Our Clients:

Field Level Media - Professional sports content solutions | FLM

Jan 19, 2023 12:15 pm

FaZe tab es3tag as stand-in for BLAST Premier Spring groups

Patrick “es3tag” Hansen will serve as a stand-in for Faze Clan’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team in the 2023 BLAST Premier Spring groups in Copenhagen, Denmark.

FaZe announced the decision over social media on Thursday, one day before they begin the tournament against Complexity in the opening round of Group B.

“The stand-in buff is back,” FaZe Clan wrote on Twitter.

FaZe initially planned to have former Astralis player Kristian “k0nfig” Wienecke serve as the replacement for Havard “rain” Nygaard, but BLAST deemed that he was listed as Heroic’s substitute for the tournament.

FaZe were in search for a stand-in for rain because he is on paternity leave expecting the birth of his first child.

BLAST offered the following statement on Thursday:

“FaZe requested the use of k0nfig, this request was denied as the player was registered on another team’s roster for the event. In that process there has been confusion around whether this subsequent emergency substitution request was formally accepted and validated by BLAST.”

“After looking into the incident internally, we identified miscommunication and a lack in clarity from BLAST on roster lock timings and k0nfig’s eligibility to play in Spring Groups.”

es3tag currently resides on the bench in Ninjas in Pyjamas, who are also participating in BLAST Premier Spring Groups.

BLAST has said that es3tag will not be allowed to compete should FaZe meet Ninjas in Pyjamas later in the tournament.

Faze coach Robert “RobbaN” Dahlstrom is not attending the event “due to a personal matter.”

FaZe’s roster consists of Latvia’s Helvijs “broky” Saukants, Canadian Russel “Twistzz” Van Dulken, Denmark natives Finn “karrigan” Andersen and es3tag and Estonia’s Robin “ropz” Kool.

–Field Level Media

You may also like

backlit keyboard
Aug 22, 2025 12:52 pm

BetBoom Team set for playoffs at FISSURE Universe

BetBoom Team recorded a sweep of AVULUS on Friday to gain momentum heading into the playoffs at FISSURE Universe: Episode 6. BetBoom secured their lower-bracket quarterfinal clash with PARIVISION on…

Esports World Cup
Aug 21, 2025 9:24 pm

Team Vitality, The MongolZ advance to CS:GO semis at Esports World Cup

Team Vitality and The MongolZ each advanced into the semifinals of the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive event at the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in Day 2 action on…

gaming keyboard
Aug 21, 2025 5:05 pm

Team Spirit finish 4-0-0 in group at FISSURE Universe

Team Spirit completed a round-robin sweep of Group A when they defeated BetBoom Team 2-0 on Thursday at FISSURE Universe: Episode 6. Team Spirit are locked into the upper-bracket final,…

More Esports News

backlit keyboard
Aug 22, 2025 12:52 pm

BetBoom Team set for playoffs at FISSURE Universe

BetBoom Team recorded a sweep of AVULUS on Friday to gain momentum heading into the playoffs at FISSURE Universe: Episode 6. BetBoom secured their lower-bracket quarterfinal clash with PARIVISION on…

Esports World Cup
Aug 21, 2025 9:24 pm

Team Vitality, The MongolZ advance to CS:GO semis at Esports World Cup

gaming keyboard
Aug 21, 2025 5:05 pm

Team Spirit finish 4-0-0 in group at FISSURE Universe

backlit keyboard
Aug 21, 2025 3:07 am

HEROIC roar back for CS:GO win at Esports World Cup

gaming keyboard
Aug 20, 2025 9:20 pm

Team Spirit, Team Liquid assert superiority at FISSURE Universe

Read all
fb-post
advertisment
title-icon

Upcoming events

See all odds
[gs-fb-comments]