Dmitry Sokolov

Um, the, the players are playing better.

Tenya has more, like, impact in the game since Rio, and, uh, uh, Sh1ro had a really good run, like, here in Porto.

Because the sure thing is you want to win back to back to back to back event.

You can't count on one carry player.

It, it shows you how quick things can change, right? Um, but yeah.

Let's jump into question number four.

Sh1ro was the highest rated player of the final.

Who was the lowest? Spinx, XellX, or Magixx?

He's working with, like, an, yes, an incredible player in Donk, but he's got some really tricky pieces on there.

Like, what do you do with Xontix? How do you make TiN here work in the squad? Sh1ro's gonna give you some things, but he's also gonna have some deficiencies.

Similarly, if you look at the Spirit org, in theory, actually, they're min-maxing like a motherfucker with Donk.

You've got Donk, who's insane, but I doubt he's on, like, the biggest salary in Counter-Strike, by the way.

A complete liability.

TiN, you never know if he'll turn up.

Sh1ro's super pa- So I actually think, I don't think anyone's been in as crazy a 1v9 situation as Donk is most of the time.

And I actually think, especially with how scuffed the scene is, I actually don't think it's good enough to just win some t- I think you have to win a lot of tournaments when you have a player this good.

Um, but I do feel like maybe there, there is an aspect to them finally understanding some of the critique as a backroom staff, that this team needed to adapt to play a style that's more suited to his game.

Um, and maybe in Sh1ro's case, play a, a style that's a bit more, uh, involved, uh, between the two of them.

I don't know how you felt about that, but for me, that, there was a slight, a slight life to their game that I, I felt was missing in the last couple of outings.

Yeah.

Yeah

... they're below average.

Sh1ro's always a bit above average.

We need him just a bit better.

...

SizK or Sh1ro?

Sh1ro.

[laughs] No, come on.

Yeah, but you-

But come on, you can't, like...

The...

I'm, I'm being misrepresented with this Sh- Sh1ro stuff.