Xyp9x hopeful of continuing Major appearance streak: \u201cIt would mean a lot to me\u201d Simon Howar\/ESLThe \u2018Clutch Minister\u2019 has not yet missed a single Counter-Strike Major, but as PGL Stockholm nears, there are doubts as to whether he will be part of Astralis\u2019 plans for the event. Andreas \u2018Xyp9x\u2019 H\u00f8jsleth has been confirmed in the starting lineup for Astralis\u2019 next two events, the BLAST Premier Fall Groups and IEM Fall. In the first tournament, he will fill the void left by in-game leader Lukas \u2018gla1ve\u2019 Rossander, who is on paternity leave. Xyp9x watched from the sidelines as Astralis were eliminated from ESL Pro League Season 14 in the group stage with a 2-3 record. It was Philip \u2018Lucky\u2019 Ewald\u2019s first tournament with the team following his transfer from Tricked, which increased their roster to six players. Now back on the team, Xyp9x is eager to contribute again, hoping to prove that he deserves a shot to play at PGL Major Stockholm if the team qualify for the prestigious event. Extending the streak Xyp9x is part of a select group of players who have not yet missed a Counter-Strike Major. Besides him, only Olof \u2018olofmeister\u2019 Kajbjer, Nicolai \u2018device\u2019 Reedtz, Peter \u2018dupreeh\u2019 Rasmussen, Danylo \u2018Zeus\u2019 Teslenko (who retired from the game in 2020), and Richard \u2018shox\u2019 Papillon have attended all 15 Majors. And the 26-year-old is eager to keep that streak alive. \u201cIt would mean a lot to me,\u201d Xyp9x told Dexerto. \u201cMajors are what we play for. They are the most important tournaments. \u201cSometimes, things are out of control and I cannot really dictate what Astralis can or should do. But I can do my best inside and outside the server. \u201cLet\u2019s see if I\u2019ll be playing the Major.\u201d LAN return With gla1ve taking some time off for the birth of his first child, it will be Emil \u2018Magisk\u2019 Reif calling the shots on Astralis in the near future. He is no stranger to the role, having led the team for a few months in 2020, mostly during gla1ve\u2019s medical leave of absence. \u201cHe has done it before, with okay success, and it was a no-brainer to put him in the role again,\u201d Xyp9x said. Astralis have been paired alongside Evil Geniuses, Vitality, and Liquid in BLAST Premier Fall\u2019s Group A, which will kick off on September 16. Despite the team\u2019s recent struggles, Xyp9x is optimistic of their chances of finishing top two in the group and qualifying for the Fall Finals, which will be held on their home turf: Copenhagen\u2019s Royal Arena. \u201cWe love to play in Denmark and we love to please the fans in Denmark,\u201d he said. \u201cWe aim to go on from the group stage, we believe that our chances are fairly good. \u201cIt would be amazing to play at the Royal Arena again after all the restrictions. Filling that arena would be amazing.\u201d The new AWPer As Astralis take to the server in the BLAST Premier Fall Groups, many eyes will be on Lucky. The 18-year-old has a lot of pressure on his shoulders in replacing dev1ce as the team\u2019s primary AWPer after a brief period in which dupreeh took on sniping duties. Lucky had a modest outing in his debut tournament, averaging a 1.00 HLTV rating, and Xyp9x offered his support to the newcomer, saying that it will take some time for the former Tricked player to get acclimated to his new surroundings. \u201cLucky is a really young guy, and once you get into a team that has a lot of experienced players and has a certain way to play the game, it\u2019s very tough for a young guy to be vocal and take initiative,\u201d Xyp9x explained. \u201cI think he has the potential but he needs time against many tier-one teams. There\u2019s a big difference between playing in tier-three or tier-four on Tricked and getting into Astralis, where you\u2019re facing tier-one teams all the time. You just don\u2019t get the easy picks and the easy kills. .@gla1ve_csgo was star-struck running into this legend so he just had to get a selfie with him. \ud83e\udd29 Seriously though, if you’re still not sure who @Luckyv1CSGO is get to know him in this video: \u25b6 https:\/\/t.co\/4UIXgoXZb9 pic.twitter.com\/fHVoHNfgtY \u2014 Astralis Counter-Strike (@AstralisCS) August 25, 2021 \u201cPlaying more practice games against the sort of opponents we play against will make him more comfortable in what he can and cannot do. It\u2019s very tough coming from a lower tier and getting into that tier one. \u201cOnce you get punished for something you\u2019re used to doing, you\u2019re thinking, \u2018I can\u2019t do anything\u2019. That\u2019s also a mindset thing, and he has been working on that. All of that is being worked on, and I think he has shown progress.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Xyp9x hopeful of continuing Major appearance streak: \u201cIt would mean a lot to me\u201d Simon Howar\/ESLThe \u2018Clutch Minister\u2019 has not yet missed a single Counter-Strike Major, but as PGL Stockholm nears, there are doubts as to whether he will be part of Astralis\u2019 plans for the event. Andreas \u2018Xyp9x\u2019 H\u00f8jsleth has been confirmed in the […]<\/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-39374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39374","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=39374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39374\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}