Player Spotlight: keen

Player Spotlight is a new article series that gives you the opportunity to get to know the players that are playing in BESL Pro competitions a little bit better. From historic achievements to favorite players. From their Baltic state dream team to what music and food they like. Player Spotlight has it all!

 

This week’s Player Spotlight goes to a player from Team Titan:

keen

(Twitter)

General

Name, Surname: Kristers Dārznieks

Age: 19 years old

Date of Birth: 18th of May, 2000

Nationality: Latvian

First nickname: VuDiX*

How did you come up with your current nickname: First of all it had to look cool and stylish. Second of all, I was trying to think of an adjective that could be used to explain myself. So I came up with keen. It's minimalistic and has some meaning, so it fits perfectly.

 

Career

CS:GO hours recorded: ~8000 hours

Playing CS franchise games for: ~10 years. I got introduced to CS 1.6 when I was in the 2nd grade and fell in love with it. When I finally got a PC that could run GO I couldn't keep myself from going full tryhard.

Playing in BESL Pro for: 3 seasons

BESL Pro LAN finals reached: 0 times

BESL Pro winner: 0 times

Biggest achievements in CS:GO: 1st at ESEA Main S32, qualified to ESEA Advanced, 2nd place at ESEA Intermediate S28, qualified to FPL-C, 4 times champion at GOEXANIMO LAN tournaments, 3rd-4th at BESL Pro Season 4

 

Peripherals & In-game Settings

Mouse: Steelseries Rival100

Mousepad: Steelseries QCK XXL

Keyboard: Gigabyte K83

Headset: HyperX Cloud Alpha

 

Resolution: 1024x768 Stretched

Crosshair: style “4”, size “2”, gap “-2”, thickness “0”, color “1”, zoomthickness “2”

Sensitivity: 0.887 (zoom sensitivity 0.935)

DPI: 1000

 

CS:GO

TOP5 best CS:GO Players in the world:

  1. ZywOo

  2. s1mple

  3. Twistzz

  4. EliGE

  5. Stewie2k

 

TOP5 best CS:GO Players from Baltic states:

  1. ropz

  2. YEKINDAR

  3. broky

  4. EspiranTo

  5. Bymas

 

Baltic state all-star team: hyskeee, broky, YEKINDAR, EspiranTo, Bymas

 

Favorite map: nuke. The two-story dynamic creates great action. Vent drops, sound fakes, smoke executes, lurk plays, AWP battles, shotgun BM - it has it all.

 

Least-favorite map: dust2 as it lacks depth in the strategic side of things

 

Most underrated player: YEKINDAR! Get this man to a Major!

 

Most overrated player: No comment.

 

The best AWP player in the world: I’ve heard CeRq is unreal...

 

The best AWP player in Baltic states: broky

 

The best teammate ever played with: I consider the coach as a part of the team, so I will say Gekons as I’ve had the most success (team-wise) while having him in the coach slot. Other than that, hyskeee for his in-game IQ.

 

Worst teammate ever played with: However, this goes both ways and back when I played with Gekons as a player, he would get incredibly frustrated whenever everything wasn’t down to a T. He has a very structured and team-oriented view on competitive CS and while for a coach that is positive, it definitely was a negative trait for him as a player as things just don’t always pan out in practice as they should on paper.

 

The best LAN event you’ve attended: Monster Energy GOEXANIMO CS:GO 5x5 #12 with MightyWolves! Even though we only managed to finish 3rd-4th, the real juice was our game against Esi Pirmais. An incredible rivalry with 20-30 people watching it live behind us, cheering and hyping after every play that was made. Definitely, the closest game I’ve ever had.

 

Worst LAN event you’ve attended: Can't be bothered to find which one it was but it was one of the GOEXANIMO LAN events which I attended with some really bad players. I lost to msn and then paired up with him in my future endeavors.

 

AK or SG: AK

 

M4 or AUG: M4

 

Favorite position to hold: vertigo A site. The map is so new and A site is so dynamic and fascinating.

 

Hardest bombsite to retake: dust2 B site. When enemies get situated, it becomes practically impossible to retake and if they are good enough to anticipate flash peeks and know how to set up proper crossfires, then it’s simply better to just save instead of trying to retake.

 

Worst gun in CS:GO: I don't remember the last time I saw the PP-Bizon being used, so I have to say that.

 

Win a game with bad stats or lose a game with good stats: Win a game with bad stats

 

One thing you would change about CS:GO: Have something done with Dust2 to make the map more versatile strat-wise.

 

Does age affect performance in CS:GO: Yes

 

Should VAC-banned players get a second chance: Yes

 

Best song to listen to while playing DM/Botz: The whole concert of The Prodigy at Phoenix Festival 1996

 

Best song to hype yourself up before an official game: Slaves - The Hunter and Lil Gnar - Gnarcotic Gang are hype!

 

Miscellaneous

TOP3 favorite foods:

  1. Sour Sweet Chicken

  2. Hot Sushi

  3. Spaghetti and Meatballs (/w shredded cheese)

 

Does pineapple belong on pizza? Yes

 

TOP3 favorite snacks:

  1. Any potato chips that I can dip into sour cream

  2. Canned salmon

  3. Bananas

 

Popcorn - sweet or salty? Sweet

 

TOP3 favorite beverages:

  1. Coffee

  2. Black tea

  3. Coca-Cola

 

Is Pepsi okay? Yes

 

TOP3 favorite music bands/artists:

  1. A$AP Rocky

  2. Slaves

  3. The Prodigy

 

Band/artist that you would want to see perform LIVE: I'd lose myself in a 'Slaves' moshpit.

 

TOP3 favorite songs:

  1. E-Dubble - Let Me Oh

  2. Leftover Crack - Gang Control

  3. Jazz Cartier - Rose Quartz Like Crazy

 

Music genre that you would never listen to: Country is wack, don't @ me.

 

TOP3 favorite movies/TV shows:

  1. Whiplash

  2. Mr. Robot

  3. Pursuit of Happyness

 

Movie/TV show character that you would want to hang out with: Jesse Pinkman from Breaking Bad for his kind-heartedness and empathy. Or perhaps Elliot from Mr.Robot to see all the fascinating IT stuff he could do.

 

TOP3 favorite streamers:

  1. s1mple

  2. YEKINDAR

  3. luzuh

 

Favorite game to watch on streams: CS:GO

 

TOP3 things to do outside of playing CS:GO:

  1. Study

  2. Hang out with mates

  3. Explore new things

 

The first video game you ever played: Crash Bandicoot

 

What games do you play outside of CS:GO: None

 

 

BESL Pro Season 5 is a seven-week competition between the sixteen best Baltic state CS:GO teams for their share of the €9,000 prize pool and the right to call themselves the best in Baltic states.

 

The four best teams from the online part of the competition are going to meet each other in the LAN finals happening on the 15th of February at Kipsala exhibition center in Riga, Latvia at the HyperTown Riga 2020 urban & esports festival. Visit hypertown.pro for more info about the festival and tickets.

 

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Article by: Bruno ‘Gekons’ Gailītis

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