Cloud9 Signs Es3tag From Astralis For 3yr Deal

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By: Hypron || Oct 16, 2020

Astralis confirmed today that one of its CS: GO players, Patrick “es3tag” Hansen, is on his way to North American organization Cloud9 after DreamHack Open Fall, which began out today and will end on Oct. 25.

The declaration came hours after Danish television channel TV2.dk reported the move. Es3tag joined Astralis for free in July after his contract with Heroic expired and leaves as “one of the biggest transfers on the document,” consistent with Astralis’ CEO Anders Hørsholt. Astralis and Cloud9, however, have agreed to $ 2.1 Million with 3 years.

The Colossus plucks the brightest star from the Danish night sky to complete a line-up with true astronomical power 🌠

🔹 Player: Patrick 'es3tag' Hansen 🇩🇰

🔹 Role: Entry / Aggressive Rifle

🔹 Contract length: 3 year deal (from 10/25/2020)

🔹 Value: $2,100,000#C9WIN pic.twitter.com/vwiNb74GFO
— HenryG (@HenryGcsgo) October 15, 2020

Es3tag has been replacing Andreas “Xyp9x” Højsleth in Astralis’ active lineup and right now tailored to the Danes’ tactical system. The 24-year-old has averaged a 1.12 rating with Astralis so far, according to HLTV’s statistics. He recently helped Astralis win ESL Pro League Season 12 Europe over Natus Vincere this month, which became his first big title as a player.

“I am proud to represent Astralis, I love the fans and I never for a second thought I would flow on to a different team this early,” es3tag said on Astralis’ official website. The rifler, however, said that Cloud9 offered him “something he had to recall seriously” and believes that the North American organization is able to build a top CS: GO, team.

With es3tag set to depart Astralis later this month, the org’s roster will be down to six players. But it’s unlikely that Lucas “Bubzkji” Andersen will play anytime quickly on the grounds that Xyp9x will return for BLAST Premier Fall Series at the end of the month and Astralis’ in-sport leader gla1ve told HLTV Confirmed that Bubzkji’s playstyle is too competitive right now.

Although es3tag’s sale may be a file deal for Astralis, with Hørsholt stating that player transfers “will always be a part of the game,” Astralis’ head coach Danny “zonic” Sørensen said on Twitter that he wanted to keep working with es3tag.

Brace yourselves @Cloud9 #C9WIN pic.twitter.com/NL57MukpEr
— Patrick Hansen (@es3tag) October 15, 2020

“I desired to keep [es3tag] onboard, but as in any other sport, there are areas of the game besides the sports aspect of things that are out of my hands,” zonic wrote. Zonic learned about the deal a couple of days ago and stated that es3tag merits to playing every match he wants and that he is aware of es3tag’s decision to move to Cloud9.

C9 ought to be freeing at the least what it’ll pay es3tag for his salary because the organization did with the signings of Alex McMeekin, Özgür “woxic” Eker, William “mezii” Merriman, and Ricky “floppy” Kemery. C9 is still looking for a sixth player since its general manager, Henry “HenryG” Greer, said he’d like to work with an active 6th player.

Es3tag will play one of his ultimate matches with Astralis starting nowadays against his former team Heroic at 1 pm CT for DreamHack Open Fall’s Group B.

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