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The Tragedy of Kjaerbye: The Man who Abandoned the Best Team in the World

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Imagine making a career move in your best interest – and being called a snake. Imagine leaving behind a flagging roster just to see them succeed without you. Imagine going from being the youngest Major champion ever to being written off at just 21 years old.

Kjaerbye’s decision to leave Astralis for North was one of the most controversial CS:GO roster changes of all time – and between the memes, the disrespect and his quest for redemption, it continues to affect him to this day.

Written by: Alina Sotula (@Asotula)
Edited by: Connor Dunn (@ConnorDunn_)
Hosted by: Daniel Rosen (@Daniel_Rosen)

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48 comments

ImmunePi3 February 2, 2020 - 11:59 pm

Still a snake

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Cracker February 2, 2020 - 11:59 pm

Sad

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nguyễn minh hoàng February 2, 2020 - 11:59 pm

kjaerbye is the CSGO's Fly and vice versa

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MasterTovasko February 2, 2020 - 11:59 pm

I don't think it was a tragedy,maybe a bad professional decision but he probably really felt that North was the team to go to.
If he's happy at North and keeps on playing at the highest level of the game he loves, I don't ser why it should be that much of a tragedy. The same can be said about Karrigan, he left Astralis and then the team won a major,he went to Faze to the "superteam",lost in the grand final,now he's in Mousesports and doesn' seems like a favorite to take the Major…
TLDR: Kjaerbye-1 Major/ Karrigan-0 Major

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Achilles_Wing February 2, 2020 - 11:59 pm

Kjarebye went bye

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;-; February 2, 2020 - 11:59 pm

The question is would they be the best team in the world if he haven't left

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Venus Rixx February 2, 2020 - 11:59 pm

JFC competitive csgo is the most autistic thing I've ever seen

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lancaster February 2, 2020 - 11:59 pm

Well that happened with karrigan when he left astralis too

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K I R A N February 2, 2020 - 11:59 pm

So much hate on kjaerbye,i think we should respect his decisions.

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feeblemind February 2, 2020 - 11:59 pm

the sad part of that "north highlight" winning that dreamhack had nothing to do with kjaerbye and it was just MSL going off the walls on the AWP and overperforming LUL

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VAYK8 February 2, 2020 - 11:59 pm

1:12 uhhhh he was never the best on astralis

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M Ξ R I S T Λ February 2, 2020 - 11:59 pm

so, he's like darth vader ?
im not csgo player so i dont really know the hype about csgo cinderella story hha, yall should come see cinderella story on dota too, team OG vs team EG. the emotion is real

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Florian Rob Cuevas February 2, 2020 - 11:59 pm

Magisk made them the best team so what are you talking about hahahaha

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Klay More February 2, 2020 - 11:59 pm

He didnt abandon the best team in the world. He left Astralis when they werent doing very well. They only became the best team in the world a while after Magisk joined.

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Gaming XP February 2, 2020 - 11:59 pm

Scream oh nvm

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Ranjan Kumar February 2, 2020 - 11:59 pm

Hey I guess he just wanted to be on a Team where he was the STAR PLAYER… props to him for not bitching about the decision and sticking onto it till now.
He had only 2 options

1. either stay in Astralis and maybe play under the shadow of dev1ce
2. or take a LEAP OF FAITH with north, just to see himself as the star, he always wanted to be.
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and hey sometimes it works out sometimes it doesn't..BUT THAT SHOULDN'T DISCOURAGE YOU FROM TAKING THAT LEAP OF FAITH…(I think Felps from MIBR also did something similar).

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S1mpleo iOs February 2, 2020 - 11:59 pm

This Video is Completely Wrong Astralis With Kjaerbye Was Amazing Team Until The Major After They Won That Major Astralis Fell OF The Tree So He Left facts!

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furuta washuu February 2, 2020 - 11:59 pm

FLY?????

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Mika Keskikastari February 2, 2020 - 11:59 pm

Got kicked when the guys found out he cheated , told him if you leave we wont go out with this

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Spencer Martin February 2, 2020 - 11:59 pm

I don’t think winning a single tournament in like 2 years really means that he’s completed his goal. Weird spin to end the video with

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Ed Andrea Tio-ong February 2, 2020 - 11:59 pm

Nope north biggest win is on immortals

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Lewis February 2, 2020 - 11:59 pm

Lol more like CareerBye

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Robyn February 2, 2020 - 11:59 pm

wondering if astralis kicked him out because hes too obvious. ?

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James Ortega February 2, 2020 - 11:59 pm

it's like fly leaving OG.

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Tim Mortier February 2, 2020 - 11:59 pm

Thought this was the story of Fly

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NoName February 2, 2020 - 11:59 pm

Imagine be pro and play for FAKECROWD BTW

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Thordz February 2, 2020 - 11:59 pm

TOP 10 ANIME BETRAYALS

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Kenneth Pintuan February 2, 2020 - 11:59 pm

Thank you Kjaerbye.

-Magisk

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Yukari MAiG February 2, 2020 - 11:59 pm

Bad then I was shocked and like WTF? At this point tho I kinda feel bad for him, North is just…..really bad at the moment.

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Jay Kim February 2, 2020 - 11:59 pm

Nah. Magisk was one of the top aimers even before he became part of Astralis. He is basically what completed the team.

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Zaid Rahman February 2, 2020 - 11:59 pm

Imagine being Kjaerbye now. If he kill himself we're going to hold this video accountable xD

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Doge McDogeface February 2, 2020 - 11:59 pm

"I felt like I was the last piece of the puzzle"

Magisk: uno reverse card

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Sujesh Shrestha February 2, 2020 - 11:59 pm

The way you say Kjaerbye offends me ?

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David Taylor February 2, 2020 - 11:59 pm

Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Kjaerbye The Shakey? I thought not. It’s not a story the Danes would tell you.

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A Singh February 2, 2020 - 11:59 pm

His contract ran out, he went elsewhere, Majisk made Astralis better. Life is a river that cannot run backwards… enjoy the flow

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Ivan Gopnik February 2, 2020 - 11:59 pm

Magisk does the magic now

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Simply Aesthetic February 2, 2020 - 11:59 pm

He looked like Taylor Lautner in the thumbnail anyone else think that?

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DanishVikings February 2, 2020 - 11:59 pm

i just want him back on a competing roster,

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Fakez February 2, 2020 - 11:59 pm

I guess Kjaer said bye

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Himura Kenshin February 2, 2020 - 11:59 pm

Kjaerbye move was similiar to Fly for OG .. they leave was blessing on disguise for the team but sad for them their former team found immediate succes when they leave. Astralis won bunch of trophies including 3 majors with magisk and OG winning a trophies that they been missing (The Aegis) not only once but twice in a row

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Jonas Danielzik February 2, 2020 - 11:59 pm

k yeah bye

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Blurb Lupnem February 2, 2020 - 11:59 pm

Oof

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Bing February 2, 2020 - 11:59 pm

i think its one of the best thing to happen to astralis because with out him leaving i don’t think this team would be where it is today

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TheLPxxFM February 2, 2020 - 11:59 pm

The opening sequence applies to Fly and OG aswell LOL

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Gilbert Abdintara February 2, 2020 - 11:59 pm

Nobody:
Fly: Am I a joke to you??

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206ish February 2, 2020 - 11:59 pm

Never understood the confusion. At the time he left, the writing was already on the wall, give it 3-6 months of the same or worse performance and kjaerbye would be the first on the chopping block from the astralis roster, it just made sense. He wasn't doing well at the time and he was the most replaceable piece they had considering the strength of the core three and the 4th being their IGL.

It's not very tempting to sign a new contract with an org if you know the majority of the time will be spent on the bench. The fact that he didn't tell them is probably because he is young and he wanted to think his decision through before he made it and keep his door to astralis open until he closed it himself. Probably didn't think of the long-term repercussions which is expected from an 18 year old kid.

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Samdahl February 2, 2020 - 11:59 pm

Kjaerbye and dupreeh had a role clash and with him leaving it allowed dupreeh to be entryfragging which he always has been really good at. Dupreeh was a lurker when they had kjaerbye and wanted to change after a while

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cheer February 2, 2020 - 11:59 pm

why does kjaerbye look different in every shot

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