Astralis announce talent development program roster

16/12/2020 - 11:57

The Danish organization has selected the first six players that will form their youth squad, known as Astralis Talent.

Astralis have revealed the players that will be part of the organization's talent development program, an internal recruitment platform and sparring partner for the A squad that was announced in November.

Astralis Talent will count with five players to start with, aged 16-21. The team is made up of in-game leader Mathias "⁠R0nic⁠" Pinholt, who played the Malta Vibes Cup 6 with Singularity in the summer, Andreas "⁠Void⁠" Dietrichsen manning the AWP and three riflers in Rasmus "⁠Zyphon⁠" Nordfoss, Mads "⁠vester⁠" Vestergaard and Victor "⁠vigg0⁠" Bisgaard.

The squad, led by head coach Dennis "⁠vnG⁠" Vang and assistant coach Mathias "⁠spdr⁠" Dohn, will start competing in local, regional and international events in 2021, and will also add a sixth player in the summer, 16-year-old Mikkel “MistR” Thomsen.

Astralis Talent will start competing in 2021

The Astralis Talent lineup decidedly marks a break from the Danish organization's previous recruitment strategy of signing established players such as Patrick "⁠es3tag⁠" Hansen, Jakob "⁠JUGi⁠" Hansen and Lucas "⁠Bubzkji⁠" Andersen, with the latter being the only one of the three remaining under contract and currently playing as a rotating sixth man on the A squad.

"We have prioritized hard based upon criteria that, besides game sense and technical skills, also revolve around personality and the ability and desire to lean how to work as a professional in a culture like ours," says Kasper Hvidt, Astralis' Director of Sports. "Here we strive to progress every day, not just as individuals but as a team and as a part of the entire organization."

Results aren't expected immediately, however, both on the server or in creating a pipeline to the first team, as Hvidt explains that "the goal is not to win everything from the get-go but to gradually improve as an organisation, team and individual players. We will most likely not develop player for the A-team the first 12 months, but we will improve and develop the methods, the teams, the culture and each player so we can achieve long term goals for both the organization but also the individual players."

The Astralis Talent lineup is:

Mathias "⁠R0nic⁠" Pinholt
Andreas "⁠Void⁠" Dietrichsen
Rasmus "⁠Zyphon⁠" Nordfoss
Mads "⁠vester⁠" Vestergaard
Victor "⁠vigg0⁠" Bisgaard

Dennis "⁠vnG⁠" Vang (head coach)
Mathias "⁠spdr⁠" Dohn (assistant coach)

Mikkel “MistR” Thomsen (begins Summer 2021)

(Disclaimer: HLTV.org and the Astralis Group)

LMAO

2020-12-16 11:58

16 replies

better than NA scene

14 replies

but not better than Australia

2020-12-16 12:13

12 replies

lmao the only good team in AUS region is renegades and the guy have not played since the beggining of the pandemic in a good tournment. U telling me that they still good?? LMFAOOO

2020-12-16 12:23

9 replies

I say they are better than this team above. Learn to understand comments and the context comments are made.

7 replies

bruh even navi junior and this new danish lineup is better thatn renegade

2020-12-16 12:25

6 replies

Renegades are still good they smurfing in AU

2020-12-16 12:34

0iq, classic plastic Astralis fan.

2020-12-16 12:40

2 replies

flair checks out

2020-12-16 20:31

1 reply

Sure, and the flairs of every other response to your clueless comment...

2020-12-16 23:38

+1 im a astralis fan but I have the IQ that renegades is better than those two teams (navi junior and astralis talent) they had a grand final lan against big. They are just smurfing in AU, wait for IEM katowice

2020-12-16 13:35

Is it you HenryG? The guy with no clue about csgo scene and buy together the shit of the shittest for totally overpriced.

2020-12-16 14:28

do AUS even have internet? i thought kangaroos ate all the cables

2020-12-19 18:56

Bwaaaahahaha. Bragging that a pro team is better than a talent team - is like bragging that your dick is larger than an infants dick. Well now it is - but give it time.

2020-12-16 14:51

I didn't start the argue I only jump on the train, so you talk to the wrong person.

2020-12-16 14:52

nope

2020-12-16 12:48

Na vi junior all over again

2020-12-16 14:02

very nice

10 replies

astralis vs astralis 2 major finals

2020-12-16 12:59

NaVi Junior >>>>> Astralis Talent

2020-12-16 13:11

8 replies

how?

2020-12-16 13:37

check the flag lol

lol, you can take literally any player from Navi Junior (or even some players from Navi Youth) as the sixth player in the main Navi squad and he will play 0.8-1.5 rating as B1T, and Astralis Talent is just a stack of teenagers with 10 lvl, not more

2020-12-16 16:35

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yeah that really worked with b0t he is so good lmao. you can't judge this Astralis Talent they haven't played yet stop overrating your own people check your flag no one cares about your opinion you're just bias lol

2020-12-16 18:08

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+1 stupid nationalists

2020-12-16 23:05

Where did you see that I condemn the Academy of Astralis lol I just stated the fact that Navi Junior is at least better for me than Astralis, both in the individual game plan and in general. stop looking for negativity everywhere and trying to offend fans of other teams that's disgusting

2020-12-16 23:27

you can't say which one is better because you haven't seen this talent compete or go head to head against navi junior. you're obviously just bias also you're the one who started to compare them when no one is talking about your navi junior lol

2020-12-17 12:23

You can place a bot in easy if the purpose is to be a bait with a glock for S1mple. And talking all night long about stats to judge the quality of a player ... it's so ridiculous, especially for newcomers

2020-12-16 20:04

cool

Nice

im in

expected

Again?

2020-12-16 11:59

ez money for selling players. Like with eztag

*price3tag

2020-12-16 12:10

I love how Es3tag was marketed as a good Train player and Train is C9's permaban xD

2020-12-16 12:30

Could of sworn his best map was nuke

2020-12-16 13:10

Nope hltv.org/stats/players/8611/es3tag?start.. hltv.org/stats/players/8611/es3tag?start..

2020-12-16 13:46

Need to consider sample size and the quality of teams as well

2020-12-17 01:09

looooooool

2020-12-16 15:01

it`s like navi junior but astralis junior, nice.

Serious I didn't notice that rofl

2020-12-16 12:03

its astralis talent not junior, so its like navi but talents, nice.

2020-12-16 12:05

ok. It`s like navi junior but astralis talents, nice

2020-12-16 12:06

yesnt

2020-12-16 12:11

talent, junior, academy? Same shit, just secondary team with youngsters to grow them and don't pay millions $ for players when needed

2020-12-16 12:09

Astralis 11 Player Lineup axaaax

2020-12-16 12:12

xDDD

2020-12-16 12:16

12*

2020-12-16 12:33

MistR joining in summer

Like in most traditional team sports like football/rugby or LOL It's a win-win situation Yes, they surely don't do that for pure charity, but when you know the jungle of the sub top where most are not professional (real salary), it's a pretty good news for these players. More over, it's a solid experience to be in a team like this with direct connection to S-tier and the structure that come with When you see that kind of system well established in the long term, it's a sign of a healthy & secure organization

2020-12-16 20:23

Who???

The last guy in the picture Dosia is that you my God?

4 replies

Its "Gulddreng" on youtube.

same haircut at least

2020-12-16 12:32

haha I thought the same,

2020-12-16 12:17

KEKW

2020-12-16 12:39

who

lmao ez tier3 team

15 replies

These are youngsters ya twat

2020-12-16 12:04

navi junior 2.0

Bymas is 16 making it big age isnt a factor in csgo

2020-12-16 14:01

so they will compete with russki teams than

That's right, because the austrian scene simply doesn't exist)

Austrians are way too smart to waste their time with video games, ofc we dont have a scene.

You clearly aren't smart since you are in wasting time in a video game forum

2020-12-16 12:38

2020-12-16 12:50

+2k

2020-12-16 13:14

I am 200iq smart only using this trash when i have free time so i can fill it and have 100% effectivity, nt fanboys

2020-12-16 18:37

terribly low iq bait

2020-12-16 19:49

0/8

2021-01-11 18:32

better than any Russian team then because all you got are tier 5 teams lol

2020-12-17 15:31

lol Gambit,NAVI,Spirit, ForZe>>>>> all US teams

2020-12-17 15:43

only Navi is better on those teams lmao

2020-12-17 18:53

Pog

just to say that, they had to get paycut in main roster and now that xD

2020-12-16 12:00

PogChamp TIME TO THROW PogChamp

POG

"Dietrichsen" lul

Zyphoon is good, others are shit

Zywoon

2020-12-16 12:51

Interesting

Lmao so sad that they have to put a disclaimer when talking about astralis

No? Why its sad?

when something postive is said about astralis they say that astralis owns hltv xdddd

They are goats do who cars

2020-12-16 12:42

Damn a main and assistant coach lol

nice

Arent Academy teams banned now?

that never happen

2020-12-16 12:07

what

thats why it is talent team!

If i remember well, some of them where on this video youtu.be/sYTQOoD6FKI

PHOTO/from left to right/ : 1-Moses' relative, 2-unknown entity, 3-little NaToSaphix, 4-little k0nfig, 5-little Xizt, 6-little GTR, 7-DOSIA

2020-12-16 12:14

r0nic > zonic for sure

lol

Ir0nic>ir0nic>z0nic

Astralis jr. Vs navi jr. The best jr match lets go

Zyphon and Vester is the only interesting ones

2020-12-16 12:19

Lul they can only disappoint, but if one of them becomes a GOD it is all worth it I guess.

2020-12-16 12:20

Any dane that can tell me anything about these players? I don't know a single name and I thought I knew a bit about danish scene

2020-12-16 12:21

I only know a bit about Zyphon, he’s a 16 year old gem, insane raw talent, the only thing that’s against him is his sleep schedule, in a normal School week he gets home from School and plays until 2 am, Wales up at 5 am and takes a run, and goes to School at 7 am, he’s almost a Walking zombie, but he is insane, i guess Thats the Way to grind.

2020-12-16 21:02

That kid is dumb

2021-01-11 18:34

Astralis is just a huge business, they want the best people to get as much money as possible

2020-12-16 12:27

21 so old for such project

2020-12-16 12:28

+1 dafuk

2020-12-16 12:31

LUL no1 cares

spdr and vnG bad players in 1.6, probably bad coaches in go

vnG is a damn legend

Astralis pulling this move cuz of North :D

Typical Danes, greedy want no competition

2020-12-16 12:35

omegalul

noice free salary

Better than c9.

Astralis YOUNGSTERS

all teams do this after Nip showed the way xD

Ez for Vester men.

2020-12-16 12:44

40k/month just wasted

Just call it an academy team

2020-12-16 12:49

Astralis currently: 11.5 players, two teams, the HLTV website. wonder what will they own by the end of 2021

kinda ironic coming from a jew, isnt it?

2020-12-16 14:44

either go back to 4chan or take your meds, do you really think that if the jews own everything I'd be sitting here on hltv instead of taking advantage of my world domination? 0/8 take

2020-12-17 12:43

pog dosia finally back to business

2020-12-16 12:53

New Danish bots inc

2020-12-16 12:56

Wow, this lineup is literally made of players that have no experience at any level, it will take a long time to make good players out of them, but GL Astralis.

2020-12-16 13:12

That is kind of the point

Most academy teams have young players but they atleast have experience at a lower level, and in Astralis it's literally players that never played even in lower level in Denmark. Interesting project.

2020-12-16 14:03

yeah Vester is the only one that isn't totally a nonamer on the team lol

2020-12-19 18:52

For me he is noname just like everyone else in the roster, maybe he is better known at smaller level of Danish scene, but I'm not deep into it.

2020-12-19 19:00

Won’t be surprised when they rekt every t1 team also

2020-12-16 13:41

Why all the hate? I don't understand it. Someone is doing something to keep the scene alive and develop the talent of the future that and people start hating on them ... The NA scene is already dead and if no one is taking any initiatives, the rest will follow soon enough. Have a nice day.

2020-12-16 13:42

2020-12-16 14:53

ez for danish youngsters

2020-12-16 13:44

R0nic my friend i have this nickname for 15-17 yeara ago when u play with dolls😂😂 ur my fan?

2020-12-16 13:55

VeryNiceGuy best coach!

lmao

2020-12-16 15:12

2020-12-16 14:24

12 man roster

2020-12-16 14:26

No doubt the working language will be danish, but will norwegians or swedes be allowed, if they have working knowledge of danish? A player like Friberg has been on a danish team.

2020-12-16 14:27

more es3tags they can sell and make easy money

2020-12-16 14:37

2020-12-16 15:17

lucky guys

2020-12-16 15:45

I personally know 2 of the players and have played with them multipul times

2020-12-16 16:26

And Zyphon is toxic as fuck

Vester ,Vster , Vestr. Would have been great.

2020-12-16 16:32

Count with?

2020-12-16 16:33

GL kids

2020-12-16 16:36

Thank god i'm not apart of that team hahahaha, i swear these guys are not going anywhere. This is a weak team

2020-12-16 17:06

oh god oh fuck, astralis 2

2020-12-16 18:10

R0nic fan of zonic by any chance?

2020-12-16 19:44

2020-12-16 19:55

so, astralis expands to 12 player roster

2020-12-16 20:25

If any of them are good they will get flipped for profit, if they are not good they will earn a spot on the main roster when the current lads contracts run out, top lel

2020-12-16 22:06

this team wont go anywere now Astralis is just wasting money

2020-12-16 23:24

good, now they can sign device glaive xypex and dupreeh in, then there's a chance

2020-12-17 05:05

WTF is THIS?

2020-12-17 15:33