Bubzkji enters free agency

31-1-2022 10:23

The Danish player is free to explore his options after agreeing to terminate his contract with Astralis.

Astralis have announced the release of Lucas "⁠Bubzkji⁠" Andersen, ending his 18-month-long tenure as a part of the Danish organization after he has spent the last four months on the team's bench.

The announcement confirms a report from Jaxon published on Sunday that indicated Bubzkji would be departing Astralis to enter free agency, while subsequently also joining Danish television channel TV2 as a CS:GO analyst — a move that Astralis confirmed in their announcement.

Bubzkji played just 86 maps over 18 months for Astralis

The 23-year-old initially joined Astralis as a sixth player in July 2020, but was soon sidelined after Valve imposed restrictions on six-man rosters for the Regional Major Ranking cycle.

He later made a return in April 2021 following the departure of Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz and became a starting member of the roster for six months, but found himself benched ahead of PGL Major Stockholm as Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander returned from paternity leave.

The team went on to retain Andreas "⁠Xyp9x⁠" Højsleth and Philip "⁠Lucky⁠" Ewald for their starting lineup after the Major, and further bolstered their roster with the addition of Benjamin "⁠blameF⁠" Bremer and Kristian "⁠k0nfig⁠" Wienecke in November, leaving Bubzkji sidelined for the remainder of the year.

"Despite joining us in a difficult time, being in and out of the team and only rarely playing his favorite position, Lucas has played a significant role in Astralis over the past two years," Astralis' Director of Sports, Kasper Hvidt, said in the announcment.

"He has been loyal and a true professional throughout his time with Astralis and it would have been difficult for us to maintain a solid level during a time with players on leave and the ongoing development of our set-up.

"It never turned out to what we all hoped it would and I am glad we have found a solution giving Lucas free hands to find the best possible solution for his future. He has always delivered when called upon and we owe Lucas a big thank you and best of luck with his future endeavors. He will always be a highly valued part of our history."

Finally

2022-01-31 10:23

16 replies

18 months free salary? KEKW he is so good MONEYMAKER

2022-01-31 10:36

11 replies

#FREEBUBZKJI

2022-01-31 10:40

He probably didnt get the same salary on the bench

2022-01-31 10:42

8 replies

No, of course not. But trust me - don't feel sorry for him bench-salary-wise.

2022-01-31 10:54

Still got a lot of money for doing nothing

2022-01-31 10:57

5 replies

Rather play in a team + salary

2022-01-31 11:03

That "freeload year" could pretty much end his career now.. Not good for the long term. Which teams want to have a guy been sitting on a bench and not getting and competitive environment for one year?!? Too risky. And bubski is not even young 17 years old talent anymore.

2022-01-31 11:28

3 replies

Sadly teams are actually taking players that have been on the bench or in valorant but Bubz is fucked I agree NBK - Mouz Autimatic - EG nitr0 - TL

2022-01-31 12:10

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nitr0 is to igl he's also keeps the team mentally stong, auti was free with experience and dynamic with stewie is strong also commpletly different play style but bubzki is in eu their is like 1000 teams he can get a contract with even make his own team and get a org within a week or forming

2022-01-31 15:02

17yo talent don't matter in cs it's not football if you want to and have the time you can play well into 30+ while still improving, only reason most stop is because of family and csgo travel schedule is stupid for players

2022-01-31 14:55

most contracts have a clause to half the salary if youre benched, so he probably wasn't even making a whole lot

2022-01-31 20:56

He would earn it by playing. He didn't. So he didn't make progress. Very shortsighted of you.

2022-01-31 21:58

To this point i believe nexa, flameZ and mantuu should move to mousesports [nexa, flameZ, mantuu, frozen, NBK] and OG should go full danish [niko, valde, bubjkil, acoR, Snappi]

2022-01-31 18:26

2 replies

makes 0 sense

2022-01-31 19:10

shit bait

Insane

2022-01-31 19:45

noice benchski

Cuckskij

2022-01-31 11:34

Wtf RESPECT godJ

2022-01-31 14:57

"He will always be a highly valued part of our history" 🤣🤣🤣

2022-01-31 17:06

wtf thats like saying she used to suck me off so nice back then

2022-01-31 17:20

Haha.

2022-01-31 21:59

join Liquid pls

2022-01-31 10:24

Boobski is free

#FreeBubzkji

Astralis such a toxic org. Literally freed him after all the Rostermania. They were probably expecting to sell him for millions but now they lost all hope so they set him free now.

yeah I hate Astralis for ruining this guys career. Imagine how he must have felt during various parts of his benchment.

2022-01-31 10:25

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The worst part was being a part of a roster that qualified for a major and getting benched for the actuall major.

2022-01-31 10:28

they did him dirty, I feel so sad for him

Sanji'd

2022-01-31 19:01

Do you also hate <insert any football team> for benching <insert 60% of football players>? Or is it your personal bias, clouding your judgement?

2022-01-31 20:00

well, yes and at the same time no, it depends, I really hate if someone is forced to be on a bench when he has the potential to do great things want to do them but he is benched and tied in contract, but if that someone is on the bench and taking 50k/month just living his life, I dont care about that and thats common in high tier football

2022-01-31 21:20

You don't know the details. Except that Astralis want to be the best, and if they didn't see him as a way of becoming the best again, then why use him?

2022-02-01 09:03

He has been transfer listed for long time so rostermania has nothing to do with it. But yeah, they did him dirty hltv.org/news/32650/astralis-actively-of..

2022-01-31 10:31

idk why astralis didn't get any kind of backlash from what they did to him,

2022-01-31 12:32

they brainwashed the danish media

2022-01-31 14:19

ig this is just normal stuff in esports?

2022-01-31 14:52

Ofcourse they didn't. Danish media is not retarded, they know this happens in pro sports. If Bubzkji was top10 in the world, he would play in the lineup.

2022-01-31 20:01

They're rapidly getting a reputation of killing the careers of up and coming talent. Both Bubskji and es3tag have had their careers ruined because of Astralis. Lucky is next, calling it now.

2022-01-31 14:58

You do know, that it was es3tag who decided to leave Astralis, in order to play for C9 right? So how did they ruin his career? As he stated, it was too big of an offer, to turn down.

2022-01-31 19:38

oh, i did not know that, i stand corrected about es3tag.

2022-01-31 21:09

As much as I like the team and the players that they had, the backroom staff in the org are complete bs. So money hungry, buys lec spot just to sell everyone and sign academy players and expect to win games. Absolute dog org.

2022-01-31 16:14

Thank you ASStralis for ruining his career

Welcome))

-TeSeS +Bubzkji

2022-01-31 16:24

First

Good luck! great talent

Is this the one playing with a foot on his chair?

yeah lol knee to chest

best pose 💯💯

2022-01-31 11:12

Yeah

Finally he's free

Scum org

ok replace niko on OG now

That move could actually be really great, assuming he has still got his potential from Mad lions

2022-01-31 10:43

bruh even if he was blind he'd still be better than niko

2022-01-31 10:49

I've seen Bubzkji play, he doesn't even use a monitor. He visualizes the map in a detailed rendering, completely in his mind. He has a biological wallhack; his godlike perception highlights all enemies within light-years. His eyes are closed as his mouse gracefully swerves across the table, making immaculate twitches as he flicks from head to head.

2022-01-31 10:52

2022-01-31 22:15

Didn’t they just top their group?

2022-01-31 14:30

i mean this is "honeymoon period"

2022-01-31 15:15

Hate that term

2022-01-31 19:02

me too. i hope they wont chooose the Astralis way after they add BlameF and k0nfig

2022-02-01 02:46

LOL they let him free after the player break

2022-01-31 10:26

probably didn't sell to anyone during the player break hence let go of a 'dead asset'

2022-01-31 11:47

10 replies

+1, they probably wanted too high of a buyout. When no one came looking for him they just released him from his contract, rather than keep paying him to be a benchwarmer. Sucks for Bubskji, Astralis have destroyed his career.

2022-01-31 18:49

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1) People want CSGO to be a serious thing, yet you bitch and whine when teams think about economy and results, without considering your feelings. Stop crying. 2) His career is barely started. He can be in a top10 team for the next 10 years if he is good enough.

2022-01-31 20:05

who was crying? just sympathizing with a player that is getting screwed over by his org.

2022-01-31 21:08

7 replies

That sounds like crying to me.

2022-02-01 09:02

it sounds like you're misinterpreting something my dude.

2022-02-01 16:51

"Astralis have destroyed his career"... stop bitching, this is not kindergarten where you get a participation reward. Get good or gtfo.

2022-02-02 19:05

4 replies

the only one bitching here is you, lmao

2022-02-03 17:46

Comeback of the week. "hurr hurr no u"

2022-02-03 19:52

lol, ok then. have a good life.

2022-02-03 21:03

Ty, you too.

2022-02-03 21:28

Goat

Huge. He can be a game changer for many rosters rn.

Yes i think so aswell with the right mindset he is insane

2022-01-31 16:42

-career

lol

2022-01-31 15:37

My first #1. Iam so proud Hey mom hey dad

15 replies

Bro

Don't tell him

2022-01-31 10:27

I think it is mercy to tell him early on

2022-01-31 10:29

do ur duty

2022-01-31 11:26

Ok I will reply now

2022-01-31 20:46

You think I did good?

2022-01-31 20:50

I'm proud of you.

2022-01-31 22:11

it sucks but it had to be done, its better to tell him sooner than let him dream, you did good

2022-02-01 01:41

Thank you I couldn't stop crying when I typed it

2022-02-01 02:36

This is why I love hltv.

2022-02-01 04:57

Close but no cigar...

2022-01-31 10:34

jerman internet moment

gratz dude!

2022-01-31 12:14

German Internet 🤣

2022-01-31 16:53

Hey man, me and your mother have had a talk. We have decided to break the news to you before it's too late. You were in fact not the #1 comment but the #21 comment. Now I know this may come as a shock but we are both here for you, to support you in this troubling time. It's not winning that counts but the fact that you participated and we are both very proud of you. Better luck next time sport. Kind Regards JonZherka

2022-01-31 20:49

finally. astralis wasted his career

Probably most screwed-over player right? Enters Astralis to replace 'sick' players, gets stuck in 6 man roster hell, gets benched until Gla1ve has paternity leave and qualifies them to the major, then gets benched for the major until now free agency.

Only free agent after player transfer season too

+sed luife

2022-01-31 11:58

GL finding a new team! I think a few teams could benefit greatly from signing him. He is really solid when he is given his roles!

Now even the transfer season is over, every team has set their teams, how tf will BUBZKJI get a team, he may have to sit at home for more 6 months wtf astralis

2022-01-31 10:30

Gracious of them to let him go right AFTER the roster shuffle so theres no spot anywhere anyway. One last failed try to make a buck out of him, they fd his career so hard

Did Bubzkji sign a contract, or did they force him? Stop bitching, the kid just wasn't good enough. Professional sports/esports is a tough world. Only losers cry about getting cut. A winner is the one that will accept this loss and grind 24/7, and end up in a better team.

2022-01-31 20:09

He did sign a contract, and he was promised things they did not deliver. The 6 man or 30 man line-up, whatever it was? Benched for most of the time. He was religated to play nuke ramp only. When he finally got to play he helped them qualify to the major and then benched him anyway to snatch his first major appearance. I know being a dane is a mental illness when it comes to astralis but you gotta get your head out of your ass

2022-02-01 07:34

Noone is promised anything other than the payment in the contract. Stop lying. So because I'm a dane, I want danish talents to be fucked over? Get real my dude. I would never defend Astralis for doing shitty things. They have done many stupid things, but the only wrong doing here, is terrible scouting. Fyi, many danes hate on Astralis. On dust2.dk you will read many comments shittalking all their stupid decisions.

2022-02-01 09:07

"I would never defend Astralis for doing shitty things." And here you've been saying the things that happened to bubzki were his fault. Him signing to astralis was a mistake but that doesnt excuse all the shit they did to him. Astralis denies him the first major after qualifying, you: "suck it up bro you signed a contract lol"

2022-02-01 09:26

You're delusional. This is not sunday gaming night with your siblings, where you let them get a goal in FIFA. You either perform like a beast, or you get put on the bench. You think Ronaldo pressed the snooze button a single time in his life? Winners wake up early every day and only focus on how to improve. If Bubzkji was truly good enough, it wouldn't even be a question to use him or not. If he clearly outperformed everyone else, why the fuck bench him. If that was what they did, then i would be the first to shittalk them. But the kid just wasn't good enough.

2022-02-02 19:08

cool

Talented player, hope he gets on a team quickly

I can't see a tier 1 team that he has space for at the moment. He might have to repeat the cycle of excelling on a tier 2 team to get back on a tier 1 team

OG could maybe replace niko with him?

2022-01-31 10:50

No Niko >

2022-01-31 11:02

There are no reasons to replace one bot by other

2022-01-31 11:04

If bubzjki is still on the level he was before joining Astralis he is waaaaay better than niko

2022-01-31 12:49

Niko way better

2022-01-31 17:01

Apeks?

2022-01-31 10:32

Who would he replace?

2022-01-31 12:23

AcilioN was the one who benched him in ML despite being the best player on the team. I mean, out of a fan-perspective it Would be a great move for both parties, but i don’t think he Would want to play with AcilioN and vice versa

2022-01-31 12:25

Wasted so much time in Astralis

moneymaker

Good for him

Astralis so 2-faced Only reason they didn’t release him earlier, was because they wanted to sell him for profit

2022-01-31 10:35

Helped them to qualify for the Major to release him lol

2022-01-31 10:39

LOL, nobody cares now. Unless he grinds super hard in tier-2 teams and rise back to get signed in to tier-1, his career is as good as over.

Karma destroyed him After won flashpoint he became so toxic

Wdym?

Asstralis org🤡

2022-01-31 10:44

Who

2022-01-31 10:47

The dexterto interview was pretty sad. Hope he becomes a great analyst now

Finally he is free!

Expected

Just move to NA

shitty way to waste 2 years of your career

depends, high income + he could do what he wanted meanwhile (would've been perfect to study but no clue if he did)

Wrong. He was probably grinding hard to get his chance.

2022-01-31 16:07

I’d happily get paid to do nothing. Who cares about fame or wins? You probably can’t tell me his name without scrolling up.

2022-01-31 16:57

Damn hope he can still be the player he was on mad lions, so much talent wasted

2022-01-31 10:58

he is free

2022-01-31 11:00

I think a perfect fit is Bubzkji as a fifth on Its Server Time.

He was treated like shit in Astralis, like almost 0 play time while he was a beast in ML. Such a fucking waste of talent. He would have been great in a team like Heroic or coL if they wanted to go full danish.

2022-01-31 11:01

He'll probably have to restart from a lower tier team so -jabbi +bubzkji

Or new team with Farlig

2022-01-31 11:05

Good luck. He deserves better.

2022-01-31 11:06

finally

2022-01-31 11:08

Asstralis very dumb org, but also Benchzkji is overrated and probably wasted his prime on the bench just because he wanted to play "for the stars". meanwhile gla1ve, xypex and lucky continue to steal paychecks

astralis destroyed his career.

2022-01-31 11:14

Maaaaaaaan finally! That was a long time

2022-01-31 11:19

Bubzkji, acoR, farlig, gade, MSL I bet they can surpass Astralis in the rakings some day...

2022-01-31 11:21

I heard that xertioNN is maybe leaving mouz NXT for a better team so +bubzkji and ez top 20?

2022-01-31 11:25

youtube.com/watch?v=lLCEUpIg8rE

hope he does well in whatever area he wishes to excel astralis for sure a fucked up org, the way they treated bubz is unreal

2022-01-31 11:29

Congratulations boobzkji

2022-01-31 11:30

He deserves better. I'm sure someone will pick him up

2022-01-31 11:31

finally, congratulations.

astralis did him really dirty

2022-01-31 11:32

hint: don't sign this toxic kid

10 man roster btw kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

2022-01-31 11:38

Hope he gets signed by an org that proceeds to curbstomp trashstralis for the rest of the year.

2022-01-31 11:42

Finally … after 7 years and 5 games with Astralis …

2022-01-31 11:45

He kept saying he was the sixth man and would be used in some matchups or maps. Hahah. Poor guy.

2022-01-31 11:49

Damn, this guy was supposed to be the next big thing to stop Astralis and Astralis bought him out and benched him promising him "stuff" which they never delivered. Astralis esentially bought out the player they feared the most and demotivated him to the point he left competetive CS. lmao

2022-01-31 11:50

Out of prison Good luck on your freedom Bubz

2022-01-31 11:51

Stupid org

2022-01-31 11:53

Finally.

FREEDDAWG

2022-01-31 11:56

Astralis shame on you

2022-01-31 11:59

- plopski + bubzkji

2022-01-31 12:02

Can he speak Swedish though?

I feel good that they finally let him go, but I'm also a little bit sad because I don't see a team he could join, I guess he will have to grind it out from the bottom and prove himself again, pretty sad, but GL Bubzkji.

2022-01-31 12:03

EZ for Benchzkji

2022-01-31 12:09

another danish player going to casting yippee

2022-01-31 12:13

He'd be good for ecstatic or Copenhagen imo but Copenhagen unlikely to drop anyone

2022-01-31 12:19

I like how people discuss his consistency and skill level, meanwhile the guy hasn't played an official match in like 2 years rofl.

2022-01-31 12:21

The best thing for him. He shouldn't waste his time and his career.

Also bubzkji soon in Vitality.

maybe mouse need a player

2022-01-31 12:33

well done by Astralis. Destroyed career of a young lad

We can all hate Astralis org for timing of this and that's fair, they are greedy morons. However..... Bub did something inexcusably stupid him self. In an interview few months before rostermania he said how he thinks he should learn more outside of his role. A VERY bad way to sell your self, you spent a year benched, I know you are in practice but you watch them and jack off, but, but, why say it like that? He only needed to say "I was on the sidelines but I did everything my team mates did in practice and played many prac matches as a sub" - that way he suggests he learned the Astralis system and would be an asset to any team. Add the "I really want to prove everyone that it was a mistake that I was benched for so long, Astralis did not do much over that period anyway in terms of silverware". But after a year of doing nothing you suggest that a thought came to your head that you may wanna learn something?!? If Astralis did not dig a grave for him, he did it him self with that statement. How Xyp was hella smart, man got benched for ONE event and he goes on to say how he's ready to win with another team, how he can see him self building a new legacy, how everything is up in the air and BOOOOM - fucking 4 year contract comes his way. Contract we can argue he does not deserve, his performance was hella low and still is, after the break he took we never truly saw the clutch minister him self. Even with that Xyp did a smart move knowing Astralis org needed to keep players. Bub should have sold him self better, but instead he came off as a kind of a passive guy who hopes things will fall into his lap instead of him working for them. Even if he does work, you don't say those things that way.

2022-01-31 12:34

2022-01-31 12:36

Prison Break astralis shouldve kept him instead of xyp9x IMO main roster is having issues rn

2022-01-31 12:37

Well he did average a 1.18 rating with Tricked who he's played the most matches with so maybe he'll thrive on a new team I'm thinking something like -jabbi +Bubzkji on Copenhagen Flames or since mouz is such a mixed bag right now -NBK because why have essentially two IGL's who can't frag?

2022-01-31 12:52

Lmao you putting Bubzkji into a support role? He's an entry fragger.

2022-01-31 18:10

Maybe hes joining a mixed team or a small danish org

2022-01-31 13:00

2022-01-31 13:02

Do a flamie and move to Astralis Talent

2022-01-31 13:05

better than bot lucky

2022-01-31 13:07

Free benchzkji :D

2022-01-31 13:14

aizy bubzkji farlig gade msl

2022-01-31 13:18

Finally! He got abused by Astralis

2022-01-31 13:19

Feel so bad for this kid, hopefully he can find a place to regain the year and a half he lost on the scumstralis bench

2022-01-31 13:36

cant believe they picked lucky over bubz... bubz is actually an amazing rifler..

he deserved better

2022-01-31 13:40

The funny thing is, Astralis decided to terminate his contract when he found a job as an analyst which contract probably couldn't forbid him to do. However, if he wanted to play in another team, they would still keep him under contract and asked for buy out.

bubzkij_0_team_me_0_team

2022-01-31 14:00

to NAVI

finally he is free, good luck

2022-01-31 14:31

2022-01-31 14:39

Lets go Bubzkji You are super good

2022-01-31 14:44

2022-01-31 15:03

Good luck Bubz! I remember your incredible plays in Mad Lions. I'm sure you've still got it. Don't lose hope!

Yes now he can join someone who would let him play

2022-01-31 15:12

tier3 NA mix

2022-01-31 15:40

Hands down the most overrated player there ever is after es3tag.

2022-01-31 15:21

no one car

This guy reminds me of Donny van de Beek but then the CS version

2022-01-31 15:49

Astralis did him dirty. Deserves better

2022-01-31 15:57

2022-01-31 15:59

Hopefully he'll join a decent team

2022-01-31 16:05

Noob.

2022-01-31 16:11

2022-01-31 16:19

He is done. Astralis destroyed his CS career. How could he let them do this to him? What a sheep. The org is fuking disgrace.

2022-01-31 16:21

Then the guy you’re a fan of is also a sheep for carrying 4 bots for 4 years.

2022-01-31 17:05

2022-01-31 16:23

glgl

2022-01-31 16:35

EG -breeze +bubzkji

2022-01-31 16:41

Then maybe don't pick up a player if you're gonna put him in spots he's never played before... its quite obvious that he wasn't gonna perform to his highest level. Maybe try to make him comfortable and give him more of his best spots if you want him to play well?? Man Astralis is stupid sometimes.

2022-01-31 16:43

imagine keeping Lucky over Bubzkji

2022-01-31 16:45

2022-01-31 16:49

"He will always be a highly valued part of our history" Thats a straight F U lol. Glad hes out!

2022-01-31 16:48

Rip little knee

2022-01-31 16:54

He did the right thing to end his carreer here, nothing special about him.

2022-01-31 16:58

Bubzkji MSL aizy Farlig SandeN

2022-01-31 18:04

Farlig should go to astralis now men

2022-01-31 18:05

Astralis will continue with lucky...If they wanted, Farlig would've been signed by now.

2022-01-31 20:06

Yeah i know dude but hopefully they change their minds, they where not very clear at the interview at blast finals

Poor guy, lost his chance to get on a roster because it's after the shuffle period.

2022-01-31 18:06

The organisation did him dirty, but he waited to long , should have pulled the plug after he got benched at the major.

2022-01-31 18:07

2022-02-01 01:17

Now he can join some t2-3 team where he belongs.

2022-01-31 19:34

Dobby is free

2022-01-31 19:47

lmao

2022-01-31 21:26

he destroys s1mple in fpl

2022-01-31 20:53

Good luck, hope he finds his place in a great team

Prison Break in real life!

2022-01-31 20:59

Bubzkji (entry) MSL (igl/support) Gade (support) Farlig (avp) Kjaerbye returns as 2nd entry/star rifler (I've seen him in MSL dms and styling on noobs in blamef's stream)

2022-02-01 01:16

Bubzki > lucky/xyp9x 100%

2022-02-01 01:28

"He has always delivered when called upon and we owe Lucas a big thank you and best of luck with his future endeavors. He will always be a highly valued part of our history." not really

2022-02-01 02:31