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Zeus
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Zeus
Player Information
Name:
Данило Ігорович Тесленко
Romanized Name:
Danylo Ighorovych Teslenko
Nationality:
Born:
October 8, 1987 (age 36)
Status:
Years Active (Player):
2002 – 2019
Years Active (Org):
2017 – Present
Roles:
Team:
Approx. Total Winnings:
$787,817
Links
History
Counter-Strike
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Management
2002-??-?? – 200?-??-??
2004-??-?? – 2007-08-14
2007-08-14 – 2008-12-20
2009-01-10 – 2009-05-22
2009-05-22 – 2009-06-11
forZe (Stand-in)
2009-06-11 – 2009-09-29
2009-09-29 – 2009-10-28
2009-10-28 – 2009-12-11
2009-12-17 – 2012-11-04
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012-11-04 – 2016-08-04
2016-08-04 – 2016-10-12
Natus Vincere (Inactive)
2016-10-12 – 2017-08-09
2017-08-09 – 2019-09-14
Management
2017-05-17 – Present
pro100 (Organization)
2018-12-07 – Present
CIS Esports (Organization)
Danylo "Zeus" Teslenko (born October 8, 1987) is a retired Ukrainian professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Counter-Strike player. He retired on September 14, 2019 after a 17 year long career, during which he won over 60 tournaments including four Counter-Strike Majors and a CS:GO Major Championship: PGL Major Kraków 2017.
Professional Career[edit]
- See also: Zeus' Professional Career
Gear and Settings[edit]
| Mouse Settings [1] (list of)
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| Mouse | eDPI | DPI | Polling Rate | Sensitivity | Zoom | Raw Input | ||||||
| ZOWIE FK2 | 688 | 1600 | 1000 Hz | 0.43 | 1 | On | ||||||
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| Mouse Settings [1] (list of) (calculate)
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| Mouse | Curvature | Circumference | Mouse Setup | Sensitivity | Zoom | Raw. | ||||||
| ZOWIE FK2 | 908 MPI 0.596 deg/mm | 23.8 in/rev 60.4 cm/rev | 1600 DPI @ 1000 Hz | 0.43 | 1 | On | ||||||
| Updated as of 2020-04-20 (1318 days ago) | ||||||||||||
| Hardware [1] |
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| Mouse | Mousepad | ||
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ZOWIE FK2 (WHITE) | |
ZOWIE G-SR |
| Monitor | Refresh rate | In-game resolution | Scaling | |
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ZOWIE XL2540 | 240 Hz | 1280×960 | Stretched |
| Keyboard | Headset | |||||||||||
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HyperX Alloy FPS Pro | |
HyperX Cloud Flight | |||||||||
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| Crosshair Settings [1] (list of) | |||||||||||
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| Style | Size | Thickness | Sniper | Gap | Outline | Dot | Color | Alpha | |||
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | -3 | No | No (0) | Yellow (2) | 255 | |||
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| Click "Expand" for sharecode and console commands to copy and paste. | |
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| Sharecode | CSGO-mNc4L-68Sza-URkJt-deCDq-4PkTL |
| Commands | cl_crosshairalpha 255; cl_crosshaircolor 2; cl_crosshairdot 0; cl_crosshairgap -3; cl_crosshairsize 2; cl_crosshairstyle 4; cl_crosshairusealpha 1; cl_crosshairthickness 1; cl_crosshair_sniper_width 1; cl_crosshair_outlinethickness 1; cl_crosshair_drawoutline 0; |
Achievements[edit]
| Date | Placement | Tier | Type | Tournament | Team | Result | Prize | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2019-04-07 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |  |  | StarSeries & i-League CS:GO Season 7 |  | 3 : 0 |  | $250,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-11-03 | 1st | A-Tier | Offline | |  | BLAST Pro Series: Copenhagen 2018 | | 2 : 0 |   | $125,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-09-23 | 2nd | S-Tier | Offline | |  | FACEIT Major: London 2018 | | 0 : 2 |  | $150,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-07-08 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | |  | ESL One: Cologne 2018 | | 3 : 1 |   | $125,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-06-18 | 1st | A-Tier | Offline | |  | CS:GO Asia Championships 2018 | | 2 : 1 |  | $150,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-06-03 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | | | StarSeries & i-League CS:GO Season 5 | | 2 : 0 |   | $125,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017-07-23 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | |  | PGL Major Kraków 2017 |  | 2 : 1 |  | $500,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016-04-03 | 2nd | S-Tier | Offline | |  | MLG Major Championship: Columbus 2016 | | 0 : 2 |  | $150,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015-11-22 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | |  | Intel Extreme Masters X - San Jose | | 2 : 0 |   | $56,250 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010-03-06 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |  | | Intel Extreme Masters IV | | 2 : 0 |  | $50,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Trivia[edit]
- Sometimes referred to as "Danya" (or Даня in Russian Cyrillic) - a common nickname given to a person named Danylo or Daniil in Russian-speaking countries.
- Was ranked the 19th best player of 2010 by HLTV. [2]
- He is the first player to make it to the grand finals of a Major with two different teams: making it to the finals of DreamHack Cluj-Napoca 2015 and MLG Columbus 2016 with Natus Vincere and PGL Krakow 2017 with Gambit Esports.
- Zeus previously held the record for being the oldest major champion, winning PGL Major Kraków 2017 at 29 years and 289 days old before overtaken by karrigan, who won PGL Major Antwerp 2022 at 32 years and 42 days old.
Highlights[edit]
Interviews[edit]
- 2010-01-15 | Flashback: "Interview" with Zeus @ IEM Cologne 2010 by ZeroGravity of Natus Vincere at Intel Extreme Masters Season IV European Championship Finals
- 2010-01-30 | Interview with Zeus (Owner of Jean-Paul Belmondo team) by Nix0n of HLTV at Arbalet Cup Asia 2010
- 2010-04-15 |
Interview with Zeus by Nix0n of HLTV (trans. 
) - 2010-07-24 | Zeus: "Not going to lose this one!" by Nix0n of HLTV at GameGune 2010
- 2011-02-28 | Interview with Zeus before IEM5 World Championship [English subtitles] by prb of Natus Vincere (trans. )
- 2011-04-02 | Interview with Zeus before final OSPL 2011 by prb of Natus Vincere at OSPL Spring 2011 (trans. )
- 2011-05-30 | ASUS Spring - Interview with Zeus by Nix0n of HLTV at ASUS Open Spring 2011 (trans. )
- 2011-06-14 | Interview with Edward & Zeus - part 1 by prb of Natus Vincere (trans. )
- 2011-06-14 | Interview with Edward & Zeus - part 2 by prb of Natus Vincere (trans. )
- 2011-06-14 | Interview with Edward & Zeus - part 3 by prb of Natus Vincere (trans. )
- 2012-01-21 | Interview with Zeus @ IEM 6 GC Kiev by prb of Natus Vincere at Intel Extreme Masters Season VI Global Challenge Kiev (trans. )
- 2012-01-21 | Zeus: "We want to win" by Nix0n of HLTV at Intel Extreme Masters Season VI Global Challenge Kiev
- 2012-03-09 | Interview with Zeus after semi-final @ IEM6 WC by prb of Natus Vincere at Intel Extreme Masters Season VI World Championship (trans. )
- 2012-06-30 | Interview with Na`Vi.Zeus before GameGune 2012 (with Eng subtitles) by prb of Natus Vincere (trans. )
- 2013-02-24 | Interview with Na`Vi.Zeus @ Esports Heaven Vienna (with English subtitles) by prb of Natus Vincere at Esports Heaven: Vienna (trans. )
- 2013-03-29 | Interview with Zeus before CPH 2013 (with English subtitles) by prb of Natus Vincere (trans. )
- 2013-09-12 | Zeus tells about Edward & Markeloff departure (With Eng subs) by prb of Natus Vincere (trans. )
- 2014-01-12 | Zeus interview after EMS CIS QUALIFICATION SEMIS by ceh9 by ceh9 of Natus Vincere (trans. )
- 2014-06-15 | Interview with Zeus after group stage @ DHS'14 (With ENG subs) by prb of Natus Vincere at DreamHack Summer 2014 (trans. )
- 2014-08-15 | Interview with Zeus - part 2 @ ESL Cologne 2014 (ENG Subs) by prb of Natus Vincere at ESL One: Cologne 2014 (trans. )
- 2014-08-15 | Interview with Zeus - part 1 @ ESL Cologne 2014 (ENG Subs) by prb of Natus Vincere at ESL One: Cologne 2014 (trans. )
- 2014-10-18 | Zeus Short interview before Ldlc @ SLTV 11 by ceh9 of Natus Vincere at StarLadder StarSeries XI (trans. )
- 2015-03-12 | Zeus talk about Day 1 after groupstage @ ESL One Katowice 2015 (ENG SUBS) by Natus Vincere at ESL One: Katowice 2015 (trans. )
- 2015-05-13 | Interview with Zeus @ Na`Vi bootcamp before Gfinity (ENG SUBS) by b2ru of Natus Vincere (trans. )
- 2015-06-19 | Interview with Zeus after win over Flipsid3 @ SLTV StarSeires Season 13 (ENG SUBS) by b2ru of Natus Vincere at StarLadder StarSeries XIII (trans. )
- 2015-08-22 | Na'Vi Zeus Blitz Interview before ESL One Cologne 2015 (ENG SUBS) of Natus Vincere at ESL One: Cologne 2015 (trans. )
- 2015-08-23 | Zeus: "fnatic have a better shot vs nV" by Striker of HLTV at ESL One: Cologne 2015
- 2016-01-14 | Interview with Zeus @ SL i-League StarSeries XIV Finals (ENG SUBS) by b2ru of Natus Vincere at StarLadder i-League StarSeries XIV (trans. )
- 2016-03-07 | Na`Vi Zeus Answers Fans Questions@ IEM Katowice 2016 (ENG SUBS) by b2ru of Natus Vincere at Intel Extreme Masters Season X World Championship (trans. )
- 2016-07-06 | Interview with Zeus @ ESL One Cologne 2016 (ENG SUBS) by Kimi of Natus Vincere at ESL One: Cologne 2016 (trans. )
- 2016-11-23 | 20 Questions to Zeus (ENG SUBS) by Natus Vincere (trans. )
- 2017-01-22 | ELEAGUE - Player Profile - Zeus - Gambit eSports by Valve at ELEAGUE Major 2017
- 2017-01-26 | Zeus on being underdog: ”I think that it actually was our strength” by Ding1 of Fragbite at ELEAGUE Major 2017
- 2017-07-23 | Danylo "Zeus" Teslenko: "I am very happy, this was my dream." by James Banks of Unikrn at PGL Major Kraków 2017
- 2017-08-09 | Zeus: "I think I did everything in my power to save the roster" by Striker of HLTV
- 2017-08-12 | Интервью c ZEUS: "Уход из NaVi пошел мне на пользу" [RU/EN] by Alexey Kostyliev of Natus Vincere (trans. )
- 2017-09-01 | Zeus Wanted to Continue Playing With Gambit After Winning the Major by Nathan Fusco of DBLTAP at DreamHack Masters Malmö 2017 (trans. )
- 2018-01-11 | Zeus Pre-Major Interview (Eleague Boston 2018) by Alexey Kostyliev of Natus Vincere
- 2018-03-20 | Zeus: "It’s become more difficult to play with age." by OverDrive of Cybersport
- 2018-09-19 | Zeus: "We're deservedly a top 2 team in the world, and we have the chance to become No. 1." by Aleksei.L of Cybersport at FACEIT Major: London 2018
- 2018-10-25 | Interview with Na'Vi.Zeus by DonStepan at EPICENTER 2018
- 2018-12-03 | Zeus: «in the bootcamp we are focusing on tactical preparation» by faLek of Natus Vincere
- 2018-12-16 | Zeus: "As it stands, I plan to end my career in 2019" by MIRAA of HLTV at BLAST Pro Series: Lisbon 2018
- 2019-01-13 | Интервью Zeus и T-killah о Деньгах и как попасть в Киберспорт [Zeus and T-killah interview about Money and how to get into eSports] by T-killah (trans. )
- 2019-02-09 | Zeus: "It feels like we're treating the Major like just another event" by Aleksei_L of HLTV at GG.Bet Ice Challenge
- 2019-02-28 | Zeus: "Psychologically, we are ready to take the fight to any team" by EllanarkJesus of StarLadder at Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII - Katowice Major 2019
- 2019-09-11 | Zeus: "I wanted to play until the end of the year, but at the Major I felt lost" by MIRAA of HLTV
- 2020-03-05 | Zeus: "I miss the game, but I understand that my days are over" by Striker of HLTV at IEM Katowice 2020
- 2020-08-07 | Zeus on leaving Gambit: "We all then missed a great chance" by Br of Vie Esports at Na`Vi 2010 vs NAVI 2020 Showmatch
Gallery[edit]
Zeus at EPICENTER 2018 with Natus Vincere
Zeus at StarLadder i-League StarSeries S4 with Natus Vincere
Zeus at PGL Kraków 2017 with Gambit Esports
Zeus at Dreamhack Valencia 2015 with Natus Vincere
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Zeus' stream
- ↑ Tgwr1s (2011-01-02). "Top 20 players of 2010: Zeus (19)". HLTV.
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