valde joins North

21-8-2017 11:12

After a prolonged period of speculation, Valdemar "valde" Bjørn Vangså has joined North, the Danish team has confirmed.

Three months after Valdemar "⁠valde⁠" Bjørn Vangså was benched on HEROIC, the Danish player has found a new home and will be joining his former team's local rivals—North.

The squad under Mathias "⁠MSL⁠" Lauridsen's leadership was without a fifth player since the Major ended when they too decided to bench one of their players, Emil "⁠Magisk⁠" Reif, leaving them with four. After valde was released from HEROIC in July, it seemed like it was just a matter of time before the the 22-year-old joined North.

valde is back in action with North

With this news now out, North have confirmed their roster for the upcoming season, which they will kick-off online in ESL Pro League before featuring at their first offline event, DreamHack Masters Malmö.

This is what the team said about the addition of valde:

"Today we are happy to announce the acquisition of Valdemar “valde” Vangså. Valdemar has been practicing with the team for the last week, in preparation for ESL Pro League Season 6 and DreamHack Masters Malmö."

"Valdemar arrives on a free transfer, after seeing his contract expire with Heroic in June."

valde added a few word of his own in the Facebook announcement:

"I am ecstatic to get the opportunity to play in an organization of North’s size and stature, and I am ready to step up and make a positive difference in the team. I have been practicing in Telia Parken with the boys for the last week, and I cannot wait to kick things off with both ESL Pro League and DreamHack Masters Malmö this month."

North now have the following roster:

Mathias "⁠MSL⁠" Lauridsen
Kristian "⁠k0nfig⁠" Wienecke
René "⁠cajunb⁠" Borg
Philip "⁠aizy⁠" Aistrup
Valdemar "⁠valde⁠" Bjørn Vangså

Casper "⁠ruggah⁠" Due (coach)

#WelcomeValde pic.twitter.com/4AWqIxIkr6
— North (@TheNorthIsHere) August 21, 2017

Ez for north

2017-08-21 11:13

35 replies

true

33 replies

Nice!

17 replies

TELL US SOMETHING NEW HLTV NEXT -cajunb +mertz

2017-08-21 11:15

16 replies

why didnt they kick aizy rip magisk :(

12 replies

optic>north

2 replies

Someone told me this shit 1 month ago.

2017-08-21 11:22

1 reply

expected

2017-08-21 11:34

Why not MSL not aizy even cajunb

2017-08-21 12:26

7 replies

kick their igl , noooice

2017-08-21 13:55

6 replies

We can pick other IGL , MSl is a cone , they kill 5 per map , they don't contribute anything to the team in kills ...

2017-08-21 21:43

5 replies

Could you be so kind and tell me who could they pick for their next igl which is a free agent atm ?

2017-08-21 23:25

3 replies

Even magisk, still will be better with skill

2017-08-22 23:42

As you can see, in godsent pronax was igl and founder i guess and they talk about that and he left.

2017-08-22 23:43

I think pronax is sweedish and lineup is Danish.. and magisk is not igl...

2017-08-23 00:19

2017-08-22 23:41

-aizy +pronax

2017-08-22 16:27

+1 mertz>cajun

2017-08-21 11:19

-cajunb + jugi Would be better

2017-08-21 11:25

no next to step down is MSL.

2017-08-21 14:21

very true indeed

2017-08-21 11:14

expected, now time for danish cs to go back to shit

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Are you forgetting, There's this one team called Astralis. They won the 1rst major of the year. Then they won IEM. Then they Made it to semis in recent PGL major. Yea they are kinda the #2 team in the world right now. Hate to break it to you, but they are all danish.

2017-08-21 11:31

nt asstralis fanboy asstralis sucks SK #1 USA #9999 #CRYISFREE

2017-08-21 11:36

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Thanks for acting like an idiot so people can hate on me an my country, cunt.

2017-08-21 11:50

+Rep

2017-08-21 13:25

+rep would discuss with

2017-08-21 18:49

+rep

2017-08-22 02:59

I know this is a bait but still, he never said Astralis was #1 and USA is definitely above most of the countries in CS. Also SK 0 - 2 Astralis and SK 14 - 16 SS and SK 14 - 16 BIG. :D

2017-08-21 12:11

4 replies

Sk 0-16 rng never forget

2017-08-21 14:52

Oh wow! Hhahaha I didn't even know that happened lol.

2017-08-21 21:53

lol how did u miss it xD

2017-08-22 10:21

I don't know honestly. :P

2017-08-22 16:22

There there, it's alright. I know it is difficult to accept that Astralis 2-0'd SK. JK, deserved. Cry is free

2017-08-21 14:56

2017-08-21 19:09

if you hover over team North valde does not appear on the team, 4 man roster only

2017-08-21 11:29

Expected.

Yes indeed, took a bit longer than expected though: twitter.com/1nf4m/status/888742803764908.. Next up is ave to replace ruggah as coach

2017-08-21 19:07

Awsome

Lmao

Expected

Whoa unexpected as fuck!!!

Indeed.

2017-08-21 11:16

Bad move

Omg so unexpected

wp !

Finally official

Finally they announce this shit. Jesus.

North top 1

we know

Valdemar "valde" Bjørn Vangså has joined North, the Danish team has announced. nice article))

What's the point in putting this out if there is no information? Why not wait for the information?

he just join thats all.

If they get you to revisit later for the full article = more click revenue = profit, no? Confirming that someone has joined a new team is more interesting than the same article you see over and over anyway imo. Either a player does an upgrade in terms of level of team or the player wants to "find new motivation".

2017-08-21 11:21

lul

#37

So expected af lul

valde joins North more to follow thanks hltv

This was obviously a huge surprise for everyone. (who could have expected Valde of all people to join North???) Give poor old HLTV a break, there is no way they could have an article ready for such a surprising roster move

2017-08-21 11:23

I really don't mind that. They wanted to get the news out as soon as possible. And then add more info as they receive it.

2017-08-21 13:33

So unexpected.

2017-08-21 11:18

Good signing

nice

+ Ex6TenZ

2017-08-21 11:20

What a huuuuige surprise totally didnt see that coming

ez 4 north

Wow no way

wow

- aizy +magik No different

Unexpected, masickboy >>>>> valde :((

Maybe North will be a decent team with valde

wooooow sooo unexpected !

2017-08-21 11:24

Yeah nice ez for north what a surprise

GL VALDE

2017-08-21 11:26

Rip north... magisk better than valde. I played against this toxic valde.. he s noob, trust me.

Let's go bois!

2017-08-21 11:27

2017-08-21 11:28

Not a bad choice

HOLY SHIT WHAT A SUPRIZE! not...

2017-08-21 11:30

finally, such a good choice for north! welcome back, godvalde.

Unexpected

so they gonna build the game around k0nfig and Aizy???? if aizy could play like late 2015 this can be top3 in the world....above asstralis.

+10 , i was of that guys that think " aizy is one of the 10 Better Aimmers in the world " He Was a beast.

2017-08-21 21:52

Still very weird that he replaced Magisk. Probably the one with the highest potential on the roster, together with k0nfig. But the team looks good on paper, Valde is a very talented player. If he brings better chemistry to the team I'm sure they can become top contenders again.

2017-08-21 11:32

why did they kick magisk but keep aizy thats the dumbest fucking thing. magisk and valde is a sick combo but noooo

2017-08-21 11:33

WAT WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT

2017-08-21 11:37

-magisk + valde while keeping aisy LMAOOO one more era of north being tier 3 xD

2017-08-21 11:39

some say that magisk was blocking aizy

2017-08-21 11:42

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some will get frustated when they see north even worse xd

2017-08-21 11:54

14 replies

aizy skins aizy life mark my words

2017-08-21 11:56

LMAO 10 10 joke XD I hope i are right cuz I like north players and I want k0nfig to have a good team around him, cuz he deserves, he is really good

2017-08-21 11:58

ye k0nfig is amazing but hes also very cocky and thats the thing i dont like in him. cajunb do i need to say anything? when i say cajun u say b scrubs. aizy skins. msl bot but bot with some brain and now valde the fresh blood. i hope they gonna step up a little bit cuz potential there is very gut gut.

2017-08-21 12:02

who cares dude you need to realize that, 99% of the time, "cocky" people are the most cool and humble guys around, because at least they show themselfs, how many guys act cool and chill and talk shit behind peoples back LUL and at the end of the day he just talk shit on twitter lol, we never heard about him being an asshole, fighting on clubs, trying to get friends girls etc LUL so the real world is like that, you just have a wrong vision xd I dont care about k0nfig, I'm not in favor or against him, I only care about him as a player... just sayin

2017-08-21 13:20

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Lul wat. 99% xD. Ok im done with u.

2017-08-21 14:19

8 replies

ok go back to reddit then cs become what it is cuz shit talking, lan era, social activity nowdays everyone thinks the real world is twitter or some shit LUL gl in real life xd

2017-08-22 02:50

"nowdays everyone thinks the real world is twitter or some shit LUL" "cs become what it is cuz shit talking, lan era, social activity" didnt see any1 at lan being cocky except k0nfig, taz and maybe sometimes JW. who the hell thinks that "real world is twitter or some shit" XD jesus... brazil plz. looks like u dont know that u can be a good guy irl and u will find other good guys cuz prolly in brazil "good guys" are getting knifed in favela by "real cocky bad boiz" lmao... and just for your information, im not using reddit ;)

2017-08-22 09:32

omg the guy talks competitive shit, omgggggg he is such a BAD person, bad guy!! he should go to death row right, sorry i are wrong and u are right sorry! thank for telling me this thank feeling thank

2017-08-22 09:36

lmao brazil in a nutshell XD. compare n0thing to k0nfig and u will get my point or ure too retarted to understeand that

2017-08-22 09:37

omg i are agree thatz we should remove everyone and only let NA and poland in cs, so we have 100% polite calm and colected persans! I agree thank for letting me know i'm feeling thank mr polako

2017-08-22 09:40

remove? XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD im just telling u that i personally dont like him and ure coming out with ur shitty logic "remove everyone" cuz in ur head only "STRONGER REMAIN NO SPACE FOR GOOD GUYS JUNGLE HERE"XD ure funny fruit. "but hes also very cocky and thats the thing i dont like in him" reading skillz lvl 0

2017-08-22 09:46

omg thankfor informating and being an hltv official informator and informating people thank im feeling thank for the information #RUNPOLANDG #WENUMBAWUN

2017-08-22 09:53

holy shit XD and people are confused why most people at hltv dont like 7-1's

2017-08-22 09:54

what the fucl

2017-08-21 15:45

great player but stupid north - aizy + valde was the right change

2017-08-21 11:43

Better then Magisk? I don't think so

really unexpected

Very nice

2017-08-21 11:46

Now kick aizy and bring back magisk Only then can they compete.

2017-08-21 11:55

Expected for a long time.

Finally

2017-08-21 12:07

Good for North, although Magisk was a very skillful player.

-aizy when

Unexpected lul

2017-08-21 12:13

-aizy +Magisk

2017-08-21 12:14

VOLDEMORT PogChamp, time for north to rise to le top #HearTheRoar

And aizy still on the squad.

2017-08-21 12:21

2017-08-21 12:29

Gringe video LUL

2017-08-21 12:35

2017-08-21 12:36

2017-08-21 12:41

Imagine North if MSL and Aizy werent fuckbuddies

2017-08-21 12:47

#HearTheRoar GL, North! :D

Aizy will still manage to fuck this up.

2017-08-21 12:51

stfu who hating aizy aizy is a very consistent player

2017-08-21 12:57

Wow this came outta nowhere!

2017-08-21 12:58

He must be thrilled. Going to a bigger team. Playing under the biggest Football club and well known in europe aswell. And play in the telia Park where he can watch FCK for free when he pracs with cs on the screen. Does not get much better

2017-08-21 13:40

f in a l l y . GL valdemarBEAST

-MSL

2017-08-21 14:27

If the team fails during the 3rd roster change, then the coach will be changed.

2017-08-21 14:35

good move

2017-08-21 14:38

I've only called this move since last year... It's about bleeding time North.

2017-08-21 14:41

good luck,valde!

2017-08-21 14:42

PogChamp

2017-08-21 14:53

North wont achieve shit as long as MSL is in there

2017-08-21 15:03

MSL ain't the problem. fnatic were dominating with pronax. Valde is a great adition, but i would have keeped Magisk and - Laizy.

2017-08-21 15:19

He is the problem. 4 of the fnatic players were top 6 in that year. You can't really expect your team to perform at this level nowadays, with more competition. Not even 2016 SK could get more than 2 players between the ~8 best. Let alone 2017 North

2017-08-21 17:20

valde should replace msl and not together

2017-08-21 15:41

valde is a great player but imo they should have benched aizy, magisk was the better player until msl changed their spots to make aizy comfortable

2017-08-21 15:59

still need to kick msl and cajunb

2017-08-21 16:22

WOAH I DID NOT EXPECT THIS! :O

2017-08-21 16:27

He's pretty great, but I don't expect North to accomplish shit, if they decided to kick magisk, they clearly have no clue what they're doing.

2017-08-21 17:02

Valde to North until Astralis has struggles and he gets moved up. Glave and him go way back.

2017-08-21 17:03

Sick player, but I don't think it will change too much keeping MSL and aizy. They kicked their 2nd best player. I think it's an upgrade for Magisk, but still, they kicked the wrong player

2017-08-21 17:16