– A rookie. A guy who just turned 17 years old is the best player to ever do it in a tournament. That is crazy!
The words from Janko “YNk” Paunović on the desk of IEM Katowice said it all. The astonishing fact, that Team Spirit’s Danil “donk” Kryshkovets had just pulled off the best tournament in terms of rating of any players in the past in his S-Tier tournament debut has left the CS community in a mixed state of shock and awe of the performances of the young Russian player.
Here are some of the reactions on Twitter after the Grand Final win for Team Spirit against FaZe at IEM Katowice.
I've had a pretty long career. But I've never seen anything like this…
— Peter Rasmussen (@dupreeh) February 11, 2024
Donk could have won this event alone
— Emil Reif (@MagiskCS) February 11, 2024
best tournament performance in CS history no doubt
— ropz (@ropz) February 11, 2024
Congratulations to @Team__Spirit with winning the trophy here in Katowice. This @donk1337 kid is a problem bro?
— Håvard Nygaard (@FaZe_rainCS) February 11, 2024
I'm so rarely lost for words, it felt like there was no way to overstate the absurdity of that grand final@Team__Spirit have made one hell of a statement of intent for this year.
— MACHINE // (@MACHINEgg) February 11, 2024
Highest rated debut? Naaaa how about the joint highest big event rating ever, in what just so happened to be his debut.
The most insane individual feat you've ever seen in CS. History made. Today was the day some crazy 17 year old broke CS
WOW. Never seen anything like it
— Harry (@JustHarryGG) February 11, 2024
The next tournament for Danil “donk” Kryshkovets and Team Spirit is the European RMR tournament for the upcoming PGL Major in Copenhagen. Here Spirit is placed in Group B, which is set to start February 19th.
