k0nfig to make CSGO LAN return at BLAST Premier World Last

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Former Astralis participant Kristian ‘k0nfig’ Wienecke will play for Heroic as a stand-in on the BLAST Premier World Last, sources have informed Dexerto.

The 25-year-old has been referred to as in as an alternative to Heroic on the year-end occasion, with all indicators suggesting that he’ll substitute Martin ‘stavn’ Lund in Abu Dhabi.

k0nfig has been and not using a crew since October, when his contract was terminated by Astralis. The choice got here as Astralis started to rebuild their squad within the low season after it had didn’t qualify for the IEM Rio Main — an enormous blow for the winningest crew at CS:GO Majors.

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k0nfig performed no half within the European qualifier for the Main after being concerned in an altercation with a nightclub promoter in Malta throughout ESL Professional League Season 16. The incident left the participant with a sophisticated ankle fracture.

In a November 11 unique interview with Dexerto, k0nfig stated that he felt able to return to motion and that he had been engaged on his private issues with the assistance of a therapist. “I wish to play,” he stated. “I really feel like my life, proper now, is the proper state of affairs. I’ve tousled. I’ve forgiven [myself]. I positively assume that it’s the appropriate name.”

k0nfig steps in for Heroic

Heroic are probably the most in-form groups on the planet proper now and are in prime place to finish the yr as No.1 within the rankings after ending runners-up on the IEM Rio Main and profitable the BLAST Premier Fall Last.

The BLAST Premier World Last will happen in Abu Dhabi from December 14 to 18, with eight groups in attendance and a $1 million prize pool. The event, which can deliver the curtain down on the season, would be the first tier-one LAN occasion to function Anubis, the community-created map that has been added to the Energetic Responsibility map pool as a substitute of Dust2.