Player Nicolai Hvilshøj Reedtz (device) in CS: GO

device is a Danish pro gamer who managed to earn over a million dollars in his career, which is an excellent result even for fairly well-known CS: GO players.

He is rightfully one of the brightest representatives of the young generation of CS fans in Denmark. His young age does not prevent him from remaining one of the best CS gamers and the most promising pro from Denmark over the past several years. Nikolai owes his fame, first of all, to his incredible playing skills. In 2018, he became the second in the CS: GO discipline, and in 2019 – the first in the world.

Name	Nicolai Hvilshøj Reedtz
Date of birth	08.09.1995
Country	Denmark
Where he played	Copenhagen Wolves, heroic, Copenhagen Wolves, über G33KZ, Team Dignitas, Team SoloMid, Ex-TSM, Astralis
Role	AWPer
Сurrent team	Astralis
Discipline	CS:GO

Biography of Nicolai Hvilshøj Reedtz

The current pro CS: GO player device became interested in esports thanks to CS: Source, but in 2012 he began to master a new discipline for himself – CS: GO. Although Nikolai did not manage to achieve much success in the first version of the “counter-strike”, in the new one, he managed to play better and better, thanks to which he began to be noticed and invited to more serious teams. In particular, he defended the colors of such teams as Team Dignitas, Copenhagen Wolves, and Team SoloMid. As a result, in 2015, he has named the best gamer in Denmark.

In 2016, device and its Ex-TSM teammates received sponsorship and organized a completely new Astralis team. In 2018, the gamer became the champion of the Major event in the Astralis lineup. Moreover, lately, he has been in the top 10 counter-strikers of the planet every year.

device’s config CS GO

This is the standard config for device. To apply these settings, first, download the game in your Steam account.

device’s launch options

device’s launch parameters for the CS GO are as follows:

-console -novid -high +tickrate 128 +clientport 27020

device’s CS GO crosshair settings

device uses current crosshair CS GO settings:

• Cl_crosshairsize 2;
• Cl_crosshairstyle 4;
• Cl_crosshairusealpha 1;
• Cl_crosshairthickness 0;
• Cl_fixedcrosshairgap -2;
• Cl_crosshair_outlinethickness 0;
• Cl_crosshair_drawoutline 0.

This commands should be used in console.

device’s CS GO graphics settings

Screen resolution: 1024 x 768 (4: 3).

Refresh rate: 240 Hz.

device’s tactics

Judging by the video of the matches with Nikolay’s participation, for device CS GO, it is an opportunity to calmly and methodically shoot opponents from a conveniently occupied position. Unlike active snipers like FalleN, device rarely resorts to frequent position changes and aggressive tactics on the map. Rather, he is a classic representative of the “camping” sniper.

How many hours does device spend in CS: GO?

There is no doubt that the Dane has played for thousands of hours. Unfortunately, his privacy settings on Steam account do not allow to find out the exact figure.

device’s CS: GO training process

For device, CS GO is primarily aim training. And he trains him accordingly: on maps like training aim csgo2 or fast aim/reflex training.

Transfers

During his professional career, device has been a member of several eSports teams: Copenhagen Wolves, Heroic-eSports, Team Dignitas, Team SoloMId, Ex-TSM, Astralis.

device has the largest number of appearances in his current team Astralis, with which he has played more than 500 official matches. In 2017, the team made it to the global elite of the CS scene and is now one of the world’s best. What is their winrate: 72% of victories is a real record on the PRO-scene.

How much did device earn in his career?

For device, CS GO is not only great entertainment but also a decent source of income. As is well known, gamers’ salaries are pretty good. This allowed him to collect a total of $ 1,782,101 prize money.

Friends and personal life

For the device, CS: GO is by far the main hobby in his life. Almost all of his free time, one way or another, is associated with training and performances.

At the same time, he is not alien to purely human affections. For example, it is known that in almost all rosters, he played with dupreeh, who is his CS partner and just his best friend.

Curious facts about device