BIG has announced it will no longer have Niels "luckeRRR" Jasiek in its roster, bringing the player's trial with the team to an end.

In February, after the Major in Boston, BIG made some structural changes by adding Tizian "⁠tiziaN⁠" Feldbusch and giving Niels "⁠luckeRRR⁠" Jasiek the chance to try out with the team, but the German AWPer hasn't been able to impress his teammates and will now be released into free agency.

luckeRRR is now free to join another organization

While the team looks for other options, as was already hinted by DBLTAP's report of Owen "⁠smooya⁠" Butterfield being in talks with the German organization, former player and current Head of CS:GO Nikola "⁠LEGIJA⁠" Ninić will stand in for the team in the upcoming MDL playoff matches which kick off tomorrow.

LEGIJA's statement:

"After our roster change in early February we focused on integrating Niels "⁠luckeRRR⁠" Jasiek into our game. Despite the fact that he joined the team with just 3000 hours of playtime and the resulting lack of experience, luckeRRR did a great job in general. He proved himself during the WESG in China, especially while playing against SK, Wololos and Team Russia. However, we came to the conclusion that we needed a different kind of AWPer, particularly with regards to the playing style. "It was a team decision. We really tried to make it work, but we weren’t 100% satisfied with the results at the end. Now we are looking into other options. In the meantime, I will join the starting roster for the upcoming MDL Playoffs as a stand-in and take over the AWP position with tabseN. A BIG "Thank you" to all the people who keep supporting us, we’ll give our best during the upcoming MDL Playoffs!"

With this change, BIG's roster is now: