Astralis win the ELEAGUE Major!

29-1-2017 20:31

Astralis win the ELEAGUE 2017 Major against Virtus.pro with a 2-1 scoreline (12-16 Nuke, 16-14 Overpass, 16-14 Train)!

The map veto for the grand final of the ELEAGUE Atlanta Major 2017 between Virtus.pro and Astralis came down to Nuke (VP), Overpass (Astralis) and Train (decider).

Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz started the pistol round on Nuke with an aggressive outside push from the CT side, catching out Filip "⁠NEO⁠" Kubski who was setting up for smokes to supplement the A site execute. Being a man dawaown and, more importantly, lacking utility, Virtus.pro changed their plan and got control of the lower site through ramp, but weren't able to hold off the retake.

Despite the plant in the pistol round, Virtus.pro went for a force buy in round two and executed a push on the A site—this time successfully—and took the round with some Tec-9 headshots. The Poles powered through the Danish defenses in the following rounds, getting a 5-1 lead before Astralis managed to shut down their A site pushes.

Astralis tied the score at 6-6 thanks to some good plays by Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander and device, but weren't able to get in the lead thanks to Janusz "⁠Snax⁠" Pogorzelski who held off the retake of B in a 1v3 situation.

Virtus.Pro had reasons to smile after Nuke

Virtus.pro finished the Terrorist half 9-6 up, Astralis tied the score by winning the second pistol round and the two following rounds by making it 9-9. The first buy round went Virtus.pro's way and put the Danes on an eco due to their costly anti-eco rounds, but Snax's aggression was punished by the pistols and lead to Peter "⁠dupreeh⁠" Rasmussen clutching a 1v1 on the A site to tie the score again, this time at 10-10.

Unfortunately for Astralis, they were caught out by Virtus.pro's pistol-armor lobby push—and the trading of rounds continued. Markus "⁠Kjaerbye⁠" Kjærbye was involved in two 2v2's that went the way of Astralis to make the score 12-12, however, the Danes were once again defeated by an ecoing Virtus.pro side. That round finally broke Astralis and allowed Virtus.pro to close out their map pick 16-12.

Astralis could've won VP's map pick

Paweł "⁠byali⁠" Bieliński and Wiktor "⁠TaZ⁠" Wojtas secured an almost unwinabble 2v3 in the first pistol round on Overpass, retaking the A site and defusing the bomb in the last possible moment. Astralis replied with a force buy win thanks to dupreeh's quad kill on B and the Danes took the early lead on their map pick.

Virtus.pro struggled to deal with Astralis' slow, execute based style and gla1ve and co. got 6-2 up before Snax clutched a 1v2 on B to start the Poles' resurgence on Overpass. The score was 6-5 when Astralis kicked it in a high gear again and finished the Terrorist half with a 9-6 lead.

Astralis won the CT pistol, but another force buy win followed—NEO took off two heads with the Scout to open up the A site for his teammates, making it 10-7. Two anti eco rounds later, Astralis' mid aggression was shut down by the Poles, still, Andreas "⁠Xyp9x⁠" Højsleth secured the round for his team by winning a 1v3 situation.

Despite a few rounds in which he struggled to support his team, byali shined in rounds 23 and 24, picking up entry frags and multi-kills, making the score 11-13. The Poles continued the string of round by closing out a few anti-ecos and securing a 4v5 by executing on the A site, and took the lead for the first time in the map with a 14-13 scoreline.

Virtus.pro were on the brink of closing it out in the following round when Kjaerbye won a 1v1 against the clutch master Snax to keep his team in it—and allow Astralis to close out Overpass 16-14 and force the third map.

Xyp9x was the main man for Astralis on Overpass

Virtus.pro kicked off Train with a simple B rush, overwhelming the inner site defenses and set themselves up for a 3-0 start. In the first gun round, the Polish side faked B and then hit A that was defended only by dupreeh—taking the site and the round easily.

The Polish powerhouse pounced on the opportunity and won the first seven rounds in a row, capitalizing on Astralis' low economy. After that, the Danish team managed to avoid being reset by saving an AWP and started to mount their comeback. It was 8-5 when TaZ made a 1v3 into a 1v1 against Kjaerbye, but the 18-year-old Dane showed up with the clutch once again, defusing the bomb with 0.1 seconds to go.

Virtus.pro switched to the CT side with a 9-6 lead and extended the lead by winning the first three rounds of the second half, making it 12-6. Astralis clawed their way back into the first gun round from a two-man deficit only to be reset by a force by from the Poles in the next one.

Xyp9x's 1v1 win against Snax made the score 13-8 and allowed Astralis to start their comeback from the T side. With four rounds won in a row, gla1ve's team went for a B where they managed to overwhelm the inner site expert TaZ to get a round away from equaling the scoreline at 12-13.

Despite Astralis' anti-eco mishap in the ensuing round, the Danes recovered and closed out the final map 16-14!

ELEAGUE Major 2017Best of 3

Astralis

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29th January 2017

Virtus.pro

Nuke

Overpass

Train

ELEAGUE Major 2017Best of 3

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29th January 2017

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Nuke

Overpass

Train

Astralis	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Markus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye Kjaerbye	73 - 54	+19	95.2	77.3%	1.38
Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth Xyp9x	61 - 64	-3	79.9	64.8%	1.02
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen dupreeh	62 - 65	-3	78.5	71.6%	1.01
Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander gla1ve	56 - 61	-5	69.4	65.9%	0.95
Nicolai 'device' Reedtz device	48 - 55	-7	59.8	64.8%	0.89

Virtus.pro	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Janusz 'Snax' Pogorzelski Snax	75 - 57	+18	82.1	70.5%	1.24
Paweł 'byali' Bieliński byali	68 - 59	+9	86.4	69.3%	1.15
Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas TaZ	57 - 61	-4	73.4	70.5%	1.04
Filip 'NEO' Kubski NEO	45 - 59	-14	75.2	65.9%	0.95
Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' Jarząbkowski pashaBiceps	53 - 65	-12	67.2	67.0%	0.87

ELEAGUE Atlanta Major 2017 final standings:

1. Astralis - $500,000
2. Virtus.pro - $150,000
3-4. SK - $70,000
3-4. fnatic - $70,000
5-8. Natus Vincere - $35,000
5-8. Gambit - $35,000
5-8. FaZe - $35,000
5-8. North - $35,000
9-11. Envy - $8,750
9-11. GODSENT - $8,750
9-11. Liquid - $8,750
12-14. MOUZ - $8,750
12-14. G2 - $8,750
12-14. OpTic - $8,750
15-16. HellRaisers - $8,750
15-16. FlipSid3 - $8,750

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ez for astaralis!

2017-01-29 20:31

73 replies

sk would've won if they didn't have fox, vp lucker bots.. congratz astralis

49 replies

Expected

20 replies

NIp > ASTRALIS

2017-01-29 20:32

19 replies

WELL PLAYED ASTRALIS! imgur.com/9sJJuBl

2017-01-29 20:39

Best Major Final in 2 years. High lvl CS and competitive from first to last round.

2017-01-29 20:35

12 replies

Good Game

2017-01-29 20:37

1 reply

Best final ever, so tense the whole time, gg

2017-01-29 20:41

Totally true, my nails are totally gone cause of this series, haha! Really good one tho, i thought VP were gonna take it, but Astralis deserves it, first major win for them :D

2017-01-29 20:38

9 replies

Your a girl ?

2017-01-29 20:49

8 replies

What does this have to do with being a girl? I don't get why people on hltv.org are just looking for comments to reply to with insults...

2017-01-29 21:04

your a sexist nomind? ubicate youreself!

2017-01-29 21:33

3 replies

Well excuse me. But i was just asking im not a troll

2017-01-29 21:51

2 replies

STFU sexists.

2017-01-30 08:43

salty noflag :(

2017-01-30 11:26

No, the game was a nailbiter. get it? :)

2017-01-30 09:28

Oh ok i got it

2017-01-30 11:27

2017-01-30 14:33

VEGA >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> NiP

1 Team won the major, the other one didn't make the major, losing to the likes of hellraisers in the qualifiers. But ok. Whatever you say.

2017-01-29 21:01

true +1

2017-01-29 21:13

good call

2017-01-29 21:46

Hahaha your halousinating

2017-01-29 23:42

7 replies

Astralis doesn´t deserves this fucking luckers, Vp was much more better. Hope Astralis will die soon

6 replies

how much did you lose bud?

2017-01-29 20:56

my cup is not even half full of tears. do better!

2017-01-29 21:38

Haha went out as the world rank #1 best team in 2016 and starts off as world rank #1 in 2017. nothing to do with luck. Your clearly a newbie

2017-01-29 23:44

Go to hell with some ranking everyone who see the match had to say that Vp was better than some Danish noobs but don´t have that luck as thems

2017-01-30 19:07

You are dumb as fuck. Astralis even lost both pistols on train and was behind 0-7 and 7-13 but still brought it back to win it! They fully deserve the win! VP made a good fight out of it but Astralis are just tooooooo stronk.

2017-01-31 15:57

good joke man :D Astralis=piece of shits

2017-02-05 18:49

but fox did better than taco and fer. He did amazing for joining the best team in the world. no more BOT fox

2017-01-29 20:36

5 replies

lol what? are you stupid? first of all stats don't mean anything and fer was a top 10 player this major in rating fox did no where close to as good as him...

2017-01-29 20:44

The way that SK played this tournament was to make Fox as good as possible, which means that he gets all the positions that he wants, it doesn't mean that he's any better cause he got more frags ( if even that )

2017-01-29 20:59

He played exactly like fnx, why sk should care about fox, this standin bs, just stop it, sk played bad, fox carryed in semis, but his team was low, nt.

2017-01-30 04:57

2017-01-31 13:41

everybody better than TaCo, but fox was good

2017-01-29 21:21

lol fox did the best on the team. Without fox they would have done worse.

o rly? gyazo.com/db8aaacb8604501285a22d9b8f7795..

cry is free

Fox wasn't even the issue at the major. Go fuck yourself

2017-01-29 20:45

Yeah sure. Sk is overrated by brazil

2017-01-29 20:47

WELL, they should not kick FNX, sorry i forgot he f**ked FER GF

2017-01-29 20:52

fox did a great job as a stad in...

2017-01-29 21:00

You basically just said SK would've won if they didn't have their 2nd most impactful player in the tournament

2017-01-29 21:29

hahaha sk fan got rekt xD

2017-01-29 22:00

Sk have a pretty bad periode, even if they was full team, they would't win this major

2017-01-29 22:39

fox was way better than taco whole event and arguabely more impressive than fallen

2017-01-30 01:06

Fox was topfragging for SK tho

2017-01-30 06:38

EnVy would have won the major if they didn't have Happy and SIXER.

2017-01-30 10:06

lol nice excuse favela

2017-01-30 20:45

GOD KJAERBYE!¬ GOD XUYPA

GGEZ

Astralis are legends dude, dat insane comeback =D

ASTRALIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2017-01-29 20:33

If thorin doesnt make a video about how this final was too close for comfort for astralis (like he did for nip after iem Oakland where they won 2 maps 16-14) he will be deemed the biggest fanboy this world has ever seen. Not that he already is one.

2017-01-29 20:51

13 replies

But NIP were up at the half and let the game get close. Astralis clawed their way back in the last map.

2017-01-29 20:55

11 replies

And the difference is?

2017-01-29 20:58

10 replies

Losing a lead =/= Comeback

I killed the king with a 1 bullet. The king comes back as a zombie and almost kills me, because i didnt 2 tap. vs The king had me down on my knees with my hands tied. While he was about to swing his mighty sword and let my head roll, I bit his dick off and headbutted him into hell.

2017-01-29 21:42

Doesnt matter how they got the rounds.

2017-01-29 21:44

troll or immensely flawed logic, anyways outta here :D

2017-01-29 21:45

Sk NEVER had cache OR cobble, nip just let it slip at the end(unintented pun). They were outplayed. Are you just going to ignore all the rounds Astralis lost in the beginning? You are only looking at the rounds nip lost in the end. I could just look at the rounds nip won in the beginning, like you are. Doesn't fucking matter how you get there (unless its some stupid 1v5 clutches or something) a 16-14 win is a 16-14 win.

2017-01-29 21:54

The king had me down on my knees with my hands tied. While he was about to swing his mighty sword and let my head roll, I bit his dick off and headbutted him into hell.

2017-01-29 21:56

4 replies

nice argument :p

2017-01-29 21:57

If you can't fathom what that means and stubbornly focus solely on a 16-14 result, then there is no need for arguments.

the king had its filthy slave down on his knees with his hands tied behind his back. The king was tired though and desides to go to sleep, but before he even knows it his slave is starting to choke him. The king swiftly takes his dagger and drives it up his slaves throat.

2017-01-29 22:03

nt but no

EEEEEEEZZZZZZZZ

2017-01-29 21:09

prob one of the first news line on hltv with an explanation mark

2017-01-29 21:30

that final was anything but easy

2017-01-30 01:19

2017-01-30 16:54

ASStralis

2017-02-03 14:41

brooooo vp wouldve won if snax didn't misplay the clutch at 14-14 on overpass im so mad

15 replies

So happy for astralis! they deserve it

you think so? I'm f********** triggered by this. Majors arent the same anymore players like device, kjarebye winning majors LOL its such a big disrespect to players like coldzera, fallen, olom, taz, neo, krimz.. I still cant believe

Where is the disrespect you mad SK fangay ?

he's baiting all of u bunch of fat nerds

what ? device > taz , neo , krimz , what are you talking about , sure he played bad in final , but without him astralis wouldn't had reach the final

2017-01-29 21:11

without him? humm idk this looks really dirty. youtube.com/watch?v=ESUtRUtopoc

2017-01-30 02:26

Sure man. When astralis win finally a major kjaerbye and gla1ve are cheating. When SK win 2 majors coldzera and fallen are cheating. When G2 win ECS shox is cheater. xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

2017-01-30 12:56

Everyone who wins is a cheater, there is no way to win games legitimately as the opposition is also cheating. Kappa

2017-01-30 13:09

im just talking about glaive who has some dirty frags sometimes even threw the smokes..

2017-01-31 02:26

Troll or dumb? What do you other guys think

2017-01-29 21:12

Stfu you fucking favela. Astralis deserved this

2017-01-29 21:18

You realize Device was the 3rd best player of 2016?

2017-01-29 21:19

LUL

2016 is over already why you still making br baits

2017-01-30 09:34

you mean vp wouldve won if others 4 vp players killed at least 1 Astralis player ?

2017-01-29 21:35

Im crying:( vp

Nice

YESSS

WTF that choke 14-13 14-16 12-6 14-16

lose 3 rounds in a row is a choke for you? how stupid are you then?

2017-01-30 01:55

it was T sided map and VP were in T side so yeah it was a choke + watch the match pls instead of calling other people stupid

2017-01-30 13:40

GOOD JOB ASTRALIS

that comeback howly shiat

grats

wow

VP BibleThump

omg

VP deserved more

No they didnt

2017-01-29 20:42

Nope.

2017-01-29 20:53

why

imgur.com/C29Sqri

LUCK

deserved

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES <333333333333333

what a match

nice

That's how you choke against chokers

GG WOOOOOOOOOOOOO INTENSE GAME

my heart

NOT DESERVED

LET'S GO !

FUCK YESSSSSSS

Best final ever

FUCKING YEAH!!! GG ASTRALIS

ez for gla1ve sex bomb

DESERVED AF

now people will think astralis is good gg.

mvp Xyp9x

Grats to the Astralis for making it to the stars with their first major final. Big applause to Virtus.Pro, they had the last two maps in their hand but faced Astralis' old syndrome. Why can't we have two winners to be honest? Both teams served excellent CS to viewers making us real winners. Looks like 2017 gonna be superb year to watch some damn good CS. Grats to device for becoming MVP of the major.

So bad, im not ur fan anymore, now im Astralis fanboy Kappa

lol

2017-01-29 20:48

Wtf it was Kjaerbye..... #Fail

again luckers...

Grats Device, well deserved!

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSWSSSSSSSSS

So lucky

snax god

Where you at LBJ

VP getting free Audi R8s so they don't care :D

thanks mr pasha, try to use your brain next time

LETS FUCKING GO OOOO O O

Fastest guy on HLTV is sleeping I guess xD

beautiful!

deserved !

GG Astralis ! Well deserved !

CONGRATS ASTRALIS

lucky

good shit astralis, deserved win

grats Astralis, well deserved

goddamnit vp

omg this match. well played astralis for comeback.

Expected. Congrats astralis!

Fully deserved, vp most awful ct team that ever played, so many moronic mistakes, its like a random mm game, for team composed of a single nation players their comms are pathetic, half of the time the have no idea whats happening

i know something that is pathetic and thats you

2017-01-29 21:07

VP choked, it happens to all but those were two maps in a row were they choked under pressure. I thought I was watching Astralis lol

Well since gla1ve joined they haven't really been chokers anymore :D

2017-01-30 00:54

gg for both great final

well deserved, finally a win for the #1 team atm.

Congratz and deserved

gg device still shit tho, kjaerbye god

Unfair as hell. Astralis got so lucky this game And btw NERF TEC-9 AND UMP!

Incredible!!!

dream final, gg Astralis deserved! perfect play in the end!!!

Astralis is not even a top 15 team, how the fuck can VP not win?

WHAT A GAME

GGWP finally

What a beautiful victory! Tears in my eyes. You guys deserve it more than anyone. Congratulations.. The journey has been a pleasure to follow

2017-01-29 20:34

what a fucking throw , what a shame....... both pistols , 7-0 , 8-1 , 13-7 and lost eco , 14-12 , 14-16.

ezz 4 my brotha device

Sick game, gg both!

Whoever won this final, it would be deserved. Both teams fought brilliantly. Great counter strike being played in this major. Really deserved for Astralis. And sad for VP, they really deserved too.

Good Game Boys, thats was nice, love!

Nooooo :( i'm so sad for VP

underserved, vp was better

Best moment ever in CS history ! A Huge GG to Astralis who proved that they're the actual best team in the World. Big respect to VP who were amazing in this major !

what a fucking throw , what a shame....... both pistols , 7-0 , 8-1 , 13-7 and lost eco , 14-12 , 14-16. experienced players ?????? hahaha

"<3 virtus.pro", hahahah, your team did the beast that they can, they tried, support them because they lost for 16-14 on a major final not 16-0 or something like that u idiot

SOZ WHERE IS SK? HAHAHA SK THOUGHT THEY ARE MIGHTY. BUT THEY ARE SHITTY

2017-01-30 09:58

we are talking about SK? So, where's Renegades? Did they win something last year? Shitty scene you have my friend 4Head

2017-01-30 10:03

duuude :D aus scene sucks and im not talking about it :D look at ur MR CONFIDENT BRA. they played shit...

2017-01-30 11:16

so, u are saying that SK played shit? They're playing with fox (stand-in) and they lost to vp on semi-finals 19-17 and 16-14, for me, this isn't bad at all.

FOX? EXCUSES? JUST JOKING :) I LIKE ALL TEAMS BUT OI HATE KIDS LIKE ASTRALIS :<

2017-01-30 12:40

wow gg

FINALLY DUPREEEEEEEEEEEEEEH <333333333333333

So happy for Dupreeh! GG fantastic major

not deserved at all, and kjaer with his shitty shaking and pulling out shots out of his ass piece of shits lucky af

kjaer is not 'clear'. Im sure in some day he will be caught!

2017-01-30 11:17

jap i hope too :) !

2017-01-30 17:28

congratz!

good job, well deserved

No more choking jokes, Astralis showed mental strength overcoming both maps when VP had 14 rounds, i'm really happy for them.

best final i have watched, great cs from both of them

<3 Parkinson

The Plow got Plowed!!!

VP throw major, Kjaerbye MVP

they lose to RUSHB tactic

sick match, gg!!!

Virtus.Choke, but was deserved... GGWP Astralis!

vp played awesome, but in the end astralis made it. gg to both teams, perfect series

gg, im happy for astralis

Very honorable win for Astralis. WP Virtus Pro. I love both teams, both are so good, and well deserved their places

Congrats for Astralis, they finally did it. :)

Well done Astralis. Xyp9x with some awesome clutches. Unlucky VP, but they played an amazing tournament.

Well deserved, finally no choke inc!

epic final wp astralis this time better

#RUNASTRALIS #BESTFINALIWATCHED #LETSGOBOYS

I was cheering for VP but honestly... Astralis deserved, over 10 majors and aways playing at high lvl. Well played both teams!

vp shouldnt have lost overpass imo... :/

This has to be the best cs go match i have ever watched! Got sweaty hands plenty of times, both teams were so evenly matched.

Mother fucking hell! BEST MATCH EVER 2017 jinx line: -Brean^: its still possible brother!

i always had fate in them!

No fucking shit omfg

they have really showed themself to be the best team in the world!

VP threw away a lot of rounds but credit to Astralis for coming back. Thorin is never going to shut up that he predicted the winner.

Bit sad that kiddo cheater won this at the end, he doesnt deserve this but his team mates do. Pasha was good overall i guess but still fails some ez kills at the end

VP did not deserve for this... They did not deserve for rekt :'(

So well deserved

totally unexpected. Not happy with it. It was so close...

You think astralis fans would have been happy if they had lost? It was a fabulous match of cs probably they best I have watched since 2015. VP played extremely well mad respect to them. But astralis came through in the end. I was crying with happiness when they won. P.S. THE CROWD WAS NUTS. IT WAS SO AWESOME TO SEE A NEUTRAL CROWD CHEERING SO HARD

2017-01-29 21:08

twitter.com/seizedwf/status/825784638736..

ggwp

That was absolutely incredible! VP played a hell of a game, but somehow Astralis managed to find their courage deep within! What a call from gla1ve at 14-14! That kid has balls.

well deserved!

gg wp, was sure vp would win

hahah reverse choke by Astralis. Polish choke instead :)

thanks for golden pickem. top 1%

Best fucking game in 17 years! GG Astralis! GG VP!

Complete fairytale ending :) So happy that Astralis finally won a major! They deserve it. Virtus played incredible too so mad respect to them. But they've won a major already. So let's be happy for the Danes this time. What a final! Device, finally the trophy to go with the legendary performances over the years. Dupreeh, what an entry fragger...that final round, you'll never forget that in a lifetime! Well done to all the guys, Xyp played so good in map 1 and 2, Kje too and Glaive holding it all together. Well done guys, gg! Legends!

Still have goosebumps running down my spine from how absolutely incredible that entire final was. Every map was action packed, both teams poured their hearts into every round, so much respect for both teams for just laying it all out there. DESERVED for Astralis, happy to see them get the monkey off their back and WP VP, proving to the world that age doesn't matter and roster stability is still actually a thing in 2017.

What a crazy fucking final dude, unreal. My nerves are frayed

gla1ve, what a job he did in a short time period that he is in Astralis. He is the reason why Astralis became major champs. Gz!

Idk man. Kjaerbye aim was so obvious for low fov aimbot. Anyways. Happy for device! He did it

Astralis deserved that win, congrats to Astralis and well played to VP

such a throw, anyways, gj astralis!

13-7 to 14-16 KEKED, virtus CHOKE, 13-7 3v5 XDDDDD Deserved to lose.

thank for game guys

VP sucks a huge dick like always. They never gonna win a major.

Wtf are you talking about..? They played fantastic! Could've gone either way!

2017-01-29 21:39

Finally ive been waiting since 2014 when they had fetish on the roster gg congratz

2017-01-29 20:40

GG Astralis! well deserved no more "choke" word from me anymore :D u guys are the true men

G fucking G. it was a great final

16-14 is always real.

Best tournament in esports history

agreed

Lol, TI2 or TI3 without any doubt.

I watched both and loved them, they were magic. But the intensity of CS does it for me man, and the storyline for this game was just incredible

Best csgo tournament - yes, maybe. Best major final or even in the whole csgo history - hell fcuking yes! But if we are talking about esport history...

2017-01-29 21:16

Either way, this is only the first tournament of the year! Insane

Agreed!

2017-01-29 21:40

Sick final but still sad that Liquid didn`t even make it to the playoffs. Also,stop bothering about the event. It had a sick crowd,very organized,no delay,very few technical timeouts so why you have to bother.This major reached the view peak,about 1,3 million views and you still say that cologne 2014 was better.Y`all patethic...

Well deserved

pashaBiceps but nobrain, gg

EZ SKINS

Remember this as one of the best CSGO Matches in the game..Ever.. This is history and the day Astralis finaly stopped choking and won a Major. Wow i love this!

gla1ve mvp, buy xyp9x was KEY vs VP

expected

ez i.imgur.com/vsx9jyW.png

WP Astralis

Wish VP win.

What a match! congratz!

Deserved for sure Sad it was not a bo5 i really enjoyed this game

I really dont know whats wrong with VP but this is their longtime sickness,they are playing well but they NEVER fisnish what they are doing.I dont know how many matches they lost like this. Congratz Astralis!!

this final shows that device is always choking in big games. Nice one snax, and good luck VP. You was so close to get 2 major title.

So the semifinal and quarterfinal were not "big games"?

shhh he is clearly retarded

2017-01-31 03:36

Clearly

2017-01-31 14:39

Pricemoney is missing in this Article^^

Imo VP should've won but...things are done. Good calls from gla1ve, chokes from VP...not easy for their nerves.

G2A maffia made this happen

Carrybye

Well played! Deserved by Astralis! Sad for VP, haha.

2017-01-29 20:43

Sickest final there could possible have been. So much back and forth all the time! GGWP Astralis and Virtus.pro. P.S. thanks for the money puu.sh/tFH90/d241adf29e.png

VP was better

Ok - congratz then...

Ty Skins, thanks VP poor fanboys

And they lost 16-5 to Godsent on Train 5days a go xD

Deserved. WP astralis, amazing match bye Kjaerbye and Xyp9x. And gla1ve... best igl atm for sure

gla1ve - genius

This final was the best match in major history. High level cs real competitive mind games... It was amazing...

wp :)

Great final...both great teams! GG Astralis

What a absolutely fantastic victory for Astralis! What is going with VP? Astralis make in a couple last rounds such same fast attacks in a row. How VP could afford it? Where is theirs exprience? Unbelievable!!!

Virtus Pro? More like Virtus Choke...

C'mon - nothing to do with choking

2017-01-29 21:43

FeelsBadMan sick game tho, one of the better major final

AYYY DANMARK

Yes, I was correct. Astralis won and Kjaerbye is a better cheater than byali. Even game.

2017-01-29 20:46

lol yes, he cheats on lan ofc :D

If it wasn't for those two tec9 buy rounds that Australis won on train they would've won. Great game either way congratz astralis.

You could say that for both sides - VP also won a lot of Eco rounds. :)

2017-01-29 21:47

If Astralis had lost like VP just did every single person would have written CHOKE! When VP does it, it's a "throw". Stellar logic. Congratulations Astralis. Happy for these dudes!

MVP of HLTV?

ggrino

YESSS!!!!!!!

Maybe this means that VP is prepared for beat SK only... hmm

feelsbadman

gg astralis I'm sad for dev1ce... one more time choking when the things get harder and matches are more important. :/

I honestly don't think he gives a fuck. He's Major champ.

2017-01-29 20:50

It will be such a shame if he is gonna be chosed as the major mvp. The only major mvp with a 0.84 rating at the final series lol

But to be honest Astralis would never have been in the final if it wasn't for device. He should be named MVP, it's not only based on the final but the entire tournament.

With his winning mentality he's definitely not happy with his performance..! Of course he gives a fuck. But obviously the championship overshines that right now.

He's the entire reason they made it as far as they did

2017-01-29 21:03

no words

kyaerbye .. some next level carrier in a grand final of major.. rofl

choke? i aren't think that.. now haters can finally go to sleep. GG WP!

Well deserved! Though quite unexpected considering how much VP had going for them :) Not the most interesting major, but one hell of a final :)

After VP lost that 4v3 afterplant, I somehow knew that round will come to haunt them later.

If it hadn't been for Kjaerbye's outstanding performance, this would have been a really hard game for Astralis. device had a real hard time on the three maps and on train especially, VP understood how big the danger would have been if they didn't neutralize him. Congrats Astralis, this time you can officially say that you were the better team.

I'd say that this was a pretty hard game for Astralis... haha :D But it could have been easier if device had showed up.

It WAS a really hard game, haha! But you could say the same thing about Snax and VP. Only three players with a positive kd rate....! Insane!

2017-01-29 21:53

CoolStoryBob

VP beats SK AT SEMI ESL NY, VP BEATS SK AT EPICCENTER SEMI and VP beats SK semifinal at Eleague and can't win a Tournament where they had it all on their hands because lucktralis managed to look more worse than SK. F8 this sport and VP WHAT WAS THAT. Understand my madness..

You could also argue that VP were lucky to win all those ecos and weak buys that they won... if they hadn't the result could have looked much more favorable for Astralis.

Yeah VP was also luck that is true, but I would understand your argument if VP would've won the Major, but now its quite true that Astralis won rounds in a normal world which they shouldn't have won. Kjaerbye 0.1 second Tec-9 yolo rush, xyp9x 1-3 but yeah VP had also luck when they won just with pistols.

In the end these matches comes down to details and momentum, and Astralis showed fantastic heart and will to win. Lucky or not.

Yep while VP showed otherwise you're right. It is how it is. Especially i can't believe that Astralis made VP to a "counterchoker" and yet Astralis has also deserved to have a Major ( i obviously meant the 3 player core)

2017-01-29 21:06

Yeah. It was about time. It must have been hard for these guys with all the hate from the community and almost never getting cheered on by the crowds at the big tournaments.

Yeah understandable especially they were known as Chokestralis but VP had their hands on the trophy and astralis just came to chop them awa sadly...

2017-01-29 21:31

60 ADR devve rofl

He's the reason why they even reached the Final in the first place

2017-01-29 21:05

Gj boys. Great final to watch! :) Even so i think Astralis should had won it 2 - 0, i think they were the better team on nuke aswell - but as a neutral spectator im just glad it went all the way to the third map. First time in a grand final at a major, down 0 - 8 at the last map, such a young team being able to climbe back and win the map? Great mentality and strenght shown.

Well fucking deserved !!!

GG WP Astralis, well deserved! A bit sad for VP tho ;(

I cried, when this match was over i was so happy for Astralis and also so sad for VP, i cried for Astralis's Victory and also for VP's defeat...best final in cs go major history, best match of the cs go history...thank you Astralis and VP for such an awesome match...

it can't get more intense than this all the clutches, the comebacks, it was back and forth all the time. Astralis showed increadible mental strength, the choking is over, they grinded out a comeback victory against the plow, the most stable finals team ever. no more choking Astralis is number 1, the best in the world and no one can doubt that this was the most intense CS game I ever watched

Well deserved win.

it was 14-7/8 for VP, dammit...

very good tour Poland!

you've got to be joking. VP never had problems against astralis and now they lost after finally beating SK and also they lost on their best maps... shameful.

2017-01-29 20:57

you've got to be joking. VP never had problems against astralis and now they lost after finally beating SK and also they lost on their best maps... shameful." VP WON three times vs SK only to lose in the finals. And Train ain't their best Map and yeah it was shameful how retarded they lost everything. This was the worst way and especially for all the VP fans the worst lose we've to witness. As i doubt VP will ever be close to do it. I am simply emotionally dead.

i am here after 3 years break, look on my profile, i think that polish guys are still in big condition :)

2017-01-29 21:02

but now they won't win a major again. they might even lose groups based on their performance.

2017-01-29 23:29

Well deserved Astralis

good job astralis, so strong! so sad vp, omg im crying, wrocicie silniejsi! :((((

Wanted VP to win but GG anyways

lots of mistakes from VP :(

Congratulations Astralis! No chokerino = majorino Now only Na'Vi is missing a major.

I wanted VP to win but Astralis's story is beautiful, from chokers to champions, they finally make it. Congrats to them, a well deserved major title !

Amazing story, GG WP Astralis

VP only lost 2 maps, in the final, 16-14. so sad. ggwp Astralis

VP lost a map to North

the job is done, gratz

sad result, they didnt even beat the defending champs with a stand in. VP guys deserved this much more unfair world

Yeah it still hard. I wish i could be on their side to witnesd how they feel (obviously empty and so on but still)

VP true champions

thank mr gla1ve

and thank mr device for getting them to the final with his absolutely sick plays up until the final

2017-01-29 21:26

Best major final out of the 10 i've seen. You can only hate and say it wasnt but it is.

GJ Astralis em gg VP

FeelsBadMan for VP :( grats Astralis

ggwp astralis

2017-01-29 21:10

So freaking awesome! What a match, thats real CS! Astralis are also possible of making a comeback now, 3 finals in a row. Choke? I DONT THINK SO. <3 We went To The Stars

gj, I was cherring for VP but it was a nice comeback

nice game xD

2017-01-29 21:14

easiest 0.5$ of my life

g fucking g Astralis

Gl vp In next major im sure you might get it then !

2017-01-29 21:17

virtus.pro have (once again) won the hearts of the people... you'll come back stronger!

2017-01-29 21:22

finally they did it so happy for them you could really see it in devices eyes

2017-01-29 21:23

So sad to see vp losing this. They are the champions of heart. They deserved it so much. Losing 2 times 14-16 and having so unlucky situations like defusing in the last second or giving headshots with 1 hp .... stupid arrogant kids won instead of legends ... always cheering for vp. Vp is love vp is life, all players stepped up ...

2017-01-29 21:24

damn realy wanted vp to win this :/ (made a lot of mistakes after getting such a huge lead)

GG WP, Insane Final !!!!!!

2017-01-29 21:25

Didn't want them to win cause I hate Thorin and Anders fanboying af when they are supposed to be unbiased.. I can't be the only one bothered by this shit. really professional.. Don't get me wrong Thorin and Anders are great but this is just pathetic.

2017-01-29 21:27

Its so hard grandfinal

Kjaerby's cheats made them win... VP are the real champions !

2017-01-29 21:28

Gratz Astralis!

DESERVED

The job is done!

Nice balanced pistols gj Valve, kek9's on point, thats 2nd major when kek9's ruined the whole map lul ;D

2017-01-29 21:32

you shouldn't complain. VP won countless pistol/eco rounds in that match.

Im not complaining about this match, generally it shouldnt happen even with stupid mistakes, 5 tec9's > 5 m4's lul

2017-01-29 21:48

Agreed. Pistols should be slightly nerfed.

I actually think it's more entertaining when it's more unpredictable - teams not always losing eco rounds.

2017-01-29 22:01

I dont care if I lose to some kek9 rushes but if you lose a map in the major grand final cause of this, thats crushing. NiP lost 1st final map because of Fnatic tec9's and now VP probably lost the whole grand final because of this one round. Tec9 rush...

2017-01-29 22:15

Of course it's crushing - but it super entertaining as a viewer, that you can't expect anti-eco wins every time. Today both teams won several eco rounds. And what a fantastic game it was! Feel for vp though... could've gone either way.

2017-01-29 22:20

i think pistols shouldn't be nerfed. they makes matches entertaining because if there was no chance to win with pistols matches would be desperate.

2017-01-30 00:23

I'm sad, it hurts more that 2x loses against SK and lose against fnatic in cologne combined. But the final was ... amazing, you cannot do more for CS:GO. Teams deliver in very important moment, when it was in TV.

hfgl

Nice :)

2017-01-29 21:41

I saw SoA, NoA, mTw and now Astralis. It's nice to see a Danish team on top. Gratz!

Some great games and a great event. Congrautlations Astralis! And good luck next time Virtus.Pro :)

Gratz Astralis ! VP thank you for this major, you were great, sad end :(

Device = TRUE MVP OF THE TOURNAMENT. Kjaerbye = ONLY MVP OF THE GRAND FINAL!

2017-01-29 22:02

What a MONSTEROUS game..! Couldn't be more happy for those boys..! WP VP!

2017-01-29 22:04

GOD XYP9X

2017-01-29 22:05

well deserved. gratz danskjävlar!

Well, dev1ce choked hard... But so did VP at the end, lol. Kinda sad for them. Anyway, it was an amazing grand final, way better than I expected tbh, those 3 games were super close & intense! Also insane comeback by Astralis, especially versus VP. After all these years, they finally win a major. Deserved. Respect to both teams, GGWP.

2017-01-29 22:06

ez win ez lyfe, gg, denmark best, you bad

2017-01-29 22:18

There should have been a co-mvp trophy for device and kjaerbye. Device for bringing them to the finals. Kjaerbye for bringing them to the title.

2017-01-29 22:40

Please throw away those stupid bo1 groups! Gambit & Navi were so much of bo1 heroes, it's not even funny. Let teams show their true strength, and finally stop that retarded randomizer, there are 7 maps, you can let each team ban 3 maps and play what they want to play, why to let one of the teams ban 1 map more comparing to their opponent? Guys, it's MAJOR, a tournament with the best teams, it shouldn't be random!

2017-01-29 22:51

GG&WP Next time come stronger VP !

2017-01-29 23:04

Best Final since Katowice 15

2017-01-29 23:08

amazing final!!!

2017-01-29 23:28

Astralis deserved! And one more thing, I feel so ashamed for those asses from my country blaming Fox. I do agree he was kinda nervous in the first days of the Major, but then he played well and u still blame him... Shame, u should respect the teams who played better

2017-01-29 23:36

VP lost the final, but what was the finale? One of the best in the past 3 years, if not the best. Each map aligned in each of victory decided by a matter of luck. CS at the highest level is the gambling.

2017-01-29 23:41

+1 respect for vp too, both teams played godlike cs

2017-01-29 23:51

Still, legends forever: i.imgur.com/WGNHeb3.jpg . Btw, the viewership: i.imgur.com/YVLalCC.jpg , i.imgur.com/msQC1pr.jpg .

lol u watch 11 streams at once? ;)

2017-01-30 14:35

It's oddshots.

2017-01-30 15:22

Danish champions.

2017-01-30 00:03

grats Astralis! I love SK, I love VP! GG to all!

2017-01-30 00:09

VP played different CT in compare to previous games. I think in the beginning they tried to counter what Astralis did with them on practice and it didn't work. Then they lost B side twice in unlucky way (each time Astralis pushed after granade from Taz, coaccident? don't think so, they knew his pos I guess then) and then after they didn't have enough money to throw granades at begin. They didn't play much for information or tried to guess side which was very surprising, instead VP's very default was outplayed well by Astralis (same happened on Overpass) and that cost VP the map.

2017-01-30 00:47

As a Norwegian SK fan i must say Astralis deserved that all over... The sick comeback they did.! I must say that is the most nerve wracking i have seen. When that is said, VP played a hell of a game too. They did very well. Respect for that. GL next time :)

2017-01-30 01:25

well fought Astralis, welcome Denmark to major champions club!

2017-01-30 01:44

gratz Astralis, wp VP

2017-01-30 03:33

WP Astralis!Gratz my friends.Device always in my hearth.

2017-01-30 03:35

GG WP Astralis Guys

2017-01-30 04:10

Deserved. Happy for Astralis, they finally won after a lot of struggle and semis

2017-01-30 05:00

WP Astralis. Kjaerby with the nerves of steel, without him they're not even winning overpass. Device choked pretty hard on the last 2 maps but came through with some key AWP frags on train. Xyp9x clutch on overpass was massieve. And finally glaive with a great call to rush for the last 2 round wins on train. Ballsy. VP were great too but got caught off-guard by glaive's masterful rush tactics. One of the best majors I've ever watched overall and arguably the best Finals ever imo.

2017-01-30 05:11

Called it... unintentionally lol GJ Astralis!

2017-01-30 05:33

This is my sixth major and probably the best. Well played Astralis, well done ELEAGUE!

2017-01-30 06:15

2017-01-30 07:17

For me Virtus.pro is the best team in the world. Remember that Neo and Taz have over 30 years and Pasha is close. They play at the highest level in 11 years. WCG 2006 their first big success, and then it was at once the better. You have to respect a team.

2017-01-30 09:06

neo is still 29 :p

2017-02-02 07:43

KJAERBYE HACKS THATS SO OBVIOUS. IM NOT KID, JEALOUS OR VP FAMILY. BUT ITS TRUE :))

2017-01-30 09:56

show me clips!

2017-01-30 11:04

w8 :) its easy man. ur danish so u shouldnt chip in .

2017-01-30 11:15

i didn't say if you are right or wrong. i just asked if you have some clips to prove it. am i not allowed to ask for that? :D

2017-01-30 11:19

no response?

2017-02-03 13:16

its not even worth to type here . ur dans and ah nevermind. check youtube.com (kjaerbye)

2017-02-03 14:40

Rofl all i wanted was to see some clips that YOU felt were suspicious so i could assess them. I did not say if i think he is cheating or not. But apparently my nationality makes it completely impossible for you to have a rational conversation

2017-02-04 13:38

:D haha Ghost Kasper

2017-02-06 12:09

2017-02-06 12:38

cute

2017-01-30 14:32

device lul

2017-01-30 13:23

ez astralis

2017-01-30 17:00

Completely deserved. All 3 maps were incredibly exciting to watch and I do not begrudge astralis their victory. They all deserve it. Hats off for both teams for a sick final - was epic!

2017-01-30 17:05

ez <3

2017-01-30 17:46

Deserved Astralis my second team !!!:D

2017-01-31 03:33

ITS AMAZING. ASTRALIN WON AND LOOK AT FORUM. DANISH PEOPLE ARE USUALLY NOT TAKING PART IN HLTV LIFE BUT AFTER WIN THEY ARE EVERYWHERE.

2017-01-31 09:33

What did you do expect retard! It's only natural that it turns out like that, just like if VP would have been the victors the majority of people in this thread would most likely have been polish.

2017-01-31 15:51