In dev1ce's first official match back, he top-fragged against Tricked as we won 2-0.
Astralis has accepted an invitation to the playoffs stage of CCT North Europe Series 2.
Sixteen remaining teams are competing for a combined prize pool of $50.000.
We got the best of the pistol round on our map pick, Mirage, and continued in the winning fashion.
Tricked sometimes made it challenging for us, as Xyp9x and blameF found themselves in a 2v4 situation in the third round on B-site. Fortunately, our athletes survived the storm coming from kitchen and clutched the round.
After seven rounds in a row, our unbeaten streak got shot down as Tricked reached their first round. When switching sides, the score was 10-5 in our favor.
Tricked responded well in the second half, but the newborn duo of dev1ce and blameF played gatekeepers as we claimed the first map 16-14.
Continuing the theme of tight sequences, the first half of Nuke fits in.
Tricked won the first four rounds, but once again, blameF and dev1ce dominated the scoreboard and helped claim the half 9-6, with our AWPer finishing the half.
Our T-side was extraordinary; after the enemy took the first two rounds, we had enough money to get equipped and start the winning streak.
gla1ve saved a great round at a score of 10-8. First, he went behind enemy lines and later secured our 11th round with a double kill on the B site.
The momentum continued, and we confidently won the map 16-8. dev1ce and blameF both reached 24 frags and ratings of 1.60 and 1.73, respectively.
The debut of our returned AWPer went great with a 2-0 victory, which means we face the winner of HEET vs. Into the Breach in the Quarter-Final.
The time is yet to be announced, but our next match is on December 6th.