Danil “donk” Kryshkovets, a player for Team Spirit`s CS2 roster, has commented on his intense reaction to a message sent by Martin “stavn” Lund of Astralis in the in-game chat during the PGL Astana 2025 final match. Donk shared his perspective on the incident.
Honestly, I don`t care what he writes. I just didn`t understand why he would write in chat when they are losing 0:2 and the third map is already 5:3. Bro, you`re going to lose anyway, so why are you doing this? Every match against Astralis, especially against stavn and jabbi, is always personal for me because they wrote some rubbish to my best friend. Every such match is like revenge for my friend.
During the third map of the series, stavn sent the message “zz” to the general chat, which clearly bothered donk. This moment was widely noted by online observers. Despite Astralis winning that specific map, Team Spirit ultimately won the series with a 3:1 score. The CIS team secured first place and earned $200,000, and donk was recognized as the Most Valuable Player of the tournament.
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