Along with a new jersey - sponsored by the only brand Danish sport teams should have: Hummel - came a not so new signing. The Clutch King has put his signature under a four year contract with Astralis, definitively joining his former teammates again.
It's weird though. It doesn't feel right. Not so long ago it still felt like the domination-era core and their organisation had a big falling out, with no signs of reconciliation.
But now all of a sudden, everybody seems back on. Well, everyone except dev1ce of course. He's a ninja now!
We have our little theory though. Our bald-headed Counter-Strike shaman PHedemark already laid it out in a tweet, and guess what: it has to do with HUNDEN.
So remember when HUNDEN was supposed to come on to the Astralis project as a coach? Zonic was considering leaving the team, probably due to issues with management, the team was showing cracks and things seemed pretty dim.
The HUNDEN deal ended up falling through because of the entire "strat-book leak" debacle, and zonic seemingly stayed on as a coach.
Now here comes the what if. We think the Magisk-Xyp9x-dupreeh core saw zonic's leave as a dealbreaker when it came to new contracts, and with how things went, that dealbreaker is now gone.
Either way the foundations for this roster still seem shaky, and we can't help but feel bad for Bubzkji, who sees himself sidelined once again.
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