NIP meet Astralis in headline round 2 matchup

30-10-2021 17:18

Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz finally comes head to head with his old teammates in the headline matchup of the second round.

The matchups for the rest of the day’s play have been drawn, and some mouth-watering games await us in the second round.

All eyes will be immediately drawn to Ninjas in Pyjamas finally clashing with Astralis, as the long awaited reunion between device and his ex-teammates finally comes to pass.

device will take on his old allies for the first time

Other interesting draws include an all-Russian battle between Gambit and Entropiq, and the 0-1 matchup between Vitality and HEROIC, which will leave a top-five team in the world 0-2 and staring at elimination.

Round two schedule:

17:50 G2 vs. FaZe
17:50 Evil Geniuses vs. Copenhagen Flames

19:05 Gambit vs. Entropiq
19:05 Liquid vs. ENCE

20:20 Natus Vincere vs. Virtus.pro
20:20 Vitality vs. HEROIC

21:35 Ninjas in Pyjamas vs. Astralis
21:35 FURIA vs. MOUZ

device will destroy them

2021-10-30 17:18

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Probably

2021-10-30 17:19

Lucky will destroy NiP*

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nice joke, device is gonna have at least double his rating

2021-10-30 17:21

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so what?

2021-10-30 17:47

device will destroy nip. it was a plot all along for device to snick around with nip and make astralis win the major.

2021-10-30 17:23

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I know it's a joke, but still it doesn't make any sense. He could join G2 and destroy G2 inside. NiP with nawwk anyway weren't looking like major contenders.

2021-10-30 17:26

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destroying a team from inside is one thing, letting them win against you in a major is another :D and yeah obviously a joke, it doesn't make any sense as it's just another group stage game anyhow.

2021-10-30 17:28

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agent device will help astralis win the 5th major

2021-10-30 17:29

:DD

2021-10-30 17:46

JUST LIKE NIKO DID ON fAZE

2021-10-30 17:35

nice

Ez for Kjaerbye

twitter.com/theMAKKU/status/145446548770..

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Oooh that's a spicy picture

lol

What a pic

2021-10-30 17:24

That looks sick dude

2021-10-30 17:25

nice pic

Holy shit

nice pic very banger

2021-10-30 17:31

twitter.com/NIPCS/status/145446860644037..

It's even better with Lucky being in the picture lmao

2021-10-30 17:58

Scared of Godvice

2021-10-30 18:26

This is literally the definition of... "A picture is worth a thousand words"

2021-10-30 19:28

Gg ez devveboi

this will be fun

Spicy

PGL will find a way to ruin this match

13 tech pauses Player cams only work half the time No interview Game audio disappears in final round

ez for dupreeh

Only BO1. It's gonna be over before we even have time to enjoy it.

Lets goo

devee will demolish Astralis - just like when he left them.

2021-10-30 17:20

Burn

2021-10-30 17:53

I think device is going to wreck them. But the other part of me hopes astralis destroys him in this match

game of the day

ez4NIP

Astralis are masters at isolating and avoiding star players of the other teams, like s1mple etc. and they know Device better than anyone, so lets hope they can do the same to him in this match

the thing is .. they know a lot about device, but device knows a lot about 4 of them

2021-10-30 17:38

It's easier to isolate and take out 1 player compared to 4 though, and in my opinion it's easier to change your playstyle with a rifle compared to the awp, but we will see how it goes.

2021-10-30 19:26

I thought swiss round was randomised? Seems the winners and losers of both games on at around the same time are facing each other? Or am I missing something here?

major.ieb.im/21stockholm

2021-10-30 17:34

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I dont understand

2021-10-30 17:40

matchups are based on initial seeding in the first 2 rounds and round 3-5 is based on teams buchholz score (w/l difference of opponents you played with) you cannot play same team twice initial seeding: imgur.com/a/kCdVFuF

2021-10-30 17:59

Go from left to right on round 1 table, and you can see the pair of green (winners) face each other, while it's the same case with the red (losers).

2021-10-30 18:00

Its clearly not, thats why its shit imo Why not randomise? Or at least make highest seed vs lowest seed, which is even more shit but better than the current system

2021-10-30 17:55

Revenge time for astralis. Hopefully!

Ez 4 NIP. Hard for astralis. Heroic cheat.

2021-10-30 17:30

Device vs Astralis

Derby round ok

2021-10-30 17:33

Hmm who will win?

2021-10-30 17:39

RIP AUSTRALIAS EZ 4 DEVVE

nobody talking about niko vs faze

washed up

I just want faze to 16-0 g2 at this point

2021-10-30 17:51

sad it's a bo1....change the rules for this game only...make it bo5

BO1 makes this more interesring for me

2021-10-30 18:50

Been waiting for this

2021-10-30 17:41

Yeah finnally

2021-10-30 17:45

img-cdn.hltv.org/gallerypicture/OQS0d1ER.. Look at this gigachad flexing a METRIC TON of MVP medals in his BALENCIAGA DESIGNER CLOTHES SPORTING A FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR HAIRCUT LIKE ITS NOTHING! DUDE IS DRIPPING LIKE A LEAKY FAUCET, SMILE SO COLD LIKE THE ICE IN HIS VEINS!! 🥶🥶🥶 LOOK AT THE FUCKING DRIP! YOU CRAZY?? 👑👌💯

2021-10-30 17:43

headline matchup? how? nip is gonna get ruined. faze g2 is headline matchup

I'd have said Heroic Vitality. One of those teams is gonna be 0-2 at the end of the day and may be facing an embarrassingly early exit

2021-10-30 18:01

2021-10-30 18:21

"Other interesting draws include an all-Russian battle between" what do they mean , all of these matches are as if we are having a straight upper bracket and lower bracket system, or i dont understand something???