Farlig replaces regali in Copenhagen Flames

13/3/2023 - 11:52

The Danish AWPer returns to the team he represented in 2020.

Copenhagen Flames have announced that Asger "⁠Farlig⁠" Jensen has been signed to replace Iulian "⁠regali⁠" Harjău, who has also been transfer-listed. The news comes not long after the team failed to qualify for the BLAST.tv Paris Major Europe RMRs.

Farlig has been without a team since his ill-fated stint in Astralis, a year-long period during which he averaged a 0.99 rating and struggled to find consistent impact. The team also failed to find much success as a whole, the highlight of Farlig’s time there being a stretch in mid-2022 when Astralis came second in the Pinnacle Cup Championship, top-four in the Roobet Cup, and top-four at IEM Cologne. Eventually the 23-year-old was benched to make room for the return of Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz.

Farlig returns to active play after a tough stint in Astralis

He joins a Copenhagen Flames side that have been one of the most consistently impressive in tier two since the lineup was revamped seven months ago. Since that time they have won multiple online events like CCT South Europe Series 1 and the European Development Championship 6, however they did fail to qualify for the BLAST.tv Paris Major Europe RMRs and results have dropped off somewhat since the turn of the year.

On the surface the move seems somewhat confusing as regali has been Copenhagen Flames’ best player statistically since the roster was put together, his 1.20 rating during his tenure dwarfing the 1.08 of the second-highest rated player. He has also been touted as one of the most promising young AWPers in the scene for some time.

In the statement released on their website, Copenhagen Flames stated that they felt a change was needed “in order for us to reach our goals and to fulfil the potential of the roster as a whole”. Phillip Karsbøl, the Head of Esports at the organization, spoke more specifically in the statement: “It should be obvious to all that regali possesses some unique qualities. As far as his raw skill and mechanical abilities are concerned, he already belongs to the absolute world elite. At the same time, we also have to recognize that in some ways the fit isn’t perfect for how we want to play and the direction of the team.”

Farlig has already made his return debut for the Flames in an 0-2 defeat by Aurora in the BetBoom Playlist Urbanistic. Despite the negative result the AWPer himself put in a positive performance, posting the most kill and damage of any player on the server and earning himself a 1.24 rating.

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Copenhagen Flames	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Asger 'Farlig' Jensen Farlig	48 - 42	+6	92.1	1.24
Rasmus 'raalz' Steensborg raalz	32 - 39	-7	67.1	0.96
Thomas 'TMB' Bundsbæk TMB	28 - 39	-11	64.3	0.72
Johannes 'b0RUP' Borup b0RUP	21 - 40	-19	53.6	0.67
Thomas 'birdfromsky' Due-Frederiksen birdfromsky	21 - 38	-17	47.4	0.65

Aurora	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Evgeny 'Norwi' Ermolin Norwi	47 - 31	+16	89.2	1.39
Aleksandr 'KENSI' Gurkin KENSI	39 - 28	+11	91.3	1.31
Viktor 'Lack1' Boldyrev Lack1	40 - 38	+2	83.3	1.26
Ivan 'SELLTER' Miroshnikov SELLTER	39 - 29	+10	81.7	1.22
Vladislav 'lattykk' Vydrin lattykk	32 - 25	+7	62.1	1.11

Copenhagen Flames are now:

Johannes "⁠b0RUP⁠" Borup
Thomas "⁠birdfromsky⁠" Due-Frederiksen
Rasmus "⁠raalz⁠" Steensborg
Thomas "⁠TMB⁠" Bundsbæk
Asger "⁠Farlig⁠" Jensen

Benjamin "⁠cube⁠" Stabell (coach)

Iulian "⁠regali⁠" Harjău (benched)

nice for farlig

2023-03-13 11:52

33 replies

regali was such a hard carry on that team, he had to have been bought out or is going to a bigger team

2023-03-13 11:55

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2023-03-13 12:02

4 replies

-xellow +regali

2023-03-13 14:45

3 replies

2023-03-13 16:55

Please

2023-03-13 17:06

all that hate only because he's balding?

2023-03-13 21:35

2023-03-13 12:18

for sure, i am excited about it, it feels like he might be very important for some teams to step up. either sprout/gamer legion in my opinion

9 replies

Why tf gl why change awp after they won?

2023-03-13 12:22

Acor is inconsistent in the best of days and an absolute bot in the worst.

2023-03-13 14:15

2 replies

acor is cracked when he's in form

2023-03-13 15:29

1 reply

He is, but he also has very low lows and is running out of time to prove he can become a consistent tier-1 AWPer.

2023-03-13 15:43

acor bad

2023-03-13 14:24

terminAcor bestest, piss off.

2023-03-13 17:10

Per the Flames manager he does not have any offers. They just thought Farlig would fit better or something.

2023-03-13 18:01

thats cap TSM looking at him, he said no offers to get more offers.

2023-03-13 18:28

Probably he's telling the truth. But he will get offers eventually. regali won't be hurt by sitting on the bench for a few months, while Flames negotiate with tier 1 teams. If he doesn't get a team in the next month or so, he will definitely get a tier 1 offer after the Major.

2023-03-14 08:31

I take it back

2023-03-13 12:56

Regali lives in Denmark and can speak danish I guess

2023-03-13 12:58

He does

2023-03-13 13:02

my sources are telling me that regali will be joining liquid

2023-03-13 15:15

Actually, he just wasn't the right fit for them. Someone in Flames management said publicly, that Farlig could shoot and he was helping with macro ingame. Whereas regali was just really good at the latter.

2023-03-13 17:54

A good chance for him to show that Astralis just didnt use him right, if he starts putting up carry numbers once again

2023-03-13 13:45

7 replies

tfw nobody says this about complexity and junior

2023-03-13 14:36

6 replies

I say this about Furia and Junior. After Furia Junior became a support awper, a style he is not comfortable with.

2023-03-13 15:26

5 replies

Junior is actually bad. Missing easy shots. Making so stupid decision.

2023-03-13 16:07

would destroy you in a 1v1

2023-03-13 18:29

delusional NA Junior fan

2023-03-13 18:47

I agree Thats not the point He is not good enough for tier1,2,3

2023-03-13 19:51

he tears in tier 2 na, and had some okay performances on furia and col but just isn't consistent enough for tier 1. The ace vs TL made everyone think he could be tier 1 way to early

2023-03-13 20:13

our lord an saviour, much better than device

2023-03-13 15:12

Will be farligt!

2023-03-13 18:09

Benched after destroying BIG... What if BIG buys regali

2023-03-14 13:49

So where’s regali going?

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back to nexus or allstars

2023-03-13 11:53

why would he downgrade so bad, when he could get a top20 offer

2023-03-13 11:56

cringe kid.

Stfu tigane

2023-03-13 13:01

"back to" while he never played for either

sprout maybe

2023-03-13 11:54

no space for him in sprout , it will be worse for him there . launx won't give space to awpers (as you can see with slaxz and xellow) . And staehr aswell , sprout revolves around the riflers and u can see that clearly , if launx plays bad they are most likely losing

2023-03-13 11:58

just a matter of time until sprout will kick their romanians aswell

i don't think so, they will keep him until some top15 team offers them some decent money.

2023-03-13 12:01

Will never happen, so they gonna lose him as contract expires. If he has some iq not to extend it ofc

2023-03-13 12:25

they wont kick launx lmao , he is their best player . probably xellwo after major but not launx , they know that launx is big bucks in the near future if they develop him more , they even had the chance to sell him to ence and vitality but they declined it .

Probally NIP

2023-03-13 12:10

communication is the only thing that justify this shit move

35 replies

regali speaks danish he grew up in denmark

2023-03-13 11:57

regali speaks danish because he made school in denmark

Regali lives in denmark and he speaks perfect danish as far as I know

2023-03-13 11:59

he has been living in Romania for some time

2023-03-13 12:37

m8 he finished school in denmark and lived there

2023-03-13 13:59

He probably forgot every danish word he ever knew.

2023-03-14 09:27

Transfer list. Maybe someone is trying to buy him ?

I think so too. Now the other teams who is in need of a decent awp will try to make a move on regali. maybe its already happening and thats why he got benched. within a week we will see him join another team.

2023-03-13 14:54

regali visited Denmark once

2023-03-13 12:08

Regali once met a danish girl on a vacation

2023-03-13 12:24

canadian in Denmark…

2023-03-13 13:03

reverse stavn

2023-03-13 20:33

regali looked up denmark on wikipedia once

Regali read "denmark" once

2023-03-13 12:28

denmark is regali

2023-03-13 12:34

Regali is danmark

No he is rumanian? :)

2023-03-13 16:42

Regali made the danish language

2023-03-13 12:39

Regali was named an illustrious citizen in denmark

2023-03-13 12:55

regali

2023-03-13 13:11

i love you guys

2023-03-13 13:15

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2023-03-13 21:59

regali once had a pølse

2023-03-13 13:27

most obvious fake flag ever seen on hltv

2023-03-13 14:56

Regali stepped on a Lego once

2023-03-13 13:50

Regali saw a viking movie once

2023-03-13 14:35

Regali stepped on Denmark once

2023-03-13 15:52

Regali named Greenland

2023-03-13 16:41

a Denmark stepped on Regali once

2023-03-13 17:12

regali is source2

Danish are do so to be regali when he the

2023-03-13 19:55

-1 not a good one, unfunny.

2023-03-14 00:07

denmark has been regali once

2023-03-13 20:28

May he succeed

dumb ass CPH

wut

welcome back, but where is regali going? he's good

Ihc

2023-03-13 12:20

to O Plano

tsm

2023-03-13 12:43

I was thinking MOUZ or EG, but TSM could definitely be an option as well. Interesting options

2023-03-13 13:38

to Saw -story + regali

2023-03-13 23:14

regali > XELLOW +1 let's go sprout pls or some tier 1 team

launx says bye

2023-03-13 13:35

they played together in GameAgents back in 2021, at that time, they were having a great form, actually being a problem for Complexity with blameF and konfig in their team

2023-03-14 10:58

regali is so good , mb hes looking for better opportunity?

hope regali gets a better team. he is on another level compared to this team or farlig

okay

Lmao Regali is so much better but I hope he gets better opportunity

"It should be obvious to all that regali possesses some unique qualities. As far as his raw skill and mechanical abilities are concerned, he already belongs to the absolute world elite. At the same time, we also have to recognize that in some ways the fit isn’t perfect for how we want to play and the direction of the team.” DAFUQ?!?!

the fit isnt perfect meaning his back cant carry these bots anymore

+1 probably Just sold him for eZ profit

2023-03-13 14:49

It's clear that the management wants to develop the team and win as a unit, and having regali on the team just doesn't allow it. He's too good of a player, CF are basically "forced" to play for him. By removing him (and hopefully selling him for good $$$) they can grow more as a team instead of just learning better flashes to throw for him.

2023-03-13 19:14

-wiz +regali

Eg are too dumb to make smart moves like this, wiz had one good round, he’s gonna stay on the roster for the rest of his career

Huge downgrade for regali, I think even cph without hin can beat these bots, only real upgrade if he went eg would be invites

EG salary maybe 10x bigger

2023-03-13 12:41

but EG needs to do something. Anything. Right now its a sinking ship without direction other than the bottom of the ocean.

2023-03-13 15:02

Welcome back

2023-03-13 12:00

Regali to NIP

13 replies

Instead of who?

2023-03-13 12:57

11 replies

Clueless

2023-03-13 13:04

go say instead of who?

2023-03-13 13:06

8 replies

Who do you think an awper would replace? The support player right? Clueless

2023-03-13 13:10

You think regali it's better than headtrick?

2023-03-13 13:12

I don't think,he is.

Nice joke

2023-03-13 13:16

tbh he is. headtrick hasnt prove anything in t1 except few good maps against bots, ofc its hard to play awp under aleksi

2023-03-13 13:41

Nah he's not

2023-03-13 13:44

look how good headtrick was in t2, shit happens

2023-03-13 21:18

Newest AleksiB T-side strat: One awper goes to A, then the other goes to B. Top 3 IGL for sure

2023-03-14 19:41

"New m0nesy" that missed every shot against 00nation

2023-03-13 13:48

Honestly, would be a great move. NIP finally having a dedicated AWPer

2023-03-13 14:18

He's definitely looking for or has gotten a better team

2023-03-13 12:04

some of you aren't able to read articles, lmao.

Pretend we make a danish TSM roster from benched players: -Regali -Es3tag -refrezh Who else?

2023-03-13 12:07

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valde & Maze as the IGL? no much else

2023-03-13 12:11

cajunb MSL

Msl 🤣🤣🤣🤣 and cajunb🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Both bots

2023-03-13 16:50

valde maybe k0nfig if he's on NiP for a temporary basis (I don't really know wtf NiP are doing)

2023-03-13 13:00

-Regali -Es3tag -refrezh/Kjaerbye -valde -niko (IGL)

Gade come out of retirement

2023-03-13 13:46

valde konfig

2023-03-13 13:47

yes...valde is the obvious choice. konfig has to be benched first...maybe sooner than later.

2023-03-13 15:07

Benchfig

refrezh 💀💀💀

he's not bad as we've seen on Heroic, just not fit for IGLing

2023-03-13 16:44

outfragged by BERRY btw

2023-03-13 17:52

he was pretty much mediocre in heroic though

2023-03-13 19:56

"...we also have to recognize that in some ways the fit isn’t perfect for how we want to play and the direction of the team" Huh? Is he being problematic as a person?

No man, he is so chill and 0 toxic

yeah, he is tryharding too much and he's not danish

he speaks danish "he tries too hard" ???????

2023-03-13 12:30

Regalier is super good he should replace nicodooz

2023-03-14 01:25

wants too much money (as in what is fair for his skillset)

I don't understand

??? Best player benched ???

??? Surely not transfer right ???

2023-03-13 12:26

downgrade imo

Hmm something smells off..

2023-03-13 12:14

i think regali cluld be disappointed with the recent results, they lost Melbourne and IEM brazil quals, 2 RMR quals. Overall i think it's good for both sides...

+1 he wants to play LAN but bird don’t want too

downgrade but expected they want a full danish stack

2023-03-13 12:17

regali speaks danish tho

Source?

he lived there for quite some time also finished school there, he said on stream he's speaking danish quite good, not like danish people but it's alright.

2023-03-13 12:32

nice for farlig,but downgrade overall,i wonder where is regali going

2023-03-13 12:16

massive downgrade, u'll see the results.

Hopefully regali will find a better team

this doesn't make any sense unless he got an offer from a better team.

2023-03-13 12:23

yea maybe sprout?

2023-03-13 12:33

i don't think sprout will bench xellow as they bought him from nexus so it would be a big loss of money for nothing.

yea true, maybe EG then... rly got no idea where otherwise, and there has to be a deal in place already, makes no sense to bench him.

2023-03-13 12:38

Except xellow has been shit

2023-03-13 12:53

u can see that xellow is playing a support role but u are always looking at rating.also is hard to have good rating when the team is losing all the matches

2023-03-15 11:37

Xellow was brought in to play aggressive. That's what he's good at. Besides, if they don't want an aggressive awper then they should replace xellow anyways

2023-03-15 13:39

the system of sprout doesn t allow him to play aggressive , and let him to play a support role instead of doing entrys

2023-03-15 23:42

Then he should find a different team. He's performing worse than slaxz, it's clear that he's not the right player for sprout

2023-03-16 03:35

he and flames got an offer. 100%. otherwise you´re right. doesnt make any sense.

2023-03-13 15:09

Lineup with cheatfromsky will dominate tier5 online cups and dodge every LAN possible. Thats how they operate

2023-03-13 12:29

exactly, they want to squeeze money with 0 investments + cheating

2023-03-13 12:45

lol true. radarfromsky only good when it's online, i wonder why ;)

2023-03-13 13:20

massive upgrade imo

2023-03-13 12:31

yes, slax would've been even bigger upgrade to cph =))).

2023-03-13 12:40

regali to liquid?

its a downgrade imo but not that big . but they didnt achive anything with this , they should get konfig and maybe kick raalz .

honestly i think that's regali's best option. being in the same team with 3 bots will not maintain your level and obviously will not motivate you in the long run. he is not tier 1 material but if he's going to find a DECENT team i think we will see him clutching in tier 2/3 with no problem. also think farlig is too good for that bots assembling (that's not a team) and i wish him good luck.

Maybe instead replacing your awp who did his job pretty nicely consider replacing one of your 4 igls?

2023-03-13 12:50

Whilst playing for astralis, he pulled off some great kills against top awpers that looked impossible, but then he would miss loads of easy shots in the same game and k0nfig/gla1ve ended up taking the awp from him. Just needs to find consistency.

2023-03-13 12:52

okay where regali going

Hopefully regali doesn’t get stuck on the bench and gets back on a team asap…pretty stupid move from CPH but they just want money for regali whilst farlig is free agent and played for them before.

2023-03-13 12:59

L move

2023-03-13 13:31

EG.Regali soon

2023-03-13 13:33

I dont think the org management has enough braincells to pull that move off

2023-03-13 13:36

eg is the best worst org, that is true but autimatic still can do some damage. nealan is decent and i think they need to replace the bot hext and the awper

2023-03-13 14:00

hext will be replaced soon enough by george snorts, while I do agree auti can still perform at a high level I doubt brehze can pull off the same. Wiz is new to the roster I would give him time sure he isnt as good as EU awpers but this is what a dying region like NA has to offer rn

2023-03-13 17:59

he was their best player lmfao I hope it's because he found a better team

2023-03-13 13:34

it is

2023-03-13 15:11

well? where is it?

2023-03-15 13:50

Its not official yet. I can tell you, but then I would have to...blahblah

2023-03-15 15:08

why tf would they do that???

theres no place like home <3 he will start dropping 30 bombs on avg again

poggers glad he is back into the scene

2023-03-13 13:52

Return of the KING

2023-03-13 13:54

Good move for him he couldn't play LANs with radarfromsky.

2023-03-13 13:55

kkk exactly

2023-03-13 13:58

rip fantasyyyy mannnnn

My fantasy bro

2023-03-13 14:23

best move....maybe they can start winning from now on. next move should be xellow benched....unfortunately my romanian pro's belong to tier 3 cs.

2023-03-13 14:31

I think better to just play 4v5 :()

2023-03-13 14:33

Due to regali is not Danish I guess

2023-03-13 14:59

Is this happens because he are from Romania?

2023-03-13 15:10

Probably

2023-03-13 15:18

-xyp9x +regali and dev1ce gonna rifle damn

2023-03-13 15:20

To be fair Birdfromsky used Regali more on rifle than awp in recent matches … check his match against ATK when he dropped 70 kills during 2 maps and had rating 2.02

2023-03-13 17:00

Maybe replace osee if epl goes bad for liquid

2023-03-13 15:30

Still got the feeling they’re picking up SyrsoN if they fail the Major.

2023-03-14 09:34

would defo fit than regali with his experience, I guess we'll see

2023-03-14 15:43

Difference between transfer listed and benched?

2023-03-13 15:31

Generally it's the same thing, but sometimes teams might bench a player to try something new with the roster, whilst keeping their options open to bring the old player back. Zyphon with Sprout recently, for example. "Transfer listed" means they are actively looking to sell the player, and don't intend to bring him back in the lineup at all.

2023-03-13 16:32

Only thing dangerous about this guy might be the risk of being hit by a ricochet from a missed awp shot

2023-03-13 15:44

Regali > nawwk and draken

Error 0 brains found. He was talking about farlig maybe read article first or learn English better .

2023-03-13 16:56

Thanks for letting me know

2023-03-13 17:16

i see what u did there

2023-03-14 09:45

GL Farlig! Nice debut!

2023-03-13 15:57

Finally!!! Gl to regali in normal team

NiP regali?

RiP Fantasy F

Regali to sprout pls xellow is a tier 3 player

i hope he goes to mouz or sprout, both in need of a skilled awper

2023-03-13 17:08

Mouz would be sick

2023-03-13 17:28

sprout PLS

2023-03-13 17:36

BRO WTF I JUST GOT REGALI TO MY FANTASY TEAM

2023-03-13 17:45

regali and Farlig are almost anagrams to the same name regali Farlig -> rfgali

2023-03-13 18:34

holy fartlig

2023-03-13 19:25

Good for regali.. He was the star of the team... therefore he has more brighter future ( I hope so )

2023-03-13 21:22

Huge downgrade for sure. regali is such a talent. Also the problem is on this guy called bird from fking sky

2023-03-13 21:28

regali threatened to expose radarfromsky onliner lan dodger source:trust me bro, but fr everytime its the case of "match winner goes to lan" or online quals for t1 cph turn to shit

2023-03-13 21:38

regali in eg confirmed

2023-03-13 22:55

he deserves a real chance, with astralis it was a bs chance tbh

2023-03-13 23:01

NIP I beg you JUST DO IT

2023-03-14 08:43

Good, regali will make another ( better than CPH ) team's joy

2023-03-13 23:23

Feels bad for regali but I’m really happy for Farlig

2023-03-14 00:27

- Osee + Regali Liquid EZ Major playoffs

2023-03-14 06:58

Pls to mouz regali to replace magyar bot poopzi

2023-03-14 07:27

There isn't a top 30 team that regali can play in , either because of language issues or because the awper is better than him. Only Hallzerk in Complexity is somewhat of a conversation. Not a good time to be benched. Might join some orgless project to keep going.

2023-03-14 17:23

hallzerk brings so much energy to coL, even if he isnt the best, i want him to stay with grim and fang

L change

2023-03-14 20:56

W change now replace Birdbotsky

2023-03-15 03:15

is it okay to replace regali for farlig: maybe, they are both nice awpers, farlig sucks a while but that's a tough time for everyone in ast. is it okay to replace under the term "is not perfect fit for the team": so a team with raalz starring and b0rup tmb birdfromsky selling doesn't work with some 1.2+ awper, and the choice is to replace the awper interesting feels like navi is bad so let's replace s1mple with device and ignore b0t or npl, that's not how team work hopefully regali is being bought out by some gigachad org or finding a team soon, the largest weird awper bench since hades leave ENCE

2023-03-22 23:55