Astralis\u2019 Gla1ve takes shots at NRG after eliminating them at CSGO Berlin Major StarLadderAfter a dominant 2-0 victory over NRG Esports in the semifinals of the StarLadder Berlin CS:GO major, Astralis\u2019 in-game leader Lukas \u2018gla1ve\u2019 Rossander spoke to Frankie Ward and Dexerto about how both teams prepared for the series. The once dominant Astralis is in the middle of a resurgence, and the white hot NRG Esports team got cooled off by the great Danes in the semifinals of the StarLadder Berlin major on Saturday. After the win, gla1ve spoke to Frankie Ward and Dexerto, and continued to fire shots at NRG Esports long after he had left the server. \u201cThere are different ways of preparing. Theirs is talking on interviews. Ours is actually preparing\u201d@gla1ve_csgo talks to @getfrank about eliminating NRG at #BerlinMajor Powered by @TeamRazer | #ThisIsEsports pic.twitter.com\/qh2w1tHFox \u2014 DEXERTO.COM @ Berlin Major (@Dexerto) September 7, 2019 \u201cI wouldn\u2019t say I\u2019m disappointed, but there\u2019s different ways of preparing,\u201d gla1ve told Frankie. \u201cTheir way is just talking a lot in interviews, and we actually prepare.\u201d Actually preparing was a must for Astralis after getting surprised by NRG in the New Legends stage. The two teams needed six overtimes to settle their first showdown on Train, and when NRG took that first map, dupreeh said in a separate interview that Astralis was so mentally strained that they rolled over on Nuke. \u201cWe feel at home in the major\u201d @dupreehCSGO tells @getfrank about @astralisgg\u2018s opportunity to make #CSGO history at the #BerlinMajor Powered by @TeamRazer | #ThisIsEsports pic.twitter.com\/lzDIJwGRbG \u2014 DEXERTO.COM @ Berlin Major (@Dexerto) September 6, 2019 But this time, Astralis were prepared, and gla1ve outlined the strategy that went into their CT side. \u201cWhat we talked about is that we need to hold them back in the beginning of the game,\u201d the 24-year-old explained. \u201cSo we needed to use a lot of utility at the beginning of the round, don\u2019t let them push outside, don\u2019t let them get easy first picks.\u201d He admitted that he was surprised to see such a relaxed CT side from NRG on Overpass, as he said he didn\u2019t expect Astralis to be gifted entry to sites so easily. What he also did easily was accurately, almost scarily accurately, predict exactly how NRG would respond to their A push in the last round of the series. With that series wrapped up, Astralis looks ahead to AVANGAR in the grand finals, and gla1ve promises that they won\u2019t be surprised. \u201cI know that any team that can go into a major final can win it,\u201d he said. \u2018So we\u2019re not going to underestimate anyone.\u201d At the end of 2016, they replaced their widely regarded in-game leader Finn \u2018karrigan\u2019 Andersen with a young, relatively unknown IGL who went by the moniker gla1ve. Despite continuing to struggle through most of 2017, the squad stuck by their new young leader, and proceeded to absolutely dominate the 2018 calendar year. At the end of the interview with Frankie, gla1ve said he doesn\u2019t believe that Astralis are back to being the number one team in the world yet. With a major title and a resurgence in momentum and confidence, his sentiments may change very soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Astralis\u2019 Gla1ve takes shots at NRG after eliminating them at CSGO Berlin Major StarLadderAfter a dominant 2-0 victory over NRG Esports in the semifinals of the StarLadder Berlin CS:GO major, Astralis\u2019 in-game leader Lukas \u2018gla1ve\u2019 Rossander spoke to Frankie Ward and Dexerto about how both teams prepared for the series. The once dominant Astralis is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37328\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}