deko takes break from competition

28-11-2024 13:00

Aurora will keep the door open for deko to return from the inactive roster.

deko has put a pause on his playing career

Aurora has announced that AWPer Denis "⁠deko⁠" Zhukov has been moved to the inactive roster as the 23-year-old has decided to take a pause from competition.

The news comes less than a week after the Russian team's elimination from the Perfect World Shanghai Major RMR, where they went 1-3 with a victory against B8 and losses to Eternal Fire, Spirit, and 9 Pandas.

The AWPer has been on Aurora's books since November 2023, when he was signed from 1win alongside former coach Dmitry "⁠hooch⁠" Bogdanov.

Aurora complete deko signing, name hooch as head coach

In his year with Aurora, deko averaged a 1.15 rating and helped the team to victories at Skyesports Grand Slam and Skyesports Masters, as well as a second-place at ESL Challenger Melbourne and third at MESA Nomadic Masters Spring.

"Denis will live on as a legend of Aurora - we incredibly appreciate the year he has spent with us, despite all the challenges we had to face," Aurora's statement reads.

"We’ve been discussing on how to come to the common denominator. Taking into account Denis's wishes and how he sees his future, we mutually decided to freeze the contract. Denis will be able to return to the professional stage at any time, and we will be happy to facilitate this.

"What’s now? Denis remains as a representative of our organization. It is important to note: we do not prevent deko from playing in any media-tournaments. We will follow him and celebrate his successes as our own."

Aurora is now:

Timur "⁠clax⁠" Sabirov
Viktor "⁠Lack1⁠" Boldyrev
Aleksandr "⁠KENSI⁠" Gurkin
Evgeny "⁠Norwi⁠" Ermolin

Stepan "⁠brain⁠" Sivoronov (coach)

Denis "⁠deko⁠" Zhukov (inactive)

2024-11-28 13:02

1 reply

they're not signing q-q, don't worry

2024-11-28 15:03

xdddddddddddddddddd

its over, have a nice retirement deko

sad

2024-11-28 13:58

also -lack1 -brain xoma main coach

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-brain is deko already

2024-11-28 13:03

is there any leaks about lack1s replacement?

2024-11-28 13:05

7 replies

harumi tg

2024-11-28 13:13

2 replies

yeah ik but whos replacing him?

2024-11-28 13:38

harumi

2024-11-28 15:05

Only deko being replaced by gr1ks

3 replies

harumi said theyre removing lack1 too

2024-11-28 13:39

send me harumi tg pls?

2024-11-28 17:54

harumi scammer, don't listen to him

2024-11-28 18:17

FINALLY BRO

noooooooo the goat :(

Have a good time with your wife

I'll have an even better time with her

2024-11-28 15:44

Calm down already, stavn

2024-11-29 21:47

enjoy ur break deko, he been on downturn for a while hopefully he can come back better

2024-11-28 13:04

been on a downturn, even got his awp taken away for a moment, doesn’t give a shit avoid the game and STILL the highest rated player from this team of *******

2024-11-29 08:30

F legendary meme character, gl in streamer carrer and to be happy in family. I do not think he will be back at pro scene.

Washed at 23 already ? such a shame

playing with aurora does this to you

2024-11-28 13:33

It's fact. Aurora ruins talents. Because of wrong atmosphere, i think. They looks like clowns, and plays like clowns.

2024-11-29 05:28

its not like deko its not a clown , he is sputnik troll below african iq standards

2024-11-29 10:40

sin breaka

I know k4sl who actually know deko told me how he is always depressed and I think this rmr hit him hard, well good luck anyway

2024-11-28 13:06

not about rmr, he made this decision like 2 months ago

2024-11-28 13:27

if it wasn't for his mindset he could easily play on 1,5 tier team rn

Yeah, I was told that he is easily bored and that one time their team lose pistol and he decided to tell everyone to throw the match.

2024-11-28 13:10

biggest wasted russian talent, thats what happens when ure not in cristiano rolando lvl passion at least his wife did nipples piercings

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Nipples Piercing its one of the best modern creations by far.

2024-11-28 13:31

you sound jealous that he gets to lick those nipples daily

2024-11-28 13:57

nah dont project please, licking piercing is meh

2024-11-28 16:48

flair and flag checks out

2024-11-28 17:00

delusional cope

2024-11-28 17:57

Twitch +deko

2024-11-28 13:11

It just seemed he didn't care much. Shame too he was pretty fuckin good. glhf

overrated streamer who has shown nothing in the competitive scene

2024-11-29 07:54

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"nothing" is a bit of a harsh word. He's shown he at least could've achieved more if he actually had passion.

2024-11-29 11:38

"nothing" in relation to the hype that was going on around him. He was predicted to become almost the new s1mple

2024-11-29 14:16

Yeah i guess in that respect he was a letdown. But i never believed that hype, I at least thought he'd be in the position someone like torzsi is in. Not the best, but in a top team. You can see how that turned out lmao

2024-11-29 17:04

He is too childish for this (high level of competition), he looks and acts like a teenager, although he is already well over 20. torzsi put a lot of effort into getting where he is

2024-11-29 17:18

is deko the truth?

mid

2024-11-28 13:18

They +gr1ks right? They cant just let their star academy awper just not get the callup. He's the only bright spot on that AYB team.

2024-11-28 13:12

My favorite alphabet teacher...

2024-11-28 13:16

Retired at 23, not bad

2024-11-28 13:17

2024-11-28 13:21

2024-11-28 13:29

Burned out, sad

He had opportunities in his prime. Just unfortunate to never reach the Tier1 scene

2024-11-28 13:36

Why would he retire after hard carrying Team Spirit into being a top 3 team? Bro was entering the goat debate

2024-11-28 13:37

lmao u misread it

2024-11-28 13:49

I did not!

2024-11-29 15:21

I read Donk, i literally said wth this is a bait

2024-11-28 13:54

same lol

2024-11-29 08:53

absolutely deserved overrated clown who created the worst subculture. thank you, deko, now we can't play faceit a single faceit lobby without dead inside animekid

2024-11-28 14:05

2024-11-28 14:29

EZ STYKO >> DEKO

2024-11-28 14:14

Hall of Fame candidate?

2024-11-28 14:19

Noname

The streets will remember this man

pohui proebali

2024-11-28 14:31

pizdec

2024-11-28 14:38

Toxic + trash + scum Wont be missed

2024-11-28 14:54

+1 toxic kid with child mentality

2024-11-28 17:08

legend

2024-11-28 14:56

retired for that juicy rolex in the hall of fame GOAT 🐐🐐

2024-11-28 15:06

Dead team, get out while you can. I was a supporter of aurora when he first joined but that team is now a complete mess and all players need a fresh start in different teams. Deko has the most potential and would love to see him in 9pandas now IDB is gone

2024-11-28 15:22

this sucks :( people thought he was gonna save c9

2024-11-28 16:22

Don't really care but bro carried and Aurora still sucked...

2024-11-28 17:21

just ripped a chunk of my hair out and smashed my monitor, you'll be hearing from my legal team soon hltv

2024-11-28 18:09

nerves cant take it...

2024-11-28 18:31

health >

2024-11-28 19:18

xddddd betabuxx life is more important i suppose

2024-11-28 19:26

He'll join either cloud 9 or some other russian org soon

2024-11-28 19:39

Goat9 will go finals. Boomgod doesn't need this soyboy

2024-11-29 08:16

I will see you at the mcdonalds mr deko. I will take big mac and fries

2024-11-28 19:46

who?

2024-11-28 19:53

playing in a russian bookie team which mandates you to sell your matches is a tough experience

2024-11-28 21:07

Anime softboy kek

2024-11-28 23:16

legend of Aurora xD

2024-11-28 23:40

lol hes gonna pull a s1mple and then become irrelevant. Go find a real job for the time being, because Aurora ain't cutting it at all.

2024-11-29 03:09

stolko novostei vokrug etoi mo4i.

2024-11-29 03:10

not even close to donk level man already took a break

2024-11-29 05:23

Dekoy

2024-11-29 05:24

He could have played Team Spirit if it hadn't been for his laziness, and now no one needs him.

2024-11-29 07:59

It’s not about laziness, his development ceiling is tier2, unfortunately he won’t reach sh1ro level even if he is gonna play 24/7

2024-11-29 09:46

Genuinely thought that said donk for a second and I shit myself. I’m not wearing pants either so it got all over my chair and some on the floor. Will be back with an update soon.

2024-11-29 09:59