device back to the AWP role for Astralis

27/1/2018 - 16:12

Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen's period as Astralis' main AWPer ended up being a short one as the sniper will be handed back to Nicolai "device" Reedtz, the team revealed.

The switch comes as a direct result of a disappointing ELEAGUE Major Boston showing, which Astralis ended with a 1-3 record, only defeating their Danish rivals North. In the three other matches, which Astralis lost to MOUZ, fnatic and Cloud9, the Danes won a total of only 16 rounds.

device will once again be the main AWP for Astralis

The Danish television channel TV2 ZULU secured the rights to broadcast the playoffs of the Major in Denmark, and in connection with the show, Peter "⁠dupreeh⁠" Rasmussen revealed that Astralis will go back to their old roles:

"The biggest change [we will introduce] is the change in roles we spoke about. Moving forward, we will go back to me playing with the rifle and device playing with the AWP."

Even though the AWP was somewhat shared between Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz and dupreeh at the Major, the latter secured 30 kills with it, 19 of them being versus North, while device got just 16 kills with the sniper.

With preparations for the busy schedule already underway, the big green gun will be in device's hands once again. The team's first upcoming LAN event is StarSeries i-League Season 4, but the role swap will be seen in action before that, in the online season of ESL Pro League that kicks-off after the Major.

mom

2018-01-27 16:13

42 replies

shame about their run at the major

35 replies

yeah sucks

12 replies

Thanks GOd. Dupreeh is only good with AWP but Device is a monster.

2018-01-27 16:22

11 replies

at least they noticed

2018-01-27 16:24

5 replies

hey lets try out something new for the biggest tournament in the year.....

2018-01-27 17:17

4 replies

finally they came to their senses

2018-01-27 17:19

3 replies

Why is this on the news section tho?

2018-01-27 19:14

2 replies

Cause’ it’s news?

2018-01-29 12:30

1 reply

So every little role change is(or must be) on the news section? Who cares about these washed up chokers tbh? They are done This is here only because of danish hltv admins

2018-01-29 13:54

But device is sick at rifle aswell, tobad.

2018-01-27 16:55

clearly, device need to back at riffle, maybe +mertz but -who ?

2018-01-27 19:26

Kjaerbye?

2018-01-27 20:23

y i'm agree, very inconsistent

2018-01-27 21:29

mertz = budget cl0wnfig

2018-01-28 06:53

this won't help them

2018-01-27 16:14

14 replies

Russian scene tho.

2018-01-27 19:59

13 replies

6 Russians in The playoffs vs 1 Dane, top kek

2018-01-27 20:11

haha funny how you are talking, scrubby traitor pole switching sides just because shitty vp hasnt done shit for ages.

2018-01-27 20:14

Lul howmad r u poor dane xD I've never liked VP but nt)))

2018-01-27 21:28

polish third worlder says im poor, thats comedy at is best xD

2018-01-28 14:30

At it's best* I meant intellectual poverty, as money doesn't matter. As I can see, you're a pretty big retard. Cry some more KEK

2018-01-28 14:54

yes thats what i thought, stay quiet you fucking coward.

2018-01-27 20:22

6 replies

If danish people are poor it is because we were forced to pay for polish development through eu. Thats why you are online right now..... thank you Denmark :((((

2018-01-27 22:22

XDDD i was not reffering to money, retarded Dane. Now go cry over your Astralis and North LUL

2018-01-28 00:06

Well - I indeed was refering to money...it should make you wonder ;) But since you are here.... you are right about danish teams atm. A question: What about AOG will they outclass VP anytime soon?

2018-01-28 09:14

Polish scene is pretty shit, even if AGO outclasses VP they will both still be irrelevant on the world CS scene kek

2018-01-28 09:42

OK thanks and gghf regarding todays final :)

2018-01-28 14:36

2018-01-27 22:15

Yeah - such a shame. They should give it more time with the new setup IMO.

2018-01-27 16:16

It definitely works better with dev1ce on the AWP but I want to see them explore the double AWP more.

2018-01-27 16:52

Just remember that everyone doubted device when they made him the main awper. However i do agree that its a waste of talent to make device a rifler/secondary awper. But I also understand why device would prefer rifleing to fulfill his ambition to become the best player of 2018.

2018-01-27 18:42

Device doesn´t need to rifle to be the number one, dude. He and Astralis need more titles.

2018-01-27 18:51

I know that but with his awping style i do think that it'd be esser for him with a rifle. Hopefully his illness won't prevent him from sealing the deal this year in late tournament runs.

2018-01-27 19:07

He’s great with the AWP but better with a rifle. I’d really love to see snax plugged into this team but you’d have to -glave and he’s igl so idk

2018-01-27 19:54

I think before thinking about being the best player, you gotta look for what is best for your team

2018-01-27 20:19

THANK EVERYBODY ESPECIALLY MY MOM

np son Have a nice day! -VeryNiceGuy

what the fuck mom since when do I have a brother??????

Thank you, you are a VeryNiceGuy

2018-01-27 20:13

WAIT WUT

not expected after they lose a major spot. nt dupreeh

2018-01-27 18:14

nice

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TV ZULU? What the fuck is this Denmark?? You are turning into Sweden... Do you have TV ISLAM as well ???

2018-01-27 17:26

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It's just called TV Zulu because the logo is that of an African Zulu warrior. It has nothing to do with islam or muslims. neither is it a religious channel. Mostly comedy actually.

2018-01-27 17:58

Africans are taking over your country and TV stations now? just like in Sweden.

2018-01-27 21:27

omegalul

2018-01-27 21:42

Name does'nt check out.

2018-01-27 18:03

doesn't*

2018-01-27 18:04

Thank you! :D

2018-01-27 18:05

The name is a parody. Hence the spelling mistake in "intellEgent".

2018-01-27 21:26

Lmfao xD Never thought about the name, in a racist way.

2018-01-27 20:26

finally

Ya. Finally! Device is so good with it. Good that he's back.

2018-01-27 16:30

#expected

zulu

fuck almost the first

Expected

too late bro)

obviously

Its better for everyone. No idea why they didnt choose another tournament to test this.

Yeah I agree with you, I think they were overrating dupreeh as as an awper bc of blast

2018-01-27 16:34

lets try something new at the most important tournament of the year, nice going astralis.

Still overrated

#5 Lad

2018-01-27 17:54

Yeah i guess those insane consistent numbers he puts up are just pure luck

2018-01-27 17:57

eco frags

2018-01-27 18:39

Do you have any evidence supporting your claim?

2018-01-27 18:45

vods

2018-01-27 18:50

Oh.. U mean the exact same evidence used by experts?

2018-01-27 19:04

who experts? bhorin?

2018-01-27 19:05

All analyst, all casters, all notable counter-strike figures, including thorin

2018-01-27 19:09

derjite v kurse

Thank you

Still trash

Lul nt

Plz Just kick dev1ce and bring in dennis or kick shaekerbye and keep dev1ce

Parkinsonsbye

2018-01-27 16:17

+1 good one

2018-01-27 16:18

Michael k"J"aerbye Fox

>5th best player in the world >"Please kick him" L o g i c Also if they got Dennis they'd have to switch to communicating in English which none of them want to do.

2018-01-27 19:28

ez4devve

Nice

expected Have a nice day! -VeryNiceGuy

cuck

2018-01-27 16:19

shut up hitler dobrydzien -DobryDzienZycze

2018-01-27 16:23

reported for racism Have a nice day! -VeryNiceGuy

he can't have a nice day after being reported

2018-01-27 18:21

hitler calling ppl rac ist. ironic.

2018-01-28 01:23

saver and baiter is back oh yeaa

You talking about fox? lmfao

2018-01-27 17:55

NICE

lul nt

not going to change anything

thanks god

that didn't last long

Who cares.

I do

2018-01-27 18:46

and \

He's garbage.

Expected I guess?

ibp did match-fixing

2018-01-27 18:43

LUL

what a surprise never thought this would happen after dupreeh missed 99% of his 'flicks'

Dupreeh misses 99% of his flicks, while device misses 100% of his flicks

Do u have any evidence supporting your claim?

Dev1ce doesn't flick at all

2018-01-27 18:47

Just more words.. Im disappointed now.

2018-01-27 19:03

Are you retarded ? Hes the better KennyS

2018-01-27 19:18

FalleN >

LOL HAHAHA Before the major duppreh awp main for astralis after the major, device main awp for astralis

Looooool. Expected. The eleague slap was tight lul

too late

No fucking shit

noice

2018-01-27 16:15

kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

hahaahahha "new exuse again from Astralis" they lost cuz device didnt AWP. And if they winned whole game, then it would be like "dupreeh AWPing helped as alot to win the major" Jesus christ who cares about this news? srsly hltv?

Why comment if you don't care? If it doesn't interest you, just stay away.

2018-01-27 20:42

because im tired of exuses nothing more, not hating tho :)

2018-01-27 21:31

I don't see any excuses anywhere?

2018-01-28 01:32

just ignore him. thanks me later

I think they finally got their brains back from dr.megaclaus.

Who cares ? Still overrated...

Overrated wutttt????

2018-01-27 16:21

5th best player in big events in 2017, totally overrated , inb4 the shitty "exit/ego frags" excuse.

2018-01-27 17:07

OK I'll be honest here I just hate his luck sometimes and I wish I could punch his face with kjaerby's one... He look like the typical spoiled daddy's son :D

2018-01-27 17:11

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and that is what makes you a typical hltv kid.

2018-01-27 17:37

I guess even we adults keep a little kid parts ;)

2018-01-27 17:52

What we call luck is actually just a great timer inside the players head.

2018-01-27 18:38

I agree haha I just hate the guy dunno why :)

2018-01-27 18:44

Just like i dislike karrigan i suppose.

2018-01-27 18:48

His dad left them when he was a small kid

2018-01-28 14:52

It won't make me like him more ^^

2018-01-28 21:34

If everyone says he is overrated, he isn't really overrated.

2018-01-27 17:59

True ;)

Ok, but afetr major ?

I dont know why they wanted to try device rifler, dupreeh awp in a major.. you know, major is not a random tournament to test it

Dupreeh's AWPing was working well guess it's just gla1ve that couldn't create a system where both dupreeh and device would feel comfortable to play in

who cares

so you can get out of here

2018-01-27 16:20

i dont call any kebabs gtfo

okay dimitry keep calm and give me some vodka

Nobody asked for your opinion either

2018-01-28 06:38

LOOOL

who cares stop posting this sh1t

+1 players in some team switch roles and BOOM there's an official article about it on HLTV, dafuq?

2018-01-27 18:41

"Fallen will no longer awp for Sk" and i bet that you'd be something like "Some guy in a team switch role"

yes, wouldn't be newsworthy

2018-01-27 18:55

You're braindead

2018-01-27 19:08

Then you probably should find some other news media than HLTV... ;)

2018-01-27 20:45

ok good

I don't think this is worth a news

Yet it has 180 comments. People seem interested enough.

2018-01-27 18:00

give xyp the awp

What about gla1ve main awp and xyp 2nd awp

2018-01-27 18:01

I just think that xyp9x is the most overall stable player on the team in every kind of scenario. Imo that is why he should be the AWPER because u need someone to rely on all the all time. (AND I remember devvek1ng on the rifles, he is absolutly a sick beast)

2018-01-27 18:17

But gla1ve as main awp would be brilliant for astralis

2018-01-27 18:18

Nah, both gla1ve and dupreeh is wild riflers, so I wouldnt give the awp to one of them. If they should make the change, I would bet on xyp, but unfortunatly I dont think Astralis will ever run the risk again after last performance.

2018-01-27 18:22

You haven't seen gla1ves awping it seems... He is crazy good with that shit

I've seen him once or twice on the awp i think but dont really remember how he did.

2018-01-27 18:52

He is god with awp, better than fallen or kennys

2018-01-27 20:33

You clearly haven't seen how good this guy can be with awp youtube.com/watch?v=3g_m8BwbXaw youtube.com/watch?v=vijrxlPvj7g

2018-01-27 20:39

dupreeh was so excited about awping lmao device's an evil dictator

who car3s you can play awp at home hhahahaha

news: gla1ve next awper XD

Gla1ve is very weak, the worst player of the astralis.

Actually Gla1ve would awp better than fallen or kennys I would also like to see xyp9x as secondary awp in astralis

I just remember that period where every single member tried secondary awping in official matches.

2018-01-27 18:53

Yes lol

2018-01-27 20:47

In the next news, device changed his xhair's gap to -2!!!

ROFL you are damn right xD

not going to fix anything

nobody cares

Should have been it from the start. If it aint broke don't fix it.

Device is more broken than emilia hult after znajder and fnx and all the other 1000000 guys shes been with

Too late

the eco and exit fragger is back. he can't awp for sake lul

but hes better with awp than dupreeh anyway

lol nobody cares

No shit... Dupreeh just had one good tournament with the awp and they made it Primary Awper that was stupid

You are right dupreeh sucks Astralis should have gla1ve as main awp and xyp9x as secondary awp

2018-01-27 18:08

Can't tell if you're sarcastic LUL Never said that he sucks tho ?

Honestly gla1ve with awp is as good as kennys and fallen Xyp9x 2nd awp for extra power

2018-01-27 18:20

Lol really ? I still can't tell if it's a bait or not '-'

gla1ve with awp is as good as kennys and fallen REALLY HARD TO TELL THE BAIT LUL

2018-01-27 18:23

We never know LUL

In what world can you imagine gla1ve > kennys and fallen?

People are actually crazy in here so... In their world :D

This "team"... Most excuses in history for everything xD scared to compete after major, tired, emilia hult, eco fragger device, just stop these pathetic excuses already

OMEGALUL

retire already...

Pha

Who cares retire fast and go fuck emilia hult daily

who tf cares about whos playing an awp there? WTF

and why this is news? biased hltv

LETS GO BLYAT

kkkkkkkkkk gl!

TOO LATE K:D

LUL got rekt in the Major realize Dupreeh just got a lucky day with the AWP.

doesnt matter who uses the awp in astralis as long as they keep losing 100% of their pistolrounds they will keep dropping in ranks -kjaerbot +dennis

r.i.p now they will lose every match Just kick dev1ce and put jugi

2018-01-27 16:25

And yet jugi chokes in tier 2 offline events

2018-01-27 16:28

Just drop him

like they didnt play standard setup on their matches in groupstage, device was awping and dupreeh rifling, and sometimes they both awp. so what was the point in this news

Excuses as per usual

yep

2018-01-27 16:31

lul

Who?

2018-01-27 16:26

who cares he is the most overrated player ever touched csgo he will go down this year and astralis will disband

2018-01-27 16:27

OMG here we go again -VerySexyGay

Lol Danish cucks. One team changes the coach and another changes the roles. Too afraid to kick players it seems. Good for their adversaries!

Astralis have no need to change players? If all teams would change players when they have 1 bad event there would be roster changes constantly. I would however like to see a shuffle between north and heroic.

2018-01-27 16:32

2018-01-27 20:50

during

Rofl

2018-01-27 16:29

Sad that it didn't work out. Wanted to see some more of a rifling device

Same.

They should give it more time

2018-01-27 20:52

wow

tier1 news nice

2018-01-27 16:35

no1 cares

to late

2018-01-27 16:36

Okaaaay, but this will change nothing

2018-01-27 16:41

Thank god. Dupreeh was dog shit with it.

2018-01-27 16:42

They didn't even try to make it work lol Pussies played like ass and try to blame it on this, but there is far more wrong than this

Well that didn't last long

2018-01-27 16:45

lol

2018-01-27 16:47

This guy cant stop running his mouth everywhere he goes, no element of surprise ffs

lOl

2018-01-27 16:48

Good choice, device is the much better awper

2018-01-27 16:50

The most useless and impactless awper back in business lmao. Saving awp in every round and waiting for easy exit frags inc.

2018-01-27 16:53

2018-01-27 16:54

they threw the major, confirmed :D

2018-01-27 16:56

newsworthy ?_?

2018-01-27 16:58

WHO CARES LMAO?????

2018-01-27 17:00

*astralis change roles* HLTV: made a notice about this

2018-01-27 17:01

I love how this got an official HLTV thread rofl

2018-01-27 17:05

Just like boltz i suppose.

2018-01-27 18:56

well, that went well

Was looking forward to see Device playing with rifle. :/

expected

2018-01-27 17:08

oh wow, what an exciting news. who cares? id like to see news for teams getting banned for fixing/throwing

chokevice again hahahaha

tomorrow never comes until its too late.

2018-01-27 17:16

wow the most important news in 2018, n1 hltv-dk.org

2018-01-27 17:18

-awp on device +awp on device I like new coach

They have the same coach as they had 2 years ago?

2018-01-27 18:57

like who the fuck cares?

Hope they will continue suck after this

2018-01-27 17:20

who?

2018-01-27 17:27

Correct decision

2018-01-27 17:28

this is newsworthy? lol

2018-01-27 17:30

good decision, great AWPer

2018-01-27 17:42

Who

2018-01-27 17:46

ikr

"Roses are red, Molotovs are hot, Device is an AWPer, His girlfriend's a thot" _gla1ve 2k18

2018-01-27 17:50

Weird, why so soon? They could have tried this for a few months at the very least.

It would be interesting to see but I do think that it would be a waste of talent since device is a great awper and Dupreeh is great at both lurking and entryfragging

2018-01-27 18:59

why that deserve a news on front page?

what kind of a question is that

They're tier1 team, so they deserve.

2018-01-27 18:11

tier1 teams playing in Eleague playoffs

Savage

2018-01-27 20:10

It's funny how Astralis awp role is news on HLTV again hahaha

I dont know why they changed it

2018-01-27 18:07

2018-01-27 18:09

big news

very interesting news thx hltv

2018-01-27 18:16

expected ZULUL

This isnt news worthy..

+999999999999999999999

Zzz dev1ce is good awper?

How the fuck is this news?!? SAD HLTV CNN LEVEL OF SAD

sick shit

2018-01-27 18:19

Don't even know why they tried to change. He's really consistent and has always been between the 3 best AWPers in the world. And dupreeh is one of the best entry fraggers with the AK. Such a bad major performance by Astralis

I agree like it was a change they didnt need probably especially right before a major, anyways maybe they can do better in the next one

2018-01-27 19:29

Who cares? Seriously hltv, that's news?

2018-01-27 18:24

loled hard

Good Job

2018-01-27 18:27

intresting... there is a difference between a quality news and a tier 2 news LMAO but now sireously, we dont care

yeah lets just face it they fucked up at major, i dont want to point out whos to blade here but we can only wonder how it would be if device was on awp from the begining of the major.

Probably somewhat the same outcome because of the 100% pistol round loss in group stage.

2018-01-27 19:02

well i dont know about that, maybe different midnset would result with different outcome.

2018-01-27 20:02

who? oh that team that went out 1-3

So fucking stupid to change roles at a Major.. Stop fixing something that AINT BROKEN

hahaha

nt dupreeh

2018-01-27 19:22

omg Astralis need to bait and make fake announcement to get any recognition. pathetic team. expected from denmark

thanks

that was quick.

2018-01-27 19:31

Article needs to have an actual content

2018-01-27 19:32

Who cares. They are shit.

2018-01-27 19:34

Nobody cares... Astralis is over.

2018-01-27 19:36

make astralis great again

you can really tell hltv is danish a danish player farts and they write up a news story about it

2018-01-27 20:06

exactly lol.... E X A C T L Y..... who the fuck cares about that? That deserve to be a news story??

2018-01-27 20:12

that's why they really love favelas in hltv rankings right

2018-01-28 14:56

GLA1VE: "IF WE HAD DEVICE AT BLAST, I REALLY BELIEVE WE WOULD'VE WON THE WHOLE TOURNAMENT"

Probably for the better lul

It’s hilarious that this is even a news article. Like what’s next? Niko steps down from the deagle? The only thing more pointless in the headlines are female teams

2018-01-27 20:44