The signing of HUNDEN doesn’t do justice to Astralis’ legacy in CS:GO

For anyone who started following CS:GO in 2017 onwards, the name Astralis was undoubtedly associated with the word success and the Danish organization absolutely deserves the credit. Spearheaded by stars such as dev1ce and dupreeh, the all-Dane team went on to win four CS:GO Majors between 2017 and 2019, in addition to adding multiple other S-tier trophies to their gallery, while also defining the meta other teams tried to emulate during that time.

But for anyone who started watching CS:GO esports in 2021, the name Astralis isn’t directly associated with success. Not only did arguably the most feared organization in the history of Valve’s FPS fail to lift a single trophy that year, which had never happened before, but it also lost crucial pieces, first with dev1ce leaving to join Ninjas in Pyjamas in the first semester and later with the trio of dupreeh, Magisk, and head coach zonic departing to build a new project for Vitality in 2022.