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Valdemar “⁠valde⁠” Bjørn Vangså joined HLTV Confirmed on Monday to discuss his recent addition to ENCE, touching on how practice with the new team has been going thus far and explaining what prompted him to pick that team out of the options he had during the off-season.

“I did talk to a lot of teams, probably seven or eight different teams, but at the end of the day I had to choose carefully,” valde said. “For me, I prioritized the team that I felt was the best competitively, and ENCE at the end of the day felt the best for me.”

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Milan “⁠Striker⁠” Švejda questioned what it was specifically that made ENCE‘s offer stand out given their recent changes, and valde explained that they were one of the best teams on LAN in the first half of the year, with the changes doing little to dissuade him as it was the structure of the team itself that appealed to him.

“Role-wise for me it also made a lot of sense, to a point where I could get more into some of the action spots compared to being a more supportive player,” valde added. “The main thing was the roles, and then obviously the players on the team.” He also clarified that he would not be much of a secondary in-game leader, but would have an active voice on the team given his roles and positions, offering Marco “⁠Snappi⁠” Pfeiffer insight from other points on the map and suggesting different options to end rounds.

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valde also touched on rumors and reports of offers from Astralis and Evil Geniuses, stating that he did have talks with Astralis but it “didn’t work out” and that he wasn’t “the one you should ask the question” as to why he didn’t join. A move to the North American team was also on the table but fell through because the organization had to meet certain obligations regarding the number of European players they could have, as they would need to play in the European RMR upon valde‘s addition as they would no longer have a North American core.

In the latter half of the show, the Danish rifler discussed recent news with the panel and delved into the Group A results from ESL Pro League Season 16, as well as gave his thoughts on G2‘s roster changes ahead of the start of Group B.

“I think it’s an interesting change,” valde said of the loss of Audric “⁠JACKZ⁠” Jug and Aleksi “⁠Aleksib⁠” Virolainen, and addition of Justin “⁠jks⁠” Savage and Rasmus “⁠HooXi⁠” Nielsen. “I do agree with you that I think it’s really a problem for a top team if they have such a weak spot individually. I’m not saying he [HooXi] should be a 1.00 rating or above, but I think you should be able to hold your own and not have that weak spot in other people’s minds, which they feel like they can exploit.

“That’s a real problem that I can see for them because when you go up against a team like NAVI or FaZe, it is just going to be rough firepower-wise, but I do think they looked a little bit better as a team overall. In a group like this, I don’t feel like they can afford not to qualify for playoffs.”

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