Astralis beat NiP; through to grand final in Stockholm

2-9-2018 12:57

Astralis have made it to the DreamHack Masters Stockholm grand final with a 2-0 victory against Ninjas in Pyjamas in the semi-finals (16-14 on Mirage and 16-7 on Nuke).

Ninjas in Pyjamas and Astralis faced off in the first semi-final at DreamHack Masters Stockholm. Ninjas in Pyjamas opened up Mirage on the T-side with a 3vs5 win, thanks to Patrik "⁠f0rest⁠" Lindberg's triple kill. Andreas "⁠Xyp9x⁠" Højsleth got a triple kill in the fifth round to win a 2vs3 as Astralis scored their first (4-1).

Astralis tied the game three times in the first half but couldn't go ahead and Ninjas in Pyjamas finished it 8-7 in front. f0rest shined in the second half pistol round with a quad kill to make it 9-7 and Ninjas in Pyjamas extended their lead to 11-7 by stopping Astralis' early buy round.

Astralis have made it to yet another grand final

Christopher "⁠GeT_RiGhT⁠" Alesund's quad kill in the 25th round made it 14-11 but Astralis took five rounds in a row to come back and win the map 16-14, going 1-0 ahead in the series.

Astralis started Nuke on the CT-side and picked up the first four rounds. The Danes were about to make it five in a row but f0rest prevented it with an ace and a 1vs4 clutch (4-1). Unfortunately for the Swedes, their economy was reset immediately as they lost the following round. Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander's team ran away with the half, taking it 13-2.

NiP finished the event in the top four

GeT_RiGhT kicked off the second half in style, clutching a 1vs1 in the pistol round and getting a quad kill and a 1vs2 clutch with two health points to stop Astralis' early buy round (13-5).

Ninjas in Pyjamas managed to get to seven rounds but Astralis' three round streak made it 16-7. The Danish side won the series 2-0 and became the first grand finalists at DreamHack Masters Stockholm 2018.

DreamHack Masters Stockholm 2018Best of 3

Ninjas in Pyjamas

Matchpage

2nd September 2018

Astralis

Mirage

Nuke

Ninjas in Pyjamas	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg f0rest	34 - 39	-5	66.9	64.2%	0.95
Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund GeT_RiGhT	36 - 37	-1	75.6	52.8%	0.95
Fredrik 'REZ' Sterner REZ	35 - 37	-2	67.8	62.3%	0.94
Jonas 'Lekr0' Olofsson Lekr0	28 - 40	-12	69.2	69.8%	0.89
Dennis 'dennis' Edman dennis	17 - 47	-30	45.3	45.3%	0.42

Astralis	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Nicolai 'device' Reedtz device	46 - 30	+16	88.0	79.2%	1.39
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen dupreeh	46 - 33	+13	90.3	79.2%	1.32
Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth Xyp9x	38 - 23	+15	77.3	77.4%	1.29
Emil 'Magisk' Reif Magisk	35 - 27	+8	74.0	73.6%	1.19
Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander gla1ve	35 - 37	-2	82.1	73.6%	1.06

Too ez for the danish champions. Nice of them to let Nip have 14 rounds on first map in front of their home crows.. Then showing them whos the best on second map

2018-09-02 12:57

47 replies

Why so arrogant :(

2018-09-02 12:58

45 replies

Astralis ez

2018-09-02 12:59

7 replies

Ez for Astralis

2018-09-02 14:01

6 replies

It will be funny if North win this tournament

2018-09-02 14:13

5 replies

Yeah. One can imagine all sorts of silly ideas that could be funny.

2018-09-02 15:12

4 replies

Lol, North vs Astralis confirmed

2018-09-02 18:14

Ahahaha lool, "silly ideas"

2018-09-02 20:52

LMAO

2018-09-02 20:58

And welcome to reality omegalul xD

2018-09-02 23:21

whats arrogant about that, aren't u just a bad loser?

2 replies

I love you

2018-09-02 13:00

I'm not fan of NiP lul I prefer watching good cs beetwen 2 good teams, instead of cheering for one

2018-09-02 13:01

No one can beat astralis

3 replies

North says hi

How can you forget that they lost yesterday Typical Astralis Fan

2018-09-02 13:18

TyLoo can win a map

2018-09-02 13:23

Ignore them, they are plastic Astralis fans, when Astralis is not number 1 anymore they will be fans of the best team. Plastic fans

2018-09-02 13:02

27 replies

This is so true

2018-09-02 13:04

What a stupid comment, supported them before u did most likely... but now u got to unload your shit, feeling better now?

2018-09-02 13:07

24 replies

I have supported them since Dignitas days with Fetish, so no prob not. Im not arrogant about it tho, like you. You do realize that Astralis can't keep this up in years right? they are eventually going to go down in rating like other great teams in CSGO history. So be humble about it and kudos to NIP for showing they still got it. The Astralis roster is humble and great players, be like them.. Don't be like a 13 year old "bad" winner.

2018-09-02 13:11

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I've supported them since Dignitas with Fetish too.. I see nothing arrogant about that, compared to every other topic on this site, there is nothing wrong in what i wrote...did i say anything bad about anyone? nope, thats only you doing that, acting like a little kid

2018-09-02 13:12

17 replies

I didnt say that you said anything wrong? but "Too ez for the danish champions" is so arrogant that it sucks. Im not the kid, you are.. When you are playing CSGO and you win a match you are for sure one of those kids writing "Too Ez" in chat. Your personality is bad for this game, and your type is why this game sucks sometimes. again.. Be humble, write "GG wp guys" and you will for sure see that more players will like you.

2018-09-02 13:15

14 replies

you are the one talking about being a kid all the time.. Like u got some complexes and have the need to feel like a grown up, you definately can't be older than 15.. It's your personality that is shit, thinking you decide what others should say.... 2-0 in semifinals again, 16-7, dont tell me that map wasnt too ez, nothing wrong with that.. get your head out of your ass and find something relevant to discuss

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Nothing was ez here man. First map came down to 1 kill difference? Astralis is a damn team based team and the best in the world at that, that's why Nuke was so easy for them, but if NIP would have won Mirage this match could have gone to NIP, and if you don't realize that then you know nothing about CSGO. It don't matter if it was ez for Astralis or not, it's bad manners and fucking toxic to write "Too Ez". I can't change your personality and i don't want to, but i tell you something.. You are gonna have a hard time being good at this game with that attiude. I feel very sorry for your teammates if you are even in a team. Ofc im talking about being a kid when you are being like a 13 year old winning a board game against your parents "Too Ez". Damn you are arrogant.

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Lol what a complete moron you are. You are the arrogant one calling others 13 year olds and trying to decide how they should write, because i write too ez one time after all the shit they got after the loss to North... How pathetic man, grow up

2018-09-02 13:24

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You are the pathetic one. You must have a hard time being a bad winner. Thanks for the debate. Have a good day, and think about it man :)

2018-09-02 13:26

This wasn't a debate, but you trying to talk useless shit for no reason...Maybe think about the bigger picture another time, but you have a good day too.

2018-09-02 13:28

Sure man, again you just showed what a kid you are. Again have a good day, and think about your toxicness.

2018-09-02 13:29

Arrogant dumbf.ck rat kid thinking himself superior to the rest when you’re just a lame nerd bragging about others achievements cuz u got none. Stop diminishing NiP and thinking Astralis are unique since they haven’t done sh.t since this year and NiP had an era. Also majors and one of the biggest names in CS history (not only cs:go history counts young rats)

2018-09-02 16:03

2018-09-02 14:35

They lost to Faze with stand-in too

2018-09-02 13:27

1 reply

What does that have to do with anything?

the day being youger than somebody else became an insult. WUH welcome to cs :D agree with TrekZ tho "too ez" just implies the other is bad in an inpolite manner

2018-09-02 13:35

lmao

2018-09-02 13:54

I salute you for your wisdom.

2018-09-02 15:09

2018-09-02 17:09

Get a room you two..

2018-09-02 14:41

You are just a douche-bag. You are the type of guy to get his face smashed on a night out, yet doesn't change. Or maybe you are not old enough for that yet. 16-14 isn't easy. Stop acting like Astralis are Godlike

2018-09-02 17:46

2018-09-02 13:19

2018-09-02 14:42

U are a really shitty person jeez. Arogant asf, everyone says it.

2018-09-02 15:46

2018-09-02 13:34

Bcuz danes are just retarded they only think winning with no emotions

2018-09-02 13:22

That's nothing wrong with that, but at least don't be a fucking douche

((Danish champions)) rekt

2018-09-03 02:50

Expected

What an unexpected plot twist

Sad

Bot_right

Expected.

Forest still won this game! Forest amazing player!

dennis ;(

To the stars.. Nt NIP

Wanted NiP to win this tournament and Astralis to win the Major. But, the more the merrier.

biblethump

nt nip, if you won mirage maybe there was a chance of going in the final :(

Yeah! ...not really tho.

Great fight from NiP on mirage but hard to see them fall with the lead they managed to have.

gg ez

NT NiP! A really good game,GL at the major!

2018-09-02 16:56

Expected, NiP need good awper, playing CT without awp thats not good

imp NiP needed Dennis to step up and not play like a bot

2018-09-02 13:03

Dennis wtf was that man

dennis -30 LUL

mfw nip thought that they had a chance

Sweden Dennis 'dennis' Edman 17 - 47 -30 45.3 0.42 just wow...

nt NIP

Crowd: Get right gets an eco frag - WOOOOOOOO dupreeh gets 5hs ace - ...

Gtr did that without cheats boy

Irrelevant point, so did dupreeh

2018-09-02 13:36

We don't cheer for robots :)

Device best stats as always, but was the worst player after dennis. Fkin ecobot

Great job getting into top4 guys :) finally some achievement in a while

Should've won mirage

Boring

Yeah, NIP didn't really have anything worthwhile to show.

2018-09-02 14:08

glaive's been hitting the gym

Was hoping for nip to win the final. But astralis is just too good right now. Sloopy start but finishing strong. Nice to see get-right and forrest in top form though.

Really nice to see get right and f0rest playing so well, with some really nice clutches. Rez showing star player potential for sure and lekr0 showing good impact. Dennis was not at all ready to play; netting zero impact over 2 maps - would like to see them pick up a dedicated awp, but who is available at this level that they won't kick for making plays?

NiP NiP K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 Sweden Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund 36 - 37 -1 75.6 0.95 Sweden Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg 34 - 39 -5 66.9 0.94 Sweden Fredrik 'REZ' Sterner 35 - 37 -2 67.8 0.94 Sweden Jonas 'Lekr0' Olofsson 28 - 40 -12 69.2 0.89 Sweden Dennis 'dennis' Edman 17 - 47 -30 45.3 0.42

dennis pls

2018-09-02 13:08

OMG -dennis +Golden pls so that lekro can kill

Astrlis

That was a terrible terrible performance by Dennis. Astralis on the other hand once again proving that they are the team to beat right now. Device shining on nuke again again.

Most probably another MVP for device if they win. He could be the one to contest s1mple's #1 spot, especially if NaVi have poor performances like this one in the second part of 2018..

Agreed. While s1mple will not be contested as the best aimer, you also have to consider that dev1ce might be a better teammate, might contribute to a better vibe in the team and might be a bit more cool-headed. These are factors that people rarely take into consideration.

2018-09-02 13:25

“might” “might” “‘might” These are subjective factors that are also irrelevant to the decision of HLTV’s #1 player. There’s a reason why they aren’t taken into consideration. How the fuck would you know anything about device’s teamwork, vibes, and coolheadedness and if they’re better than s1mple’s? lmfao.

2018-09-03 00:35

Indeed, you wouldn't. Therefore you have to take these lists with a pinch of salt.

2018-09-03 11:25

Agree completely. Plus a _huge_ factor in device's game is that he has those bad whiffing periods less and less, he's becoming very consistent.

Yeah, he might not be considered a great awper by many because he style isn'( flashy, more scholar like, but he is quickly becoming the most consistent one, and his team of great player's cornerstone...

2018-09-02 14:16

Well I think everyone could consider him a great awper, but go back a year or so he had those matches when he just started whiffing. Missing the easiest shots, like every maybe 5 or 6 matches. That was when dupreeh then took the awp and Device rifled. In the past 8-9 months Device has not had those whiffing periods, and when he is on point he is definitely among the very best awpers out there. Consistency is key.

2018-09-02 14:22

Another title and MVP for Device incoming, s1mple..... device is coming for that ass the year isn't over yet.

2018-09-02 13:30

nt f0rest

2018-09-02 13:45

This was actually pretty close considering it was 5 v 4. Dennis seriously needed to do more, even a little more and Nip would've won Mirage. On the second map the first half was 3v5, but Get-right compensated in the second half, they just could recover from the first round lost on ct side.

2018-09-02 13:51