Astralis Talent bring on jarko and Kristou

15-8-2022 12:23

The Danish academy roster welcomes two new faces following the conclusion of WePlay Academy League Season 5.

Astralis Talent have announced changes to their starting roster, signing Kristoffer "⁠Kristou⁠" Aamand and Nicklas "⁠jarko⁠" Rasmussen in place of Frederik "⁠Fessor⁠" Sørensen and Benjamin "⁠brzer⁠" Jensen, the latter of whom has gone on to sign for ECSTATIC.

This moves comes after Astralis Talent's fourth place finish in the fifth season of the recently concluded WePlay Academy League, with the Danish side falling short of a podium finish after losing to eventual runners-up in Spirit Academy.

Kristou has found a new home after a brief period of inactivity

Kristou joins the academy roster after a brief period away from competition since March, with his last time in the server being as a stand-in for Into the Breach in the FantasyExpo EU Champions Spring 2022 UK & Ireland closed qualifier. Prior to this, Kristou previously played for AGF for the best part of four months, with the 20-year-old averaging a 0.96 rating across 52 maps.

jarko, on the other hand, links up with Astralis Talent after spending the majority of the year so far with Los Reyes. The 18-year-old managed to enjoy some success during his five-month stint with the squad, notably winning the POWER Ligaen Season 19 Finals over MASONIC to take home the lion's share of the ~$11,000 prize pool.

"Nicklas is 18 years old and has proven his high skill level by winning the Danish POWER Ligaen championship. Kristoffer is 20 years old and has played several matches for both AGF and North against some of the best teams in the World. I think those achievements speak for themselves." Kasper Hvidt, Director of Sports at Astralis, said via the organisation's website.

"The goal for Astralis Talent is to develop players as individuals and team players. We want Astralis Talent to be an internal recruitment platform with players who can support our main team and develop into players who are ready to play on a higher level, either with us or someone else."

Astralis Talent now have:

Victor "⁠vigg0⁠" Bisgaard
Alexander "⁠Altekz⁠" Givskov
Mikkel "⁠MistR⁠" Thomsen
Kristoffer "⁠Kristou⁠" Aamand
Nicklas "⁠jarko⁠" Rasmussen

Andreas "⁠MODDII⁠" Fridh (coach)

Rip fessor

2022-08-15 12:24

3 replies

Literally who and who ?

2022-08-15 13:36

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GOAT Kristou the best player that played on North, wtf i missed him a lot

2022-08-15 19:49

dont worry cph flames will sign

2022-08-15 15:48

why -fessor? i thought he was their best rated player

2022-08-15 12:25

17 replies

He is their best player probably got sold to a roster. Should of went to CPHF tbh

6 replies

who would you have swapped out for him?

2022-08-15 12:27

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Either tmb or raalz tbh. I think borup is better support than raalz and tmb is just an average rifler

2022-08-15 12:31

Idk, I think tmb was good enough in 2020 on a Danish team with no igl fuckery that he deserves a chance again

2022-08-15 12:36

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But Fessor is an insane talent who is a t1 prospect tbh

2022-08-15 12:37

that's fair, not sure how the roles work out but he's probably and upgrade

2022-08-15 13:25

yeah, instead of getting actual talented young players they chose to get 3 igl s lul

2022-08-15 12:32

He got sold prolly

2022-08-15 12:26

take a guess

2022-08-15 12:28

Literally in the article, " in place of Frederik "⁠Fessor⁠" Sørensen and Benjamin "⁠brzer⁠" Jensen, the latter of whom has gone on to sign for ECSTATIC."

2022-08-15 14:13

It seems like you can't English, my friend. Nor click in a link.

2022-08-15 14:30

The problem is on you, lol, Fessor was probably sold somewhere, the same way as brzer, because when you have an academy team you either take players from there into your main team or sell them, you don't need good players to stay on academy, especially if you won't have any free slots in your main team for a while.

2022-08-15 16:14

Nice job moving the goalposts. Sorry you struggle with reading comprehension.

2022-08-15 17:13

Don't talk to me about English with your level, lol.

2022-08-15 21:48

nothing you said was correct english, lol.

2022-08-16 02:49

Yeah, literally there

2022-08-16 14:53

Sprout, trust me

2022-08-15 20:41

Team sells two good players but keep the other three bots? And bring in two more bots?

???????? pick up a player for nothing, give him minimum wage salary and infrastructure to play academy league, sell him and profit.

2022-08-15 12:46

why keep the ones that didn't work out? selling fessor and brzer was good, but now this team is just 5 bots no prospects

2022-08-15 13:24

Because how are they going to get more talents if they don't have academy team

2022-08-15 15:36

thats the whole point of a an academy team , they prob banked off fessor

2022-08-15 12:57

#28

2022-08-15 13:51

Kristou goat

Rip fessor but I like +kristou

Jarko = device + dupreeh

Fessor probably going to sprout (?)

refrezh, hmmm where then? :)

2022-08-15 21:28

Good question!

2022-08-15 23:33

-xyp incoming?

2022-08-15 12:38

Has to, otherwise Astralis will never change.

2022-08-15 12:40

the reason why xyp was complete jack shit for a good while was because of roles. He was getting played as entry, instead of support/lurk as he did before. His, and konfig's performance are on the rise after their role swaps, as could be seen in their personal and recent team performance

2022-08-15 14:08

Lmfao Xyp fans are so delusional, he has a tournament where he posts one good game, a cracks an 1.00 rating and all of a sudden he’s “coming back”. Not to mention he was almost the reason they didn’t even make it out of groups in that tourney

I forgot kristou is still so young seems like forever when he played on north and agf. also jarko is a pretty good pickup. -fessor hurts a lot but i think there is hope for this roster.

2022-08-15 12:41

Fessor only one good player in that team :D and they make -him

2022-08-15 12:45

Academy teams are meant to develop talent, not win WePlay Academy Leagues.

2022-08-15 12:53

What better development is there than being above the rest of your tier and winning events over them?

2022-08-15 13:46

playing for a team who plays high tier events ))

2022-08-15 14:26

You know what I mean bruh

2022-08-15 16:45

Playing vs t3 teams when you're a t1 player slows your progress, simple as.

2022-08-15 14:39

He’s either getting promoted to main roster or leaving for a better team. Academy league was too easy for him

2022-08-15 12:54

another former MSL pickup to try to carry

Where is fessor going

2022-08-15 12:55

rip astralis talent , was good when fessor was there good for him tho , no need to drop 30 bombs now , hope he goes for a decent team , future danish star rifler for sure

2022-08-15 12:56

Goat moddii but this team is boring af

2022-08-15 13:29

-jarko +holodno

2022-08-15 13:40

2022-08-16 14:55

Kristou kekw

2022-08-15 13:48

Kick 2 best players but keep 3 other instead of going with full new roster How such managers are even getting paid

2022-08-15 13:52

Kristou has found a new home after a bried period of inactivity

2022-08-15 13:59

bried

2022-08-15 14:00

rip fessor

2022-08-15 14:22

hope he finds good team

fessor is blameF before gym basically. kristou is 20 years???? jsut 20??? was he on north when he was 16 or someshit?

2022-08-15 14:33

Yeah lol

2022-08-15 14:40

sprout or astralis fessor

cant wait for the next match with new talent

2022-08-15 14:41

fessor to astralis main,trust me

2022-08-15 16:09

he deserves it 100%

twitter.com/FessorCS/status/155914770839.. doesnt seem so

2022-08-15 18:28

nice for fessor

2022-08-15 18:26

MODDII is coaching Academy team? Honestly I wish he was atleast coaching someone better, the man is a legend.

2022-08-15 19:01

please please please please please -xyp +fessor please please tell me thats what theyre doing please i know theyre not but please please please -xyp +fessor please

2022-08-16 01:38