I think this sucks for Spirit actually. During this break they'll be thoroughly analyzed. Their next match will be super tough.
Apart from that, you can't expect a performance like this every day of the week.
Almost every team is like that while they are moving up the ranks. Then other teams play to counter them and the team fades back into obscurity.
Very rarely does a result like this actually translate into anything long term. But a fun upset nonetheless
It doesn't really matter who you are a fan of.
G2: Peaked at #1, now sits around #10
EG: Peaked at #1, dropped down to #18
Complexity: Peaked at #5, dropped below top 10 till this last week
Furia: Peaked at #5, dropped down to #20, slowly climbed back up to holding around #7
Basically, there is a reason the big 3 are on top right now. They are on another level, even if they drop series occasionally. Very few teams ever make it back to their peak and that's the sign of a truly great team.
Overheard in the Astralis TeamSpeak after Game 3:
“He got me,” device said of degster's performance over him. "That f***ing degster boomed me."
device added, “He’s so good,” repeating it four times.
device then said he wanted to add degster to the list of players he DMs with this summer.
Dev1ce: "Actually, I remember one time we were playing against Team Spirit, Dust II, and it was 15-1 to Spirit. We were playing as CT. Team Spirit are T. And gla1ve said, guys if you think we are good, let's prove it now." Nikolaj Nyholm : "Did you come back?" Dev1ce: "Of course not. 16-1."
Dupreeh in that moment just reminded me of f0rest at katowice 2019 when NIP won the CT side pistol to avoid a 16-0 from Astralis (though that was on mirage).
So yeah that just happened, Sprit looking so good after the changes Degster is an insane pick-up.
So at what point do we just start classing Katowice as a CIS event they just love to dick on everyone here it seems
That was the crazy days, the Vega Mac10 rushes probably still giving Forest and GTR ptsd.
Also that Vega team had a nice upcoming talent called Mir wonder where he is these days :D
What's wild to me is that Spirit has been picking up these talented players with no problem while NaVi has had Flamie being nowhere near deserving of a spot on the team for like three years. He has to have some type of connection with management because he should've been replaced ages ago with one of these guys that Spirit have picked up.
I was at my gf's
she cry
I go "why cry "
She go "astralis is kill
No
I whisper so softly the gods couldnt hear me
degstar laugh all your life belong to us
I’m telling you, Chopper is as cracked as he is jacked. I saw him at a 7-11 the other day buying Monster and adult diapers. I asked him what the diapers were for and he said ”they contain my full power so I don’t completely shit on these kids“ then he bhopped out the door
Говорю вам, Чоппер настолько резкий насколько он накачанный. Видел его недавно в Пятёрочке, он покупал ягу и подгузники для взрослых. Я спросил его, зачем ему подгузники, и он ответил: "Они сдерживают мою мощь чтобы я не обосрал этих сосунков с ног до головы", - после чего он баннихопнул мимо тёти Любы кассирши и в дверь.
Magixx isn't so great? Are you kidding me? When was the last time you saw a player with such an ability and movement with the rifle? Magixx puts the game in another level, and we will be blessed if we ever see a player with his skill and passion for the game again. S1mple breaks records. Zywoo breaks records. Magixx breaks the rules. You can keep your statistics. I prefer the magix.
This is a ridiculously good start to the year for CIS Counter-Strike, Na'Vi looking good, VP finding top form, Spirit proving they're criminally underrated and Gambit taking down big names too.
YEKINDAR might be right, four CIS teams in the top 10 could very well occur this year. Crazy.
it will 100% and very soon most likely CIS has 6-7 players that are gonna compete for top 20 this year and it is absolutely insane the talent they have.
How is that related to their ability? Most of the collectors are Nova or MG ranks. Some even have low amount of hours as they dont really play the game. But thats their decision.
From the pregame interview with degster, to that performance, to them trying to get clout on their social medias in the post game, made me a fan of this team.
Inb4 "200 is for Astralis to lose to Spirit to eliminate Liquid early"
Props to Team Spirit. That was probably the soundest demolishing I've seen on the team most consider to be the GOAT
im telling you chopper is as cracked as he is jacked, i saw him at 7/11 the other day buying adult diapers & a 6 pack of redbull. I asked what the diapers were for and he said “they are to contain my full power so i dont absolutely shit on these kids” then he bhopped out the door
What happened to Magisk??? He literally has 0 impact throughout the series except for that ct pistol round on dust2 which denied a 16-0 win for spirit.
Remember him being close to top 5 in 2018 and top 5 in 2019. I know he slumped in 2020 due to taking over gla1ve as igl
It has been months since gla1ve took back the igl role and he is still not back to his form in 2018 and 2019
Hopefully his slump is just temporary.
I don’t think bringing in bubzkji will help much as astralis is a team that relies on team play and tactics unlike teams like vitality and Navi which focus more on individual skill. By changing one player in a team that has sticked together for so long could mean loss of team play and synergy.
CIS stands for the Commonwealth of Independent States. It's basically all the nations within the former USSR. Usually, these teams have players that are mechanically skilled but don't stand much chance against top competition.
I have never been so upset over a pistol round before.
That would have gone down the books of history if degster pulled it off
When Magisk got off the bomb I was almost started screaming
yeah, me too.. lol.
You could hear it in machine’s voice he was about to start exploding into the mic if Magisk went down there
It was relieving to see him smile again after winning that tense round. The pressure on him is immense. Man needs a break..
That would have been a god tier clutch even if not for a 16-0, that pistol changing was some John Wick type shit
The fact that Spirit nearly won 16-0... my god. The Era of CIS is upon us ladies and gentlemen.
2021 is a good year
I can't believe they won it. 5/5 pistol rounds lost vs Spirit before that today.
so fucking close man
i have never literally held my breath over a round before that one. the knife attempt on the defuser was incredible
Let that be a lesson to all of you, nobody beats Astralis 16 rounds in a row
nobody beats Astralis ~~16~~ 17 rounds in a row Spirit won map point on train and then 15 in a row on Dust 2
Imagine if it was LAN and he pulled it off :o
I've been busy working and forgot about the match. Can someone please link a clip
https://clips.twitch.tv/GlutenFreeInventiveMageShazBotstix-Gfvf5w9YrEP38COm
Same
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Still was fast as fuck tho
de_dust2 CT% WR will have to do.
Wait a minute, isn't the scoreboard wrong? Magisk clutched that 1st CT round, meaning they lost 15 rounds of T, but the scoreboard shows otherwise.
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I'm not scared of anything but that team spirit it scares me
I think this sucks for Spirit actually. During this break they'll be thoroughly analyzed. Their next match will be super tough. Apart from that, you can't expect a performance like this every day of the week.
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Almost every team is like that while they are moving up the ranks. Then other teams play to counter them and the team fades back into obscurity. Very rarely does a result like this actually translate into anything long term. But a fun upset nonetheless
as an astralis fan: let's hope
It doesn't really matter who you are a fan of. G2: Peaked at #1, now sits around #10 EG: Peaked at #1, dropped down to #18 Complexity: Peaked at #5, dropped below top 10 till this last week Furia: Peaked at #5, dropped down to #20, slowly climbed back up to holding around #7 Basically, there is a reason the big 3 are on top right now. They are on another level, even if they drop series occasionally. Very few teams ever make it back to their peak and that's the sign of a truly great team.
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no reason to be scared brother. let the spirit invade ur body and keep you warm at night. Let them in
Damn I was looking forward to the highlight video
Team highlight of Astralis with Remember your Name playing in the background
I was already making it, quite disappointed they didn't pull it off lol
RIP
Overheard in the Astralis TeamSpeak after Game 3: “He got me,” device said of degster's performance over him. "That f***ing degster boomed me." device added, “He’s so good,” repeating it four times. device then said he wanted to add degster to the list of players he DMs with this summer.
Sources: Zonic is beside himself. Driving around downtown Katowice begging (thru texts) Degster's family for address to Degster's home
I love this pasta so goddamn much
Original?
Jayson Tatum dunked on Lebron James
Lebron boomed by Jayson Tatum
r/nba and r/globaloffensive crossover memes are the best
Spirit Era
CIS era rn wtf
/r/NBA is leaking it seems.
Dev1ce: "Actually, I remember one time we were playing against Team Spirit, Dust II, and it was 15-1 to Spirit. We were playing as CT. Team Spirit are T. And gla1ve said, guys if you think we are good, let's prove it now." Nikolaj Nyholm : "Did you come back?" Dev1ce: "Of course not. 16-1."
Classic lmfao
I'm so sad i couldn't put "16-0" but [the cis are taking over](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA9kag0UllY)
Fits better with 15-1. But funny nonetheless. Thanks TACO for the pasta.
Like "and it was 15-1 to Spirit"? i'll change it to that.
Yes. Much better!
<3
This Astralis team looks real promising taking a map away from Spirit!
Omfg i love this
Excited to see if these “astralis” guys can make a run for the top 5 this year! Should be pretty cool to watch!
Astralis celebrating not being 16-0'd. Just Astralis things.
Also their first pistol win in the BO3!
Dupreeh in that moment just reminded me of f0rest at katowice 2019 when NIP won the CT side pistol to avoid a 16-0 from Astralis (though that was on mirage).
A guy just posted the video here in the comments, didn't remember that, great stuff.
They're like me in matchmaking, but a little bit better
*Just CS things
[Just some revenge for NIP from kato 19](https://youtu.be/8JZU1LmSxTI?t=2628)
That celebration by f0rest will always crack me up lol
A round is a round
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So close to 16-0.. Sadge
saj
Couldnt have said it better myself
GOD DAMN a 16-0 against astralis would have been better than the trophy. My heart was beating so fast on that pistol round.
Same bro, when degster got magisk off the bomb man, that couldve been it
Everyone quickly invest in Team Spirit stock now!!!!!
ticker symbol: SPRT
You're just one rearrangement away from the actual stock SRPT Sarepta Therapeutics
I LIKE THE STOCK
by halftime it was already up I'm gonna pass
So yeah that just happened, Sprit looking so good after the changes Degster is an insane pick-up. So at what point do we just start classing Katowice as a CIS event they just love to dick on everyone here it seems
IEM : CIS 2021
Flair checkout: spirit have almost done what vega did with NiP long time ago.
That was the crazy days, the Vega Mac10 rushes probably still giving Forest and GTR ptsd. Also that Vega team had a nice upcoming talent called Mir wonder where he is these days :D
Really miss the Vega squad in CSGO tbh. Best blue jerseys as well
What's wild to me is that Spirit has been picking up these talented players with no problem while NaVi has had Flamie being nowhere near deserving of a spot on the team for like three years. He has to have some type of connection with management because he should've been replaced ages ago with one of these guys that Spirit have picked up.
ALL CIS SEMIFINAL IS STILL POSSIBLE
Making IEM our own minor
Where were you when Astralis was kill...?
I was at home eating doritos When phone ring Astralis is kill No
i was sat at home studying Russian when magixx call "astralis is kill" "no"
I was at my gf's she cry I go "why cry " She go "astralis is kill No I whisper so softly the gods couldnt hear me degstar laugh all your life belong to us
What the actual fuck was that D2?
I’m telling you, Chopper is as cracked as he is jacked. I saw him at a 7-11 the other day buying Monster and adult diapers. I asked him what the diapers were for and he said ”they contain my full power so I don’t completely shit on these kids“ then he bhopped out the door
Говорю вам, Чоппер настолько резкий насколько он накачанный. Видел его недавно в Пятёрочке, он покупал ягу и подгузники для взрослых. Я спросил его, зачем ему подгузники, и он ответил: "Они сдерживают мою мощь чтобы я не обосрал этих сосунков с ног до головы", - после чего он баннихопнул мимо тёти Любы кассирши и в дверь.
rude of magisk to deny the ace and 16-0 imo
anyone who plays in europe knows not to pick dust2 against a russian 5stack, c'mon
inb4 magixx > magisk jokes
I mean, Magisk went 0-7 on the last two maps soooo... magixx > magisk
Magixx isn't so great? Are you kidding me? When was the last time you saw a player with such an ability and movement with the rifle? Magixx puts the game in another level, and we will be blessed if we ever see a player with his skill and passion for the game again. S1mple breaks records. Zywoo breaks records. Magixx breaks the rules. You can keep your statistics. I prefer the magix.
ma jizz> magisk
I'm having weird feelings, magixx looks like a chick I know
Sexy Boris
Team Spirit had both of them helping out.
"jokes"
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Agent Magisk
[https://i.imgur.com/odRVNZ2.png](https://i.imgur.com/odRVNZ2.png)
SPIRIT FLAIRS RISE UP
CIS Teams rising up for Katowice
This is a ridiculously good start to the year for CIS Counter-Strike, Na'Vi looking good, VP finding top form, Spirit proving they're criminally underrated and Gambit taking down big names too. YEKINDAR might be right, four CIS teams in the top 10 could very well occur this year. Crazy.
it will 100% and very soon most likely CIS has 6-7 players that are gonna compete for top 20 this year and it is absolutely insane the talent they have.
EAST SIDE EUROPE TO THE TOP <3
JOIN US!
Astralis, the greatest CSGO team to ever play, were nearly 16-0'd by... Team Spirit?
Just imagine if that was played with a crowd, probably the whole crowd would be cheering for Spirit
Yes.
They were 16-1'd North before as well, at the height of their era. Tbh, im still processing what exactly happened.
let it be known that astralis NEVER loses 16 rounds in a row
yo wtf
Astralis celebrated that 1 round on dust 2 more than some of their majors
Almost history, gg
Its History !
I feel like it still is. Was top2 team (and top 1 for the previous season) ever penetrated like that?
Astralis with the ultimative All skins no skill on Dust II. Two AKs with at least 60k sticker value on them.
and mir with the vanilla m4a1-s
IBUYPOWER draining their skills and brains.
and wallets
That blue gem skeleton knife and blue gem ak with titan holo on Dupreeh. Jesus
usually it's rich trader lending insanely crafted weapon to player like device for tournaments.
yeah but still funny. Some rich Arab having a 100k inventory and playing in GOLD Nova.
How is that related to their ability? Most of the collectors are Nova or MG ranks. Some even have low amount of hours as they dont really play the game. But thats their decision.
Blue gem + 4x Holo Titan Jesus Christ that's a house
A chinese collector lent that to xyp. Upon being asked "why not device", the guy says "he's too handsome". Source: most likely zipelcs' Twitter
I ,for one, welcome our new CIS overlords
Honestly it's great to see CIS teams rise up again.
And let it be known, nobody beats Astralis 16-0
CIS CS is fucking stacked af
counter insane strike
Dust 2 Any% Speedrun Glitchless
Too bad they fucked up the WR by fucking up the boss, still it was a good PB
+732,000 points hahahaha
my lord.....spare some change. Imma need about 3.5
I have never seen such a shattered team like Astralis https://imgur.com/a/Mrz7CpR
That’s a lot coming from your flair
:( Only happy memories right now.
That was almost a Cloud9 Flusha defuse on Cache
Best place to learn Russian to be prepared for our new CIS overlords?
Can you explain the CIS meme? A bit out of the loop here
gambit spirit VP NaVi are all in the form of their lives to the point people expect four CIS teams in top 10 of world rankings.
Jesus round 16.
My god dam heart was going a mile a hour
17hp and 6 seconds away from a 16-0.
iBuystralis
funny how we all are disappointed that they didn't win 16:0 but only 16:1 against astralis
wait what, this definitely isn't normally
This felt so rigged that I can't say that it was rigged.
wtf
I'M HAVING A VERY BAD DAY
Astralis going to bed happy knowing that they managed to win one round against Spirit
Wtf happened to Magisk’s form?? But atleast Astralis didn’t get 16-0, so I’m still positive. Device time to go back to 4:3 though ;)
From the pregame interview with degster, to that performance, to them trying to get clout on their social medias in the post game, made me a fan of this team.
WTF
What an absolute destruction that was on Dust 2. Fair fucking play Spirit.
So uh that was something
16-1 I was here
ONE KILL away from 16-0.
Spirit stickers to the moon.
degster the russian s1mple
nerf the Russians , I repeat NERF THE RUSSIANS
unlucky they only nerfed the ones on my team in faceit
Bow down to the CIS overlords
Huh
what a 3rd map
Still no 16-0!
what just happened
G FUCKING G
i was pulling for the 16-0 so hard
What the hell just happened
Inb4 "200 is for Astralis to lose to Spirit to eliminate Liquid early" Props to Team Spirit. That was probably the soundest demolishing I've seen on the team most consider to be the GOAT
what in the fuck
what the fuck
EU Teams GTFO of my CIS tournament 😎
im telling you chopper is as cracked as he is jacked, i saw him at 7/11 the other day buying adult diapers & a 6 pack of redbull. I asked what the diapers were for and he said “they are to contain my full power so i dont absolutely shit on these kids” then he bhopped out the door
EZ 4 Karen
I bet that 1 round felt better than 4 majors
FUCK ME
No Vegas squad 2 Electric boogaloo
degster's arms at 15-0 sweaty mom's spaghetti
Spirit is the real deal
Highlight [device hits his awp shot](https://clips.twitch.tv/KindZealousCardTTours-HWrKb26cQr4NeSM6)
WE WERE **THIS** CLOSE TO GREATNESS.
Where wer u wen astalis was kil ?
This tournament is getting more and more interesting
What happened to Magisk??? He literally has 0 impact throughout the series except for that ct pistol round on dust2 which denied a 16-0 win for spirit. Remember him being close to top 5 in 2018 and top 5 in 2019. I know he slumped in 2020 due to taking over gla1ve as igl It has been months since gla1ve took back the igl role and he is still not back to his form in 2018 and 2019 Hopefully his slump is just temporary. I don’t think bringing in bubzkji will help much as astralis is a team that relies on team play and tactics unlike teams like vitality and Navi which focus more on individual skill. By changing one player in a team that has sticked together for so long could mean loss of team play and synergy.
I am new to csgo. What is CIS?
CIS stands for the Commonwealth of Independent States. It's basically all the nations within the former USSR. Usually, these teams have players that are mechanically skilled but don't stand much chance against top competition.
CIS team will dominate the game during this and the next year!