gla1ve on recent roster moves: We needed some fresh energy in the team
The Astralis captain opens up concerning the current state of Astralis and why they decided to acquire Lucky.
Lukas “gla1ve” Rossander and the rest of Astralis got off to a flying start at ESL Pro League Season 14 when they yesterday defeated Spirit 2-1 in the opening round. However, the biggest talking points surrounding the Astralis camp aren’t from inside the server.
Moments before the start of EPL, Astralis’ long-standing member Andreas “Xyp9x” Højsleth went out saying that he was considering his future with the Danes. Afterwards, it came out that Xyp9x was being removed from the starting five, as the newcomer Phillip “Lucky” Ewald took up his place.
In the post-match interview with ESL, gla1ve gave his perception of the situation and why they choose to bring in Lucky.
Of course we wanted to find an AWPer, and we also wanted to get a young player who hasn’t played for like ten years. We needed that fresh new energy, gla1ve told the desk.
What we could see when we saw his videos (demos), was that it looked like he liked to take a lot of initiative, which I think is really important as an AWP player because it’s the most expensive gun.
The Astralis IGL was asked what he and zonic (Head Coach) were doing to strengthen the motivation, where he stated “... our current motivation isn’t the same as back then, but we are doing a pretty good job of keeping the motivation as high as possible.
You can watch a part of the interview with the ESL desk and gla1ve down below.
