Copenhagen Flames have announced the permanent signing of former OpTic member René "⁠TeSeS⁠" Madsen.

The 18-year-old put pen to paper on a contract with the Danish organisation after impressing over the last four weeks as a stand-in. He averaged a 1.20 rating in online tournaments, helping the team to secure a spot at the WePlay! Forge of Masters Season 2 Finals and to qualify for the United Masters League Season 2.

He will be officially replacing Sebastian "⁠Basso⁠" Aagaard, who has been benched for the remainder of his contract after stepping down from the active lineup last month due to personal reasons.

TeSeS is now a permanent Copenhagen Flames member

TeSeS is mostly known for his four-month tenure with OpTic between June and October. He won DreamHack Open Summer and also attended two Big Events, ESL One New York 2019 and DreamHack Masters Malmö, before the players decided to go their separate ways.

"After Sebastian [Basso] was offered to take a break; René [TeSeS] became a free agent, and as he excels in the roles Sebastian played on our team he was an obvious choice to stand-in," said Daniel Vorborg, Head of Esports at Copenhagen Flames.

"While the plan initially was to have Sebastian return to our active roster, circumstances made it that we decided to add René permanently instead.

"After adding René, we have been 21-7 in maps on HLTV and 9-3 against top 30 teams. René has especially added the type of leadership we needed on sites and areas of the map where Asger “AcilioN” Larsen does not play.

"While I am confident that we would have also seen more success with a combination of René and Sebastian, we have decided to stick to the roster that has seen a lot of success lately – partially because we do not want to mess with a winning formula."

Copenhagen Flames have been drawn into Group B for the WePlay! Forge of Masters event, alongside Tricked, Heretics and Gambit Youngsters. They will be taking on the Russian side in their first match of the tournament, which will kick off on Friday in Kiev.

With this addition, the Danish team look as follows: