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Similar play styles, methodical and sticking heavily to fundamentals, great rotations and game sense as a team and individually + a bunch of firepower. New Astralis in 2022?
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no Virtus.Pro = Avangar :)
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no we want Astralis #1 forever <3
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oh hell no
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hell no, they played boring CS when peeked #1. fnatic and NiP were playing most entertaining CS in CSGO
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thing is people are treating astralis just how they treated fnatic.
everyone malded over fnatic winning over their favourite team every time but as soon as they fell everyone wanted it back
I'd rather have it as it is now
New teams nuking the old ones out of orbit, anyone can beat anyone.... So exciting
CS ONLINE BRO.
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this sort of CS which is more based in fundamentals rather than flashy/puggy plays isn't going to be lost when LAN comes back around
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Why?
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You're not getting it dude.. My point is that in online, even tho there's pressure, it can't be compared to lan... Lan you have the whole crowd watching, the noise, the adversary right in front of you, like you have to face out everything dude, you're not under the protection of your house door you know...
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I can agree on some aspect because when it's loud in the arena you can't get everything clean & clear to everyone as if it was from home. But also the pressure from the live audience.
On the other hand, this is how CS is supposed to be played and not the crowd interfering with the game audio, so I like this style from Gambit, VP & old Astralis.
They deserve some credits :)
It is
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Why?
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because all these young players cant play against the crowd
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There have been plenty of youngsters in the past that didn't buckle under the pressure of LAN and with results like this they are gaining confidence all the time so, I suppose, only time will tell.
I would be more worried about them succumbing to the pressure of playing in front of a big crowd if they were the sort of team that relied on a lot of aggressive peaks and flashy plays to win but the most aggressive player on their team is Hobbit. He's not going to have any trouble doing that in front of a crowd.
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Astralis = LAN + non fluke
Gambit = fluke onliners
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why is s1mple relevant to his statement?
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because the guy's name
still a braindead reply tho
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He ain't wrong tho
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This katowice with 1 mil bank is almost major, so Hobbit almost 2 majors though
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Hobbit has just said by himself that they're onliners
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+1 ASStralis overrated, they were never even the best team from the CIS but somehow they're considered GOAT
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Astralis from CIS? This is news to me lol
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Not to forget the clutch minister Andrei "Xyp9x" Holeskov, entry Piotr "dupreeh" Rasmunev & anchor Emilian "Magisk" Rejvski all from Omsk
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not yet but who knows what a year in T1 can do for a team like this? Also Gambit could definitely beat Astralis in their current form.
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“Not yet”
Go to astralis page on hltv and look at achievements page...
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What's your point?
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To be 2.0 you have to exceede the original which is in the current landscape of cs impossible, they won so many tournaments when they had a big advantage over other teams because they “revolutionists” pro cs as some analyst called it, I think that is a big word to use but you get the point. Teams are so mucb closet so I don’t see gambit winning 4 majors and plenty of tier 1 events + a grand slam. They haven’t even proven themselves on lan.
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Hence why I said not yet. And I'm not insinuating they are the new Astralis rn, I'm just saying they could become the next Astralis and begin really starting a legacy next year after getting acclimated to T1. I don't see why they couldn't do what Astralis did in the current CS landscape. The submeta's are constantly changing after all, and they have such a solid base to build on, I think they will only become stronger.
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Thats your opinion then, I don’t think anything like astralis in 2017 18 and 19 will ever happen again tbh and It’s waaaaay to early to make comparison like this. They still need to prove that they can handle the pressure on lan or that they can be consistent. I don’t think We should be discussing thing like this before at least the end of the year When lan comes back.
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I don't see why were shouldn't discuss things like this, even if it's early. It's all in the name of fun anyway.
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I would at least Wait until end of EPL, they have to play a lot of different team and there might be a studio lan at the end.
Maybe it’s all just a fluke but dominance like astralis for such a long time I think Is not hong to happen anytime soon
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well...
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Wut?
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Not the end of EPL but definitely not looking like IEM was a fluke.
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Yeah I realised that watching them play groups xdd
I hope they wake up now ))))
17?
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I included it because they won Katowice and the major in that year so they did something
okay maybe he means that what astralis has achieved so far is not possible to be achieved by gambit even with a dream 2021 run in T1..hence the "not yet" as in not happening in quite a while
if not then idk, was a try
new astralis online maybe
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lol flexin' hard
nt see ya in epl
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this has been a long time coming for gambit, it's no fluke.
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how about their 19 series run ended by Astralis in Dreamhack Masters? Maybe not a long time even by CS standards but they were looking plenty strong before that as well.
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they're only just breaking into the T1 scene and already having this sort of impact and the way the team is structured and plays can only benefit from playing in the T1 scene. It's not like their playing some puggy balls to the walls style that's catching everyone off, they're just playing good CS. What more can you ask from them?
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If astralis plays in that tournaments, they wont even lose a single map.
sh1ro isn't device
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he has a lot of potential though
yeah he is better
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yes but playstyle is too different, not comparable
Not even slightly close.
they have fnatic vibes more than astralis. they too dominating but astralis will be once again during major lan #tothestars for 5th major
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Why fnatic?
I vibe with this statement in terms of similarities in their gameplay, it's really obvious that Astralis is an inspiration for Gambit's style, but I don't see Gambit going that huge. There's still a long road ahead of them to become actually comparable to Astralis but I like what I'm seeing at the moment.
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Look at their CT sides. The timings, rotations, utility support and positioning. How does that not remind you of peak Astralis?
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They play very reserved. The only player I see regularly playing aggressive is Hobbit.
don't
don't you
don't you disrespect
don't you disrespect astralis like that
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Same. He's obviously doing something right from a calling perspective, the T sides could be better but the fact that they're performing at this level and he's still fragging like he is, color me impressed.
Young (4/5) russian astralis
Gambit ---- only good for 1-2 tourneys and gone to shit tier for literally years,
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??? The team is less than two years old and they've only had this lineup for like half a year???
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wtf relevance does that have to this team when hobbit is the only player from that squad?
astralis = lan
gambit = online kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
Its really hard to say. Its the first big tournament of the year. Gambit did win but lots of top tier teams looked so shaken. I think we need to wait for few more tournaments or even major to see if they can be new astralis.
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+1 electronic hasn't been up to his usual standard and everyone in Navi looked so flat in their match against Gambit and made a huge number of errors against Liquid and Gambit. Astralis have also honestly looked pretty bad in my opinion--their only wins in Katowice were against weak teams and their performance at Blast Spring Groups was extremely poor. Vitality also look pretty weak with Zywo0 not carrying and no one else consistently stepping up. Definitely don't think Gambit is now some unstoppable force that will dominate the year, but only time will tell.
tha is actually far from trueth ... they are simular to astralis then to navi but they dot have 5 good aimers they have 3 astralis players +2 randoms
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They've got (at the very least) potential star power in Hobbit, Ax1le and sh1ro, and a great IGL that can frag in nafany. If interz only holds his weight in support of the rest of the squad then they are pretty much rock solid (on CT side especially).
Nah
2019 ...
- ENCE was pronounced a new top tier contender after a fluke run at Katowice Major ...
- Nerds claiming Liquid Era ...
- (CIS) Nerds proclaiming Avangar new “Navi”
Astralis finishes year as #1 ranked team
2020 ...
- Nerds be saying Astralis done ...
- Same Nerds saying Vitality / Navi new Era ...
Astralis finishes year as #1 ranked team ...
2021 has barskt started, with only ONE Big event played so far ... - And yet again Nerds be spewing forth ignorant nonsense ...
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everything checks out
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Yeah but he's completely right.
Ence was a contender for a pretty good time before they kicked aleksib no?
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1st Place: Blast Madrid over Astralis being first to break their Nuke streak
2nd place: IEM Chicago, DH Dallas
3-4th place: Blast Sao Paolo, CS_Summit
Majors: 2nd at Katowice and 5-8th at Berlin
In terms of HLTV ranking they were top 5 for a pretty decent chunk of time and peaked at top 2.
Also this year 2 big events so far
just wait
Yes
OMG STOP FUCKING OVERRATE TIER 2.5 TEAM IN ONLINE ERA BECAUSE OF WINNING 1 EVENT.
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Made this post before they won, based on how they've been playing over the past few months and now at the highest level lol
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Is that what I said?
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What part of "new Astralis in 2022?" suggests I was saying they're better than prime Astralis? Grow brain please.
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Says the guy with zero reading comprehension skills.
Easily the dumbest Finn I've ever talked to.
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Perhaps but we need to get back to LAN. This online bs is ridiculous. We'll see.
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Only time will tell.
NEVER
Astralis played like not a humans they played like a gods and no one can reach this level
Lets see thse 60kg never seen sunlight kids on lan infront of crowds... instead of playing from house in boxers and when mom making cookies for you and breastfeeding you .
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I can practically taste the salt.
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noo im not mad cause they beat astralis, just overall i really hate these russian 19yo kids who look like they have never seen sunlight and now they are better than anyone else in the world
in lan that team disappears, overrated
they are the new heroic
