DreamHack Masters Spring 2021 Europe Closed Qualifier

niko to stand in for OG in DH Masters Spring qualifier

6/3/2021 - 16:01

The Dane will be stepping in for OG amid reports of his permanent signing with the organization.

OG will be using Nikolaj "⁠niko⁠" Kristensen as a stand-in during the DreamHack Masters Spring Europe Closed Qualifier, the organization announced before their first match in the tournament against Nordavind at 17:00 .

The 22-year-old will step in as a replacement for Nathan "⁠NBK-⁠" Schmitt, who was benched from the team late last month after the two sides "didn't agree on how to consistently perform at the highest level".

niko steps in for OG

niko, who has been sitting on Heroic's bench since late-February after Ismail "⁠refrezh⁠" Ali and Rasmus "⁠sjuush⁠" Beck took his and Johannes "⁠b0RUP⁠" Borup's place in the active roster, has been closely linked with the European side for the past week after HLTV.org reported that OG had expressed interest in signing the Dane.

The DreamHack Masters Spring closed qualifier will run from March 6-7 and is set to hand out three spots at the $250,000 main event, which the organizers are hoping to host in a studio location on LAN on April 29-May 9.

OG's lineup for the DreamHack Masters Spring closed qualifier will be:

Aleksi "⁠Aleksib⁠" Virolainen
Issa "⁠ISSAA⁠" Murad
Mateusz "⁠mantuu⁠" Wilczewski
Valdemar "⁠valde⁠" Bjørn Vangså
Nikolaj "⁠niko⁠" Kristensen (stand-in)

Casper "⁠ruggah⁠" Due (coach)

Nice. First

2021-03-06 16:01

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Who will be awping now???

2021-03-06 16:03

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Mantuu

10 replies

Spawn

2021-03-06 16:10

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-issa +k0nfig -aleksej +blameF -mantu +mertz

2021-03-06 16:38

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MANTUU>>>>>>>>>>>>>MERTZ

2021-03-06 17:13

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mertz seems to be toxic and doesnt last in teams very long

2021-03-06 17:56

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so danish smooya?

2021-03-07 04:58

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Actually, I dont think smooya's been toxic for a while. He had to leave Chaos because of location issues etc. I think his toxic period was before his time in Chaos? Whereas mertz seems to end up in another team every couple of months

2021-03-07 12:29

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smooya is literally being toxic in movistar riders, GOD Steel, the major finalist, deserves better

2021-03-07 18:34

+99

2021-03-06 19:06

-aleksib +rattlesnk

2021-03-06 17:01

Mantuu ?????? lol

2021-03-06 17:08

xyp9x

2021-03-06 16:04

botJ

2021-03-06 16:06

Cringe

2021-03-06 16:44

karrigan I guess?

Hiko

2021-03-06 16:12

niko

2021-03-06 16:20

me ;)

2021-03-06 16:25

suNny

Mantuu was always the awper

2021-03-06 16:26

godj

2021-03-06 19:09

Wtf niko leaves g2? Lolololol.

2021-03-06 16:15

Flair checks out

hm? 😠😡

2021-03-07 07:57

Ew, what are OG thinking?

-support +support

2021-03-06 16:11

i.imgur.com/n6gNFEW.jpg

hahaaaa

kkkkkkkkkk

2021-03-06 16:16

Let’s goo

Lol

finally

2021-03-06 16:02

and ball torture

are you into that? uWu

yes OwO

2021-03-06 16:05

nice!

gl hf

Yes ^_^

Lowkey really happy they didn't sign Danish niko permanently. If he performs well and fits the team then sure but for now it's nice to see that OG is aiming higher

2021-03-06 16:09

2021-03-06 16:32

cool

twitter.com/OGcsgo/status/13682149017815.. niko as stand-in It means they gonna go for kenny then -issaa and buy ropz

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Mantuu + kennyS ?

mantuu was a rifler if you didn't know

no i never watched low tier cs

2021-03-06 16:08

he is good on rifling

2021-03-06 16:21

OG buying Ropz, cant see that

2021-03-06 16:07

I dunno we'll see

At least I hope.

2021-03-06 16:40

why would they go for 0.98 awper?

2021-03-06 17:15

fanbase for OG will go higher maybe new home aleksib motivates kenny

2021-03-06 17:53

I mean depends where their priorities are set,i wouldnt gamble on a "fanbase" awper

2021-03-06 17:54

they need some aggresivness so

2021-03-06 19:46

expected but not stand in

expected

Hope it works out - now only replacement for ISSAA is needed

Not really.

2021-03-06 16:47

expected so many people baited by "MasterPiece" even though it was obviously niko on his alt

Wtf niko, ready to ruin another team?

hahaha

2021-03-06 16:28

Who do you think Niko will kick next? I believe Aleksib because og needs more firepower

I think they should recruit SunNy. Very firepower.

2021-03-06 16:48

At least they will have fun

2021-03-06 19:11

I thought Niko plays for G2? And I thought only free agents are allowed to stand-in? Seems like OG are desperate.

2021-03-06 16:13

heroic niko

2021-03-06 16:45

Barely an upgrade over nbk tbh.

2021-03-06 16:14

different type of a player tho

2021-03-06 21:15

rip

OG is slowly turning into North

2021-03-06 16:24

ok gg

Cant wait OG vs heroic

Or G2 ;) which team Niko will play in, does he swap teams after rounds? Total mayhem

2021-03-07 12:43

so they still have faith in ISSA playing with 80-100 ping. hmm interesting. #DreamOG

Pog

2021-03-06 16:27

Ok , stand-in, but EPL is already here, someone Else is going to play there? OG is Very late

NiKo left G2 for this? Congratz!

Destroying a team and then leaving, typical))))

og kick nbk for this?

Why would they replace a bot with another bot

2021-03-06 16:31

over 233 iq move OG

You should start saying FAKE Niko. Otherwise I get baited everytime.

2021-03-06 16:46

Wtf. I thought was NiKo, but is niko.

2021-03-06 16:51

At least he's a stand-in.

2021-03-06 16:52

xd xd xd xd xd nbk for niko oh woooh, teams be like shiver me timbers. xd same team same player just 4 years younger

2021-03-06 16:54

who would have thought

NICE !

2021-03-06 16:55

I bet my ass that niko will stay with OG

2021-03-06 17:11

hahahahaha ch0k0 kicked kennyS and now goes to play as stand-in for OG XDDDDDDDDD

2021-03-06 17:12

KEKW KEKW

2021-03-06 18:32

Every roster change news story comment section lately: "-half the team +K0nfig + blameF"

Faze then g2 then og interesting

2021-03-06 17:26

niko is a really good player, but honestly I don't think he is what they need long term, but I might be wrong. GL to OG and niko.

2021-03-06 17:37

trash player

2021-03-06 17:38

Last place will be reality with niko.

2021-03-06 17:41

kicking kennyS and joining OG after ???

2021-03-06 17:45

nice

2021-03-06 18:47

Budget one

2021-03-06 19:23

EZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

2021-03-06 20:03

Really? Stand-in? When you have NBK on the bench? N0tail and Ceb must have asap a meeting with csgo manager... How can you screw things like that in such a lil time?

2021-03-06 20:06

bot nbk

2021-03-06 20:16

bot issaa bot valde bot aleksib bot mantuu fair? Or maybe the in-game leading of aleksib is not good. They have really to convince with this qualifier and EPL. If they can't perform and qualify, the problem was and is not NBK but unfortunately, the synergy in the team and the first person responsible is the in game leader.

2021-03-06 20:18

stand-in aka potential new signing perfect opportunity to test the waters

They test him for days (weeks?) so if he's not signed yet, it means they are not 100% convinced of him or they spot another problem (the real one) but don't want to call back NBK by ego? =D Don't mention "buyout" delay, stop with this "delay" bs. It's a fucking lie people mention to show the lack of velocity.

2021-03-06 20:20

where did i say anything about delay? you just sound like a mad nbk fan, honestly what real problem are you talking about?

2021-03-06 20:24

I just preshot stupid answer =D The problem is in the in-game lead of aleksib. I've still one specific round in mind on Nuke where they take ramp and kill 3 people, were in 5v2 but hold the place for 20-30 second before going down and planting... It's one round in many others where the strategy and tactic are not on point for months. I love OG as an org but on this, they really screwed.

2021-03-06 20:28

Not a fan of this. So many better free agents available, so many better players in shitty teams for you to poach.... Whatever. GL Niko I guess, and more importantly GL to OG.

2021-03-06 20:44

The guy actually thinks he can sign for a better team just cuz they had that fluke run with heroic

2021-03-06 20:54

why they don't just pick decent player like ropz?

2021-03-07 04:06

2021-03-07 05:05

nice from G2

2021-03-07 09:52