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Discussion | Esports Astralis vs SK Gaming / PGL Major Kraków 2017 - Quarter-Final / Post-Match Discussion

Astralis 2-0 SK Gaming

Cache: 16-12
Overpass: 16-6
Mirage:

 

Astralis have advanced to the semifinals.
SK Gaming have been eliminated.

 


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MAP 1/3: Cache

 

TeamCTTTotal
Ast8816
TCT
SK7512

 

AstKAD
dev1ce26119
Kjaerbye19318
dupreeh18419
gla1ve16216
Xyp9x15924
SK
fer27420
coldzera22216
TACO16320
felps15519
FalleN15319

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MAP 2/3: Overpass

 

TeamTCTTotal
Ast10616
CTT
SK516

 

AstKAD
dev1ce27411
gla1ve17412
Xyp9x17310
Kjaerbye16015
dupreeh15315
SK
coldzera15417
fer14218
felps14118
FalleN13419
TACO7620

Map 2 Detailed Stats

 


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u/smrfy Jul 21 '17

Taco: Actually i remember one time we were playing against Astralis - Overpass - and it was 15-5 to Astralis. We were playing as T and Astralis as CT and Fallen said: "Guys, if you think we are good, let's prove it now. 15-5."

Fallen: Did we come back?

Taco: Of course not. 16-6.

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u/FreeKill101 de_mirage Jul 21 '17

Does anyone have a link for this clip? I love it, but I can never find it.

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u/Durdel CS2 HYPE Jul 21 '17

Summit is so nice to watch

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u/We1vo 1 Million Celebration Jul 21 '17

That was my favorite event of the year, can't wait for next years

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u/jayjude Jul 21 '17

You cannot do anything when an AWPer hits that level. We saw Fallen do it at Columbus and Device just did it to SK.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '17

Also what fallen was doing in Cologne just two weeks ago.

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u/XarxyPlays 500k Celebration Jul 21 '17

flair checks out

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '17

good guy SK helping PGL to make the games start in the estimated time

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u/GivePLZ-DoritosChip MIBR Jul 21 '17

Gambit did the same but PGL have so much filler they lag behind again.

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u/dixon5y MIBR Jul 21 '17

community: this shitshow have all the matchs delayed

fallen: hold my awp

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u/EliahBernick Jul 21 '17

Absolute worldclass perfomance from dev1ce, that was insanity

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u/nmyi de_mirage Jul 21 '17 edited Jul 21 '17

I took so many Twitch extended-highlight clips from Astralis vs SK match for myself, and here are my favorite 3 highlights of Dev1ce in de_Cache. (Sorry for the weird titles - again, I just clipped them for myself)

Dev1ce was so fun to watch today.

SK v Astralis (1/3 Cache) | R9. Dev1ce no scope kill on Coldzera at Highway. Starts @38sec

SK v Astralis (1/3 Cache) | R11. Dev1ce quad kill (4 HS + 2 wallbang kills). Starts @33sec

SK v Astralis (1/3 Cache) | R13. Dev1ce an "absolute champion" AWP no-scope hits. Holds Quad w/ help. Starts @30sec

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u/DarkSofter NiP Jul 21 '17

Device went bareback on Fallen this whole series. Absolutely destroyed. Glaive 300 IQ confirmed aswell. SK won so much this couple of months that it made me cheer for Danes

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u/FaeeLOL howl Jul 21 '17

I have NEVER seen somebody outplay Fallen that hard. Even on angles that Fallen had the advantage on, Device managed to win. That was honestly beautiful, and you can see how Fallen looked a bit lost at times because of it, like he choked the USP shots against the player under heaven who wasn't even looking at him.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '17

He got tilted. It happens. They might have suffered a burnout also. They played all tournaments possible leading to the major while Astralis only played ECS.

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u/Ord_ Astralis Jul 21 '17

Did Fallen even win 1 awp duel vs device?

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u/DerpAntelope Astralis Jul 21 '17

Last round :L

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u/IDrink_n_IKnowThings Jul 21 '17

Device said in the interview that Fallen was his inspiration as an AWPer, so he must be feeling really good about it right now. Fallen's in a league of his own too, but today Device absolutely destroyed him.

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u/obscure3rage FaZe Jul 21 '17

I was as shocked as anders with Dev1ce's dominance over Fallen. Great game!

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u/jries Liquid Jul 21 '17 edited Jul 21 '17

"FalleN is the greatest mastermind Counter-Strike has ever seen."

gla1ve: Hold min Akvavit

obligatory thanks for gold kind stranger

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u/iliketoknitfool de_cobble Jul 21 '17

hold min akvavit tuborg

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u/SpoonOnGuitar cs_militia Jul 21 '17

RØD GRØD MED DEVICE

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u/Warfared Jul 21 '17

Device made Fallen his bitch on that second map

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '17

Astralis don't lose quarter finals.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '17

except for that one time but they had 2 standins and played like 100 rounds

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u/walkingtheriver de_inferno Jul 21 '17

Was that the one where Glaive joined them for the first time and Zonic played instead of Dupreeh?

Because yeah, that was nuts.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '17

Really weak SK Performance.

Devve won 100% of the AWP Duels with Fallen.

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u/andreicosta 5 years coin Jul 21 '17

Liar. Fallen won the duel on the last round of overpass.

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u/JakeTheDropkick Grayhound Jul 21 '17

And what an impactful duel it was.

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u/sAhmTV Jul 21 '17

Would you consider the last round an AWP duel?

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u/SneakyPanda7 Jul 21 '17

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u/oisin1001 Astralis Jul 21 '17

Astralis ruining Pick'ems since 2017

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u/antreas48 Vitality Jul 21 '17

Mine Died at Fnatic Vs Gambit atleast i can get silver if IMT Beat BIG And VP beat North

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u/ThetaSigma11 Liquid Jul 21 '17 edited Jul 21 '17

If VP and Big get to the Semis and VP get to the finals I can at least get silver.

Rn I need at least VP or Big to win to get bronze.

EDIT: Miscalculated. Already got my bronze by Gambit winning.

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u/iliketoknitfool de_cobble Jul 21 '17

device just owning fallen on overpass, gj

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u/andreicosta 5 years coin Jul 21 '17

And on cache.

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u/d_nought G2 Jul 21 '17

Skipping Cologne DEFINITELY the right move now. More info to gather on SK and less to give the weird upset teams about you.

I picked SK because i doubted dev1ce would show up, but he fucking showed up harder than he has ever done at any Major ever, gg.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '17

So true, I was afraid for Astralis because I thought Device was still off because of his friend's death... he was incredibly tough today, really stepped up, good for him.

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u/MonDew Astralis Jul 21 '17

DER ER ET YNDIGT LAND!

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u/kvkBEAST Astralis Jul 21 '17

DET STÅR MED BREDE BØGE

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u/VibratingPony Astralis Jul 21 '17

Nær saaaalten Østerstrand.

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u/dancing_dragons Jul 21 '17

Gambit just shit themselves

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '17

Preeetty sure they were anticipating one hell of an opponent regardless of the result.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '17 edited Jul 21 '17

It's not like it would've been any better if they got full power SK :D

EDIT:Like

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '17

they ask for the lime but they get the lemon

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u/moodyfloyd de_cobble Jul 21 '17

Gambit v Astralis is must watch. i think gambit has a real shot and im all over this bangwagon.

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u/stewieeeeeeeee FaZe Jul 21 '17 edited Jul 21 '17

Astralis beat SK for 4 reasons:

  1. They were much better prepared for SK than SK for Astralis. SK played 3 tournaments before this, Astralis played 1. I'm sure gla1ve and zonic studied SK very hard for the past few weeks, not just yesterday.

  2. gla1ve adapted mid-round, FalleN didn't even adapt mid-half. He was shox levels of stubborn.

  3. Astralis's map pool was somewhat unknown; everyone assumes Cache is their 2nd worst map like everyone has been assuming it for 1.5 years and kept losing to Astralis (e.g. FNC at the ELEAGUE major).

  4. SK aren't invincible and haven't been in any of the 3 tournament wins. They just always, always found ways to punish other teams' mistakes and come back. Astralis play the smartest CS in the world; you've got to be better than them to beat them.

Gambit will have none of the first 3 problems. Their problem is firepower, though, they don't have a cold and fer.

It will be interesting, but Gambit can win both Train and the decider (which I'm assuming will be Inferno or Cache). I wouldn't count them out.

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u/thearkhamknight_111 Astralis Jul 21 '17

You really, really don't want to underestimate Gambit if you're Astralis. AdreN gets rolling and we see Dosia and Mou perform like they did today and there's a fight, and Zeus can match up with Gla1ve as a IGL as well.

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u/ADFturtl3 Jul 21 '17

they are going to win brutha

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u/altered_boy FaZe Jul 21 '17

who would have thought, gambit and big going 3-0, faze going 0-3, and sk being crushed after coming as the favourites for this major due to their dominant consistency on the last tournaments.

Props to Astralis, gg

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u/OneandonlyDDAN Jul 21 '17

Its like columbus, fnatic go on a 6 lan win streak and get crushed by astralis in quarters

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u/snake-doc Jul 21 '17

Bad Dead Fallen

-device

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '17

PGL: "we're behind schedule"

Astralis: "No problem"

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u/frostyy8 Jul 21 '17

Reddit after Cache: highest level of CS we've ever seen, outstanding performance from both teams
Reddit after Overpass: SK shit team, FalleN silver cancer

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u/Intred 5 years coin Jul 21 '17

Fallen: I am the best AWPer.

dev1ce: No.

Fallen: Understandable, have a nice semifinal.

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u/vvFury Renegades Jul 21 '17 edited Jul 22 '17

have a nice 500k.

Ftfy

winner of this match is guaranteed major winner I'll give $5 to charity if I'm wrong

Edit: Since you guys are so overwhelmed by my extreme kindness, I will donate $10 to a charity of your guys choice if astralis don't win this major! I know its not a whole lot, but every $ counts for someone in need.

Edit 2: Guys, suggest some good underatted charities. Serious ones only please, I'll pick the charity from the top comment.

Edit 3: My guys VP looking impressive, SHIT. My 10 dollars!!!

Edit 4: So I made my donation, wtf is this major final LOL.

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u/KimioN42N CS2 HYPE Jul 21 '17

Hey, it's me, your charity

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u/neptunusequester Jul 21 '17

Now everything is set for VP vs Astralis Final rematch :D

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u/hulksreddit 10 years coin Jul 21 '17

these were virtus.plow levels of destruction, holy fuck

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u/andreicosta 5 years coin Jul 21 '17

against Vega Squadron level of competition, as well.

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u/flaf1vitoria Jul 21 '17

why did fallen keep forcing the awp battles, device outplayed him again and again and again ggwp astralis

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u/nonresponsive Jul 21 '17

He didn't. After he lost that mid peek to device, he took another spot in bathroom. But then he lost there later, so he tried tree at long. Lost there too. He was just trying to hold angles tbh at that point. He rarely went for his classic awp aggression and was just trying to hold angles most of the time.

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u/rotmgxcmxvs Jul 21 '17

Seriously, cold was doing pretty well with the awp, and fallen just keeps buying and dying like a $4750 decoy.

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u/SirJacobTehgamarh Virtus.pro Jul 21 '17

anyone know why the trophy will be given on sunday instead of today? Is there a delay or do they engrave names on the trophies and it takes a while?

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u/Thekantona Jul 21 '17

Apparently there is gonna be some showmatches to showcase how truly dominant Astralis is.

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u/VysuaLs NiP Jul 21 '17

This one actually made me lol

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u/RF_NL Jul 21 '17

📞 4Head HELLO FALLEN📞 4Head DEVICE HERE 📞 4Head QUE OTA? 📞 4Head

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u/Rektalalchemist BIG Fan Jul 21 '17

How do you put in the phones?

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u/Escapererer Jul 21 '17

Hard to imagine a more dominant game from Astralis. Shocked at just how badly they decimated SK, especially on Overpass

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u/Tur8o Vitality Jul 21 '17

I felt a great disturbance in the pickems, as if millions of SK fans suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced.

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u/C-4 Natus Vincere Jul 21 '17

Coldzera: I'm the best player in the world.

Dev1ce: You're not even the best player on the server.

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u/iSluff Jul 21 '17

Congratulations to Astralis for winning PGL Major Krakow 2017

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u/Cravot Jul 21 '17

don't do a thooorin. :>

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u/pajausk CS2 HYPE Jul 21 '17

it's gg already. he cursed astralis. Gambit/BIG in finals.

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u/sethel99 Astralis Jul 21 '17

Great. Thanks for jinxing it.

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u/DesHis 5 years coin Jul 21 '17 edited Jun 19 '25

voracious melodic pet cats retire thought versed serious jeans deer

This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact

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u/8367633942119 Gambit Jul 21 '17

im a time traveller, can confirm this will happen, also dont eat pears they are aliens in disguise (like transformers) thank me later

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u/ChildishForLife de_dust2 Jul 21 '17

PGL: We are behind our schedule by about an hour..

Dev1ce: No

PGL: Thank you enjoy the major win

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u/JAYERx Jul 21 '17

ANOTHER MAJOR ANOTHER PICKEM I SLEEP ON ASTRALIS IN A QUARTERFINAL

ANOTHER MAJOR ANOTHER BRONZE PICKEM

GG ASTRALIS!!

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u/antelope591 Jul 21 '17

If anyone thought device was overrated watch this series....Fallen got absolutely destroyed. SK didn't look like the same team and it was mostly cause Fallen was getting fucked round after round losing every duel vs device.

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u/loveicetea Astralis Jul 21 '17

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u/walkingtheriver de_inferno Jul 21 '17

Congrats on being the 0.01% who's able to get the gold trophy

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u/MukeSkywalker Astralis Jul 21 '17

Kjaerbye attempted treason count: 9

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u/meme-s SK Jul 21 '17

Even though SK lost, Astralis are a very great team that I enjoy watching. I'll be cheering them on as they progress through the tournament.

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u/supergrega Jul 21 '17

coldzera: im the best player in the world

device: hej

coldzera: understandable have a nice playoffs

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u/_Oomph_ 500k Celebration Jul 21 '17

I didn't even want silver this tourney anyway.

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u/KrauseHS Astralis Jul 21 '17

We seriously need a compilation of Device winning those duels vs. Fallen. That was just insane. GGWP to both sides!

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u/renanpr Jul 21 '17

Fnatic: We had the worst series from this tournament.

SK: Hold my beer.

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u/-RedLink- Jul 21 '17

Astralis are just SO FUCKING GOOD. Their teamwork is out of this world. Their coordination, their aim, their nades, etc. Device is a goddamn monster. Made Fallen his bitch. No way in hell they don't reach the final. GG. Cya SK.

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u/jDGreye Astralis Jul 21 '17

Watching Dev1ce RUIN Fallen round after round reminds me of why I love Astralis so much...

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u/Warfared Jul 21 '17

Astralis are on fucking point

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u/gEO-dA-K1nG tactics Jul 21 '17

Overpass was such a pleasure to watch. It's extremely rare to see someone who's not the caller win a match by reading the other team like a book. Device just knew where FalleN was and exactly how to kill him, every. single. time. That was both insane and beautiful at the same time

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '17

Made especially scary by the fact that Overpass (along with Train) is basically Fallen's AWPing home turf. Zonic Glaive and Device figured his shit out in a big way.

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u/___Stranger Jul 21 '17

Dev1ce fucking turned up

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u/blurj Jul 21 '17

dev1ce over rated eco fragger they said.

Dudes a king and puts in as much work as anyone. Best awper world, undisputed now. He just wiped the floor with fallen

Also as someone who got gold trophy last pick ems by picking Astralis over NaVi. I deserve the bronze trophy coming my way, never doubting this team again.

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u/JustRecentlyI Astralis Jul 21 '17

Astralis were the better team, dev1ce was the better AWP'er.

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u/Waffliez FaZe Jul 21 '17

Im so fucking sad. GG Astralis, congrats on winning the major and congrats on the mvp device.

First time sk leave in the quarter finals.

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u/IuriAmauri FURIA Jul 21 '17

Who would've had thought last week that your flair would fade before mine man.

RIP

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '17 edited Jul 21 '17

Now SK fans know how fnatic fans feel leading up to colombus. Looking so good and about to make history then get destroyed by astralis in the quarters ;(

rip my pickem too, most I can get is bronze now..

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u/OneandonlyDDAN Jul 21 '17

First time in months since I've seen SK get destroyed

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u/Vinck Legendary Chicken Master Jul 21 '17 edited Jul 21 '17

Please post any serious questions/comments you have in this top comment. We want to make sure there's a place for serious discussion only, but don't want to take hype/memes away from the threads. We'll see how well this works, if it doesn't work we'll ditch it.

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u/9las Jul 21 '17

Holy fuck what a performance from dev1ce. I absolutely love how much professionalism is shining out of Astralis atm, with the sports psychologist being in the booth during vetos etc, giving them a last piece of advice before going up against arguably the hardest opponent at this tournament. Other teams would have crumbled with some of the rounds SK won, like the coldzera collateral, the TACO b-site denial or the felps 1v2. It just didn't seem to faze them.

I do not understand why other teams have not followed this same procedure by hiring professional people to help them behind the scenes. It's clearly worth it.

And those are some sexy fucking t-shirts.

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u/GeneralBlade Liquid Jul 21 '17

They also took ESL One Cologne off to prep and it seems to have been the right call.

Another thing that Anders quickly mentioned on Overpass that dev1ce uses heatmaps to see where FalleN likes to play during certain scenarios so he was able to read him like a book and just pick off FalleN every round at the start.

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u/sethel99 Astralis Jul 21 '17

Astralis seemed to have an answer for EVERY time SK tried to do something cheeky (push through smoke, hide in ninja spots, etc.) especially on the first map.

Do you think they prepared for things like this? Because oftentimes those kind of cheeky plays lost them maps against SK.

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u/GeneralBlade Liquid Jul 21 '17

Anders quickly mentioned on Overpass that dev1ce uses heatmaps to see where FalleN likes to play during certain scenarios so he was able to read him like a book and just pick off FalleN every round at the start.

Really smart by dev1ce, he prepared and read FalleN like a book.

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u/checkmate-9 tactics Jul 21 '17

Astralis' T-side on Cache was unreal. The only thing keeping SK in that map were insane clutches, looked like gla1ve got the read on SK nearly every round.

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u/stijndederper NiP Jul 21 '17

I haven't had time to watch but why did Fallen have absolutely 0 impact?

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u/sethel99 Astralis Jul 21 '17

Dev1ce shut him down almost every round. Honestly this is the best I've ever seen Dev1ce in terms of AWP duels

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u/Vinck Legendary Chicken Master Jul 21 '17

One the main factors was Device winning so many of the awp duels.

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u/Bananaminnie ENCE Jul 21 '17

How many duels Device won against Fallen?

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u/sidipi Legendary Chicken Master Jul 21 '17

http://i.imgur.com/sIWwmnH.png

7:17 in total duels.

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2:10 in AWP duels.

Device dominated fallen.

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u/ItayK MOUZ Jul 21 '17

What do you mean serious question ?(not even trolling, actually asking)

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u/dedilink Vitality Jul 21 '17

For all I care, it could have gone either way.

Astralis clearly did some homework on A site and its defense regarding SK on Cache.

I'm of course happy Astralis went through but it kinda hurt since two of my favs had to go in quarter-finals :/

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u/qwenjis 1 Million Celebration Jul 21 '17 edited Jul 22 '17

Looks like analysts desk was right regarding Astralis training de_cache for this game. They had a joker and it worked flawlessly.

That was conviencing enough bo3 to deny SK era 2.0

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u/HaXxorIzed Jul 21 '17

Device is back, baby.

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u/shinikira Jul 21 '17

dev1ce fucking ruined FalleN today holy shit

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u/ChopSpot chroma Jul 21 '17

Astralis composure > SK composure

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u/andreicosta 5 years coin Jul 21 '17

mfw SK actually did better with fox than with felps.

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u/ThePige Jul 21 '17

This might be the best Cache map I've ever seen of my life.

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u/thearkhamknight_111 Astralis Jul 21 '17

Was FalleN lagging? He's never this slow and was constantly getting peeked into by Device and losing.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '17

Dev1ce just positionally wrecked fallen.

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u/ctzu bravo Jul 21 '17

Cold: I'm the best player in the world

fallen: I'm the best awper in the world

dev1ce: you guys hold the fuck up

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u/bchang3 Jul 21 '17

Astralis read SK like a book

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u/arkwewt Jul 21 '17

Well fuck me I'm never doing a pickem challenge again.

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u/Spork_Revolution Vitality Jul 21 '17

So fucking impressed by the boys. I had no clue they had this level in them at the moment.

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u/lucasrayken 5 years coin Jul 21 '17

The burnout effect is real. Well played Astralis. Never seen FalleN get so dominated like this before.

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u/dedilink Vitality Jul 21 '17

All I Can Say Is

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKKKKK YEAHHHHHHH!!!!!

AND WP TO SK!

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u/Colinlb Jul 21 '17

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u/AmChayChay MOUZ Jul 21 '17

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u/Legiraffetamer G2 Jul 21 '17

Such a coincidence every awper suddenly plays bad against devve.

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u/TheChampBruh Jul 21 '17

Skipping Cologne for strats = confirmed meta

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u/kofoed88 Astralis Jul 21 '17 edited Jul 21 '17

Why do PGL play a video about sirscoots right after such a hyped match? Seems like pretty bad timing :/

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u/Condiscending Jul 21 '17

I'm really glad Astralis proved everyone wrong, I couldn't believe how one sided people thought it was gonna be. I'm kinda upset this wasn't a final matchup, the first map had some amazing moments that could've been made better in that setting. Hopefully they can carry it through to the end.

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u/banjoskip 500k Celebration Jul 21 '17

Device went crazy. Awesome stuff. Hope he keeps up this performance

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u/MrFoolinaround BIG Jul 21 '17

Astralis stealing SK strats from space soldiers.

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u/bLackieJESUS Astralis Jul 21 '17

i'm so glad dev1ce is back on his superman form. he won pretty much every single awp battle against fallen and got multiple kill rounds with a rifle as well.

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u/D4rrenN4ts FaZe Jul 21 '17

I'll be happy if I even get the bronze Pick'em trophy... [*]

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u/schoki560 King NiKo Jul 21 '17

Have to say that, Semmler and Anders were on FIRE this match! Really enjoyed it!

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u/jpark170 chroma Jul 21 '17

Rip everyone's pick'ems.

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u/MajorLeagueRekt Astralis Jul 21 '17

Coldzera: We will win this major 100%

Device: Fallen machine 🅱️roke

Coldzera: Understandable have a nice day

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u/dixon5y MIBR Jul 21 '17

sk play so bad, deserved to loose, this is not rank s, this is a major, Astralis playing beautiful CS, and fallen out of the server :/

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u/calebci G2 Jul 21 '17

Another Astralis win to destroy pickems

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u/pitatoide phoenix Jul 21 '17

SK were shutdown .... gratz to Astralis!

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u/justini1 de_cache Jul 21 '17

fallen dead weight lol

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u/mana1298 Astralis Jul 21 '17

How many duels did fallen win this game?

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u/Asiracy Cloud9 Jul 21 '17

Astralis is pretty good.

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u/Abitou Luminosity Jul 21 '17

Worst SK gaming ive seen in months

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u/dlkyuubi Virtus.pro Jul 21 '17

device won every single duel vs fallen, incredible, vp vs astralis rematch inc

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u/DerpAntelope Astralis Jul 21 '17

Pretty sure fallen only killed Device once. And it was the final round.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '17

SK looked flat : (

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u/reflexmaster123 ENCE Jul 21 '17

device most consistent

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u/BrendanQ Jul 21 '17

dev1ce rendering FalleN a complete non-factor in the game, amazing game

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '17

Dev1ce is having none of your shit today god damn YES.

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u/Hawteyh Astralis Jul 21 '17

Damn Dev1ce was on point. Won basically every duel vs fallen on overpass

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u/ILikeMiley Jul 21 '17

Goodbye Fer.

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u/Usernamesin2016LUL Cloud9 Jul 21 '17

If you thought pickems were fucked after gambit vs fnatic i dont wanna know what youre feeling now.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '17

This is the best Device played in major play offs

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '17

Noone will ever stop Astralis choking in the semis :)

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u/E_blanc Astralis Jul 21 '17

NEVER BET AGAINST ASTRALIS TO GET TOP 4 SON

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u/wut_m8toe 5 years coin Jul 21 '17

Fallen was outplayed so badly

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u/Pisculichi Virtus.pro Jul 21 '17

-fallen +badfallen

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u/whipsawww Gambit Jul 21 '17

Turtle Beaches best headset confirmed

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u/UnknownPastaMaker Astralis Jul 21 '17

Ej, hvor er det nemt! – Dupreeh 2k17

GG bois!

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u/Ghostpanda34 Jul 21 '17

"We will win this major 100%"

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u/TotallyNotWatching Jul 21 '17

Such excellent CS. You can tell both teams are undisputed best at the game

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u/jRdnz Jul 21 '17

The level at which Astralis played that series was off the fucking chain. Only a few hero plays even kept the first map close.

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u/GrippyT Jul 21 '17

I'll be uploading this match to Pornhub later, "Danish Beauty Molests a Broken Brazilian"

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u/mochatsubo Jul 21 '17

Question for those with a better understanding of the game. Did Astralis just have better team play vs SK (e.g. better timings, strats) or did SK just have a bad day? I ask because it seemed that SK players were doing pretty well individually, but had a hard time closing out rounds.

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u/dsakbp Team Spirit Jul 21 '17

Last major I picked navi to go all the way in pickems and got rekt by astralis. This time picked sk and well.....

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u/tson_92 FaZe Jul 21 '17

I have never seen SK being so dominated like that on LAN.

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u/CrannySmith FaZe Jul 21 '17

Fakin RIP my Pick 'ems, had SK win the whole thing

WHO PICKS ASTRALIS OVER SK IN Bo3?!

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u/ztejas Liquid Jul 21 '17

Lol SK can't even get out of the quarterfinals. #blowitup

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u/Ayyyce Astralis Jul 21 '17

Beautiful CS from Astralis. GGWP SK

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u/Hide_on_bushzera Jul 21 '17

Saddest day of my life but GG's to Astralis and their fans. You guys deserve

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u/x_Critical Jul 21 '17

Darn, I picked SK to win against Astralis. That Danish power is just too strong.

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u/TFTies Jul 21 '17

The 12th round on Overpass was a "must see", just awesome!

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u/DirkEnglish Jul 21 '17

Shoulda trusted my GUT. Rip my entire fucking pickem. Bronze again bois.

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u/unireparmy Jul 21 '17

dev1ce is smurfing

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u/shady2kz FaZe Jul 21 '17

rip coldzera 100% winning the major

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u/hypoferramia Astralis Jul 21 '17

Fell asleep during the gambit/fnatic game (midnightish here) and woke up to this wonderful news?

Skipping Cologne is really paying off! Also I don't think I have seen a device clear MVP series (in play offs) for quite some time! Against a team where winning the Awp battle is so important too!

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u/WilliamifyXD Renegades Jul 21 '17

be me

wake up

rip pickem

(dnw i picked gambit xd but who would've thought Astralis over SK?)

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u/eSportsStats Jul 21 '17

Astralis vs SK Gaming is the most popular game of the day.
Viewers charts:
including Chinese - http://i.imgur.com/qlUrwNO.jpg
excluding Chinese - http://i.imgur.com/X7jFQ3L.jpg

Detailed event stats:
https://esc.watch/tournaments/csgo/pgl-major-krakow-2017

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u/v0xmach1ne Astralis Jul 22 '17

I'LL BE DAMNED IF MY FLAIR DOESN'T CHECK OUT BOYS.

LET'S F*CKING GO.

Seriously though, GGs and SK Gaming still has my heart, but the Danes have my flair.

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u/HitmanSparky cs_office Jul 22 '17

Glad a team with actual class advanced to the semifinals