NIP roster and other notable changes unveiled in official RMR lineups

1-4-2022 15:55

We can assure you that this is not an April Fool's joke.

With just over a week to go before action kicks off in Romania, the registered lineups for the PGL Antwerp Regional Major Ranking tournaments have officially been revealed by the tournament organizer, documenting each team's five players, coach, and substitute. These lineups are locked for the duration of the RMR events, and only the coach or substitute may be changed before the Major when it comes to teams who manage to qualify.

While there are no big surprises in the rosters, a few details of note in the list caught our attention that you might find interesting, such as the confirmed lineups of Astralis and Ninjas in Pyjamas and other teams' notable substitutes and coach changes.

Brollan is set to take the place of phzy on NIP

The only two teams with question marks around their primary five were the aforementioned Astralis and Ninjas in Pyjamas, who had both made changes and needed to retain a three-man core from their PGL Stockholm lineups. The Danish side took the expected path, registering Philip "⁠Lucky⁠" Ewald as an active player to retain the core, while Asger "⁠Farlig⁠" Jensen is listed as a substitute. Additionally, Martin "⁠trace⁠" Heldt returns in the coach slot as a result of Alexander "⁠ave⁠" Holdt's Valve ban.

Astralis' official RMR lineup
Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander
Andreas "⁠Xyp9x⁠" Højsleth
Kristian "⁠k0nfig⁠" Wienecke
Benjamin "⁠blameF⁠" Bremer
Philip "⁠Lucky⁠" Ewald

Martin "⁠trace⁠" Heldt (coach)

Asger "⁠Farlig⁠" Jensen (substitute)

Technically, this allows Astralis to play at the RMR with just two of the players who earned a spot there by placing in the top 16 at PGL Major Stockholm, as they're expected to swap Farlig in for Lucky ahead of the start of the tournament and play out the tournament with the newest addition.

On the Swedish side of things, after bringing in Ludvig "⁠Brollan⁠" Brolin and making mysterious comments about the future of their lineup, it was revealed that Ninjas in Pyjamas submitted new addition Brollan as a replacement for Love "⁠phzy⁠" Smidebrant in the active roster. Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz, who has been out of action since late last year, is listed as the team's substitute, which could be viewed as an indication that the Danish AWPer's return in time for the Romanian event is a possibility.

NIP's official RMR lineup
Hampus "⁠hampus⁠" Poser
Fredrik "⁠REZ⁠" Sterner
Nicolas "⁠Plopski⁠" Gonzalez Zamora
Patrick "⁠es3tag⁠" Hansen
Ludvig "⁠Brollan⁠" Brolin

Daniel "⁠djL⁠" Narancic (coach)

Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz (substitute)

Aside from ave, there are multiple other coaches who still hold bans from Valve tournaments due to their involvement in the coaching bug scandal, and as such they have been temporarily replaced. Marcos "⁠tacitus⁠" Castilho returns to take Nicholas "⁠guerri⁠" Nogueira's place in FURIA, while Dignitas have analyst Mikael "sheddaN" Mellström stepping in for Faruk "⁠pita⁠" Pita in, and Director of Esports Operations Eddie Han fills in for Robert "⁠RobbaN⁠" Dahlström in FaZe, with the European squad opting to not use analyst Viacheslav "⁠innersh1ne⁠" Britvin this time.

Manager for paiN, Sérgio "rato feliz" Lima, steps in to coach the Brazilian squad as head coach Bruno "⁠ellllll⁠" Ono is permanently barred from Valve events and assistant coach Henrique "⁠rikz⁠" Waku remains banned for the duration of PGL Antwerp. Renato "⁠nak⁠" Nakano returns to coach MIBR, while Julio "⁠jun⁠" Junior is set to stand behind TeamOne despite new coach Vitor "⁠eleito⁠" Estíval seemingly being free to participate in Valve events.

Bubzkji has made a surprise appearance

The substitute side is equally interesting, with the headline name being Lucas "⁠Bubzkji⁠" Andersen appearing as the substitute for Vitality. Markus "⁠Kjaerbye⁠" Kjærbye also returns as a sub for Heroic, while Haris "⁠H4RR3⁠" Hadzic has signed up with Dignitas. Former player and now assistant coach Magnus "⁠fr0slev⁠" Frøslev appears as the sub for Copenhagen Flames, while current fnatic Rising member Francisco "⁠kst⁠" Fragoso has been registered with SAW.

Some other notable substitutes include Dorian "⁠xertioN⁠" Berman with MOUZ, Rassim "⁠Jyo⁠" Valijev with Entropiq, and Guy "⁠anarkez⁠" Trachtman with AVE. Interestingly, Case are the only team to not register either a coach or substitute.

Below you can find the full list of 51 out of the 52 teams who will be in action in Bucharest, Romania later this month, competing for spots at the PGL Major Antwerp. Lynn Vision's replacement in the Asian RMR has yet to be revealed after the Chinese side announced their withdrawal from the tournament due to visa issues.

See the official RMR lineups here

cool

2022-04-01 15:56

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Spicy

2022-04-01 18:27

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Bubzjki to vitality hmm - misutaaa, Son vitality full danish, and the mvp major champion kjaerbye is back for heroic lul

2022-04-02 00:15

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Happy got bubzkji and snakebye

2022-04-02 16:38

Pog

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Why device subsitute bro ??? So dumb

2022-04-01 15:57

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wow i think device is gone for good sad =/

2022-04-01 15:59

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0 iq

2022-04-01 16:03

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Gave u cred for ure username in a thread that deleted so dont know if u had time to see it. Anyway, great name!

2022-04-01 16:25

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I saw it, and replied. Thank you. :)

2022-04-01 16:26

the wholesomeness here is immense

2022-04-03 02:29

2022-04-01 16:46

What's so great about it?

2022-04-01 17:30

7 replies

Tom Bombadil is a character from LOTR, he is described as all-knowing, have lived in Middle Earth before it was light there, the Ring has 0 effect on him and he is very nice to people. But we dont know what he is or how he was created.

2022-04-01 17:47

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I know who that is, I just don't quite see how taking a name of a fictional character is something worth noting. Cuz it's not the first time I see somebody complimenting his name

2022-04-01 18:35

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+1 rofl

2022-04-01 18:58

I dont know really, Guess i just think its a cool character or something. Wouldnt praise anybody for being named Legolas. Kronkell is cool aswell :)

2022-04-01 18:59

Aww, thank you ;)

2022-04-01 19:55

What is so great about Kronkell?

2022-04-01 21:02

Idk, never claimed it's great

2022-04-01 22:01

idk why anyone would compliment on others username but very nice of you, mate

2022-04-03 04:41

No apperently many people agree with you judging from the replies lol. thanks mate

2022-04-03 15:40

Opposite it means he could possibly return, stay positive

2022-04-01 17:17

Health issues

He is not active he is on break

because he hasnt played an official since May

2022-04-01 16:00

Rip #1 comment

2022-04-01 16:02

It doesn't matter if he's a substitute or not in practice, teams are free to use substitutes every match.

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Oh okay I didn't know that. So basically 6 man roster like Vita did back in the day ? Or can they not switch between maps in a same match

2022-04-01 16:11

I don't really think they are allowed to change players between maps, but I'm not 100% sure. The reason main players may be listed as substitutes is because of the rmr rules. Teams get penalized if they make roster changes after a certain point. This is the specific rule: "Prior to each RMR event, teams can change up to two members of their roster at a cost of 20% of the team’s points, per player. Replacing three or more players between events will result in a points reset." blog.counter-strike.net/index.php/csgo-r.. In fact this is why I think dev1ce is going to play. They would've probably listed brollan as a substitute if dev1ce wasn't going to play.

2022-04-01 16:21

Fair enough, that makes sense. Thanks

2022-04-01 16:27

There are no rmr points anymore. That rulebook is obsolete

2022-04-01 16:30

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Incorrect: blog.counter-strike.net/uk/index.php/csg..

2022-04-01 16:36

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Thats a draft that was never oficially published. The official rule book for the current and next majors is this counter-strike.net/csgo_major_supplement..

2022-04-01 16:42

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How did NIP manage to get brollan to be part of their core lineup then? It looks like it's not possible to change the core lineup according to these rules.

2022-04-01 16:56

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core = 3 players = rez/plopski/hampus

2022-04-01 17:01

Your link literally says "Team roster must include 5 players (“Core Lineup”)."

2022-04-01 17:06

bad wording. core has always been 3/5 players. if core were to be all 5 players, then most of the invited teams (vitality, astralis, faze, g2, furia, nip etc) would not have retained their rmr invite

2022-04-01 17:09

It's incredibly clear what it defines as the core in this context. I.e. 5 players.

2022-04-01 17:11

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#126 use ur deductive skills and see that even valve does not really consider a core to be all 5 players

2022-04-01 17:14

It literally specifies 5 players to show what they mean by the core lineup in this context, but arguing about it is moot.

2022-04-01 17:31

"RMR invites are sent to teams of three or more players who played together in the Legends Stage of the previous Major. If a team used a substitute, the five players that are considered to have “played together” are the five who played in the last match they won." above is the relevant part regardings lineups for invites. The bit about "core lineup" that explicitly mentions 5 players is relevant only for in-tournament changes (as teams can only sub one time).

2022-04-01 17:43

I stand corrected then. Thanks for the info.

2022-04-01 18:02

he probably isn't sure if he wants to come back yet

2022-04-01 16:29

#94

2022-04-01 16:40

Rmr points?

2022-04-01 16:53

Wtf

I fcking expected something huge and the post itself was dissapointing. Baited the hyped title :( Feelsbadman

2022-04-01 16:09

2022-04-01 16:15

+1 hltv baited harder this time than with the article about BR cs.

2022-04-01 17:59

expected?

2022-04-01 16:59

Atleast NIP has device as a sub, so hopefully we can see him play!

I will not watch cucks

2022-04-01 22:05

Haha hes super prob even of u dont like pron

2022-04-02 02:43

Device

Nice

Tf NIP no awper?

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Did you even read it? They said devve might play. If not i heard brollan is good awp or es3tag will play awp on ct

Brollan good with awp? This lineup has 3 players who are decent with the awp and Brollan is not one of them

2022-04-01 16:01

Thats the thing. Device is still listed as a sub so we dont know when he "might" play.

Plopski will stay for RMR but will be swapped for major.

2022-04-01 16:05

es3tag is secondary awper so most likely primary

Device will play, it is just a protocol, the last on the list is a subsitute.

2022-04-01 16:39

Why? If he is gonna play why isnt he listed as a player instead of esetag or plopski? It doesnt make sense.

2022-04-01 16:45

the last one on the list become a subsitute. They cannot add him as a player. Do you really think lucky will awp for astralis ?

2022-04-01 16:47

astralis are in a different position. they needed their 3man core (glaive, xyp9x and lucky) from the previous major to keep their rmr invite. nip dont need that. they already have rez, hampus, plopski/device. swapping es3tag or plopski for device wouldnt affect their invite

2022-04-01 16:52

Device was not probably on the list of active players. They won't put him subsitute if he is not coming back. And plopzki and esetag will have to fight for the last spot (like jackz and amanek back then)

wdym was not on the list of active players? he was the main player for nip at the stockholm major, of course he was listed as an active player nip surely hopes that device eventually comes back for the major, but putting him as a substitute is meaningless. it doesnt tell us anything. tbf i believe that even nip management doesnt know their full roster for the major (assuming they qualify)

2022-04-01 17:00

im guessing es3tag will awp, we've seen him secondary with phzy not there. just a guess though

es3tag primary awp? I arent think that

Es3tag is good with awp, the problem is he cant play it on t side since he is a support player

2022-04-01 16:06

he used to be a primary awper a ways back. He has played every role in his career to at least a decent level.

2022-04-01 16:22

This, honestly phzy > Plopski or es3tag

es3tag is actually a better awper than rifler

Proof?

watch him

2022-04-01 16:04

2022-04-01 16:20

unless devve ends up playing, esetag and hampus will most likely split awp duties

2022-04-01 18:01

2022-04-01 22:12

ohhh

first

...of April?

2022-04-01 19:47

-misutaa +bubzkji?

I wish

2022-04-01 18:22

+1 or just letting him play a few games in the rmr so that org can scout him and lucky too I hope they get a better team tbh

2022-04-01 19:00

damn, farlig really got shown the cold hand huh?

2022-04-01 15:58

You people are actually braindead. He's not actually their substitute, lucky is. They just list him as a substitute because of the way the rmr works.

same with nip

Indeed.

Finally someone with sense. it is a protocol more than anything else.

2022-04-01 16:41

Lel don't tell valve it's that easy.

2022-04-01 18:00

you should start with reading the article

was on a hurry getting out of the house no need to be offended m8s

2022-04-01 16:32

How the hell is botski still on NIP. Get rid of this bot. Dev1ce taking a long selfish vacation at the expense of NIP. Sorry, I just don’t believe breaking up with GF is that traumatic that you can’t play for 8 months lmao

learn to read pls

dummy

2022-04-01 17:46

Plopski is doing fine. He was their 2nd best player after REZ at ESL Pro League and 3rd best at Blast. For an anchor and entry fragger like him that's even more impressive.

2022-04-03 16:01

No dev1ce finalized :<

kst on SAW?

device is back POG

EZ 4 brollan

vitality benchzjki tf lol

April fools!!

lots of subs, smart with the pandemic.

It's crazy how 1 girl destroyed Astralis and dev1ce career

"We can assure you that this is not an April Fool's joke." Kapp

What's happened to device?

VITALITY BUBZKJI LOL GOODBYE MISUTAAA

Es3tag on the AWP before Device returns I guess. Will Es3tag be sold back to Astralis as their new AWP? That’d be interesting.

Ahahah 8/8

Rip misuta

kjaerbye da goat

Bubz and Kjaerbye are subs, poggers

who tf is the faze coach? never heard of him

2022-04-01 16:07

bruh who tf is Faze's sub, Olaf Gustafson xD

2022-04-01 16:08

guys,rmr gropus are changing? u know something about that?

bubzki and vita very wierd

Sounds like a pontential -misutaa + bubz in the future

Faze : Eddie Han - who? :D

matter of time that vitality will turn into danish...ggwp danes

2022-04-01 16:10

Lucky :)

Play major qualifier knowing that you won't play the major xddd

2022-04-01 16:14

Sérgio "rato feliz" Lima

2022-04-01 16:12

does it mean something

''happy rat'' in brazilian portuguese hahahah

2022-04-01 16:58

lol

2022-04-01 19:54

Bubzkji as a sub for Vitality? Rip the French.

2022-04-01 16:13

Bubzkji vita sub lol

bubzkji vitality me go coom

Device sub? He might comeback pogg

2022-04-01 16:16

Why did Astralis bench Lucky in the first place if they are going to play with him in the RMR's?

2022-04-01 16:23

farlig was worse

They wont play with him. Hes listed as an active player just to retain their 3man core to be eligible for a direct invite to the rmr

2022-04-01 16:34

The headline says "official lineups", so he's listed in the official Astralis lineup that will play the rmr tournament

smh reading is hard. he's listed in the official lineup, otherwise they would lose their rmr spot and would have to qualify through open quals Technically, this allows Astralis to play at the RMR with just two of the players who earned a spot there by placing in the top 16 at PGL Major Stockholm, as they're expected to swap Farlig in for Lucky ahead of the start of the tournament and play out the tournament with the newest addition. do u really believe that they are playing epl with farlig, then do a 180 turn and bring lucky back?

2022-04-01 18:19

This should not be allowed What's stopping teams from listing their 3-man core as the official lineup and then having 3 "substitutes" who will play, effectively allowing them to field a completely different team?

2022-04-01 22:11

you can only list 1 substitute

2022-04-01 22:26

I see. Still, this should not be allowed Everyone knows what Astralis is doing but are powerless to stop it I hope Valve comes up with a clarification to the rule that stops teams from being able to abuse the substitute rule

2022-04-01 22:30

Why didn't Furia choose someone from its academy team as a sub?

2022-04-01 16:28

Tbh for being an academy player who have done very well under the circumstances to replace dev1ce I don't feel NiP has done him right. Not sure the team will be better with Brollan tbh

Brollan is aggressive player. Nip is so passive. Brollan doesn't shine in passive mode

H4RR3 finally being saved from that 777 disaster, there is hope.

2022-04-01 16:44

Why dev1ce doesn’t play?

XD what are they doing??? both

Device, lucky ???????

nice joke

1M $ sub

Device needs to stop being a lil girl and play already ffs

cringe. Flag checks out

2022-04-01 18:55

>We can assure you that this is not an April Fool's joke. Not sure if trolling.jpg

2022-04-01 16:48

I need H4RR3 signature, best Bosnian <3

2022-04-01 16:51

So basically device is back farlig will change lucky but im wondering what IF vita will change misutaa for bubzkij on this rmr? hmmmmmmm

Lucky on astralis? Why?

2022-04-01 17:03

Maybe they arent allowed to make changes because they need the old core. Not sure though. Also they might just not have had enough time to get the farlig lineup major ready so they will just stick with lucky for this one and hope the best.

2022-04-01 18:57

kst good option

2022-04-01 17:07

Rip FaZe no RobbaN no win

2022-04-01 17:22

Bubz for Vitality, interestink

is dev0ce even gonna play this year?

kick plopski and rez pls. they are done with nip

2022-04-01 17:32

Device will be back to astralis

2022-04-01 17:35

GUYS RMR GROUPS ARE CHANGING?

2022-04-01 17:36

I really thought JKS would be the sub for Faze

2022-04-01 17:37

Bubzki as aub for vitality 👀

2022-04-01 17:49

Really comforting that like 50 banned coaches are still active in the scene getting their paycheck, just getting temporarily benched for valve events. Great look for pro cs. :)

2022-04-01 17:57

we're watching games at an event owned by the saudis and sponsored by the us air force, this scene couldn't get any worse even if they tried.

2022-04-01 19:03

Hahahah oil money + us air force? What a combo indeed. It's like fast food sponsoring champions league - oh wait.

2022-04-02 13:32

Astralis is dead... why would Lucky be the starter but hes not in this event

2022-04-01 18:24

Holy shit NBK not even good enough for substitute? I love JDC but what Mouz has done to this guy isnt fair Imo. Imagine how hyped he must have been after his Valorant break and he is directly in a tier 1-2 team.

2022-04-01 18:54

>bubzkji sub for vitality excuse me?

2022-04-01 19:01

-misuta soon

2022-04-01 19:20

Dev1ce POG

Pay so much money for substitute, jeez

2022-04-01 19:40

Forever dev2ce.

2022-04-01 19:51

friberg’s real name is Gustave wtf

2022-04-01 20:24

so basically what im reading is olofmeister is somehow going to end up playing

2022-04-01 22:04

while true { -olof +olof }

2022-04-02 13:33

head coach Bruno "⁠ellllll⁠" Ono is permanently barred from Valve events and assistant coach Henrique "⁠rikz⁠" Waku remains banned for the duration o Did you mean banned

Full swedes was better

2022-04-01 22:17

Who will awp ???

2022-04-01 22:21

Olof who?

2022-04-02 00:27