Olofmeister Will Play for FaZe Clan at ELEAGUE CS:GO Premiere
By Nicholas Barth ·
After a lengthy hiatus from the active CS:GO roster of FaZe Clan, FaZe Clan has announced that Olof "olomeister" Kajbjer will be playing for the team at the ELEAGUE CS:GO Premiere.
April 2018 saw talented and veteran professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) player olomeister announce that he would be stepping down from the active roster of FaZe Clan in order to take care of personal issues.
Olomeister was at first set to return to the active roster of FaZe Clan in May to replace Richard "Xizt" Landström who had been filling in for olomeister during ECS Season 5 for FaZe Clan.
However, olomeister announced an extension to his hiatus from the CS:GO team of FaZe Clan that then resulted in the roster acquiring the services of Jørgen "cromen" Robertson to fill olomeister's spot on the team until he made his return.
FaZe Clan saw a great deal of success with cromen on the roster, as the stand-in player played extremely well and was able to help the organization reach three straight semifinal appearances at ECS Season 5 Finals, ESL One Belo Horizonte and ESL One Cologne 2018. The highlight of cromen's run with FaZe Clan came during the team's championship victory at ESL One Belo Horizonte.
Even with a string of impressive performances from the CS:GO team of FaZe Clan with cromen on the roster, fans of the organization have been waiting to hear when olomeister would be making his highly anticipated return to the active roster. This was realized when the team announced on Twitter on Tuesday, July 10th that the veteran player would be returning to the team in time for the ELEAGUE CS:GO Premiere Tournament.
To @cromencsgo, who joined our roster one month ago to stand-in & in that time helped us reach 3 straight Semi-Finals, including the ? at ESL One in Belo Horizonte:
— FaZe Clan (@FaZeClan) July 10, 2018
THANK YOU ?
And to @olofmeister, our 3x Champion...
SEE YOU AT ELEAGUE ? pic.twitter.com/QyZPRN8w0j
The missing player also took to social media to express his excitement of returning to professional CS:GO.
In all seriousness, thanks for all the kind words and esp a big thanks to the best teammates in the world <3 and="" yes="" im="" ready="" to="" roll="" again="" p=""> — Olof Kajbjer (@olofmeister) July 10, 2018
The ELEAGUE CS:GO Premiere will see FaZe Clan compete with the likes of MIBR, Astralis, Team Liquid, Natus Vincere, Cloud9, Fnatic and mousesports in two groups of four in order to secure a spot in the playoffs. The top two teams from each group will then battle it out for a share of the $1,000,000 prize pool.
(cover photo courtesy of StarLadder)