There’s an old tip about break-ups that as soon as you break up with someone, you should write down every single reason you can think of as to why you broke up.

Write it down and keep it safe, then any time you think about taking them back, whip it out and read it so that you don’t make a mistake.

Anyway, on a completely unrelated note, Astralis have signed cadiaN.

That means that cadiaN has been reunited (perhaps united is a strong term) with stavn and Jabbi who famously backstabbed him. Metaphorically. More like Iago than MacBeth. He’s back to leading them and looking to bring back those HEROIC vibes.

There’s… just one problem. device is already there on the AWP.

“No problem!” we hear you exclaim. “They’re going to put device back on the rifle just like the good ol’ days where he didn’t win anything!”. Wow. Unnecessary shot at device there. You guys are mean.

You’re also misguided - cadiaN is going to be rifling.

Will he be able to call as well from rifle spots, especially ones that aren’t star roles? Nobody knows. Are he and stavn best mates again? Nobody knows. Are Astralis going to finally be good? Well… we’d err on the side of ‘no’, but nobody really knows.

Oh, we should probably mention who he replaced. Much like Astralis, we’re just going to tell you it’s br0 and move on.

This means cadiaN is probably going to be the role player on this team. He won’t be the star rifler. He’s basically becoming karrigan.

Look, this is a fun move, narratively, but it asks more questions than it answers.

After this change, the starting five is:

🇩🇰 device
🇩🇰 rabbi
🇩🇰 Staehr
🇩🇰 stavn
🇩🇰 cadiaN (IGL)