Ninjas in Pyjamas player Max “maxster” Jansson has made an official comment on his absence from the team's main roster. In his message, he confirmed that he will miss the rest of the tournaments in 2024, but promised to return to the stage in 2025.

“See you next year”

In his tweet, maxster wrote: “An update about this situation See you next year”. With this, he confirmed that he would not be able to participate in the upcoming tournaments this year, but plans to return after the winter break.

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Reasons for absence and support from the team

Earlier, the NiP organization announced that maxster would miss the Elisa Masters Espoo and upcoming RMRs due to health issues. Jacob “jocab” Nerheden from the Young Ninjas academic team was temporarily invited to take his place. The team's coach Richard “Xizt” Landström noted that the player's health is a priority: “We feel that he is not yet ready for intensive training and official matches before RMR, so we made this decision.”

NiP's current lineup for the RMR

The NiP team will play at the upcoming RMR qualifiers with the following lineup:

• Fredrik “REZ” Sterner
• Gareth “MisteM” Rees
• Isak “isak” Phalen
• Artem “r1nkle” Moroz
• Jacob “jocab” Nerheden (stand)

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Community reaction and future plans

Fans and teammates expressed their support for maxster in the comments below his post. Many hope for his quick recovery and return to competition in 2025. Given the current situation, NiP is focused on preparing for RMR and adapting with a renewed roster.