ESL has released the lineups of teams registered for the RMR tournaments. While the rosters for most rosters were already pretty obvious, you can now see who teams have listed as replacement players. These include youth team members, veterans, and players who are inactivated. The recent case of Christian «k0nfig» Wieneke of Astralis, who will have to miss several matches due to injury, leaving Mikkel «MistR» Thomsen of Astralis Talent in his place.
FaZe's decision to list Olof «olofmeister» Kaibjer as a reserve looks quite obvious, but the appearance of his compatriot Jonas «Lekr0» Oloffson in the G2 roster seems more unexpected: the 29-year-old cyber athlete hasn't played in any official tournaments since April, and Dignitas, for which he played, disbanded its roster after failing to advance past RMR.
Natus Vincere, which is quite expected, chose Daniil «headtr1ck» Valitov as a backup. Several other teams have followed a similar path by listing players from their youth rosters – this is exactly what Astralis, Cloud9, BIG, OG and Ninjas in Pyjamas have done. Some teams, mostly from among the lesser-known squads, did not list substitutes. This means that in case of any problems, the absent player's place will have to be taken by the coach.