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Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz (known as device and devve prior to 2016) (born September 8, 1995) is a Danish professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and former professional Counter-Strike: Source player who is currently on medical leave in Ninjas in Pyjamas. He is known as one of the best players of all time, consistently playing at a very high individual level since 2014. He currently lives in Stockholm, Sweden.
During his 5-year tenure with Astralis from January 2016, when the organization was founded by the Team Questionmark players, to April 2021, when he was acquired by NIP, dev1ce won four Majors, earned the MVP award at two of them, and won numerous other tournaments and MVP awards.
Changed his nickname from "device" to "devve" on January 2, 2016. A month later, however, he reverted back to "dev1ce" as Valve would not allow the nickname change for the Majors.
Awards
Was ranked the 20th best player of 2014 by HLTV.
Was ranked the 3rd best player of 2015 by HLTV.
Was ranked the 3rd best player of 2016 by HLTV.
Was ranked the 5th best player of 2017 by HLTV.
Was ranked the 2nd best player of 2018 by HLTV.
Was ranked the 3rd best player of 2019 by HLTV.
Was ranked the 3rd best player of 2020 by HLTV.
Was ranked the 11th best player of 2021 by HLTV.
Was ranked the 5th best player of 2016 by Thorin.
Was ranked the 5th best player of 2017 by Thorin.
Was ranked the 3rd best player of 2018 by Thorin.
Was ranked the 3rd best player of 2019 by Thorin.
Was listed on 30 Under 30 Europe 2020: Sports & Games by Forbes.
Was named the MVP of PGL CCS Kick-off Season by HLTV.
Was named the MVP of Fragbite Masters Season 4 by HLTV.
Was named the MVP of FACEIT 2015 Stage 2 Finals by HLTV.
Was named the MVP of PGL CCS Season 1: Finals by HLTV.
Was named the MVP of ECS Season 2 - Finals by HLTV.
Was named the MVP of ECS Season 5 - Finals by HLTV.
Was named the MVP of ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier 2018 by HLTV.
Was named the MVP of FACEIT Major: London 2018 by HLTV.
Was named the MVP of BLAST Pro Series: Istanbul 2018 by HLTV.
Was named the MVP of IEM Chicago 2018 by HLTV.
Was named the MVP of ECS Season 6 - Finals by HLTV.
Was named the MVP of ESL Pro League Season 8: Finals by HLTV.
Was named the MVP of BLAST Pro Series: São Paulo 2019 by HLTV.
Was named the MVP of StarLadder Berlin Major 2019 by HLTV.
Was named the MVP of ECS Season 8 - Finals by HLTV.
Was named the MVP of ESL One: Road to Rio - Europe by HLTV. [
Was named the MVP of DreamHack Masters Winter 2020: Europe by HLTV.
Was named the MVP of IEM Global Challenge 2020 by HLTV.
Was named the MVP of IEM Fall 2021: Europe by HLTV.
Won the most Majors with 4 (tied with his former teammates dupreeh, Xyp9x and gla1ve): ELEAGUE Atlanta 2017, FACEIT London 2018, IEM Katowice 2019, and StarLadder Berlin 2019.
Is one of 5 players to attend all Majors (including PGL Major Stockholm 2021), the other 4 players being: dupreeh, Xyp9x, shox, and olofmeister.
Has ranked in HLTV's Top 20 Players of the Year ranking for 8 years in a row, placing in the top 5 6 years in a row.
Has earned the most HLTV MVPs with 19 (tied with s1mple).
Previously held the record for the most HLTV MVPs earned in a single year with 7 in 2018. His record was later overtaken by s1mple who won 8 in 2021.
Has earned the most Major MVPs with 2 (tied with coldzera).
dev1ce, dupreeh, and Xyp9x form one of the longest standing Global Offensive player trios ever, lasting 7 years and 239 days. Their first partnership lasted from July 9, 2013 to September 18, 2013 (when dev1ce left Copenhagen Wolves). Their second partnership lasted from November 4, 2013 to April 23, 2021 (when dev1ce left Astralis).
