NIP to field jocab at RMR as maxster remains on injured list

maxster's health is improving, but NIP management says he won't be ready to bootcamp and play ahead of the RMR.

jocab will stay on with the team while maxster recovers

Ninjas in Pyjamas has announced that Young Ninjas' Jacob "⁠jocab⁠" Nerheden will continue to stand in for the team until the end of the year while Max "⁠maxster⁠" Jansson is out due to ongoing health issues. "It is not a benching of Max or a promotion of jocab," NIP's General Manager, Björn "⁠THREAT⁠" Pers, stipulated.

maxster already missed Ninjas in Pyjamas's last event, Elisa Masters Espoo, where Richard "⁠Xizt⁠" Landström's men went out in last place with losses to B8 and JANO, and will now miss the end-of-year Major cycle before the winter break.

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"The good news is that he's doing better and better every day," Xizt said of maxster, "but we felt that he's not going to be ready to practice, to bootcamp, and get some officials in before heading to the RMRs, and that's a huge factor into why we made this call."

jocab struggled mightily at his maiden event with the first team, averaging a 0.80 rating in the four maps the team played in Espoo. He has since picked up his average in the online portion of the Thunderpick World Championship, where he got a 0.99 in seven maps.

Ninjas in Pyjamas will field the following team at the RMR:

Fredrik "⁠REZ⁠" Sterner
Gareth "⁠MisteM⁠" Ries
Isak "⁠isak⁠" Fahlén
Artem "⁠r1nkle⁠" Moroz
Jacob "⁠jocab⁠" Nerheden

Richard "⁠Xizt⁠" Landström (coach)