The Perfect World Shanghai Major may be just around the corner, but some teams are already looking ahead to the 2025 season.
One such team is NIP, the Swedish organisation rebuilt their team after a disappointing first half to 2024, but they will be making another change as they head into the new year.
They have announced that maxster has been benched, ending his time on the main roster after just nine months.
Before joining the main roster, maxster made a name for himself on the young Ninjas roster.
He played within NIP's academy team for two years, with his best result being a first-placed finish in the WePlay Academy League Season 6.
Young Ninjas won that season after defeating Spirit Academy, a team that then contained zont1x and donk, 2-1 in the final.
maxster's time on the main roster was difficult, the roster was frequently changed as NIP looked to propel themselves back to the Counter-Strike food chain.
His best result on the main roster came at the FiReLEAGUE Global Final, where they finished 3rd-4th after being eliminated by their historic rivals, fnatic.
The young Swede took a break from competition a few months ago and was replaced by jocab as the team failed to qualify for the Perfect World Shanghai Major.
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