dev1ce asks Astralis fans to \u201cadjust expectations\u201d after roster shuffle ESLAfter a bevy of roster changes, Astralis\u2019 star AWPer Nicolai \u2018dev1ce\u2019 Reedtz has asked fans to \u201cadjust their expectations\u201d over the next few months, as the Danish squad transitions to a seven-man roster. With Xyp9x and gla1ve out of the lineup temporarily, the four-time major winners have had some soul searching to do. While they\u2019ve picked up JUGi and es3tag, along with Snappi as a temporary sub, it\u2019s just not been the same Astralis. They have struggled at the Blast Premier Spring Showdown, dropping games to Ninjas in Pyjamas and Vitality, and are sitting near the bottom of their group. With the major still five months away, there\u2019s time for change. Xyp9x and gla1ve will eventually return. JUGi and es3tag will find their way into the roster in this system. However, until then, Astralis are asking fans to be patient. After losing to Vitality in the Blast Showdown, dev1ce asked fans on Twitter to take every day with this new roster \u2014 and this new system \u2014 one round at a time. \u201cReading the comments on social media is not something I often do, but I notice a high amount of NaCl [salt] regarding our performance,\u201d he said. \u201cJust a heads up, adjust your expectations \u2014 we have done that.\u201d Reading the comments on social media is not something I often do, but I notice a high amount of NaCl regarding our performance. Just a heads up, adjust your expectations \ud83d\ude03 We have done that.\u2014 Nicolai Reedtz (@dev1ce) June 3, 2020 While JUGi, Snappi, and es3tag aren\u2019t bad individual players, the roster moves from Astralis had a drastic impact on a core that has remained untouched since the start of 2018. Roster changes in CS:GO are inevitable, but Astralis also went a step further by experimenting with a completely different system. Six-man rosters have existed before, but seven man rosters, which allow for more rotation, and potentially recruiting \u201cmap specialists,\u201d is unheard of. Astralis don\u2019t want to stop at seven stars either. Sports director Kasper Hvidt mentioned the Danish squad is now looking to expand to a 10-man roster. \u201cUltimately we would like to see across game titles a full 10 player set-up with an academy team like in the pro League of Legends leagues,\u201d he said in a June 2 blog post. https:\/\/twitter.com\/astralisgroup\/status\/1267727655903858690 \u201cIt would be a great way of letting talents work in a fully professional environment with access to all facilities, and it would be a smoother transition when substituting players on the \u2018A team.\u2019\u201d Once Xyp9x and gla1ve return, they\u2019ll be most of the way there. What Danish talent they\u2019ll pick up next remains to be seen, but by the time Rio rolls around, we might see an Astralis like no other.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
dev1ce asks Astralis fans to \u201cadjust expectations\u201d after roster shuffle ESLAfter a bevy of roster changes, Astralis\u2019 star AWPer Nicolai \u2018dev1ce\u2019 Reedtz has asked fans to \u201cadjust their expectations\u201d over the next few months, as the Danish squad transitions to a seven-man roster. With Xyp9x and gla1ve out of the lineup temporarily, the four-time major […]<\/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-38050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38050","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=38050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38050\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}