The Story of Twistzz

[Music] he was just this young raw insane talent who's probably going to be one of the best players in the name twist they're looking up they're not even looking down they don't clear the corner and almanac had no idea twists what has like an incredible amount of talent and just a lot of work ethic position now for the peak on destiny beautiful stuff towards the end absolutely glorious clutch from twist twist is he's an insane bragger man every event he's just delivering and luring and twisting the corner there should be no way out my god how has he done it picking up a quick triple and he's going to win the round absolutely godlike i remember i was showing her like video clips of like esl cologne i remember telling her like if you let me pursue like pursue this i'll be there one day he peeked out ak available he's going to grab it on the run and he's got the bomb he's got armor this is a straight one on two but alex is close twist he fights about somehow a third he's got confidence in his name and he sees it once and twist shows us all the maple syrup is just another form of liquid otherwise it has to be on the a site they're gonna wrap back at least he does enough damage though that gives twist the chance crimson slow and twist will close out the round i don't know i was just never happy life how outside of the computer wasn't that good he's got nothing to work with except this rifle he gets the headshot turning it around and no he picks it up it's over time straight into the hot and out to the a site already getting locked out of his twist ridiculously four headshots the guy's skill level is unbelievable for me in terms of pure skill he's the enemy equivalent to simple this is the guy who's just superlative in terms of what he's able to do oh my god he's done it a twist indeed because liquid are gonna pick up a round they had no business winning growing up in kelowna british columbia video games were a huge part of russell twist van dulken's family life i think it was a way to build like a fall or song bond like we i don't know we played like everything together like even even rock band i feel like it was the best way i could connect with him if he wasn't playing games he was working twist spent much of his childhood watching his dad play video games and it started playing quake himself my first fps was quake i don't know what happened but i think they just let me uh play quake with him because he they knew it's like i was always watching him he had a big influence on me playing video games i mean he's the one that basically started it for me and then when twist was 13 his father who'd already been separated from his mother for some time moved away entirely it felt as if twists had lost his best friend so like she didn't care if i was like constantly sitting there playing games somewhat didn't care if i was like not doing my homework all she cared about was seeing me laugh and see me have fun on my pc and seeing me be myself because i was not myself like at school or around other people since his days in elementary school twist had been the victim of bullying in school i was bullied a lot throughout most of my middle school years i mean i was only in high school for one year so i can't really say anything about that i don't know i was just never happy but after moving in with his mom and her boyfriend twists turned his attention to a new game [Music] ces quickly became twist's newest obsession and served as an escape from the perils of his everyday life her weight her like vision on like me playing games always was like it was like a babysitter for me while twist's mother was happy to see him so invigorated her boyfriend didn't understand twist's love for the game and it wasn't long before that lack of understanding turned into verbal abuse so even when i went home i felt like i was still being judged and bullied like no matter what i did fearing for their safety they packed their bags and left it was only then when he and his mother had fashioned a new healthier home life that twists was able to throw himself into counter-strike completely probably the best thing that my parents did for me or was my mom was to let me play like every day because she thought like the computer was like my babysitter and that she always knew where i was and i was never in trouble so that's one thing that i'm probably most thankful for is she just let me sit there for 10 to 12 hours a day playing video games by the time he was 14 twists had already made a name for himself in the north american cs scene and was regarded as something of a prodigy he joined tectonic in october 2015 before making his esl pro league debut with team agg in early 2016 making him the first professional player to be born after the creation of the original counter-strike mod and then in march of 2016 it happened twists got his first break and joined team solomid's new north american roster you want to see if someone's difficult because my mom looked at this contract and didn't really know what to do as like a parent figure because like she saw a bunch of things she's like salary she saw like a time frame and i remember i was showing her like video clips of like esl cologne and everything like the stage i remember telling her like if you let me pursue like pursue this i'll be there one day like i'll work so hard for this so let me do it his first stop the ecs season one finals and a foreshadowing face-off against astralis i feel that twists and sick are two of maybe four or five players that i really think are going to be the the next stars of the na scene and the twists obviously because he he's only 16. in twist's first ever round at an international land he found himself in a 1v2 against device and dupree everyone was looking at twists to prove himself and well quick that will help his device hits the shots far off twist the young player on tsm too young even for the e-league can't manage to land it so they'll get the full 10 second defuse and astralis will pick up the first round the worst part is that it happened again not two rounds later one versus two only 19 hp to work with there we go then twist 19 hp needs to be to the side together there it is win the round but this kid had some fight in him he opens up the map there for tsm gets the first entry kill on the drop down area picks up the off as well gets the second is twist another three kills with him great performance so far tsm went on to beat astralis and despite losing to an unstoppable luminosity in the main event landed themselves a top four finish still in awp to go against him and cold's gonna win the angle 16 14 it is in luminosity right through to the right straight through excuse me to the grand finals you say goodbye to tsm but what a tournament it's been for them what a fairy tale story turning up the complete underdog no i expected anything from them unfortunately tsm would never achieve anything of note after that and twists spent the next six months training while he waited for another opportunity similar to that of his teammate automatic who'd been given the chance to join cloud9 in august come april 2017 he got it following the players rights debacle that took place earlier that year in which twists and his teammates left tsm in order to continue playing with sean guerras on misfits he was offered the chance to join team liquid it's a dream come true to be playing on team liquid being a 17 year old player and playing on a tier one team feels great i feel like i'm actually the youngest player playing at this like like competition levels makes me feel like i have something to prove against like tier one europeans following the departure of their ukrainian phenom simple liquid were eager to usher in yet another soon-to-be superstar a prodigy who would blossom into cs go's next world-class talent and as far as liquid were concerned that player was twists my impression of twist before he joined the team was that he was just this young raw insane talent who's probably going to be one of the best players in nate i know eventually he's going to be super super good probably like the best player in any by far you know maybe a few months or so guys going places he's gonna definitely be in the top of any or if not the world on paper liquid had the potential to be a top level team and they were at first as they're completely and surrounded will flank it liquid to the finals cloud nine to play off against faze one north american team through and for the second week in a row they take down the number one rated team in the world the issue was that they were inconsistent after making top four at the esl pro league season five finals they took second at both esg mykonos and esl one new york then in a stunning turn of events they bombed out of the e-league premiere and epicenter over the course of 2017 it became apparent that liquid had the pieces to be one of the world's best but they simply couldn't figure out how to put them together their in-game leader stanislaw wasn't quite meshing with the team's play style and jdm wasn't the opera he once was despite cracking into the top tier at a slew of premier events twists simply couldn't carry his teammates to a championship still he was putting up staggering performances and was quickly developing a reputation for being one of the most underrated players in the game come the new year liquid's humiliating 12th 14th finish at the boston major made it clear that the team was in desperate need of a change they kicked jdm in favor of naf and having had virtually no time to practice they made their mark at cs summit 2. still no kids anywhere oh my god he's going to find the kit he's not going to get a 10 second defusing oh there it is nitro with a white okay to finish things off and liquid are your cs summit two champions coming to the starladder season four finals twists had approached new levels of insanity straight into the heart and out to the east side already getting locked out of a twist ridiculously four headshots you have to run through a molotov steel on the site that's an easy kill and everyone's just kind of stopped cold and now twist the magnificent van dulken with a magnificent double kill and they're gonna keep doing this twist we'll get one more headshot there he is with a double looking for the triple he's such a good pistol player and that's gonna leave guardian in the open one versus two twist will take him down having benched stannis lost several months earlier liquid recruited steel in his stead before enlisting the help of one of the game's most accomplished support players taco is a two-time major champion 11-time world champion i don't know how many finals he's been in we couldn't find someone more experienced for the one-to-one trade in the role with taco at their side liquid quickly solidified themselves as north america's strongest roster and through it all twists was becoming the superstar everyone predicted he would [Music] by april 2018 everything pointed towards liquid finally becoming a true international contender one of the best rosters in the world the problem was that counter-strike was about to enter a starry new era one in which the best liquid could ever hope for was second place back-to-back pro league martial season seven chicago and now for the first time ever at home season eight i've strolled into the champions of esl pro league and for the first time in history the best of all [ __ ] time until grand slam it destroys going into the london major twists had lost three consecutive grand finals to astralis so when he matched up against them in the semi-finals he was hoping to change the narrative so they know how we play uh as long as said in interviews it seems like we're just a replica of them and that's because we didn't have much time to practice this time around if we get them the three of stage i think we're gonna beat them but astralis were unstoppable nap versus zips m4 in hand one smoke to work with there's a kit inside of the site but he's gotta find that in zipfix he could play the sound you can sit this back smoke goes on it not on the kid he's gonna have to try and play this ten seconds has to take the fight and zips got it instead to defend the ramp first makes a little bit of noise here he's trying to bait in his teammate there you can see it's zip x on the left hand side they're trying to work together first kill successful for the cts it's all falling apart ramp is the tightest choke point on the map got to be very careful up against those czed zip x he'll find the bomb no mistake about it taco's neither where where that came from and just going to go up forth as well as he catches out twist he could start this off with an ace it would be hard to imagine nitro even gives him the chance as he gets glaive down at the very least balm committed to the site no chance to retreat back for nitro [Applause] just crowds crawling for it one versus three and he nails it that is a beautiful start it quickly became apparent that if astralis hadn't transformed into the greatest team in cs go history liquid would probably be the number one in the world the issue is that even when they weren't playing astralis liquid couldn't win a grand final to save their lives he knows where the bomb is he knows there's a smoke on it he's got it no he doesn't he doesn't sonny's got away with it now sports win it the battle of brooklyn and they're back to winning after the roster change after so much work and his heartbreak for liquid mouse sports and esl one despite earning his first mvp medal at the esl one new york final twists couldn't prevent liquid from suffering an unlikely defeat at the hands of mouse never has there been an mvp portrait in which the recipient looked this disappointed twist went on to lose two more grand finals to astralis before the end of 2018 but was still ranked among hltv's top players of the year twists he hasn't got that much excuse in the game still and what's more you look at him as a player the guy is 19 years old he can conceivably get even better if you look at what's happened to the path of the really god-like european players like simple twists can potentially ascend to that level by now liquid had realized that if they were to put an end to the danish super team's dynasty they would need to shake things up [Music] as i'm sure many of you have heard we are making a couple roster changes the main thing to discuss of course is the trade between zeus and taco for stewie2k is there any like huge changes between taco and stew what do you think is the biggest difference uh probably uh stewie's more i guess of a natural leader so he's a lot to stay usually he doesn't hold anything back so far i think actually since stewie joined uh nick's leading has been way better following a victory at eye by power masters that some in the scene discounted i hate the fact that people degrade our win that our power so much just because some shitty stage doesn't mean that it was the real game of cs and we beat them fair and tour man like we played our hearts out that game twists prepared for a repeat performance at the iem katowice major unfortunately with everyone so fixated on beating astralis no one saw the northern lights flashing in the sky this could be all she wrote for liquid 20 seconds left and ali chipped in for a third out of four heads of diamond they pulled off the upset the better team today and ants eliminates a tournament favorite right at the start of the playoffs following their stunning fifth eighth finish at the major liquid seemed to lose a little bit of the momentum they built up after finally beating astralis at eye by power in fact come the grand finals of blast pro series sao paulo it looked as if liquid had never beaten them at all real challenge will be device posted up with the opt drops nitro first hits the second shot i mean closing the distance and getting that bomb in is one thing but you need the numbers still up from coffins looks to load liquid into it sees the shadow easy pickup now it's 2v2 remember 2v4 from the get-go both these teams hiding behind barbecue dupree's position could very well go unchecked and the counter-terrorists they're just going to try to cover the smoke neither no and now he's going to wildly spray but the player can't find the bomb twist has given it up twist missed his chance to clutch and that is ten for astralis i didn't even believe it you know i really i really didn't running out of options running out of time running out of wiggle room wave easy 2k he's even going to back himself a third they just feed themselves into the m4 but then something important happened astralis made a conscious decision to lighten their hectic tournament schedule skipping certain events in favor of others for astralis this was an opportunity to take a breather for liquid it was an opportunity to pounce the thing is despite being regarded by many as the best player in north america twists had never actually won a tier one tournament but that all changed at iem sydney but now it's gonna be stewie it has to get aggressive good find on the first one best chance for liquid and it's a one-on-one smoking when he fires into it and times it perfectly let's just spawn out both gets the information used for bro lane to back off he finds the head shots as he seems to do consistently on pistols but two rolling downs crims next bombs going forward they have to get the kill on crimson twists he's not falling off in this grand final he does exactly that his 17th kill catching up tonight who leads on 19. peter i remind you we need half that canadian flag back is exist he wants to rap back through nade to do damage nitro won't have 100 anymore he's down to 71. he's alone exists getting no armor he's the tactical mind in this but he's got the incredible merely got the aim on the twists but he finds it twists still wait till peak bro lance spotted he's got the c set and he's gone it's all on the jw smoked away and it's done finally finally liquid get there not to the grand slam [Applause] the first of four they'll go after the first tier one event and stewie is the answer it turns out after all sure twist had earned his first tier one championship and a second mvp medal but there was one caveat astralis had decided to skip that tournament dreamhack masters dallas played out similarly to iem sydney and he detects threat now he can send players on the other side there's gonna be a kill for twist surely he gets the first is this where it ends aloe in a three versus one but he's got the kill and liquid habit they've got the championship they've got masters and two in the intel grand slam it created what felt like a tectonic shift in the world of counter strike after spending 406 days at the top of the world ranking astralis had lost their spot to liquid but like sydney astralis hadn't attended dreamhack masters dallas so come esl pro league season 9 finals the first tier 1 tournament in which both liquid and astralis would be in attendance it felt as if twists had more to prove than ever before if you're liquid and you go into this game you have to realize wait wait a minute this is our chance this is now the beast is bleeding we are feeling great if we beat them maybe we have a chance at the third notch in the grand slam and we can win the tournament that has to play into your mind well it's pulled everyone away from stewie he's the only one here first shot is his second shot is his bomb is his as well and he's got another one stewie just tears the ball down it's stewie to ignite team liquid in the second half that's gonna be devastating he's thinking about it but now rifle out instead he's gonna get the one kill and yeah this should be a lockdown sip already low on health nappy's gonna be going down 10 seconds here and the flank is happening as well stewie getting a kill nine seconds and with the bomb drop dupreeh he's got no chance at all he's gonna go down to stewie quad killing him as well now they're finally gonna put it out and try and push their way through oh and it's two for one then third one nap absolute rock solid defense shutting down four players they had absolutely no chance to make it through and following it up making it a double they're lining up for him and he's gonna take three with him what a performance oh twist how is it even possible there's still a lot of trouble at this bomb site elise gonna be walking right on to the site and taking down glaive and the liege again he's been a hero this whole game taking down magus next and nap is gonna be there at the crossfire device gets a second one they could do it already and device he misses a shot but he's gonna stick it he's gonna stick the defuse enough got him in the smoke liquid make their way to the semi-final a desperate retake is almost there but naf shuts it down right at the end twists could finally be considered the star player of the best team in the world and in the finals against g2 he put on the performance of a lifetime bomb now being picked up by somebody else's net for the leg shot is it gonna be quite enough here twist long range another headshot comes in taking down shots and that grinds everything to a hold here for g2 twists can surely get the first one at the liege will be ready to pounce twist they're looking up they're not even looking down they don't clear the corner and almanac had no idea that first kill was so quick oh what a conversion to pick up the kill have they done enough g2 it's shocks inside we're gonna get that fifth back twist he's on one versus two he tries for the bomb plant there's surely no way he could do it they have got him boxed in right now he's got nothing to work with except this rifle he gets the headshot turning it around and no he picks it up it's over time this could be the final winning moment just him walking down he's spotting it out he's gonna be flanking mazda setting up and that's an absolute disaster stewie he may have just done it double for him and alicia on the other side oh my god eminek get a one versus three with 19 seconds unbelievable scenes here ladies and gentlemen team liquid are your season nine pro league champions come july a dominant showing at esl one cologne saw twists and his teammates secure one of the most prestigious tournament wins of the year you're quite emotional right now yeah i mean it's one of the greatest achievements i think vigor is achievement of you know north american cs and um i just think that my mom and dad are watching this right now it really makes me teary and i don't know across my team these guys are awesome and i wouldn't want to play with anyone else north american counter strike the pendulum has swung that way the kings are dead long live the kings this is the new era yeah i think i mean last year we just lived in a shadow and it gave us all this drive and we knew that we're gonna be the best this year and we're living up to it with this liquid became the second team to complete intel's million dollar grand slam and it took them only 63 days it's pretty crazy just how far twists has come he's gone from a quiet unassuming kid one who never should have had a shot in the first place to arguably the best player in north america the guy's skill level is unbelievable for me in terms of pure skill he's the na equivalent to simple this is the guy who's just superlative in terms of what he's able to do he's known a lot of adversity life outside of the computer wasn't that good even when i went home i felt like i was still being judged and bullied like no matter what i did but with the help of his friends family and a shitload of resilience he's managed to become one of counter-strike's greatest talents to go from everything he was to everything he thought he could be from russell to twists [Music] thanks for watching if you want 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Length: 23min 52sec (1432 seconds)

Published: Sat Aug 03 2019