twist: I’m eager to get back to competition
The Swedish player is officially a free agent as his stint with Ninjas in Pyjamas has come to an end.
Simon “twist” Eliasson is no longer a Ninja as he has been released from his contract with the Swedish organization, he announced on Twitter. The Swedish player had been moved from NiP’s active roster to the sideline ahead of BLAST Premier Spring Groups, in which Erik “ztr” Gustafsson stepped in as a stand-in.
The 26-year-old joined the Swedish organization back in September 2019 in a transfer from fnatic as an AWPer, but ended up being transitioned to a rifling role as Tim “nawwk” Jonasson took over as the main AWPer. The organization decided to move twist to the sidelines due to poor recent results as the motivation behind the change.
It’s still unclear whether ztr will take over twist’s spot permanently. NiP’s next match will be in the Play-in stage of IEM Katowice next week.
