NIP official statement: 36-year-old in-game leader Snappi has been relegated to the bench.

European CS2 team NIP announced on Monday that 36-year-old Danish in-game leader Marko Fever (ID: Snappi) has been relegated to the bench, effective immediately. The identity of Snappi's replacement remains undecided.

According to HLTV, Snappi is open to transitioning to other roles. However, he has not yet commented on this.

Snappi has had a professional career spanning nearly 20 years, during which he played for numerous top CS teams, including POPPERS, Xapso, CPH Wolves, No Problem!, unu.AiN, X, Heroic, OpTic, FunPlus Phoenix, TIGER, Astralis, c0ntact, ENCE, and Falcons. His most representative achievement is undoubtedly winning the 2023 IEM Dallas championship with ENCE.

In January 2025, Snappi officially succeeded Alejandro Massanet Candela (ID: alex) as the NIP in-game leader. To date, he has played 366 maps and participated in 7975 rounds for NIP, with an average rating of 0.92, and led the team to victory in the 2025 Fragadelphia Las Vegas event, the Roman Empire Sound Cup Season 6, and the Stake Ranked Season 2.

NIP highly praised Snappi's contributions during his time with the team in their official announcement: "Thank you for your hard work and dedication to the team over the past year and a half. You played a crucial role in our rebuilding process, leading us from an unranked team all the way to the second stage of the Major."

"You have laid a solid foundation for the team's future and created a platform for the players to compete at a high level."

Wishing you all the best in the future!

With Snappi relegated to the bench, NIP's current roster is as follows:

Support: Rasmus Baker (ID: sjuush)

Rifleman: Kacper Gabala (ID: xKacpersky)

Rifleman: Martin Lund (ID: stavn)

Rifleman: Roman Hamze (ID: n0te)

Coach: Richard Lanstrom (ID: Xizt)

Substitute: Marco Fever (ID: Snappi)

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