Ninjas in Pyjamas bench es3tag as CS:GO roster overhaul continues

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Ninjas in Pyjamas have benched Patrick ‘es3tag⁠’ Hansen as they proceed to shake up their roster forward of the 2023 CS:GO season.

After the frustration of 2021, the place they had been hyped as much as make a march on the highest stage of Counter-Strike as soon as once more, 2022 proved to be one other rocky 12 months for Ninjas in Pyjamas.

The long-lasting Swedish group has reshaped its roster just a few instances over the previous couple of months consequently, bringing in Ludvig ‘Brollan’ Brolin and Aleksi ‘Aleksib’ Virolainen from Fnatic and G2, respectively. They’ve additionally not too long ago bid farewell to Nicolai ‘dev1ce’ Reedtz as he returned to Astralias, in addition to benching Nicolas ‘Plopski’ Gonzalez Zamora to unencumber a spot for Aleksib.

That upheaval is ready to proceed into the early a part of 2023 on the very least, as they’ve now benched es3tag⁠ and allowed the Dane to search out new alternatives away from NiP.

NiP bench es3tag from CS:GO roster

NIP introduced the roster change on December 21, confirming that the Dane could be allowed to discover a new house for the 2023 season.

“In preparation of the following 12 months we’ve been evaluating the workforce composition total, and have moved Patrick ‘es3tag⁠’ Hansen to the bench, and are permitting him to discover new alternatives forward of the 2023 season,” NIP stated.

“Patrick has been a incredible teammate, colleague, and participant to have at NIP. We’ve nothing however good issues to say about him, and we’re positive he’ll discover success the place ever he goes subsequent.”