Astralis part ways with Kasper Hvidt, HUNDEN

The Danish organization has parted ways with its Director of Sports and Head Analyst.

Astralis have announced big changes to their management staff on Wednesday, cutting ties with Director of Sports Kasper Hvidt who has been a part of the organization since 2017, as well as terminating Nicolai "⁠HUNDEN⁠" Petersen's contract six months after he was unveiled as their Head Analyst.

HUNDEN is no longer a part of Astralis

"After a period of fluctuating results, which has not lived up to Astralis' always high level of ambition, it is time for a change," reads Astralis' announcement post. With CEO Anders Hørsholt adding that "players, fans, and partners must go into every tournament with the feeling that we can win, but this has not been the case for too long and today we take the consequence."

Kasper Hvidt, the former handball player who was a key part of Astralis' management during their most successful periods, winning four Majors in 2017-2019, as well as recent struggles, exits the team after two years of underwhelming results, where Astralis was not a title contender. "I am immensely proud of the more than 35 titles we have won across teams and the results we have achieved. If anything, I am sad that the initiatives and changes we've made over the recent period have not had the results we hoped for."

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Richard Lewis reveals HUNDEN signed contract with Astralis while at Heroic

The organization was short on HUNDEN who they thanked for his time. "It was not as long as we had hoped, but in continuation of our work going forward, we need another profile to support the Head Coach."

Earlier this year, a report from Richard Lewis revealed that HUNDEN had signed a contract with Astralis while still being contracted with Heroic in 2021, with the negotiation being done by Kasper Hvidt. Based on the documentation available, Richard Lewis stated that HUNDEN "firmly believed he was working for Astralis and undertook multiple tasks on behalf of the organisation despite still being a Heroic employee."

Denmark Nicolai 'HUNDEN' Petersen
Nicolai 'HUNDEN' Petersen
Age:
32
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.81
Maps played:
1578
KPR:
0.55
DPR:
0.70
#1
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South America Neshie
hunden moment LUL
2023-06-21 10:14
11 replies
#247
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Other _SHM_
Perfect team for HundenCam will be 40% loss NIP
2023-06-21 17:16
10 replies
hopefully just dumb astralis would sign a cheater like him and make a bad image for itself
2023-06-21 17:29
True but i doubt NIP is too dumb to sign the most hated guy in the scene
2023-06-21 17:34
8 replies
well heaton is in the org, so who knows
2023-06-21 18:14
7 replies
Heatons shameful behavior is sadly less relevant purely only because of time and new fans not knowing and old ones forgetting
2023-06-21 18:34
5 replies
out of pure curiousity, what did heaton do?
2023-06-22 07:05
4 replies
He is basically HUNDEN but for cs 1.6
2023-06-22 18:09
1 reply
oh ok thanks
2023-06-23 11:15
scammed players on their payments and blames it on some other dude instead of just taking it like a man. Fifflaren had some very beautiful words to say about the matter. F0rest and gt stayed quiet cuz they had stocks in the company...
2023-07-06 16:11
1 reply
oo i see, tysm for info
2023-07-06 21:21
#286
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Sweden ninjau
+1
2023-06-22 14:18
#2
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India Cybxr
amazing
2023-06-21 10:15
#3
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United States DingusCS
W
2023-06-21 10:15
1 reply
rare W
2023-06-21 19:49
#4
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India shoom123
Tf
2023-06-21 10:15
Well, I hope all the fantastic positive PR they had during their short reunion time together was worth it.
2023-06-21 10:15
waiting for Richard Lewis to tell us what actually happened
2023-06-21 10:16
5 replies
BANKS
2023-06-21 10:23
dick'ead magic
2023-06-21 10:36
+1 there's no way these two jerks were kicked just like that
2023-06-21 10:40
yeppp
2023-06-21 11:05
imagine hunden signed with NIP while at contract with Astralis
2023-06-22 08:37
#7
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Poland Lipskii
W, now I can cheer for Astralis without having doubts because of HUNDEN
2023-06-21 10:16
11 replies
#144
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Antigua and Barbuda qezar
I'd like to agree, but knowingly collaborating with an exposed cheater still shows the mental-state of the whole org and it's employees. All of them know that they hired a cheater, actually took part of that cheating and have no issues with it
2023-06-21 12:11
1 reply
#176
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Denmark MRFREAK
Well... It was Hvidt who hired Hunden..... And now they both are finally gone!
2023-06-21 13:09
basically whole org is cheaters
2023-06-21 12:54
bro astralis has no ethics signing him, why someone would cheer for a team like that, reallly
2023-06-21 17:26
6 replies
#262
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Poland Lipskii
true but to me it feels like the players didnt really like the signing from what ive seen in the interviews it might aswell have been hvidt who wanted to sign hunden, which is why he is gone now
2023-06-21 18:25
1 reply
i know the players had probably hands tied in this situation, i just cannot cheer anymore for this org. the level it got is just too low. if i was a player from astralis, i'd disconnect from it after all this sht, they're good enough to find another team
2023-06-21 21:40
You clearly have no idea what Hunden did for DK CS. Why do you think a small 5-6 mill country can amount the most CS talents in the world over a long period of time? Hunden took a punishment for what he did. In your logic, convicts should never have a chance in life again. That is stupido my friend.
2023-06-21 21:27
3 replies
he cheated TWICE lol he should think over the consequences before doing this kinda of sht, he's not a kid. and denmark's cs is great but not just because of him. actually i think he did worse degrading its image than good.
2023-06-21 21:44
1 reply
Evidently he didn't have to think twice about it. Astralis hired him. Not too bright.
2023-06-22 16:06
Too bad he ruined his own reputation
2023-06-22 11:21
+1 I can cheer for device now if all else fails
2023-06-21 18:08
Rare Astralis W
2023-06-21 10:16
5 replies
+1
2023-06-21 11:49
+1
2023-06-21 14:22
+1 so rare
2023-06-21 15:13
+1
2023-06-21 15:56
+1 legendary rarity
2023-06-21 18:09
lmao at least a bit back on track
2023-06-21 10:17
#10
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Albania erionn
yes
2023-06-21 10:17
bye bye cheating clown
2023-06-21 10:17
#12
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Slovakia GloryMole
when they started to play well they kick Hunden lol
2023-06-21 10:17
16 replies
Always W to get rid of hunden. Now they can play even better.
2023-06-21 10:22
10 replies
Cheating aside, I do think he is legitimately a very smart analyst. It’s good that they got rid of him, but it will be hard to replace him adequately
2023-06-21 10:32
9 replies
+1
2023-06-21 10:44
I really don't like him but I agree
2023-06-21 11:25
#138
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Slovakia GloryMole
+1
2023-06-21 12:03
Yes. He brought up so many Danish talents and is arguably just as, if not more, smart about the game as Blad3, karrigan, zonic, etc.
2023-06-21 12:06
1 reply
#269
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Norway Mickoo
Delusional af
2023-06-21 20:28
+1 Good post, friend.
2023-06-21 13:09
+1 agreed
2023-06-21 13:46
+1
2023-06-21 15:37
+1
2023-06-21 15:56
device carrying with 1.42 and still losing is not Astralis playing well
2023-06-21 10:57
4 replies
#116
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Germany Germen
They improved drastically as a whole. Yeah Device is a standout but they were looking a lot more coherent as a unit in recent time
2023-06-21 11:32
3 replies
#131
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India BAXI
They were last at blast
2023-06-21 11:45
2 replies
*skull emoji* *skull emoji* *skull emoji*
2023-06-21 12:17
#160
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Germany Germen
Does not matter, you don't judge a team by 2 matches played.
2023-06-21 12:52
W for astralis
2023-06-21 10:18
#14
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Germany Gabbah
BIG W wtf?
2023-06-21 10:19
gla1ve has grown some predator style hairlocks? well, if it works...
2023-06-21 10:19
1 reply
That's the chair bro
2023-06-21 11:15
HOLY W
2023-06-21 10:19
Maybe certain players stated this as a requirement for joining. Hope magisk comes back: BlameF, dev1ce, Magisk, Staerh, Altekz
2023-06-21 10:19
20 replies
#23
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Italy Karimk03
Why would magisk downgrade?
2023-06-21 10:21
9 replies
Dupreeh, Zonic and Magisk is a package deal.
2023-06-21 10:25
5 replies
#34
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Italy Karimk03
Source:trust me bro
2023-06-21 10:26
1 reply
you'll see
2023-06-21 10:26
And yet, you didn't list dupreeh in the potential lineup you posted.
2023-06-21 10:32
cool story thats why they kick botpreeh?
2023-06-21 10:52
#155
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Denmark sNju
And that's why Dupreeh is getting kicked from Vitality?
2023-06-21 12:47
lol magisk to astralis, that's a good one. do u have more jokes
2023-06-21 10:38
2 replies
#133
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Italy Karimk03
Wrong reply?
2023-06-21 11:50
1 reply
yup
2023-06-21 12:14
not happening
2023-06-21 10:31
5 replies
maybe not, but there are certain rumours going on with Vitality in regards to buying a player
2023-06-21 10:34
4 replies
yeah ik bro -dupreeh +flameZ there's no reason for magisk to leave
2023-06-21 16:24
3 replies
#248
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Germany D1nj0
I heard EG is looking to buy FlameZ lmao
2023-06-21 17:20
I think it's kinda important for magisk to have dupreeh on the team. One, the thing about it is that they know each other very well. Two, that they are from the same country. And three, they just won the Major in paris together. I could be very wrong about these things, but that is what i think. If i'm right, then i do not think it's possible for dupreeh to be benched or kicked.
2023-06-21 17:31
1 reply
let's see. I for one feel this is progressive thinking from Vitality. We've seen what happened to Astralis, LG/SK in the past when they were adamant about not changing their successful rosters. It's a shot at longevity albeit in a different direction
2023-06-21 20:23
ONLY AN IDIOT WILL INCLUDE BAIT F IN ANY LEGIT TEAM. USELESS ECO FRAGGER
2023-06-21 11:40
Magisk should be safe. Dupreeh alluded to on several occasion about retiring to be with his family in Denmark but then again, stated in an interview that just because he has 5 Majors, that doesn't mean that he won't play for more. So Dupreeh's contract has always been in limbo on Vitality but there is no logical reason why magisk should be removed alongside Dupreeh, if that ever comes to pass.
2023-06-21 13:12
2 replies
Not saying Magisk will be removed, i'm saying he himself might wonna leave if Dupreeh goes. Their contracts should be up by the end of this year and so far non of the danes have prolonged their contracts.
2023-06-21 13:19
1 reply
I didn't realise it was the case for magisk as well, so yeah, that makes things interesting particularly regarded that aspect. Still, I highly doubt it would be a good move for magisk, he looks super comfortable on Vitality at the moment; though that may be because of Zonic and Dupreeh, who knows. Rumours are only Dupreeh is being replaced because he would need to be replaced anyway if he is planning to leave, can't confirm magisk will follow suit if Dupreeh is planning to retire or go to another team.
2023-06-21 13:22
It is Heroics turn to have him
2023-06-21 10:20
5 replies
Casper Shidt or Hunden?
2023-06-21 10:21
4 replies
Hvidt owns ur fraud country
2023-06-21 10:25
3 replies
It's been fraudulent long before Shidt came along and will continue to be long after he's gone. Don't worry
2023-06-21 10:27
2 replies
Anything hvidt ever pulled looks mild compared to fking Hicham Chahine lmfao
2023-06-21 10:30
1 reply
+1 Nothing in paypal
2023-06-21 10:30
#20
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Serbia S4V1C
ASTRALIS IS BACK, LET'S GOOOOOO
2023-06-21 10:20
#21
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Czech Republic Semi96
had to fire some people to have enough money to hire dupreeh
2023-06-21 10:20
Thanks god
2023-06-21 10:21
what is astralis doing bruh
2023-06-21 10:22
Astralis finally taking back to back Ws
2023-06-21 10:22
LFGGGGGGGGGGGG I used to pray for times like this.
2023-06-21 10:23
no HUNDEN CAM no CCT SOUTH WIN
2023-06-21 10:24
3 replies
no jump bug, no BUG clan at lans
2023-06-21 10:26
2 replies
uhm hello, what about S tier Roobet Cup?
2023-06-21 11:28
1 reply
Roobet Cup icant
2023-06-21 12:07
Nice let's fucking goooo
2023-06-21 10:25
So many people seem happy about hunden leaving, but I feel like we're forgetting the fact that hunden is just the surface level scumbag within astralis. He's the recognizable douche. However, he wasn't involved with the way es3tag, lucky and mostly bubzkji were treated. It were different people within astralis who ruined bubzkji's career. So why are we celebrating? They're just back to their original scumbag levels now
2023-06-21 10:27
14 replies
We can celebrate a good decision while still being critical of the org, they aren't mutually exclusive
2023-06-21 10:28
Did you completely miss the fact that the Director of Sports, Kasper Hvidt, got the sack too? He was responsible for all of those decisions.
2023-06-21 10:30
1 reply
+1 was coach for astralis in rmr instead of getting r0nic their academy coach
2023-06-21 10:32
The way es3tag was treated: played for a few months and then was transferred to Cloud9 where he made millions The way lucky was treated: got to replace one of the best players of all time despite being a tier 3 player and when he sucked he got benched and then back to the team he was at
2023-06-21 10:55
4 replies
Yeah and now he has a shite reputation, he wasn't ready to play at the highest tier yet astralis baited him into making bad desicions for their own good
2023-06-21 10:57
3 replies
Clarify to me what Astralis gained by adding a bad player to their legendary core? What is “their own good” in that equation?
2023-06-21 11:21
You can't be this dumb - how did they bait him? They gave him a legitimate chance to prove himself and show concistency. They even kept him for longer than what you would expect for such high reputation team, but he got benched in the end as he didn't develop or did his job.
2023-06-21 11:59
#178
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Denmark sNju
In the lead for the most stupid comments on HLTV. Congrats!
2023-06-21 13:10
es3tag got his career boosted thanks to astralis and their good tactic to setup this bot to frag and sell him, genius move as he is so overrated now :D cloud9 got scammed, lucky and bubski was just not good enough to play at the main team
2023-06-21 11:06
why would organisation care about players carreers.. it its supposed to be a business to run an organisation
2023-06-21 11:33
4 replies
and the organisation doesnt force anyone to join. You can decide to join or not :)
2023-06-21 11:34
3 replies
You say that, but saying no to a life-changing amount of money isn't much of a choice really. If you're a young player who doesn't come from wealth and big astralis comes around to offer you a 5 digit salary, you'd be stupid to say no
2023-06-21 11:59
2 replies
yea? :D something which sounds too good to be true or "free" is usually not so good option ;)
2023-06-21 12:04
1 reply
and there are always something bad with good and other way around
2023-06-21 12:05
finally, ban that cheater again asap
2023-06-21 10:27
why even pick him up in the first place LOL
2023-06-21 10:27
W
2023-06-21 10:29
Well deserved!
2023-06-21 10:31
#47
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Pakistan LoOuU2
interesting, i wonder why now after taking the shit and flak for so long when they initially got them but removing them when the criticism has mostly died down.
2023-06-21 10:30
4 replies
Tommorow news: Welcome back to Heroic WHunden Bahhshddhdhbsfhudahahahah
2023-06-21 10:37
3 replies
#72
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Pakistan LoOuU2
All cheaters back in the same camp under the cheating org!
2023-06-21 10:47
1 reply
No, HUNDEN already left Astralis bro.
2023-06-21 10:50
hilarious
2023-06-21 10:49
finally hvidt was scary
2023-06-21 10:31
Anyway they will never be relevant again
2023-06-21 10:33
Was it worth it? Now the org hasn't the image of the most successful csgo org. They are only known for cheater support
2023-06-21 10:35
lmao f em and f astralis
2023-06-21 10:37
#59
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Hungary szia
good. get that scum out.
2023-06-21 10:37
lmao clown org lolololol
2023-06-21 10:38
2 replies
wouldn't talk about clown org if i were you. faze - except cs division - is one of the biggest clowns on the market
2023-06-21 10:41
1 reply
never said faze wasn't, faze clown org shit decisions, astralis literally hiring backstabbing two faced coaches and their entire org being shady asf, vitality kicking their rock after winning major, complexity screwing up their T1 team in late 2020, EG and Liquid being complete clowns and irrelevant since covid I mean idk
2023-06-22 21:15
hope that was hundens last bark
2023-06-21 10:38
1 reply
The dog Will prevail…
2023-06-21 10:54
OK... now make a big roster change as well because device is tired of hard carrying them.
2023-06-21 10:39
Rare W from Astralis
2023-06-21 10:39
HUCK FUNDEN
2023-06-21 10:40
OH NOOO, PLEASE GIVE US MORE HUNDEN CAM
2023-06-21 10:40
Scum org just got little bit less scummy, move to the right direction and I hope LEEKSTRATSDEN will never get a job in csgo, not even as an talent after we learned what he did with Heroic, laughing into their faces pretending being sick while working for Astralis already. Kicking Director of Sports Hvidt who was the one who encouraged such a behavior by signing SHADEN is really promising for the future of Astralis. Now kick Mr. Nvidia Settings and BaitF and we talking
2023-06-21 10:54
both of these individuals being fired is a good thing and I hope we do not see them again in the scene, regardless of their past contributions. As for those thinking Astralis are doing a good thing just keep in mind that the RL´s Hunden Files started in March and the whole Hunden saga has lasted for many years yet these two individuals were still employed by Astralis. It´s the same management that screwed over Bubzki, Konfig, and many others. So yeah glad these two are gone but don´t think Astralis is all of a sudden a clean org.
2023-06-21 10:48
7 replies
Yeah that’s why I said they got little bit less shady and deffo step into right direction
2023-06-21 10:55
2 replies
They´ll need an Olympian-level marathon runner to get them enough steps to an org I will respect. I feel kinda bad for Nordic fans when the orgs they can support in tier 1 are NIP, Heroic, and Astralis. What a bunch...
2023-06-21 13:30
1 reply
I agree I will probably never respect Astralis as org
2023-06-22 00:11
Konfig screwed himself to a majority degree, but for the rest I agree.
2023-06-21 11:42
3 replies
Konfig did an idiotic thing everyone knows (himself included) however the Astralis response was ridiculous. They could have gotten him some help and cut his pay to charities but instead decided he wasn´t worth the PR problems and immediately cut him with no hesitation.
2023-06-21 13:37
2 replies
yes, but it seems it was not his first problem in astralis and he got warned before sources near astralis say.
2023-06-21 13:40
#214
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Pakistan LoOuU2
it was deserved, Konvict was too dumb to be given soo many chances.
2023-06-21 14:03
actually W move
2023-06-21 10:48
Who is ready for NaVi +hunden rumors to begin?
2023-06-21 10:48
hopefully hundens girlfriend parts ways with him as well
2023-06-21 10:53
rare w
2023-06-21 10:55
Hunden "Two-contracts" Toledo !!!
2023-06-21 10:56
cheatstralis
2023-06-21 10:56
Hunden back 2 heroic?
2023-06-21 10:58
Is this a dream???? Has my spamming really worked??? Amazing news. I hope we never have to hear these names again.
2023-06-21 11:00
4 replies
Hello this is Astralis. Yes, it was your spamming that lead to our decision. Regards
2023-06-21 11:06
3 replies
+1
2023-06-21 11:10
Thank you! Tell your intern to change the flair please.
2023-06-21 11:40
ty
2023-06-21 13:58
huh
2023-06-21 11:03
1 reply
#98
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Canada K1nGoldY
Hu
2023-06-21 11:09
-kasper should have been wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy earlier
2023-06-21 11:06
1 reply
+1000 and hunden shouldve never joined
2023-06-21 13:58
#99
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Brazil ZerongBr
finally astralis does something right
2023-06-21 11:09
#100
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Canada K1nGoldY
Average gigchad Astralis W
2023-06-21 11:09
LET'S GO
2023-06-21 11:14
#105
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Poland Mardex
what XD
2023-06-21 11:17
Noooo Hunden😭😭
2023-06-21 11:17
astralis management very poor and delusional , both cs and lol . they got lucky with that cs team than atrocious . no surprised at all , i said some time before .
2023-06-21 11:17
#108
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Netherlands Sem0733
Whahahahah bye cheating bastard
2023-06-21 11:17
EXTREMELY RARE Astralul W
2023-06-21 11:24
Astralis is gonna win again. One day they will win. That day is not soon.
2023-06-21 11:26
Finally.. now i can start to root for them again. First smart decision in a while from astralis
2023-06-21 11:27
2 replies
Maybe its just poor damage control. Never pray the day to early when it comes to asstrails management.
2023-06-21 11:39
1 reply
if it actually is damage control, i think they would have done this way earlier
2023-06-21 14:27
#115
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Philippines libon23
Oh no my goat :'(((
2023-06-21 11:28
Is the dog sharing again?
2023-06-21 11:32
Now bring back some good player that you left behind, as Konfig, Esetag, Bubski or take Xypex back to the main roster. Or maybe buying Staehr would be great.
2023-06-21 11:33
3 replies
Yes and yes
2023-06-21 11:37
good player > konfig
2023-06-21 11:40
Im 99% sure those players dont want to join astralis
2023-06-21 12:58
Rare astralis W Good times ahead Copium
2023-06-21 11:35
Disgusting cheater gone
2023-06-21 11:39
Another example of blindly moving in the dark management which doesn't know what to do except swapping a deck. Most of those "sports" methods don't apply in random csgo environment especially if your players are not motivated to put lots of hours into the game
2023-06-21 11:39
HOLY W
2023-06-21 11:55
#135
Buzz | 
Denmark 2ism
Wow they actually read my comments on HLTV and took action
2023-06-21 11:58
#143
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Sweden Akoulad
Goodbye cheater!
2023-06-21 12:10
Finally, maybe we can start taking Astralis seriously again. Still, I hope they realize how this dick move just wasn't worth it Good riddance, please every team avoid hunden like the plague he is. Not welcome in CS2, CSGO or any other CS game
2023-06-21 12:19
good riddance but the question is: what's next for our once beloved dumpster fire called astralis? we have washed 0iq igl, 2 bots from the academy, 1 baiter who is useless on his own and although washed, still relevant and beyond capable sniper who is the only reason at this point we hear of astralis outside their CCT runs... They got rid of 2 significant problems but there are at least, AT LEAST 2 more...
2023-06-21 12:21
6 replies
Exaggeration is often counter-productive and, to me, makes your entire post worthless when you utilize it in every single description. It seems to have become difficult for many to say things as they are. When you use extremes to describe non-extremes, you have no words for the actual extreme. Peter and the wolf describes this perfectly.
2023-06-21 12:48
5 replies
Well written, you are a smart mens.
2023-06-21 12:50
3 replies
What has this place come to. It's the second time in 24 hours someone calls me smart on HLTV. Oh, reddit is in trouble, this may be why :D
2023-06-21 12:57
2 replies
I like what you have written and I was nevver on reddit. Have a good day!
2023-06-21 13:05
Don’t listen to him! I think you’re somewhat subpar when it comes to intelligence, -that’s perfectly fine. Have a dull day!
2023-06-21 14:40
does your pseudo-philosophical article has a point? preferably regarding the current state of astralis...?
2023-06-21 14:29
#150
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Andorra mopGOD420
THANK YOU! HUNDEN OUT
2023-06-21 12:27
NICE LETS GOOO
2023-06-21 12:33
#154
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Czech Republic PaYaB
good riddance should have done that ages ago tho
2023-06-21 12:43
good idea to kick him while your strats are bad, dont want any useful info in the wrong hands
2023-06-21 12:47
3 replies
Classic Thorin. A true gem.
2023-06-21 12:54
+1 :D
2023-06-21 13:06
Love it! <3
2023-06-21 13:53
I am super happy they got rid of Kasper Hvidt. He was oozing of arrogance towards the players, and basically spoke to them like they were high school kids. HUNDEN probably got kicked for PR reasons more than anything. He really has deliver a lot more than others to make up for his tarnished reputation, which rubbed off onto Astralis as a whole. I know he made some super shitty decisions, but I don't believe he is as much a dick as people make of it. His cheating didn't happen for selfish reasons, unlike many other cheaters and liars. He did it for a team, both times.
2023-06-21 12:54
6 replies
He also secretly recorded the mentally handicapped niko and later exposed this to deflect shame from him. For the team.
2023-06-21 12:56
5 replies
It's a far stretch to call ADHD mentally handicapped :D But I forgot that part. He had some disastrous damage control. But honestly, he gets relatively way more hate than he deserves. Where is the flack towards s1mple for his past? Yeah he was young, but still perfectly aware of what was right or wrong, and this is what matters. Basically, when you reach about 10 years of age, you know what's right or wrong. That you can't grasp the extend of your rule breaking, is completely irrelevant to me. You don't avoid breaking rules because of rules/law, but because you know it's the right thing to do.
2023-06-21 13:01
4 replies
As I understood niko has also problems with his memory in addition to ADHD. But you are right, lets not focus on that. I am absolutely with you and still baffled that s1mple got away with what he has done. I mean he cheated in game and should have gotten a 5 year ban at that time, plus that scamming he did.
2023-06-21 13:10
3 replies
I think players should get perma banned, they showed a general willingness to break rules for pure personal profit. IMO, matchfixers and software cheaters got their bans mixed up. The scamming is an entirely different story. You can essentially bring the law into play, and let it handle the case entirely. I wish we all were like S.Korea, which is (AFAIK) the only nation to make online cheating illegal, written into law. That would instantly remove a very high amount, I guess at least 95% of all cheaters, everywhere.
2023-06-21 13:17
2 replies
I think valve saw greater harm in matchfixing than in cheating. When you hear some stories of chinese mafia threatening players - it seems plausible. Yeah South Korea is way ahead in this regard.
2023-06-21 13:24
1 reply
I know it's pure business, and this perfectly explains the decision to perma ban match fixer from their perspective. It's just bad if you want to be known as more than a business IMO. We lost one of the most creative super talents of all time to that shit. I believe we would have an entirely different view of the NA scene if he didn't get banned.
2023-06-21 13:31
this team has become such a mess, it's painful to watch
2023-06-21 12:57
F**K HUNDEN
2023-06-21 12:58
#170
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Norway Gjellan
LOL
2023-06-21 13:04
-Hvidt +k0nfig device gla1ve BlameF Staer k0nfig
2023-06-21 13:05
6 replies
+1 This is the only possible roster to win trophies again.
2023-06-21 13:06
They really need to pick k0nfig up again. To me, it will be a PR win, not loss. Generally, k0nfig is a super nice guy, who easily contributes to the good spirit within the team. I need to see blamef able to transition into a more balanced playstyle for me to support him in the long run. He is unpredictable for everyone it seems, including his teammates, lol. Lurking slower than anyone...or, once every 5th round, just going YOLO not stopping till he kills two or dies himself. I want something more regular, and I am sure he can provide it consistently with practice. (I am somehow convinced he is already in this process.)
2023-06-21 13:21
4 replies
If he can fix his inconsistency issues, he would be one of the finest candidates.
2023-06-21 13:23
3 replies
I completely agree. He seems very smart, but kind of stuck in his playstyle. Which kind of explains him going overboard and YOLO, as it's an easy way to make sure you break out of the rut :D
2023-06-21 13:27
2 replies
There is no doubt he is often '' overplaying it '' because he knows there are cameras and the people tune in exactly to see him do this .
2023-06-21 13:50
1 reply
His timings as lurker are amazing for kills, but his timings to get into a good position for his teammates lacks. But as he is amazingly good at kill timings as lurk, people tend to forgive him for being completely out of position quite often.
2023-06-21 14:04
I like this move. Astralis can start afresh with new talent, new analysts and no controversial key figures in play.
2023-06-21 13:13
6 replies
Hvidt wasn't controversial. But he acted like pedagogue towards the players, it would get mad if my boss spoke to me like he spoke to the players. In general, he seemed to unnatural, which isn't good when you is in passion driven field IMO. I advocated for his departure ever since I saw him speak to the players. He has nothing less than an outstanding career as an active athlete, but he isn't made for a job like this as I see it.
2023-06-21 13:25
5 replies
Yeah, I agree. Sure, we've seen success in speak to subordinates like trash to get the best out of them, Gordon Ramsay made that incredibly famous and it's how he was taught; however that doesn't really justify that kind of attitude/behaviour either... Gordon Ramsay has a solid reason and that is because he needs to command the kitchen, Kasper can't really fall back on those excuses, that is if that is even the reason for the attitude to begin with, that's just conjectural on my part by comparing the behaviour to one with actual success. Time to move on, start building a new Astralis empire, which I am all completely for.
2023-06-21 13:32
4 replies
It worked with Gordan Ramsay. Probably for two reasons: 1) It's a very hectic and highly coordinated (little room for doing "your thing" as in sports.) environment. 2) It's reality TV scripted to an extent (from his side), and on top of that...editing matters.
2023-06-21 13:39
3 replies
The "scripted"/"edited" print is arguable but the first point? Yeah, that's agreeable. I was trying to find a reasonable comparison to explain Kasper's behaviour to subordinates but obviously, it is still deemed pretty unreasonable behaviour, in any case.
2023-06-21 13:43
2 replies
With scripted, I mean. He focused on being harsher than he would normally be. And a true "slip up" can be edited out. I don't think it's overly scripted, just a slight tweaking to get the product you want. He is not an asshole, but he surely acts like one, that's my point. At the end, he very often brought a lot of passion back into his "clients" so he was generally successful in his job, no doubt. But I bet he would do even better off camera :D
2023-06-21 13:50
1 reply
Yeah, agreed. :D It's a reality TV show at the end of the day. ;)
2023-06-21 14:10
#184
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World Lyoa
Rare Astralis W
2023-06-21 13:21
Holy fucking shit, there is hope for Astralis after all
2023-06-21 13:26
Finally, I'm starting to like Astralis a little bit again
2023-06-21 13:36
unexpected to remove hunden
2023-06-21 13:37
#200
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United States Apocasy
Rip bozo
2023-06-21 13:40
Check him PC before he leaves.
2023-06-21 13:50
KARMA
2023-06-21 13:55
#213
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Israel RoyBenji
First they kicked the clutch minister now they kick the crime minister
2023-06-21 14:03
era of the frauds finally coming to an end
2023-06-21 14:14
Yes, bye Hunden you wont be missed.
2023-06-21 14:21
#222
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Ukraine l0baniwbo
-bF + staehr
2023-06-21 14:32
my reaction to this newly acquired information: youtube.com/watch?v=lRd13-JxBkQ
2023-06-21 14:34
Holy fuck.. :'D
2023-06-21 14:39
About time
2023-06-21 14:44
WTF
2023-06-21 14:44
rare astralis W
2023-06-21 15:12
Way too late, rat structure
2023-06-21 15:27
lol definitely guilty for tampering with Heroic
2023-06-21 15:30
So after all that time spent Hunden’s Astralis time ended within a year xD
2023-06-21 15:31
#236
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Australia jerrry
I can finally cheer for this team
2023-06-21 15:59
So It begins ...the rise of Astralis
2023-06-21 16:18
1 reply
Yes it begins
2023-06-21 16:43
Nooooooooooooooooooooooo, he was such an intelligent leader :-(
2023-06-21 16:19
FINALLY Kasper Hvidt has been released from his duties! It was about time!
2023-06-21 16:28
#242
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Czech Republic MOBIUS_
Rare Astralis W
2023-06-21 16:37
hunden back to regular 9 to 5 or some dumb org picking him
2023-06-21 16:40
Finally!!!
2023-06-21 16:43
I still hope they lose every single game for hiring disgraceful hunden in the first place. Shady spineless org
2023-06-21 17:09
1 reply
#264
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India Pulkit20
the guy who hired hunden also got fired (Kasper Hvdit, their sports director and guy in-charge). He was the guy responsible for most of the shady stuff Astralis did
2023-06-21 19:20
ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
2023-06-21 17:35
hunden byebye
2023-06-21 17:37
Hunden back to Heroic to help them cheaters win something relevant
2023-06-21 17:40
W
2023-06-21 18:06
does anyone wants hunden anymore xD?
2023-06-21 18:15
bye-bye CHEATER !
2023-06-21 18:16
Are we sure hunden is actually gone this time LOL
2023-06-21 19:47
Why sign hunden at all? Worst org along with nip
2023-06-21 19:49
Took them way too long.
2023-06-21 21:07
Redemption
2023-06-21 21:33
Vorborg incoming as new director of sports
2023-06-21 23:45
#276
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Germany Devvyce
Hvidt gone maybe the most important healing step for Astralis. HUNDEN is also nice to see gone. LETS GO!
2023-06-22 00:09
After all those years, back to back W for Astralis :)
2023-06-22 00:26
1 reply
Two months down the road we find out h*nden never left & this was just PR. Astralis are low enough to pull that off.
2023-06-22 12:03
no hunden no cheating
2023-06-22 06:18
HUNDEN left cheating for THIS ?
2023-06-22 10:13
good riddance
2023-06-22 12:50
Clowns
2023-06-23 12:43
Nice, astralis will actually be good again now. Also HUNDEN is a piece of shit, he should be working at mcdonalds or sucking dick for crack
2023-06-23 13:42
#294
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Italy Antonello
does anyone wants hunden anymore ?
2023-06-27 12:40
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