device wins BLAST Pro Series Istanbul MVP award

29-9-2018 22:24

Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz has claimed the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award of BLAST Pro Series Istanbul by HLTV.org and Betway.

Astralis's AWPer secured the award after inspiring his team to win the $250,000 event after the closely contested grand final, in which the Danes beat MIBR 2-1.

device beat two of his teammates to the MVP medal, Andreas "⁠Xyp9x⁠" Højsleth and Peter "⁠dupreeh⁠" Rasmussen, as well as MIBR's Marcelo "⁠coldzera⁠" David, all of whom were in contention for the award before the grand final began.

device claimed his fourth MVP award of 2018 after leading Astralis to another title

With a 1.39 rating, device was the highest-rated player of the tournament following a consistent performance in the group stage and especially a great showing in the final best-of-three, in which he averaged a 1.48 rating after kicking off the series with a jaw-dropping 2.72 rating on the opening map, Train.

The 23-year-old appeared in several other leaderboards apart from overall rating, such as in damage per round (88.4, 2nd), kills per round (0.87, 1st), as well as opening kills (0.17, 1st) and success in opening duels (78%, 1st).

This is device's ninth MVP award overall and his fourth in 2018, after he secured the accolade at ECS Season 5 Finals, ELEAGUE Premier, and the FACEIT Major over the course of the last five months.

+ 27 against mibr hahah

2018-09-29 22:26

24 replies

Now comes the edit

2018-09-29 22:25

14 replies

device <3

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godvice

2018-09-29 22:35

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DV should be top1 player 2018, no?

2018-09-30 05:06

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He very well could be if he can maintain this form 3 more monthes

2018-09-30 19:29

sure

Is it illegal to use the edit button nowadays? :/ Why is it even there then?

2018-09-29 22:34

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im just saying i saw his comment which was "s", just to be the 1st, now he says another thing completely different

2018-09-29 22:38

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I would understand that could be a problem if only the #1 comment was allowed. But everyone can write their comment even if it's #100 and will still be seen in the comment section. Let him be #1. Is he upsetting you because he got #1?

2018-09-29 22:59

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did i say im upset? i just said what i saw, youre misinterpreting me

2018-09-29 23:22

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Then I REALLY dont get the point. You just felt like saying "here comes the edit"? =D Alrighty then! Hey, did you know people are playing counter-strike atm? Just sayin My point: it's a useless fact.

2018-09-29 23:25

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aoc

2018-09-29 23:57

No idea what that means. :) Good night, my friend. Its getting too late for me now!

2018-09-30 00:02

Does it upset you that people might find it obnoxious that some want to do anything to be #1?

2018-09-30 02:52

Im just trying to figure some people out. But I think Im done with that for now. I have never understood the #1 comment hype and probably never will.

2018-09-30 11:30

Thorin kreygasm

LMAO he prob had to leave the barclays arena to change his pants

2018-09-29 22:28

+1 hahah but Devve is beast tbh and sexeyyyy

2018-09-29 22:51

Xyp9x had the MVP before the finals, but the great final by device gave him the MVP, deserved

funny that he was the choker

2018-10-01 13:03

lol cloud 9 fan

2018-09-29 23:51

lol mibr fan

2018-09-30 09:03

lol no club fan

2018-09-30 11:03

haushduahudhsaudhuas BR CS

2018-09-30 00:04

2018-09-29 22:39

Expected

+this and if Xyp9x win this mvp he could be top10 of 2018 with gla1ve dupreeh magisk and device :(

2018-09-29 22:27

That would not be nearly enough

device #1 2018 hltv player ez

yeap... if he got top5 in 2017, where astralis had 2 titles and no MVP to him, imagine now with 4 MVP's, including major title and major MVP?

i still think S1mple should be #1, but if devve is #1 it's also well deserved

2018-09-29 22:53

i think device will be the one bcs astralis won more tournaments obviously and MAJOR mvp for him,and yea deserved 100%

Before the major I thought there was still hope for s1mple, however his performance throughout the tournament isn’t good enough to gain a better rating, in the same time NaVi plays so bad in recent matches.Thus the only chance for s1mple are those tournaments in the next 3 months, which also means he has to perform way much better and win some trophies while showing godlike plays.

2018-09-30 03:42

Device i love you Marry me

Wtf

wtf ?

expected

expected’st’ve

who would've thought?

deserved devvek1ng

2.72 that's impressive

he might actually steal #1 of 2018 away from s1mple at this rate

Already stole in the major

2018-09-29 22:30

Congratz dev1ce, well earned. His performance on train was one of the most godlike i've ever seen!

Ez top1

Jesus lol, mvp for 2 day tournament. HLTV, EXCUSE ME WHAT THE F*CK?

So what Its 8 Maps and 250k prize pool

S1mple fanboy afraid LMAO

2018-09-29 22:41

ahhahahahhahah

2018-09-29 22:48

lol +1

2018-09-30 00:57

Expected from Little Tom Cruise gg

#RoadToTop1

unexpected

wow what is going on with this kid he winning everything... 79 frags?? dam.......

eco fragger, still sucks xD

O-M-E-G-A-L-U-L 2.72 rating with ecofrags

2018-09-29 22:55

damn s1mple fanboys on suicide alert

I think the whole astralis squad will be in top 10 this year, maybe except xyp9x, he will be like 15

This time he deserved it but at the major was either dupreeh or gla1ve.

as expected lmao,on most important map he choke and have bad k/d lucky with other players

2018-09-29 22:31

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Retard logic

2018-09-29 22:40

im not hating on him but players like dupreeh / gla1ve are more impactful under pressure

He is the only reason that the first map was so easy and also the only reason they even got close on overpass He carried 2 maps hard he shouldnt be expected to perform for the third

2018-09-29 22:43

star player can't be expected to perform in decider map? retarded?

2018-09-30 00:10

Maybe his teammates should start performing simple cant win a series by himself completely

2018-09-30 01:28

first of all i didnt insulted you,it was just my opinion . u little piece of shit

2018-09-30 11:35

wtf have I said to you?

2018-09-30 17:37

Only looking at stats? Did you watch the game he played great

2018-09-30 18:26

Every map in a grand final is High pressure....

2018-09-30 00:52

congratz godvice you deserved it.

Well deserved

gg Astralis MIBR just keep improving, keep doing it. they will be close to Astrali's ass soon mark my word dont @ at me

2018-09-29 22:37

@you

2018-09-29 22:57

Best 2018 player after NiKo and Coldzera

baitzera?

Niko still good, but hasnt won any title. Baitzera?.... rly?? Hes not even top 10 this year

2018-09-29 22:56

s1mple, dev1ce, niko, electronic and dupreeh shoud be this year top5

2018-09-29 23:11

what about simple? Simple was way impressive then device, cold and niko

2018-09-29 23:24

coldzera barely top 10

2018-09-30 00:09

Ez devve deluxe

Last time there was some debate about MVP award (dupreeh, magisk maybe).... This time there's no question!

Stop, get some help

deserved this time at least

2018-09-29 22:45

2018-09-29 22:49

better than Faceit Major at least good finals after so long didn't expected MIBR to perform this good but they're improving day by day.

ResidentSleeper

34-7 monkaS

2018-09-29 23:00

2018-09-29 23:01

Device top 1 player of 2018 no doubts. S1mple top 2 Niko top 3 Electronic top 4 Coldzera top 5 This is how it should be imo

2018-09-29 23:13

Coldzera top5? XD

2018-09-29 23:16

cold top5 ahahah trololo

2018-09-29 23:23

cold has no point of being a top 5 player, he is a great player, very smart and good spray control, but he is more like a "system"player for me, he gets put into position to get his kills mostly. His skill ceiling is way lower than of the likes of niko, simple or device and their respective mechanical skills. Thats no flame towards cold, just my opinion.

2018-09-29 23:53

Well your opinion is just as trash as putting cold top 5. Cold is great mechanically, slightly below Niko and s1mple respectively but definitely on the same level as device. Devices strength is not his supreme mechanical skill, its reading enemies, positioning well, rotating well and being extremely efficient.

So you basically got mostly the same opinion but say mine is trash? r8 8/8 I'd put device slightly above coldzera overall, but Niko/simple are more than "slightly" above cold, theres quite a gap with unlimited potential for the first 2.

2018-09-30 01:23