ESL has published the rosters of teams registered to participate in RMR tournaments. While the lists for most rosters were already pretty obvious, we can now see who teams have listed as reserve players. Among them are members of youth teams, veterans, as well as players who are inactive. How important it is to have an effective participant in the reserve was shown by the recent case with Christian “k0nfig” Wieneke from Astralis, who will miss several matches due to injury, leaving Mikkel "MistR" in his place. Thomsen from Astralis Talent.
FaZe’s decision to name Olof “olofmeister” as a reserve seems quite obvious. Kajbier, but the appearance of his compatriot Jonas “Lekr0” Oloffsona's inclusion on the G2 roster seems more surprising: the 29-year-old eSports player hasn't competed in an official tournament since April, and Dignitas, for whom he played, disbanded the roster before making it past RMR.
Natus Vincere, as expected, chose Daniil “headtr1ck” as a reserve. Valitova. Several other teams followed a similar path, selecting players from their youth squads – that’s exactly what Astralis, Cloud9, BIG, OG and Ninjas in Pajamas did. Some teams, mostly lesser-known teams, did not list substitutes. This means that in case of any problems, the coach will have to take the place of the missing player.
