Surprising many with the move Ninjas in Pajamas have released their squad for the Blast world Final event and it does not include Nicolai "device" Reedtz. Device is still recovering from an illness giving the Young Ninjas Love "phzy" Smidebrant a chance to play with the first team.
Phzy has overtaken Device’s role previously in the IEM Winter playoffs and played a role in their charge to the grand final but they finished as the runner up for the event losing eventually to G2. For the $1 million event, NIP’s Jonas "calc" Gundersen would be playing the role of substitute head coach with Björn "THREAT" Pers taking on the role of Technical Director in the organization. In the upper bracket of the Copenhagen tournament, NIP would take on G2 again which would be Gundersen's second stint in the coaching role.