Astralis lost their elimination game against Ninjas in Pyjamas at Europe RMR B<\/a> for BLAST.tv Paris CS:GO<\/em> Major, ending their hopes of playing in the last Valve-sponsored event in the game.<\/p>
As an organization, Astralis has the most Major victories in the history of CS:GO<\/em>, with four trophies sitting proudly in their trophy case. Three of its current players were part of that legendary roster: Xyp9x, gla1ve, and device, for whom today’s result must be especially heartbreaking after returning to professional competition at the end of 2022, and put on an incredible performance at Europe RMR B<\/a>.<\/p>
In three out of four Astralis’ series during the tournament, device was their best player, according to stats from HLTV<\/a>. Furthermore, at the time of writing, device is the 11th best player of the event in terms of Rating 2.0 with a score of 1.22, according to HLTV<\/a>. The closest Astralis player on the scoreboard is currently blameF, who’s placed 29th. The remaining three players have ratings below 1.0.<\/p>
NiP, on the other hand<\/a>, advanced to the 2-2 bracket, where they will face another 2-2 team tomorrow for a spot in the Challengers Stage of the BLAST.tv Paris Major<\/a>. If they lose, they will have one more shot of making it to France by participating in the Last Chance Qualifier. <\/p>
Related: A Polish team will compete in a CS:GO<\/em> Major for the first time in almost 5 years<\/a><\/strong><\/p>
The Parisian Major will be the last in CS:GO<\/em>, with PGL Copenhagen Major<\/a>, which is scheduled for March next year, being the first one to be played in Counter-Strike 2<\/em>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
