- Irritated from having his victory stolen away, Nicolai “dev1ce” Reedtz gave his monitor a smack
- This got the device malfunctioning and had the ESL Pro League game paused
- Dev1ce’s team rallied and still ended up winning the round
As Entropiq proved to be fearsome opponents, Ninjas in Pyjamas’ AWPer dev1ce broke his monitor after losing a close round.
A Strong Opposition from the Czech Team
A sudden burst of rage from Counter-Strike: Global Offensive got professional Nicolai “dev1ce” Reedtz breaking his monitor. The slightly dramatic happening occurred on September 2 during the match between dev1ce’s team, Ninjas in Pyjamas, and Entropiq during the ESL Pro League.
In that matchup, Entropiq proved to be tough opponents to their competitors and almost stole their eventual victory on several occasions. Just when it looked like Ninjas in Pyjamas were finally taking back the lead with much effort on dev1ce’s side, Entropiq’s Vladislav “Krad” Kravchenko shot dev1ce down alongside NiP’s hopes of winning the map. This got the bomb defused and the map resulted in NiP’s loss.
The Punch That Got the Game Paused
Dev1ce was too frustrated to contain himself. Despite him scoring numerous kills and doing his best in the round, it still resulted in a defeat. Dev1ce’s teammates tried to calm him down, but he was too disappointed and let his anger out by smashing his monitor with his hand.
Dev1ce definitely showed some restraint and didn’t smack the screen with all the force he had. However, it still was enough to hurt his hand and cause some damage to the monitor. The caster announced a technical timeout because of the obvious issue, and the game had to be paused until things were figured out.
The professional game was resumed in a few minutes. Ninjas in Pyjamas managed to prevail over their opponents with a final result of 2:0 with 16:14 maps for the first round and 16:9 for the second one.
Displays of anger aren’t anything new to professional gaming (and gaming as a whole, for that matter). Professionals usually show more restraint as they have an image to keep and an organization to represent. Moreover, professional equipment is rather expensive. With that said, even pros sometimes have bad days when they need to take their anger out. Considering all the stress dev1ce is probably experiencing by taking part in the esteemed ESL Pro League, his burst of rage is at least somewhat understandable.
