Ninjas in Pyjamas Announce Major Roster Change
By Nicholas Barth ·
One of the most storied organizations in professional CS:GO have moved one of their longest tenured players from the active roster.
Ninjas in Pyjamas (NIP) made two major roster changes last year, as the team released Adam “friberg” Friberg and Jacob “pyth” Mourujärvi. The team would sign William "draken" Sundin and Fredrik "REZ" Sterner to replace the two long time members of the organization. The team saw improved results with their best showing being their IEM Oakland 2017 victory. Now the team has decided that another roster change is needed to help the team be as competitive as possible.
Xizt has been a major part of NIP's history in CS:GO.
Source: CS:GO StarLadder
NIP announced on their website today that Richard “Xizt” Landström has been moved to the team’s bench. Dennis “dennis” Edman has been chosen to replace Xizt as the in-game leader for NIP. With the loss of a veteran player in Xizt, NIP has gained another one in dennis, as the talented player has played for the likes of CS:GO powerhouses Fnatic and Astralis. The team is looking for dennis to work with the coaching staff to begin changing how NIP approaches the game of CS:GO.
Dennis had this to say about joining the Ninjas in Pyjamas in the team’s announcement.
“I’m very excited to become the new in-game leader for NiP. It has been some time since I lead a team on this level and of this caliber, but I am ready to give it all I have and to play hearts out with my new team. With the new and the old blood in the team and the large organization behind, I’m positive that we can become what NiP once were, a world dominating CS:GO team. I am super excited about the next step in my career as a player!”
NIP will be looking for dennis to bring a new playstyle to the rest of the roster.
Source: Adela Sznajder via ESL
Ninjas in Pyjamas will be seeing their first action with this roster this week during the ESL Pro League matches. The team will also be able to compete with their new roster at IEM Katowice, due to ESL’s decision to suspend a rule that would have prohibited NIP from playing with dennis at the event.
Now Ninjas in Pyjamas will be looking for their newly formed roster to have a great deal of success for the rest of 2018.
(Featured image courtesy of Ninjas in Pyjamas)