FaZe’s request to play with Kristian ‘k0nfig’ Wienecke in the BLAST Premier Spring Groups has been rejected by the tournament organizer, Dexerto has confirmed.
FaZe turned to k0nfig as a potential last-minute stand-in after learning that Håvard ‘rain’ Nygaard is unable to compete at the event due to the birth of his child.
This request was met with strong opposition from a number of BLAST Premier teams, as first reported by Dust2.us and confirmed by Dexerto. k0nfig was registered as a substitute by Heroic – the team he also played for at the BLAST Premier World Final in December -, while FaZe have a registered substitute in Olof ‘olofmeister’ Kajbjer, who hasn’t competed since late 2021.
After much deliberation, BLAST informed the partner teams on the morning of January 19 that FaZe’s request had been denied as k0nfig is registered by another team for this event.
Despite this, BLAST has decided to allow FaZe to request to register a different substitute player as the team currently has only four players in Denmark, multiple sources have told Dexerto. olofmeister is currently playing Valorant on his stream.
“I guess FaZe are going full tilt right now,” olofmeister told his viewers. “I would be as well.”
FaZe will take on Complexity on January 20 in their first match in the BLAST Premier Spring Groups. The North American organization has said that more information about rain’s replacement for the event will be announced prior to that match.
BLAST did not respond to Dexerto’s request for comment by the time of publication.
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