Over the last three months, the Danes from Astralis has experienced a major overhaul in their entire setup – both on and off the server.
Nicolai “dev1ce” Reedtz and Christian “Buzz” Andersen has been brought in to strengthen the roster, Peter “casle” Ardenskjold has been appointed as the head coach, where lastly the much-debated figure of Nicolai “HUNDEN” Petersen has been revealed as their new head analyst.
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One individual who is excited about the new format is the in-game leader Lukas “gla1ve” Rossander, especially praising the coaching setup.
– HUNDEN and casle are a sharp duo, I personally have never had such a competent trainer/analyst team behind me, so I’m certainly not complaining, gla1ve said in an interview with Astralis.
That’s some big words coming from gla1ve taking in mind that he’s been coached by the most accoladed coach in CS:GO history Danny “zonic” Sørensen for more than five years. A partnership that racked up four Major titles together and achieved to establish the most dominant era ever seen.
Furthermore, Astralis has announced the addition of two new faces to their performance team in B. S. Christiansen and Jan Ø. Jørgensen. Something he also touched in the interview via Astralis’ newsletter.
– I think it’s been great so far. Jan and BS complement each other really well. It is clear that BS is well-versed, calm and has a lot of tools, where Jan has a little more energy and different ideas. It works well. Both are guys who know their stuff and who you look up to.
Here is the entire setup for Astralis going forward:
Lukas “gla1ve” Rossander
Andreas “Xyp9x” Højsleth
Benjamin “blameF” Bremer
Nicolai “device” Reedtz
Christian “Buzz” Andersen
Peter “casle” Toftbo Ardenskjold (Coach)
Nicolai “HUNDEN” Petersen (Head analyst)
B. S. Christiansen (Mental coach)
Jan Ø. Jørgensen (Performance coach)
