{"id":5032,"date":"2020-05-19T10:11:29","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T10:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/gla1ve-takes-break-astralis-csgo-illness"},"modified":"2024-07-20T02:34:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T02:34:24","slug":"gla1ve-takes-break-astralis-csgo-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/cs-go\/gla1ve-takes-break-astralis-csgo-illness","title":{"rendered":"Gla1ve takes break from Astralis CS:GO team due to illness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lukas &ldquo;Gla1ve&rdquo; Rossander, professional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/cs-go\/should-cs-go-matches-be-shorter-some-of-the-game-s-biggest-personalities-think-so\">CS:GO player<\/a> for Astralis, has announced he&rsquo;s stepping down from the starting roster due to illness.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"traffective-ad-Content_1_466887\" style=\"display: none;\" class=\"Content_1\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"traffective-ad-Content_1_273957\" style=\"display: none;\" class=\"Content_1\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"traffective-ad-Content_1_403375\" style=\"display: none;\" class=\"Content_1\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"traffective-ad-Content_1_767926\" style=\"display: none;\" class=\"Content_1\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"traffective-ad-Content_1_578024\" style=\"display: none;\" class=\"Content_1\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"traffective-ad-Content_1_438284\" style=\"display: none;\" class=\"Content_1\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"traffective-ad-Content_1_530948\" style=\"display: none;\" class=\"Content_1\"><\/div>\n<p>Posting in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitlonger.com\/show\/n_1sr8br7\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Twitlonger<\/a>, Gla1ve explained how he&rsquo;s been dealing with stress and burnout for a long period of time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My teammates and the Astralis organisation have tried many different things to help me out and overcome this,&rdquo; the post reads.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As it&rsquo;s still going on, my doctor and I have decided that I need a break, and yesterday I have given a sick note to Astralis.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gla1ve_csgo\/status\/1262655814445289473\">\n<blockquote align=\"center\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Toughest decision of my life.<\/p>\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iO61jvOMzV\">https:\/\/t.co\/iO61jvOMzV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lukas Rossander (@gla1ve_csgo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gla1ve_csgo\/status\/1262655814445289473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Gla1ve states he&rsquo;ll be taking the next three months to &ldquo;fully rest and then come back to the Astralis team&rdquo;.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He adds: &ldquo;I want to say a huge thank you to my teammates and the organisation for being so understanding and helpful throughout a situation like this. It can be tough to put health first, but I have found out that it&rsquo;s necessary.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Gla1ve CS:GO\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-cf.ginx.tv\/imgcdn\/mH7bPgDjeh10kFToDa-FQBblaEbmM9ww0-aID1HyHic\/rs:fill:0:0:1\/g:ce\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ2lueC50di91cGxvYWRzL2dsYTF2ZV9jc2dvLmpwZw\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 401px;\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" loading=\"lazy\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:11px;\">Gla1ve is taking a break from Astralis (Picture: DreamHack)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Gla1ve is considered one of the best CS:GO players in the world, having won four majors since joining Astralis in 2016.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s unclear how the team will adapt to fill Gla1ve&rsquo;s temporary absence, although it&rsquo;s expected Magisk may take on the role of in-game leader for the squad.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lukas &ldquo;Gla1ve&rdquo; Rossander, professional CS:GO player for Astralis, has announced he&rsquo;s stepping down from the starting roster due to illness.&nbsp; Posting in a Twitlonger, Gla1ve&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":601,"featured_media":5033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cs-go","genre-fps","content_type-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - 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