How a Vanilla AWPing Style Helped dev1ce Conquer CS:GO
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ธ.ค. 2022
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Nicolai “dev1ce” Reedtz didn’t start out as an AWPer.
By all accounts, he doesn’t even wield CS:GO's famous big green with the aggression one might expect from a superstar. And yet, dev1ce is one of, if not its greatest manipulators.
So, what about dev1ce’s playstyle makes him so different from every other AWPer in CS:GO?
Is there a case to be made on accolades alone that he’s actually the greatest of all-time?
And now that we haven’t seen him play in a year, what can we expect from the Danish legend next?
Written by: Alina Sotula (@ASotula)
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Edited by: Jason Durante (@JayJay_Durante)
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Device was like the tim duncan of CS, great player and mainly fundamental and did what his team needed to win
This in some sense makes him the actual special one.
Big fundamental
honestly astralis as a whole was like the spurs with their team play
I never thought of it this way. He's now my favorite CS player (TD has always been my favorite basketball player)
This is true
a lot of people don’t appreciate dev1ce’s skill due to him not being a highlight maker, but if you really watch when dev1ce plays with the awp, he’s the epitome of that role and yes he may not be the flashiest player to wield that awp but he will give you results and fill that role perfectly and most importantly the consistency, its easy to execute a strat when you’re confident that one of your players is consistent because you don’t have to worry about something from the strat going wrong, and it’s easy to run default on ct side when you know the rotator or the site player is reliable to hold angles. A lot of people says that dev1ce is a boring player to watch and yet he’s one of the csgo players that has a lot of titles under his name (4 of them being a major) and a lot of MVP titles as of today.
exactly, it seems like people who have "boring" play styles always end up on top for some reason, some people argued hungry box's jigglypuff was boring to watch but he ultimately changed smash as a puff main for the better imho
@@chucklesdeclown8819 Jame as well
@@armchairowlyst watching jame is really a snoozefest not gonna lie, but it worked well for him
@@chucklesdeclown8819 i think it just depends on the game
@@user-zw1op6nz5d true, dude is so fundamentally perfect that it's boring. Showmanship isn't always equal to skill.
What I love about Device is the consistency and calculated plays he makes
in contrast to S1mple who seems to wanna always go for the flashy play.. which I'm not a fan of, his fans only see the successful plays but forget the missed shots
@Aoi Shi simp
@Aoi Shi cringe
@@PrivateJoker0119 cringe 😬
@@PrivateJoker0119 s1mple has more MVP’s and two #1 HLTV player finishes over dev1ce. All while being on a MUCH worse team for almost the same amount of time as dev1ce was on Astralis. Get real dude. Dev1ce is an absolute legend and will Forsure go down as a top 10 player, but s1mple is better. And don’t bring up the major wins as an argument, it’s a team award and s1mple had a dogshit team that he quite literally solo carried for 4 out of those 5 years.
Device is the guy Who makes every awp show count, infamous "calm aim god"
In many teams, the AWP player is often also one of the biggest playmakers and a clear stand out above the rest but Astralis during their run of domination had 5 stars all making huge plays as a team. Device’s consistent and intelligent awping fit Astralis’s play style in an almost perfect manner of calculated set ups over flashy hyper aggressive individual plays
@@NoR110011I think you can say that the product was greater than the sum of all parts
16:05 kinda insane how i sat 5 rows up from him with my brother and his friend and we did not notised him until he took a picture with a fan 30 min before they showed him in the big screen, kinda felt bad for him cause after he barely got a second to watch the game since so many wanted to take pictures with him after they showed him. Felt worse for gaede tho since he sat with them a while and no one asked him for a picture.
Whenever I pick up the awp while casually playing cs he was always my idol in that regard. He proves that you don't have to be the flashiest awper who hits the most nasty of all nasty flicks. And that's what I love about him. Calm and collected and still delivering
dev1ce demos are the best demos that aspiring pros can learn from
I think it's the concept of master the fundamentals to build upon it. Of Course you have savants like S1mple, KennyS or Guardian. But this shows that proper fundamentals get you a long way
"i will never have to land a hard shot if i hit all the easy shots"
what people fail to understand in sports, it is less is more, and before try complicated things, you need to mastery the basics. Device understand that.
dev1ce is the reason I find AWPing fun. He's the reason why I play AWPer roles. I just like how he plays what an AWPer should be: holding long angles.
Dev1ce is A Bad Man! He's not only stupid consistent, he's always The "Rock"/A Unmovable set, familiar fixed point for all his teammates to rally around or look to when they get raddled! That can't be measured by any stat/metric! Dude is so Calm,Cool,Collected, & Humble all while destroying the best players in the world! & Obviously we want to see him play right now! But for him to take the year off to build the chemistry with his team speaks volumes to his character & overall mentality he plays the game with! Can't wait to see Dev1ce back where he belongs!
Devve plays textbook cs. Doesn't miss easy - medium difficulty shots and knows how to get himself those looks. In some ways more impressive than the flashy style.
he dropped 56 against trick so i mean, good start. just hopin it continues against better and better teams
This video is perfect timing for his first match today! ❤
Device is incredibly consistent player. Perhaps his knowledge of the game and the way he positions himself are fundamental factors of his success and greatness. He has smooth, calm aim, somewhat like an expert bot on steroids, which works perfectly. He isn't selfish, he fits any team and he is one of the GOATS. He's my favourite player
you don't need crazy flicks if you always know where to preaim so you shoot by just clicking...
"They're cool"
*shows BadFallen*
I lost it LMAO
Device is underrated, his talent and strategy help him win 3 majors, and in CS, were meta, comparing to Valorant who receive a patch every 2w, is based in human behavior ( strategy, bags and angles) he help changing the meta for years, and yet he did not win "player of the decade", that's is just crazy to me
*cough cough '4 majors'
who is here after he dropped 32 in his first map back, 56 total in the 2 maps, and a 1.66 rating, oh and over 100 adr AS AN AWPER, topping Astralis in all of those
Against a tier 2 team 😅
@@TheSanien 💀
@@TheSanien to be fair, he hasn't played competitively for almost a year, so that's a good start for him to build some confidence and momentum. Of course, we would like to see him up against proper T1 teams.
@@TheSanien 😅
@@TheSanien t2 or not dev showed whos king
And he shat on Lucky
i think devices skills while not flashy and "basic" show a great deal of discipline, he probably could of gone the wild awper if he wanted but him learning the basics first was a necessity and arguably the best thing he could of done to secure the win
the King is back. Cologne showed that. And I am SO here for it.
device has revolutionized how to play the awp by doing the basics to the absolut perfection
finaly some love to the actual goat of csgo. flashy plays can be done by everyone with some degree of luck and skill. 4 majors cant be achieved that way, requires teamwork, plan and hardwork. love you forever dev1ce!
His temperament and consistency is unreal and that is what sets him apart from others.
Favorite part of the video is the caster saying "oh, that guy"
devices smooth movement around his cover is like hes moving on ice.
wondered how dimitri would get a fl0m clip into this one. I was not disappointed!
Four years ago Elmapuddy released a video: "why you should AWP like dev1ce not like s1mple"
6:30 - Astralis started out with all 5 players from TSM who left after their contract ended and had Team Questionmark for a small period. CajunB was replaced by Kjaerbye after 4 months and Glaive replaced Karrigan after 9 months.
I feel like I could watch a video about paint drying if it had Dimitri narrating
Device on CSGO remember me about mibr cogu in 1.6. Rarely miss a shot, always on a nice spot, every shot he hit seens easy.
People do forget that he is a very skilled rifler first and foremost and he still is.
after a 3 minute intro: "Our boy needs no introduction...."
this is what i call crisp and fresh content
people think flashy flicks make you number 1 when consistency is all that matters, Device is the real goat, period.
10:34 "AWPortunity" I see what you did there!
Device is one of those guys in sports anime who isn't flashy or anything but is just a beast with perfect basics and the captain of the strongest team🤣
As tarik said "Device may not have much flashy kills or flicks ...be the he is the one who barely miss " and i think that is most important while awping
Damn. I remember how 2018-2019 Astralis, especially on CT side, would ( slowly) choke the life out of their opposing team. Either the Ts will be - 1 before the mid rounds or the gap of their combined HPs were far from them. And having dev1ce was very crucial for that brand of CS. Good old times.
11:57 ayyyooooo we heard that, dimitri !
other highlight moments is rare but device consistent
Bro i think I'm meeting dev1ce tommorow
Noice
Gg
N1
With the awp nurf im kinda interested in how pros play style will differ if anything will change
Not really much change
tactical, effective, calm and steady. those are the great traits to be on the top out there, but when people watch CS, it is the childhood of not giving a shit and just go and pop all their friends head for fun is the reason why they love the hyper awper superstar style.
Devve will always be my fave CS player of all time.
Playing with a slower and more methodical pace is something that really made a big change for me
The AWP nerf was planned for Dev1ce's return in 2023.
Just to cause a stir, you watch ;)
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Device is an intelligent awper
He said he studies each and individuals awper from opposite team like what route they took and avoid it
he just dropped a 30 bomb vs tricked after 1 yr of not playing in a tournament, bro is so consistent
Device is that type of AWP anchor that you'll never get the better of 99% of the time
Dev1ce is a simple csgo player and I like that. Other awper nowadays its abit too 'fancy' if you get what I mean.
To get better at csgo, get a pen and paper, load up a device Demo and take notes
Everyone likes to watch s1mple play, but want to play like dev1ce.
the fact that he miss very few shots makes his angle holding really hard to contest
7 years ago when he was still a monster with a rifle. I remember a lot of people saying it's a waste of his talent to play awp. and now when he became one of the 3 best awp players in the world, people forget how good he is at rifle 😂😂. btw i think he should change his name to simple because most of his shots look simple but surprisingly effective
1st map and he went +28 and a 1.66 rating xd (granted it was against tricked but still great return)
Device is a humble genius type pokemon
Device knows when to just hit shots and when he needs to make a play and never pushes it. For better or worse
He’s The actual GOAT of CS
so basically, Dev1ce is Obiwan Kenobi because they both mastering the art of defense
He is back
the fact that he studied fallen's awping style says something
Kids, this is what happens when mechanical skill meets intelligence and patience. Dude has the perfect winner mindset.
Dev1ce stay making me question my heterosexuality 😩💅
You could say dev1ce is pretty AWPortunistic
Dev1ce and Astralis are BACK!
I would choose dev1ce as my teams awp player hands down over any other. He's one of the most consistent players the pro scene has ever had, incredible fundamentals and game sense, great in the clutch, and can still make the flashy plays happen, not to mention he outshines s1mple by a good amount in all of those categories as well. S1mple fans overrate him like crazy, he's amazing and a top 10 all time player for sure, but nowhere near being the overall goat of cs or even the best awper cs has seen, hell, he's barely a top 5 awper in the current scene.
Fallen the teacher of all players.
Still less majors and trophies than device
Device was one of the best rifler turn into AWPer that hit shot when matters, pretty basic stuff , 1 hit AWP = 1 kill.
if player like zywoo, simple and niko dont exist. any awper will have the same kill with device AWPwise, sure. but overall topped up with rifle kill device is way above the rest of awper, and thats what make he and the 3 player mention earlier so good.
funny how the most consistent awper out there is a rifler.
Its sad to not see even one clip of Fanatic JW when speaking about agressive super star awper.
THE KING...IS BACK. top 3 player in csgo ever! I'd argue only s1mple is better.
I'm just glad he is back, I got into pro cs because of him and the Astralis era. It didn't feel right without him. Lets hope he is healthy and ready to click heads
What I loved about Device Astralis was that in 2k19 they just continued to destroy Liquid in the finals and always crushing NA hope xD 😂
Of course coldzera jumping awp is in the video
Dev1ce is one of the greatest... Ok, we know that.
He is far from CS for more than an year. Curious to see his performance in 2023.
Many players get into decline, other plays better because they are rested and motivated again.
And he was mechanically better than he's ever been. We stan a king
Tom Cruise of Counter-Strike is back
Imo device is the most consistent cs go player which again imo is what makes him the best player of all time.
For better or worse, this is what Astralis left as a legacy: newer teams joining the top rosters have been rapidly developing these cerebral, team efforts and set pieces ever since Astralis started winning with them.
Dev1ce is great, but the success of his team due to his relatively 'boring', set-piece strat play style single-handedly ushered in an era of clones and copies of Astralis. It's raised the ceiling, but it's doomed superstars because the boring set pieces have become too powerful for even the biggest stars to reliably handle.
Tom cruise and s1mple .. my fav awper of all time . . And yes prime kennyS he was insane !!
Skill and years of practice tbh imo. But everyone has a different skill set to bring to be Honest I don't remember a hand signal saying quick scope my grandma's NES was my training grounds. Duck hunt and Tetris love the eSports content guys looking forward to getting back into enjoy your content 💛 sorry about the hand thing I took part in years ago
watching this on an opera GX
Damn forgot to mention tom cruise :(
16:00 where's that footage from?
dev1ce really innovated the awping game with the strat of getting paid to not awp at all
Ahhh the good old days
the obi-wan kenobi of csgo
After casting dev1ce’s comeback I thought I might have my voice in this video, the copium was high and sooon baby
Device is playstyle is literally shoot and kill. Thats hit he is not your bhop 5 times then 360 flick headshot awper we know and love but device is patient and take his time like a literal sniper. And his unwavering anchor playstyle gives him trophy
dev1ce is literally Tom Cruise's son
3:10 so dimitri isn't watching fl0m???
nah, noone could ever top s1mple. hes the GOAT AWPer period! Dev1ce is amazing no doubt, but noone will EVER touch the skill of s1mple with the mighty green deleter
Proper awper🛐
10:32 Did he say awpertunity?
So my takeaway from this is that Device is the Tim Duncan of CS:GO
Perfect team and of course the clutch minister always there when it matters the most.
Flashy awpers will never be as consistent as dev1ce. Consistency is what wins you BIG tournaments most of the time, not being flashy and going for that 1 in 10 F1 Flick.
Every awper has at least 2 superstitum videos, while devve has none. Yet some lf these awpers don't have a single major trophy while he has 4. Sometimes what the team needs isn't a highlight making showoff, sometimes it needs a dependable normal guy.
i mean hes not really normal either. he doesnt miss. thats just it. not like that is an easy feat
I do like "Vanilla" better than the former.
Another theScore video with Coldzera's jumping awp lmao