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Device Reveals How He Feels About Returning Home to Astralis From NIP
The king returns home to claim his throne once again.
Astralis has acquired device from NIP and locked him in a multi-year deal.
Device stated that he was very happy to be home again and is extra motivated to get in action.
Device also shared that his experience with NIP was positive and wished its current roster the best for the IEM Rio Major 2022.
The highly speculated move has finally come true as Astralis completes the signing of Nicolai “device” Reedtz over from Ninjas in Pyjamas (NIP). The Danish esports organization has acquired the star AWPer on a multi-year deal and plans on making him one of the cornerstones for the future of its CS:GO team.
Talking about his arrival back to his former team, device was at a loss for words and found it hard to express how happy he was to be home again. He thanked fans for supporting him “over what has been a really difficult period” and exclaimed that his experience with NIP was positive.
“They were understanding of my decision to take the time I needed to recover,” said device, wishing NIP’s current CS:GO roster the best for the IEM Rio Major 2022.
Last year in April, device had announced his surprise departure from Astralis as he moved over to NIP, but only eight months later the 27-year-old stepped away from the competitive circuit due to personal reasons that had started affecting his performance.
Now more than 10 months later, Astralis has completed the acquisition of its former star player, returning home once again after a short and disappointing run with the Swedish esports organization.
Though device has been completely away from competitive CS:GO during this time, taking care of his mental wellbeing and trying to negotiate his transfer back to Astralis, he has also been grinding hard on FACEIT in an attempt to get back in shape.
After almost two months of back and forth, NIP and Astralis seem to have come to a settlement regarding device’s transfer offer.
“Astralis is very close to my heart and everyone who has been here for a period of time knows that it is a very special organization with great values, lots of internal support, and I am more than ready to help build Astralis’ future!” expressed device, adding that he took the time he needed to undergo recovery and is motivated now to compete again.
“Astralis has a unique fan base that supports us through thick and thin, and I’m just happy to be able to pull on the shirt again and repay the support that I and the team have always experienced,” concludes device.
Device’s arrival has sidelined Asger “Farlig” Jensen and it will be interesting to see how Astralis performs in the upcoming Elisa Masters Espoo 2022, which is the only remaining tournament so far this year where the team’s attendance has been confirmed.
The King is Back! Device returns to Astralis
The Prodigal Son returns, as Astralis complete the transfer of Device from NIP. Will the Danish AWPer revive the fallen giant?
After nearly a year of absence from professional CS:GO, the legendary AWPer is ready to play. Device returns to Astralis with the hopes of rejuvinating the legendary organization. With just Elisa Masters Espoo left on their calendar, the team will have enough preparation time to ramp into 2023.
4 Majors, 19 Big Titles, 14 MVPs
Device was one of the founding members of Astralis. The organization which was once marketed as a player-owned org began its journey in 2016 with the signing of the former TSM/TQM roster. The team that was known for choking in big games later went on to become the most dominant squad to ever exist. That dominance was built around Device’s AWP prowess. His style of play while not as eye-catching as s1mple’s, was consistently brilliant.
Modern AWPers do many things by the book when it comes to playing to the percentages. Device was the player that wrote that book in CS:GO. And that playstyle netted him and Astralis 4 Majors and 19 Big Titles in the 5 years he was with the org.
Unceremonious Departure, Community Amnesia?
Despite nearly half a decade of immense success, Device’s departure from Astralis was unceremonious, to say the least. With the team’s contracts coming up at the end of the year, it was expected that the roster will either resign with Astralis or move to another organization as a complete roster. But Device’s transfer to NIP in early 2021 threw a spanner into the works. His reported $600,000 buyout was a clear letter of intent from NIP.
And Device at the time had completely bought into the “NIP System”. When the vlog of his first day at Ninjas HQ came out, fans were shocked by his comments on Astralis. With comments such as NIP being “5 steps ahead” of Astralis and Astralis being “lucky with timings and the way they read the meta”. With how Device is being treated as the prodigal son returning home, it seems as though the CS scene has experienced collective amnesia.
Device Returns to Astralis, Farlig benched
As expected, Farlig is the player making way for the legend to come back to the roster. The young AWPer has consistently been under pressure due to the community comparing him to Device. While a promising youngster on FPX, Farlig failed to meet expectations on Astralis and wasn’t performing to a tier 1 level.
Farlig already predicted his fate in an interview with HLTV.org
Will Device be able to save Astralis? As highlighted in our recent piece on the topic, Astralis have deeper issues than just the AWP position, issues that will need further roster changes especially in light of k0nfig’s departure.
Astralis’ Roster now is –
- Lukas “gla1ve” Rossander
- Andreas “Xyp9x” Højsleth
- Benjamin “blameF” Bremer
- Nicolai “device” Reedtz
- Mikkel “MistR” Thomsen (substitute)
- Asger “Farlig” Jensen (benched)
- Martin “trace” Heldt (inactive coach)