Escape have completed the signing of Nicolai "glace" Jensen from Preparation, who announced disbandment after losing two players. Fredrik "slap" Junbrant will stay on as backup, while Jimmy "Jumpy" Berndtsson was brought in for the coach position.

For the past month Escape have been trying out Fredrik "⁠slap⁠" Junbrant after Alexander "⁠SKYTTEN⁠" Carlsson was relieved of his duties within the team.

Despite the team doing well in online competition, such as finishing second in Operation Kinguin: 2 behind ENCE after defeating Gambit and Torpedo, the team decided to bring in Preparation's Nicolai "⁠glace⁠" Jensen into the active roster instead.



cadiaN's Preparation disband after losing two players

In the past two weeks Escape have also used the services of Jimmy "⁠Jumpy⁠" Berndtsson, who has now been officially brought on as coach of the European mixture. Meanwhile, slap will be stepping back to a backup position to fill in for the team when needed.

Due to Preparation losing John "⁠wenton⁠" Eriksson to fnatic and now glace to Escape, the organization has announced the release of the remaining trio, who are now free agents.

glace has provided the following statement on Preparation's website:

"I would like to thank Preparation for my time with them, especially Hampus who was our main contact to the organization and for all their amazing work. After wentons departure to fnatic, we struggled finding a player to fill his shoes as he was a big part in our succes and a great friend. On that note, I was approached by another team with an offer I couldn't refuse, so as of today, I will be joining Escape Gaming's starting roster and will no longer be a part of Preparation. I would also like to thank my teammates for five great months we've had and this has been an experience I will not forget. Who could've known 2 swedes would've been so much fun"

Escape now have the following roster:

Escape's debut with the new roster will be the second closed qualifier for DreamHack's European Minor which they have been invited to.

The following trio are now free agents:

Preparation stressed that this is not the end of CS:GO in the organization, as they will be actively looking for a new roster to back. Interested parties are to contact Hampus Johansson, Head of Business Development at Preparation, via e-mail at hampus@teampreparation.net.