How a Vanilla AWPing Style Helped dev1ce Conquer CS:GO

what does it take to be the best at what you do for some it's becoming the face of your game or an unwavering Devotion to a single character but in CS go it's usually the Mastery of the game's flashiest most iconic and most frag intensive weapon and there are players who were born to off the uh pass pushes from Titan have been called and found out but that's Kenny s with two and a third as well there are also those who molded themselves to fit the role and the thunderous playstyle it entails how much does modesty want to dedicate his life to this bomb site modesty on catwalk finds the timing eight seconds if you can drop the bomb and be everything but it travels into the site one on two for Odyssey now it's sacrificial [Applause] and he takes simple out of the round to give it to G2 but among all the celebrated wielders of Cs Go's Mighty green there is one notable anomaly oh my goodness device Devastation how does he do this the flick back to Twisters while he even knows he's coming looks away sees him and then collater clothes that's his second collateral of the CT side the lovely Danish Legend Nikolai device REITs didn't start out as an opera by all accounts he doesn't even wield the big green with the type of aggression one might expect from such a superstar and yet device is one of if not the greatest Opera CS go has ever seen device waiting for his teammates to arrive he catches one on the cross twitch here device is insane pushing foreign nonsense that's ridiculous so what about devices play style makes him so different from every other Opera is there a case to be made on accolades alone that he is actually the greatest of all time and now that we haven't seen him play in a year what can we expect from the Danish Legend going forward devices had a really rough game flashed he's gonna get that shot and it has to feel a little bit going out middle of the air to take down Alex another pushing oh kidding me takes every single one from nothing to the awpas all 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flick burning alive in the collateral in the Flames the ace for device so how did we get here well devices CS Journey began back in source as part of Copenhagen wolves and after a transition to Global Offensive in 2013 a merry band of future Danish Superstars began to gather around him device Dupree and zipix made their Collective way through several different teams and during those years device was known primarily as a rifler device he should know he sees Alois while he wants to see if there's another one he could kill he spots both let me guess who oh my God that is insane takes down elements what a Next Level play but as he was splitting opping duties with some of the other players over time it became clear that device had plenty of potential with that weapon as well Danny joined us as a coach in the start of 2016 Sonic at that point we didn't have a an operator was kind of fluent me Cajun and Kerrigan would switch it up between us and he said we need a we need an over device on short he will get flashed he'll repeat his smoke dumb and he finds it too he gets the headshot after going through a device are you I want to say it but I'm not going to are you kidding me and device close range aw he knows device now he's short chance nbk is close here and he's still got 14 seconds left one clock device he takes them down and once astralis came into being in 2016 and gobbled up tsm's talented Trio of hybrid players their potential seemed Limitless but what the team desperately lacked was structure and a division of Duties that would allow every player to be an efficient part of a well-oiled killing machine so under glaive's tutelage device put aside the AKs and the m4s and was designated as astralis's primary offer now there was definitely a swath of the fandom that was confused by that decision but Deva himself was determined to make the new Arrangement work so he started off by studying those that came before him they just don't have that many grenades so they can't use too many and again device against Fallen as Travis are fully in control of the situation but they have to hit their shots and so far there's no like it's happening device though with that defense two quick kills there he's gonna be stopping this push before we can really get going on to that bomb plan great finish he blows there out of the vice with that awp with an awp even at the law oh my God takes down sees the device oh my God it's on efforts soon enough device had earned himself a spot amongst op royalty device though gotta love the angle but can he find the heads he can then there's another one there goes simple it's 15 seconds again the bomb needs to go down they're just running into the Crosshair and he's delivering every single dime but device didn't exactly join the illustrious Superstar or op Club you see normally opting is about control an offer exerts pressure on the map by holding angles and making sure they cut off the enemy team's oxygen and keep them where they want them but a superstar offer is an entirely different Beast a brilliant hyper-aggressive no shits-given space maker who defies the very laws of nature by making risky plays and hitting no scope flicks that a regular human could never even hope to replicate first found twist aggressing they have to double Peak he's getting his shot number one in the game he's done it again they're cool they're flashy and everyone wants to be best offers are essentially the lead singers of the Cs go world doesn't matter what my opponents are doing I will take over and control the match but the very same things that make them exciting to watch can also make those opping Mavericks Reckless heavily dependent on Instinct and at their worst overly reliant on the strengths of their weapon and vice wasn't about that life no no he did things differently right from the get-go device that was already down there good find on the first one quick switch back over brings out the Safari match score and he gets the second kill as well balm falling forward it's Kenny to try and respond with fast flick toward Dupree good read by device Connors go outside and he sort of rounds you can divide his third kill flavors trying to stay alive or on the clock down here knows his uh Sonic's happy with that one and rightly so where some offers went with their gut device planned somehow sit in my mind that this is still possible with the awp Cold's gonna jump across he's got a pretty much my God I say they surprise me with their speed he hits a run boost and closes the round oh my they just wanted to beat the off and he absolutely destroys them where the legendary op wielder smashed W device waited for his moment this should be their round all the devices in the back and you can do so much damage from here you can see you can hide something follow-up players he gets another one and astralis a two on Five and they finish it off where they thought the op made them Invincible device sharpened his fundamentals to a needlepoint so that he could take advantage of any opportunity no matter how the enemy team played it I'm just looking for this oh my God device speaks in towards middle he won't find that first kill there's no shortage box on Australis but the vice he's got to doesn't want to overextend but he's going to go and try and get the timing right that's a third for him and this is a buy run from optic they have rifles they have utility and some fights with another one looking for the ears they're coming towards him the vice finds all five and that is absolutely filthy when it came to this patient methodical playstyle no matter how basic it seemed to those of us used to call zeros jumping Ops and the like device was in a class of his own and thanks in no small part to his prowess with the op astralis truly went to the Stars holding it now and there is it it's just how to play me it's not gonna happen he'll only punish one but it's just Ariel the five and it's done [Applause] they have one goal that's it that's all they wanted back to back and they've done it now two versus four an impossible retake by any standard device will take down Buster leaving a trend in advance [Applause] as for Big Daddy device he not only won four majors with his team but also collected MVP awards in the double digits and became a solid fixture in hltv's annual top 20 list but despite being the most decorated offer out there he was never really considered to be a clear number one by the community and it seemed like most of the pushback came from people who would compare him to Natural Born snipers like simple and xywoo or off monsters like guardian and Kenny s think of it this way device was the master of the most basic defensive opting style out there sure he was incredible but was he truly special the thing is while we were all losing our minds watching simple highlights the Danish Opera was busy quietly but reliably putting up results for his team and astralis ultimately laid claim to the greatest era in the history of competitive CS go and now for the first time ever at home astrology and for the first time in history the best of all time unfortunately all good things come to an end the online era made short work of astralis's dominance and Scattered its core with Device eventually moving over to ninjas in pajamas I sleep in one King time bro device leaves astralis to nip in through the move moves best a cool head on his shoulders oh no not that I meant the device was still a consistent reliable and impactful sniper even against his old team this gets hot now for device take a chance and device manages his angles to Perfection but then in December of 2021 citing mental health struggles and personal issues device took an extended leave of absence and we haven't seen him since oh right except of course that he went back to astralis I mean by it's a basic compared to seriously but all the fans that were waiting to see a strawless device back in Action were left disappointed when the org announced that the Opera wouldn't be a part of any on stage matches until 2023 and look we know that there's a lot of talk about device not earning his keep but let's not forget that he was never one to jump into anything without proper preparation his entire career has been built around playing in a way that meshed well with the rest of his roster and it takes a lot of time and practice to get there I know that the expectations from you guys are really high they're higher from myself as well and I know I can live up to them I'm not worrying too much about the future right now as I said it's just amazing to be here and the love from the fans is amazing so when device does eventually return to the server should we all be expecting him to shoot straight to the top of the rankings well obviously we can't say for sure what we can say is that device is undeniably One of a Kind hell the guy hasn't played in a year and was still named the number two player of the decade right behind the goat himself device didn't make CS go history by producing the craziest highlights instead he's an amazing player that you can actually aspire to emulate a superstar who somehow managed to stay Within Reach of an average CS go enjoyer's understanding of the game all while winning some of its biggest tournaments there was never anyone quite like device before him and by the looks of it there is no one fit to replace him anytime soon [Applause] that guy goats in the house hey everyone thank you thank you for watching the video but before you head off I just wanted to give you a quick friendly little reminder to please download Opera GX for free using the link below you can thank me later

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Length: 16min 23sec (983 seconds)

Published: Sun Dec 04 2022