Heroic sign es3tag

Nine months after he joined Nicolai "⁠HUNDEN⁠" Petersen's team, Patrick "⁠es3tag⁠" Hansen decided to follow the footsteps of his former teammates Nikolaj "⁠niko⁠" Kristensen and Jakob "⁠JUGi⁠" Hansen and make the jump from Tricked to HEROIC.

For a third time in a row, Heroic have signed a former Tricked player

es3tag will now complete HEROIC's roster, which was down to four men after Valdemar "⁠valde⁠" Bjørn Vangså was benched on May 21st. Just a couple of days later, the young Dane announced that he is set to leave HEROIC.

In the meantime, HEROIC used Casper "⁠cadiaN⁠" Møller as a standin and it seemed like they were set to pick up Allan "⁠AnJ⁠" Jensen who is on his way out of Singularity. In the end, the decision came down to adding one of  Tricked's stand out performer es3tag.

This is what the 21-year-old had to say about the move:

"I am thrilled to be playing with Heroic, who I know from playing with a couple of the guys earlier, but more importantly is a major step up for me. It’s my ambition to be among the best, and Heroic has the potential to be an absolute top contender."

"I’ve been shown around the facilities at RFRSH and been introduced to the set-up, and I am really looking forward to be a part of a top professional environment like this. I have only good things to say about Tricked and the guys in the organization, but this is a major step up compared to what I’ve experienced before."

"Short term we have some extremely important tournaments ahead of us and little time to prepare, but I’ve already pracced with the team, so I think we’ll be in good shape. The competition is fierce, but long term, the ambition is to be in top 10 and ultimately to take on the top teams."

HEROIC's coach, Henrik "⁠FeTiSh⁠" Christensen, added a statement of his own:

"I’ve been very focused upon finding a player who can contribute to the team from day one and we had several highly qualified candidates. Individual skills and team work has been key words, and eventhough we knew him beforehand, I must say es3tag has impressed me during the days we’ve worked with him."

"It’s always a challenge to change a strong player, but by bringing in es3tag, I am confident we’re actually coming out a lot stronger from this move. We have high ambitions, and I believe we’re closer to reaching them by this move. No words or talking will bring us there, though, so from here on it’s hard work and focus from each and every one of us."

HEROIC are now:

Marco "⁠Snappi⁠" Pfeiffer
Andreas "⁠MODDII⁠" Fridh
Nikolaj "⁠niko⁠" Kristensen
Jakob "⁠JUGi⁠" Hansen
Patrick "⁠es3tag⁠" Hansen