Zeus Criticizes Thorin After Natus Vincere's ESL One Cologne 2018 Win
By Nicholas Barth ·
The in-game leader for Natus Vincere, Danylo "Zeus" Teslenko, had some strong words for CS:GO analyst Duncan "Thorin" Shields following his team's victory at ESL One Cologne 2018.
Natus Vincere was able to continue their impressive play in the world of professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive yesterday with a championship victory over BIG in the grand finals of ESL One Cologne 2018.
Veteran Na'Vi in-game leader Zeus has received plenty of criticism for his play at times since his return to the team in 2017, as he is often at the bottom of the scoreboard for Na'Vi when it comes to statistics, and the team was not performing well even with Aleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev playing at an MVP level
However, his skill as an in-game leader has allowed him to secure multiple international championships in both CS 1.6 and CS:GO and has proven him to be a valuable member of any team he has been apart of.
This leadership ability of Zeus has now allowed the in-game leader of Na'Vi to help his team to collect three tournament victories in a row. Following his ESL One Cologne 2018 victory, Zeus took to Twitter to respond to CS:GO analyst Thorin who had delivered his own set of criticism towards the play of Zeus on July 5th.
Good thing I’m a bot winning my 3rd event in a row, while you watch our games and pretend like you know what’s going on. Since you never achieved anything signficant in CS, I don’t find your statements competent, neither do I think you’re worthy of being an analyst. No respect. https://t.co/GlwGo7bLcn
— Daniil Teslenko (@ZeusCS_GO) July 8, 2018
Responding to Thorin's comments of calling him a "bot", Zeus explained that Thorin "has never achieved anything significant in CS", he does not find Thorin's comments "competent" and that he does not believe Thorin to be "worthy of being an analyst".
Even though Thorin had criticized the individual play of Zeus, he also stated that the CS:GO veteran was a "great leader", so perhaps the two well known figures in the world of professional CS:GO will be able to put aside their differences heading forward when the emotions of winning a tournament in the "Cathedral of Counter-Strike" are not at an all time high.
Do you agree with Zeus or was his response to Thorin unwarranted? Let us know in the comments below!
(cover photo courtesy of HLTV)