New-look NAVI spoil Astralis' LAN debut at BLAST Fall Groups

Natus Vincere's debut match with their new European core ended in victory.

iM was critical in NAVI's success on the T side of Overpass

Natus Vincere have secured their first win at BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2023, taking down Astralis 2-1 in their new lineup's LAN debut. The newly-formed European mix started off slow on Ancient (8-16), but quickly picked up the pace with a dominant victory on Nuke (16-6) and a solid T side on Overpass (16-12)

Astralis' first match the Danish event did not go according to plan, and Benjamin "⁠blameF⁠" Bremer will have to wait until Sunday for his next shot at victory. The loss means that Peter "⁠casle⁠" Ardenskjold's men have been relegated to Group B's lower bracket, where they'll face BIG, hoping to avoid the last chance bracket.

Astralis' newest star could not have wished for a better LAN debut with the crimson jersey as Victor "⁠Staehr⁠" Staehr led the line for his team in the early stages, powering them to a seven-round winning streak on the back of his impressive fragging output. The 18-year-old clocked in at a 1.41 rating and 16-10 K-D, forming an impressive trident of firepower with Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz and blameF in the first half.

The in-game leader's work was also worthy of note, both in terms of raw output and calling as Astralis' offensive rotations proved successful throughout the 10-5 half. The 26-year-old expected his individual performance to take a hit following his ascension as the team's captain, but he continued to put out the best numbers for the Danish squad throughout the series.

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blameF on becoming IGL: "I know my individual level is going to take a hit"

casle's team continued to dominate after a brief stumble on the CT side and easily closed their pick 16-8 despite Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev's heroics.

Natus Vincere were quick to respond with a statement victory of their own on Nuke, courtesy of a masterclass performance by s1mple. The Ukrainian superstar was putting up his usual numbers with a 1.50 T rating and four first kills to put his team firmly in front with a 10-5 scoreline.

Astralis successfully responded to Natus Vincere's pistol round victory in the second half, but an Aleksi "⁠Aleksib⁠" Virolainen 1vs3 clutch immediately stole back the momentum and cleared the way for the European squad to go unbeaten until the end. s1mple continued to shine as Natus Vincere snatched the last four rounds to force the decider with a 16-6 victory on their map pick.

Natus Vincere's T sides continued to impress on Overpass as they kicked off the map with another fantastic offensive performance. This time it was Mihai "⁠iM⁠" Ivan's time to shine, and he reminded us of his GamerLegion days on the map with a 1.44 score across the first 15 rounds. Astralis were fighting for scraps throughout the half and barely made a dent on Natus Vincere, trailing 3-12 before the break.

The tides changed drastically after switching sides and Astralis embarked on a comeback following a 1vs3 clutch from blameF in the pistol round. The Danes strung seven rounds on the bounce to reduce their deficit to 10-12, but it wasn't enough as Natus Vincere's defenses held out late to close the map 16-12.

s1mple and company's victory means they have secured a match against HEROIC in the group's upper bracket final on Sunday at 15:00 .

Date Matches
BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2023
16/07/2023
15:00
Match
 Natus Vincere K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating2.0
61 - 46 +15 85.5 78.4% 1.28
48 - 43 +5 71.6 78.4% 1.10
50 - 51 -1 76.2 67.6% 1.09
44 - 52 -8 71.6 66.2% 0.99
41 - 48 -7 63.3 63.5% 0.90
 Astralis K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating2.0
60 - 43 +17 91.8 78.4% 1.34
58 - 46 +12 82.8 63.5% 1.15
51 - 51 0 70.2 71.6% 1.00
35 - 51 -16 59.9 71.6% 0.84
36 - 53 -17 52.9 70.3% 0.81
Denmark Victor 'Staehr' Staehr
Victor 'Staehr' Staehr
Age:
18
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.03
Maps played:
483
KPR:
0.70
DPR:
0.67
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Romania Mihai 'iM' Ivan
Mihai 'iM' Ivan
Age:
23
Rating 1.0:
1.06
Maps played:
938
KPR:
0.74
DPR:
0.69
Finland Aleksi 'Aleksib' Virolainen
Aleksi 'Aleksib' Virolainen
Age:
26
Rating 1.0:
0.95
Maps played:
1156
KPR:
0.63
DPR:
0.65
Denmark Nicolai 'device' Reedtz
Nicolai 'device' Reedtz
Age:
27
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.16
Maps played:
1907
KPR:
0.78
DPR:
0.62
Denmark Benjamin 'blameF' Bremer
Benjamin 'blameF' Bremer
Age:
26
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.16
Maps played:
1057
KPR:
0.77
DPR:
0.61
Ukraine Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev
Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev
Age:
25
Rating 1.0:
1.24
Maps played:
1686
KPR:
0.85
DPR:
0.64
Pog
2023-07-14 18:27
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11 replies
nice blamef baiting entire team
2023-07-14 18:27
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7 replies
#14
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Europe chespiZ
buzz & borup insane performance
2023-07-14 18:29
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Very nice, five words and instantly tells me you didn’t watch a single second of this game
2023-07-14 18:42
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4 replies
>watching cs in 2023 never gonna make it
2023-07-14 19:24
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3 replies
You been busy trynna get a job?
2023-07-14 19:28
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2 replies
busy doing stuff
2023-07-14 19:33
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1 reply
#70
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
blameF | 
Denmark hEnzeee
Hence you should not talk about stuff you don't know shit about lmao.
2023-07-15 00:22
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As expected. Putting him back to IGL is the worst decision ever. For borup on top of that ... LOL
2023-07-15 14:08
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#20
kz | 
Georgia pandorra
blameF on becoming IGL: "I know my individual level is going to take a hit" 60-43 LUL
2023-07-14 18:41
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1 reply
Baiting even in the interviews
2023-07-15 04:35
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This is the easiest 1.8-1.9 odd prediction i've ever seen. You could bet your house on s1mple and iM beating b0rup and buzz (lmao) and get amazing odds
2023-07-14 23:19
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#2
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Finland Teukkasd
easy
2023-07-14 18:27
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Unbelievable that they actually let Aleksib ninja defuse for 10 secs.
2023-07-14 18:27
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1 reply
#12
Faceit level 10  | 
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Finland pokka
Twice in 4 rounds
2023-07-14 18:28
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EZ 4 ALEKSI
2023-07-14 18:27
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#5
Faceit level 9  | 
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Poland Heli0ss
goooooooooool
2023-07-14 18:27
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He’s back
2023-07-14 18:27
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save blameF and device
2023-07-14 18:27
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EZ
2023-07-14 18:27
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The first NaVi lineup since 1.6 I am not ashamed of
2023-07-14 18:27
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14 replies
lol
2023-07-14 18:56
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#35
Faceit plus user Faceit level 10  | 
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Ukraine 7mercury
0_0
2023-07-14 19:21
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1 reply
#63
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Ukraine sasugar
Same as the guy above, it was so sad too look what this team turned into after making me love them in 2010.
2023-07-14 21:10
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#37
ness | 
Canada ssau
You didn’t even like the lineup with boobl4?
2023-07-14 19:22
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10 replies
I'd guess it has something to do with nationalities...
2023-07-14 19:58
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9 replies
Ah yes avg ukr brain hate all 147 million russians
2023-07-15 02:25
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8 replies
yes, and?
2023-07-15 06:45
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5 replies
yEs, aNd?
2023-07-15 09:19
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1 reply
Lmao I can’t believe Captain Ukraine really said that out loud.
2023-07-16 00:49
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Lmao imagine hating on kids playing pc game just because they are from different country and who have literally nothing to do with politics. It is really sad how limited your brain is and not realising fact that Navi would never win major without boomich, electronic and perfecto.
2023-07-16 00:52
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yeye ofc ofc " have literally nothing to do with politics", if any person is showing an idleness to some sort of things, it means that this person doesnt mind about this things, and you say that navi wouldnt win major without russians. ok and? (more than sure that im gonna get ban again)
2023-07-16 14:44
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Lmao you want what? Every non-ukraine player to come up with public statement about politics and how they feel about it so you make sure they don’t have different opinion? Just because someone doesn’t have a say on certain matter or as you say it “idleness” means he is bad person and deserves being treated as Navi did with electronic for all those years he was winning throphies for them just because some “person” from his country to which electronic has literally zero connections decides to invade another country? Imagine there are people who don’t like to talk about politics and I imagine that ~20yo young guys/kids who spend +10 hours of playing pc game everyday are quite possibly in that group of people.
2023-07-16 21:16
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+1
2023-07-15 10:27
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#94
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Finland quton
Yes
2023-07-15 14:49
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JLegend
2023-07-14 18:28
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buzz instead of Altekz and fkn B0rup of course Astralis lose. if anything NaVi made it too hard.
2023-07-14 18:28
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even sAw spoils this team debut cuz its tier5 max
2023-07-14 18:30
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Eh decent game imo I mean atleast Astralis didn't get rekt on overpass and put up something
2023-07-14 18:31
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No one should be surprised by this lol
2023-07-14 18:40
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why not? i expected navi to lose because they have a new line up, they will grow into it tho
2023-07-14 18:41
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18 replies
Nah surely not against borup and buzz
2023-07-14 18:53
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This is Danish CS we’re talking about. Not known for their aim vs crazy aimers in navi. This was the obvious result
2023-07-14 18:57
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15 replies
Danish cs is legit known to give birth to some of the best aimers to ever grace the scene lol
2023-07-14 20:21
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14 replies
You are completely delusional if you believe that LMFAO. No way you just typed that
2023-07-14 20:25
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13 replies
Well you are completely new to the game And delusional to say that my friend
2023-07-14 20:27
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12 replies
I’ve been following pro CS for over a decade. Check yourself
2023-07-14 20:28
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11 replies
Oh, now i know why you dont have any knowlege about cs, its because your American lol
2023-07-14 20:29
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10 replies
Flag
2023-07-14 20:30
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9 replies
Flag
2023-07-14 20:30
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8 replies
#50 I still can’t believe you typed this. You need to get your brain checked if you genuinely believe this
2023-07-14 20:32
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7 replies
Your American none existing brain at it again i see!! Denmark have legit made some of the greatest aimers ever and you know it, but you dont know how to comprehend it, i see.
2023-07-14 20:34
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Y’all have like 2 and a half aimers LOL. Jabbi, dev1ce, and blamef is the half because he has a very niche aimstyle that only works long range so he sits and holds angles all round. NA literally has put out more aimers than Denmark despite wayyyyy less players lol. That’s embarrassing
2023-07-14 20:38
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5 replies
Thats only one 4th of the still active world class aimers Denmark have right now, but name me all the americans you can, i bet theres 10 at most lol, and no, you cant name canadians, since thats not your country
2023-07-14 20:41
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way less players is debatable. eitherway you forgot k0nfig and dupreeh. stavn honestly as well.
2023-07-14 22:11
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2 replies
all 3 of those are not well known for their aim what?
2023-07-15 00:36
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dupreeh and k0nfig are unless you havent watched csgo in the past 10 years. you must be confusing aim with something else. oh I see now you confuse aim like you said with a popularity contest. zzzz typical american appearance beats reality. how you come across is what defines what is actual…. do you want some tea with that gossip or do you prefer some actual brain cells? :D
2023-07-15 10:00
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#92
gabs | 
Belgium vernik
magisk? k0nfig? both being hailed for having insane aim by other pro players...
2023-07-15 11:52
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Against astralis with new lineup and BaitF as IGL? Lol
2023-07-16 00:53
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baitF "my level will drop as IGL" lmao
2023-07-14 18:40
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4 replies
Yeah, would have 0.01 rating more if he wasn't igl .
2023-07-14 19:11
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let's be honest igl top fragging is never a good sign for any team
2023-07-14 19:51
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2 replies
lets be honest BlameF is not an IGL anyway. Just like a normal game for him stat padding his rating
2023-07-14 20:04
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1 reply
the stat padding thing is most definitely true
2023-07-14 20:04
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#19
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United Kingdom Jonty04l32
Nice to see s1mple still fragging.
2023-07-14 18:41
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3 replies
I know but hes not the old s1mple anymore. I see a lot of him missing his first shot on awp and his rifling I'm not really super impressed by it with shaky body spray.
2023-07-14 18:47
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2 replies
#47
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United Kingdom Jonty04l32
He's past his prime but he's still s1mple, one of the world's best ever players. :) Seeing him frag is a good thing for Na'Vi.
2023-07-14 20:07
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1 reply
Agreed
2023-07-14 20:13
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#23
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Argentina fribergoat
I need to see this vs heroic
2023-07-14 18:44
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1 reply
Heroic gonna own them .
2023-07-14 19:10
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how does baitF have better stats than s1mple after losing two maps 😂
2023-07-14 18:44
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8 replies
Well since he is IGL he can bait not just one but all four players to boost his rating.
2023-07-16 00:55
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7 replies
this new astralis is giving me that old COL line up
2023-07-16 01:19
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No shit mate, I remember one dust2 COL game when BaitF had almost every round best B spawn on T side and even tho COL rushed B, he was always last to die every single round
2023-07-16 01:32
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5 replies
and when its up against full eco hes the most aggressive player in the game. Idk how his fans is going to explain that to other people
2023-07-16 01:48
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4 replies
Yeah there was even deep analysis from HLTV in one of their articles which basically stated that literally “No one rushes and hunts for eco frags like blameF”
2023-07-16 02:06
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3 replies
that means hes one of a kind, if you put it in a good way
2023-07-16 02:07
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2 replies
If I got team mate like him in mm I would slap s….. out of him. I have no idea how could anyone sign up for playing under blameF as IGL when everyone knows how he “IGLed” in Complexity
2023-07-16 02:52
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1 reply
Its weird how we never see any of his teammates rage at him for doing what he does over and over again.
2023-07-16 03:20
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Borup and buzz 🤮
2023-07-14 18:45
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Buzz as entry doing literally nothing. Just imagine +k0nfig +estag -borup -buzz
2023-07-14 18:52
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2 replies
#62
EliGE | 
United States _Geno
es3tag is a great shout but the ship has sailed on k0nfig. maybe dupreeh since he just got benched from vitality
2023-07-14 20:53
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1 reply
u are right. i dont like konfig cause he is most inconsistent player but in this roster with devve blamef and staehr he could fit damn good.
2023-07-14 21:36
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By looking at the stats no one can say that blamef is igling.
2023-07-14 19:10
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1 reply
baitF strat be like: "guys you all go b i go a" and then farm exit kills to inflate his stats
2023-07-15 03:25
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#34
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Sweden Vrede
Aleksbi 1vs3 was so nice
2023-07-14 19:16
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#36
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France GoIMP
Either b1t learns english really fast or he will be kicked very soon. He's already in bad shape for months and the change to english comms will drag him into even bad
2023-07-14 19:23
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2 replies
Game 1 bro give him time
2023-07-14 19:45
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1 reply
yeah, it's not like NaVi lost the game
2023-07-15 02:17
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Borup dont belong here :(
2023-07-14 20:06
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EZ4NAVI
2023-07-14 20:12
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Finally no more toxic environment with electronic blaming everybody except himself, nice to see team playing with joy and happiness.
2023-07-14 20:32
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2 replies
yes!!
2023-07-15 02:16
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Lmao “electronic blaming everyone but himself” with Mr. Tox1mple on a team xDDDD. Imagine just how much delusional ukr fangirl you have to be. Will see s1mple’s attitude in 3-6 months and how you will talk then. youtu.be/RQBuIPMxK6M
2023-07-16 01:01
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-b0rup and -buzz (perhaps) +dupreeh and +es3tag/Altekz
2023-07-14 21:25
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#65
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Netherlands m1croG
-b0rup and -buzz +dupreeh +Altekz then ?
2023-07-14 21:34
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EZ
2023-07-14 22:35
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how is it possible for Aleksib be this good, oh my god, dude is amazing
2023-07-15 00:39
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#73
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Philippines sijibats
Aleksibot always starts out promising
2023-07-15 01:28
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2 replies
#77
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Finland CleanMac
He has a strong 2 months buff
2023-07-15 02:22
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Dude this was 2 new teams vs each other basically 50/50 plus describing outcalling BaitF as promising must be real joke
2023-07-16 01:02
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NaVi looks great. good vibes and full trust
2023-07-15 02:16
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b0rup looks like shit as expected
2023-07-15 02:27
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#81
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Finland CleanMac
He was good in tier 2 but let's see if he can deliver on the top
2023-07-15 02:54
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staehr is a good addition. buzz and b0rup don't cut it. -buzz -b0rup +dupreeh (+roeJ or someone else decent)
2023-07-15 02:53
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2 replies
They had k0nfig, don’t expect any good decisions from Astralis
2023-07-15 04:37
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k0nfig was good when he was on, but he wasn't in any way reliable. He threw a lot of won rounds with his overaggression. I can see how a team that aspires to be #1 doesn't want someone who is a human coinflip. But we can agree on what came after him, certainly hasn't been better.
2023-07-15 05:59
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battle of tier2-3 teams
2023-07-15 09:51
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