Thorin's Esports History

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gla1ve - The Fragging IGL Unicorn
gla1ve dominated with Astralis to assemble an impossible trophy case thanks to not just an epic reading ability but also a fragging capacity no other…
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Best-Of-None - Make Majors Great Again!
Majors went from the best tournaments in Counter-Strike esports to laughable and with the would-be great narratives leaking through easily addressable…
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devve the Consistent
device was once a shrinking star talent who was written off as a choker. He transformed into devve and dominated tournament placings to the point of…
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Skewed Spirit Narratives - Part 2: The ArtFr0st Counterfactual
Team Spirit escaped the narratives hung around their neck by winning the major to close the year. In part 2 I look at how not acquiring sh1ro could have…
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Skewed Spirit Narratives - Part 1: From Broken to Team of the Year
Team Spirit veered from the best team anyone had ever seen to chokers, figured out and unworthy to win a major. They ended the year at the top. In part…
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Five NAVI Red Flags Heading Into the Perfect World Shanghai Major
From map pool concerns to individual performance drop-offs to team form skids. Five reasons NAVI fans might be sweating during their team's run in…
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MODDII - Sweden's Great "What if?"
MODDII is the best Swedish 1.6 star whose name doesn't immediately spring to mind. He never even played in the semi-final of a major in 1.6 or CS:GO and…
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Tragedies of NA CS - EliGE and Twistzz Splitting Up
Europeans didn't fear NA CS:GO until EliGE's emergence was paired with rising mechanical prodigy Twistzz. Despite tearing up play-offs for years they…
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Help Us, s1mple, You’re Our Only Hope!
As ZywOo, donk and m0NESY take turns to pass the crown around, CS2 remains an unstable domain of competition. Only the true king, s1mple, and his return…
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ZywOo Was Born to AWP
ZywOo rose to the peak of CS:GO as a stellar sniper, but now seeks the number one crown as a hybrid player relying more on his rifle game. Trouble is…
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Missing MSL
As CS2 charts its own course, currently dominated by skill and aggressive star players, I mourn the lack of an MSL style leader and line-up to contest…
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karrigan's Underwhelming Good Season
Most leaders would mark down three trophies and seven finals in a row as an epic season of success. For karrigan, though, what didn't happen will haunt…
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