Kristian “k0nfig” Wienecke is enjoying his first event underneath the Ninjas in Pyjamas’ banner at IEM Katowice 2023, admitting he has “no clue” what’s happening as the brand new lineup tries to piece issues collectively mid-tournament.
The 25-year-old described his first days with the squad as “hectic” in an interview with HLTV on Feb. 1. The Dane additionally underlined that together with his and Danyyl “headtr1ck” Valitov’s addition, NIP mainly reworked into a brand new workforce who’ve to start out scraping issues up from the fundamentals.
“We had like 4 practices in complete coming into this event [IEM Katowice 2023],” k0nfig stated. “They confirmed me some stuff, I’ve no clue what the f**okay is occurring, I don’t know callouts, I don’t know something, so yeah, we’re enjoying a little bit bit like primary CS however I’m making an attempt to love, make the boys comfy.”
The truth that the primary days for NIP are messy isn’t any shock. The team brought in k0nfig on Jan. 26 to replace Hampus “hampus” Poser for the spring CS:GO season, who needed to take a break on account of private causes. A couple of weeks earlier on Jan. 9, NIP signed headtr1ck to their CS:GO squad, who changed Patrick “es3tag” Hansen.
Two different NIP gamers, Aleksi “Aleksib” Virolainen and Ludvig “Brollan” Brolin have been with the workforce for 4 and ten months, respectively. The European workforce is basically a model new workforce who should make a contemporary begin as soon as once more, which is one thing k0nfig additionally acknowledged.
The participant himself didn’t have a straightforward interval as properly. He was meant to be an alternative to FaZe Clan at BLAST Premier Spring Teams 2023 however was denied the prospect on the final minute as a result of event’s guidelines.
Fortunately for him, NIP introduced in into their ranks, and up to now this “hectic” and “primary” playstyle has been working. The squad defeated MIBR and Group Spirit in IEM Katowice 2023 play-in stage, advancing to the principle occasion because of this.