The most successful CS:GO team in the history of the game has just lost their biggest star, as their AWPer in device has been transferred to Ninjas in Pyjamas, Astralis announce on their Twitter.
The Danish top team explain that the transfer “is a result of a personal request from the player, who has expressed his wish to work out of Stockholm and still be able to have a team and organization close to him.”
Today we say goodbye to a legend.
Twitter doesn't allow for enough characters to thank @dev1ce for everything he has done for us. So we need your help.
Share your greatest dev1ce memories using the #deardev1ce hashtag. ♥
— Astralis Counter-Strike (@AstralisCS) April 23, 2021
The glorified and 4-major winner joins a young and promising roster in Ninjas in Pyjamas, that now can boast themselves with the signing of one of the best players in the history of CS:GO.
– Astralis has been such a big part of my life, the team, and the organisation, and I say goodbye to a bunch of awesome teammates and great people in the organization, many of whom I am very close with – Astralis will always be a part of me, and I look forward to meeting everybody again on and off the server.
I enter a project I truly believe in, and I am looking forward to finding the stability and good energy of having a more balanced work life. I can’t wait to get started with my new team and teammates! It has become clear, how much I miss having a team and an organization close to me, and for so many reasons the time simply feels right to change things up and find myself in all this.
device states after the shock transfer to NIP.
NIP.@dev1ce
?????https://t.co/gxwX27WFDU pic.twitter.com/4IRPOlakFa
— Ninjas In Pyjamas (@NIP) April 23, 2021
COO at Ninjas in Pyjamas is very pleased with what he calls “probably the biggest CS:GO transfer in recent memory”.
– Bringing in dev1ce is a huge testament to the work everyone around the club has been doing for the past years. We set out on a venture to rekindle the magic that NIP stands for and, in this day and age, that means transforming into a modern esports performance unit that can define new standards. Attracting and retaining the best talent in the game is at the core of that and dev1ce is one of the very best in the entire world. We’re here to stay and we are here to win championships. The hard work of reachoing our ambitions has only just begun.
Ninjas in Pyjamas | Roster
Fredrik “REZ” Sterner
Nicolas “Plopski” Gonzalez Zamora
Hampus “hampus” Poser
Erik “ztr” Gustafsson
Nicolai “device” Reedtz
Transfer listed:
Tim “nawwk” Jonasson
Here some of the reactions from the community:
My friend @dev1ce – thank you for all these years ❤️
You can be proud, we can all be proud of what we have archieved together.
I understand you, and I wish you good luck in NiP
The end is always a new beginning
— Lukas Rossander (@gla1ve_cs) April 23, 2021
It's with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to @dev1ce – It has been a pleasure getting to know you as a player but more importantly, as a person. From the very first meeting at the Major in Cluj to what we have achieved together 5 years later. It sure has been a crazy ride <3
— Danny Sørensen (@zonic) April 23, 2021
Excuse me, WHAT?!?!? https://t.co/x81D1TcIzV
— Maniac (@Maniac_CSGO) April 23, 2021
dev1ce signed for 3 years with NiP. His contract with Astralis was ending at the end of the year (so probably the same for other Astralis players).
Sources tells me the buyout is about a million dollar. Could be the biggest transfer ever.
— neL (@neLendirekt) April 23, 2021
