Dennis "dennis" Edman will continue his stand-in stint with Apeks in the Home Sweet Home Cup 3 and in BLAST Rising, the organization has announced. The Swede will stay with the team for up to two more weeks as Apeks are still one man short, having placed Haakon "Radifaction" Tholo on the bench in late April after a string of unsatisfactory results. dennis first stood in for Apeks during the Elisa Invitational, in which the Norwegian side missed out on a spot at the BLAST Spring Showdown after going out in the deciding semi-finals following a loss to ENCE.  The team have already begun their campaign in Home Sweet Home Cup 3, where they are part of Group A alongside Virtus.pro, AVEZ, and Sprout. An opening overtime loss to the CIS-based squad earlier on Tuesday has placed them in the elimination match, where they'll face the loser of the Polish-German matchup. BLAST's new Rising tournament, intended for up-and-coming teams, has also commenced, with Apeks set to play out Group C with FATE, Japaleno, and Movistar Riders on Wednesday. Apeks' lineup for the two tournaments looks as follows:
  ENCE #21 Aleksi 'allu' JalliJani 'Aerial' JussilaMiikka 'suNny' KemppiSami 'xseveN' LaasanenJere 'sergej' Salo    Kristian 'akez' Kornbakk  Age: 27 Team: Apeks Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 162 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.71 Ole 'Marcelious' Kristian Langan  Age: 20 Team: Apeks Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 162 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.66   Virtus.pro #22 Dauren 'AdreN' Kystaubayev Sanjar 'SANJI' KulievTimur 'buster' TulepovAlexey 'Qikert' Golubev Dzhami 'Jame' Ali   FATE #53 Nikolay 'niki1' PantaleevMartin 'mar' KuyumdjievVeselin 'doublemagic' AngelovKalin 'KalubeR' ErenditsovViktor 'Duplicate' Mitev Sander 'Grus' Iversen  Age: 22 Team: Apeks Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 92 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.70   Sprout #35 Timo 'Spiidi' RichterDenis 'denis' Howell Michał 'snatchie' RudzkiJosef 'faveN' BaumannPaweł 'dycha' Dycha  AVEZ #51 Michał 'MOLSI' ŁąckiKuba 'Markoś' MarkowskiPiotr 'nawrot' NawrockiKamil 'KEi' PietkunKacper 'Kylar' Walukiewicz Apeks #60 Pål 'Polly' KammenKristian 'akez' KornbakkErik 'truth' Hansen DyrnesOle 'Marcelious' Kristian LanganSander 'Grus' Iversen Erik 'truth' Hansen Dyrnes  Age: 23 Team: Apeks Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 294 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.68   Movistar Riders #40 Christian 'loWel' Garcia AntoranRajohn 'EasTor' Linato Lucas 'steel' LopesAlejandro 'alex' MasanetAlejandro 'mopoz' Fernández-Quejo Cano   Japaleno #52 Fredrik 'FREDDyFROG' GustafssonJoakim 'Relaxa' GustafssonNiclas 'PlesseN' PlessenDaniel 'djL' NarancicAdam 'dezon' Wahlqvist Dennis 'dennis' Edman  Age: 29 Team: Apeks Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 1177 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.68 Haakon 'Radifaction' Tholo  Age: 21 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 352 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.69 |
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