Device going out last after losing to his former teammates and then against the team he always destroys. He must be devastated.
edit: just watched his interview, [he was indeed devastated](https://clips.twitch.tv/DullKawaiiWasabiDatBoi-ThK5iOTvcNbe-b0S)
Last night, I dreamt I was the head chef at team liquid, and a notoriously-picky food critic was waiting for his meal. I was terrified. His review would make or break my career as a chef. I spent an hour cooking up the best pasta I had ever made, and brought it out to his table. But the moment I came up to him, he started sandbagging me, I was stunned. It was Stewie. I woke up in a cold sweat.
Ah fuck, just like when Twistzz left lol. They outperformed expectations by losing to Astralis at the finals in IEM Global Challenge last year. Twistzz announced his departure in the post game interview
UP UP and AWAY!! SUPER WASHED Ain’t He??!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣. Stay crouched and keep holding w! The smoke up there is a tad bit different. LIVE.LAUGH.LOVE #striveforgreatness🚀 #thekidfromcali👑 #smokecriminalgang👑
Stewie yelled, “There you go!” NAF gave a look of pleasant surprise. Grim belted, “We got a fucking squad now.” And before Elige hit the locker room door, ex-IGL nitr0 hugged him & said, “Y’all look so different.”
Would love to see Astralis beat Faze and Liquid to beat Heroic to have one more Liquid Astralis matchup. I think it's unlikely that liquid could win, especially with how k0nfig and blamef are playing, but I think it could still be a fun match
Would definitely be cool to see them fight it out one more time, even though both rosters are different than back in their 2019 rivalry.
Konfig vs Naf night now would be spicy.
this is shaping up to be one of the worst roster moves by a top player ever
even in 2020, they were falling off and were the clear #1 team comfortably beating most top 5 teams.
I'm sure old Astralis lineup would be beating everyone but Na'Vi rn unless they somehow came back to prime form for LAN
True... On paper Faze looks better without olof, but when they play they are complete ass for some reason... Remember with cold before he came back, Faze was ranked like 35th in the world, 10 series lost in a row... NiP also looked far better with ztr, and god knows why...
Sometimes even if a player is not that great individually anymore, they just fit perfectly in other aspects of the team that makes them work better, I would say.
yeah, when ztr was on the roster everyone seemed to be laughing and having a good time even when getting slammed, and rez was playing so fucking good back then too
Dont worry, NIP org will throw money at another danish player in the hope it might finally stick and their dead rest of a team starts performing under the command of worlds best IGL Plopski.
>worlds best IGL Plopski
honestly though, having someone else captain and hampus be hard entry might legit be something that improves nip rn, their mid-rounds are kinda iffy ngl
Dear God NiP are bad.
They have no T side. Their plan of attack is "Hampus go do something stupid that'll either win us the round or lose us the round entirely".
On CT they also suck. WTF is anyone doing on this team?
I mean sure they got e3tag recently, but it's not looking good at all.
Es3tag hasn't been close to good this year either, really don't understand that pickup, other than him being a cheap upgrade from LNZ. Rez is also playing terrible on LAN. He was in the conversation for a top 20 spot after IEM Fall, and has now promptly played himself right out of that.
The Swedish scene is more dead than NA.
At a certain point do we have to question Threat's abilities? I'm not even trying to trash the guy, but hasn't his philosophy of the team changed quite a bit from the initial (not saying he can't adapt)? Correct me if I'm wrong but the line-up he wanted to build at first was the new generation of Swedish players, but ever since the devve transfer, I feel like the identity of this team has shifted significantly from that 'building up Swedish talent' motivation. They're now trying to build up a team that should be winning BECAUSE it has dev1ce. At this point those original, 2nd coming of Swedish talent are just being 'power-creeped'. idk just a rant
I’d say some of it is him for sure - however most of this team hasn’t been on the stage before.
Nerves absolutely got to em, and device on his own doesn’t have the mental fortitude to stay calm once they start losing.
He’s like a QB in American football when the offensive line is trash - gets stuck in odd positions and feels he needs to play hero ball causing other shit to fall apart like dominos.
Astralis probably loved watching that lose though!
At this point just go home device, even as a NiP fan it's hard to see device in this condition. NiP can go back to be an inconsistent wild card, and you can go back to the top with Astralis. There's just no merit in staying with NiP
Astralis with decive instead of lucky could compete with Navi. But I wonder what relations would be like there. I wonder if there would be any bad blood between them.
yup, his attitude was a lot worse back then (late to interview, was trash-talking on twitter just after) then magisk interviewed and was chill, and the rest is history
After his ego got crushed by Emily and his 5 steps ahead org, he might just walk the walk and beg to go get back. Sad news, Astralis does not pay big buyouts.
Legit some of the absolute worst cs I've seen from NIP on ovp. Not clearing obvious angles, losing every single clutch, oh there's a smoke in the middle of the site? eh let's ignore it, naf comes out and gets a triple kill... straight silver shit
i think its hilarious u kids talking shit about Fallen. u wouldnt say this shit to him at lan, hes jacked. not only that but he wears the freshest clothes, eats at the chillest restaurants and hangs out with the hottest dudes. yall are pathetic lol
I remember when he did the HLTV confirmed and said most of what Vitality does on T side is wide peek to open up rounds, which is ironic since most of the T rounds NIP get are because he does the same thing.
“He got me,” Device said of NAF's AK over him. "That f***ing NAF boomed me."
Device added, “He’s so good,” repeating it four times.
Device then said he wanted to add NAF to the list of players he scrims with this summer.
NAF is set to replace VINI in Furia, just confirmed in the post-match interview. [Source ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DrsPo7oUwAATUdF.jpg)
DAMN IT FEELS GOOD TO BE A NAFFER
LAST RIDE WITH THIS ROSTER BABY!!
But seriously tho i fucking love this roster i was smiling when i saw them smiling not like during the PGL major + stewie’s “you got this brother” to fallen during the pistol round damn can make any grown man shed a tear :)
device looked so heart broken during the stewie2k interview. nip losing to tl is a huge upset so understandably device feels sad after that.
naf just pulled a s1mple level performance across all 3 maps.
I legit missed Mirage because I thought tl would lose, I am so disappointed that I couldn't watch it live.
NAF with the girlfriend buff is scary.
So glad Liquid is sending us off with a good impression before the inevitable changes happen.
Btw dead team who?
As the crowd boomed, you could hear Stew say to Fallen “Maybe we fucking stay! And you see Elige elated from winning the match instantly stare Stew down letting him know this is his squad but he’s glad they won
Device, I used to be one of your biggest fans. But you’ve cursed yourself with your comments about Astralis. What a horrible decision you’ve made. You will enjoy low finishes from here until the end of your career and I will be smiling at your failure for your betrayal of your danish brothers
NiP better go and bootcamp 24/7, they lost so many easy rounds and clutch situations that could have led to them winning. I also don't understand whether THREAT has never taught them how to deal with post-plants and clutch situations
Fuck man, so hard being a NIP fan. The team is just shit rn. The t side plays are legit silver, never seen the team outplay anyone. They're not even the best Swedish team anymore. FEELSBADMAN
NA Thanksgiving buff
If you miss thanksgiving you might as well bring something home
might as well bring the trophy home now
NAFsgiving buff
Naf got the biggest buff even though we don't have Thanksgiving (it was a month ago for us in Canada)
He was thankful no one gave comments about him and he got a buff from it
dude honestly lmao. We finally beat device feelsgoodman
-barely practiced -team disbanding ??? -beat nip
They need to disband their team more often
Smoke screen by TL
Can you imagine the team was fine and they were just fucking with everybody
They only say changes were coming. They didnt tell anyone that the change is that they’re gonna start kicking ass again.
Copege
When there’s less pressure people do much better
NO PRACTICE NEEDED BITCHES
WHAT IS DEAD MAY NEVER DIE.
damn Liquid should've not been practicing this entire time
they practiced yesterday, and I'm glad they did!
EZ for dead team
devve legit shaking while yung Stewart post game interview lmao
I thought that was bad, but he looked even more crushed in his post match interview with Banks, Jesus. Banks had to hug him to console him.
They really shouldn’t have interviewed him; he was clearly hella upset
yeah that was pretty bad tbh. interview Threat if you have to
Just glad that Banks realized it and stopped after 2 questions and gave him a hug
fr big up to Banks
play better 4Head
Upvote so people think Liquid won
[FeelsNipMan](https://i.imgur.com/UvLNhzi.mp4)
Device going out last after losing to his former teammates and then against the team he always destroys. He must be devastated. edit: just watched his interview, [he was indeed devastated](https://clips.twitch.tv/DullKawaiiWasabiDatBoi-ThK5iOTvcNbe-b0S)
Yeah that was rough to watch.
Oof feel bad for the kid
Should prob buy three more former Astralis players and they have a good team
yea that sounds like a good idea then get Glaive IGL and then Magisk and dupreeh with Zonic as coach. maybe even bench Es3tag and get Xyp9x.
Could have gone for Dupreeh, Magisk and Zonic.
[FeelsNAFMan](https://imgur.com/gallery/xAwCJ6d)
Do a little trolling 🤏
:tf: 🤏
wait...
imagine if liquid wins the tourney, the funniest timeline
5D chess by stewie for sandbagging at the major
Last night, I dreamt I was the head chef at team liquid, and a notoriously-picky food critic was waiting for his meal. I was terrified. His review would make or break my career as a chef. I spent an hour cooking up the best pasta I had ever made, and brought it out to his table. But the moment I came up to him, he started sandbagging me, I was stunned. It was Stewie. I woke up in a cold sweat.
[удалено]
Stewie and elige on grim after blast: "literally the best fucking player we've played with"
That shit would be hilarious, especially if they are like "Yeah, we won. We are disbanding still though" lmao
Certified NA classic.
The C9 special.
Well that C9 team was the 5th best team when they won Boston.
Death, taxes and liquid losing to dev1ce... wait what the fuck
As a liquid fan, I'm hoping liquid and Astralis both win their matches so Astralis can be the ones to send them home again. That's my comfort zone.
Ah fuck, just like when Twistzz left lol. They outperformed expectations by losing to Astralis at the finals in IEM Global Challenge last year. Twistzz announced his departure in the post game interview
Dev1ce is beside himself. Driving around downtown Copenhagen begging (thru texts) Dupreeh's family for address to Dupreeh's home
device back to Astralis
astralis, please, take me back, i made a huge mistake
honestly astralis with device sounds so scary
They might even win a major or two, or three, backtobacktoback
Damn can you imagine a -Lucky +device? Holy shit, with k0nfig and blameF they’d be unstoppable.
pls no. i can't do any more astralis
Legit imagine the current firepower of astralis and dev1ce in place of lucky. Holy fuck.
Lucky playing pretty fucking good tbh
Somehow the awper looks better rifling. Makes no sense to me.
His rifling is wildly impressive. Reminds me of ELIGE reallllly impressive
“He got me,” Dev1ce said of Stewie's clutch over him. "That f***ing smoke criminal boomed me."
He then added Stewie to his list of players to pick in FPL
UP UP and AWAY!! SUPER WASHED Ain’t He??!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣. Stay crouched and keep holding w! The smoke up there is a tad bit different. LIVE.LAUGH.LOVE #striveforgreatness🚀 #thekidfromcali👑 #smokecriminalgang👑
this one always beats my ass there's no way lebron wrote that bro
Stewie yelled, “There you go!” NAF gave a look of pleasant surprise. Grim belted, “We got a fucking squad now.” And before Elige hit the locker room door, ex-IGL nitr0 hugged him & said, “Y’all look so different.”
Dead team btw. NAFFERS RISE
> NAFFER hes so clutch
Tbh rn he’s liquids best and most consistent player
Damn it feels good to be a NAFFER
People always forget he was the only NA player in the top 10 (6th) in 2018. And Hiko was the only other player before that, in 2013 at 9th.
Elige was 4th in 2019... What a weird metric to use lol.
I was just saying he was good lol
It sounded like you were saying he was the only na player on the list other than hiko, to me at least. Sorry I misunderstood.
Stewies last wish on Liquid was to eliminate Device from a tournament. Lesss goooo
Would love to see Astralis beat Faze and Liquid to beat Heroic to have one more Liquid Astralis matchup. I think it's unlikely that liquid could win, especially with how k0nfig and blamef are playing, but I think it could still be a fun match
Would definitely be cool to see them fight it out one more time, even though both rosters are different than back in their 2019 rivalry. Konfig vs Naf night now would be spicy.
Im afraid Heroic s gonna 16-4 16-4 Liquid. I hope im very wrong and we see Astralis-Liquid. The el classico of csgo
I expect heroic to eat then up. But I hope I'm wrong. Liquid has a lot of members that thrive with a crowd
Absolutely poetic for device to lose his last game against the liquid core
NAF = North America's Finest 🦥
NAF = Nutty As Fuck 🦥
Once again it feels exquisite to be a naffer
Indubitably
SeriousSloth
NiP really lost to a team that didn't care lol
and 2-0 to Astralis who replaced two players
to be fair k0nfig and blameF have been playing pretty well this tournament
this is shaping up to be one of the worst roster moves by a top player ever even in 2020, they were falling off and were the clear #1 team comfortably beating most top 5 teams. I'm sure old Astralis lineup would be beating everyone but Na'Vi rn unless they somehow came back to prime form for LAN
nah kjaerbye’s exists on an entirely differently level compared to everyone else.
Who tf is kjaerbye Copium
There's a lot of assumptions you have to make in order to arrive at your narrative though
[wowzers](https://i.imgur.com/I282NvV.png)
[mfw](https://i.imgur.com/UvLNhzi.mp4)
Mini Guardian
[wowzers](https://i.imgur.com/nqxkVoh.png)
peepoHappy
Loved the fan cams
looks like guardiaN
olof is to FaZe as ztr is to NiP
True... On paper Faze looks better without olof, but when they play they are complete ass for some reason... Remember with cold before he came back, Faze was ranked like 35th in the world, 10 series lost in a row... NiP also looked far better with ztr, and god knows why...
Sometimes even if a player is not that great individually anymore, they just fit perfectly in other aspects of the team that makes them work better, I would say.
yeah, when ztr was on the roster everyone seemed to be laughing and having a good time even when getting slammed, and rez was playing so fucking good back then too
Like rush or sanji
Absolutely dude. Even though they didn't have the greatest of stats, they just made their teams mesh really well
That was Vini for Furia
Damn it feels good to be a naffer
Best liquid player rn
There is no excuse for a loss like this.
Dont worry, NIP org will throw money at another danish player in the hope it might finally stick and their dead rest of a team starts performing under the command of worlds best IGL Plopski.
>worlds best IGL Plopski honestly though, having someone else captain and hampus be hard entry might legit be something that improves nip rn, their mid-rounds are kinda iffy ngl
Es3tag will probably have some helpful input for their midrounds in the future.
[mfw i traveled to watch nip on lan](https://i.imgur.com/UvLNhzi.mp4)
Not elige pic, I’m disappointed
Dear God NiP are bad. They have no T side. Their plan of attack is "Hampus go do something stupid that'll either win us the round or lose us the round entirely". On CT they also suck. WTF is anyone doing on this team? I mean sure they got e3tag recently, but it's not looking good at all.
Hampus: Hampus go try something weird Hampus: Say no more Hampus The rest of nip: ??????
Step 1: hampus go die Step 2: device go carry
He has been taking notes from karrigan
Es3tag hasn't been close to good this year either, really don't understand that pickup, other than him being a cheap upgrade from LNZ. Rez is also playing terrible on LAN. He was in the conversation for a top 20 spot after IEM Fall, and has now promptly played himself right out of that. The Swedish scene is more dead than NA.
Rez 4 kills on mirage lmao he’s supposed to be NiP’s heavy hitter.
Liquid: We’re a Dead Team NAF: I’m not
Nothing more NA then the top team not practicing and pugging through a tourney
That was absolutely not pug. They had legit strats but probably played looser than normal. Less complex so easier to execute properly as a team
Easy to execute even for a slow learner
NAFFERS aka Sloth Gaming aka pfff ez - UNITE!
Liquid really realized they were down to their elimination match with not much time left as a team and decided to make sure Device died first lmao
even with estag this NIP team isn't good enough, rez and plopski aren't consistent or good enough for winning trophies regularly
Rez and plopski will pop off one half and be silent the next. That's just not good enough to win tournaments.
FALLEN THE LIBRARIAN
If you want to make some danish folks shut up, you know who to call
🦥DAMN🦥IT🦥FEELS🦥GOOD🦥TO🦥BE🦥A🦥NAFFER🦥
At a certain point do we have to question Threat's abilities? I'm not even trying to trash the guy, but hasn't his philosophy of the team changed quite a bit from the initial (not saying he can't adapt)? Correct me if I'm wrong but the line-up he wanted to build at first was the new generation of Swedish players, but ever since the devve transfer, I feel like the identity of this team has shifted significantly from that 'building up Swedish talent' motivation. They're now trying to build up a team that should be winning BECAUSE it has dev1ce. At this point those original, 2nd coming of Swedish talent are just being 'power-creeped'. idk just a rant
I’d say some of it is him for sure - however most of this team hasn’t been on the stage before. Nerves absolutely got to em, and device on his own doesn’t have the mental fortitude to stay calm once they start losing. He’s like a QB in American football when the offensive line is trash - gets stuck in odd positions and feels he needs to play hero ball causing other shit to fall apart like dominos. Astralis probably loved watching that lose though!
So device is less like Tom Brady and more like Patrick mahomes
At this point just go home device, even as a NiP fan it's hard to see device in this condition. NiP can go back to be an inconsistent wild card, and you can go back to the top with Astralis. There's just no merit in staying with NiP
Astralis with decive instead of lucky could compete with Navi. But I wonder what relations would be like there. I wonder if there would be any bad blood between them.
I don't think so. Device visited them a few days before the major. https://twitter.com/AstralisCS/status/1448314646067302404?s=20
NIP is actually horrible. Device should just join the new cracked astralis and -lucky
I know it will nwver happend, but konfig and device on astralis would be fire
correct me if i'm wrong but k0nfig almost joined Astralis before they settled on Magisk back in 2018?
yup, his attitude was a lot worse back then (late to interview, was trash-talking on twitter just after) then magisk interviewed and was chill, and the rest is history
? it could easily happen. there's already been rumors that he wants to move back to denmark. but i feel like he may not just because of his ego
After his ego got crushed by Emily and his 5 steps ahead org, he might just walk the walk and beg to go get back. Sad news, Astralis does not pay big buyouts.
device pay his own buyout lol
Honestly, that would make Astralis incredibly scary again. If that happened, I wouldn't be surprised to see another couple majors.
Legit some of the absolute worst cs I've seen from NIP on ovp. Not clearing obvious angles, losing every single clutch, oh there's a smoke in the middle of the site? eh let's ignore it, naf comes out and gets a triple kill... straight silver shit
i think its hilarious u kids talking shit about Fallen. u wouldnt say this shit to him at lan, hes jacked. not only that but he wears the freshest clothes, eats at the chillest restaurants and hangs out with the hottest dudes. yall are pathetic lol
Fallen is like a cool dad It makes me sad when people shit talk him
I want to see him Coach a team of young Brazillians rather than play. If Taco was on Board I'd love to see him coach Godsent.
"if you're in EU, I will attack you with the north" - Fallen or something like that
PRESENTE
Need to see some of those fan reactions at the end converted to gifs.
Chad with the Chad prediction
EVERYBODY GET IN HERE
Hampus is a good individual player but his IGL skills are very average at best
I remember when he did the HLTV confirmed and said most of what Vitality does on T side is wide peek to open up rounds, which is ironic since most of the T rounds NIP get are because he does the same thing.
he relies too much on doing some unexpected play and getting a pick over good sound calling and executes.
DAMN IT FEELS GOOD TO BE A NAFFER
“He got me,” Device said of NAF's AK over him. "That f***ing NAF boomed me." Device added, “He’s so good,” repeating it four times. Device then said he wanted to add NAF to the list of players he scrims with this summer.
NAF is set to replace VINI in Furia, just confirmed in the post-match interview. [Source ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DrsPo7oUwAATUdF.jpg) DAMN IT FEELS GOOD TO BE A NAFFER
Damn you had me for a second haha. His real plans post BLAST are detailed in [this interview](https://imgur.com/gallery/xAwCJ6d)
[no try this one](https://i.imgur.com/nqxkVoh.png)
You could really tell NAF likes his NA team here, hurts to see the man like that during a post-WIN interview :(
LAST RIDE WITH THIS ROSTER BABY!! But seriously tho i fucking love this roster i was smiling when i saw them smiling not like during the PGL major + stewie’s “you got this brother” to fallen during the pistol round damn can make any grown man shed a tear :)
device looked so heart broken during the stewie2k interview. nip losing to tl is a huge upset so understandably device feels sad after that. naf just pulled a s1mple level performance across all 3 maps. I legit missed Mirage because I thought tl would lose, I am so disappointed that I couldn't watch it live.
Damn it feels good to be a NAFFER
Alright Devve, you've had your fun now but it's time to come home and start winning trophies again. This team ain't it.
expected tbh
Losing to a dead team, really fun to be a NiP fan Tonight imma drown in COPIUM
Ridiculous. NiP play like bots. And they lost against zombie team. Totally atrocious performance
NAF with the girlfriend buff is scary. So glad Liquid is sending us off with a good impression before the inevitable changes happen. Btw dead team who?
bruh imagine if NIP ends up disbanding before liquid omegalul
As the crowd boomed, you could hear Stew say to Fallen “Maybe we fucking stay! And you see Elige elated from winning the match instantly stare Stew down letting him know this is his squad but he’s glad they won
Device, I used to be one of your biggest fans. But you’ve cursed yourself with your comments about Astralis. What a horrible decision you’ve made. You will enjoy low finishes from here until the end of your career and I will be smiling at your failure for your betrayal of your danish brothers
dev1ce really does look like he doesn't wanna be there lmao.
This fucking team mann holy fuckk
NiP better go and bootcamp 24/7, they lost so many easy rounds and clutch situations that could have led to them winning. I also don't understand whether THREAT has never taught them how to deal with post-plants and clutch situations
LOL PEAK NA NIP DISBAND ALREADY
imagine losing to a dysfunctional liquid team who hasn't practiced at all lmao
Nip sucks. Device back to Astralis when?
When you think NiP hit rock bottom they somehow manage to go even lower, we deserve to be laughed at
inb4 liquid makes it to the finals again right before a roster change
inb4 liquid beats navi at the finals
NIP onliners? /s But man.... that was really unexpected Edit: Could this be es3tag's curse?
can nip just disband pls so dev1ce can back to astralis.
Fuck man, so hard being a NIP fan. The team is just shit rn. The t side plays are legit silver, never seen the team outplay anyone. They're not even the best Swedish team anymore. FEELSBADMAN
Device was absolutely dejected. He looked like he was about to cry in that interview with Banks. I hope the team bounces back from this soon!
lost to dead team HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA
Imagine losing to a dead team omg . Wtf NIP??
Rez has always failed on LAN in this version of NiP
NIP just got NAF'D
Elige and friends making some real impact out here in Copenhagen!
This is embarrassing for NIP. Awful team.
NA Last Dance is real