k0nfig to stand in for Heroic at BLAST World Final

4/12/2022 - 14:09

Heroic will be without Martin "⁠stavn⁠" Lund, who will rest during the last event of the year.

Heroic have announced that they will be giving stavn extra time off this winter break and he will not travel with the rest of the team to Abu Dhabi, UAE, for the BLAST Premier World Final.

The Danish squad, who just became the world's top side in the HLTV ranking after their first Big Event LAN victory at the BLAST Premier Fall Final on home soil, will therefore field Kristian "⁠k0nfig⁠" Wienecke as a substitute for the 20-year-old.

k0nfig will play his first LAN match since parting with Astralis in October

k0nfig will make his LAN return for the first time since his contract was terminated by Astralis in October after a tarnishing altercation with a club promoter in Malta that resulted in physical injury was made public. The Danish squad was struggling at the time, having failed to qualify for the IEM Rio Europe RMR and flopping out of ESL Pro League in 13-16th place, which also prompted the organization to make changes.

The 25-year-old, who stated in November that he is ready to return to action after working with a therapist, will have a chance to show himself on the world stage with his countrymen and notorious rivals of his former Astralis teammates, although after a particularly bad year Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander and his men will not be in attendance at the BLAST World Final. The tournament, which will close out 2022, will run on December 14-18.

k0nfig ready to return: "Everything I worked for disappeared, but I'm here to take it back"

Heroic will field the following team in Abu Dhabi:

Casper "⁠cadiaN⁠" Møller
René "⁠TeSeS⁠" Madsen
Rasmus "⁠sjuush⁠" Beck
Jakob "⁠jabbi⁠" Nygaard
Kristian "⁠k0nfig⁠" Wienecke (stand-in)

Richard "⁠Xizt⁠" Landström (coach)

Gl king

2022-12-04 14:09

28 replies

yea GL..he needs a chance to get back to T1, astralis did him real dirty..and they were working eith hunden all this time..seems kind of ironic

2022-12-04 14:13

26 replies

Bullshit organisation

2022-12-04 14:57

Bro was behaving like an idiot, how is this Astralis's fault?

2022-12-04 17:18

8 replies

+1 konfig picked up a fight and he didn't just lose, he could've lost his life or his talent at playing cs....

2022-12-04 17:24

5 replies

Is getting kicked down a flight of stairs and chased and beaten what picking a fight looks like to you? If you didn't I would recommend reading the twitlonger post from k0nfig about the situation, because you definitely would have a different viewpoint.

2022-12-06 03:50

3 replies

don't forget the part where he said he got mad at the guy for ridiculing his tattoos (lol)

2022-12-06 06:10

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this will never not be funny to me

2022-12-07 09:05

Before the staircase thing he provoked him (is in his tweetlonger) and after that he confesed he could've stayed put and "lick his wound" (granted, he got injured because of that, but that is just more reason to simply stay put) but then had to chase (he wasn't chased, HE CHASED) the guy when he was on his way out and pick another fight and that is where he f*cked up. At least he recognizes that, and hopefully he thrives to do better.

2022-12-06 11:07

read the news more carefully you illiterate dumbass

2022-12-08 06:10

dude was literally insulted and punched by a druged guy, its not Astralis fault that, but the release from the contract was not necessary prob

2022-12-04 22:30

U know why he left the organisation????

2022-12-05 12:16

Konfig did astralis dirty, what organisation would keep a player that starts fights irl? Clearly some anger issues

2022-12-04 18:34

13 replies

I may be wrong, but didn't the guy he fought clearly provoke him by spitting on him and shoving him and whatnot?

2022-12-04 19:04

12 replies

He may of provoked him but k0nfig allegedly has a history of these kind of things, plus the way he reacted in every situation was childish and proves that he has a problem with alcohol

2022-12-04 19:19

Fair points

2022-12-05 16:46

When two people get into a genuine fight it’s often not just the fault of one. But I suppose we cannot be 100% certain how it actually happened and who is to blame, although I do understand the decision Astralis made

2022-12-04 19:21

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We also haven’t heard the other side of the story. Imo, konfig is a scary looking guy, if I saw him drunk and demanding to be let into a night club, I’d be worried about everyone’s safety. Even though it’s kinda bullshit, the night club owner has every reason and right to not let him

2022-12-04 23:43

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Mate you have a good point about anyone being drunk and making demands, but k0nfig is not a scary looking guy haha. He has normal tattoos for this day and age

2022-12-05 21:09

To us he is not, to the public and to owners, security guards he is. If he came up to me drunk, demanding to be let in, late at night I’d be afraid. if it’s really late, people tend to be more afraid, especially when they are tired. You’ve also got to think for the people inside the club, based off of their interaction, there is a potential to put others at risk, which is way worse then denying someone’s entry

2022-12-06 12:15

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Well he mentioned that his friends were already let in, meaning ppl like glaive and farlig, not sure what’s dangerous about that..

2022-12-09 20:54

Again, he was drunk and demanding to be let in. Regardless of who was actually let in, when a drunk buff guy comes up to you, you refuse entry. it’s common knowledge

2022-12-09 21:10

No, in most of fights i have seen there is only person's fault. Lots of peoplego out of their home just to pick fights

2022-12-07 10:12

In konfigs case, they were both in the wrong

2022-12-09 21:11

if i was overseas playing an turnament where my hands play all the roll. I would walk away 1000%. Getting hurt and not been able to play cs is so dumb

2022-12-11 19:33

Another fair point, just a sucky situation overall.

2022-12-12 16:38

2022-12-04 19:05

No they didn't

2022-12-07 15:26

scared of jame

2022-12-04 16:55

big W

2022-12-04 14:10

i dont understand this?? i mean this is a teamgame, and heroic are 5 ppl they ALL traveled to lans/events, so how come only stavn is tired, rest also needs a break then?? discuss 😋

2022-12-04 19:46

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are you suggesting that they all 5 take time off at the same time? Or that all 5 have the same personal and professional needs?

2022-12-04 20:45

yea but this never happens i mean look xyp took time off.. rest of astralis never took time off to "recover" weird that stavn in heroic calls this, wonder about the rest

2022-12-04 21:17

Gla1ve took a break

2022-12-09 11:03

I thought the same

2022-12-04 20:47

Just speculation, Stavn lost his brother around this same time last year. Mental issue is a real and I am sure Cadian and others understands that. I doubt if Stavn can play his best if sth like this happen to him. Just give this kid some time to rest.

2022-12-05 02:12

ah i legit didnt know about stavns loss then all makes sense, ty brotherr <3

2022-12-05 08:27

Nice good luck

sanji better

inb4 7-8th

You just won an event, why rest? Finish year strong.

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2022-12-04 14:17

no need to force it. I'd rather have one of my best players take a break and rest not overplay, burn out and potentially be out of lineup for longer period of time. They finished 2nd in Major and right after won Blast Fall Finals. I don't feel like they need to prove something in World Finals, they can chill as far as I care personally

2022-12-04 14:20

indeed

2022-12-04 14:27

it is the last event before the break

2022-12-04 16:21

2022-12-04 18:03

2022-12-04 21:24

realistically this is his job and he should be able to attend his last work day. As a professional player he did not make a good choice - there are people spending their whole savings just so see stavn in live and he just does not even come.. :)

2022-12-13 07:09

He's been grinding hard and is burnt out, why should he play when he's not motivated?

2022-12-04 14:23

because this is an important event and the player break is very soon and this is his job?

2022-12-04 16:00

I think Heroic know what they're doing.

2022-12-04 17:12

Love how people even start these kind of arguments. If all parties agree, who gives a shit if one of the players goes on an early break

2022-12-04 19:43

Bruh even i take holidays when i work and feel burn out. Wdym its his job ? So, its his job and he can't take days off?

2022-12-05 19:01

i think he can manage to play for two more weeks until he gets like 2 months off. pretty sure he can survive playing a video game that he is paid to play for another two weeks. no shit you get days off, you dont get a third of the year off like he does.

2022-12-05 21:25

He lost his brother at the same time last year. Before you assume, get info. Mental health is important :)

2022-12-07 15:46

bruh... Congratz to Faze for Winning Blast world final...

you mean Jame Clan

i`ll be cheerig for both

2022-12-04 14:58

hopefully

2022-12-04 17:53

Astralis without konfig is a toer 1 team xd

2022-12-13 15:37

Heroic expanding to fighting games

lmao

2022-12-04 14:28

Like a fight club? :)

2022-12-07 08:57

Stavn needs some rest after being the only thing good about heroic for 2 years

Gigachad stavn wants to rest, gl i expect konfig to deliver at least 50% of stavn performance

2022-12-04 14:11

stavn's half is 0.57 even I could deliver that, so don't worry and if anything goes wrong k0nfig would just pick a fight with them

2022-12-04 14:44

LOL

2022-12-04 14:53

Too bad they would still lose

2022-12-04 15:16

make it 69 % because of muscle buff !! Konfig > Stavn :D

Konfig is way more versatile and valuable than most ppl think

2022-12-04 18:41

RIP

inb4 he beats whole heroic for losing games

somebody sign him, what he did might be wrong but 100% justified

Can't be wrong and justified at the same time.

2022-12-04 14:16

its always wrong to fight someone no matter what but it can be justified

Something wrong can't be justified, these 2 words are opposites lmao

2022-12-04 15:03

Everything isn’t black or white, 1 or 0. The world is build on the “grey scale”

2022-12-04 15:32

Stop thinking rational. We are on hltv

2022-12-04 15:50

yes some things cant be justified what konfig didnt cross the line of normal human behaviour imo, from what i read no one except for konfig and other people know the whole story ofc

2022-12-04 15:34

Lol normal human behaviour Drunks that fight aren't normal, bro

2022-12-04 16:10

Welp if i kill my daughter's rapist (any woman figure of my family ( or not)) i am 100% wrong but 100% justified

2022-12-10 16:56

He did the right thing, until he didn't. Shit happens to all of us. Cancel culture is miserable at acknowledging peoples flaws in a human way, and was abused by Astralis IMO. All he needed was a break, not a sacking. Too shortsighted a decision by Astralis management, and one which now stands as a permanent note when judging their man management.

2022-12-04 15:44

Astralis is public traded company He was a brand risk. (With history of this behaviour) Bye! Easy as that Astralis is already at record low share price. Completely understandable

2022-12-06 06:09

You are a brainwashed idiot. Kicking him the way they did hurt their brand a lot.

2022-12-09 14:32

Oh yeah I’m the brainwashed one ofc lmao

2022-12-20 20:01

You suck at using irony.

2022-12-21 03:05

#1 MMA CONFIRMED

He fits this team perfectly. Wow this will be awesome

lucky man, its the best he could've got

LOOOOL Stavn throwing

Wtf

L k0nfig is finished stavn is clear

2022-12-04 14:12

Poggers

Wtf? He does not fit into this team WHATSOEVER. Just get your ass back to Astralis already

2022-12-04 14:14

he doesn't fit into Astralis either because he and gla1ve clash in their roles on many maps.

2022-12-04 14:42

Blamef and gla1ve clashes more. It's always been an issue for them.

2022-12-21 03:06

I'm sure he'd love to but Astralis basically kicked him. "Mutually cutting ties" usually means the org just wants to get rid of the player ASAP, but wouldn't like to diminish their own or the players reputation.

2022-12-04 16:08

Does Astralis even have a reputaion to protect anynore?

2022-12-04 18:17

Why give up number they worked hard to get there they cant be expected to win without their best rifler

2022-12-04 14:15

Almost a year ago, stavn's brother took his own life and stavn missed that world finals too.

2022-12-04 15:26

the other one who was pro at cs?

2022-12-04 15:29

No their coach brother i believe

I completely forgot that happened understandable

2022-12-04 15:45

Heroic were favourites too xd I have 4.2 on Faze and 7 on vita :D

Makes sense for Stavn to skip the tournament again this year. Honesty think k0nfig is a good stand-in for them, who else should they go with? Kjaerbye? Looking forward to seeing how he performs, he's got a lot on the line getting a chance like this.

Natosaphix of course

2022-12-04 19:27

konfig keeps getting these chances and keeps fucking up xD

2022-12-05 23:06

Who else did he play standin for? Inventing lies is so 2022. Fuck the truth, just go for the "win"

2022-12-21 03:08

I am Heroic fan again.

Rest In Peace stavn

2022-12-04 14:18

Obviously Stavn to Astralis

He wouldn't downgrade

BIG upgrade

In terms of muscle mass.

2022-12-05 23:07

2022-12-04 14:19

well they gonna fail hard...

Oho!

Feel so weird. Konfig started a fight because of that heroic lost. Let me guess, Heroic just want to prove a point against astralis. Anyway fun to see konfig will play again.

It will be so funny if konfig plays better in heroic and they go to maybe win the tournament . Astralis will be like wtf do we do now . We fucked ourselves.

2022-12-06 05:53

Certainly coming out as the more human organization. I like the new owners of Heroic. Super goofy nerds more than anything.

2022-12-09 14:35

I agree. Heroic clearly wo the pr. Since the cheating saga, Heroic has less become a bs org. Honestly, astralis always need a scapegoat to justify their bad decision management. Glaive is slowly becoming a meme.

2022-12-09 16:13

There goes Heroic's chance of winning world finals...

lol +1 literally thought the same thing. i thought they originally had a good shot at it too

2022-12-04 19:15

A shame the finals are being down prioritised, but it is a busy schedule and the young stavn has been through a lot, I can imaging he especially needs time with friends and family. Hope the best, but expectations in general is not high for an event in Abu Dhabi with limited(??) cs go support and their neighbours holding the most controversial FIFA World Cup ever with final days clashing.

How can a team or a player downgrade a 1mil. dollar tournament? these guys make too much dineros

2022-12-04 15:15

It isn’t about money, their salary is enough. Price pool size is only publicity at this point for the teams competing at this level. It is about prestige and I believe a LAN in their home country in front of a crowd is more prestigious than some random final in the dessert just before Christmas isn’t something to care about. You never hear other about price pool in other sports, you just expect it to be adequate.

WHAAAAT

Now thats a good Betrayal

unexpected but im not complaining

W for k0nfig, kinda n L for heroic as one more event probably wont make that much of a difference in terms of resting. But what do I know

2022-12-04 14:30

Time to prove yourself k0nfig!

2022-12-04 14:31

lol

2022-12-04 14:38

prove yourself konfig , cheering for you

Konfig The prizefighter

2022-12-04 14:41

lol wut

Stavn hasn’t even been performing at peak. Konfig can easily fill those shoes. He doesn’t need to be the star, just support the other fraggers

2022-12-04 14:48

Stavn is secondary caller for Heroic. Pretty big shoes to fill

2022-12-04 18:30

I imagine they give k0nfig a lot of freedom, and try to adapt to him, more than him adapting to them. It has worked for other teams in the past, and I think this is the best way to utilize a high quality standin.

2022-12-09 14:43

Agreed

2022-12-10 18:04

W MOVE

2022-12-04 14:51

STAVN TO ASTRULIS CONFIRMED

konfig + cadian back, best duo

Heroic doing Konfig a big favor here, hope he will use it well to show off his skillz :)

2022-12-04 15:05

They are also doing a great PR stunt. Astralis lost support the way they kicked k0nfig. Now Heroic takes some of that support by hiring him as a mercenary :D

2022-12-09 14:44

>last event >rest ... KEKW

talkesport.com/news/csgo/csgo-lifedance-..

2022-12-04 15:27

oh shit, had no idea :(

2022-12-04 15:30

It was last year, but you can understand why he doesn't want to play during that time of year.

2022-12-04 15:56

sure, he will want to visit his grave and light a candle during the anniversary and all of that stuff. if he played it would still be in the back of his head

2022-12-04 16:41

Stay sober and dont fight.

2022-12-04 15:13

byebye to 500.000 dollars. guess they dont need them.

that was a year ago, bro

2022-12-04 15:38

one year after your brother commit suicide, you wont be fully focus to play cs, bro.

i am fully aware of the situation with his brother last year. And surely his break has something to do with that. but stavn has performed at toplevel the last couple of months.

2022-12-04 17:03

Ye only takes a year to forget and get over your older brothers suicide. Fuck off.

2022-12-04 16:18

Orgs don't build their economy around prize money. Those are more flashy in your eyes than theirs. And it's being played in an area which isn't suitable for any sports, indoors or outdoors.

2022-12-09 14:49

🤦 Reply needs to have actual content

2022-12-04 15:18

resting before last event xDD

2022-12-04 15:24

Does heroic not think about their PR of having k0nfig? or do they not care about their reputation at all?

Ofc they don't these clowns didn't have any issues bringing back even that scumbag HUNDEN

Are you talking about astralis or heroic ? I'm confused. Astralis is already hiring huden as a third party. Konfig is a free agent and if he does well, he makes astralis look like assholes.

Heroic brought him back after he cheated once. They even had posters across denmark saying HUNDEN is back lol

On the opposite, they care. Imagine if konfig does well, Astralis will look like assholes. Heroic is winning against astralis and it is a rivalry between them. Konfig is also just a standin

2022-12-04 16:01

It doesnt even matter if k0nfig plays well. the reason why he got kicked wasnt becuz he was bad but becuz of that alcoholic/nightclub issue. it hasnt even been half year since that

Hunden cheats 2 times, the astralis ceo even make a stupid tweet about it. And now, they hire him as a third party. Konfig did stupid things but it was outside of cs and nothing against heroic. He is a good stand in player and has everything to prove. It will be totally stupid to refuse him for something heroic don't care at all.

2022-12-04 16:05

well. lets hope k0nfig learnt his lesson then. since if he does it again during being stand in for heroic, its heroic who will look rly bad

I doubt it tbf. Astralis mood was horrible and he did it after he lost against heroic (the irony).

2022-12-04 16:09

Astralis didn't kick him due to his performance tho?How does that matter

2022-12-05 10:07

I doubt they did it before the rmr tbh. konfig play poorly but, he was still the second best player in his team.

2022-12-05 13:07

your avg life event for k0nfig , he will do well in world final and shit the bed in the next 10 events also he deserved his kick ,

2022-12-05 12:38

True, but I doubt nobody will sign him rn. I mean n t1

wow thats cool

2022-12-04 15:36

L for Heroic

Ultra L

Disappointed in STAVN, taking the rest of the year of to "rest" when he is 20y, for shame. At the very least k0nfig might get to prove his worth once more.

2022-12-04 15:41

0 life experience take

2022-12-04 17:52

What? What is happeing t cs:go right now? :D :D

2022-12-04 15:42

lol, why botfig

2022-12-04 15:47

Yes, they should have picked HUNDEN

2022-12-04 16:04

for sure hunded has better aim

GOATDEN

Why not HUNDEN?

I can see why they chose him. But I'm just not on board with this guy at all. Were there no other Danes free?

Natosaphix

2022-12-04 19:32

rip heroic

2022-12-04 16:07

this going to be fun

2022-12-04 16:17

2022-12-04 16:19

omg ... rip Heroic. i was hoping for them to win this event :(

2022-12-04 16:25

Heroic already found an excuse to fail at world finals xaxaxa classic

2022-12-04 16:29

2022-12-04 16:32

k0nfig is a disaster, hasnt learned anything

2022-12-04 16:36

Exaggeration is a good thing to utilize, making yourself highly trustworthy when it comes to being a source of information.

2022-12-09 14:56

You realise that, since being kicked from Astralis he constantly linked stories on IG about him getting drunk and being out drinking? and to top it off he not only had the fight in malta but also with certain TO's. yeah "exaggerating" lmfao maybe look into stuff a bit before commenting.

2022-12-10 15:06

1. Extra time for stavn to catch up with family matters and rest. 2. k0nfig chance to show he's in good shape, maybe can catch the eye of other orgs. A big W for both sides.

2022-12-04 16:44

BiG lose for Heroic

2022-12-04 17:51

Okay rip Heroic already season Ended Biggest Bot of 2022 Overrated

Can't believe he beat up stavn just to get his spot 😢

Stavn finally to Astralis?

2022-12-04 17:22

So heroic is easy target on blast for other teams xD If he will play like last match with endpoint as stand in, its gg. He was like 34-57 after bo3 xD

2022-12-04 17:31

Still ridiculous to think about stavn is only 20. He has been in the pro scene forever at this point

2022-12-04 17:40

frozen too

2022-12-04 20:34

good for FaZe lol

hype love konfig

2022-12-04 17:58

That's the comeback we needed

2022-12-04 18:04

respect restored for heroic

2022-12-04 18:10

what 0 pussy does to a mf

2022-12-04 18:12

Rip top10 for stavn

2022-12-04 18:22

washed

2022-12-04 18:32

LETS GOOO

is this temporary or they want to replace stavn? no sense tbh, they are all doing good

2022-12-04 19:06

Stavn is just taking a break

2022-12-04 19:16

Goodluck K0nfig, hopefully he can prove he still got it

2022-12-04 19:17

Ok but dont let him go out on the nightlife :()

2022-12-04 19:23

lucky for him its muslim country so no alcohol

2022-12-04 19:36

Just don't be too heroic when you're drunk k0nfig

2022-12-04 20:13

the same that Figo from barça to Real Madrid xDDD.

2022-12-04 20:29

Huge chance for k0nfig

2022-12-04 20:50

didn't cadian make fun of his broken leg lmao or am i remembering incorrectly. someone definitely did.

2022-12-04 21:03

ah yes, very funny.... FFS. Good luck konfig !

2022-12-04 21:33

gl k0nfig fingers crossed for ya

2022-12-04 21:13

maybe stavn used too much coaching bug?

2022-12-04 21:20

get ready for a k0nfig masterclass , 0.96 rating , god one round , plays like ass the other 10

2022-12-04 21:27

hell yeah! the spearman is back!

2022-12-04 23:44

Stavn stats have been worse than before, but in all honesty, how can he be tired from this amount of tournaments? Heroic have only had Blast, major and Pro league. Well pretty much same as all top teams, but still. Not that many tournaments at all considering.

2022-12-05 02:26

he lost his brother recently (committed suicide). maybe he wants staying close to his family.

2022-12-05 18:09

Wasn't that already like year ago?

2022-12-05 20:33

u know that kind of things stay in the head forever?

2022-12-08 21:53

Can't say that I have experience in the subject

2022-12-08 22:10

Nice

2022-12-05 08:12

konfight and Gaydian interesting team

2022-12-05 12:45

No team i'd rather support tbh!

2022-12-07 17:20

zarttiri zort zort

2022-12-05 15:21

I take it out of the top 16 and land in the top 1 hahahahahaha

2022-12-07 03:38

If stavns brother died appr. 1 year ago, there is no doubt in my mind he wants to be with his parents at this time. losing a child is the worst thing that can happen to parents, there is no real recovering.

2022-12-07 15:17

k0nfig is a champ. I hope politics won't stop him from coming back to t1

2022-12-07 17:19

konfig is the best player to tag in for a fight

2022-12-08 06:18

BIG W

2022-12-08 15:32

K0nfig strategic life decisions to play in the world final

2022-12-09 04:08

K0nfig still a great player just need the right roster. Like when JKS filled in for FAZE, he played amazing. Who knows, heroic might be a good spot. He needs to act right AFK tho.

2022-12-10 21:20

i remember reading something about stavn or teses brother either killed themselves or died from something that wasnt their fault so im assuming it might be related to that and that stavns family want to be close for christmas which i respect

2022-12-11 05:32