dev1ce on blameF partnership: We can achieve really great things together
We caught up with the returned Astralis saint for an interview before his first LAN tournament in over 400 days.
Nicolai “dev1ce” Reedtz is back in Astralis after leaving the very same organization back in April 2021. But it wasn’t the same, old and familiar faces who welcomed the superstar AWPer when he arrived back on the ship three months ago.
One of two new teammates is the hard-hitting Benjamin “blameF” Bremer, who seems to be a guy dev1ce have created a strong bond with already both on and off the server.
- It’s always like when you join a new team and there’s a guy who’s really good and with a big personality, you wonder how much space does he take on the map. But I think we have found a really, really good rhythm in a really fast way, which I didn’t expect to go this fast, dev1ce said about blameF and continued.
- We work a lot together also outside of the server and we play a lot of spots together. We have a lot of fun as well and that’s really important – it’s a big pleasure for me to play with him and I think we can achieve really great things together.
Astralis players and their stats since dev1ce joined in October:
blameF – 1.41 Rating
dev1ce – 1.31 Rating
Xyp9x – 1.07 Rating
gla1ve – 0.97
MistR (stand-in) – 0.92
Comparison with dupreeh
We asked dev1ce if he felt any similar vibes with blameF as he did when playing with his long-lasting teammate Peter “dupreeh” Rasmussen, who’s now playing for Team Vitality.
- I mean like me and dupreeh had a different relationship, we knew each other for so long and played together for almost a decade. It’s not like the same whereas I think our ceiling is higher – but I also think the friendship and the memories have to grow, so I wouldn’t compare them really.
- It’s a little bit comparable in game. blameF plays a little bit differently than dupreeh, but as I said our ceiling is actually higher with blameF, dev1ce said to us.
You can find the entire interview with dev1ce in the video below. Here the former NIP profile also touches on his own individual level going into the new season, gla1ve's development and much more.
