Ninjas in Pyjamas will be without their in-game leader for the second competition in a row. Hampus "hampus" Poser announced on Tuesday through his official twitter account that he will not be joining his team at the Global Esports Tour in Dubai, just days before Ninjas in Pyjamas's first match against NASR is set to begin. This means that Erik "ztr" Gustafsson, the Young Ninjas shotcaller, has once again been called up to take the 23-year-old's place. He also served as a stand-in for the team during their IEM Dallas campaign, where they finished 9-12th overall, bowing out in the their group's lower bracket semi-finals.  Not having their IGL for back-to-back tournaments will definitely impact Ninjas in Pyjamas's stability within their main roster even further, having struggled to maintain a consistent group of players due to varying reasons over the past year, with Love "phzy" Smidebrant and Linus "LNZ" Holtäng also getting stints playing as members of the starting lineup. Though he will be cheering his team on from afar, hampus mentioned that he has been feeling better, but chose to sit out the tournament to further recover and prepare for the upcoming IEM Cologne. Ninjas in Pyjamas's lineup heading into Dubai is as follows:
  NASR  Adel 'Remind' Guermassi Abd-Alrahman 'REAL1ZE' Arabiat Bebu 'Bibu' Aadil    Ludvig 'Brollan' Brolin  Age: 19 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 980 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.67  Patrick 'es3tag' Hansen  Age: 26 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 1307 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.66 Love 'phzy' Smidebrant  Age: 19 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 454 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.62   Young Ninjas #122 Erik 'ztr' GustafssonAdam 'adamb' ÅngströmMax 'maxster' JanssonKalle 'Ro1f' JohanssonAdrian '7EMPORARY' Mehrara Erik 'ztr' Gustafsson  Age: 18 Team: Young Ninjas Rating 1.0: 0.93 Maps played: 389 KPR: 0.64 DPR: 0.69 Hampus 'hampus' Poser  Age: 23 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 1353 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.70 Nicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez Zamora  Age: 20 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 1005 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.66 Daniel 'djL' Narancic  Age: 28 Team: Ninjas in PyjamasC Ninjas in Pyjamas #7 Patrick 'es3tag' HansenFredrik 'REZ' SternerHampus 'hampus' PoserLudvig 'Brollan' BrolinNicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez Zamora Fredrik 'REZ' Sterner  Age: 24 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 1334 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.67 Linus 'LNZ' Holtäng  Age: 19 Team: Young NinjasS Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 321 KPR: 0.62 DPR: 0.64 |
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