He went up - LNZ will play in the starting lineup of NiP

Representatives of the Swedish esports organization announced on their website that Eric 'ztr' Gustafsson has left the starting CS: GO roster and will continue his journey where he played before, namely in the youth squad. He was replaced by Linus 'LNZ' Holtong, who previously represented the youth lineup of Young Ninjas.

The club's management announced that the exchange of players within their rosters is not the only changes in the CS: GO department. Management wants to try a new development system for the shooter division. Four slots in the starting lineup are assigned to four players in the person of device, REZ, Plopski and hampus, but representatives of the academic roster will try for the fifth place.

Ztr joined NiP's starting lineup in February this year. The esportsman helped the team become silver medalists in Flashpoint Season 3, the infamous RMR tournament for the European region. The renewed NiP roster will debut at BLAST Premier Spring Finals 2021. The team will face Complexity Gaming in the first fight.

Updated roster NiP

• Nikolai 'device' Ridtz
• Fredrik 'REZ' Sterner
• Nicholas 'Plopski' Gonzalez Zamora
• Humpus 'hampus' Poser
• Linus 'LNZ' Holtong