May 19 Astralis announced that the team captain Lucas gla1ve Rossander goes into inactive for three months to improve health and how to relax. For 3.5 years, he led the team to four major championships: he is deservedly considered the strongest leader in CS: GO history. But few people know what he did before joining Astralis – we correct this annoying misunderstanding.
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Gla1ve; Photo: Epic Esports Events
Instead of CS, gla1ve could play football. As an esportsman admitted, in his youth he played football “at a fairly high level,” but in the end he chose CS. Even then, Rossander realized that one talent is not enough – you need to work hard to achieve heights. As you can see, he more than succeeded.
Gla1ve started in Counter-Strike with Source. Rossander began his professional career in 2010 and chose Source. This version in Denmark (as in many other European countries) was more popular than 1.6, although the most famous Danish team at that time was mTw with zonic – cut with NAVI in 1.6. Rossander spent two years at Source and during that time managed to play under the tags Reason gaming and Epsilon esports.
At the beginning of his career he was considered a cheater. The Dane told HLTV.org about this: according to him, in CS: Source, many doubted his honesty, and this very annoyed Rossander.
Over the course of a career, gla1ve has changed over 20 teams. Before Astralis, Rossander did not stay in teams for more than six months.
In the early years of his career, gla1ve played on the same team as HUNDEN. At the same time, the team (we are talking about Epsilon, and later – Copenhagen wolves) was very good: in 2012 he got into the top 3 at the then prestigious Copenhagen Games.
To count all the Astralis trophies with gla1ve, you have to work hard; source: instagram @ gla1ve_csgo
On one of the LAN, he made a scandal over a girl – he almost got into a fight with a partner, for which he was kicked out of the team. It was at the end of 2014 at the Danish GDK tournament. Then gla1ve played under the tag Copenhagen Wolves, where he was captain. Rossander wanted his girlfriend to be nearby during the matches (by the way, she is also an e-sportswoman – Julie Juliebabz Kokholm), but the vacant slot of the team manager was occupied by the passion of another team member – Nico. There are no other details about the situation, but it is known that what happened greatly infuriated gla1ve: he made a scandal, after which he got banned at GDK tournaments, was fined and kicked out of the squad.
Because of the scandal, gla1ve was thinking of ending his career in CS. After what happened gla1ve took some time to think – is it worth continuing to play? The Dane seriously planned to find a regular job: for three months he was engaged in sales by phone (and he liked it!), But in the end he realized that he wanted to achieve heights in Counter-Strike.
In the first tournament after returning, he played with a sick lung. Gla1ve suffered from pneumothorax, an accumulation of air in the pleural cavity. He was supposed to have an operation two weeks after Assembly Winter 2016, but before the semi-final the e-sportsman became much worse. Despite this, he decided to finish the match against ENCE until the end, although he was ready to replace him es3tag. As a result, the Dane scored only ten frags, and Copenhagen Wolves (yes, he returned to the team) defeatedly lost.
Gla1ve’s career went uphill when he played Heroic. In early 2016, the team was still called Team x: gla1ve was then the captain, but the role of the game leader affected his statistics: he began to sag very much. As a result, he was succeeded as captain. Snappi, and Rossander began to noticeably add, and subsequently Astralis invited him. Well, then you know.
Four times, source: instagram @ gla1ve_csgo
