Astralis played against FaZe Clan in the semifinals of IEM Chengdu 2024. The incident occurred on Inferno during a critical round. At that moment, there was a fierce battle between the teams for the economy, which Astralis lost due to device's game crash.
However, this is not the only occasion when device has hit his monitor during an official match. In this article, we have compiled all such moments for you.
Let's start with one of the oldest incidents where device smashed devices. It was the final match against FaZe Clan, and here Nikolai, after a powerful one-tap by Niko, struck the monitor.
Next, in the match against SK-Gaming at IEM Katowice 2018, device lost a frustrating clutch one-on-one against coldzera and also began hitting the monitor.
At IEM Winter 2021, nothing seemed amiss, but in a match between Ninjas in Pyjamas and Team Vitality, the ninjas smoothly lost a crucial round, which quickly elicited a reaction from device.
In addition to this, we all need to remember that device likes to break not only monitors but also trophies. Let's recall how he broke a trophy after winning the StarLadder Berlin Major 2019.
And now we have already come to the very moment that happened in the recent match on Inferno already in Counter-Strike 2. It is important to clarify that at this moment the device was not charged with a monitor or a computer, but with the game itself:
And finally, let's add a bit of humor. Device hits monitors not only in Counter-Strike but also in other games. For example, as in Only Up:
Despite his aggression, so far there is no known case of a monitor ever being damaged by device to the point that it would not turn on again.
But, it must be admitted that sometimes we are all a bit like device!
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