gla1ve reclaims Astralis' IGL role

2/12/2020 - 16:24

The 25-year-old player will once again be calling the shots for the Danish team as Emil "⁠Magisk⁠" Reif passed on the responsibilities.

Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander announced that he is back to being the in-game leader of Astralis after a 2-0 victory over Liquid in DreamHack Masters Winter that eliminated the North Americans from the competition.

The player that led Astralis to four Major titles stepped down from the IGL position earlier this year, seeing Magisk take over the reins starting with ESL One: Road to Rio in April. Under his calling, Astralis won two tournaments and had a top-four finish, but the calling responsibilities are now back on gla1ve.

gla1ve is the IGL of Astralis once again

"It's true that I am back as the IGL, but it's pretty easy to be the IGL when my team is killing it", gla1ve wrote on Twitter after Astralis' win over Liquid.

Despite his in-game leader duties, Magisk continued putting up good individual performances, averaging a 1.08 rating over the last six months of play. Astralis' next challenge is another lower-bracket match in DreamHack Masters Winter, where they will play the loser of G2 - FURIA for a place in the playoffs.

(Disclaimer: HLTV.org and the Astralis Group)

interesting

2020-12-02 16:25

61 replies

he wasnt already? lol

55 replies

Magisk was igl almost whole online era

2020-12-02 16:27

49 replies

No point now, already roaster is washed Up

2020-12-02 16:28

48 replies

soon if they dont make good roster changes they will become 2nd fnatic

2020-12-02 16:29

8 replies

actually, they have bubzkji as a 6th so i don't think they need to change anything

2020-12-02 16:55

7 replies

they killed it .... this guy don't play and pretty sure he start to be rusty without officials games

2020-12-02 16:59

6 replies

DESTRUCTION WILL BEGIN +4 majors coming

2020-12-02 17:17

I don't think that astralis would let him become paycheck stealer, maybe he's working hard rn to join 1 squad one day

2020-12-02 18:25

4 replies

i hope

2020-12-02 18:39

Piking up bubzki was such a shitty move by Astralis now he's stuck on the bench unable to play officials and probably doesn't even get to scrim with the team. He is probably getting worse practice than the avg MDL team in NA

2020-12-02 20:18

2 replies

hahah your right. what is he doing in Astralis?

2020-12-03 16:11

1 reply

He's basically a healthy scratch if one of the core is getting burnt out (or just playing like shit). Back when they still had Es3tag and glaive was out. Glaive went on the HLTv confirmed podcast and essentially said Bubzki would have a better chance if he played less aggressively.

2020-12-03 23:39

? They won the past 3 majors and are still killing it and winning tournaments

Winning tournaments?

2020-12-02 16:33

And I quote from the article: "starting with ESL One: Road to Rio in April. Under his calling, Astralis won two tournaments..."

2020-12-02 16:36

3 replies

no one remember what were year ago, shit team with shit players.

2020-12-02 16:54

5/8 bait

2020-12-02 16:58

Nah its a 3/8 at best

2020-12-03 00:11

hltv.org/events/5372/esl-pro-league-seas..

2020-12-02 16:40

You didn't even have to prove it. People like him always have short term memory when it fits his agenda 🤣

2020-12-02 17:09

i was looking for a comment with some actual objectivity thank you 👍

2020-12-02 16:35

just like s0mple

2020-12-02 16:31

14 replies

No, just like rain

13 replies

Nah I agree with Firebox, s0mple will never win anything.

2020-12-02 16:37

12 replies

Though you're just trying to make him mad, this is kinda ridiculous, because 1 player doesn't win anyway, it's about the team. Flamie is washed up, s1mple literally hasn't dropped a beat since last year.

2020-12-02 17:00

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2020-12-02 17:32

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Ok. Have a nice day :)

2020-12-02 17:34

Same goes for ChoKo as well.

2020-12-03 02:58

but hes trying to do better and win a major?

2020-12-03 03:36

>Win a major All the teams in top 10 are trying to do that and there are no majors in online era.

2020-12-03 03:39

but corona isnt gonna stay forever tho

2020-12-03 03:40

stfu

2020-12-03 06:07

cry me a river

2020-12-03 06:28

fo jerman bish

2020-12-03 07:07

Ok cow worshipper

2020-12-03 07:19

Are you from Microsoft tech support?

2020-12-06 12:33

low education, law iq, a lot of crime in the country, your story says that you think negatively about other people because you yourself are losers in your country and in your story, what I write here is FACTS and not my opinion, you can google it all.

2020-12-02 17:48

Did he rekt your mom?

2020-12-02 17:52

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What you think it is is what you say, so the reason you talk about mother is because you are still a small child living at home with mother, you are so easy to read because you have a low iq.

2020-12-02 17:56

I can also say that you are russian or ukrine,,,,,another loser kid from a loser country...so easy to read,...

2020-12-02 17:59

he is an indian mens...but still fair point

2020-12-02 18:07

NOPE HE IS FAKE the kid id RUSSIAN/UKRAINE

2020-12-02 23:30

Dude any country in EU>3rd world India i think lol He isnt CIS

2020-12-03 09:16

Washed up? They have won 2 tournaments in the last few months! I agree that they aren’t dominating as they did last year, but I think it’s bit soon to call them washed up 😉.

2020-12-02 18:18

?? Content

2020-12-03 04:20

Not totally washed up. Though Xyp9s is quite rusty but he is getting back to his form.

2020-12-03 05:30

LOL, another HLTV user who thinks HLTV is a wish well, where you just write some untrue stuff, and voila, it becomes true. Astralis play the yo-yo with the rankings, and the string still isn't broke, unlike Liquids stringø.

2020-12-03 16:23

shhh your idol is a cheater team...

2020-12-05 23:07

You can barely go pro without cheats these days (minimum low FOV aimbot.), thx to Valve and their non-out-sourcing of anti-cheat. Valve will never ever ban a pro themselves unless caught by a third party. Something which everyone should realize. The pro's certainly have. Valve give graffiti instead of bans. Ccold & s1mple. S1mple shot on krimz was so blatant...aim shaking like mad, but still hits a no-scope 10m away. Looks like he might have pressed a mousekey with thumb, fucking up his grip. He also sometimes shakes like a madman himself immediately after shooting somone (triggerbot and the loud boom of an AWP.) It's kind of funny how the talk about cheats among pro's, analysts and alike completely ceased to exist 3-4 years ago. Not slowly, but very suddenly. It's like they all were told to STFU. I like astralis, I like dupreeh. But when he said he thought believed scene was clean, but might have been dirty in the past, I knew he was on the gear himself. But it's a level playing field. They are all practically allowed to cheat, even though they are theoretically forbidden. I like Cadian because of his persona.

2020-12-06 14:27

I think all pro players have cheated at some point, but if you cheat at the level you play today, and with that money you are snot stupid and a loser in my eyes, the reason I do not like Cadian (not personal, I do not know him) but that he and the team will not talk about that their coach has cheated against the best team in the world ASTRALIS just says that he might be hiding a lie, the DOG will not talk either, do you remember Bjarne Riis ,,,, he was a man who took responsibility. That the DOG is still on the team is suicide for the team, honesty, respect is gone. you also do not see Bjarne Riis come back on the team after he has been caught cheating ,,,, another thing is that ZULU has not spent much on asking Cadian ,,,, why ,,, Cadian and Andreas' Jern 'Thomsen is friends privately hahahhahah it's sick. If they had thrown the dog out, then there would be no pressure on them, now very many will not give them respect.

2020-12-06 19:07

I am of that conviction that many pro players wouldn't be good enough to be signed without cheats. Buying cheats is literally an investment which pays of immensely. Bjarne came back as manager, and a very very successful one. Hunden abused something which was already in the game, a bug so to speak. Buying a cheat (or creating it yourself if you are smart enough) is 100 times worse IMO, as you are literally altering the game itself, and not "just" finding a bug you abuse. Astralis used the smoke exploit, it's in the same division as spectator bug, as you are abusing a bug which wasn't intended to be abused. On top of that, Hunden has had so many players under his wings, who became what they are partially thanks to him, gla1ve being the top name in this regards. He is probably one of the best teachers of the game in the world, he came forward as one of the first to admit the abuse. Unlike others who went into complete denial. Danish TV CS.GO sucks (30fps). Dennis is good and Mads as host as well, but the rest are fucking thrash... I remember risc (or whatever his name is) saying that it is impossible to cheat at LAN. I asked him how he knew that (on stream), and if any TO ever physically opened up a mouse to get direct access to the onboard chip. He lied through his teeth, and said yes. Opening up the mouse is the only way to properly check a mouse. Doing less than that, only serves as PR stunt. He is merely trying to save his own skin, by saving the reputation of the game which gives him income now and then. This goes all the way around, and is the reason that no one getting income from CS.GO is reliable in the cheat discussion. "Who examines the doctor?" bubzkji also denied talking about Hunden in one of those youtube "underrated or overrated" clips. I think, and maybe they do too, that his punishment is ok, and we shouldn't punish him more than that. We also need him to raise more talents in the future :D

2020-12-06 23:21

I believe Magisk has been igl since ESL One Road to Rio

No, Magisk was IGL since Gla1ve went for the break I guess. So ESL RtR was IGL Gla1ve

2020-12-02 16:45

I believe Gla1ve said in HLTV Confirmed that Magisk already started that early but it wasn't officially announced

2020-12-02 16:48

he took over once gla1ve left and kept the role after gla1ve returned to let him get back the feel of the game. :-)

2020-12-02 16:26

win of dreamhack for GOATSTRALIS :D

cockumber YEP

YEP men))

GOAT IGL IS BACK

gla1ve top1 IGL

Yo les noobs, Astralis era is back.

YEA BABY

2020-12-02 16:39

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2020-12-02 22:14

2020-12-03 03:25

Rip

wtf men w11 is best f1 car

but ruined vp

Ez4major

expected

nice

Pog

POG

wtf

Good, my name will come true now)))))))

KEKW

2020-12-02 17:41

THE BEST IGL OF ALL TIME STRIKES AGAIN

Great.

Well, ez another era for Astralis 6x major winners

Thank god, magisk is too good to be wasting his prime as an IGL

Yes although it probably was good to build his knowledge of the game. Will be good seeing him top-rifle again

Not just to "build his knowledge", glaive wanted to take time off so someone had to replace him. When Glaive came back Magisk was still callin but Glaive would help out mid rounds, voice his call but magisk had final word and Glaive respected it. This was all said by glaive on HLTV confirmed.

2020-12-03 23:43

+1 ya it'd be interesting if other teams start trying this. Bad example but like if G2 let Niko call for a couple weeks or months and give Nexa a break, total hypothetical so pls no hate haha

2020-12-04 00:04

i see what you're looking at, but i just doubt Niko wants to igl after having to do it in faze for so long. Maybe in like a year or idk he gets comfortable and wants a bigger say in the calls?

2020-12-04 03:49

+1 although he was pretty good at IGL'ing judging by Astralis' results during the online era. Maybe last his prime he will be Hunden v2 but with a lot better firepower

ya, he was so consistent during gla1ve igl period. Glad to see him back clicking heads again

2020-12-02 17:28

he actually still was astralis most consisent 1.05+ player in 2020 for astralis on every map i guess (idk if only top5/top10). (ofc device is in here, too but he had like a 1.00 on train) but true, he didn't CARRY them like he did in the past. He was just conisently well.

2020-12-02 18:51

good

The goat has returned

about faken time

good for them

POGG

"shit we lost to Godsent" I guess I have to IGL again :D - Glaive in his mind :o

Lmao +1

2020-12-02 22:04

ez 4 goats now

uh oh

Vitality, you have to step down from #1 and give it to the team which has been the best for a long time.

hold my beer

+one more major

NOOO THIS IS NOT FAIR,,, CANNOT BE! NERF ASTRALIS PLS VALVE, SOMEBODYU@!@!#1412

every other team is getting ready to write !gg

finally

Lets gooo

Thanks

rip astralis

but why did he leave the igl role in the first place? burnout? preparing the team for his break?

More like integrating back to roster after the break

He said burnout on hltv confirmed

Back to dominance

monkaW gla1ve igl

RIP everyone

5th major and top 1 incoming

Finally

you rly had to do an article about this didnt you ? anyways , thanks HLTV.org and the Astralis Group

2020-12-02 16:30

they had to do it after godsent match

Magisk's "rush b" is better anyway

I am sure it's because of loss against GODSENT

top 1 incoming

2020-12-02 16:32

They are already top 1 dude

2020-12-02 16:34

They have always been the top 1 bro

2020-12-02 18:40

fucking nice, finally

Magisk was fragging hard today and Astralis' T-side was actually good so I'm glad gla1ve is back as IGL.

ok, who asked?

top 1 soon

ya ya ya ya

nice <3 <3 <3

we been know this astralis was banging today

who car bots lul

Expected

2020-12-02 16:38

GOAT is back.

Astralis era back soon

Lmao expected

2020-12-02 16:41

lol who cars

2020-12-02 16:43

On the other news sky is blue

Why is this news? Astralis era ended 2019 KEKW

2020-12-02 16:44

you mean it ended during online games in 2020? Lol Astralis will win the Rio major and show it never ended. 3 year era incoming...

2020-12-02 16:53

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Delusional....fan....girl.

Are you a special kind of cringe kid or are you trying hard?

2020-12-02 17:07

He can only trash talk. Because finnish scene is shit. And alexiB is wasting his time in OG.

2020-12-02 18:03

How much did u cry when Astralis lost to GODSENT?

2020-12-02 19:47

Imagine not realizing it's online cs only this year and then think anyone besides lame betters would cry over anything KEKW How much did you cry, when you realized that Finnish scene has sucked for years? Biggest hope even had to flee to eu mix team and second hope taking a break AGAIN at 18 years old only. No comments

2020-12-02 22:47

ENCE was top3 last year, how they have sucked for years? And why are u talking about ENCE when were talking about Asstralis not having an era anymore KEKWWWW Remember Katowice or BLAST Spring this year? Those were lan events.... AND I didnt cry when ENCE fucked everything up by kicking Aleksib. Its just very very very....sad and ridiculous.

2020-12-03 14:09

I think he might be right. But then again he might be left alone in home and nobody loves him that is why he is cringe and pathetic. IDK TBF

2020-12-02 19:52

I think that you might be right, or maybe you are not?

2020-12-02 22:48

Who knows I don't knows do you knows?

2020-12-03 13:51

this site belong to astralis

2020-12-02 17:24

The era of astralis never ended lol

2020-12-02 18:41

New major incoming

2020-12-02 16:46

Ah shit here we go again

2020-12-02 16:47

Congratulations Astralis on winning dreamhack winter eu

only logical decision

2020-12-02 16:49

Everyone was waiting for that move!! Nice to see you back on IGL role Cpt. gla1ve

2020-12-02 16:50

2020-12-02 16:51

who cars

RIP other teams.

Finaly

2020-12-02 16:52

finally.

That actually makes me happy <3 Order in the Universe has been restored 🥳

Im before magisk taking time off, prepare to finally see benchkji

As all the things should be

Ah shit, here we go again.

Ez 172828 majors in a row

PERDEMO

"confirming that he back to the in-game leader role"

2020-12-02 17:08

theyre back

ez for the best IGL to ever touch a videogame

2020-12-02 17:10

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2020-12-02 17:12

I love the disclaimer xD

2020-12-02 17:15

astraliseraneverended

2020-12-02 17:16

2020-12-02 17:18

Astralis era 2021

2020-12-02 17:19

Was this rly worth a newpost?🤔🤔🤔😂

Better than tier3 news anyways

2020-12-03 09:54

+1 true also

2020-12-03 10:09

who cares

2020-12-02 17:20

2020-12-02 17:22

#1 igl 4 sure

2020-12-02 17:26

"My team is killing it" ?????? I like you Astralis but I wouldnt really say you are killing it lately.

today's performance was really good tbh. more cohesiveness, more coordinated, great t-side. i haven't seen map 1 yet but overall, everyone seemed to play really well. we haven't seen this level of Astralis since the 3-2 vs NaVi

2020-12-02 18:08

wasnt bad but form winning against liquid one close map and one more or less great map is still far away from great

2020-12-02 23:01

Talking about today cuz they probably switched after game against godsent

2020-12-02 18:16

bot gla1ve

2020-12-02 17:31

IM BACK

whoss care

2020-12-02 17:40

oh shit

2020-12-02 17:55

Egg head is back ! :D

2020-12-02 17:58

so can we see bubzkji? now -magisk +bubzkji?

now that glaive is IGL again, there is no need to change anything anymore. magisk is their best player

2020-12-02 18:29

if gla1ve is going to igl on EVERY map i would only cut dupreeh and xyp off some maps. nuke -xyp +bubz train -dupreeh +bubz inferno -xyp +bubz if gla1ve only wants to be the igl partially i would consider cutting him off some maps, too: dust2 -glaive +bubz ovp -glaive +bubz

2020-12-02 18:55

Astralis now back

2020-12-02 18:17

POG! 5th major lets go!

The Astralis era has just begun

2020-12-02 18:34

I like this news story.

2020-12-02 18:43

nice opinion, dude

2020-12-03 01:05

Thank you, Sir.

2020-12-03 10:39

ecovice comeback?

2020-12-02 18:59

finally astralis back at the top ))))

2020-12-02 19:02

Lets see how it works now

Thank you! Edit: Magisk did fine, no question. But it's time for the real deal.

2020-12-02 19:08

What's the excuse next time, Mr.potato head?

Good luck

2020-12-02 19:23

holy shit and I was wondering why they lost to dogsent((

2020-12-02 19:38

Magisk can focus on aim only now. Once he's better than gla1ve.

2020-12-02 19:40

So Magisk the best player in astralis. He is a frag machine and also a good igl

2020-12-02 19:41

so HLTV belongs to Astralis??

2020-12-02 19:56

Who?

2020-12-02 20:11

The Goat IGL

2020-12-02 20:53

OMG finally

2020-12-02 20:56

Magisk is good IGL but he is better frager :) so I think this way is beter for Astralis. But I dont think that it will make big improvment...they need to start use 6 man roster to become next lvl team as Vitality did. Cuz these days to play with same players over and over makes easy to predic oponents how team plays-read them and get ready for mach.

2020-12-02 21:06

no wonder they losing against dogsend

2020-12-02 22:05

Boring

2020-12-02 23:57

I AM RECLAIMER OF MY NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAME...

who?

2020-12-03 00:15

about time lololol who is magisk

2020-12-03 00:26

Gla1ve, the 5head Mastermind is back. Rip CSGO scene, Astralis infinite majors Inc.

2020-12-03 00:28

and?

2020-12-03 00:33

The guy knows how to set his teamup, you have to give it to him, I think it's a good decision from Astralis.

2020-12-03 01:34

FUDEU DE VEZ THERE IS FUCK

2020-12-03 02:47

Astralis proves that CSGO is all about teamwork and doesn't require top players to win the majors

2020-12-03 05:18

Won't change that they are washed up.

2020-12-03 06:04

Yeah but who cares their era is over and i wouldn't say washed up, i would say outdated, washed up means nip players(current dig) or fnatic players(jw, olof etc). Astralis still can be a tier 1 team easily and win something once a year and get placed good. Mibr were relevant for 2 years atleast withiut winning anything huge and still had delusional fans, so if astralis manage to win 3 or 4 tournaments per year thats still great for them

2020-12-03 09:22

Dude, what planet are you living on. Because on the one I live on, Astralis is nowhere near washed up. They are having a slump but are on they way back up again. Fnatic on the other hand....they are much more relevant to be labelled "washed up", even though aren't.

2020-12-06 23:28

good decision, since magisk started to be igl his contribution went a bit down, and he is 1/2 firewpower option in astralis

2020-12-03 11:40

godla1ve returns

2020-12-03 12:23

2020-12-03 12:43

It s cristall clear that they're biased towards Astralis. Highlighting trivial things about them with pictures and being silent or minimizing when they lose.

2020-12-03 19:55

finally, the pilot has returned to the cockpit

2020-12-03 16:21

Oh well, Good luck to other teams next year.

2020-12-03 16:39

wtf took them long enough

2020-12-04 12:56

Astralis era is back !!!!

2020-12-04 14:03

gla1ve best igl of all time

2020-12-05 20:11

No one ever disputed that, at least to my knowledge. People may discuss who is the best player ever, and not agree. But everyone agrees that gla1ve is the GOAT IGL, and almost everyone agrees that Astralis is GOAT team, except for a few hardcore fnatic fans.

2020-12-06 23:24