Cadian Joins Astralis

[@thomasmurphy8749]

Followup video coming about how they lied about Br0 being unfit to play in order to circumvent the roster lock?

[@caged3249]

I think he was talking about it on stream recently, so it's probably coming

[@TheForesking]

Your recent piece from your Substack on the Astralis-BLAST controversy regarding Cadian is fantastic. I shared it online as I live in Denmark and interact with Danes on a daily basis. The amount of people here who have no clue or simply do not care about the shady shit Astralis has been involved in is shocking. Goes to show that even in a country where the sociocultural philosophy is that everyone should be seen as an equal, people are not willing to call out Astralis for their incompetent management and their downright immoral antics - just because of their past success and for being the biggest representatives of the Danish esports scene.

[@Lucaz99]

That’s funny to hear. Makes sense though, no matter how idyllic your culture might be or sound, we’re all humans in the end.

[@sebastiangundolf6740]

Being incompetent isn't a crime nor moraly wrong.. lying all the time to the public, making backroom deals to be favoured or being held to different standards than other orgs is ugly. It seems it doesn't even help them in this case, quite the opposite considering their roster shuffle made them face Vitality first and Spirit after.. Still I'd rather see fair competition. So we can all shut up, watch the players and talk about the games.. and no matter how it ends, there is no discussion if the results are as they should be or what would have been if they rules were enforced. Does it even matter or would the results have been the same anyways. It leaves a really bad taste and makes you wonder how this scene would be like if multiple orgs behaved this way

[@TeemuSintonen]

"Let me see how many years... Oh no, yeah my bad it was 5 months." (device IGLing) 🤣

[@zilliq-qz5uw]

36:35 "they strive now"

[@fyroe]

Exactly what I was thinking laughing to myself 😂

[@qBeYcarpet]

Marge Simpson after dev1ce says his life long dream has been to igl: "Your life long dream was to move to Sweden with your girlfriend and you did it in 2021, remember?"

[@DavidDeCorso]

lmao

[@TeemuSintonen]

@@qBeYcarpet oof...

[@RedRiverCAE]

oh shit this is gonna be a banger

[@mikevismyelement]

once again, real life much more delicious and ironic than any satire could possibly be.

[@youtubehandle102]

They strive now if you haven’t heard

[@darrenfleming7901]

I agree Richard, the best part of every single Astralis or NIP fiasco is definitely watching everyone involved have to confidently say that this was the plan all along and that they're sticking with this, only to completely walk it back and change everything like 3 weeks later. It truly never gets old.

[@OnsidePlum6]

i havent watched the video yet im gonna bet richard loves the move and says they will be a winning team

[@sebastiangundolf6740]

Richard must be the ultimate dom, considering he now stacks his subs... Happy channel sub here 🎉

[@ukaszpazera5951]

Holy Thorin-level roast with the fitness dictator Cadian asserting himself over the "Voltron of betrayal" Staun and Jabbi. Thanks for making me laugh so hard.

[@chesterwong2962]

"They're one entity now." Nice quote!

[@iliekturtles2709]

I'm so torn about this move because on the one hand, Astralis (see various Richard Lewis articles), but also wanting to see Cadian succeed. I agree with Thorin's thoughts that I don't think it will work, but I really want to. Screw you Cadian for making me root for Astralis!

[@BrockRunsFar]

Clicked so fucking fast

[@MyRevoltec]

Having the day it was streamed in the beginning is awesome!

[@trplg3921]

If I was stavn I would hide under a rock, my man owned every success in his career to cadian, betrays cadian then proceeded to join the biggest rival a truly shameful ending to maybe a truly beautiful one but who knows maybe everything works out in the end

[@Cyanoh]

Twistz: It made me appreciate Karrigan once I wasnt with him Valde years ago: Once we kicked MSL I realised how much he did actually

[@wraethcs2]

33:53 One could say hunden is so popular in Denmark they put him on a pedestal

[@marcdemontbron9657]

Brave isn't your default browser.

[@FirmlyBrandini]

I read the video title, I sit and prepare to laugh at astralis, and hope for Chadian to take the org to the depths of hell

[@kirkoids]

Lol the NA mindset! - Thank you for being a loyal customer! -

[@adarshsingh-lb3ws]

NA means?

[@ElementalDj]

@@adarshsingh-lb3wsNorth America

[@kronniichiwa9909]

Once a stabbi stab-stab, always one. Gotta watch ur back mr. Comedian.

[@tonytaylor8811]

They got 0-13'd in the vita game R.I.P

[@huh-vc5ke]

It’s so unfortunate that Cadian is suffering from Stockholm Syndrome. I wish him a quick recovery

[@zilliq-qz5uw]

Should be renamed to Copenhagen syndrome at this point

[@kentuckser3133]

This gon be gud

[@Rolilasx]

I was looking forward for this one lol

[@MatthewBarnwell-e1g]

they can drive now.

[@MakotoJay23]

Man alive

[@_sumisu]

they strive now (astralis)

[@LinhLe-rs7fr]

They couldnt get Device to Heroic. So they took Heroic to Device.

[@thegoalie5233]

I've never clicked on a video faster in my life, Rich.

[@suedo9818]

I was always told to give a firm handshake because it shows respect and also makes you seem less weak. Is Richard really bitxhing about a firm handshake…

[@Bane_Diesel]

I would like to see cadian succeed but that means Astralis would succeed.

[@morbidgod5807]

Rich plz can we have some random football rants, I understand why prem review is over but some random games you, watched or just takes on teams idk, I loved your rants on futty.

[@PrimalGG]

Anyone know who Richard was referring to in the beginning? The person that hates him at hltv

[@zilliq-qz5uw]

Striker probably ? He likes prof and chad and regularly insults striker's intelligence. Could be wrong though I'm just speculating

[@sixish]

pretty sure it's Nomad, the founder of hltv iirc. but im a bit out of the loop maybe the guy isnt even there anymore

[@NordmanTTV]

0:55-1:10 got me dead. hahaha! all cope, no hagen... that lasted about 2 days before everybody was telling me to kill myself... oh the lovely community

[@JosuaHots]

Was a bit disappointed at cadian. Considering he was in na before with his (brief) stint in rogue i was expecting him to know how na will be. But well…. Nvm what hes doing now.

[@hoxfrey9093]

20:29 man united fans 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@trevorc.3926]

What browser is Richard using? Or what extensions?

[@NollyRS]

Brave by the looks of it

[@koleking2519]

@@NollyRS based brave users

[@shouk_o]

@@koleking2519 i wanted to like brave, but 30 percent cpu usage on videos is outragously high.

[@Bane_Diesel]

47:52 Richard I don’t know if you saw this but speaking of Stabby vs Jabbi. Scrawny screwed up during blast and called him stabby while casting at the start of the Vitality game. Lau was laughing his ass off.

[@duleduki3733]

31:18

[@bamlee6168]

What if, in the inevitable collapse of this new lineup, stabbi this time sides with cadian after he tells them "Guys, you know how good we were when I was awping. Sure, device is good, but he really only farms eco kills. I get the impact kills." and then, finally free from the yoke of astralis, device gets to play with his old leader karrigan once more, who revives his career as a goat awp and faze go on to win everything.

[@kutagen]

Device for broky is a move i can get behind.

[@bamlee6168]

@@kutagen If by that time we're sunsetting rain, broky could even stay as a rifler/2nd AWP whenever he's going off. Could probably slot into rains positions well enough with how aggro/clutch he is.

[@kutagen]

@@bamlee6168 Nah, rain is here to stay. My man can go another decade, everyone thinks they can play entry until they actually have to entry. Same with IGL, looks easy from the outside.

[@bamlee6168]

@@kutagen Fair enough, whenever rain top frags they usually just win. Probably also adds a lot to the team chemistry just by being chill af.

[@zephh_sk]

These videos are great but the rampant usage of light mode across various websites is inexcusable

[@TeemuSintonen]

Just imagine the level of dread and paranoia that device must have been under if he tried to alpha handshake ya boi Richard Lewis. The CS2 journalist! Such a pathetic and weak move that I'm in total disbelief.

[@azimaini]

hello richard i cant believe u read every hate comment i feel so heard!

[@wil2791]

RL, What if what Stabbi and Cadian put on was all for show to get out of Heroic? And this was the plan all along, to get onto Astralis w/ Device

[@Bobinthemirror]

Br0-13

[@Rusty_Justice]

The second biggest diva in esports isn't a very good igl. I'm shockeddd

[@alexs5368]

Whos the biggest? Just curious

[@Rusty_Justice]

@@alexs5368 rekkles

[@yeahno555]

​​​​@@alexs5368 Leffen. Easily. A non-CS answer but if you know anything about fighting games, you'll know Leffen is the definition of a diva. Complains when events aren't run the way he likes, complains when characters he doesn't like are good , complains when nerfs hit, etc etc. He also went to extreme lengths to make sure someone he didn't like received a lifetime ban, despite it coming out that he himself has hidden demons for quite a long time. One of the people that says "I changed, that was a decade ago", but doesn't allow others to have the same "change".

[@Sam-es2gf]

@@alexs5368 it's gotta be simple. just imagine if he was igl, lol

[@willj5702]

@@alexs5368

[@david.p240]

[@mainy1984]

Nothing to see here >.

[@da_beast4553]

1st

[@Kenobeno]

Nah

[@GreifvogelSGE]

I've always been a fan of you - especially as a host, but also as a journalist. But god you're such an egocentric... it took you 50 seconds to make this about yourself

[@shouk_o]

richard, Could you tell me what you think on kliksphilip?