CS2 scene: FUT beats Astralis; roster move
Recent esports roundups report FUT Esports beat Astralis 3‑1 in Bucharest, and that Valve deployed a slope‑aim fix in a recent patch noted by community roundups (x.com). The same coverage also notes high‑profile roster movement with stavn joining NIP as their new sniper, all items appearing in a summary post this week (x.com).
FUT Esports beat Astralis 3-1 on April 11 to win PGL Bucharest, then the Counter-Strike 2 scene turned to a game patch and a major roster move. (hltv.org) The Bucharest final was a best-of-five on LAN in Romania, and FUT closed it with 13-5 on Ancient, 13-5 on Mirage, a 14-16 loss on Nuke, and 13-3 on Dust2. The event ran from April 4 through April 11 with a $1.25 million prize pool, and FUT took first place. (hltv.org, hltv.org) HLTV called it FUT’s first notable LAN trophy and said the team had reached its first Big Event playoff at ESL Pro League Season 23 in its previous outing. Astralis finished second in Bucharest after a 3-0 group-stage run and a semifinal win over 3DMAX. (hltv.org, hltv.org) Counter-Strike 2 matches are decided by aim, movement and utility, so small changes to how player models sit on ramps can alter duels and grenade lineups. In Valve’s latest update notes, the company said player height on sloped surfaces is now consistent and no longer depends on approach direction. (counter-strike.net, steamcommunity.com) Valve also said the slope change came with a refactor tied to AnimGraph 2, its updated animation system, and warned that grenade lineups on sloped surfaces may have changed. HLTV’s patch coverage said the broader update also reworked first-person animations and included map changes. (counter-strike.net, hltv.org) The roster news landed two days ago, when Ninjas in Pyjamas announced Martin “stavn” Lund as the team’s new primary AWPer, replacing Artem “r1nkle” Moroz in the starting lineup. HLTV reported stavn had been out of action for eight months after stepping down from Astralis. (hltv.org) The move shifts one of Denmark’s best-known riflers into the main sniper role full time. HLTV’s player database now lists the 24-year-old stavn as active with Ninjas in Pyjamas after top-20 finishes in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. (hltv.org, hltv.org) Taken together, the week’s Counter-Strike 2 news hit all three pressure points in the scene at once: results, rules and rosters. FUT left Bucharest with the trophy, Valve changed how the game behaves on ramps, and Ninjas in Pyjamas handed stavn the AWP. (hltv.org, counter-strike.net, hltv.org)
