Nicolai Reedtz

Nicolai Hvilshøj Reedtz (born September 8, 1995), better known as dev1ce (also known as device[1]), is a Danish professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player for Astralis. He became the first (along with three of his teammates) to win 4 majors in CS:GO, and to win 3 majors consecutively.[2]

dev1ce
Nicolai Reedtz
Personal information
Born (1995-09-08) 8 September 1995
NationalityDanish
Nickname(s)Sundev1ce, devve
Career information
StatusActive
Current teamAstralis
GamesCounter-Strike: Global Offensive
Counter-Strike: Source
RoleAWPer
Career history
2013–2014Copenhagen Wolves
2014–2015Dignitas
2015Team SoloMid
2016–presentAstralis
Career highlights and awards

Early life

Reedtz was born and raised in Vejle, Region of Southern Denmark. He began playing video games when he was a teen with his brother as his talent was immediately noticeable. He was also an exceptional badminton player. In fact, at age 14 the big clubs in Denmark wanted him to play for them. He turned their offers down, citing a knee injury and a higher level of passion for video games.

Career

Earnings

As of August 11, 2019, dev1ce has approximately earned $1,584,345.97 throughout his CS:GO career, from 127 tournaments.[3]

2013

Reedtz’s first official CS:GO debut was with the Swedish team Fnatic as a temporary stand-in in March, 2013 in the ESL Major Series One – Spring 2013: Cup #4.[4] After that, he started in the Copenhagen Wolves team[5] with Nico, Cajunb, Dupreeh and Fetish.[6] He won several small events with Copenhagen Wolves and in the DreamHack Winter 2013, the biggest event in 2013, he finished at fifth to eighth place.[7]

2014

In February 2014 he was hired by the United Kingdom organization Team Dignitas[8] with Cajunb, Dupreeh, Xyp9x and Fetish[9] (Fetish was replaced with Karrigan in December 2014[10]). Dev1ce played well with this team but never won first place in any tournament; they often won third place. He claimed the 20th place in a top 20 CS:GO players in the world of 2014.[11]

2015

In 2015, with the same lineup, they switched to the American organization Team SoloMid (TSM).[12] Dev1ce started with the new organization[13] and competed in many tournaments and won the top place. He finished the year being number 3 out of the top 20 players in the world on HLTV.org.[14]

2016/2017/2018

At the end of 2015, Device and teammates separated from Team SoloMid and continued without any organization with the same teammates in the team named Question Mark.[15] In January 2016, they created their own organization called “Astralis”[16] which is Device's current team.[17] At the end of 2016, he claimed the 3rd place in top a 20 players in the world of 2016.[18] In 2017, Astralis won the major tournament ELEAGUE Major 2017[19][20] and claimed the 1st team ranking in the world in 2017 and have been so throughout most of 2018 on HLTV.org.[21][22][23] Device placed #2 in 2018, surpassing GeT_RiGhT's record for the most tournament MVP's earned in a single year (6 in 2013), earning his seventh at the ECS S6 Finals. [24]

2019-Present

Device is currently regarded as one of the best Counter-Strike players in the world, establishing an ongoing era for Astralis, having won their fourth major title and MVP title at StarLadder Major: Berlin 2019.

Trivia

Device often gets compared with Tom Cruise. [25]

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gollark: But it just blocks webhooks now due to recursion issues/
gollark: ABR has (had?) logic like that.
gollark: We can clearly chat.
gollark: The Discord-side bridge tries to colorize it, your chat bridge doesn't strip it right.

References
  1. "Nicolai "device" Reedtz". hltv.org. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  2. Petrosyan, Albert. "CSGO: Astralis make history with win at StarLadder Berlin Major - Final Placements". Dexerto. Archived from the original on 20 September 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  3. "dev1ce-esportsearnings".
  4. "ESL Major Series One - Spring 2013: Cup #4. (n.d.)". hltv.org. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  5. "Copenhagen Wolves". cphwolves.gg. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  6. Mira, Luis "MIRAA". "CPH WOLVES ADD NICO, DEVICE". hltv.org. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  7. "DreamHack Winter 2013". wiki.teamliquid.net. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  8. "Dignitas". team-dignitas.net. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  9. Mira, Luis "MIRAA". "DIGNITAS SIGN ÜBER G33KZ". hltv.org. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  10. Mira, Luis "MIRAA". "KARRIGAN SIGNS FOR DIGNITAS". hltv.org. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  11. Tgwri1s. "Top 20 players of 2014: device (20)". hltv.org. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  12. "TSM". tsm.gg. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  13. lurppis. "TEAM SOLOMID PICK UP DIGNITAS". hltv.org. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  14. Stich. "Top 20 players of 2015: device (3)". hltv.org. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  15. Mira, Luis "MIRAA". "TSM LOSE CS:GO TEAM". hltv.org. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  16. Earl Carlo "dreamslayer28" Guevarra. "CS:GO Team Question Mark Forms Player-Owned Team Astralis". esports.inquirer.net. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  17. "Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz". astralis.gg. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  18. LucasAM. "Top 20 players of 2016: device (3)". hltv.org. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  19. Burazin, Zvonimir "Professeur". "ASTRALIS WIN THE ELEAGUE MAJOR!". hltv.org. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  20. "Astralis Wins ELeague Major 2017". wwg.com. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  21. Steven Cropley. "ELEAGUE Major: No. 1 Astralis Wins its First Ever Major". wwg.com. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  22. "Astralis took first place in the ranking of the best teams in the world [CS: GO]". cybbet.com. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  23. "CS:GO Ranking - World Ranking". hltv.org. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  24. "device claims ECS Season 6 MVP award". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
  25. https://twitter.com/dev1ce/status/705964667911462912?lang=nl
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