Nicolai Hvilshøj Reedtz, better known as dev1ce, is a Danish professional player for Astralis. He became the first to win 4 majors in CS:GO, and to win 3 majors consecutively.
Early life
Reedtz was born and raised in Vejle, Region of Southern Denmark. He began playing video games when he was a teen with his brother as his talent was immediately noticeable. He was also an exceptional badminton player. In fact, at age 14 the big clubs in Denmark wanted him to play for them. He turned their offers down, citing a knee injury and a higher level of passion for video games.
Career
Earnings
, dev1ce has approximately earned $1,584,345.97 throughout his CS:GO career, from 127 tournaments.
2013
Reedtz’s first official CS:GO debut was with the Swedish team Fnatic as a temporary stand-in in March, 2013 in the ESL Major Series One – Spring 2013: Cup #4. After that, he started in the Copenhagen Wolves team with Nico, Cajunb, Dupreeh and Fetish. He won several small events with Copenhagen Wolves and in the DreamHack Winter 2013, the biggest event in 2013, he finished at fifth to eighth place.
2014
In February 2014 he was hired by the United Kingdom organization Team Dignitas with Cajunb, Dupreeh, Xyp9x and Fetish. Dev1ce played well with this team but never won first place in any tournament; they often won third place. He claimed the 20th place in a top 20 CS:GO players in the world of 2014.
2015
In 2015, with the same lineup, they switched to the American organization Team SoloMid. Dev1ce started with the new organization and competed in many tournaments and won the top place. He finished the year being number 3 out of the top 20 players in the world on HLTV.org.
2016/2017/2018
At the end of 2015, Device and teammates separated from Team SoloMid and continued without any organization with the same teammates in the team named Question Mark. In January 2016, they created their own organization called “Astralis” which is Device's current team. At the end of 2016, he claimed the 3rd place in top a 20 players in the world of 2016. In 2017, Astralis won the major tournamentELEAGUE Major 2017 and claimed the 1st team ranking in the world in 2017 and have been so throughout most of 2018 on HLTV.org. Device placed #2 in 2018, surpassing GeT_RiGhT's record for the most tournament MVP's earned in a single year, earning his seventh at the ECS S6 Finals.
2019-Present
Device is currently regarded as one of the best Counter-Strike players in the world, establishing an ongoing era for Astralis, having won their fourth major title and MVP title at.
