Main takeaways from official Paris Major RMR rosters

Only 12 of the 56 teams in attendance have submitted substitutes separate from their coaches.

BLAST has released the lineups submitted for the BLAST.tv Paris Major RMRs. The events are set to kick off April 6 with Asia, Europe A, and the Americas, and will finish off with Europe B and the Europe last chance qualifier on April 15.

There are no surprises when it comes to the active lineups, but there are a few substitutes and coaches worthy of note. The rulebook allowed teams to submit both a coach and a substitute, with the coach acting as the team’s substitute if a separate one was not submitted. During the tournaments teams are allowed to swap their substitute in once, and either use that player for the remainder of the event, or revert back to their core lineup.

The majority of teams have not submitted a sub

00NATION have Epitacio "⁠TACO⁠" de Melo listed as part of their main roster and Leonardo "⁠n9xtz⁠" Santos as their substitute. It has been announced that the former will be sitting out the tournament and n9xtz will play instead.

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Astralis have their Director of Sports, Kasper Hvidt, listed as their coach. This is because they are unable to submit their usual coach, Peter "⁠casle⁠" Ardenskjold, and analyst Nicolai "⁠HUNDEN⁠" Petersen due to both being currently banned from Majors until after the PGL CS2 Copenhagen Major in 2024. Both were banned for five Majors by Valve for use of the spectator bug.

Only 12 teams have registered substitutes, and they are as follows (you can find all lineups here):

European RMR A

1win – Vadim "⁠MSE⁠" Zimin
Falcons – Ali "⁠hAdji⁠" Haïnouss
fnatic – Peppe "⁠Peppzor⁠" Borak
OG – Nemanja "⁠nexa⁠" Isaković
Virtus.pro – David "⁠n0rb3r7⁠" Danielyan

European RMR B

Astralis – Alexander "⁠Altekz⁠" Givskov
Aurora – Alexandr "Wh1te" Sokolov
Monte – Michał "⁠MICHU⁠" Müller
Ninjas in Pyjamas – Max "⁠maxster⁠" Jansson

Americas RMR

00NATION – Leonardo "⁠n9xtz⁠" Santos (will play in place of TACO)
Solid – Raphael "PhaeL" Costa
paiN – Vinicios "⁠PKL⁠" Coelho