North證實已簽下cadiaN,他將會取代MSL並成為North之中的AWP’er及In-Game Leader,同時先前借予給OpTic的選手gade亦將會回歸隊伍。
-根據North 官方新聞 MSL離開隊伍 的感受
A four-year-long journey has ended. It started out withaizy leaving for FaZe and me and Kjaerbye building a new team of talents which surprisingly got in top-6 in the world. Since then, it has been a very interesting journey with a lot of ups and downs[…] Looking back, I’m very proud of what I have accomplished, being top-5 in average in 2017. Over the 4 years, I have won two big titles and four small ones and I’m very happy that I could finish my time in North by giving the fans that stuck with us a very big title. I want to thank all the teammates I have had through the time and thank North for the time. I will come back stronger!
MSL表示自己四年的選手旅程已經結束,最初是因為aizy離開Faze後令到他及Kjaerbye能夠建立一支新的隊伍,他本人亦未曾預料這支隊伍能夠進入世界排名第6。他表示這是一個非常有趣的經歷,當然隊伍在其中亦曾出現起伏,他認為自己回顧自己的選手生涯是非常值得自豪,因為隊伍在2017年平均隊伍排名一直處於前5位。他的4年選手生涯之中曾嬴取兩個大賽冠軍和四個小冠軍,他表示很光榮能夠給予North一個冠軍頭銜去滿足支持者們。他亦感謝所有的隊員及North,他在未來將會以更強大的能力回歸。
而cadiaN作為替補MSL的一員曾經帶領Rouge一直攀登排名,甚至在Americas Minor Championship – London 2018以亞軍進入FACEIT Major的資格賽,儘管隊伍被淘汰,但隊伍在挑戰者階段仍然留下良好的表現。這位23歲的選手給North留下深刻的印象,特別當時在FACEIT Major挑戰者階段對陣Astralis及North有作出優秀的準備,使他給North留下深刻的印象,自從Mertz離開後,North一直希望尋找一位專職狙擊手。
I am glad to welcome
cadiaN to the team today. We evaluated the team composition after the Major and decided that we needed a new leadership. With Casper, we get a leader with a different approach to the game and meta. I expect that the duo ofcadiaN and ave [North coach] will be able to develop our game even further, says Jonas “whimp ” Svendsen, Director of Esports at North.-根據North 官方新聞 Svendsen 的感受
North的總監Svendsen表示他很高興cadian能夠加入隊伍,他評估了Major之後的隊伍陣容,並發現隊伍暫時需要一個新的領導力。透過cadiaN,使隊伍能夠採用一些不同的戰術。他表示希望cadiaN能夠與North的教練ave兩人共同帶領隊伍走得更前。
同時North進一步宣佈gade的回歸,這位23歲的選手原本正在借予給OpTic,他的借予時間已結束,他的回來將會去頂替隊伍之中的niko,因為niko正是以另一位North選手mertz與Heroic暫時交換回來的。而niko將會回歸至他的老隊伍,但這位20歲選手隊中的位置在ESEA roster已被取代。
North正式以cadiaN及gade出戰將會於ECS第6賽季的挑戰盃,他們在第一場將會對戰Epsilon,以下將是North出戰的陣容:
Markus "Kjaerbye" Kjærbye
Valdemar "valde" Bjørn Vangså
Philip "aizy" Aistrup
Nicklas "gade" Gade
Casper "cadiaN" Møller