REZ joins GamerLegion

9-1-2025 18:14

A longtime stalwart of NIP's, REZ will don a new jersey in 2025.

REZ will play for a team other than NIP for the first time since 2017

GamerLegion has announced the signing of Fredrik "⁠REZ⁠" Sterner, Ninjas in Pyjamas's longtime stalwart. The 26-year-old joined the organization in 2017 and was the last link remaining to their glory days with the likes of Patrik "⁠f0rest⁠" Lindberg and Christopher "⁠GeT_RiGhT⁠" Alesund.

The Swedish rifler went through many iterations of Ninjas in Pyjamas's roster over the years and survived the transition from a Swedish team to an international roster. But the last time he won a notable trophy was in 2021, at IEM Fall 2021 Europe, and his crowning achievement with the Swedish organization came early, in 2017, at IEM Oakland, where he was named MVP in the Ninjas' championship run.

GamerLegion, who are restructuring ahead of the coming season and are looking for more aggressive play after losing Timur "⁠FL4MUS⁠" Marev and benching Sebastian "⁠volt⁠" Maloș, bring on REZ following the addition of Czech up-and-comer Oldřich "⁠PR⁠" Nový in a blend youth and experience.

GamerLegion sign PR

REZ's transfer will add experience to a squad known for its reliance on up-and-coming talent, and will reunite the Swede with countryman Erik "⁠ztr⁠" Gustafsson, who was briefly called up from Young Ninjas to Ninjas in Pyjamas's main team in 2021.

Fans won't have to wait long to see REZ in action for GamerLegion, as they will play the online portion of BLAST Bounty Season 1 on January 14-18, with a chance to make it to the LAN finals, and are invited to IEM Katowice's Stage 1 on January 29-31.

"I believe that REZ is a highly undervalued player who is desperate to prove himself at the highest level," GamerLegion's coach Ashley "⁠ash⁠" Battye says.

"I hope that in a new environment we can provide the stability and structure that he hasn't been given in recent years, and that we will be the ones who see the benefits of his reinvigoration. He fits into the mentality that we are looking for in this group, and we have a lot of confidence in his ability."

GamerLegion are now:

Erik "⁠ztr⁠" Gustafsson
Sebastian "⁠Tauson⁠" Tauson Lindelof
Henrich "⁠sl3nd⁠" Hevesi
Oldřich "⁠PR⁠" Nový
Fredrik "⁠REZ⁠" Sterner

Ashley "⁠ash⁠" Battye (coach)

Sebastian "⁠volt⁠" Maloș (bench)

let's goooo

2025-01-09 18:14

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REZ you are VINDICATED!!!!!!

2025-01-09 18:23

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MY GOAT IS FREE

2025-01-09 19:42

another major final for GL

2025-01-09 19:18

lol

Good luck Rez.

2025-01-09 18:15

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Downgrade from Volt tbh.

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Are you insane?

2025-01-09 18:16

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Theres no future event planned in Oakland unfortunately.

2025-01-09 18:20

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"Blast Austin 2025 MVP"

2025-01-09 18:32

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That will be device

2025-01-09 19:36

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lol believing in device in the big 25

2025-01-09 20:07

6 replies

He dodged Shanghai to save strats.

2025-01-09 20:12

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smart

2025-01-09 20:47

Mispelled embaressment here

2025-01-09 20:49

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Embarrassment*

2025-01-09 21:28

Fair!

2025-01-09 21:41

believing in rez in the big 25?

2025-01-09 22:58

Dont disrespect IEM Babylon 2000b.c MVP like that, yeah no, M-V-P

2025-01-09 18:19

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Le dumbass

bro you gots be trolling right?

2025-01-09 18:22

unironically this is an upgrade for both GL and rez swapping constant aggressive mid for sth decidedly more promisimg

2025-01-09 18:54

Are you dissing the IEM Big Bang MVP???????

2025-01-10 01:35

lets gooo

Based

iem oakland 2077 mvp

Got the photo ready and everything

Good luck REZ and GL!

IEM 972 Cedynia MVP GOAT is back!

Where is cedynia??

Mad, man has an insanely high skill ceiling, I just hope Ash can and will get the best outta him

"I hope that in a new environment we can provide the stability and structure that he hasn't been given in recent years" ash cooked nip

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actually NiP cooked NiP

also true

2025-01-09 18:42

Well hes is 100% right

2025-01-09 19:44

Well it's true. It started well when they picked up hampus and tried to build a good structure. Maybe they needed a new coach at that time that was good at building roster and if they just kept plopski, hampus, rez, and had nawwk as rifler when device joined it would be some stability in a year at least. Instead they changed one player every 3 months.

2025-01-10 07:48

1.7 rating inc

unexpected, but look him playing better after leaving NiP

just like broLAN

2025-01-10 04:20

GL R EZ

"Time to secure another MVP medal" HA! Good one, GL, good one

lmaoooo kinda based tho GL will be top 10 this season

Lets go, your time on NIP doesn't count

hmm i wonder why GL didnt play REZ's big highlights from the NiP v AMKAL games?

2025-01-09 18:17

we can play his amazing 1v3 on vertigo when amkal had matchpoint, yes

2025-01-09 18:48

IEM oakland 1600 AD MVP!!!!!!

W for both rez is way better than volt and finally he can get rid of NIP

His time on nip did not count

GL Top 10 in 2025 baby

I trust in Ash. Clearly un ungrade with an aggressive player. If Rez doesn't elevate his game in GL then he is officially washed. Lets give him a chance.

2025-01-09 18:21

Big L

Lets goo, ash is a god send

imagine him becoming a god now, then nobody can deny that nip is a shit org

not sure about Tauson but other than that this looks really good on paper

2025-01-09 18:24

sounds a good fit

Another mvp inc

Finally free

2025-01-09 18:25

2025 Austin Major mvp btw

2025-01-09 18:27

WWWWW very happy for him

2025-01-09 18:28

Now get a gamer instead of tauson and you got a promising team

Tbh good move for both, just think about Brollan before and after he joined Mouz, rez got talent too its worth a try and somehow I think he will perform better than in nip just like brollan did

I thought he was going to pass away from old age still in the NiP jersey

2025-01-09 18:29

Good luck Fredrik!

Bad signing REZ is a tier 99 player

2025-01-09 18:30

Rip gl

nouns fan🤣🤣

Cool logo

2025-01-09 18:33

why is tha tfunny

2025-01-09 19:35

NA paycheck stealers that will never achieve anything.

2025-01-09 20:23

theyre not "stealing" paychecks. They're grinding their butts off learning tedious lineups and utility and foregoing time with family and friends to grind in a highly competitive and increasingly cut-throat scene, damaging their retinas/eyes in the process, and who knows what else in terms of mental health. They are earning every cent of what they make. Neither you or I wouldn't last 2 months in that lifestyle - we get tilted just playing a faceit lvl 8 match. 1 international long-haul flight and we are jetlagged for 4 days

2025-01-10 10:30

i dont tilt nor play lvl 8 faceit regards

and now after that international long-haul flight - go win this competitive cs match and dont lose, then go read what public is saying about you on hltv and social media.

2025-01-10 10:31

7 years wasted

2025-01-09 18:35

damn

2025-01-09 18:37

THATS MY IEM BABYLON GOAT

2025-01-09 18:40

thats my goat 264BC iem carthage mvp

We will see colorized photo of Rez lifting trophy at IEM

huge

2025-01-09 18:43

R EZ

Maybe L?

2025-01-09 18:46

2025-01-09 18:47

The Pleistocene mvp GOAT

2025-01-09 18:51

REZ in a non NiP jersey looks like a fever dream

2025-01-09 19:01

Good match for both

R EZ is back Pog

HAHAHA

2025-01-09 19:02

No fucking way they got rid of the Oakland 1886 MVP

2025-01-09 19:06

they had to sell their most valuable player to stay afloat. remember, they have been paying their employees on time for at least one year. I tried to find the article ("in 2024 my team paid me at least 5 days early every month" or something like that) but I can't. maybe the headline changed or maybe the "shorts" format is at fault here.

2025-01-10 14:58

wow wow

2025-01-09 19:09

Legend of iem oaklend 1911 oh please he has no future even in t2

2025-01-09 19:10

Insanely excited

2025-01-09 19:14

fresh start for REZ, idk how people are seeing this as a downgrade lol. NiP is a fking prison and playing international with new fresh teammates might give him motivation, especially being good friends with ztr IGL already.

I wish nawwk was actually good cause then he could replace slend who has been performing poorly recently and we would have another swe flag on hltv.org

2025-01-09 19:17

2025-01-09 19:19

Getting out of NiP. Must be the best feeling of his career so far.

2025-01-09 19:23

1410 grunwald mvp my man

2025-01-09 19:24

Good luck REZ!

2025-01-09 19:26

I have this weird feeling, that against all odds this will be good lineup once again, GL seems to know their sh*t. Only question mark is Tauson for me.

2025-01-09 19:31

they will probably be better next year by a slight margin.

2025-01-10 15:39

this roster rules, i'm so excited

2025-01-09 19:40

W for Rez. This team is going places. As long as their roster doesn’t constantly get picked apart like it has in the past

If he underperforms here then then we can easily blame him for everything that happened in NiP

Noooo the last guy from the old era..... NiP is now a team that brings no interest what so ever. GL in GL rEZ

2025-01-09 19:45

Exactly. Nip means nothing to swedish scene now and it wasnt like the org was popular before when they went the super gott o blandat international lineups

2025-01-10 12:16

device to NiP check hltv

2025-01-09 19:56

rez is so bad that they put highlights from 2017 because they had no others lol

2025-01-09 19:58

gl REZ

2025-01-09 20:01

GL Rez let's hope the NiP curse is real for your sake

2025-01-09 20:14

Best thing that could happen for him

2025-01-09 20:19

that picture is really funny

2025-01-09 20:21

I preferred the GL roster at the start of last season to this one. It had more potential, sadly things didn't work out. Tauson is still a bit of a question mark and REZ will either make or break this team.

2025-01-09 20:35

t2 goat incoming

Your 7.5 years in NIP don't count (besides IEM Oakland 1875)

2025-01-09 21:03

Thanks for everything, great player!

2025-01-09 21:30

and suddenly I'm a GL fan, wow

2025-01-09 21:42

It feels so odd to see Rez on another shirt, but at the same time, good for him. He wasn't horrible as people said. NIP management gives him horrible roster most of the time.

2025-01-09 21:51

goaty REZ let’s go

2025-01-09 23:01

Awesome! I will finally enjoy watching REZ!

2025-01-09 23:55

End to an era

2025-01-10 00:18

This team is really interesting! I've got doubts about Tauson though ... he feels like the danish isak.

This team fucks your Pickems at least once. Glad Rez is finally away from that money pit. 2017-2025 is a nearly a decade in NiP, glad he's finally away now.

2025-01-10 01:39