Bubzkji spoke about the reasons for leaving Astralis

Former Astralis player Lukas 'Bubzkji' Andersen gave an interview for dexerto, in which he spoke about joining the team, leaving it later, the reasons for the termination of the contract and the situation that occurred at PGL Major Stockholm 2021. In addition, he told what he was going to do in in the nearest future.

According to Andersen, at the time of receiving an invitation from Astralis to join them, Lucas had several similar offers from other esports organizations. In making the decision, Bubzkji was guided by his intuition, but he also did not forget about certain risks:

Several teams contacted me, but I trusted my intuition and joined Astralis. I negotiated with zonic, Kasper Hvidt[sportsdirector], before joining the team. I felt like I had a level. So I took a chance even though I knew there was a chance I could be benched when gla1ve and Xyp9x came back.

Bubzkji also spoke about his emotional state, which worsened over and over again after being on the bench:

To be honest, I felt very depressed after I missed the Major and ended up on the bench again. For a long time things didn't go very well, but then we had success: individual things went in the right direction.

I had the level to compete for Astralis, but not in the system or in the role I was given. I felt like I showed glimpses of greatness on some occasions, but it was never truly permanent. After dev1ce left, we did well at IEM Cologne 2021, and when gla1ve and dupreeh moved into the sniper position, I got a lot more opportunities to do what I was good at.

But for the team, the sniper position was not viable, so she took Lucky into the roster. Then we had another problem with dupreeh, gla1ve and me. In fact, we fought for the same positions on the defensive side.

Despite his time on the bench, Lukas Andersen believes that he received a lot of useful experience, which he will definitely need in the future to build his career as a CS:GO player. This applies to both gaming moments and those that lie outside of Counter-Strike:

I think the players and Astralis had different views on how to make changes to the team. I learned more at Astralis than in previous years of my career. I really enjoyed being a part of something big and learning a lot about myself. I definitely improved the out-of-game aspects.

I know what it takes to play at a high level. I did not want to sign a contract with the team in order to play for a salary. When I'm not motivated, it doesn't make any sense. When you sign a contract, you are obligated to do everything in your power. I never played for money, so I was never tempted to sign anything. My career is based solely on the desire to achieve results: personal and team.

Andersen said that at this point in his life, he prefers to build his career in esports not as a professional player, but as an analyst. There he will be able to apply his experience and skills and believes that this is more suitable for him than playing CS:GO:

I asked TV2 if she was interested in working with me in 2022. Fortunately, she was interested. Many people will probably be shocked now that I prefer the job of an analyst to a game, but now it seems to me more suitable.

However, Bubzkji has no plans to completely end his playing career. He still has a desire to continue playing as a player, but he will do this later:

I don't want to give the impression that I'm retiring or never going back to competitive CS. But I'll be doing something soon. <...> I will still try to maintain my own game form: FACEIT, FPL, random qualifiers.

Today it became known about the departure of Bubzkji from Astralis. For the latter, the loss of the Dane did not become particularly noticeable, since Lukas Andersen was in the team as a reserve member of the team. Astralis signed Bubzkji on July 31, 2020. He helped his teammates win the DreamHack Masters Winter 2020 and place 3rd-4th at the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2021.