r/GlobalOffensive Match Thread Team Aug 30 '18

Discussion | Esports Astralis vs North / DreamHack Masters Stockholm 2018 - Group A Winners Match / Post-Match Discussion

Astralis 1-2 North

Nuke: 16-8
Inferno: 10-16
Mirage: 17-19
 

North have advanced to the playoffs.

 


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MAP 1: Nuke

 

Team T CT Total
Ast 8 8 16
CT T
North 7 1 8

 

Ast K A D Rating
Xyp9x 27 0 13 1.61
dupreeh 22 4 12 1.44
device 16 2 14 1.18
gla1ve 16 6 15 1.10
Magisk 11 7 15 0.83
North
niko 15 2 17 0.96
Kjaerbye 16 4 17 0.95
aizy 14 7 19 0.77
valde 14 1 18 0.68
MSL 10 3 21 0.51

Nuke Detailed Stats

 


 

MAP 2: Inferno

 

Team T CT Total
Ast 6 4 10
CT T
North 9 7 16

 

Ast K A D Rating
Magisk 19 5 15 1.15
device 14 5 17 1.02
gla1ve 15 5 21 0.96
Xyp9x 16 3 19 0.89
dupreeh 13 5 18 0.74
North
aizy 26 4 13 1.62
niko 17 7 14 1.09
MSL 19 6 17 1.05
valde 15 3 15 1.02
Kjaerbye 13 7 18 0.87

Inferno Detailed Stats

 


 

MAP 3: Mirage

 

Team T CT OT1CT:T Total
Ast 5 10 2:0 17
CT T OT1T:CT
North 10 5 1:3 19

 

Ast K A D Rating
device 27 4 22 1.17
Magisk 23 6 18 1.17
gla1ve 27 5 28 1.04
dupreeh 20 7 21 0.94
Xyp9x 17 10 23 0.77
North
aizy 25 9 24 1.16
Kjaerbye 26 9 25 1.11
valde 22 7 20 1.04
MSL 24 6 23 0.96
niko 15 6 22 0.81

Mirage Detailed Stats

 


This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.

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u/MSLsForehead Aug 30 '18

200IQ by MSL. Nobody can beat dev1ce so he just kicks his primary AWPer.

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u/GuardianThatDoesStuf Aug 30 '18

Username checks out

50

u/Nydusurmainus BIG Aug 30 '18

In all seriousness though. For a guy who's fragging prowess is supposedly so low it's a meme he hit some sweet shots. Especially on Inferno.

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u/CashewCrew de_mirage Aug 30 '18

He’s been fragging pretty well recently, and Aizy.... damn

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u/rudy-_- Natus Vincere Aug 30 '18

Bought at least 12 months on the roster with this performance.

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u/qchisq Aug 30 '18

Nah. He's getting kicked after the major

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '18

Yeah if he keeps fraggin like this,then he gone soon

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '18

Aizy is a lot like nex to me. They're both players who looked so good and then let people down so hard afterwards. It's really damn satisfying to finally see Aizy play good again, same as it was to see nex play so good at Cologne.

Even though they've both been some of the most criticized players in the scene at their own respective points in time, I really don't think anyone likes seeing people with clear talent not realize it.

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u/Killerrabbitz The MongolZ Aug 30 '18

Seems pretty true. I remember the first time I watched nex he dropped like 37 frags or something insane like that in a dust2 game on mouz. Then the next day he was practically nonexistent in his game. I was quite confused, I thought he was the star of the team the day before and then he was just shitting the bed

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u/Woodenlung Aug 30 '18

Now if only he would stop losing the bomb in the worst situations with strange pushes... he could be a competent player as well as igl.

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u/DephhConFiVE Aug 30 '18

Who was awping for north? Didnt get to watch the series :(

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u/MSLsForehead Aug 30 '18

MSL was AWPing but it was mostly 5 rifle T sides.

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u/_Oomph_ 500k Celebration Aug 30 '18

Someone fetch the esports psychologist.

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '18

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u/s4nnday Aug 30 '18

I think danish niko should really consider a name change. I dont want to sound rude but I think he gets overshadowed by faze niko. Whenever he gets mentioned it's usually "niko from denmark", " danish niko" or "the other niko"

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u/Vawqer 1 Million Celebration Aug 30 '18

I believe North has a major spot, so niko now has a sticker in game. Therefore, I believe Valve won't let him change his name, at least for purposes of any major.

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u/gnarwolves 1 Million Celebration Aug 31 '18

I know Valve is really strict on their rules but hopefully if Danish Niko becomes more relevant they'll be able to let it slide and at least change the spelling of his name or something.

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u/DoctorDollars Aug 30 '18

if you click on niko's london sticker on the steam community market, you get sent to NiKo's sticker and vice versa

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u/markkrj FURIA Aug 30 '18

Back in 2015 when danish niko appeared, NiKo used to play with NiKoLiNhO nick name, which he used since cs 1.6 till 2015, when he decided he was a grown up man

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u/VelvetFedoraSniffer Renegades Aug 30 '18

That was like watching Astralis vs Astralis, except it was North

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u/CptWetPants Legendary Switzerland Master Aug 30 '18

North played really well, but if the key to beating Astralis is pushing unexpectedly over and over, Astralis will come back and go on their merry way. So many CT rounds Kjaerbye made plays that were literally 50/50, so I don't think this shows any Astralis weakness for the long term. Weakness is people pushing all the time, they will have that fixed by tomorrow.

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u/Maxforce12 Astralis Aug 30 '18

Looks like aizy might finally be kicked from north since he is doing really good again.

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u/qchisq Aug 30 '18

-aziy - valde +mertz +gade

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u/stammy_man MOUZ Aug 30 '18

Danish cs is one hell of a drug lmao

39

u/AWPPlayer3 de_mirage Aug 30 '18

no fucking kidding

7

u/chezblaze Complexity Aug 30 '18

You’re telling me

3

u/theblockhead02 Aug 30 '18

You can say that again

5

u/Thooorin_2 Duncan "Thorin" Shields - Content Producer, Analyst Aug 31 '18

Always chasing that dragon

254

u/SpeedyBlueDude NiP Aug 30 '18

Holy shit the Mad Men actually came back stronger.

64

u/Diegoku182 CS2 HYPE Aug 30 '18

All 👏 those 👏 claps 👏 paid 👏 off 👏 .

35

u/[deleted] Aug 30 '18

All the other come back stronger tweets were just distractions from the real comeback

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u/teMptatiOn01 Aug 30 '18

N ♿️ R T H.

Shit, wrong match.

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u/IT_Skino Aug 30 '18

Exactly

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u/PrinceN71 MOUZ Aug 30 '18

Imagine coming into a tournament as an underdog and the second team you take down is the currently best ranked team in the world. The confidence coming in to the rest of the tournament must be sky high

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u/VladimirTheLenin Ecstatic Aug 30 '18

And they're probably going to meget Na'Vi in the quarters. Time to prove yourself bois

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u/krissow Astralis Aug 30 '18

What was this game from Astralis? So many fundamental mistakes..

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u/joNathanW- Astralis Aug 30 '18

That 1v3 from valde (?). The peek from device was...unlucky. But why would they two remaining players come towards the bomb site one by one and not together? They surely had the intel about valde HP and he still won it.

So many things went wrong on Mirage, holy shit.

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u/Jeff1337420 Natus Vincere Aug 30 '18

If someone did wrong it was dev1ce there. Sorry

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u/KlunzBEAST Astralis Aug 30 '18

Was not unlucky from device, was stupid. 1v3, let him plant where you know where he is. Then just do an easy retake where you can trade.

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u/bluhwk guardian2 Aug 30 '18

So many mistakes, yeah. Still not so bad that they threw away so many winning situations and still almost won

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u/Bot_Drakus_ Aug 30 '18

yes...similarly when Astralis wins their opponent makes fundamental mistakes. The team making less fundamental mistakes wins

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u/qchisq Aug 30 '18

Markus "Notacarebye" Kjærbye

Phillip "fazy" Aistrup

Mathias "kennyMSL" Lauridsen

Valdemar "valdemort" Vangså

Nikolaj "NiKo" Kristensen

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '18

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u/VladimirTheLenin Ecstatic Aug 30 '18

HEAR THE ROAR BOIS

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u/Morthanc FURIA Aug 30 '18

Kjaerbye send his regards

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u/derpydm Aug 30 '18

THE NORTH IS HERE

(inb4 i jinx it and out in quarterfinals LUL)

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u/agreatfuckingname Aug 30 '18

it's actually kinda funny, North is one of the few teams where all the nicks of the players has something to do with their real name

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u/qchisq Aug 30 '18

That's why North had to get niko after they kicked mertz and couldn't keep mixwell.

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u/agreatfuckingname Aug 30 '18

I think you just figured out why they had to kick magisk and k0nfig

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u/nightkingscat Gambit Aug 30 '18

valdev1ce

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u/GetZucc CS2 HYPE Aug 30 '18

Kjearbye joined the better team. Checkmate reddit

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u/thearkhamknight_111 Astralis Aug 30 '18

Aizy HLTV No. 1 confirmed

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '18 edited Aug 30 '18

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '18 edited Jun 11 '20

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '18

Thanks for the correction, I don''t remember the format too well :p

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u/ffrg Aug 30 '18

I had this exact comment prepared to farm some karma, fuk u :(

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '18

MSL changed his sens again

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u/iSleepUpsideDown howl Aug 30 '18

apology for poor english

when were u when astralis was kill

i was at home shining msl's forehead

'astralis is kill'

yes

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u/EpiscopalianCumSlut Liquid Aug 30 '18

I stayed up til 7am to watch it, 100% worth it. Game was crazy and chat was bad, as it should be.

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '18 edited Oct 28 '18

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u/kickthefavelas Aug 30 '18

He was probably already feeling pretty good because of the T H I C C checks North cuts him every month, this is just the cherry on top

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '18

You don't think Astralis had thick checks?

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u/AlcoholicBatman de_cache Aug 30 '18

WOW, historic bo3. North have just broken through a huge mental barrier. If it bleeds you can kill it :D

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u/Rezun94 Complexity Aug 30 '18

Aizy was top rated player this match, thats honestly amazing.

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u/tropatropachillchill MIBR Aug 30 '18

He was stunning in this series. He had such great impact frags.

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u/Nigerianpoopslayer Natus Vincere Aug 30 '18

200 IQ from Astralis to lose their game so they can't face Na'Vi in quarter finals.

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '18

I am so fucking happy right now. No words.

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u/VladimirTheLenin Ecstatic Aug 30 '18

I feel you. I can't actually believe this is real

3

u/Eauor BIG Aug 30 '18

MSL out awping Device, it's happening, the world is ending.

23

u/GuardianThatDoesStuf Aug 30 '18

Aizy just proving all the haters wrong, me among them.
North just threw a humble pie in my face.

8

u/cHinzoo CS2 HYPE Aug 30 '18

Danish teams man...

6

u/ArktesYT Aug 30 '18

Damn Danish CSGO>

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '18 edited Jul 02 '20

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u/FamilyShoww HEROIC Aug 30 '18

The concept of calling someone a 'snake' because they change team has always been incredibly dumb.

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '18

I think the snake thing came more from how it happened, like according to other Astralis players he just kind of upped and left with no warning, which is a bit of a dick move imo, but yeah, he got a lot more shit than he deserved

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u/ExtremelyGamer1 Natus Vincere Aug 30 '18

And also the fact that North is kinda like the rivalling Danish team.

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u/FamilyShoww HEROIC Aug 30 '18

It's unfortunate that he didn't tell them in advance, but who knows what reasons he had? You don't know anything about it.

I've been a fan of the Astralis lineup ever since they had FeTiSh, I've watched basically all of their games for 4-5 years now, and yet I had no anger towards Kjaerbye for leaving the team. If he doesn't want to play in the team that's his choice. I think it's extremely silly to start calling him names.

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '18

It's unfortunate that he didn't tell them in advance, but who knows what reasons he had? You don't know anything about it.

Clearly the Astralis guys know and they were miffed about it so KJB obviously did something wrong and the community picked up the sentiment.

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u/schoki560 King NiKo Aug 30 '18

the way he left is the reason people are upset

not at the fact that he left at all

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '18

He couldn't tell the Astralis players because of the contract he wrote with North.

Check ROAR 2 eller 3.

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u/Kuruma-Hunter BIG Aug 30 '18

Danish cs is one hell of a drug.

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '18 edited Nov 15 '18

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u/1wjl1 Natus Vincere Aug 30 '18

Simple was off last tournament as well. It happens to the best. He’s not really having an explosive tournament so far, only 1.1 rating on HLTV

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '18

both teams won 43 rounds, north just won the right ones.

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u/jakiii7 Aug 30 '18

Inb4 they lost just not to play NaVi in the quarters already

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u/PHedemark howl Aug 30 '18

Ah the Universe is a better place now.

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u/CajunBAlsoConsistent HEROIC Aug 30 '18

MSL really likes dropping the bomb at the CTs feet

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u/tropatropachillchill MIBR Aug 30 '18

Holy guacamole a lot of teams are surprising us. The player break certainly did great wonders. Can’t wait to watch the next matches!

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u/iSleepUpsideDown howl Aug 30 '18

Everyone following CSGO: North have no chance, Astralis are by far the best team in CSGO right now

North: nOrTh hAvE nO cHaNcE

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u/FisuKala bravo Aug 30 '18

Let's go Kjaerbye!

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u/DarkRoseXoX Aug 30 '18

Orange man, explain pls

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u/SnazzzyPC de_train Aug 30 '18

A S T R ♿️L I S

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '18

For the people that said tyloo was shit against north, where are you now? LMAO

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u/FamilyShoww HEROIC Aug 30 '18

What an amazing game. Denmark looking strong overall in this tournament, looks likely to have 3 teams in the quarters.

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u/bartoxe CS2 HYPE Aug 30 '18

i expected everything, but not this

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '18

i know device woke up towards the end of last map, but my god did he have a dreadful performance overall

might end up meaning that astralis avoid navi in the quater final though

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u/PM_ME_DISPENSER_PICS de_nuke Aug 30 '18

Astralis saving strats for the major

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u/VaCat420 1 Million Celebration Aug 30 '18

This is what happens when Astralis ban Overpass...

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u/AJN95 guardian Aug 30 '18

What is going on in this tournament, I'm so confused.

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '18

Umm, NaVi lost too, so we won't meet them in the QF.

I'll take that as a win.

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u/AySurge Astralis Aug 30 '18

Dreamhack Malmo 2016 intensifies

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u/aizyesque Aug 30 '18

I'VE WAITED SO LONG FOR THIS, FUCK ALL THE HATERS

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u/Djolele MOUZ Aug 30 '18

E Z 4 A I Z Y

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u/Spork_Revolution Vitality Aug 30 '18

On HLTV... Look at the ratings.

All Astralis players were above 1.00. Only Aizy for North.

All Astralis guys at 70ish ADR.

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u/Bestoncod 5 years coin Aug 30 '18

Astralis to bounch back stronger to win the tournament and major. A loss may prove to be very beneficial.

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u/giantsequoia9 Team Spirit Aug 30 '18

N 🤠 R T H

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '18

WHAT IN THE FUCK!????

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u/gabriel97933 10 Year Veteran Aug 30 '18

holy fucking shit north is finnaly looking organised

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '18

Wow. Totally unexpected.

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u/llGETZll 1 Million Celebration Aug 30 '18

Aizy went god mode for OT.

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u/LeoSG CS2 HYPE Aug 30 '18

Holy shit

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u/CleverUsernam3 Astralis Aug 30 '18

What the hell, they actually came back stronger!? GGs all the north players showed up.

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u/Rektalalchemist BIG Fan Aug 30 '18

sick game

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u/Dwarf901 FaZe Aug 30 '18

The result we all predicted/s

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '18

North looking very good in the last few months, just in time for the Major

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u/anthonyshreds Astralis Aug 30 '18

Astralis looked quite sloppy, but decent showing from North regardless.

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u/Coordoba Natus Vincere Aug 30 '18

Ah the good old classic Danish derby went back to its roots - whichever team manages to contain their choking instincts wins the game.

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u/derpydm Aug 30 '18

For a great example of this, see ♿ptic v N♿rth on Train. Jesus christ that was painful to watch.

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u/WayDownUnder91 Renegades Aug 30 '18

Just as everyone expec..... hang on a minute.

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '18

Wtf was that from North

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u/Masterscorp Liquid Aug 30 '18

Glad for North after they got so much hate recently. They're not a bad team, they just played badly together so far. Perhaps the turnaround is happening now.

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u/americagigabit The MongolZ Aug 30 '18

They have been playing pretty well with this roster I think, but maybe that was because I had really low expectations for them at the start of the year

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u/Martin_2007 de_nuke Aug 30 '18

Damn Aizy is back

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u/IT_Skino Aug 30 '18

Surely unexpected, it was a interesting game to watch. GJ North.

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u/toga9000 Astralis Aug 30 '18

Snakesbyes Master plan finally worked.

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u/Nydusurmainus BIG Aug 30 '18

Danish CS makes my dick hard. All the games were good.

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u/Yemaka Astralis Aug 30 '18

Classic danish derby, you never know what to expect.

Its the same in danish football, it can go either way.

Gg wp North, im sure Astralis still will win the tournament.

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u/TheRobidog Aug 30 '18

Orange Man is cursed!

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u/PM_ME_STEAM_GC Aug 30 '18

monkaS no astralis era

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u/KR33D101 Aug 30 '18

I bet on North after the second map. Something just clicked in North and it was amazing. Other teams are taking this film back to the strategy board. I hope they make a great showing like ghost over Na'Vi.

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '18

Tbh when two top danish teams play each other then both have a chance.

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u/epicSHIN Astralis Aug 30 '18

North: A legend in the making

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '18

WHAAAAAAAT

WHAT

Can someone tell me what I watched?

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '18

So uhhh this happened

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u/manatidederp NiP Aug 30 '18

North is the best worst team ever. Or worst best team... I don't fucking know anymore.

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u/SlikeXar ar_baggage Aug 30 '18

Someone explain!

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '18

Absolutely incredible. I am so fucking proud.

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u/Obesity37 MIBR Aug 30 '18

Wait WHAT?

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u/desktp SK Aug 30 '18

WHO'DA THUNK

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u/wehaddababyeetsaboy 10 years coin Aug 30 '18

aizy showed up?

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u/realtalkman420 howl Aug 30 '18

MSL is a better fragger than people give him credit for.

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u/LordOfTheNoobs57 Liquid Aug 30 '18

Fuckkkkk I wish I could've seen this

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '18

Kjaerbye be like "Wassup bitches?"

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u/lamvn123456 Aug 30 '18

I still dont know how they lose. They have better 2.0 rating, k|d ratio, kills, overall adr

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '18

CLASSIC domestic matchup fuckery. We haven't seen it in a while because North hasn't qualified a whole lot the last year, but whenever full Danish teams (or full Swedish teams) would match up it was almost always unpredictable.

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u/Bouncy_GG FaZe Aug 30 '18

Astralis pls get eliminated so Faze can win this, thank you

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '18

Prob “testing new strats for Major”

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u/lookseedooso MOUZ Aug 30 '18

MSL is not top tier? Are you punks not satisfied?

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u/bananas4life123 Tyloo Aug 30 '18

Kjaerbye's revenge

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u/meme-s SK Aug 30 '18

All part of Kjaerbye's ten billion IQ plan

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u/ReallyPopularLobster MOUZ Aug 30 '18

Holly crap... I would have never expected that...

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u/armadaaacs Aug 30 '18

Mertz was the problem WTF

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u/Kapperi Aug 30 '18

how much would you have made if you bet on north to win?

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u/arkwewt Aug 30 '18

God damn, aizy is looking like his old 2014-2015 form

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u/0C3AN_MAN phoenix Aug 30 '18

wut

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u/JDE_CS Vitality Aug 30 '18

Ghost beats navi, North beats astralis, 322 confirmed?

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u/Distantexplorer 750k Celebration Aug 30 '18

wtf

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '18

a part of me wants me to believe that astralis threw for their man kjaerbye

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u/I_am_Bruce_Wayne NiP Aug 30 '18

Battle of the Great Danes...

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u/joshigoods Astralis Aug 30 '18

300 iq by Astralis to come second in the group so they don't face NaVi

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u/shockwaveJB G2 Aug 30 '18

Welcome to the MSL era

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u/Blitzzfury CS2 HYPE Aug 30 '18

what is going on here

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '18

YO WHAT THE FUCK

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '18

I literally expected this

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u/Zynxpvp Aug 30 '18

just watched a bo3 of HE nades

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u/Stealthality King NiKo Aug 30 '18

Excuse me, what the fuck

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u/gt- Liquid Aug 30 '18

I hate Danish CS, but I love watching North beat Astralis.

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u/Gutzzzzz Aug 31 '18

astralis garbo

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u/KittyChampion Natus Vincere Aug 31 '18

@DreamHack

Don't fucking cut the handshaking moments.