Nikola "LEGIJA" Ninić will step into the shoes of coach Alexander "kakafu" Szymanczyk at the upcoming Play2Live Cryptomasters tournament taking place in Minsk, Belarus from February 24-25. BIG underwent two changes earlier this month, as Kevin "keev" Bartholomäus was benched and Nikola "LEGIJA" Ninić stepped down to become the German organization's Head of CS, with Tizian "tiziaN" Feldbusch and Niels "luckeRRR" Jasiek replacing the two players. As the German squad are heading into the $100,000 tournament Play2Live Cryptomasters, set to start tomorrow, Alexander "kakafu" Szymanczyk announced that the team will try LEGIJA as the team's coach in Minsk.
Meanwhile, the former coach will take a step back to "support the team from home as an analyst" for the Belarus tournament, where BIG are set to face Valiance in the quarter-finals tomorrow. LEGIJA has some coaching experience under his belt, having stood behind North American side Nihilum and later the Kinguin/G2 lineup in the latter half of 2015. BIG's lineup for Play2Live Cryptomasters is thus the following:
  Valiance #59  Anel 'NENO' CekovićLuka 'emi' VukovićĐorđe 'DJOXiC' Niciforović Nemanja 'huNter-' KovačNestor 'LETN1' Tanić    Niels 'luckeRRR' Jasiek  Age: 21 Team: BIG Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 36 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.67 BIG #28 Fatih 'gob b' DayikJohannes 'tabseN' WodarzTizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschJohannes 'nex' Maget Johannes 'tabseN' Wodarz  Age: 22 Team: BIG Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 964 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.72 Tizian 'tiziaN' Feldbusch  Age: 21 Team: BIG Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 783 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.67 Nikola 'LEGIJA' Ninić  Age: 27 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.92 Maps played: 801 KPR: 0.64 DPR: 0.71 Kevin 'keev' Bartholomäus  Age: 26 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 593 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.66 Johannes 'nex' Maget  Age: 25 Team: BIG Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 759 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.66 Fatih 'gob b' Dayik  Age: 30 Team: BIG Rating 1.0: 0.84 Maps played: 719 KPR: 0.56 DPR: 0.68  Alexander 'kakafu' Szymanczyk  Age: 28 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.89 Maps played: 20 KPR: 0.59 DPR: 0.69 |
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