The Swedish team Ninjas in Pajamas announced that they are creating a youth roster, which will be called Young Ninjas. The first member of the new lineup will be seventeen-year-old player Eric “ztr” Gustafson. The team will be led by Frederic "JAEGARN" Anderson, who once played Counter Strike 1.6 professionally. The main goal of the project – support young e-sportsmen and give them the opportunity to develop by participating in local competitions.
Erik Gustafson has already proven himself on the eSports scene. He played for the Spanish team KPI and the Swedish Prima. As part of the latter, he became the most productive member of the roster at the Svenska Elitserien Fall 2020 championship.
The creation of the Young Ninjas team was a further development of the talent support project called Path of a Ninja, launched in early December. Initially, the team management planned that the program would allow the selection of one or two players per season who would become additional members of the main roster. However, NiP later decided to form a full-fledged youth team, which will create a fruitful environment for the development of players.
