dupreeh to remain as AWPer moving forward

11/1/2018 - 22:15

Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen, #10 in our Top 20 players of 2017, has revealed he will remain Astralis' main AWPer despite Nicolai "device" Reedtz's return.

Earlier today Astralis confirmed Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz, the team's former AWPer, will be back to play at the ELEAGUE Boston Major. He will, however, roll back time as he will go back to a lurking role which he hasn't played since he picked up the AWP full time in 2016.

Astralis will look very different in Boston

Peter "⁠dupreeh⁠" Rasmussen's answer to 1tap, a Danish podcast, on the subject:

"[device being ill] resulted in me being the AWPer now, and it will continue full-time. It is kind of a secret, I am not sure when this will be published, but it is supposed to be a secret until the Major."

During device's absence late last year Astralis used Dennis "⁠dennis⁠" Edman and Ruben "⁠RUBINO⁠" Villarroel as stand-ins, two riflers, and dupreeh stepped up and picked up the big green while device was taking time to recover from injury.

Moving forward we can expect to see a different Astralis than the one we saw before device's hiatus last year, as dupreeh explains:

"I would really like to be the player that makes the aggressive moves and opens the maps up, making some space for the others, which is what Markus [Kjaerbye] has done for a long time now. But when Nicolai [device] came back, he stated the desire to play in a lurk position, which he has done before, and I wanted to play AWP full-time, so we came to the conclusion to make this switch happen, and that is what we are practicing right now."

god

2018-01-11 22:16

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lul rip astralis

2018-01-11 22:18

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Device is much better than Dupreeh

2018-01-11 22:17

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let's see how things turn out

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device awp>dupreeh awp

2018-01-11 22:39

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Device glock > Dupreeh Awp

2018-01-11 23:35

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2018-01-12 03:26

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Devvegod Zeusx27>dupreeh Scar-20

2018-01-12 13:16

Agree :D

2018-01-12 14:01

He's probably going to be the second awper when Devve gots 100% recovered

2018-01-11 22:23

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I am pretty sure this is done to confuse their rivals on watching demos.

2018-01-11 22:28

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2018-01-11 23:05

Astralis are too meta.

2018-01-11 23:40

Meta or beta?

2018-01-12 14:49

You should really put two Ts in beta if you're trying to make the rhyme work

2018-01-15 22:04

+111

2018-01-12 07:30

"It is supposed to remain secret until the major" 100% trying to confuse their opponents, no actual role change would be risked before the major.

2018-01-12 07:46

They did swap roles. But it woont benefit them. They wont win another major

2018-01-12 09:57

2018-01-12 07:56

ty for laugh, devve is good but fucking overrated, dupreeh is better all day

2018-01-11 22:30

Dev1ce was an amazing rifler before he became the main awper

2018-01-11 22:38

y im agree rollie!

2018-01-13 21:05

0/8

2018-01-12 03:27

No where near lol

2018-01-11 22:33

Dupreeh is quiet good with the AWP he is just not consistently good with it. But that's something he could work on or maybe already did

2018-01-11 22:43

I'm only basing off 1 event, but given the quality of teams at that event it's fair to look at it, he was a lot better than device.

2018-01-11 23:59

Well yes he was really good, device is too really good. But being a full-time awper challenge you more than just one event, he need to find a consistancy otherwise we can never say if he is better than device with awp since device was damn good and had a decent consistancy. I do think dupreeh will be an amazing force with the awo and with a secondary awper like device there will be some insanely fun games to watch!

2018-01-12 13:25

2018-01-12 04:27

Think like this duprehh had to take the AWP from no where when device got sick and he’s been playing so good when you keep in mind that he has basically never AWPed before.

2018-01-12 14:47

Astralis gonna win the major just called it at 10:21 am 12-01-2018

2018-01-12 10:21

ez for røde pølser

2018-01-13 00:39

"I AM NOT SURE WHEN [THE INTERVIEW]'S PUBLISHED, BUT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A SECRET UNTIL THE MAJOR." ^ Quote of the month right there boys

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now it's not a secret

2018-01-11 22:36

t-that's the joke

2018-01-11 22:37

Inb4 Device actually awps but they play dupreeh on awp in swiss but then they just use devve against sk and fuck them in the playoffs to lose to Faze. Calling it

2018-01-12 07:06

classic 0/8 for other teams...

Dupreeh has been playing very well with the awp lately, I’m excited to see what he can do as the main AWPer while dev1ce is here!

2018-01-12 14:46

Fak Thats cool news tho hoping to see vintage devve on the ak

Dupreeh is a really good AWPer tbh

yeah he was really impressive with devve out, especially at BLAST

Wow nice

Nice

Noice

niiiice

waoo,really cool to see this new Astralisnwill be awesome imo

It's a joke right?

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No, device was a sick rifler back in 2015 and for some time on 2016, will be pretty cool to watch him go back to that role!

2018-01-11 22:31

Device is a sick rifler but Dupreeh is not a sick awper. That's the problem.

2018-01-11 22:52

U havent seen him awp full time and when he was part time awping he had some great highlights.

He's pretty good with it. And Astralis could always go for double awps or even have device awping ct side when dupreeh isnt hitting his shots.

2018-01-11 23:06

The great part is we get to see Device rifle man he used to be insane but hes been stuck with awp Device mvp mayor incoming ez

2018-01-12 07:59

He had in one tournament more aces, clutches and highlights then the most main awper Jdm

2018-01-11 23:56

he had more highlights in one tournament than device had in one year

2018-01-12 01:29

+1 [Unfortunately] Device ripped Fallen apart on FallenPass (Overpass for the uncultured lol)

2018-01-12 03:29

+1 Device is better than Dupreeh when it comes to AWP. If Dupreeh improves, it'll be good for them. Else it'll be great to see Device AWPing.

2018-01-12 04:29

Didn’t you see him at blast he was a fucking monster :D

Might be a joke but I would love this to be true. I hope they will try double AWP as well but dev1ce has always been a hybrid to me, not necessarily a full-time AWPer. And we've seen that he's still consistently a beast with rifles. Also, this would result in much less pressure for him. In the case of dupreeh, he's definitely really promising with the AWP. He has wanted to do this for years. Also, this means that no team can prepare for Astralis at the major.

2018-01-12 13:07

That’s true tbh

2018-01-12 14:53

Idiots

Lmao

Wtf

Device in his prime in 3, 2, 1...

2018-01-11 22:24

What is the point of announcing this

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You must be new around.

2018-01-11 22:27

I'd like to announce that I will be replying to your comment

2018-01-11 23:57

2018-01-12 00:26

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Jesus dude...Don't just +1 How can we tell if you are +1'ing my announcement of my announcement, announcing your own announcement, announcing your own announcement of an announcement or your cock slipped out of your hand while fapping and decided to make a comment on HLTV?

2018-01-12 00:41

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Wow I wish I would be in this secnario once in my life

2018-01-12 01:00

This would be cool if it actually made any sense at all

2018-01-12 01:33

Best name :D

2018-01-12 14:54

Many thanks my friend. Out of respect for you I won't run our custom virgin scan on you...but I do have some bad news...you have a bad case of ass cancer from reading HLTV forums too much. I have donated £5 to the ass cancer society in honour of you.

2018-01-12 17:14

Haha :D Have a good day sir

2018-01-13 09:02

u2 mate

2018-01-13 16:13

Baiting other teams... Classic Strategy (Disinformation)

2018-01-12 03:30

Lol :D i aren't think that.

2018-01-12 04:30

Will be really interesting :D

wtf

This is gonna be lit!

ok then

RIP ASTRALIS

RIP NAVI, NO?

2018-01-11 22:19

Na'Vi will be good soon when Electronic settles

Nah, NaVi is dead

2018-01-11 22:41

More alive than Sprout

Lol, Sprout only played 16 Maps until now. Of course they are not alive atm. It's a complete new lineup... But Navi? Navi is just dead

Sprout will go 1-3, Na'Vi will qualify

2018-01-11 22:46

Both wont qualify

Na'Vi will

aghh dude sprout is such a fucking cringe team tbh

2018-01-12 04:53

not like dupreeh was doing good on the awp and device is one of the best riflers of all time, noooo

2018-01-11 22:26

+1, I've been praying for him to go back on the rifle since cajunb left them

Agree, He had in one tournament more aces, clutches and highlights then the most main awper :d

2018-01-11 23:58

Ive never actually seen him primary rifle, as I started after he became awper, cant wait to see him in a lurk/rifle position

2018-01-12 06:27

Flickshot machen'

OH SHIT DEV1CE TO THE MAIKELELE TEAM CONFIRMED?????

This has to be a joke xddd

Dafaq

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Yes Astr will lose to VP at group stage XD

2018-01-11 22:29

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You can dream about this. VP is pure shit

2018-01-12 00:24

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?? Watch them reach semis

2018-01-12 00:29

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VP beating Astralis

2018-01-12 00:31

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Las Vegas?? U ok??

2018-01-12 10:02

LUL one event. And at Clash of cash they got destroyed by Astralis again.

2018-01-12 10:46

Look at Astr at EL 2017 Map 3 De_Train I thought dev is cheating but dup is Sniper like "Yeah yeah I'm Cocky Motherfucker with AWP"

2018-01-12 15:12

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Cry is free poorlack

2018-01-12 15:14

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Nt No namer PS : Fapreeh is not as cocky as Motherfucker (k0nfig) is

2018-01-12 15:17

And? Banter is fun

2018-01-12 15:42

Yea.... Anyways Do you think Lucas "steel" Lopes is underrated?

2018-01-12 16:10

He is a decent player. No star player but we gonna see how he will perform soon after major.

2018-01-12 19:06

And what do you think about Sprout's innocent ? It's Kinda weird guy. And plz be honest. I know that Poorland is Swamp and Poorlacks are Racists except me

2018-01-12 22:41

I like him. In polish teams he wasn't very good but in Penta/Sprout he became pretty useful, good player.

2018-01-13 08:43

Yea he also lost to Virtus.Pro 16:0 at Mirage when G2 was Polish squad CPH Games 2015 did you know? And another Polish player (Ok he's German) tabseN that guy was really tough at Major . And it's my last question

2018-01-13 10:52

I knew it but it was long time ago. Tabsen is skilled, amazing player with top 20 potential but he needs better team.

2018-01-13 14:23

Thx. That's all . Ur nice Guy tho

2018-01-13 15:20

Ty M8. U2

2018-01-13 15:22

first. astralis top 1 now

Huh

Device counter-awp only ig

Hmmmm interesting but i don't think it will be viable.

LuL Astralis top 19 hltv confirmed

wtf leaks

Devveking is back

Lul, good job keeping that a secret guys... Would be next level bait by dupreeh though if fake

by this time they probably pracced against every team in the major which means they know it.

"But it is supposed to be a secret until the major" Whether other teams know already I don't know, I'm just going off what dupreeh said

Well Dupreeh has no clue what a secret is, if they're showing that stuff in praccs, as he said aswell

2018-01-11 22:32

no one practices against major teams xDDDDDDD

2018-01-12 03:37

Sprout was praccing with Faze so its confirmed

2018-01-12 07:41

Great decision

2018-01-11 22:20

lol astralis getting HLTV news for every single little announcement??? :D

It's the other way around.

2018-01-12 04:31

WOW. so good choise. GL dup! Now kick dev1ce and get k0nfig or Magisk

2018-01-11 22:22

No probs kick kjaeebye for konfig and if device get back to his vintage Rifler self then that's a scary team

2018-01-12 04:46

Kjaerbye > k0nfig device > k0nfig Xyp9x > k0nfig dupreeh > k0nfig gla1ve > k0nfig

2018-01-12 05:42

uhh why I mean sure try it out but it's weird

He used to be a top rifler you know, he should be comfortable with it and drupreeh is looking lit af

2018-01-11 22:40

It is kind of a secret, I am not sure when this will be published, but it is supposed to be a secret until the Major."

2018-01-11 22:21

this is an hltv news ? omfg.

Where are the guys on hltv that said: "Device #1 awper " ?

Who said that?

2018-01-12 00:06

kick lowbye and get jugi as main awp = problem solved

Wtf?

LUL on the other hand device is 10000x better with rifle...

LUL

2018-01-11 22:25

Wtf is the point of revealing this just before the major? Is he sabotaging his team? They should say that device is going to 100% AWP at the major and that would cause all the teams to prepare for device and not for dupreeh. What an idiotic move.

Its all a bait

Next level tactics making teams study Dupreeh only for it to be Device main AWP at the major. Could be an interesting move definitely want to find out when major starts.

Dupreeeh is actually decent at awping and you saw it at blast. The guy is good with it.

and device with rifle 10/10

Please + Dennis then PLS

Next news: pasha will go to gym tomorrow

ez major

Next level bait, guys

lol ez for Dupreeeh

OMG BEST CHANGE. Astralis will 100% win the major now! Dev1ce is a much better rifler IMO and Dupreeh was insane on the awp last time we saw him.!!! I think dev1ce isn't that great with the awp, its just that hes put into really good position to get easy kills, but he still misses some easy shots a lot. With Duoreeh's star awping ability, and dev1ces already great rifling and now he will be 100% rifling, AStralis will get rid of all their inconsistencies.

this will be really interesting +1

Interesting. I think it will turn out nicely.

Very cool, lets get another Major win boys!

GODPreeh > BOTvice on awp confirmed

Hmmm interesting, been a while since device has mained rifling, although he could consider switching to secondary AWPer whenever necessary

2018-01-11 22:34

Nice one Astralis, now -dev1ce +dennis

"I am not sure when this will be published, but it is supposed to be a secret until the Major." rip secret xDDDd

2018-01-11 22:35

Until the major Major starts in 18 hours rip brain xDDDd

2018-01-11 22:45

no, it doesn't, it's the major main qualifier, astralis will play first game 19-20th it's okay, at least you tried to be smart :)

2018-01-11 22:47

its a double fake, danish mind tricks

2018-01-12 02:00

great move

Interesting!

I mean IT could be interesting to see them switch Up the roles from match to match depending in the opponent. You could have more strutcered strats around device and Maybe some more loose strats. But defiently like the idea og device on the rifle agian.

>supposed to be a secret until major >hltv leaks it gg

The major is starting in a day wtf are you talking about

the qualifier you mean?

2018-01-11 23:48

"Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen's answer to 1tap, a Danish podcast, on the subject:" >Peter "duphreeh" Rasmussen leaks it

2018-01-12 00:55

enough reason to kick him

2018-01-12 01:25

Lol. Good one.

2018-01-12 04:34

Honorary Leaking TV

2018-01-12 04:35

nice secret

why is this news? danish website disgusting corruption

news in 2021: "device and his girlfriend emilia hult marriage: best photos from wedding"

2018-01-12 00:50

Astralis top 1 inc

2018-01-11 22:48

curious how this will work out

2018-01-11 22:49

So device will rape everyone with awp on major, nice

2018-01-11 22:50

lol

dupreeh top 1 2018 inc

2018-01-11 22:53

-device +k0nfig

2018-01-11 22:55

Good move.

2018-01-11 22:58

Move Taz to awp and vp wins the major

2018-01-11 23:02

This might work, device's rifle is much better than his awp. On the other hand, it might backfire since dupreeh's role change will require a big change in the team's dynamic

2018-01-11 23:03

Strategical bait... or not.

2018-01-11 23:04

Very nice secret. You can trust me Dupreeh, I won't tell any1.

Thank God, FalleN won't be owned by an awper at Overpass in Majors anymore!

2018-01-11 23:12

2018-01-12 00:11

Is dupreeh trolling us all?

2018-01-11 23:14

such news much important

thats a good move its not about Dupreeh being better awper than devve is about devve being one of the best rifler and clutcher of the game

2018-01-11 23:17

Damn... now I'm afraid for SK. Because dupreeh played waaaaay better with the awp when device was out. Now I really think the big battle of the year will be SK vs Astralis, not SK vs FaZe.

2018-01-11 23:18

But fallen said his hardest oponents are device and kennys with awp.

2018-01-11 23:37

What a 200 IQ play. Teams will study Dupreehs last few events with awp. working on his angles and positioning, then he will go back to lurk and dev1ce will awp anyways for the major. Genius.

2018-01-11 23:20

astralis will get f'cked by dupreehs cockiness

2018-01-11 23:21

Finally! Now eco and exit fragger BOT device will play only with p90 because it is good weapon for lowskilled noobs like him.

2018-01-11 23:25

you never get bored?

2018-01-11 23:39

+1 device's biggest hater on hltv lol

2018-01-12 04:09

Well this team will be kind of bad moving forward then.

2018-01-11 23:33

byali please new AWPer of VP

i dont buy it and neither should rival teams

Device now is the main Negev

2018-01-11 23:41

nice, now they can kick dev1ce for a better player

2018-01-11 23:44

So what's happened to device? What was the illness?

ez for dupreeeh

2018-01-11 23:52

Wtf? Interesting change

Dupreeh is one of the best rifle-players on the planet. A very controversial move indeed as we know how good Device can be with the AWP, but he has shown he can AWP very well - we shall see what this move does for Astralis. Frankly I don't like it, but change is always necessary to succeed in some cases.

hltv leaking strats lol

100% fake news

2018-01-12 00:01

Either it's bait, or I don't think it's gonna last long. We'll see...

2018-01-12 00:07

-device +konfig

2018-01-12 00:13

Do you guys remember Device was rated 3rd best player of 2015 by HLTV when he was a rifler

2018-01-12 00:16

I don't think dupreeh would make the top 20 using the AWP tho. I mean they'll lose such a good entry fragger, and device is a great AWPer, he has potential to be the best in the world. Doesn't make too much sense to me, let's wait for the major

2018-01-12 00:19

They've lost it long time ago when he changed to lurker so they could fit Kjaerbye as Entry.

2018-01-12 00:52

Weird, device is so consistent with the AWP. He'll be the 2nd best AWP of the year in fact. He's probably baiting and device will AWP the whole major lul

2018-01-12 00:17

"[device being ill] resulted in me being the AWPer now, and it will continue full-time. It is kind of a secret, I am not sure when this will be published, but it is supposed to be a secret until the Major." > It is kind of a secret > States it in an interview WTF

2018-01-12 00:20

lmao

This could be a needed change for them. They have been having issues under their old system and perhaps they ran out of ideas and needed something new to freshen things up and motivate everyone. I wouldn't be surprised if we see a really invigorated and dangerous Astralis at the major. But, it could also fail miserably! I look forward to this major!

2018-01-12 00:53

yeah, now we all know their secret.

-device +jugi!

2018-01-12 00:47

dupreh sucks omg rip major

2018-01-12 00:49

wth, are these astralis gossipy tidbits part of an ad campaign? all their players have to do to have an hltv news article written about them is pass a bit too much gas thru their bowels

2018-01-12 00:51

ez pez big mistake

2018-01-12 01:08

why??? device is god w/ awp, dupreeh is decent

device definitely isn't a god with the awp, he's a much better rifler

2018-01-12 01:18

very interesting

2018-01-12 01:17

This is a joke right? dev1ce is one of the best AWPer in the world, just because dupreeh had some good AWP plays during dev1ce's injuring, doesn't mean he has to change to be the main AWP for Astralis...

2018-01-12 01:37

I don't think Dupreeh is good enough with the Awp to compete the top awpers like guardian, kennys, fallen.. I mean Dupreeh is a very important part of astralis rifle ability, this is gonna go wrong for sure

2018-01-12 01:44

Evereyone has to start somewhere and what i have seen him do with the awp so far is good. No he's not like Fallen etc but give it time. it reminds me of pimp taking the awp roll in Team Dignitas (2015 i think that was)

2018-01-12 08:26

dev1ce is also good with rifle

2018-01-12 09:58

LUL NO MORE BORING ASSTRALIS STRATS

2018-01-12 02:55

Maybe device will learn now how to get kills without baiting and exit fraggs

2018-01-12 02:56

0 - 3

2018-01-12 03:18

NOOOOOOOOO. Please don't do it dupreeh! I don't wanna see what happened at Blast against SK happening again! That was some sick/lucky shots I've ever seen.

lul i said this would happen and hltv kids said i was retarded :)

2018-01-12 04:18

Ez major

2018-01-12 04:28

LOL

2018-01-12 04:57

Dupreeh is the smarter player/awper, maybe they are trying to make him like FalleN.

Right decision

2018-01-12 05:21

wow such news nothing more to post or what?

".. but it is supposed to be a secret until the Major." yeah right

2018-01-12 05:29

so why post it now wtf

2018-01-12 06:03

To me part of the reasons why Astralis are strong is cuz the fact that Dev1ce does not require an awp in every single round as he can easily play a rifle to reach his full power as well. This gives Astralis so much flexibility in terms of team money. Now it's just gone.

2018-01-12 06:10

LMAO DUPREEH THINKS HES GOOD

2018-01-12 06:25

Astralis top 1 confirmed hltv

2018-01-12 07:09

I actually rly liked his playstyle when he was lurking back in the days

2018-01-12 07:14

Could win them the major. Could just as well bomb them out in groups. Y U DO DIS to my nerves

2018-01-12 07:34

They are probaly adapt new meta like sk gaming..dont get me wrong we know fallen r awper but u can see many game the suprise factor like sk was losing all game on inferno so sometimes cold go awp while fallen on rifle..thats not double awp...enemy think 1 awp in game its for fallen but sometimes sk suprise enemy with those suprise changes...aust just realize they cant one guy 100% awp...sometimes u can change awp player to make fuss on enemy and take advatage of it...the big problem how many players can easly play like 100% awp and rifle....i could say fallen can b like 100awp and 80 rifle....normaly awp was like 100 and 40rifle...the only one i know who can handle well rifles while b awper was guardian...and betewn guardian and fallen on rifle fallen was better...duprehh probaly will try to b the new suprise factor...like cold ..cold was like 100rifle and 95 awp for my personal opnion

intresting decision

2018-01-12 08:15

xD just keep him as secondary awper, too flashy. device most consistent

2018-01-12 09:07

Sounds like a dumb decision considering device is one of the best awpers in the world and such a stable part of their team aswell as having specific maps like overpass and train where his awping is a huge factor in their victories. Dupreeh being the secondary awper would make sense but this decision seems a bit weird.

2018-01-12 09:11

Im not sure this is the right call. Device was amazing most of 2017.

2018-01-12 09:35

AWPeter

2018-01-12 09:48

honestly I don't think astralis can win the major without a strong showing from device on the awp and It now seems even less likely that that will happen

2018-01-12 11:02

now the question is, will they kick him like they did the previous AWPers?

2018-01-12 11:08

Very dissapointed from you guys on HLTV. Did you guys really needed that news out? Respect the players, he said he wanted it to be a secret ... i'll only go on liquipedia from now on

2018-01-12 11:11

Can understand why. His two epic clutch rounds vs SK at Blast Pro Series shows what he can do and it was one of the most awesome moments of 2017, I'd say. And if dev1ce doesn't want to do it...

2018-01-12 11:32

That's for the best. device may be a great AWPer, but he's even better as a rifler, his TSM days confirms that. Astralis finally have a reason not to kick dupreeh, he was insane against SK, best clutch I've seen in 2017 hands down

2018-01-12 11:53

If anyone should have been kicked based on 2017, its kjærbye. :) But i agree with the rest! :D

2018-01-12 13:49

You said it man...

2018-01-12 15:44

Ok this gonna be interesting

2018-01-12 12:29

tsm 2015

2018-01-12 12:46

I'm not sure if this is the correct move for them. dev1ce is a monster, obviously take time to be in form, but everyone knows what he is capable to do

2018-01-12 13:10

This will be very interessting. If it works out ideally, kjærbye will be inspired to get a new position, device has allways been crazy with rifles, and dupreeh allready showed potential. This could be amazing.

2018-01-12 13:48

what

2018-01-12 15:19

twitch.tv/videos/204439931 ezzzz

2018-01-12 15:41

" I am not sure when this will be published, but it is supposed to be a secret until the Major" rofl hltv

2018-01-12 16:20

welcome to another major choke

2018-01-12 16:42