Astralis have announced that they will be launching “Astralis Talent” as their new talent development initiative. Here is their video announcement:
Astralis launching new talent development initiative – What is it?
“Astralis Talent” as they called it, will be Astralis’ main platform for recruiting to their esports teams and rosters. They will be looking for Danish players, or players residing in Denmark, as well as players from the Nordic countries.
What does this new talent development initiative consist of?
There will be 2 teams that the “Astralis Talent”’ will consist of. One of the teams will be playing League of Legends, whereas the other will be focusing on CS:GO. The LoL talent team will be led by Mikkel Donby, ex-Head Coach of Nordavind. The Main goal within the talent team with regards to League of Legends is to try and develop tier 1 players that can compete at a very high level and progress through the LEC.
On the other hand, the CS:GO talent team will be guided by Dennis Vang an ex-CS:GO professional player. Again, similarly to the LoL team, the CS:GO team will be based on developing some of the best Danish players in order for them to either get picked up by another organization, or by Astralis themselves. However for the time being, they will not be getting mixed up with the current 6-man roster.
Here is what CEO of Astralis, Anders Hørsholt had to say about “Astralis Talent”
Astralis Talent is an investment in the future as a possible recruitment platform for our A teams, as well as inhouse training for all players. It is a way for us to secure an even better connection to the local ecosystem and over time, we hope to elevate players into our A teams. This will not happen overnight, though, and we are going to work with the set-up and fine tune the processes over the coming months.
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As we’ve seen with previous academy-based teams, it has certainly aided rookie’s with their development as professionals in the industry. So definitely a great initiative overall, especially from an organization such as Astralis.
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