The EVPs and Best Five of BetBoom Dacha Belgrade

23-5-2024 21:37

Four players are handed Exceptionally Valuable Player (EVP) awards to join MVP donk.

Danil "⁠donk⁠" Kryshkovets and Spirit's return to tier one action did not go as planned after their crushing defeat at the hands of MOUZ, but their star man barely missed a beat upon his comeback.

After missing Chengdu and ESL Pro League, donk warmed up right into BBD with a 1.47 rating and 1.01 kills per round.

He did have quieter playoffs, with a slow start on Anubis versus Falcons and two middling maps in the final, but his MVP was not in doubt.

Read donk's MVP interview here

Tournament victors MOUZ, as you'd expect, are the big victors on the EVP list.

"We just don't overcomplicate it," said Kamil "⁠siuhy⁠" Szkaradek. "We are a very strong team, and in a way, we like to play against teams that have a superstar [like donk or ZywOo]."

A trio of MOUZ players make the full ordered list, which you can see in full below.

siuhy: "In a way, we like to play against teams with a superstar"

Dorian "⁠xertioN⁠" Berman, like he was at ESL Pro League, was the most valuable human player and takes the top EVP award.

donk and Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut may have ensured he is still yet to receive his maiden MVP, but xertioN's step up to a 0.80 KPR aggressive rifler is a huge part of MOUZ's elevation in recent weeks.

His style led to inconsistency in the past but in the last two studio LANs that narrative has been extinguished. With IEM Dallas next, could third time be the charm on the MVP hunt?

Ádám "⁠torzsi⁠" Torzsás grabs a second EVP in a row too, but is below xertioN after dropping off in playoffs.

He had a 1.36 rating in groups, and was nigh-on impossible to kill with a 48% survival rate and stellar fragging.

He also had a peak of 1.78 on Mirage in the final against Spirit, keeping pace with player-of-the-map siuhy on the all-important 9-3 T half.

Dmitry "⁠sh1ro⁠" Sokolov came very close to torzsi after being Spirit's key man in the semi-final victory over Falcons, where he took over Anubis and was a stable presence on Vertigo.

But he had a poor final and only had low peaks in the group stage, which kept his overall standing below the Hungarian.

Regardless, his stable level was a huge factor for Spirit's success and he was efficient with the AWP, recording a multi-kill with the Big Green in 9% of rounds.

Jimi "⁠Jimpphat⁠" Salo completes the list, returning after a strong EVP in Chengdu and missing out at Pro League.

The Finnish anchor shone in survivals (43%) and round-to-round consistency as always (78% KAST).

He also had two solid peaks, a 1.52 in a close 13-11 win over BetBoom in the tournament opener, and a player-of-the-map (2.04-rated first half) on Ancient in the grand final.

Best Five

With Jimpphat taking the Anchor and Closer awards, we have room to fit in top EVP xertioN as our fifth to complete the MOUZ + donk constellation.

Honorable mentions

siuhy came closest to an EVP, having a 2.01 rating on Mirage in the final but was fairly average before Championship Sunday.

Álvaro "⁠SunPayus⁠" García didn't cement his EVP in playoffs after having good consistency and round-win numbers beforehand.

Rasmus "⁠sjuush⁠" Beck, Abdul "⁠degster⁠" Gasanov, and Guy "⁠NertZ⁠" Iluz all contributed to HEROIC's run without standing out enough.

Petr "⁠fame⁠" Bolyshev and Rafael "⁠saffee⁠" Costa were key men for their teams but did not do enough against top opposition.

Multiple award winners

sh1ro, torzsi, and Jimpphat join the leaderboard as xertioN and donk improve their cases for the Top 20 most.

Belgrade was the first non-Big Event of 2024 where an MVP was handed out, making these EVPs less valuable than prior ones, but will still factor in when it comes to Award Show season.

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2024-05-23 21:38

4 replies

Did hltv give EVPs for tier5 tournaments like this before? Don't remember thunderpick had any evps other than mvp

2024-05-23 21:46

3 replies

Ur wrong actually hltv.org/news/37857/top-20-players-of-20..

2024-05-23 21:53

1 reply

Ok.

2024-05-23 21:55

first they give out MVP's Then they give out EVP's each event. next they will be giving out participation trophy's

2024-05-24 00:24

5 EVPs from 2 teams, what a joke

who else do you think deserved an EVP?

2024-05-23 21:40

NiKo

2024-05-23 21:42

i'd rather not award EVPs for an 8 team tournament at all, that's better than giving free EVPs to finalists. btw: "You haven't been active recently and cannot post replies repeatedly within five minutes" what they did to this poor website, ffs.

2024-05-23 21:44

I suppose that is a good point, just to play devils advocate from HLTV's perspective you have a LAN event with 7/8 teams being top 20 playing for a large prize pool, and MVP's/EVP's have been given out for lesser tournaments, but I see what you're saying that is kinda pointless to give free EVP's. This is also kind of an outlier event in a way too since MOUZ kinda dominated from start to finish

2024-05-23 21:48

XDDDDD Why even give evps for this bookie tier3 tourney? Also xertion owned donk as entry in finals lmao, he is better opener

Lmaooooo 7-2 in entry for Donk hltv.org/stats/matches/performance/10494.. Cope

2024-05-23 21:59

GOATorzsi pwned b0nk

2024-05-24 09:48

cope

2024-05-23 22:35

donk 2 MVPs, 1 EVP mistake

2024-05-23 21:41

donk has 2 mvps?

yes, mistake in last table

A MOUZ team: - m0nesy - siuhy - jimpphat - donk - xertioN and sycrone continuing as coach would be unstoppable

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why would they get rid of torzsi or brollan while they are winning/getting to the finals each tourney

2024-05-23 21:58

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They would also probably win EPL and Betboom with m0nesy and donk, as well as strengthening their team they would weaken Spirit and G2, not to mention that many teams use winning events to attract even better players to their lineup, this is a normal thing in sport/e-sport. And at no point am I saying that Brollan and torzsi deserve to be kicked or are bad, but if MOUZ has the chance to get m0nesy as a free agent they would pick him over torzsi, the same for Brollan and donk

2024-05-23 22:03

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noway G2 will let monesy leave as a free agent and I don't see mouz suddenly spending like 5M on him and donk

2024-05-23 22:33

You are not appreciating the atmosphere and team dynamic that MOUZ has carefully built and are so insistent upon. They are an academy team that have been together (except Brollan for obvious reasons) since around 2021. They are not only teammates, but great friends with fantastic dynamic. They don't have any superstars, but they have fantastic teamplay and protocols, as well as trust. Because of it, they basically have no weak links and rarely anyone does anything below the minimum that is required of them. And because they don't adhere to a specific dynamic, but rather shift everything to create a unique one with their players, it works and they are at the top in such a short span of time. I would argue that Spirit and G2 are too dependent on the showing of their star players. Shiro and Donk for Spirit, Monesy and Niko with G2. MOUZ doesn't have to depend on any such dynamic, and because of it, they are polishing everything else. Jimpphat doesn't have a great game? That's okay, Xertion steps up. Next map you see torzsi and Brollan with a high rating. Another series - Siuhy has great performance even though he is an IGL. It's so much better for consistency than a Monesy, Donk or Zywoo on your team. Even donk himself has said that he is not focused on individual stats as much as they want to win. That is what MOUZ is doing precisely because they are not focused on individual stats and star players. You can't just take top players, force-glue them together and hope they will suddenly dominate (see: Falcons). A lot of care has went into what happens with the team outside of the server, and it's proven to be very effective when it comes to mental and morale.

2024-05-23 22:39

JDC was also their friend and got kicked, if torzsi kept underperforming like he did when dexter was IGL, he'd be kicked, professionalism > friendship

2024-05-23 23:58

And look where kicking JDC led them when they replaced him with jimmy

2024-05-24 17:17

this guy talking about top players and falcons in the same sentence now we all know you know nothing about cs. Falcons wanted top players but they settled with the ENCE core to have the RMR spot. maden, snappi are definitly not top players by any means. dupreeh even though is doing ok is way past his prime magisk was good probably their best pickup but has been underperforming massively and sunpayus is not a superstar, he gets his stats through baiting/passive playstyle but he isnt a player to carry you.

2024-05-24 00:37

Loool. HLTV admins still work on EVPs of BETBOOM DACHA while ignoring fully CCT :)

2024-05-23 21:51

what does CCT have to do with it at all

2024-05-23 21:52

nt xantares

Still crying about it eh?

2024-05-23 21:56

typic paranoiac ef fan

2024-05-23 22:37

do u feel ashamed of ur countrymen for being so obnoxious here

2024-05-24 07:33

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thats why i hate ef xD

2024-05-24 10:45

Understandable

2024-05-24 12:47

donk 2 MVP and first place

2 MVP yes first place? why

2024-05-23 22:18

i thought it is 2+2 hm

2024-05-23 22:23

has already been updated, donk top 2 , broky top 1

2024-05-23 22:24

Yeah i see now🙃

2024-05-23 22:25

broky the best player, woohoo

2024-05-23 22:28

sunpapi was close to but Falcons got destroyed in po

EVP's are a joke. They give out over 100 of these awards each year. Next they should give out participation awards and count that towards somebodys HLTV rating

2024-05-24 00:29