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Player Information

Name:

Денис Костин

Romanized Name:

Denis Kostin

Birth:

September 9, 1994 (1994-09-09)

Country:

Russia

Status:

Active

Years Active (Player):

2009 – Present

Team:

Gambit Esports

Roles:

Rifler (lurker)
In-game leader

Approx. Total Winnings:

$336,647.43

Games:

Counter-Strike
Global Offensive

Links

History

????-??-?? – 2012-10-08

place2play

2012-10-08 – 2012-??-??

RuSh3D

2012-08-21 – 2013-01-18

dAT Team

2013-01-18 – 2013-03-12

zNation

2013-07-06 – 2013-08-11

Begrip Gaming

2013-08-20 – 2017-07-28

Natus Vincere

2017-07-28 – 2017-08-09

Natus Vincere (Inactive)

2017-08-09 – 2017-10-17

Natus Vincere

2017-10-17 – 2018-01-14

Natus Vincere (Inactive)

2017-11-06 – 2018-01-14

FlipSid3 Tactics (Loan)

2018-02-06 – 2018-05-26

Gambit Esports (Trial)

2018-05-26 – Present

Gambit Esports (Inactive)

Denis "seized" Kostin (born September 9, 1994) is a Russian professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player and former Counter-Strike 1.6 player. He is currently an inactive player for Gambit Esports.

Information

Professional career

Denis' first teams formed back when people played Counter-Strike 1.6, playing for fbgaming, USSR, and place2play. Moreover, he, as well as Anton "kibaken" Kolesnikov, has been an active participant in Moscow's eSports community. seized and the USSR team reached the MSiBeatit! Russian quarterfinals in 2011 and won Tech labs Cup Ukraine with place2play. In the last LAN- tournament in CS 1.6, ASUS Final Battle of the year, Denis and his 12.12.12 reached the semifinals.

When Na'Vi was looking to fill their two vacant places, seized's candidature was considered, as he had often substituted for a missing player on the team. He played in online leagues as a replacement for Yegor "markeloff" Markelov. Kostin has recently become a captain. As a player he is well-rounded and can fulfill the role of a secondary AWPer.

In late 2017, Natus Vincere acquired Danylo "Zeus" Teslenko and Mykhailo "kane" Blagin from Gambit Esports following a series of poor results, while seized returned to active duty after being briefly benched. Although the change was planned to fix their lack of leadership, results were still poor and seized requested to leave the team. In November of 2017, Denis "electronic" Sharipov left FlipSid3 Tactics to join Na'Vi, and seized went the opposite way on loan.

In February 2018, was admitted to Team Gambit for a probationary period . After a series of unsuccessful performances of the team, Denis was transferred to the reserve and put up for a transfer. His place in the team was taken by Nikolay "mir" Bityukov .

Gear and settings

Mouse settings (list of) (calculate)
Mouse	Curvature	Circumference	Mouse Setup	Sens.	Zoom	Raw.
ZOWIE GEAR EC2-A	1637 MPI 1.074 deg/mm	13.2 in/rev 33.5 cm/rev	400 CPI @ 500 Hz	3.1	0.8	On
Last updated on 2018-05-31 (117 days ago).

Hardware

Mouse		Mousepad
	ZOWIE GEAR EC2-A		ZOWIE G-SR

Monitor		Refresh rate	In-game resolution	Scaling
	AOC G2460PQU	144 Hz	1024×768	Black Bars

Keyboard		Headset
	HyperX Alloy FPS Pro		HyperX Cloud Alpha
Last updated on 2017-12-10 (289 days ago).

Crosshair settings (list of)
Style	Size	Thickness	Sniper	Gap	Outline	Dot	Color	Alpha	Preview [upload]
4	3	0	1	-2	No	No (0)	Green (1)	999
Last updated on 2018-05-31 (117 days ago).

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cl_crosshairalpha 999; cl_crosshaircolor 1; cl_crosshairdot 0; cl_crosshairgap -2; cl_crosshairsize 3; cl_crosshairstyle 4; cl_crosshairusealpha 1; cl_crosshairthickness 0; cl_crosshair_sniper_width 1; cl_crosshair_drawoutline 0;

Career achievements

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Date	Placement	Tier	Tournament		Team	Result		Prize
2018-03-18	A33rd	A1Premier		World Electronic Sports Games 2017		2 : 0		$150,000
2016-10-02	A11st	A1Premier		ESL One: New York 2016		2 : 1		$125,000
2016-04-17	A22nd	A1Premier		DreamHack Masters Malmö 2016		0 : 2		$50,000
2016-04-03	A22nd	A1Premier		MLG Major Championship: Columbus 2016		0 : 2		$150,000
2016-03-18	A11st	A2Major		Counter Pit League Season 2 - Finals		2 : 1		$40,000
2016-01-24	A11st	A1Premier		DreamHack Open Leipzig 2016		2 : 0		$50,000
2015-12-13	A22nd	A1Premier		ESL ESEA Pro League Season 2 - Finals		2 : 3		$60,000
2015-11-22	A11st	A1Premier		Intel Extreme Masters X - San Jose		2 : 0		$56,250
2015-11-01	A22nd	A1Premier		DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015		0 : 2		$50,000
2015-07-12	A11st	A1Premier		Electronic Sports World Cup 2015		2 : 1		$30,000
About achievementsComplete Results in any Tournament

Date	Tier	Tournament		Position	Partner List
2017-10-29	A1Premier		EPICENTER 2017	Analyst	ami  hooch
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Media

Highlights

Interviews

2013

• 2013-09-13 |  Interview with new Na`Vi players: seized & kibaken (With Eng subs) by Na'Vi.CSGO (trans. )

Gallery

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References