Twistzz earns ESL One New York MVP medal

1-10-2018 01:27

Liquid star Russel "⁠Twistzz⁠" Van Dulken is the winner of the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award of ESL One New York 2018 by HLTV.org and betway.

The 18-year-old was already the frontrunner in the race for the award prior to the final and further enhanced his credentials with a 1.34 rating over the best-of-five series - which, however, did not prevent his team from losing the match 3-2.

Twistzz leaves New York with a 1.36 tournament rating - a career-high when it comes to Big Events. He finished all but one of the 12 maps that he played with 1+ ratings, peaking in his team's 16-3 victory over Gambit, in which he had a 2.23 rating.

Twistzz wins his first MVP medal

With his grand final performance, the Canadian beat off competition from MOUZ trio Miikka "⁠suNny⁠" Kemppi, Tomáš "⁠oskar⁠" Šťastný and Chris "⁠chrisJ⁠" de Jong, who were all in the running but did not stand out enough to challenge the Liquid talent.

This is Twistzz's very first MVP medal, and it highlights the rich vein of form the player is presently in, with an average 1.25 rating on LAN over the last three months.

ChrisJ deserved it more for his ace! Best ace i have seen since xms 1 tap ace.

2018-10-01 01:27

55 replies

;( Twistzz

2018-10-01 01:28

11 replies

Deserved af

2 replies

FeelsBadMan

2018-10-01 01:29

1 reply

hahaha ez for chokesports

2018-10-01 11:28

Imagine if sunny goes to liquid -taco + sunny Could fight for top1 in world Nitr0 Elige Sunny Naf Twistzz

2018-10-01 02:08

7 replies

No they would suck

2018-10-01 03:57

-1

2018-10-01 06:37

2018-10-01 10:01

Sunny is not a support. You need 5 men who take 5 different roles, not 5 stars.

2018-10-01 12:27

3 replies

Support is just a made up role. They can just say he's support to please the kiddos.

2018-10-01 13:45

You dumb if you think that

2018-10-01 15:58

I like to think 4 this perspective : Have agressive and passive players, dont have rules , if a player could execute any play in some especific part of map, he does , sunny is a smart player, he could do everything good. And liquid have nitro n' elige, will be fine.

2018-10-01 15:42

Only an ace doesn’t mean mvp

best play of the year deserves mvp

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2018-10-01 01:30

thats not how it works mate but i do agree with you, best play of the past 18 months

2018-10-01 01:38

guardian 1v5? flusha 2v5?

2018-10-01 01:49

+1 Guardian play is a really 1x5 Flusha (clutcha) had so much Impact with his plays in that final

2018-10-01 02:37

not as good as this one

2018-10-01 02:39

reported for being stupid

2018-10-01 13:40

I guess some people just remember and put more importance over a flashy 1 round highlight over an entire 11/12 map god like performance.

2018-10-01 01:34

Twistzz was the best player before the final and the best in the final

2018-10-01 01:36

2018-10-01 04:13

2018-10-01 06:48

Sunny deserved it

15 replies

If anyone on Mouse were to get it, it would've been sunny, saved their ass on Dust 2 and was 6th best player of the tournament

2018-10-01 01:42

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Im maybe a bit biased but i think sunny is the most underrated player in the world. He is surely top15, maybe even top10 - yet no one is talking about him.

2018-10-01 01:43

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ikr when i watch mouz matches he always goes for agressive plays that nobody expects gets 2 entries most of them and nobody still doesnt talk anything

2018-10-01 01:48

I am fealing thankyou

2018-10-01 01:50

everybody says sunny is 1 or 2 on mouz r u blind?

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he is a clear number 1

oskar has higher highs

2018-10-01 01:52

but MUCH lower lows. Thats the point, sunny is really fucking consistant

2018-10-01 01:53

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you need a higher ceiling to win as an underdog, not a higher floor

2018-10-01 01:54

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sunny is much better than oskar.

nope.

tell me how oskar is better?

2018-10-01 01:55

You guys retarded if you really compare awper and entry lul

2018-10-01 08:45

You aren’t biased, it’s true

2018-10-01 05:46

that's why I like mouz. There is no such kiddie fan hype.

2018-10-01 09:42

An Ace is the motive to get and mvp, ROFL , dont make me laugh , overall performance it is what matters and twistzz was the best by far.

Deserves it for one ace?

2018-10-01 01:31

No, you can't earn an MVP of a whole tournament for what you did in a single round. But ChrisJ was a candidate for MVP, so he will be EVP.

always baiting aren't you

never

2018-10-01 02:20

I don't think you understand what an MVP is

lol no

2018-10-01 02:31

Whole tournament > one play

2018-10-01 02:44

no one is gonna remeber this tournament but this play is already legendary

2018-10-01 02:48

deserves the mvp becuz of one ace? whats ur problem?

2018-10-01 04:56

ChrisJ is the reason why they won Mirage. He deserved MVP much more than Twistzz

2018-10-01 08:39

He is the reason why they closed the map, but not the reason they won. Sunny were performing very well, tons of good entries.

2018-10-01 09:38

Link to ace clip anyone?

2018-10-01 10:27

Twistzz is the reason liquid managed to go to the finals and play the 5 maps, meanwhile chrisJ deserves it because an ace, omegalul.

2018-10-01 10:37

Canadian s1mple

deserved

This hurts

lolololo

Deserved

he really looks like sad anime boi on this picture

Don’t know which one is worse, this one here or s1mple at dreamhack Marseille/starladder season 4

2018-10-01 01:37

hes not happy at all

Totally reminds me of s1mple when he won MVPs of tournaments he didn't win... I mean it is for some reason kind of sad that they are forced to take a picture after a BO5 loss

2018-10-01 18:46

Nice

RIP chrisj mvp

Just a clip = mvp HLTV BRAINDEAD

+1 gr8 play, but not mvp defining

2018-10-01 03:43

he doesn't deserve it, poor tournament, he just played the final

He was the 11th best player, 1 ace when you're already up 14-8 isn't a huge game changer. If anyone on Mouse would've gotten it, it would've been Sunny. 6th best player overall and saved their ass on Dust 2.

2018-10-01 01:41

Desetwojstarypijanyed

he looks so sad :(

that face :( FeelsBadMan

That's like a photo of a saddest person who ever got an MVP medal lol

+1 never saw one like this before

2018-10-01 11:27

This guy played out of his mind. Well deserved

Deserved NA s1mple

BRUH LOOK AT HIS EYES FEELSBADMAN

same with s1mple when he won that twice in a row with the same look xd

liquid = mini astralis twistzz = mini s1mple

If they were mini Astralis they'd beat mousesports. They're not even mini Astralis, theyre just Liquid. A dogshit choker team that cockblocks good finals and will never accomplish anything. Top 1 most disappointing team in all history of sports

2018-10-01 02:07

You cant possibly be this salty. The game was a bit and it played to the 5th map.

2018-10-01 03:38

I dont care. Im salty I missed so many sick finals. If you cant handle the heat get out of the kitchen.

2018-10-01 04:24

Disappointing? Ur high. They have made multiple finals in a year. How is that disappointment. Can't win them all

2018-10-01 21:33

Sure you can if you're good. FaZe don't count btw. FaZe were actually good

2018-10-01 21:34

What are you talking about? Liquid has done better this year than all other teams except from Astralis and arguably Navi. Saying that they're dogshit by only being 2nd or 3rd best in the world is a retarded way of viewing the competitive CS scene and sport in general.

2018-10-02 01:30

Mvp = 0 meaning in 2018

Thanks for your opinion

feel sad for liquid

expected

feelsbadman

f this kid . he may be good player but f he is douche .

the hair is genetic

2018-10-01 01:32

How is he a douche? Anime hair doesn't make you an asshole

2018-10-01 01:33

how?

2018-10-01 01:35

super fucking deserved

WTF not s1mple??? Hltv what doink gays ?

men what doink )) men

2018-10-01 02:33

> win a Event > win mvp Pick one nowadays..

Which is perfectly okay, MVP is an individual reward, it wouldn't make sense if you favored players just because they were from the winning team.

2018-10-01 01:39

device can do both. ez for the GOAT of csgo

2018-10-01 11:22

nice

undeserved, Snax and chrisj played better

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Expected from Brazilian C9 fan

I don't care for liquid

You not caring for Liquid doesnt change the fact you are wrong. 120-81 in the final. No one played better.

Still lost. MVP should be reserved for winners only.

2018-10-01 03:08

Yeah and they won up to that point and it went to a bo5. Are you saying that s1mple deserved 2 less MVPs?

2018-10-01 03:40

Perhaps the dumbest comment ive read this week

2018-10-01 04:14

Thats what the trophy is for dumbass. Do you think players actually care about MVP? they play to win, and Twistzz hard carried to win, he deserves the MVP even if his team brought him down

2018-10-01 07:32

You have completely missed the point of the MVP

2018-10-02 01:19

Expected from C9 fan

2018-10-01 01:40

He looks so incredibly sad

Looks disappointed af

omg he is so happy ;$

So deserved, FeelsBadMan for him

120 kills +39 in the final. Well deserved.

Hltv just put salt into their loss WoW.

Flashbacks to s1mple winning MVP at Dreamhack Masters Marseille and Starladder. Same face LUL

would date him if he was a grill cute boiiii

2018-10-01 02:32

LUL that face...

twistzz is only reason why this game was so interesting,if u put avg player on his place, its quick 3-0 for mouz, and mb even vs gambit

Deserved Too bad he plays at liquid he is so much better. Maybe - karrigan +twistzz ?

Deserved :(

That hair LUL

sad Twistzz :(

Deserved NT twistzz FeelsBadMan

This kid is insane!

he looks sad af feelsbadman

he deserved this tournament so bad :(

tfw when you carry your shit team to the finals but still lose

2018-10-01 01:47

Now u know how s1mple feels winning an mvp while losing the event twist Feels batman man

2018-10-01 01:51

+1 FeelsBadMan When Na`Vi lost that Grand Final to mouz I was about to cry. Cuz S1mple so f**king deserved that trophy, not only MVP...

2018-10-01 07:45

F's in the chat for twistzz

i am blocking this website if they give another mvp to a loser dumbest shit ever. completely ruins the award. even look at twistzz, he doesnt even care.

Astralis could go out in groups and device would still recive a MVP on this website :D

Deserved. The next superstar for sure.

The kid is going to be one of the best players in the coming years. It seems like he thrives under pressure and gives even more in the most important matches. Let's just hope he can have non-choke teammates soon.

what kind of idiot thought it was a good idea to give mvp to losers?

Without Twistzz this would have been a mouse 3-0. He played unreal. +39 after 5 maps

2018-10-01 01:59

Doesn't matter, still lost.

2018-10-01 02:01

I don't think you realize what the MVP award represents

2018-10-01 10:45

I don't think you realize what the MVP award represents.

2018-10-01 10:54

#131

2018-10-01 14:41

lol giving MVP to losers ? Doesn't really make any sense....

2018-10-01 01:57

+1 ChrisJ that MVP up

2018-10-01 03:07

The MVP award has nothing to do with winning or losing the tournament. It's about the INDIVIDUAL performance of the players, the team result does not matter. twistzz got the best rating of the tournament. twistzz got the best rating of the grand finals.

2018-10-01 03:51

+1 this is intelligence

2018-10-01 06:42

+1, expected from a brazilian

2018-10-01 20:00

2018-10-01 07:43

MVP = most valuable player. it doesn't mean you must win the tournament. hello. it just means that it will be given to a player who went deep in the finals with his team and had the best performance out of everyone. Twistzzz was exactly that guy.

2018-10-01 07:42

I'm not sure you actually know what an MVP award represents

2018-10-01 10:46

The saddest MVP award ever given out.

Flashback to S1mple's MVP after they lost the Grand FInal to mouz on StarLadder.

he looks so sad LOL

+1 hes like wtf i lost

2018-10-01 02:22

That MVP medal is going to be his daily reminder of the tournament that he should of won.

2018-10-01 02:06

he did what he could at least...

2018-10-01 07:41

"With his grand final performance, the Canadian beat off..." Oof, that wording kinda sucks.

2018-10-01 02:23

he beat off all over mouse

2018-10-01 04:00

Another loser as MVP. Better start giving it to a winner before it's too late

2018-10-01 02:34

What do u mean? Do u think someone will commit a very bad thing after MVP?

2018-10-01 08:48

he looks so sad

2018-10-01 02:47

He looks dead inside

2018-10-01 03:06

MVP supposed to be for the best performance of the winning team not the highest rated lmao

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True, that show the rest of the sports industry does it.

2018-10-01 04:19

All the "best player of the match" in sports I know it goes to the best of the winning team, never saw different

2018-10-01 04:37

I am completely agree with you. Most of the people does not understand what it means to become MVP MVP means winner not loser

2018-10-01 06:43

Nah, mvp means "Most Valuable Player"

2018-10-01 11:30

MVP means winner not a loser. Losers does not need awards for losing the game. If he is that good then he should be able to let his team win. Apparently he can't. So he is a loser that means no MVP. Only in CS MVP s being given to losers. Thats a shitty ass system

2018-10-01 17:08

You really have no idea how MVP works.

2018-10-02 21:11

eSports is kind of a sports so find me a sport who gives MVP to a loser player other than CS. flair checks out why you are so mad about

2018-10-02 21:15

We say one word to dumbasses like you: "k".

2018-10-02 21:17

K then gypsy poor shit twistz earned nothing other than chrisJ's AWP twistz=choke artist

2018-10-02 21:20

#193

2018-10-01 13:34

0/8 no god no.. Mvp is a Better player of this tournament!

2018-10-01 06:40

And who says that? MVP means most valuable player,nobody said it has to be from the winning team.Twistzz wasfar ahaed of anyone else in mouz,not only in the final,but for the entire tournament.

2018-10-01 07:34

+1 like S1mple did Godlike vs Mouz in the Grand FInal of StarLadder and won the MVP. It's like it should be!

2018-10-01 13:33

Not really, MVP must be the best player of the tournament + this player must go deep in Finals / Play-offs. Twistzzz did it. Absolutely deserved by Twistzzzz.

2018-10-01 07:40

I think he have had the best perfomance indeed but how he became the "most valuable player" if he lost? The most valuable supposed to give to the player who make the best runner for the victory....

He looks sad ;(

2018-10-01 03:46

You are the man, man (._.')

2018-10-01 03:47

goodjob twistzz, love this player. Hope liquid kicks taco and NAF and lets nitro go back to rifle

Liquid should kick the team and sign Imperial

2018-10-01 04:51

Yea and become a t5 team. Gtfo ur dumb. Change ur flag u give us non retarted USA members a bad name.

2018-10-01 21:38

All Americans are retarded shut your grandstanding fat ass up. Imperial won more tournaments this year than Liquid. If Imperial are tier 5, Liquid are tier 11

2018-10-01 21:40

good job hltv, twistzz the clear mvp. he was there on all five maps, and made it a very close serie. if naf had shown up, or nitro had not tilted so much, liquid could have won 3:0

2018-10-01 05:13

This god twitzz is a NAF canadian!!

2018-10-01 06:38

Again a loser wins MVP. Chrisj should have won or someone Else from winning team. I hate this system

2018-10-01 06:41

I'm happy for this mvp, its like "congrats, too bad your team is trash but get this, take care"

deserved tbh

Congratz Twistzzz! You are the 2nd guy in the History after Mr.S1mple who won the MVP award despite you lost the Grand Final of the event! Twistzzz = mini-S1mple! The Canadian version!

2018-10-01 07:39

Tru, and that say that counter strike is a team play if you want to win, they just have to try Harder, they have the same mental problem agents Astralis where they have comback, mouse is at strong team, they have a lot af comback agents many teams.

2018-10-01 08:41

He is like the fifth lol

2018-10-01 13:05

Deserved 100%

2018-10-01 08:52

deserved!!! NOT! *Borat face*

2018-10-01 09:21

FeelsS1mpleMan

2018-10-01 10:02

NA hair

2018-10-01 10:28

more like Koreea hair

he has the shittest in game handle.... but the coolest irl name

2018-10-01 10:58

undeserved ChrisJ >>>>>> this fagot twist

2018-10-01 11:15

0/8 Twistzzzz was 3x better than ChrisJ. With all respect to Chris.

2018-10-01 14:35

where are twistzz's 3x 2v5 aces?

2018-10-02 01:26

2 aces = good, but overall Twistzz' performance was 3x better dude. Just accept the fact pls. performance overall >>>>>>>>>>>> any highlights / aces.

2018-10-02 08:45

winning game + highlights >>>>>>>>>> performance

2018-10-02 09:55

Fuck you Liquid, I hate seeing that guy sad. :(

biggest superstar in the future

2018-10-01 12:17

Holy God his hair it's so good

2018-10-01 20:54

Best player in NA currently, bright future ahead for him 100%.

2018-10-01 20:55

NAF has been bragging in every interview recently that he doesn't DM well maybe he fucking should

2018-10-02 02:50

I don't like NAF either. He is just childish trash talker. Good player tho, but not the best. While Twistzz is just silent killer and best player of Liquid in my opinion.

2018-10-02 08:46