they would probably have better results

2020-08-21 21:29

Nah. They use a 20 sided die. 1-19 is shit. 20 is Dreamhack Masters Stockholm

2020-08-21 21:34

good luck to north and lekr0! i hope they'll be a good team.

haha great video

2020-08-21 10:25

sexy boi lekr0

2020-08-21 10:26

This move wont fix North lmao. I dont understand this. Same as i dont understand nip's decision to keep this bot twist instead of taking lekr0 on entry/support/lurking role. Anything except IGLeading.

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2020-08-21 10:51

Twist is most likely heading out. On some maps he's not even 2nd awper right now

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Nawwk is a primary AWPer now, and in many rounds it's hampus who is a secondary AWPer.

2020-08-21 13:25

Yeah, which means there isn't really a place nor role that suit Twist.

2020-08-21 13:39

Yeah, but he doesn't like being a primary AWPer himself, he has always been saying he likes rifling much more.

He has always been a better AWPer than Rifler, especially on T-side (where Awping is seemingly harder than rifling) and according to almost all his current and former teammates, he is so much better in pracc and scrims than in server. He just haven't "realized" it. With him being bottom of the scoreboard on a rifle tells me they are currently looking into what available riflers are out there to replace him

2020-08-21 13:55

It's their first two matches with the new play style, give them time, plus he was pretty good against BIG.

2020-08-21 13:56

-gade +refrezh

Now -MSL +Smooya and North Top 10 EZ

Damn unlucky, there was S1mple in there!

2020-08-21 10:27

Nice addition! Gl hf !

2020-08-21 10:34

Poor lekr0

2020-08-21 10:38

nice

2020-08-21 10:41

reject mad lions to join north OK

2020-08-21 10:50

you only look at the results, and the conditions and salary are important for the player

2020-08-21 10:52

2000$ or 10000$ salary. What would you choose?

2020-08-21 10:53

2000$ and good team that can achive something and play on big events 10000$ and shitty team with washed up players i would choose 2000$

2020-08-21 11:01

No u wouldnt, also msl>acilion

2020-08-21 11:06

i would

2020-08-21 11:08

Mad Lions have only 1 good player who is acoR, so both options were bad

2020-08-21 11:14

ok i can agree both options are not greatest but still i think there is more potential to become a good team in mad lions

comparing two turds with eachother isn't really helpful

2020-08-21 11:57

Good team does't pay your bills, my man!

2020-08-21 11:59

LETS GO LEKRO <3

2020-08-21 10:59

Great signing by North. Now they should remove cajunb, because he is really bad for me, gade, because he is not to bad but if North want to move forward they have to remove him, and take stfN, because he is great, and miribit, because he is really good to.

2020-08-21 11:02

please shut up ahahhaha pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeee

2020-08-21 13:26

lekro msl sjuush roej aizy acor to astralis or mouz to replace woxic

2020-08-21 11:03

rest in piece

2020-08-21 11:20

Lekro alone can't help them win, good addition but still a trash team

2020-08-21 11:23

rip north

2020-08-21 11:25

This team will go nowhere

Lekro is a beast even when he is IGL if he is no full focus on his game he will be the father of a beast

2020-08-21 11:39

if he is no full focus on his game he will be the father of a beast

2020-08-21 12:11

*now sry Nepal

2020-08-21 12:18

np 18 year old

2020-08-21 19:44

You go Lekro!!

2020-08-21 11:44

My mannnnn

2020-08-21 11:48

Deagle Lord is backk

2020-08-21 11:51

RIP Lekr0 career smooya really dodged a bullet there

2020-08-21 11:56

where is smooya currently? this bot won't ever get a better team than North in his life

smooya almost joined north but the deal fell through. he cannot find a team currently because we have a virus going on, i don't know if you heard about it. smooya is living in england, so pretty far away from any good team, and i think the political landscape makes it even more difficult currently. i'm 100% sure he'll have more success than this north roster in the next 12 months. north will stay in irrelevance with or without lekr0, north management has a history of bad decisions and the players are all inconsistent as fuck

2020-08-21 12:17

Smooya will have more success? he have been a free agent for fucking 7 months or something no1 is gonna pick him up which is why he actually wanted to go to a fucking Mongolian team LMFAO Besides Mesio from North stated that they could have signed him but they decided not to, i guess he was too shit, I mean he couldnt make it in the NA scene so why the fuck would they bother, maybee he should aim lower and join some trash jerman team, you have plenty of those

2020-08-21 12:33

smooya trashed literally every player in NA when he played in chaos but he had to leave the USA and the team because of the corona virus. smooya almost joined sprout but the deal fell through because sprout wasnt able to pay him in british pound. so he almost joined some trash jerman team then he almost joined the mongolians together with snappi to create a team that would have outclassed north on every occasion. but the deal fell through as well because they wanted to hold onto a mongolian team. then he almost joined north, and they were clearly interested in him because the deal was almost done. they preferred lekr0 and i think this theoretically is fine, maybe they think a lekr0 type of player is what they need more. in conclusion he's a free agent because he's fucking unlucky right now, and even more so, we have a fucking pandemic going on that makes moving to another country for another team almost impossible currently. i havent seen north doing something relevant in the last 7 months either, guess they were too shit. they should be glad that they still have one fan in you

2020-08-21 12:51

"Trashed every NA player" hahahah what games were you watching he literally lost the last game he played for them against fucking T5 Team One getting 0.85 rating in one of the maps, he never beat any relevant team and Chaos have looked much stronger ever since he left. Oh yeah i'm sure the Mongolian team would be insane, i mean Smooya AND Snappi woow who could stop this deadly duo lmfao North said themselves they are not done recruiting, the deal with smooya fell through cause he wasnt good enough. You havent seen North doing anything relevant in the past 7 months? I mean so far they have gained enough points for a major spot beating teams like NaVi, G2,, BIG, NIP and mouz.Sure their year have been horrible but compared to Smooya they're doing fantastic lol

2020-08-21 14:54

Imagine picking out one game out of all he played in NA. Also the whole Tiger thing was a meme and a mess if you listened to the HLTV podcast, which clearly you havent. Also do you "guess he was shit" or did "North said themselves that he is shit"? And lastly, havent you seen the news for the last half a year on the global situation? Apparently not. btw this is adressed to both of the danish guys, thought they are the same dude lul

2020-08-21 16:14

Lekr0 bring your own chair!! rumor say they only have wheelchairs in the office

2020-08-21 12:06

Gold

2020-08-21 22:50

Lekr0 refused MAD LIONS to go to North weird

2020-08-21 12:42

Nice. Next kick cajunb and gade, and to new young players

2020-08-21 12:44

expected

2020-08-21 12:54

what language will they use? is it possible to understand somehow eachother danish/swedish?

2020-08-21 12:56

Yes its possible. But, i think they will speak English because, i believe Jumpy speaks English as well.

2020-08-21 14:18

-msl + smooya top 5 contender team

2020-08-21 13:07

this team is horrible tbh

2020-08-21 13:18

why north mens((

2020-08-21 13:19

I love those mixed scandinavian teams Danes+Swedes = so much potential

2020-08-21 13:34

haHahahAHAhaHAhaHAhaHAhaHAHAhaahha

2020-08-21 13:54

Gl lekr0

2020-08-21 14:16

Nice. Now -Gade/Cajunb +Smooya

2020-08-21 14:17

good luck mr Lekr0

Now bring acor and sjuush

2020-08-21 14:39

It was like Heroic's roster with Friberg

2020-08-21 14:55

bye kristou

2020-08-21 15:25

interesting

2020-08-21 15:30

how close is danish and sweden language? Are they moving to english communication?

2020-08-21 16:02

i think he can undestand, but they sure wont communication to english, so i guess he has to understand :) deduction

2020-08-21 16:08

Swedes can easily understand Danish its the other way around it gets tricky so yeah no problems here I Think Lekr0 will fit great to this team

2020-08-21 19:01

Happy for him, hopefully, it works out.

2020-08-21 16:13

FaZe really should've gotten Lekr0 instead of Kjaerbye But oh well , I wish Lekr0 the best , I hope he actually achieves something with this dumpster fire of a team

2020-08-21 16:57

Great addition. He might be the player North needed all the years.

2020-08-21 18:24