dev1ce
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dev1ce
Player Information
Name:
Nicolai Hvilshøj Reedtz
Nationality:
Born:
September 8, 1995 (age 29)
Status:
Years Active (Player):
2009 – 2021
2022 – Present
2022 – Present
Role:
Team:
Alternate IDs:
device, devve, Sundevice
Approx. Total Winnings:
$2,108,178
Links
History
Counter-Strike: Source
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012-05-05 – 2012-07-13
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2013-01-18 – 2013-03-09
2013-05-?? – 2013-09-18
2013-11-04 – 2013-12-08
2013-12-08 – 2014-02-16
2014-02-16 – 2015-01-25
2015-01-29 – 2015-12-03
2015-12-03 – 2016-01-18
2016-01-18 – 2017-11-22
2017-11-22 – 2018-01-11
Astralis (Inactive)
2018-01-11 – 2021-04-23
2021-04-23 – 2021-12-13
2021-12-13 – 2022-10-27
Ninjas in Pyjamas (Inactive)
2022-10-27 – Present
Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz (known as device and devve prior to 2016) (born September 8, 1995) is a Danish professional Counter-Strike 2 player and a former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Counter-Strike: Source player who is currently playing for Astralis as the AWPer. He is known as one of the best players of all time, consistently playing at a very high individual level since 2014. Nicolai briefly took up the mantle of in-game leading in February 2024, before resigning from the role on September 17, 2024. [1]
During his 5-year tenure with Astralis from January 2016, when the organization was founded by the Team Questionmark players, to April 2021, when he was acquired by NIP, dev1ce won four Majors, earned the MVP award at two of them, and won numerous other tournaments and MVP awards.
Gear and Settings[edit]
Mouse Settings [2][3] (list of)
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Mouse | eDPI | DPI | Polling Rate | Sensitivity | Zoom | Raw Input | ||||||
ZOWIE EC2 | 800 | 400 | 1000 Hz | 2 | 1.1 | On | ||||||
Updated as of 2021-04-23 (1429 days ago) |
Mouse Settings [2][3] (list of) (calculate)
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Mouse | Curvature | Circumference | Mouse Setup | Sensitivity | Zoom | Raw. | ||||||
ZOWIE EC2 | 1056 MPI 0.693 deg/mm | 20.5 in/rev 52 cm/rev | 400 DPI @ 1000 Hz | 2 | 1.1 | On | ||||||
Updated as of 2021-04-23 (1429 days ago) |
Hardware[2][3] (list of) |
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Mouse | Mousepad | ||
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ZOWIE EC2 | ![]() |
Logitech G640 |
Monitor | Refresh rate | In-game resolution | Scaling | |
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ZOWIE XL2546 | 240 Hz | 1280×960 | Stretched |
Keyboard | Headset | ||
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Logitech G PRO X | ![]() |
HyperX Cloud II |
Last updated on 2021-04-23 (1429 days ago). |
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Crosshair Settings [4] (list of) | |||||||||||
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Style | Size | Thickness | Sniper | Gap | Outline | Dot | Color | Alpha | |||
4 | 1.9 | 0 | 1 | -2.1 | No | No (0 ) | Custom (5 ) | 255 | |||
Updated as of 2023-02-26 (755 days ago) |
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Sharecode | CSGO-4N7Nk-GqUXY-FAjqX-AAo78-DHPYE |
Commands | cl_crosshairalpha 255; cl_crosshaircolor 5; cl_crosshaircolor_r 0; cl_crosshaircolor_g 255; cl_crosshaircolor_b 0; cl_crosshairdot 0; cl_crosshairgap -2.1; cl_crosshairsize 1.9; cl_crosshairstyle 4; cl_crosshairusealpha 1; cl_crosshairthickness 0; cl_crosshair_sniper_width 1; cl_crosshair_outlinethickness 1; cl_crosshair_drawoutline 0; |
Achievements[edit]
Date | Placement | Tier | Type | Tournament | Team | Result | Prize | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2019-12-14 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | ![]() | BLAST Pro Series: Global Final 2019 | 2 : 0 | $350,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019-09-08 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | ![]() | StarLadder Berlin Major 2019 | 2 : 0 | $500,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019-03-03 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | ![]() | Intel Extreme Masters XIII - Katowice Major 2019 | 2 : 0 | $500,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018-12-09 | 1st | Points | Offline | ![]() | Intel Grand Slam Season 1 | 4/4/0 | IGS | $1,000,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018-09-23 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | ![]() | FACEIT Major: London 2018 | 2 : 0 | $500,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018-07-29 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | ![]() | ELEAGUE Premier 2018 | 2 : 0 | $500,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018-05-20 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | ![]() | ESL Pro League Season 7 - Finals | 3 : 1 | $250,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017-06-16 | W | Showmatch | Offline | ![]() | ELEAGUE Clash for Cash: The Rematch | 2 : 1 | $250,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017-01-29 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | ![]() | ELEAGUE Major Atlanta 2017 | 2 : 1 | $500,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016-12-11 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | ![]() | Esports Championship Series Season 2 - Finals | 2 : 0 | $250,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
About achievementsComplete Results in any Tournament |
Trivia[edit]
Personal[edit]
- Changed his nickname from "device" to "devve" on January 2, 2016. A month later, however, he reverted back to "dev1ce" as Valve would not allow the nickname change for the Majors. [5][6]
Awards[edit]
- Was ranked the 20th best player of 2014 by HLTV. [7]
- Was ranked the 3rd best player of 2015 by HLTV. [8]
- Was ranked the 3rd best player of 2016 by HLTV. [9]
- Was ranked the 5th best player of 2017 by HLTV. [10]
- Was ranked the 2nd best player of 2018 by HLTV. [11]
- Was ranked the 3rd best player of 2019 by HLTV. [12]
- Was ranked the 3rd best player of 2020 by HLTV. [13]
- Was ranked the 11th best player of 2021 by HLTV. [14]
- Was ranked the 11th best player of 2023 by HLTV. [15]
- Was ranked the 5th best player of 2016 by Thorin. [16]
- Was ranked the 5th best player of 2017 by Thorin. [17]
- Was ranked the 3rd best player of 2018 by Thorin. [18]
- Was ranked the 3rd best player of 2019 by Thorin. [19]
- Was listed on 30 Under 30 Europe 2020: Sports & Games by Forbes.
MVPs[edit]
- Was named the HLTV MVP of 19 tournaments:
- PGL CCS Kick-off Season [20]
- Fragbite Masters Season 4 [20]
- FACEIT 2015 Stage 2 Finals [20]
- PGL CCS Season 1: Finals [20]
- ECS Season 2 - Finals [21]
- ECS Season 5 - Finals [22]
- ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier 2018 [23]
- FACEIT Major: London 2018 [24]
- BLAST Pro Series: Istanbul 2018 [25]
- IEM Chicago 2018 [26]
- ECS Season 6 - Finals [27]
- ESL Pro League Season 8: Finals [28]
- BLAST Pro Series: São Paulo 2019 [29]
- StarLadder Berlin Major 2019 [30]
- ECS Season 8 - Finals [31]
- ESL One: Road to Rio - Europe [20]
- DreamHack Masters Winter 2020: Europe [20]
- IEM Global Challenge 2020 [20]
- IEM Fall 2021: Europe [32]
Records[edit]
- 2nd most Majors won (4).
- Most Major MVP awards (2).
- Tied with coldzera.
- Most playoffs appearances at Valve Majors (15).
- Tied with dupreeh.
- Most appearances in HLTV's Top 20 Players of the Year ranking (9).
- Tied with NiKo.
- 2nd most top 5 appearances in HLTV's Top 20 Players of the Year ranking (6).
- 2nd most top 3 appearances in HLTV's Top 20 Players of the Year ranking (5).
- Tied with s1mple.
- 2nd most consecutive appearances in HLTV's Top 20 Players of the Year ranking (8).
- Tied with s1mple.
- Most consecutive top 5 appearances in HLTV's Top 20 Players of the Year ranking (6).
- Tied with ZywOo.
- 2nd most HLTV MVP awards in a calendar year (7).
- dev1ce, dupreeh, and Xyp9x form one of the longest standing Global Offensive player trios ever, lasting 7 years and 239 days. Their first partnership lasted from July 9, 2013 to September 18, 2013 (when dev1ce left Copenhagen Wolves). Their second partnership lasted from November 4, 2013 to April 23, 2021 (when dev1ce left Astralis).
Features[edit]
- device's first six months in NIP by king_dempz of HLTV 2021-10-23 |
Highlights[edit]
HLTV[edit]
Other[edit]
Interviews[edit]
Gallery[edit]
dev1ce at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024: European RMR B with Astralis
dev1ce at IEM Cologne 2023 with Astralis
dev1ce at PGL Major Stockholm 2021 with Ninjas in Pyjamas
dev1ce at IEM Cologne 2021 with Ninjas in Pyjamas
dev1ce at IEM Katowice 2020 with Astralis
dev1ce at ESL Pro League Season 10: Finals with Astralis
dev1ce at ESL One: Cologne 2019 with Astralis
dev1ce at IEM Katowice Major 2019 with Astralis
dev1ce at ESL Pro League Season 8: Finals with Astralis
dev1ce at IEM Sydney 2018 with Astralis
dev1ce at PGL Major Kraków 2017 with Astralis
dev1ce at IEM Sydney 2017 with Astralis
dev1ce at ESL Pro League Season 4 - Europe with Astralis
dev1ce at ESL Expo Barcelona with Astralis
dev1ce at Fragbite Masters Season 5 with ?
dev1ce at DreamHack Valencia 2015 with Team SoloMid
dev1ce at Fragbite Masters Season 3 with Team Dignitas
dev1ce at DreamHack 2014 Invitational I with Team Dignitas
dev1ce at EMS One Summer 2013 Finals with Copenhagen Wolves
References[edit]
- ↑ Anders Funder (2024-09-17). "Astralis Sign Star Player cadiaN as New IGL". Astralis.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 dev1ce - CS:GO - NIP Player
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ninjas in Pyjamas (2021-04-25). "Dev1ce's first day as a Ninja! | NIP BACKSTAGE".
- ↑ "BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR Closed Qualifier A". HLTV. 2026-02-26.
- ↑ devve (2016-01-02). "I'm now "devve"".
- ↑ PHedemark (2016-02-01). "That's what happens when you work with a teenager".
- ↑ Tgwri1s (2015-01-01). "Top 20 players of 2014: device (20)". HLTV.
- ↑ stich (2016-01-18). "Top 20 players of 2015: device (3)". HLTV.
- ↑ LucasAM (2017-01-18). "Top 20 players of 2016: device (3)". HLTV.
- ↑ MIRAA (2018-01-14). "Top 20 players of 2017: device (5)". HLTV.
- ↑ Professeur (2019-01-20). "Top 20 players of 2018: device (2)". HLTV.
- ↑ LucasAM (2020-01-18). "Top 20 players of 2019: device (3)". HLTV.
- ↑ Professeur (2021-01-18). "Top 20 players of 2020: device (3)". HLTV.
- ↑ LucasAM (2022-01-12). "Top 20 players of 2021: device (11)". HLTV.
- ↑ Striker (2024-01-05). "Top 20 players of 2023: device (11)". HLTV.
- ↑ Thorin (2016-12-30). "Thorin’s Top 10 CS:GO Players of 2016". Dot Esports.
- ↑ Thorin (2018-01-01). "Thorin’s Top 10 CS:GO Players of 2017". Dot Esports.
- ↑ Thorin (2019-04-27). "Thorin’s Top 10 CS:GO Players of 2018". Dexerto.
- ↑ Thorin (2020-01-08). "Thorin's Top 5 CS:GO Players of 2019". Do Not Peek Entertainment.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 20.5 20.6 "Nicolai 'device' Reedtz's CS:GO Player Profile". HLTV.
- ↑ Professeur (2016-12-12). "device: AWPing brings some calmness". HLTV.
- ↑ MIRAA (2018-06-10). "device wins ECS Season 5 MVP award". HLTV.
- ↑ MIRAA (2018-07-29). "device claims ELEAGUE Premier MVP award". HLTV.
- ↑ MIRAA (2018-09-23). "device claims FACEIT Major MVP award". HLTV.
- ↑ Striker (2018-09-29). "device wins BLAST Pro Series Istanbul MVP award". HLTV.
- ↑ MIRAA (2018-11-11). "device scoops IEM Chicago MVP award". HLTV.
- ↑ MIRAA (2018-11-25). "device claims ECS Season 6 MVP award". HLTV.
- ↑ MIRAA (2018-12-09). "device claims EPL Season 8 Finals MVP award". HLTV.
- ↑ Striker (2019-03-23). "device clinches BLAST Pro Series São Paulo MVP award". HLTV.
- ↑ MIRAA (2019-09-08). "device wins StarLadder Major MVP award". HLTV.
- ↑ Striker (2019-12-02). "device claims fourth ECS MVP award". HLTV.
- ↑ Professeur (2021-10-10). "device secures first MVP with NIP at IEM Fall Europe". HLTV.
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