es3tag, Bubzkji to debut for Astralis in ESL One Cologne

13/8/2020 - 11:00

The Danish outfit's latest recruits will make their first appearance for the team on Tuesday against fnatic.

Astralis have confirmed their starting lineup for their next tournament, ESL One Cologne's European division. Patrick "⁠es3tag⁠" Hansen and Lucas "⁠Bubzkji⁠" Andersen will be making their debut for the Danish giants, who will be led by Emil "⁠Magisk⁠" Reif in the $325,000 online tournament.

es3tag joined Astralis on a free transfer on July 1 following the expiry of his contract with Heroic. ESL One Cologne will be his first tournament since March after he spent the final months of his Heroic contract on the bench. Bubzkji was signed later that month for an undisclosed fee from MAD Lions, who had moved the player to the bench before the break.

es3tag will play his first official match in five months

The announcement of Astralis' starting lineup comes as little surprise after Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander announced that he would be sitting out the tournament, which will run from August 18-30. He and Andreas "⁠Xyp9x⁠" Højsleth have been out on medical leave after complaining of burnout symptoms, with the Danish in-game leader understood to be ahead of his teammate in the recovery process.

Astralis will take on fnatic in their first match in ESL One Cologne's Group B, scheduled for Tuesday at 18:30 . The double-elimination group also includes Vitality, Heretics, FaZe, Heroic, G2 and MIBR.

The Danish team will compete in the ESL tournament with:

Emil "⁠Magisk⁠" Reif
Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz
Peter "⁠dupreeh⁠" Rasmussen
Patrick "⁠es3tag⁠" Hansen
Lucas "⁠Bubzkji⁠" Andersen

Astralis will never win an ESL event, lmao.

2020-08-13 11:01

Lmao they won ESL One: RtR?

2020-08-13 11:12

it's a qualifier nt

2020-08-13 11:13

qualifier or not, it's an esl event nt

2020-08-13 11:17

youtube.com/watch?v=eqKc619r8Mo _ESL_ Pro League

2020-08-13 11:40

he meant ESL One event

2020-08-13 11:41

Esl one road to rio wasnt a qualifier It was an esl one event Just like cs-summit6 and the upcoming iem newyork they are not just qualifiers

2020-08-13 12:16

It's like Minor but not main events

2020-08-13 12:26

Dude but does it matter if it's a minor of sorts? It's an ESL One event and that's what matters. Moreover the guy didn't specify ESL One anyway. So #64 is right.

2020-08-13 13:24

yes it matters he meant ESL One

2020-08-13 13:25

Facts don't care for opinions. You unfortunately are falling into the latter half, friend.

2020-08-13 14:36

Reply needs to have actual content

2020-08-13 13:42

then TIGER won an ESL One event

2020-08-13 13:43

wanted to delete my comment because its useless. But okay. Yes they did. I don't care what you want it to be but it was officially classed as a ESL One event, so whatever you want to believe does not really matter.

2020-08-13 13:45

LUL

Still no ESL One xd twitter.com/gla1ve_csgo/status/117845850..

2020-08-13 11:16

??? hltv.org/events/5277/esl-one-road-to-rio..

2020-08-13 11:21

You get trophy from qualifier in india?

since when have qualifiers had $100k prize pools lmao

2020-08-13 13:48

There were qualifiers with prizepool before, not 100K but i havent seen one with a trophy before

2020-08-13 13:51

If it's just a qualifier then no, if it's a qualifier as well as a tournament with big prize pool then yes

100K for winner wasnt big prizepool, not even for 2014 standards.

2020-08-13 14:09

They’ve won ESL Pro League 2 lol

2020-08-14 07:39

EZ FOR PATRICKHEROGOD

2020-08-13 11:00

elite-smoker-3tag

2020-08-13 16:41

nice, gl bubzkji

Ez 4 them

Noooooo

2020-08-13 11:02

So ezz.... cologne win incoming cry more s0mple fans xaxxaxaxa

2020-08-13 11:19

ofc they will mald

2020-08-13 11:33

0/8

2020-08-13 11:48

2020-08-13 16:05

lmao , nice try

2020-08-14 17:04

2020-08-13 11:03

Ez lost for this lineup.

Ez grammar test fail for this guy

2020-08-13 12:25

ez4Bubzkji

2020-08-13 11:04

2020-08-13 11:05

Still top 1

If magisk in game leads the right way then we gettin that bread

2020-08-13 11:06

+1 we actually have a good lineup to cheer for this time

Wuuuut so jugi and snappi wasnt a lineup you could cheer for? XD Im excited to see es3tag been waiting since heard he was gonna join for this now just few days away

2020-08-13 12:34

Tbh nope it wasn't. I had some expectations but both of those guys are not even close to being good replacements from gla1ve and xyp9x. And tbh, neither are Bubz or Es3tag if you think about it but they are much better than Jugi and Snappi

2020-08-13 13:22

I agree nobody can replace xyp or glaive but I feel better bout this lineup than the last for sure

2020-08-13 14:23

No, it was not a team to cheer for. It was a temporary fuck up in a big caliber. But probably one of the smallest fuckups they could do during that time.

2020-08-13 16:42

For sure No doubt they wanted lekr0 tho instead of snappi (as stand in only) that would been cool to see tbh tho No offense to jugi but he wouldnt fit in that roster either

2020-08-13 18:40

Very tru

2020-08-14 17:15

Who 🚗🚗

2020-08-13 11:07

last place incoming

2020-08-13 11:09

Astralis will win! Grande Astralis!

2020-08-13 11:10

Magisk IGL?

2020-08-13 11:18

Yes

2020-08-13 12:44

<3 Good luck!

2020-08-13 11:29

Who's IGLing?

2020-08-13 11:31

magisk :D

bubzjki YOUNG LEGEND OF CS 4 majors

2020-08-13 11:38

same age as Magisk lol

2020-08-13 11:42

bubzkji NEVER LOSE ON MAJOR 4 majors winner

2020-08-13 11:44

strong team now no homo

On Tuesday you mean ? ESL One Cologne starts in Tuesday (the 18th) not Monday (the 17th) right ? Thanks

2020-08-13 11:50

You're right. THanks!

2020-08-13 13:09

very shitty lineup

2020-08-13 11:55

ez top 16 for Astralis

2020-08-13 12:08

+1 xd

2020-08-13 15:02

Sick

2020-08-13 12:13

your name is wrong :)

2020-08-13 12:27

and US uses the wrong metric system And electronic is skilled enough and has already proved what he has been doing for 2 years mens))

2020-08-13 12:43

ropz best rifler... nt tho and US the metric system of the GODs

2020-08-13 13:59

No , elec best Rating proves it i dont have to tell you tgat

2020-08-13 16:17

Ropz better

2020-08-13 17:49

Sad

2020-08-13 18:03

Great that Bubzkji plays, but es3tag just doesn't fit to this roster.

2020-08-13 12:19

expected LUL

2020-08-13 12:21

Navi fan omegalul

mad astralis fan lmao everyone expected this roster and astralis lied about 10man roster LUL keep crying i guess

2020-08-13 12:37

2020-08-13 14:00

I'm scared if they get good result

2020-08-13 12:24

without gla1ve they can't do shit, sorry

Tbf the lineup then was wierd lets see how this turns out its first with this team so I dont expect em to ez win but excited to see how they gonna play

es3tag will carry the bomb

2020-08-13 12:35

2020-08-13 12:41

you can see the frustration in device's and dupreeh's eyes

2020-08-13 12:56

Top 10 team

2020-08-13 13:23

#ToTheGround

2020-08-13 13:33

- fan of virtus pro Ok.

2020-08-13 14:53

Exits in groups.

2020-08-13 13:37

BIG still #1 AHAHAHAHAH Astralis #11 AHAHAHAHHAH

2020-08-13 14:11

sick firepower tbh

2020-08-13 14:55

Feel bad for Astralis. They are going to go down from top-20 eventually with this roster

2020-08-13 15:27

yes sir hope so

2020-08-13 15:55

lineup looks amazing on paper but we'll see how much not having gla1ve will impact them

2020-08-13 15:51

Liquid era INC But seriously either Xypnyx or Glaive or both is never playing for this team again. Bubzki signing the writing on the wall on that one.

2020-08-13 16:38

magisk igl lul.

2020-08-13 16:47

Wtf this danish site Why didn't they post the same for grim?

2020-08-13 18:29

Astralis is a circus

2020-08-13 19:02

Can hardly wait to see how they will perform with that lineup Miss gla1ve and Xyp9x though - come back stronger <3

2020-08-13 20:05

Yeah im excited to cant wait to see the boys in action again :)

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