Bubzkji: I can now play multiple maps

Last month Valve announced that teams with a six-man roster won’t be able to make mid-match substitutions as the Danish squad had done between December and January. For that reason, Astralis’ view of the roster has evolved in recent times and their approach has changed differently.

Lucas “Bubzkji” Andersen revealed in a press conference ahead of the IEM Katowice playoffs, that the organization had to rethink the idea of a six-man roster and come up with something new as Valve won’t allow the Dane to just play on Nuke in a bo3.

“Valve wasn’t going to allow substitutions for the RMR events, so we had to rethink the whole idea of a six-man roster and I think we tried to come up with something different. The difference is that I won’t really just play one map. I can now play multiple maps.”

“It’s kind of hard to do it the way we have when Valve limits it, so we’re trying to work on solutions around it. We have something coming up, maybe not in the IEM Katowice playoffs, but after the playoffs, from Pro League, I think we’re going to see me coming in to do some work.”

Since Bubzkji left MAD Lions back in June last year, the Dane hasn’t enjoyed much time in the server with the rest of the squad as his one and only role has been on Nuke. If you are interested in getting to know Bubzkji and the story of his rise through the CS:GO ranks before making the switch to Astralis then watch this video: 

After the group stage at IEM Katowice, the 22-year-old Dane didn’t get his chance on Nuke instead of Xyp9x and at the press conference, he also admitted that he has been struggling to make an impact on the map and his previous positions weren’t a good fit.

“I think it was no secret that some of the roles on Nuke weren’t perfect for me, and I also think that maybe hindered my performance a little bit, so now we’re going to try again in a new way. I think the way we’re going to do it now is going to work better for both them and me.”