dupreeh: "[Having a stand-in again] is taking its toll on the team"

16-12-2017 03:13

The first day of the ECS Season 4 Finals has come to an end, with Astralis claiming the first seed out of group B. Following the last match, we talked to Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen about playing with a stand-in, beating FaZe and his AWPing.

Playing with Ruben "⁠RUBINO⁠" Villarroel for the second event in a row, Astralis impressed by taking wins over both Cloud9 and FaZe in their opening day of the tournament in Cancun, Mexico.

As the day came to a close, we sat down with Peter "⁠dupreeh⁠" Rasmussen and got his insight on playing with stand-ins for a long period of time, the comeback against Cloud9 and taking down FaZe on Overpass.

Nice interview

2017-12-16 03:14

5 replies

fuck

''I got that draken thing, hit nutty shots and miss easy shots'' -Draken thing XDDD

2017-12-16 13:03

Lol, stand-in best player by far, without him they would have lost vs faze, but Nice tears

2017-12-16 13:05

2 replies

Agreed

2017-12-16 13:41

yea they said the same thing when Dennis was carrying them to the finals, they are playing better with standins

2017-12-16 14:39

Next time mate

2017-12-16 03:15

almost

2017-12-16 04:48

:) bring dennis back

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2017-12-16 14:40

I understand that to be fair though, both rubino and dennis have played pretty well

2017-12-17 11:01

2017-12-18 14:15

will they stop complaining, Rubino and Dennis have been their best players. Sure it might work better tactically but this is just pathetic really, who would want to play as a stand-in for them if this is all they moan about. Sounds like some kind of excuses to me.

2017-12-16 03:16

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RUBINO was their best player only one time lol

2017-12-16 03:19

+1, RUBINO has been the reason why they were able to go semis and please astralis, acknowledge that hes a consistent and good player.

2017-12-16 03:20

Reported +1

2017-12-16 04:23

6/8

2017-12-16 04:41

2017-12-16 04:43

Dennis was far from their best player

2017-12-16 05:57

Rap god PogChamp

ez katka

Standins topping there team.. carrying there lame asses.. Maybe astralis are just trash.. -maybe If i was a org id try snap these guys up.. Rubino - support fox - awp dennis - rifle scream - entry FreeAgent IGL (MAYBE:pronax) - igl

2017-12-16 03:25

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fox megaLUL. pronax's IGL ability in 2017. Better solution is dennis goes to liquid -nitr0 +dennis. -jdm +Rickeh EliGE-Second Entry Twistzz-Magician Lurker steel-Support/IGL dennis-Entry Fragger Rickeh-AWP/Rifler

2017-12-16 06:01

There's nothing wrong with Liquid though? They've just gone through a change. Give them time.

2017-12-16 11:49

They need a more consistent awper. No hate for jdm, but it’s true.

2017-12-16 15:20

Maybe rubino had just good game. I think you missed the fact that device is a star player and playing overpass against faze is rly hard without best awper on overpass and they still won so don't talk shit about them.

2017-12-16 11:09

this is why people hate astralis

2017-12-16 03:29

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True, also this woulda coulda shoulda tweet after BLAST by gla1ve. They have a mental coach. What is she doing the entire day? Do they need also a social media coach and a coach who shows them how to act like a professional? They keep moaning and crying. They should think before they start hitting the buttons on their smartphones or giving interviews. I don't care about who is top-fragging, whether it is a stand-in or not, but I care about this kind of unprofessionalism by these cry-babies. The only thing they actually can say is that "we could do better" but not expressing what could've happened if... These speculations are childish. As if Bayern Munich cried after the final vs. Chelsea in their own arena saying "if Schweinsteiger or Rafinha or Robben in overtime hits the penalty, we would've won". Or "if we would've had a better striker than Gomez". Who cares? You didn't so respect the opponents for being better and you couldn't manage to beat them. As if SK Gaming complained after ELEAGUE Major 2017 that they had to play with fox. No, they didn't. They were respectful and thanked fox for doing the best he could and were looking forward to the next opportunities. Arrogantralis.

2017-12-16 13:07

Astralis are playing some of the most structured and systematic CS in the scene, and you don't think it's exhausting to change it all up when having 3 different stand-ins? You are all so hateful.

2017-12-16 14:22

It might be the most structured (I think that SK are even better structured) but Arrogantralis are continuously moaning. WE ALL know that they could do better with dev1ce. No need to cry about it in every situation or interview they can.

2017-12-16 15:07

Sure

2017-12-16 15:17

Has anyone else thought that this ‘mental coach’ might just be a prostitute that swallows their loads b4 games to relax them? Lmao

2017-12-16 15:21

That would be a great morale boost

2017-12-16 18:13

2017-12-16 18:44

its* not it's

2017-12-16 03:46

You can tell by the comments above that people can't interpret for shit

2017-12-16 03:48

2017-12-16 05:52

+1 People just want to hate

2017-12-16 11:34

The worst part is that duppe actually elaborates his statement perfectly and people still can't comprehend his message. At no point did he hint at their standins playing bad, but it's obvious that the main core has to completely reinvent themselves with a new player. Astralis like a somewhat structured approach, and now they have to toss it all in the bin and just forget everything they've pracced. That's just mentally exhausting regardless of how the standins perform - especially because you can't rely on the standins knowing how the main core likes to play, so it all ends up in a random pug style. The comfort of knowing each others' peeks, timings etc is just gone. Anyone who's been playing at a decent level understands this.

2017-12-16 13:22

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I am totally with you. I elaborated my thoughts at #59. I really don't think they are arrogant in any ways, people just want to hate on everything behind their monitor with no consequences whatsoever.

2017-12-16 13:26

Yeah +1. I just think most of the haters are too young to understand the complexity of Astralis' situation because they've never tried anything but solo queuing on faceit. I've known the astralis players since before they were paid to play, and at NO point on their road from bottom to top did they lose their touch with reality. They're humble and hardworking. People always ask for pros to be honest and sincere, but they can't handle it after all.

2017-12-16 13:37

Yeah, I don't know if it's a Scandinavian thing to be that honest in interviews. I really like it, when it is not so superficial. And about the age thing you are probably right.

2017-12-16 13:40

2017-12-16 14:15

Its*

2017-12-16 03:56

its* nt though.

2017-12-16 04:07

What happend to that device guy? In Jail?

2017-12-16 04:17

sick with something not sure what he has tho

2017-12-16 04:24

aids from emilia hult

2017-12-16 08:17

LUL +1

2017-12-16 11:28

2017-12-16 12:05

2017-12-16 18:31

Being good-looking is certainly crime

2017-12-16 06:38

"it is toll" nice england

it's really amazing how many native english speakers cannot comprehend this simple idea, i see it almost every day

2017-12-16 04:47

it's kinda sad when it's on a news-site that should at least aspire professionalism..

2017-12-16 05:30

Yeah, at least proofread if you don't know what to put right?

2017-12-16 08:24

i mean.. they should have proofreaders.. so this really shouldn't happen..

Easiest problem ever, just kick device and make Rubino official...

2017-12-16 04:42

r3t4rd

2017-12-16 04:45

*its

2017-12-16 04:46

it is toll?

2017-12-16 05:24

dupreeh such a nice and kind guy, i respect this guy the most in Astralis

2017-12-16 05:31

Honestly that's such a bitch thing to say haha. Just shut the fuck up and play. You should be embarrassed for getting carried by your stand-ins every tournament.

2017-12-16 06:20

A tad salty?

2017-12-16 11:57

You completely misunderstood? He talked about how hard it is to adjust to new players and their different styles, nothing about Rubino being bad or Dennis for that matter... But they just fucked your team, so i guess that's why you're so mad :)

2017-12-16 11:59

looool carried every tournament? nt

2017-12-16 14:17

Closed within 90 secs. Are you serious Peter? Or just a fucking retard? Ye sure, I have no doubt it's shit with a stand in... But that doesn't stop new tactics. Cut the bull. You're there to play and chill. Great. A lot of the teams are I expect. But why are you openly stating this. You should not be disclosing this, as far as anyone outside the team is concerned you're there to do your best and win. Fucking idiot, good PR for the team.

2017-12-16 07:01

I had exactly the same thought

2017-12-16 12:38

having a stand in thats better than you would be hard lol

2017-12-16 08:15

Karrigan the stupid motherfucker. "FaZe removed Inferno" "Overpass was left over" Good job.Removing the map you have %85 win rate on

2017-12-16 08:21

Yeah, since Karrigan joined Faze, Faze has been really shit. NOT

2017-12-16 11:58

Dupreeh really stepped up when Device got sick.. Good for you man.

2017-12-16 08:50

Indeed. He has been playing really good.

yea he is playing really well.. but I feel bad for device, he seems like a good guy, will he be back?

2017-12-16 14:41

Time will tell. Im not really sure tbh.

2017-12-17 18:11

I can't imagine that he doesn't come back. He is rated one of the best players and that is not something you give up easily, when you live and breathe csgo.

2017-12-17 19:52

good luck in semis

2017-12-16 08:59

gla1ve: let me be really honest, if we had device at ECS Finals, I really believe we would've won the whole tournament

2017-12-16 09:25

Then why are you playing, huh? Ofc it would suck, just stop bitchin about it cause both dennis and rubino are really good at STANDING IN for these imbecils.

2017-12-16 09:27

Hope FaZe will eat them in the finals. Shitstralis

2017-12-16 09:35

All i see are excuses and crying once again! By this route nobody will want to play as standin for crystralis! Then you wonder why people dont like them

2017-12-16 10:17

do these astralis guys do anything else than whine?

2017-12-16 10:18

i dont believe that one standin lets everybody else in the team play like shit.. dennis even carried them at blast, still they're crying

2017-12-16 11:03

lost all respect for this ugly,fat and unskilled low

2017-12-16 11:25

Nt segrej

2017-12-16 18:15

All this hate against Astralis in every thread about them. Seriusly, think about if they read them - they are real people you know. You guys are so toxic for no real reason. Astralis players haven't talked shit about any of their stand-ins, but talked about playing with a stand-in in general. Both dennis and Rubino have expressed that the Astralis players are a blast to play with and been really suportive. So stop being buthurt on their behalf.

2017-12-16 11:42