dev1ce CS2 Settings

dev1ce aims with a tiny cyan crosshair that prioritizes precision over everything else. Length 1 and Thickness 1 with a tight Gap of -4 pull the lines into a small window that sits exactly on head level, which is ideal for an AWPer who holds long angles and wins duels with placement rather than spray transfers. The Classic Static style and disabled recoil follow keep the picture identical in every situation, and there is no dot cluttering the center.

The Cyan color at full Alpha 255 is a deliberate choice. It cuts through both the warm tones of Mirage and Anubis and the darker corners of Nuke, so the crosshair never gets lost mid-fight. If you play a patient, angle-heavy style, this is one of the safest pro crosshairs to copy.

dev1ce combines 800 DPI with a 0.95 sensitivity for 760 eDPI, a classic AWPer value on the calmer side of the pro average. It keeps his crosshair steady when he holds a pixel angle for half a round, while still leaving enough speed for the controlled flicks that made him famous. The 1000 Hz polling rate on his Logitech G Pro X2 Superstrike keeps every input instant, and Zoom Sensitivity stays at the default 1.00, so scoped aim feels identical to his rifle aim.

dev1ce uses the maximum viewmodel FOV of 68 on the desktop-style Presetpos 2. Offset X of 2.5 pushes the gun toward the right edge of the screen, Offset Z of -1.5 sinks it low, and disabled Bob stops the model from bouncing while he repositions between angles. The result is a completely open center of the screen, which is exactly what a sniper needs when his job is watching one lane for thirty seconds straight.

dev1ce plays on 1280x960 with 4:3 stretched scaling at full 100% brightness, making enemy models wider and easier to track in his scope. Like most pros, he keeps Global Shadow Quality on High and Dynamic Shadows on All, because shadows often reveal an opponent before their model appears. Boost Player Contrast adds extra separation between silhouettes and bright backgrounds.

The rest of the setup is tuned for frame rate. Model, shader, and particle details are on Low, and he uses a light 2x MSAA paired with Anisotropic 16x filtering to keep edges clean without taxing his PC. Two details stand out: NVIDIA Reflex stays disabled, and the FPS cap is set to a sky-high 960, so the game renders as many frames as his hardware can deliver.

Launch options are commands set in Steam (Game > Properties > Launch Options) that apply before the game even loads, unlike in-game settings or console commands. dev1ce keeps his list minimal and practical.
Here, -console opens the developer console on startup, -novid skips the intro video, and +exec myconfig.cfg automatically loads his personal config file every time the game starts.

Few players have a skin history as tied to big moments as dev1ce. His most iconic weapon is the AWP | Asiimov, the rifle he used to win the FACEIT Major London 2018 final against Natus Vincere. A fun detail: the Asiimov finish does not exist in Factory New, so Field-Tested copies with clean floats are the ones collectors chase. Later, during the Astralis years, he was also seen playing with an AWP | Gungnir, and trackers most recently linked him to an AWP | Dragon Lore valued around $13,500 in Factory New.

His knife and glove game is just as strong. dev1ce has run a Butterfly Knife | Doppler Ruby paired with Specialist Gloves | Crimson Kimono, one of the most popular red combos among pros, and earlier he carried an M9 Bayonet | Gamma Doppler Emerald for a full green setup. Pro inventories change hands often, since high-tier items are frequently borrowed from collectors, but every piece above has been documented in his hands on the big stage.

The rarest autograph sticker of this player is device (Gold) | London 2018, which trackers list from around $687 as of August 2026. It comes from the Major where Astralis crushed Natus Vincere in the final, and the autograph capsules from that event had a tiny supply, so gold signatures from London 2018 barely ever surface on the market. That combination of a title win and real scarcity is what pushes the price so high.

His other Major-era golds are far more affordable. device (Gold) | Katowice 2019 starts at roughly $140 and marks his first Major MVP performance, while device (Gold) | Berlin 2019 costs from about $47 and celebrates his second Major MVP and the completion of the Astralis three-peat. The budget option is device (Gold) | Budapest 2025, available from around $22, which documents his last Major run with Astralis before the 100 Thieves chapter.

Nicolai Reedtz was born on September 8, 1995, in Denmark and entered competitive Counter-Strike in 2013 with Copenhagen Wolves. After spells in Dignitas and TSM, he became a founding member of Astralis in January 2016, and that project turned into the greatest dynasty the game has ever seen. With dev1ce on the AWP, Astralis won four Majors, including an unprecedented three in a row from London 2018 to Berlin 2019, claimed the first Intel Grand Slam, and spent 123 weeks as the number one team in the world.

His individual resume is just as heavy. dev1ce has appeared in the HLTV Top 20 nine times, peaking at number two in 2018 behind only s1mple, and his collection of 19 MVP medals is one of the largest in history. The famous footnote is that he never took the top spot, which is why fans call him the best player to never be number one.

In 2021 he shocked the scene by joining Ninjas in Pyjamas, but health issues benched him for most of 2022. He returned to Astralis that October and slowly rebuilt, reaching the PGL Astana and FISSURE Playground 1 finals in 2025 and returning to the Major in Budapest after a three-year absence — a run that ended early with a Stage 2 exit. In January 2026 he signed with 100 Thieves alongside rain, with gla1ve coaching, and the project has already produced a Parken Challenger Championship title, a shock win over Falcons at BLAST Bounty Season 2, and a spot at the Esports World Cup. At 30, the four-time Major champion is still writing his story.