NAVI Changed Players' Placement, Moved Npl Near Perfecto, Placed S1mple on the Edge, and Explained the Reason

IEM Katowice 2023 host James Banks pointed out that Natus Vincere has changed the seating of team members for the current tournament, and Aleksandr s1mple Kostyliev is no longer sitting in the middle.

The central place now belongs to the current IGL - electroNic.

NAVI trainer Andrey B1ad3 Gorodenskiy explained to James the reason for the rearrangement. Npl and Perfecto now play together on more maps. Presumably, this should improve communication.

What else could be the reason?

During the first npl's tournament, where he was the sixth player, namely, BLAST Premier World Final, there was a little confusion when he didn't notice the opponent coming from behind. This caused dissatisfaction in s1mple and resulted in an emotional reaction of the "yellow-black" sniper and questions to npl about where he was looking.

On the other hand, it could be the primary or secondary cause of seat rearrangement only if we were talking about the toxic Kostyliev of the FlipSid3 era. Therefore, the trainer's explanation looks entirely plausible.

We remind you that NAVI's next match in the upper bracket of Group A will be held at 8:30 PM against Liquid. Other information and the schedule of the second matches of IEM Katowice 2023 can be found on the tournament page.

Source: Twitter of James Banks