Photos: Royal Arena lights up for Astralis

27-11-2021 23:40

Natus Vincere, Vitality, and HEROIC took to the stage for the first time on the second day in the Royal Arena.

Saturday in the Royal Arena narrowed down the remaining pool of teams in Denmark to three as Liquid and HEROIC were sent packing, the latter after falling in a Danish derby to Astralis.

Our photographer Radosław "⁠MAKKU⁠" Makuch was on hand to grab stills of the action, including the debut of lineups on stage for the first time, and Astralis walking out to a lit up crowd for their match against their countrymen.

Check out the complete gallery from day two in the Royal Arena here.

2021-11-27 23:41

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cadian good

2021-11-28 11:42

nice

amazing

stunning

2021-11-27 23:42

what is v0lde doing here

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2021-11-27 23:44

he was mvp of the event

2021-11-28 00:19

He collected his MVP award from flashpoint 2

2021-11-28 02:47

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2021-11-28 06:54

2021-11-28 09:13

why are there so many children there? I thought the event would be +18 since the game is too

2021-11-27 23:43

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CS is genuinely a cultural thing in denmark, like they have classes for it now

2021-11-28 00:02

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Wtf time to move to denmark

2021-11-28 00:11

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We have entire schools with e-sport programs

2021-11-28 01:59

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wow only if US was like that lulquid would be major winners

2021-11-28 05:56

Genuely speaking Danish players have better postures than regular players. Do schools teach also this? I mean it is a great and necessary thing.

2021-11-28 07:20

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dupreeh?

2021-11-28 08:22

Never seen teses?

2021-11-28 08:25

lmaoo

2021-11-28 10:57

bubzkji modCheck

2021-11-28 11:54

these events are 18+?

2021-11-28 06:03

I think some areas in previous events were 16+

2021-11-28 08:26

If you go with your parents it’s totally fine, they just have to give their permission

2021-11-28 10:40

Astralis vs NAVI... WE NEED IT

Poor cadiaN all that hype, screams and energy for nothing he needs to chill sometimes after winning only a round.

only Apex has the right to mald or celebrate after each round , everyone else look like a clown doing it .

2021-11-28 00:03

True Apex is all natural it's understandable he doesn't even fake it lol

2021-11-28 00:34

He looks less complicit with HUNDEN’s shenanigans when he does it tho

2021-11-28 08:32

For real.

2021-11-28 16:12

Fr he can shout his ass off whilst celebrating and 2mins later malds big time

2021-11-28 08:33

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I'm going to miss Apex when re retires man dude's a real one brings a lot to the game with his attitude seeing him malding makes me relax sometimes and think about myself when I sometimes do mald in-game I say I'm ten times chill and relaxed than he is dude's a complete phenomenon takes the game to the heart cadiaN does it too, but Apex is unique it makes you laugh hard.

2021-11-28 16:11

Well he's playing with heart but he's toxic teammate

2021-11-28 17:18

I wouldn't say toxic, but he goes hard on his mates since he's IGL he gives them hype and confidence too.

2021-11-28 19:14

ComeDIAN finally went home

2021-11-28 05:20

Yup schooled by the Stars.

2021-11-28 16:22

Yep he starts screaming unnaturally winning a pistol round lol

2021-11-28 08:27

He is mysterious like chill the fk out bro it's only a round and the gaming is only starting lmao

Makku is goated

why do valde and jks just carry their medals around is it specifically for these photoshoots

2021-11-27 23:48

They got them now w/ a photo bc they met with HLTV offline during the event. Valde probably wasnt in attendance for the major when a lot of players got their physical medals for online play

2021-11-28 00:01

4th pick: average heroic enjoyer

Those little fellas look like 5 years old.

2021-11-28 01:34

beautiful pictures

2021-11-27 23:51

Lmao valde's face

2021-11-27 23:52

Bruh i forgot flashpoint 2 even happened 😭

2021-11-28 00:00

i got great many reasons to remember it! first final for OG squad and i actually predicted VP vs OG in the finals before though winner wasnt the same. MIBR was still fielding in that KNG roster that surprised everyone in the event prior , they finished 4th iirc behind BIG. Yekindar promised to get his mom a car with the prize money if he won!

2021-11-28 00:05

Ah would definitely remember it more fondly if OG had managed to win it, remember being so disappointed afterwards.

2021-11-28 00:08

yea i actually was rooting for them too in the event and was kinda hoping they clinch it but VP too stronk. man i miss that old OG , if only LANs were near when that squad was formed.

2021-11-28 00:10

Genuinely the worst time to make a team in retrospect. CoL and OG completely fucked over by Covid for sure

2021-11-28 00:13

yes sir!

2021-11-28 00:14

Clown9

2021-11-28 11:37

It was OG's second finals, first one was IEM New York 2020.

2021-11-28 08:37

Oh yea, you aren't wrong. I thought that final happened after this one actually!

2021-11-28 10:09

Give this amazing company a Major!

2021-11-28 00:06

2021-11-28 10:24

Valde is so sad :(

2021-11-28 00:20

Tomorrow those lights will be dimmed a little bit lol

2021-11-28 00:23

Pog arena, Pog production. Blast ftw.

2021-11-28 00:25

Bot arena, Bot production. Blast ftl.

2021-11-28 05:24

Flag checks out.

2021-11-28 05:43

Dude you make me so angry By any chance you live near Miami /Orlando?

2021-11-28 10:03

Why do I make you angry? And not really I live on the coast of NC.

2021-11-28 11:26

NC KEKW

2021-11-28 20:05

y u bully me

2021-11-28 21:27

Is this a major final ???

2021-11-28 00:51

No a third party tournament organized by blast

2021-11-28 06:47

valde mvp let's gooooo

2021-11-28 01:45

why tf is the flashpoint 2 mvp medal here did they just not take it the entire time?

2021-11-28 01:58

Couldn't give it because FP was online and the first LAN was the Major which OG threw away so they weren't there to collect it then either

2021-11-28 07:57

Fly all the way to a LAN you didn't qualify for just to take a picture with an MVP medal for a tournament you lost 😭

2021-11-28 18:36

Ikr imagine having the audacity to fly from Copenhagen DK all the way to Copenhagen DK just for a medal wtf

2021-11-28 19:15

i respect the crowd and the whole stage/lighting setup well done

2021-11-28 02:55

Yeah imagine if this was the major

2021-11-28 10:19

Why hasnt Denmark gotten a Major yet, the competition, show and overall experience of Blast Copenhagen in Royal Arena, shows me why Denmark should and deserve and yearly major on Danish ground

2021-11-28 03:29

valde sex bomb

2021-11-28 08:07

valde looks very down :(

2021-11-28 08:13

Feel sad for Cadian!! He had shouted only for 1 map for half match time.

2021-11-28 08:29

THAT NAVI PIC IS SO GOOD

Beautiful <3

2021-11-28 09:58

That 4th pic the fook? I wanna go for 18+ majors where the whole crowd is drunk

2021-11-28 08:35

NaVi <3

Kings👑 let’s go for win

2021-11-28 10:18

Less go NAVI <3

2021-11-28 10:36

THIS IS WHAT I LIVE FOR

Blast or ELEAGUE should get a Major.

2021-11-28 11:41

GIVE THE MAJOR TO BLAST ALREADY, HOW CAN YOU BE THAT DUMB VALVE. Literally gold mine opportunity, yet you are still giving away major hosts to fucking PGL with hour delay every match, with semi professional organisation, they didn’t even have face cams in semi final. fucking joke, just give away csgo to riot, and stop embarrassing yourself

2021-11-28 12:16

Man this production is out of this world, I really think BLAST deserves to host the Major. They're doing an incredibly good job, and it also seems like they're getting better with every event, it's really insane. The crowd when Astralis walked out was just insane. This event is really enjoyable.

2021-11-28 16:55